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He left the room after he said those words. Madison did not understand his intentions. He did not yell at her, and neither did he throw a temper tantrum. He didn’t even question her actions. What did he mean by “the best decision she could’ve made“?
The door closed with a bang, and a new round of fireworks started. Looking at the fireworks, they burned brightly but only for an instant. She felt like her life was like that. She shone brightly for a short while before endless sorrow and darkness were all that was left.
As everyone was enjoying the lively atmosphere, Madison suddenly heard a woman scream.
“Master Connor!”
Was she just hearing things?
Next moment, she saw a few men run past her door in a rush. One of them was holding Connor! She didn’t know what was going on, but she was already running after them before she knew it.
Connor’s shrill cries rang across the corridor, but everyone else was focused on the fireworks show. Most of the security guards were busy helping set off the fireworks.
Mina’s leg seemed to have been shot, so she couldn’t run after the men. She could only watch as they took Connor away.
Madison realized that she was not the only one on the ship who was scheming against Connor. She was thankful that she changed out of her evening gown before this. It allowed her to keep up with the men.
She ran like her life depended on it. As the men were starting up their speedboat, she knew she wouldn’t make it in time. She took a chance and leapt toward the boat without regard for her own safety. She managed to get on.
The men were planning to escape from the scene. They didn’t expect someone to suddenly appear on their boat, and it was a woman who was out of breath, no less.
Madison’s stamina was not what it was back in high school, where she was able to run more than 1,000 yards without needing a break.
She wanted to act tough in front of these men. But she couldn’t stop panting when she said, “Put … him… down…”
She couldn’t even complete a sentence properly. She also had to grab hold of the edges of the boat to prevent herself from falling off.
Even she was amazed that she was able to catch up with such a sickly body.
Reality once again proved that people were more forgiving toward pretty women. The men were nervous when they saw another person appear on the boat suddenly. They had raised their guns at Madison’s forehead.
But she suddenly fainted before she was able to finish her sentence. The man closest to her even grabbed at her instinctively to stop her from falling.
“What do we do about this woman, boss? Should we throw her overboard?”
Faint light shone on Madison’s face. She looked innocent and harmless. Her white down jacket was swaying in the wind, making her look even weaker and sicklier.
The leader of the group looked at her face and said, “No need. Let’s go.”
The speedboat quickly left the vicinity of the cruise ship. One of the men said, “Is she serious? She ran all the way to our boat to become a prisoner.”
Mina watched everything go down at the railing. She was anxious and angry. She was only noticed by the security guards after she dragged herself out of the corridor with a bleeding leg
“Master Connor has been taken!” Mina ignored her bleeding leg and crawled her way to Hunter.
Andrea’s first reaction was to slap her. “How could my son be taken by someone out of nowhere? Why can’t you take care of a child? How many times…”
Mina retold the entire incident from the beginning. When Andrea heard that Madison also got on the boat, her first reaction was to pin the blame on her.
“I knew Madison was up to no good. She must’ve been the one who hired those men to take our child! Hunter, you have to get
Connor back!”
Hunter felt a strong urge to slap Andrea, but he was not in the habit of hitting women.
He thought no one in their right mind could’ve said what Andrea said.
Holding back his anger, he said, “Get her out of here.”
Brent had already begun investigating. Hunter was touched when he saw footage of Madison recklessly going after the group of men. He knew better than anyone that if she wanted to hurt Connor, she would’ve done it long ago.
She did love Connor–so much so that she went after him even when she knew the men had guns on them.
Looking worried, Brent whispered, “Mr. Williams, could your identity have been exposed? Did they take Master Connor to exchange him for that item?”
Hunter pursed his lips, his icy temperament overwhelming.
“No,” Hunter shut down that assumption immediately.
He replayed the footage of the men shooting their guns. Although they disguised themselves, their pistols were visible.
He zoomed in on the footage and said, “Look at their firearms. Those are MK23s.
“They were the standard issue weapons of the special forces in the early days. These pistols are comparable to the Desert Eagle in terms of firepower, but their downside is apparent. They’re too bulky. Even without silencers, they’re not easy to use with one hand.
“They wouldn’t think to use such clumsy and outdated weapons.
“Secondly, look at how these two ran. That isn’t how trained special forces retreat. So these guys are not them. If they were here, they would’ve held the whole ship hostage and not just a child.”
Brent didn’t understand. “If it isn’t them, who else would dare to cross the Williamss?”
Hunter put his hands behind his back as he looked into the distance.
He said with certainty, “No matter who they are, they put so much effort into this operation. Since they aren’t after the life of someone, they must’ve done it for the money.”
“That’s true. Ms. Davis spent a lot of money advertising this event. Especially this fireworks show. She spent a few hundred thousand on that. This huge amount must’ve spurred someone to kidnap Master Connor.”
With a sigh, Brent said, “Ms. Davis also announced the details of the event. We were supposed to handle the security, but she insisted that her uncle do it instead. It would’ve been fine if they were just trying to line their pockets, but Master Conner got kidnapped. Even Ms. Evans was taken.”
Hunter frowned at the mention of Madison. If the kidnappers only wanted a ransom, they would not harm Connor yet. But Madison had put herself in danger by throwing herself at them.
The kidnappers were well–prepared. They chose to carry out their plan on sea and not on land. They would’ve had a hard time trying to evade surveillance on land.
On the other hand, mobile phones didn’t even have a signal at sea. So it was going to be hard to track someone.
Hunter’s biggest fear was that they were based on an uninhabited island. That would make their search way harder.
In the following hours, he made a lot of calls and set up a detailed rescue plan. Even after that, Hunter couldn’t relax for a moment. His brows were still furrowed with worry.
The cruise ship docked ahead of schedule before the sun was even up. The guests did not know what happened and were wondering why the event ended prematurely.
After all the guests had disembarked, Andrea began to throw a temper tantrum.
“Why haven’t you sent people after Madison? That bitch colluded with the kidnappers to take my son away. She…”
Brent felt a strong desire to slap her when he heard what she said. He kicked the culprit that allowed the kidnapping to happen into the room. It was Andrea’s uncle, Marcus.
Andrea became furious when she saw that. “What’s the meaning of this? You’re not looking for Madison, and instead, you brought my uncle here?”
“You want to know what? Why don’t you explain yourselves first?”
Hunter sat on the couch with a scowl before slamming a stack of receipts on the table.
“I allocated a budget of one million dollars for Connor’s birthday party. How much did he line his pockets with?” Marcus was Helen’s only brother. After she passed, the Daviss had always treated him well, but he was used to slacking off. He was also a compulsive gambler.
It was apparent that Andrea insisted that he organize the birthday party so that he could skim some profits from it.
“It would’ve been fine if you just wanted your uncle to make a profit. But have you ever considered if he was up for the job? He tried to reduce costs by purchasing food that was no longer fresh, which was fine. But he fired the professional security team that I paid a lot of money for.
“He replaced that team with some hooligans off the streets who have no experience as bodyguards. They were all busy lighting fireworks and watching the fireworks show while the kidnapping went down. Their lack of professionalism caused a major security hazard!”
“Mr. Williams, please let me explain. I…”
Hunter had already stood up, his figure casting a looming shadow on Marcus. He walked toward him menacingly as his eyes glowed with rage.
“In order to save money, you kept the original chefs but sent their apprentices away. You hired people at a low price to handle their jobs. What did you think this place was? Your backyard?”
Standing up, Marcus tried to explain, “I… I only wanted to help you cut some costs. Your money doesn’t grow on…”