Begging For A Reconciliation
Chapter 411

Chapter 411

Chapter 411 Keeping Him In Check

Leah went back to the room, but she was so disturbed that she was unable to relax. Her phone wasmore or less unusable by now and Shawn would certainly not allow her to buy a new one to contactanybody.

She had to replace out more about what he was scheming!

She went into his study and painstakingly searched all the bookshelves, bookcases, and drawers,looking for anything that seemed at all suspicious or worthy of further investigation.

Unfortunately, she found nothing at all beyond a few words written in a notebook. "Influenza virus?"Stunned, she stared at this for a moment. She was absolutely certain that it was connected to Shawn'sexperiments!

She returned to the room again, feeling extremely uneasy. Was Shawn planning to unleash some kindof influenza virus in Linkville in the future? If so, it would definitely result in countless deaths, just like hesaid…

"No!" Leah cried out in horror, covering her head with her hands. The raging storm outside increased inits fury, and the torrential rain beat down mercilessly on the leaves of the trees.

Suddenly, she heard an odd clunking sound from outside the window. Curiously, she went over toinvestigate and discovered that it was caused by the propellers of a drone beating lightly against theglass.

Just as she was puzzling over why a drone would be here of all places, Ross's familiar voice suddenly

crackled from the machine. "Ms. White, I'm here to rescue you. I'll decoy the bodyguards and the butleraway in a little bit; when that happens, please get out of there as fast as you can!"

Leah's eyes lit up, but abruptly, her excitement faded. Clenching her fists tightly, it took her a moment togather the courage to reply, "That won't do. I can't leave yet, there are some matters I need to finishup."

If she escaped, there would be no one here to stop Shawn. At the very least, she had to replace out wherehis laboratory was and how far his experiments had gone, as well as when he was planning to unleashan influenza plague in Linkville…There were still far too many things she needed to replace out, so shecould not just leave like that.

The inhabitants of Linkville had every right to look forward to a better, brighter future; they did notdeserve to be treated as pawns in Shawn's diabolical scheme.

"Ms. White, if you remain here, what about the company?" Ross sounded extremely agitated. It hadnever occurred to him that Leah might not want to leave. He added, "You can talk to Mr. Hendrik, youknow, if anything's amiss. He'll definitely be able to help you. It's far too dangerous for you to stayhere!"

Leah knew that Hendrik was concerned about her, but despite his power and influence, he would notbe able to ferret out Shawn's entire, insidious plan. What if Shawn had laboratories in other countriesas well? If she were to disclose what she knew right now, it would only alert the enemy and put them onguard.

"I'm very sorry. Please ask Mr. Hendrik to appoint someone to take over my position. You'd better go

now, quickly! It won't do if Shawn's henchmen discover your presence. I really do have some veryimportant matters to finish up here…" She stood by the window and signaled for Ross to pilot the droneback.

Ross could not linger either; reluctantly, he steered the drone away. After retrieving it and putting itaway, he wiped the rain off his face and returned to the car, looking resigned. The chauffeurimmediately opened the door for him. He got in and sighed. Glancing at the aloof, distant Han, who hadhis eyes closed, he said, "Mr. Hendrik, you heard Ms. White, didn't you? She doesn't want to leave yet;she said she has to finish up some matters there."

Han's eyes glittered coldly when he opened them. "Let's head back first."

At that very moment, Ben called on the phone. "Boss, you hit the nail smack on the head. OwenLancaster did indeed purchase a specific kind of poison some time back. Not only that, he bought upthe entire stock of antidotes and cut off access to them. We've also been able to replace out more aboutthe symptoms caused by this poison, too. The victims will experience constant fevers and contractrepeated colds; they'll also cough up blood and are prone to fainting. These symptoms will becomeincreasingly frequent in the mid-to-final stages of the poison's effects. Eventually, the victim will diewithin a month."

Han frowned. "Investigate and replace out where he's keeping the antidotes, and do it as quickly as youcan. In the meantime, I'll continue to see Anna and keep him in check that way. We can't allow such adangerous substance to flood the market indiscriminately."

After hearing about the symptoms of the poison, he could not help thinking about Leah, who had beenconstantly coming down with a cold over this period. He firmly put aside his grim thoughts for now; hefelt that it was probably a coincidence that her symptoms dovetailed so neatly with the symptoms

caused by exposure to the poison. After all, she had been under his constant surveillance recently andhad not eaten anything out of the ordinary, apart from the wine from the auction. He had sent the entirebottle for testing later, but there was nothing unusual in it, aside from some traces of sleeping drugs.

Ben painstakingly noted down his boss's orders, then asked, "Boss, Donald Harper is the one who soldthat poison to Owen. What should we do about him?"

Han's expression darkened. "Keep tabs on him. Find out about his overseas supply channels, thenhand the information over to the police and let them deal with him." Donald had consistently ignored hiswarnings; he was in no mood to tolerate the man any longer.

The poison Owen had purchased was very likely to be used on Leah; he had to replace out as quickly aspossible if Owen had used it, and if so, on whom.

Ben nodded gravely. "Got it, Boss!"

After ending the call, Han's frosty eyes turned to the storm outside the car window, taking in the bleakautumn vista. Why had Leah cut off her relationship with him to remain with Shawn? What was sheplanning?

"Ross, keep a security detail stationed at the Ford family's villa to watch over Leah. If you can, try andreplace out why she was so adamant about staying."

"Yes, Mr. Hendrik."

Night fell soon. By then the rain had stopped and the scent of damp earth still lingered. Leah openedthe window for some ventilation and deeply drank in the fresh, invigorating air.

Footsteps sounded from outside the room. A moment later, Shawn opened the door and came in. Heheaded straight for Leah and attempted to slip his arm around her waist. "Sarah, I noticed you wentinto the study today?"

Leah slipped aside and evaded his attempt at contact. Her body stiffened slightly and she felt panicky;nonetheless, she put on a show of calm. "Mmhmm. I did." She had managed to avoid the servant; howhad he found out?

Shawn's smile hardened. He strode forward and pulled her into his arms without taking no for ananswer. "The surveillance cameras saw you go in. What were you looking for in my study, hmm?"

Leah's heart thudded wildly in her chest and her palms began sweating. She wanted to struggle freefrom his embrace, but Shawn held her even more firmly. She had no choice but to abandon herattempts. Lowering her eyes to avoid betraying her panic, she forced herself to keep her voice calm."Oh…I was just looking for a good book to read. You've taken my phone away, and there's no TV here.I'm really bored."

Naturally, it had never crossed Shawn's mind that Leah might have accurately guessed the nature ofhis laboratory experiments and his scheme. All his doubts vanished at once. "I see. You should havejust asked the servant to call me, you know."

A slight gleam flickered through Leah's eyes. She squirmed out of Shawn's embrace the minute heloosened his grasp. "Well, now you know. Could I have my phone back then?"

Even though she had found out from Lucy that her phone had been rendered useless, she could not lethim know that Lucy had told her. She could only play dumb.

Shawn chuckled and leaned in close to murmur against her ear, "Just use my phone, Sarah; you canplay whatever games on it you'd like…"

His hot breath against her ear gave Leah goosebumps and she felt extremely uncomfortable. She tooktwo steps back to distance herself from him a little. "Maybe tomorrow or something. It's late, and I'mtired."

However, Shawn's smile deepened in disturbing fashion. With one arm around her slender waist, hegently slid his hand down her neck in a gentle caress. "Alright. I'll come to bed with you then…"