Chapter 86: Former lover
As soon as Michael entered the office, Jony called him to his office. He guessed Jony already knew something.
Henry discovered that the police were secretly investigating the activities of the hematology and blood transfusion institute, so how could Jony not know?
Perhaps someone in the institute spread this information because his subordinates were all trustworthy people.
– Hey, why are you investigating the hematology institute? Did I give you an order? Jony leaned forward, clasped his hands, and looked seriously at Michael.
– Ah, I assumed that the vampires would buy blood from there, so I secretly investigated. During the time we increased patrols at night, there were no disappearances, and there was only one recent murder, so I assumed they had to find another source of blood, and there…Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.
– Yes, your secret is that William knows everything.
Michael took a deep breath and bowed his head, not knowing what else to say.
William has a lot of henchmen, Michael doesn’t know where they are distributed yet, so it wouldn’t be strange if William knew about this.
– Tell me, what else are you doing behind my back?
– It’s over. That’s all.
The captain of the special police team quickly opened his eyes wide and lied.
Even if Jony gave him more money, he wouldn’t dare tell Jony everything unless everything was close to the end and there was enough evidence.
If Jony knew that the man standing in front of him was about to use the evidence he had to threaten the director of the Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Jony would kick him out of the police department.
And if Jony knew he was cooperating with vampires, Jony would put him in prison. He couldn’t joke with this old man.
– Now tell me when this case can end. Ten years or twenty years?
– It won’t last ten years. It will end soon.
The corner of Jony’s lips twitched when he heard the son of the late police chief’s firm assertion.
Based on what is he so sure?
But thinking about it, Jony realized that the key lies in capturing and destroying vampires. The investigation now is only to determine their location to set a trap.
At the same time, in a closed room, William is instructing Henry to check and process documents to make sure that when the inspection team arrives, they will not detect too many violations.
At the same time, he also ordered his subordinates to urgently repair degraded facilities.
– Ah, in half a month Prime Minister Anatole will visit our country. Henry spoke up before leaving the room.
– I remember that. I will phone him later. William nodded, his eyebrows slightly frowned.
This time, the amount of blood that William collected was only about two-thirds of Anatole’s order while he had received enough money a long time ago. Therefore, he kept procrastinating, not daring to tell Anatole about this.
He thought he would try to collect enough, but now, the police in neighboring provinces have also tightened security patrols, so it is difficult to take action.
During the day, William locked himself in his room and handled the medical science institute’s work remotely.
Today, he had an uneasy feeling so he didn’t want to go out. It was not until late afternoon, when the sunlight had completely disappeared, that he left the room, went to the kitchen to have dinner, and then went to the balcony to enjoy the fresh air.
While he was closing his eyes, enjoying the pleasant atmosphere, suddenly a light but very cold wind passed by, giving him goosebumps.
He immediately opened his eyes and looked around. Just as he regained composure because he did not see anything suspicious, from the dense bushes, the silhouette of a woman appeared in a blood-red dress.
– Maris… – His face changed color when he saw the face of his former lover.
Maris looked up at the man with resentful eyes and then she smiled devilishly, then, with just one jump, she stood right behind him.
Her extremely fast speed made him unable to determine where she was, he thought he was hallucinating.
– Thomas. Maris lightly touched his shoulder with sharp claws and called softly.
As soon as William turned around, she dragged him into the room and closed the door.
Below, the bodyguards had just arrived. After looking around and seeing no movement, they continued walking, not knowing that the boss’s life was in danger.
– You… you… – William trembled when he saw the woman step by step approaching him.
– You’re disappointed to see I’m still alive, right? Today I will reclaim the old debt.
William quickly reached behind his back and groped around on the desk to look for the box containing the cross but could not find it.
Maris smiled, came closer, and picked up the box, holding it in front of him.
Knowing that today it would be difficult to escape from the female vampire’s hands without using tricks, he immediately prostrated himself at her feet and cried like a child.
– I know I have done many things that you cannot forgive. But everything I do is because I love you so much.
– Love me? Are you talking without embarrassment?
– It’s the truth, Maris, even though you don’t want to believe it, it’s the truth.
Next, he said that when he discovered that she was a vampire, he came up with the idea of researching a medicine that would help him stay young and immortal like her. His goal is to be able to live together with her forever.
He said he was afraid that she would no longer love him if he grew old, and was even more afraid that she would belong to another man if he died.
