The leader understood immediately and began to charge toward Thomas
Just as Thomas pointed his gun toward Senior Howard, the guards lunged forward and grabbed him from behind.
Bang!
Thomas’ gun discharged amid the scuffle.
All he wanted was to use the gun to scare the guards. After all, he knew he was outnumbered and had no other way of ensuring his and Yannie’s safety, so the gun was the only way to leave Howard Mansion alive.
However, he never thought that just as he was about to let off a warning shot to keep the guards at bay, the leader grabbed hold of his arm and accidentally set off the gun, sending a bullet straight toward Senior Howard.
“Agh!”
Senior Howard instinctively grabbed hold of his abdomen.
The bullet pierced into his belly.
“Senior Howard!”
Tina let out a shriek and immediately sprinted toward him. “Are you okay? Someone call a – doctor! Someone call an ambulance!” !
Thomas and the guards, who were engaged in a scuffle, froze when they heard this.
Thomas stared dazedly at his father, then lowered his head to glance at the gun.
Did he…accidentally hurt that old geezer?
“Are you happy now?”
Tina shot Thomas a murderous glare. “He’s your father, for God’s sake! Has he ever mistreated you apart from sending you away from home and refusing to let you take over the family business?
“From the moment you turned ten, we’ve given you money for your allowance every month, so what do you even have against him? Why did you shoot him?”
Thomas furrowed his brow and opened his mouth, intending to say something, but no words came out.
Meanwhile, Yannie bit her lip and clasped his hand.
The warmth of her palm finally brought Thomas out of his daze.
He furrowed his brow and said coldly, “I never intended to shoot at him, much less kill him.”
He was just trying to warn the guards to stay away from him and Yannie.
Tina bit her lip and glared first at Thomas, then at the guards behind him. “This bastard shot the man of the house, for God’s sake! Why haven’t you captured him yet?
The guards immediately came to and finally pressed Thomas against the ground.
“He didn’t mean to do it!”
Yannie watched fearfully as Thomas’ hands were restrained behind his back like a prisoner. She bit her lip and tried to push the guards away, all the while protesting, “He never intended to shoot at anyone! The reason the gun discharged was because you had caught him by surprise–”.
“Shut up, you!”
Denise snapped before Yannie could even finish her sentence. She sneered as she glanced at Thomas , then strode over to Yannie and lifted her arm.
Smack!
A hard slap landed on Yannie’s face as Denise snarled,”
Would this have happened if it weren’t for you? How dare you even speak? Who do you think you are?”
Despite being pressed against the ground, Thomas witnessed Yannie being slapped, and he immediately struggled against his bonds. “Don’t you dare touch her!”
This was all his fault.
He should not have trusted Tina so easily, much less brought Yannie along with him to such a dangerous place!
A red handprint immediately appeared on Yannie’s swollen face. Yannie bit her lip and held her swollen, painful cheek with one hand as she glanced at Thomas, who was pinned to the floor.
She opened her mouth, intending to say something, but could not help feeling that nothing she could say would be right.
Finally, she bit her lip, slid her other hand into her pocket, and surreptitiously dialed her emergency contact.
She had two emergency contacts; one was Thomas, and the other was her mother , Mrs. Flores. Since she could not accurately dial Bethan’s number for help without looking at her phone, she had no choice but to call Mrs. Flores instead.
Soon, her phone vibrated in her pocket, indicating that Mrs. Flores had picked up the call.
Yannie bit her lip and got onto both knees. “Senior Howard, Mrs. Howard, Thomas hadn’t meant to do any of this! When he brought me along to Howard Mansion, all he intended to do was to have a civilized conversation as a family, but he never thought that Mrs. Howard would try to threaten us under the pretense of inviting us over for a family lunch…
“We never meant to hurt Senior Howard. Please let Thomas go; he didn’t mean to do this!”
Senior Howard furrowed his brow when he heard this. With his hand still on his abdomen, he glanced dubiously at Thomas and Yannie, then at Tina. Finally, he said feebly, “What is going on?”
Could Tina have been the one who summoned Thomas and Yannie here to repair their broken relationship?
“Don’t listen to her!”
Tina narrowed her eyes, shot Yannie a murderous glare, then glanced at the guards.”
Keep Thomas locked in the guest bedroom; we’ll decide what to do with him as soon as Senior Howard gets better!
Then, she gave Denise a meaningful look and added,”
Keep an eye on them, Denise!”
As soon as she finished her sentence, the sound of sirens echoed from outside the house.
Tina and the servants quickly brought Senior Howard into the ambulance, and soon, the ambulance departed toward the hospital.
The only people who remained in the room were Denise, Thomas, Yannie, and a few of the bodyguards.
“Are you still going to defy me?”
Denise crossed her arms in front of her chest, staring at Yannie, and sneered. “Did you honestly think anyone would believe you? You’re in Howard Mansion , for God’s sake, and to everyone else, Thomas’ future wife is me, not you, bitch!”
Then, she waved dismissively at the guards and ordered,”
Send Thomas into my room.”
Both Thomas and Yannie widened their eyes in shock.”
What are you going to do?”
“What do you think?”
Denise sneered. “Did you think Godmom summoned me here just to watch? Well, let me tell you something; I’ve been preparing for this day for a long time.”
Then, she scoffed and gestured for the guards to follow her to her room.
“Denise Hughes, I have one piece of advice for you; you’d better watch your step,”
Thomas said frostily, narrowing his eyes as the guards dragged him along.
The poison that had been spiked in the food was beginning to take effect, and he was starting to feel very uncomfortable.
Despite this, he still tried to put on a strong front. “If you don’t, I won’t let you off the hook so easily once I get out of here.”
“Don’t worry; you wouldn’t dare touch me as soon as I get pregnant with your child.”
Denise chuckled. “You started treating Yannie so nicely ever since she gave birth to your child, so you won’t dare to lay a finger on me once I do the same!”
Inside a small house in the city center, Mrs. Flores stared blankly at the phone as the dial tone repeated itself.
Seconds later, she finally furrowed her brow in realization.
Yannie must have gotten in trouble–she and Thomas had probably run into some danger at Howard Mansion, and she was calling for help!
At the thought of this, Mrs. Flores let out an exhale and dialed Bethan’s number.
At this moment, Bethan and Rachel were busy coaxing Gwen to eat.
Gwen had already gone a day without eating anything , and if this persisted, she would eventually wind up with stomach problems.
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