Chapter 1561 Scheme
After pondering for a while, Kyle decided to give John a call.
“How can I help you, Mr. Kyle?”
“John, why aren’t you coming into the office?”
John let out an awkward chuckle. “Mr. Evan and I are currently helping out at the Bernian Hospital. There’re a lot of patients here that need help.”
Kyle was speechless at his explanation.
There’s currently a fire in our backyard, and yet Dad brought John over to the Bernian Hospital at such a crucial moment to help out. What is he planning exactly?
How can he be so confident that Mom would be safe and has so much trust in me and Juan to stop this tragedy?
“Mr. Kyle, is there something you need my help with?”
Before Kyle could ask for John’s help to rescue Nicole, John continued, “There are too many patients here, Mr. Kyle. And they all urgently need my help, so I’ll be hanging up if there’s nothing you require of me.” John hung up immediately after that.
Kyle looked down at his phone irritably with a frown on his forehead as though he couldn’t believe John would hang up on him so suddenly.
Did he purposely stop me from asking for help? Is this his or Dad’s intention?
After hanging up Kyle’s call, John turned to Evan with a look of disbelief. “Maybe there was an urgent matter that Mr. Kyle needed my help with? Are you sure you’re not going to lend him a helping hand?”
Evan set the book in his hands down onto the desk. “This is a good opportunity for him and Juan to solve the problem. Experience is the best teacher. What they need at the moment is experience.”
They do need experience, but their opponent is Steven. He still holds the black box, an explosive that could blow up the entire Imperial Garden. So the precarious situation needs to be dealt with tactfully to ensure that a horrible disaster doesn’t happen.
Isn’t the price for them failing too heavy?
But John didn’t dare to speak his thoughts to Evan.
Evan’s keen observation noted the worry in John’s eyes.
He asked John, “When do you think Steven will make his move?”
“I heard Steven was secretly investigating where Skyler was being held. I guess he would most likely take action after rescuing Skyler because by then, he would have no worries about Skyler’s safety.”
“You’re right. Once Skyler is saved, he will then use Nicole as a bargaining chip in exchange for the thing he wants. Once he has what he wants in his grasp, he will blow up Imperial Garden mercilessly.
“It’s a good plan. Say, is there a possibility for him to rescue Skyler?”
“There’s no need to worry, Mr. Evan. There’s zero possibility of that happening.
“Mr. Juan had spread a false rumor that Skyler was being held at Imperial Garden so that Steven wouldn’t lay his hands on that place. He even increased the number of bodyguards all over the place.”
In truth, Skyler wasn’t being held at the Imperial Garden, but somewhere where Steven couldn’t even imagine.
“Excellent. Skyler is proving to be our trump card at the crucial moment.”
John looked at the calm and highly confident Evan. He figured Evan was playing a life or death chess game with Steven.
The winner of the deadly game would soon be revealed.
Meanwhile, in the secret room, within the Maupay Manor.
Steven’s patience had reached his limit when the men he sent to search and rescue Skyler kept coming back empty-handed.
“Is it a tremendous task to rescue Skyler? Why else would the rescue plan keep ending up in failure?”
“Mr. Maupay, I heard Mr. Skyler is currently being held at the Imperial Garden. Our men had tried to infiltrate it several times, but the guards were highly cautious. I think even a fly couldn’t get in.”
“What a bunch of useless fools!” Steven inhaled a few deep breaths. “In that case, I want Skyler rescued latest by tomorrow night. We can’t delay our plan any further.”
The bodyguard knew there was no chance of rescuing Skyler if the deadline was the next day.
“Why are you still here? Move! Search for Skyler this instance!”
“Yes, sir.”
The bodyguard spun around and hurriedly exited the study.
A dark expression enclouded Steven’s face. He slammed his clenched fist onto the desk in anger.
Skyler is currently in Evan’s hands while Nicole is in mine. Evan has something that I want. If Skyler is still not rescued by tomorrow night, I’ll have no choice but to negotiate with Evan.
