Chapter 158

Stunned as she also understood why he threw away the needle kit! It was her only weapon.

Without the antidote, she quickly became dizzy and couldn't move.

Elliott coldly held her still.

"Drive faster!" The assistant changed the direction of the car, and Winnie swayed and realized that they were not heading to the cemetery at all.

What is her uncle planning?! Winnie felt uneasy.

After about two hours of driving, they arrived at a suburban villa.

The assistant carried Winnie into the house and sat her on a chair.

Her uncle then pushed a wheelchair into the house.

The interior looked like an office, and Winnie looked around cautiously, when suddenly she noticed a tall and sinister man standing by the window.

He turned around, and Elliott said, "Mr. Rodriguez, I've brought Winnie here."

Mr. Rodriguez? Winnie frowned and stared at him. Who exactly is he? The man narrowed his eyes and smiled at her.

"Curious about me? Soon you'll know who I am. But before that, Miss Anderson, you need to cooperate with us on something."

Winnie looked at the tightly shut door and quickly approached her uncle, feeling disappointed and anxious.

"This man doesn't seem like a good person, uncle. Let's not stay with him! Let's go back!"

"Winnie, you need to listen. I don't want to use the methods we used in the car earlier. You're pregnant."

Winnie's heart ached. His deception, they weren't going to visit Cameron and Irene after all. How did her uncle become like this?

Elliott sneered, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Today is the day of your uncle's revenge, and you're the final piece of the puzzle."

What? Confusion and pale concern welled up in Winnie's eyes.

She shook her head. "Uncle, you can't seek revenge anymore. You might have mistaken the person!"

Quickly opening her bag, Winnie took out her address book, eagerness filling her.

Walking up to her uncle, she turned to the page with 'Ordelia', saying, "I carefully reviewed it last night and found out that besides Lawrence, Cameron's former business partner, there was also the Ordelia family from Trento City. They are a prestigious medical family!"

Her eyes were stern and clear as she continued, "Uncle, maybe Lawrence was used as an excuse. I've known him for five months and I don't believe he's that despicable. Perhaps there was a misunderstanding between you two back then?"

"A misunderstanding?" Elliott grew agitated, flipping through his address book.

"You're defending him again! You even dare to question me. The mask he wore on Cameron and Irene's hearts is undeniable proof!"

"Maybe there's something suspicious about that mask. You said you weren't involved in Cameron's business back then, and you don't know the details. It could be the Ordelia family who had a grudge against Cameron!"

"You insist on defending Lawrence based on your intuition?"

Winnie nodded firmly. "It is intuition, but I am convinced in my heart that he is not someone who would plot for wealth and harm lives!"

"Winnie, you've disappointed me." Elliott's face turned cold. "Since you are so stubborn, there's no need for me to protect you as an uncle!"

He quickly gestured, and two assistants immediately came forward, restraining Winnie and tying her to a chair.

They moved the chair in front of the desk.

Elliott emptied her bag onto the table, directly taking out that black card.

Upon seeing Lawrence's gold-embossed black card, Winnie felt a strong sense of unease. "Uncle, what are you planning to do?"

A young man walked over and took the black card, smiling deeply.

Elliott asked him, "Mr. Rodriguez, are you ready?"

The young man lazily glanced at the time and chuckled. "It's eleven o'clock, the perfect time for the news."

He made a phone call.

"Let that person jump off the building."

Who was going to jump? Winnie furrowed her brow, feeling restless. Her intuition told her this was connected to the Kingdom Estates Company.

She clenched her fist, wanting to grab her phone, but Elliott had already taken it from her, turned it off, and removed the SIM card. His icy gaze fixed on her, bound and helpless.

"Uncle!" Winnie called out, pale and desperate.

One of the owners involved in the financing of the Kingdom Estates five-star hotel project jumped off a building!

Severely injured, condition unknown.

This news quickly made headlines.

Lawrence received a call from Bryan, waking up in the afternoon. Rubbing his forehead, he realized he had slept unusually heavily.

He swiftly descended the stairs with a cold and determined expression, listening to Bryan's urgent report while scanning the room.

Not seeing Winnie, his brows furrowed.

He called for Taylor. "Where is Winnie?"

Melissa walked over. "Winnie just left in the morning, saying she's going to find her uncle."

Lawrence furrowed his brow tight, then loosened it slightly.

She put on the ring and said she wouldn't leave him, that she loved him.

Could it not be a dream?

A faint warmth filled the man's cold heart, as long as she was by his side, no other matters were of concern.

He changed into a suit and got into the car, his demeanor stern.

Bryan's face looked grim, his tone anxious, "You returned from Perugia City the day before yesterday, where you held a meeting for the hotel project cooperation company. You promised a billion dollars in compensation, and it was on record. Now, the boss suddenly jumped off the building and claims it's because you didn't fulfill the contractual agreement!"

"The other 19 investing companies are in chaos too. They've all come to the Kingdom Estates to protest, fearing that you won't pay the penalty!"

Lawrence's eyes turned cold and sharp, "This is a setup. Investigate who bribed the boss who jumped off."

Bryan paused heavily, yes, this must be a trap!

"Did the boss survive the fall?" Lawrence coldly pinched his brow.

"He jumped from the 4th floor, severely injured. He's currently in the hospital. But because of the impact caused by the CEO of Imperial Jewelry, the other investing companies are in a panic, afraid that you won't compensate. They're all gathered at the entrance of the Kingdom Estates, demanding justice from you!"

Lawrence remained motionless.

But the actual situation was worse than they had imagined.

As soon as Lawrence stepped out of the car at the Kingdom Estates, countless reporters rushed towards him. The investing companies demanding compensation held banners and brought their employees, shouting, accusing him of not compensating, of playing with people's lives!

Bryan and a group of bodyguards guarded closely, Lawrence's body cold as ice.

He entered the company and instructed the senior management, "Bring in the CEOs of the 19 companies. I'll personally hold a meeting to block their mouths and calculate the total amount of penalties."

Bryan said, "The total amount is 120 billion dollars."

For a CEO, it wasn't a huge sum, but to come up with that much cash at once, it was perhaps...

Lawrence's expression remained unchanged, steady as a mountain.

"Start calculating the liquid assets that can be acquired from all the companies under Imperial Financial Group."

Winnie was tied to a chair, facing the TV screen Elliott had turned on. Lawrence's pale figure flashed before her eyes in the news.

She looked at her uncle in disbelief. It turns out they intentionally made the boss of the financing company jump off the building!

They, along with this young man, were harming Lawrence.

Originally, the compensation would have been paid progressively, and the Kingdom Estates wouldn't be in panic. But now, this jump off the building had pushed Lawrence into a desperate situation.

With other investing companies causing trouble and the pressure from the news, he had to come up with billions of dollars all at once.

Winnie looked at him in distress as his fever still hadn't subsided.

Suddenly, Uncle approached her.

Elliott's eyes were filled with twisted excitement, hatred, and a glimmer of greed as he held a contract.

Winnie looked closely and realized it was the overseas company contract Uncle forced her to sign, cooperating with the Kingdom Estates, on that day.

At that moment, a young man entered with a blond-haired, blue-eyed man in a bank uniform.

"Is this the bank president?" Elliott asked the young man.

The charming man nodded and smirked at Winnie, picking up her black card from the table. "Mr. Granger said your card can be used to bankrupt Lawrence?"

Winnie trembled suddenly.

She looked at her uncle!

Elliott walked towards her, forcibly pulling her hand out of the rope.

"Uncle, what are you doing?" she still couldn't believe it.