– Those fears made me lose myself. That’s why I locked you up when you didn’t agree to let me continue using your blood for research. I was afraid of losing you but in the end, I lost you. He raised his tear-stained face to look at her.
Maris was not moved at all because this man no longer had a place in her heart.
If it weren’t for Samson’s need to bring everyone involved in the kidnapping and blood-selling ring to light, she would have strangled William to death, not saying so much.
Her purpose in coming here today was to make his spirit and mind chaotic, so he would easily reveal loopholes for Samson and the police to find evidence.
– Really? But when I’m gone, you still arrest Samson to continue researching that nonsense remedy. She raised her leg, and stepped on William’s neck, forcing his head down to the floor.
– Because I… I still hope to see you again. He whispered.
Realizing that she was using more and more force, William immediately brainstormed to think of something that could save his life right now.
It seemed this woman was unmoved when he talked about his feelings for her.
– Vincent. Don’t you want to see Vincent again? It’s the vampire who came to rescue you and was captured by me and a group of hunters. He’s still alive and I’m holding him captive.
William hit Maris’s weak point, immediately, she retracted her legs and grabbed him, lifting him.
She saw Vincent disappear with her own eyes, yet this man wanted to use Vincent’s existence to deceive her.
If Vincent was alive, why did he have to take risks to capture Samson? Wouldn’t it be more convenient to take Vincent’s blood?
– Lie. I saw him disappear in the sunlight. She gritted her teeth and lifted him higher.
– No, I… tell the truth. The person you see is just a magic show. The hunters agreed to let me keep Vincent for research purposes and I treated him. However, he is a pure-blood vampire, his blood is too different from humans, so I aimed at Samson. Still, I kept Vincent as a backup plan.
Pausing for a moment to catch his breath, he continued to explain that because he accidentally saw the diamond attached to Samson’s collar, he guessed that Samson was a vampire cursed by the sun god Apollo. Ancient documents have recorded this.
William’s words were quite logical, so Maris was also confused. However, even if there was a little bit of hope, she still wanted to try. She wanted to see Vincent again.
After thinking for a few minutes, she slowly put William down and asked him to take her to see Vincent.
– I’ll take you there next weekend. Right now my work is very busy.
– Tell me the location, and I’ll take you there in a heartbeat.
– I’ll be overwhelmed by your moving speed.
Realizing that the man was deliberately stalling for time, Maris immediately used her claws to dig into his neck, blood slowly oozing out from the wounds.
– If… if you kill me, you will never be able to see Vincent again.
Maris tried to suppress her anger and backed away.
William put his hand to his neck and was horrified to realize that his neck was covered in blood.
– Don’t play tricks, otherwise, I… will drown you to the bottom of the ocean.
After saying that, Maris also jumped out the window and disappeared into the night.
When William was sure she was gone, he breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the floor.
It took a while for him to get up, call the housekeeper, and then lie down again.
The wound was not too serious, but the mental overwhelm that Maris brought made him almost exhausted.
If he hadn’t lied about Vincent’s existence, perhaps that woman would have taken his life.
As soon as the door opened and saw the scene before her eyes, the housekeeper panicked and ran to help William up, then helped him disinfect the wound and bandage it.
When she learned that this injury was caused by Maris, she almost dropped the antiseptic bottle.
– Call Henry here.
– Yes.
Next, he ordered the bodyguards to gather and vent his anger on them. The bodyguards also knew that this mistake was too big, so they bowed their heads and listened to him scold them.
The big boss almost lost his life, which meant that their entire family’s rice bowl was also lost. That’s why they had to risk their lives to protect him like protecting their own lives.
– Do we need to install crosses around the villa? A bodyguard asked when William stopped cursing.
– No need, go work now. I will assign tasks to you after talking with Henry.
After speaking, he raised his hand to gently rub the outside of the gauze on his neck.
He silently cursed Maris and determined to make her suffer a thousand times more pain than this.
He knew that this time he would have to spend a large sum of money to trap her, but there was no more perfect way than that.
After half an hour, Henry arrived. As soon as he got out of the car, he quickly ran into the house and went straight to William’s room.
He heard the butler talk about his boss being attacked by a female vampire.
He searched for Maris but couldn’t find anything. He didn’t expect her to come here. And what surprised him was how William escaped death.