My New Twisted Life

The rescue

Bruno’s fierce gaze was still fixed at the man who kidnapped Mollie. He parted his thin lips and said “Take me to the man.” His tone was calm but coated with an icy layer.

Phillip nodded and helped him to get out of the car. He pushed the wheelchair to the two men who were handcuffed and knelt down on the ground. Bruno looked around and saw Mollie, lying on the back seat of one of the police cars senselessly. Anger seeped through his body and he gritted his teeth to suppress it. He cast a hot glare at the two men in front of him. He wanted to kill them for hurting Mollie, but because of his legs, he couldn’t do anything. The police officer said “Mr. Smith, we will take care of them and send the girl to the hospital. You have nothing to worry about.”

“Phillip, take Mollie to the car.” Bruno’s eyes didn’t move for a second from the two-man while saying those words. Phillip nodded and walking to the police vehicle, but he was stopped by the officer and he said “I have told you we will send her to the hospital then why are you taking her away? Do you know her?”

Bruno clasped the handstand of the wheelchair and tilting his head, he glared at the officer who blocked Phillip’s way. Phillip glanced at him and sensed how angry he was. He looked at the officer and revealed “Officer, she is to be the bride of Mr. Smith.” He then looked down at the men and continued speaking “Those men had kidnapped her on her way to the marriage office. Don’t leave them and take good care of them.”

The officer was shocked to hear him and he stepped back immediately. Now he realized why Elijah was so interested in this girl. Picking up Mollie, Phillip walked to the Range Rover and laid her on the back seat. Bruno’s gaze roved on the two men… one was trembling in fear and another man who pointed the gun at Mollie had no fear in his eyes. He rolled the wheel towards the fearful man and bending down, he grasped his collar with both hands to pull the man towards him. The man’s whole body shuddered in horror after meeting that ferocious gaze and swallowed hard. Then he heard his bone-chilling voice “Who sent you?”

The man didn’t reply and only looked at him in horror. Bruno’s patience died and he shook him vigorously before shouting “Speak.”

“I don’t know. We received a parcel in which we got a note, a photo of this girl and lots of money. We were instructed to send this girl to an address in the suburb.” The man blurted out immediately and the other man closed his eyes hopelessly.

Bruno pushed him down hard and his expression turned thoughtful. Who on the earth wanted to kidnap Mollie and why? While he was lost in his thoughts, he heard the officer’s voice from the top of his head “Mr. Smith, we will grind them properly and find out who is after this k********g. You go and take care of your fiancée.”

Bruno regained his senses and looked up at the officer for a while before he headed to his car. He felt tightness on his chest to see Mollie lying motionlessly on the seat. He pulled her up and placed her head on his lap. Running his fingers through her silky soft black hair, he said “I want detailed information of Mollie.” His gaze then shifted to the rearview mirror to look at Phillip and continued speaking “Her background is not as simple as we thought. There is something in her past. Find it out as soon as possible.”

Phillip glanced at him through the mirror while driving and said “I understand. Give me two days' times.”

Bruno hummed and looked down at Mollie again. He continued running his fingers through her hair.

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Mollie’s senses came back slowly and she tried to open her eyes. She felt a heaviness on her entire body and a splitting headache. She groaned in pain holding her head. She couldn’t recall what had happened to her. Just then she heard a deep voice “You are awake.”

She turned her head to look at the source of the sound and saw vaguely a figure, sitting on a wheelchair beside the glass window, facing back to her. Sitting up on the sickbed, she rubbed her eyes to see him clearly. After a while, her eyesight adjusted with the surroundings and she could see Elijah’s back clearly. She looked around and understood that she was in the hospital.

He turned around slowly and rolling the wheels, he went to the sickbed. Mollie slowly came to the realization that she was going to the marriage office but while waiting for the taxi someone kidnapped her and after that, she couldn’t remember anything. Then how did she come to the hospital? What happened to her? She even didn’t know how long she was unconscious. She got scared and stared at him with wide eyes. She heard him asking “Are you having any discomfort?”

Without replying to him, she asked back “How did you find me out? And what happened to me? I can’t remember anything.”

Bruno peered at her for a moment and taking her soft hands into his big palm, he said calmly “Some bad people kidnapped you and police has rescued you.” He paused for a while before asking “Do you have enmity with anyone?”

Mollie was dumbfounded and shaking her head she immediately denied “No, I don’t have any enemy. I don’t know who they are.”

But just as she said the last sentence, her face turned pale realizing something. She recalled the threatening of Brandon. ‘So it was him!’ The quick change of her expression was not hidden from Bruno’s eyes and he comprehended that she was hiding something, but he didn’t pursue her further. He patted the back of her hand and said “Don’t worry. Those people are the members of a local gang that involved in small cases of robbery and k********g. The police will punish them for their wrongdoings. You take a rest and don’t think about this. Hmm?”

Mollie lowered her head and nodded. She was angry at the thought of how low that man could go to get that contract. She didn’t take his threats seriously thinking that he was saying those words just to scare her. No matter what she was his biological daughter and he couldn’t do such heinous things to her. But she was too naïve to think like that. There were no feelings for her in his heart then why should he care for her? Tears pricked her eyes and she blinked frequently to not shed them. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn’t notice someone was scanning her every reaction with his sharp eyes.

Just then, they heard the click sound of the door opening and they looked in the direction of the sound only to see Phillip coming inside. He felt a little awkward when his eyes landed on Elijah, holding Mollie’s hands. He looked away from them and cleared his throat. Mollie pulled her hands back and stole a glance at Elijah while Bruno shifted his gaze to Mollie before looking back at Phillip again. Placing his hands on his thigh, he asked “Do you have something to tell?”

Phillip gazed at him and said “Yes.”

Bruno understood that he had something important to tell and his hesitation confirmed that he didn’t want to say it in front of Mollie. He nodded and said “Hmm… let’s go out. I need some fresh air.” He turned his head to look at Mollie and commanded “You take rest. We will be back soon.” With that, they left the ward. Mollie looked at the closed door for a while and then laid on the bed again.

Phillip started saying the moment they came out of the ward “Um… Boss, the marriage registration date has postponed to the next week.”

Bruno frowned deeply in frustration and asked “Is that all you want to say?”

Phillip shook his head and tried to explain hurriedly “No I have other things to tell too.”

Bruno only cast a questioning gaze and waited for him to speak. Then Phillip started saying word by word “Police has found out about the location. It is a newly built clubhouse which is not started functioning yet and the property belongs to Mr. Robinson.”

“Mr. Robinson?” Bruno narrowed his eyes and looked up at Phillip doubtfully. He was a little surprised as he couldn’t find this name in his memory. He heard Phillip saying again “Yes. He is the CEO of RB builders. He is known as the king in the construction business.”

“King in the construction business?” He caught these words and repeated. He continued staring at him, brows creased tight.

Phillip nodded and continued speaking “Yes. His construction business spiked up when he got all the properties and shares of his wife. She died last year in a private jet accident. Rumors said that he planned his wife’s murder but police didn’t find any clue against him.”

“Is that so?” Bruno’s eyes sparkled hearing this and looked away from him. He thought that the business world was not very different from the crime world. The only difference was that they could roam around in the city without fear of the police. His agitation increased with the thought of how Mollie could have connections with such a cunning CEO. “Find the details of Mollie as soon as you can.”