“I’m bleeding. Kidding with me? Do you think I’m a fool?” Declan breathed heavily. He almost overturned the table.
“If I were not kidding, do you think I truly wanted to kill you, Mr. Bailey?” Cormac looked up at him and said, “I came here today not to become your enemy. Mr. Bailey, if you insist on having a life-and-death struggle with me, neither of us would get any benefit.”
Declan squinted. “It has nothing to do no matter how fiercely you fought against Jeffery Harris. But you dragged me into the mere. Do you think I’m a pushover?”
He had his tempers.
If he let go of them, how could he maintain his position in the circle?
“Name your conditions. What do you want to release her?” Cormac stood up and walked over. Declan took a few steps back. “Don’t come over!”
He had a mental shadow to Cormac now. Cormac Mendelsohn was way too horrible!
Cormac stopped. He said with a smile, “Have I scared you, Mr. Bailey? I’m bad-tempered. I’ve lost control for a moment. Mr. Bailey, please don’t mind.”
Inwardly, Declan disagreed with his excuse at all.
“Would you say yes no matter what conditions I have?” Declan wondered how important Theresa was to Cormac.
If she was very important, he would like to ask for more benefits.
He didn’t want him to suffer in vain.
“Mr. Bailey, are you kidding with me? If I promise you with any condition, you asked me for a moon, how can I get it for you? I don’t think I’m that capable.” Cormac flicked the wine stain on his collar. “As long as your conditions are not too much and I can do it, I can agree with you.”
“I need to think about it.” Declan kidnapped Theresa because he felt quite reluctant that Cormac used him and lied to him. He just wanted to vent his anger. Judging from the current situation, there had been a grudge between Cormac and him already.
In this case, he wouldn’t let go of that woman so easily. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have the bargaining chip to control Cormac.
Now, he wanted to buy some time.
He would plan carefully.
“It’s the matter between men. You’ve kidnapped a woman to threaten us. If others knew it, your reputation might be damaged, Mr. Bailey,” Boyce chimed in.
“Stop talking to me like an official.” Declan covered his neck. “I’m injured. I must go to the hospital. As for releasing the woman, we can talk about it next time.” After that, he walked out of the box.
Feeling wet and sticky on his hand, Declan looked down and still found the bloodstain. He snapped, “John!”
An employee of the nightclub immediately rushed out. “Mr. Kinney has gone out.”
Declan cursed in anger. “Get me a car. Send me to the hospital!”
“Yes, Mr. Bailey.” The employee trotted out to get him the car.
He drove Declan to the hospital. After the checkup, the doctor told him that it wasn’t serious. His skin was cut open. The wound was a bit deep, so it bled. It didn’t hurt his vital part. After cleaning the wound up, the doctor said, “It’s quite hot now, so I can’t put a dressing on it. Keep it dry. The wound will recover soon.”
Declan said OK and stood up. When he was leaving the hospital, he encountered Armand in the corridor.
Armand came to the hospital for the reexamination of his grandmother. When the result came out, he came over to the outpatient building to show it to the doctor.
They looked into each other’s eyes. Declan didn’t want to speak anything. He was cut by Cormac just now, and he was quite angry now. Hence, he disgusted anyone relevant to Cormac.
He snorted and bumped on Armand’s shoulder, bypassing him.
“Mr. Bailey, did you get injured?” Armand never wanted to suffer loss. Since Declan bumped on his shoulder, his mood also became bad.
“I see the wound is on your neck. I hope you are not dying,” said Armand in a cold tone.
Declan bit his teeth. Looking back and pointing at Declan, he said, “I don’t want to have a verbal fight with you. Pass my message to Cormac Mendelsohn. If he wants to save that woman, ask him to come to my house and make an apology!”
Armand’s heart skipped a beat. ‘Woman? Which one?’ he thought to himself.
Loredana had just come back to City B. Did something happen to her?
“Woman? Who’s the woman?”
Declan sneered. “You are so close to Cormac Mendelsohn. Don’t you know it?”
He thought that Armand was playing dumb in his presence.
He wasn’t in the mood to continue talking to Armand, so he turned around and walked away. Armand stoked up to grab him. “Make it clear. What woman?”
Declan shook off his hand and snapped, “What woman? The woman named Theresa Gordon that I brought back from City C!”
Armand’s expression changed instantly. He asked in disbelief, “You… What did you say? Have you kidnapped Theresa?” Declan looked confused. “Don’t you know it?”
Armand clenched his fists tightly. When he was about to punch him, Declan pushed him away. “You all are nuts!”
They all had a violent tendency.
He’d better run away from him as soon as possible.
“Stop!” Armand noticed that Declan was sneaking away. Immediately, he strode to catch up with him. Noticing that, Declan started running. It wasn’t because that he wouldn’t win against Armand in a fight, just that Armand looked quite abnormal. Declan believed that he would win against a normal man, but not a lunatic.
A lunatic wouldn’t treasure his life at all, but he treasured his own life.
“Declan Bailey!”
The faster Armand chased him, the faster Declan ran. He dodged and hid all the way to run out of the entrance of the hospital. After sitting in the car quickly, he shouted, “Go! Go! Go!”
The nightclub employee didn’t know why Declan looked so panicked. He obediently started the engine. When Armand caught up, the car hadn’t left yet. Declan locked all the car doors. Armand couldn’t open the door, so he started smashing the car window angrily. “Declan Bailey, get out!”
Armand was so furious, his chest heaving up and down fiercely. All blue veins on his neck popped out, looking so terrified.
Declan looked at the car window that was shaking and almost broken, swallowing hard. He understood why Armand had become Cormac’s friend — they were both nuts, not normal humans. “Shit! Hurry up!” Declan cursed.
The employee had already started the engine. Hearing Declan’s roar, he was shocked and suddenly stepped on the gas. The car roared away like an arrow. Under such a speed, Declan couldn’t help but fall back. Fortunately, the car seat was quite soft. He didn’t get hurt but looked miserable.
“Fuck! Can you drive or not?” Rubbing the back of his head, he sat up.
The driver wanted to explain, only to find that Declan was peering out of the back window.
He shut up and concentrated on driving.
Armand didn’t go back to find the doctor. Immediately, he got in his car, heading to find Cormac. He wanted to ask what exactly had happened. How could Declan kidnap Theresa?
He seemed to understand why Cormac was so eager to come back from White City. No wonder he always felt that Cormac had something hiding from him. Sure enough, his intuition was correct.
Armand drove pretty fast. Arriving at the villa, he had already hopped off right after the car was parked. He strode into the villa. However, the two kids and Loredana, who hadn’t slept well last night, were napping. Loredana wasn’t sleeping early. She wanted to wait for Cormac to come back. Why lying on the bed, she fell asleep gradually.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.