Chapter 457
Janet reflexively turned her phone to silent mode and looked up guiltily to observe her surroundings.
Seeing that Sid was talking to the firefighters in the distance and did not pay attention to her, she heaved a sigh of relief. She tightened her grip on her phone and walked to an empty alley.
As soon as she entered the alley, Janet’s face immediately darkened. She held his phone tightly and scolded coldly,” Mr. Swanson, I’ve told you many times, right? Don’t call me casually!”
On the other end of the phone, Ulric was playing with a dagger.
He threw the dagger high into the air and caught it again. It was a shocking sight.
In front of him, a group of bodyguards was kneeling on the ground and trembling.
However, he did not even look at the group of people. His lips curled into a smile as he slowly said to Janet on the other end of the phone, “Since Miss Murphy has answered the call, doesn’t that mean that our call is very safe?”
On the other end of the phone, Janet took a deep breath, obviously suppressing her anger.
A moment later, Janet’s voice sounded. “What do you want to say? I have a lot of things to do here. I don’t have time to chat with you.”
Ulric finally became serious and said, “Today’s plan failed. It’s my fault. Miss Murphy, please calm down. Soon, I will carry out the second plan.”
Janet was stunned. She subconsciously raised her voice and asked, “Did you set the fire today?”
Ulric asked, “Didn’t you say that if you want to cooperate with me, the condition is… to get rid of Melody?”
Janet gritted her teeth hard, her chest heaving violently.” That’s right… but I didn’t ask you to bury so many people with Melody! Do you know that Ken almost died inside?” Ulric could not help but be stunned. “Ken was in there too?” “Of course! After the building caught fire, Ken rushed over here to save Melody. He was so close to losing his life! If we have to exchange Ken’s life for Melody’s, our cooperation will immediately be canceled!”
Ulric was stunned for a moment before he quickly regained his normal tone. His tone was filled with guilt as he said, “I’m really sorry, Miss Murphy. I didn’t expect my brother to go in to save her either. Don’t worry, I’ll be careful next time.”
“This better be the case! You have to tell me in advance before the next plan begins!”
“Okay, Miss Murphy.”
Janet was about to hang up when he suddenly thought of Averi.
She was afraid that she would be implicated if anyone found out the reason for the fire. She quickly reminded Ulric, “There’s a person called Averi Blevins who was trapped in the fire by your people. She saw what your people looked like, so you’d better deal with Averi immediately. Otherwise, if they find out about you, I’ll be implicated by you too!”
“Averi?” Ulric’s expression darkened as he looked up at his subordinates.
One of the bodyguards trembled and said with a pale face,” Mr. Swanson… I didn’t expect there to be someone on that floor. But I clearly locked her in the room…”
Ulric took a deep look at the bodyguard but did not say anything. He only continued to say to Janet, “Thank you for telling me about this. I will handle it.”
“That better be the case! Otherwise, if the collaboration is canceled, you will never know the secrets of Ken.”
After the call ended, the smile on Ulric’s face disappeared. In its place was a huge pressure that was about to come, making everyone present swallow their saliva.
He walked unhurriedly to the bodyguard who had just spoken, pulled up his pants, and squatted down.
The subordinate was trembling in fear. He raised his hand and slapped himself hard. As he slapped himself, he begged for mercy, “Mr. Swanson, it’s all my fault! Please give me a chance to redeem myself!”
Ulric raised his eyebrows and suddenly reached out to pinch his chin. “A chance to redeem yourself?”
His subordinate trembled and said, “Yes… I will definitely silence that girl called Averi!”
“You can’t even do such a small thing well. I won’t trouble you to do this.”
Ulric sneered. He stood up and wiped his hand that touched the man’s face with a handkerchief. Then, he threw the handkerchief into the trash can.
When that person saw this action, he was shocked and wanted to run out.
However, just as he stood up, he was pressed to the ground by the others.
Ulric’s trusted aide, Daniel, looked down and waved his hand. He ordered in a low voice, “Take him away and deal with him nicely.”
“Yes!” his subordinates responded and dragged the man who had peed his pants out
Daniel looked at the man’s back as he was dragged out and walked forward with lingering fear.
“Mr. Swanson, I’m also responsible for this matter. I didn’t manage to discipline the people under me well. Not only that… I even let the people from the Youth Center break into our computers and let them open the door and escape smugly. Please punish me!”
As Daniel spoke, he knelt down in front of Ulric.
Ulric glanced down at Daniel and said expressionlessly,” You useless thing!”
“I’m useless. I deserve to die.” Large beads of sweat appeared on Daniel’s forehead. He took the opportunity to say, “It’s just that I don’t deserve to die yet. I still want to continue working for you and share your burden…”
Ulric averted his gaze indifferently. “You should be glad that you’re still useful to me. However… if I don’t teach you a lesson, you’ll not learn from this.”
Ulric threw the dagger in his hand in front of Daniel. “Since you’ve been with me for so many years, you can punish yourself.”
Daniel his teeth, picked up the dagger and cut off his pinky. With a scream, blood gushed out.
Ulric did not even look at Daniel. He put on his gentle smile again and walked downstairs.
Downstairs, Mabel was sitting in the living room of this private manor and drinking coffee with a shy expression.
When she saw Ulric coming down the stairs, her heart was beating like a drum and she didn’t know where to put her hands.
Ulric said, “Mabel, I’m sorry. I had something to deal with just now. I’ll show you around now.”
“It’s okay. Your work is important,” Mabel shook her head and said sympathetically.
“My Mabel is so sensible.” Ulric’s eyes curved, making Mabel blush.
*****
On the other side, after Janet hung up, she quickly walked out of the alley.
However, when she reached the entrance of the alley, she was shocked because Sid was standing not far from the entrance of the alley.
Her heart was racing, and she had to pinch the web between her thumb and forefinger to calm herself down.
After putting on an impeccable smile, Janet walked towards Sid. “Sid, why are you here?”
As she asked, she quietly observed the expression on Sid’s face to see if he had heard her conversation with Ulric. If he heard it, then she could only disregard the friendship between them.