Chapter 336 Well Prepared
“Oh?” A slight interest appeared in Dillon’s eyes. “I’m curious to know what you mean by that. What is not simple about Lila?”
“If my guess is correct, the route map in the restroom is fake. Isn’t that right?” Rachel glanced at Lila standing by the side and holding a gun to Justin’s head. “However, I didn’t just receive one message tonight telling me about the route map in the restroom. I had also received another text.”
The pupils in his eyes contracted abruptly.
She took out a mobile device. “This phone is something that I found in the public phone booth at Millstone Street. If I guessed correctly, this text message was sent by Miss Hart, right?”
He glanced at his bodyguard, who understood the gesture and stepped forward to take the phone for him. “Young Master Porter, this…”
Dillon had also seen the contents of the text message. It was the current route for the shipment of goods clearly described in words, making it a genuine map.
Rachel then said, “I am very curious as to why Miss Hart would hand this route map to me.”
His expression immediately changed.
Lila hurriedly explained, “Young Master Dillon.”
Before she could finish her sentence, Dillon took out his gun and pointed the muzzle at her head without another word in fury. “You are really a spy after all!”
At that moment, the sound of a phone vibrating sounded out of nowhere.
One of Dillon’s subordinates quickly answered the phone. “Hello? Master Porter.”
Nobody knew what was being said on the other end of the phone, but the subordinate’s expression immediately changed. “Yes. I understand. Young Master Porter, Master Porter asks that you answer the phone.”
A furious Dillon glared at Lila and issued a command to the people around him. “Hold her down. Bring all of them back to my room.”
Justin hurriedly tried to stand up, but he was stopped by the gun pointing at him by the bodyguard nearby.
Inside the hotel suite, Dillon talked to Sean Porter on the phone for a long time inside the bedroom. When he came out, his expression was incredibly furious and it looked worse than the time he learned that Lila was a spy.
Lila was standing by the side. When she saw him coming out of the bedroom, she respectfully lowered her head. “Young Master Porter.”
However, he sneered and raised a hand to slap her soundly across the face.
Her head tilted to the side from the force of impact before a trickle of blood flowed out from the corner of her mouth. Yet, she did not make a single sound and remained as cold and indifferent as ever. “Young Master Porter, have you vented some of your anger?”
“No!” Dillon raised his arm again. Unexpectedly, she raised her head and waited for him to hit her. His hand hung in mid-air for ages before his clenched fist finally dropped to his sides and he gnashed his teeth furiously. “You sure are amazing. You’re no longer by my father’s side, but you can still cooperate with him and even keep me in the dark. Aren’t you scared that I might shoot you?”
“If it were Miss Porter, I would have lost my life a long time ago. However, you are merciful and soft-hearted, Young Master Porter.” Lila’s indifferent words were not a compliment, but a direct statement that pointed out his character flaws. In this line of work, the last thing they wanted was to be merciful.
Needless to say, he was not a compassionate person. It was just that he could never be cruel toward the people around him. Even if he discovered that somebody had betrayed him, he still could not bring himself to kill them immediately. That was also the reason why Lila and Sean dared to set this trap tonight.
Dillon glared at her fiercely. “You can handle the rest. I’m not in the mood. I’m leaving!”
After saying that, he turned and strode out whereby his two bodyguards hurriedly chased after him. Only Lila and the others remained inside the suite.
Lila’s cold and sharp gaze landed on the sofa where Rachel and Justin had been restrained for some time now. “Release them.”
“Yes.”
As soon as the ropes around Justin were released, he immediately chased the person standing beside Rachel away and personally freed her from the ropes. “Rachel, are you okay?”
Rachel pushed his hands away. Standing up while rubbing her wrists, she created some distance between them. “Miss Hart, what is the meaning of this?”
“Do you still not understand? All of this was a trap that Master Porter set to test you. If you had not brought up the route map in that phone, I would have killed you even if Young Master Porter had not.”
Rachel’s heart skipped a beat. “I don’t understand. What do you mean?”
Lila replied, “You don’t need to understand too much. In short, the business deals would continue to come your way in the future. If the incident tonight has scared you, Miss Hudson, then I will apologize on Master Porter’s behalf. Do you need me to send you home, Miss Hudson?”
“No need!” Justin suddenly spoke up, staring at Lila with cold eyes. “I will send her home.”
Lila glanced at him. “Mr. Burton, I’m sure you don’t wish to see misfortune to befall on the Burton Group. That’s why it’s for the best if you keep your mouth shut about what you saw and heard in this place today. Otherwise, nobody can guarantee whether the Burton Family will still have a successor in the future.”
Not only did he hold an important position in Riverdale, but he was also related to Jason. That was why Dillon would not do anything to him without any reason, no matter what happened. Nevertheless, her warning was not a joke.
“In that case, I won’t see you off. We’re leaving. Miss Hudson, I hope we can patch things up the next time we meet.”
Rachel forced a corner of her mouth into a smile. As she watched Lila and the others depart, she couldn’t help feeling a sense of fear lingering in her heart.
Inside the underground garage.
“I’ll send you back.”
Rachel had just pulled open the car door when she was stopped by Justin.
“No need.” She rejected his offer without any hesitation. “I can drive myself.”
“Rae!” He held the car door and prevented her from getting into the car. “Stop causing trouble. Listen to me. I’ll send you back.”
She frowned. “I’m not that close to you.”
He looked like he wanted to say something. All of a sudden, he felt dizzy and abruptly held the car door for support while his complexion paled.
Rachel subconsciously wanted to reach out to support him, but she suddenly remembered something, which caused her eyebrows to furrow deeply. Withdrawing her hand, she coldly asked, “Can you even send me back in that condition?”
Justin was taken aback by those words.
“Do you think that what I’ve encountered tonight is not dangerous enough or stimulating enough?”
“Rae.”
“Mr. Burton, let me remind you about something.” She took a deep breath and forced herself to seem both calm and polite before she slowly spat out the words. “Please don’t call me that. It feels… disgusting.”
His expression froze for a moment; his fingers that were holding the car door curled slightly and his knuckles turned white.
“Excuse me.” Rachel pushed him aside.
Bang. She slammed the door shut behind her.
Justin recovered from his shock and knocked on the car window. “Open the door. I have something to say to you.”
She refused to bother to look at him and buckled the safety belt before she started the car. In the next moment, the headlights turned on while the engine roared to life inside the garage. He nearly lost his balance when the car pulled out of the parking spot.
The red car disappeared into the distance.
He took a few steps after the car, but he was much too dizzy to continue. His temples were throbbing painfully and his stomach was turning nauseously. Staggering on his feet, he had to support himself against a nearby pillar just to remain standing.
No. I must figure out what kind of business Rachel is involved in and who she is dealing with. He had heard a lot about the kind of underground business that Jason was involved in. It was just that Arthur had asked him to turn a blind eye to Jason’s activities, so he had not bothered to care. I can’t allow Jason to drag Rachel down with him, though.
