Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 690 The Imprisonment (Part Three)

Sam was a labor contractor for construction. Even without formal training, he had a unique vision. Many people in A City chose to have him build their villas. The villa Brian occupied would have to be abandoned because of Hannah. So, he would need to have a new one built elsewhere.

Once Hannah is turned over to the vulgar laborers under Sam's leadership, it's almost easy to imagine how 'colorful' her future life would be.

When they walked out, Brian gave a clipped order, "Find out who Hannah has recently been in contact with."

Tony stared at his boss with a confused look.

Glancing at Tony, Brian spoke slowly, "There should be a person in the dark."

With that, he turned to leave as the driver watched his retreating back. As Brian's shadow, Tony knew that since his boss decided to let Molly go, he needed to clean everything in the dark to enable her to live a completely peaceful life. It was likely because of Justin and Steven that things could not easily be peaceful in the dark.

An ambulance with blinking blue lights roared in the street, its siren breaking the evening silence. Inside the emergency vehicle, medical personnel provided first-aid treatment to Mr. Song competently and briskly. The medical team noted it was an old man who had been brought out of the casino. While it was not uncommon for a man his age to suffer arrhythmia from excessive gambling, they thought there was no one else to blame for his condition.

"Heartbeat's stopped!" the nurse suddenly said. Everyone inside the ambulance gathered around the patient.

Peering into Mr. Song's old face, the doctor frowned a little but still gave the order, "Prepare the defibrillator!"

"Got it!" the nurse replied. She pulled out the medical device and handed it to the doctor, who prepared it for use.

"Clear!" the doctor called out, before sticking the pads on Mr. Song's chest.

He zapped the patient, but nothing happened.

"Again. Clear!" The doctor stuck the pads once more.

The nurse observed the cardiac rhythm instrument closely for any sign of recovery. Watching the screen for several minutes, she noted the patient still had no heartbeat, until the monitor showed a flat line. She turned to the doctor and with regret said, "Heartbeat's gone." The doctor checked Mr. Song one last time, removed his mask and said, "When we get to the hospital, ask for proof of death after emergency treatment, and inform the police."

The driver had no idea what was going on in the back and focused on getting to the hospital as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, in the manor, Hannah was unaware that Mr. Song, from whom she tried to seek protection after several men preyed on her, was eternally gone because he couldn't hold up to Brian.

"I really thought too highly of you..." a cold voice came through as if that of a ghost. Contemplating her surroundings, Hannah looked around out of habit. Finally, she came across a woman in a baseball cap and sportswear, who walked out of the kitchen. Before she could open her mouth, the woman said, "I didn't expect that your loss would be so devastating. Will you look at yourself? I don't know what has happened to you, but I just can't lay my eyes on you." Huffing in annoyance, Hannah glared at the woman with fierce eyes. "Don't forget we're on the same boat. Our situations aren't so different, so what makes you think you're going to end up better than me?" Hannah taunted the woman.

But Hannah's threatening words did not faze the woman. Instead, she stretched out her hand to pluck a rose from a vase, then tore the petals slowly one by one while saying, "Hannah, do you think that I'm as stupid as you? Do you honestly believe that I'm not going to be able to escape all this? Well, you're wrong!" she declared. She threw the petals to the ground as if she was throwing an abandoned chess piece. "If I were you, I would be giving every suffering you're going through back to the woman that set you up," she challenged Hannah.

There was no reaction but Hannah only looked at the woman.

"I don't know what you will face in the end," she shrugged. "But I know that Brian would never be willing to take things lying down. So, as your partner, I will give you a gift. I will make the person you hate grieve so much that she would wish to die instead!"

An evil smile crossed her lips as she spoke the words. Hannah stared at her and didn't know how to respond. The two women met through Black Widow. Hannah had thought this woman would be her trail breaker. But it was only now that she realized that like herself, she was also a pawn. Black Widow had given her a terrible pawn while using her at the same time.

Tossing the empty flower stem on the table casually, the woman lazily said, "You can pull me, so we die together. But that would only prove your foolishness." She glanced at Hannah with pity in her eyes. "In that case, you're going to allow the person you despise laugh up to the end!" Then she gave Hannah a cold sneer, turned around and left as silently as she came. Unconsciously, Hannah shuddered.

She curled up her body instinctively and tried to think if everything that happened just now was only an illusion. Hannah crawled to the sofa and felt as if her tendons had been cut off. Her eyes looked glazed yet empty. It was only now that she was frightened. It shocked her that she feared this woman more than she did Brian.

She sat with dulled thoughts, trying to recall the woman's words. Hannah never dreamed of living a life worse than death in the future.

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*Woof! Woof!" a dog started barking. "Woof, woof!" it would not stop.

Molly slept with a frown on her face and her arms hanging on the edge of the sofa, while the lower half of her body was on the floor. The sound of a barking dog gradually crept into her senses and hit a sensitive nerve in her ears. She suddenly bolted upright and looked around her.

Her swollen eyes now felt very dry. It took a while before she realized where she was.

"Woof!" the dog barked again.

Frowning, she attempted to get up. But having been in one position for so long, her legs and feet had become numb. Molly waited a few minutes to regain the sensation in her lower limbs, but the barking still didn't stop. Instinctively, she walked out to follow the sound. Her entire body feeling so tired, Molly went around the house and checked out the premises. Her feet weakened considerably as she reached the lawn. Fluttering her eyes, she turned to go back to the house and was panting from exhaustion. "Woof!" the barking seemed to be getting closer.

As soon as Molly raised her eyes, she turned deathly pale at the sight of a huge Tibetan mastiff rushing towards her at whirlwind speed.

"Ahhhh!" Molly screamed in terror.

She stood frozen in panic as she watched the huge animal coming towards her. Her mind told her to run, but her feet felt like they were rooted to the spot.

Suddenly, the Tibetan mastiff hurled itself towards a very frightened Molly. 000