Raymond had a meeting this evening at 8: 00 p.m. Frank came in and interrupted Raymond not long after the meeting started. Looking at Raymond, Frank said he had something very important to report to Raymond.
Frank had been Raymond's secretary for so many years, so Raymond knew that Frank was not the kind of secretary who would just barge into a meeting room and interrupt a meeting. Since Frank barged into Raymond's office, he must really have something very important to tell Raymond.
Raymond made an immediate decision to have the meeting suspended. Then he got up and went out to ask Frank what was going on.
It turned out that the people Frank sent to spy on Ryker found out that Ryker was going to take action against Scarlett tonight. As Scarlett had a dinner party to attend tonight, Ryker arranged for a number of people to enter Scarlett's hotel tonight. And Ryker also arranged for some people to be inside a casino over Uslaraw Road yesterday.
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At first, the people sent by Frank didn't realize that Ryker was going to take action against Scarlett tonight. With the sensitivity of their profession, they didn't think Ryker was going to take action tonight until they saw Ryker's men arrange a truck, so they called Frank.
Frank knew Scarlett’s schedule for the day. Scarlett would go back to the villa from the Maple Hotel, so she would walk through the Uslaraw Road. And that road was still between the villa and the hotel, which was also a bit far from downtown Juanton City.
Thus, Frank immediately came back to his senses. Frank naturally did not dare to let his guard down over Scarlett's case.
Although tonight's meeting was important, Frank felt that Scarlett was more important than the meeting.
As expected, Raymond looked gloomy after hearing his words. "Arrange for someone to go to Scarlett's place right away." "I'll make the arrangements right away, Mr. Shaw." Raymond didn't know that Scarlett already knew that Ryker was going to take action against her tonight. When the call came through, the first thing he said was, "Are you still at the hotel?" Hearing him say that, Scarlett knew what he meant. "I just came downstairs. I'm getting ready to leave the hotel." She spoke and then paused for a moment." | know Ryker is going to take action against me tonight, but | want to step into his trap." Raymond moved his dark eyes. "Are you trying to play it along?" "Well, you're still smart." Listening to Scarlett's relaxed tone, Raymond was a little helpless. "But | don't want you to take any risks." "Actually, that’s not really a risk." Scarlett said, pausing for a moment. "We'll catch him in a jar. He can't get away either.
Raymond, on the other side of the phone, was silent for a moment. "But then you'd be in danger, too." "That's the ultimate choice." Scarlett didn’t think hiding was an option. Even if she avoided the risk this time, Ryker would take action against her once again.
Moreover, Ryker had nothing to lose. And he may come up with more extreme ideas next time.
"What do you think?" Raymond knew that if Scarlett ever decided to do something, no one could change her mind.
This was indeed a good opportunity. If it wasn't for Scarlett’s desire to take risks, Raymond didn't really want Scarlett to do so.
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But Scarlett insisted on taking the risk At this point, Raymond could only do what he had to do. He would try to do everything possible to protect Scarlett.
The elevator soon reached the first floor. Scarlett briefly said her thoughts. "... I'm getting out of the elevator. I'll talk to you later." "Scarlett, protect yourself.” "Yeah, | know." Scarlett didn't think Ryker would dare to really do anything harmful to her. And it was a law-based society.
The only reason Ryker would go after Scarlett was that he wanted to blackmail Raymond.
After hanging up the phone, Scarlett glanced at Katherine beside her. "No matter what happens later, you have to protect yourself first. Understand?" Katherine was touched when she heard Scarlett's words. "Ms. Reed, actually | can..." Katherine just heard what Scarlett said to Raymond, and Katherine felt that she could actually disguise herself as Scarlett, so she felt that Scarlett didn’t have to take the risk herself.
However, before Katherine could finish her sentence, Scarlett rejected her outright." No. They've been following us for days, so they can tell which one is me and which one is you." Looking at Scarlett, Katherine wanted to say something to Scarlett but didn't. The two of them were already walking to the entrance of the hotel. And the driver had been waiting for a long time. Katherine pursed her lips and knew it was useless to say anything else, so she followed Scarlett into the car.
The driver still didn't know what was going on, and Scarlett looked at Katherine, "Tell Paul what he should do later." Katherine knew Scarlett was determined to take the risk herself, so she had to briefly explain the situation to Paul, who was sitting in front of her. In case Paul conflicted with those people later and caused unnecessary accidental casualties.