Chapter 20 Surrounded and Ambushed
Yunice knew she was about to be scolded. Lowering her tone, she said, “My brother, I just went out for some air.”
That single “Brother‘ was enough to make Owen hesitate mid–kick.
She had been back for so long, yet this was the first time she had called me that.
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But he was not going to be fooled by her tricks. This was nothing more than an attempt to avoid punishment. Owen scoffed, “For some air? Nice try. Looked more like you were taking a breather on some old man’s lap.”
Seeing Yunice’s stunned expression, he sneered, “What? Gonna claim I’m falsely accusing you? Then tell me, where did you get the Alphasirox pills? Did you steal them, or did you pick them up off the ground?”
“Even the Powell family couldn’t get their hands on them, yet you could? Must be a pretty powerful sugar daddy you’ve got. Maybe one day, even my reputation will benefit from your connections!”
His words were dripping with sarcasm. Yunice simply repeated, ‘I didn’t.”
“Oh! Then where were you last night? As far as I know, you don’t have any friends willing to take you in. You’ve got no money and no ID. Where exactly did you stay?”
So he knew. Knew that I had no friends, no identity, no money. And because he was so certain I had nowhere to go, he felt entitled to bully
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Yunice replied evenly. “The streets. Under a bridge. Plenty of places can shelter someone for a night. They’re just a bit cold.”
She then added, “As for the pills, they were given to me by Wyatt
That caught Owen off guard. But he recalled seeing her speaking with Wyatt the day before.
If it was Wyatt, then yes, he could get the medicine.
Owen’s eyes scrutinized her, scanning her up and down. She looked completely ordinary. “Why would he give them to you?”
“He mistook me for Paul’s fiancée and wanted to mess with me. Giving me the pills was his way of setting up a misunderstanding”
As Yunice spoke, she locked eyes with him. Her gaze practically said, See? You all fell for it.
Owen was speechless. He had not expected this to backfire on him.
If Wyatt had planned it that way, then Yunice was nothing more than a pawn. An instrument for Wyatt to provoke Paul.
Wyatt had always clashed with the Powell family. A natural–born troublemaker. This was exactly something he would do.
Half convinced, Owen pressed on. Then why didn’t you say so yesterday?”
Yunice replied, “First, if I had told you, it would’ve stirred up a fight between Paul and Wyatt, which doesn’t benefit me. Second, Alphasirox pills are good medicine. I wanted to keep them.”
Now that sounded more like the Yunice he knew. A more self–serving person.
Seeing that he was no longer pressing her, Yunice returned to her room to catch up on sleep.
Meanwhile, Owen had no intention of informing Paul about Wyatt’s involvement. Their family had no desire to provoke that mad dog.
His real concern was Yunice. She was already an adult, headstrong and unpredictable. If they did not marry her off soon, who knew how much more trouble she would bring to the family?
It’s time to ask Mother to arrange a marriage for her.
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To avoid further conflicts, Yunice rarely left her room. At night, she used a secret phone to catch up on lost knowledge, During the day, she rested to recover her strength.
Margaret would visit from time to time, even deliberately giving her nutritional supplements in front of Lily. After more than a week of this, her complexion had significantly improved.
One day, Margaret visited again, but this time, it was to say goodbye.
After divorcing Jensen, she could no longer stay in the country. She was leaving for a long trip abroad.
If it were not for Yunice’s engagement issue, she would not have come back just to see the other woman flaunting her victory.
1 advised you to break off the engagement with Paul not because I look down on you,” Margaret said. The Powell family is too complicated. Without strong backing, you’ll suffer.”
Daughter–in–law and mother–in–law were natural enemies. And now, there was a stepmother involved, making things even more precarious
Yunice was not sure how sincère Margaret was, but she was not wrong. The Powell family was embroiled in internal strife. There was no need for Yunice to be dragged into it.
Margaret suddenly thought of something. “By the way, do you remember Gill?
Gill had been a maid for the Saunders family. Margaret had introduced her back then, and when Elsie moved in, Gill had been the one who protected Yunice. But after Yunice was sent to the asylum, Cill had left the Saunders, family as well.
Yunice’s eyes lit up. “Madam Margaret, do you know where Gill is?”
Margaret smiled. “She’s looking after my house in Silverburgh.”
She handed Yunice an address. “This is my private residence. Not many people know about it. If you ever have nowhere to go, find Gill She’ll take care of you.”
Tears welled in Yunice’s eyes. She wanted nothing more than to rush to Cill’s side immediately.
Seeing her reaction, Margaret subtly hinted, “Elsie and Owen are on a business trip. They won’t be back for a week.”
Was she suggesting I make a run for it?
Yunice did not respond immediately. After everything she had been through, she found it difficult to trust people. Especially when Margaret was Paul’s mother, it was even harder to simply place trust in her
But Margaret did not mind. She was leaving soon. Whether Yunice trusted her or not did not matter, as long as she trusted Gill. That will do.
That night, after Margaret’s flight took off, Yunice hailed a taxi to the private residence.
Her phone number was not registered, so it took a while before she managed to find a cheap, off–the–books cab.
The driver was irritable, speeding recklessly down the road.
Yunice was still reeling from the nausea of sudden acceleration when the car screecheded to an abrupt stop.
Thankfully, she was wearing a seatbelt, or she would have slammed into the dashboard.
Before she could regain her senses, the sharp sound of tires skidding across pavement filled the air.
More than one car. Engines roared. Tires burned rubber against the road. It sounded just like a racetrack.
The taxi driver swore. “Damn it, I knew I should’ve stayed home today!”
Yunice glanced at him. His forehead was bleeding, his hand pressed against the wound.
Then she turned to look outside, and her breath caught in her throat.
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Their taxi was completely surrounded.
A fleet of luxury cars formed a perfect encirclement, drifting in rapid synchronization to tighten the trap.
And aside from their decrepit taxi, one other car was caught in the middle.
Unlike their stopped cabs, the other car fought desperately, its tires spinning frantically in search of an escape route.
Yunice’s heart sank. She knew they had been caught in a gang conflict.
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She bit her lip. Sometimes, she really wondered if she was cursed. What were the odds of getting tangled up in something
like this?
Just as she was calculating her chances of escape, the surrounding cars screeched to a halt.
“Their doors swung open in perfect unison, and dozens of men poured out like a tidal wave. They ripped the struggling car’s doors clean off, dragging its passengers out and tossing them onto the pavement.
The agonized screams sounded eerily familjar.
Just as Yunice leaned closer to the window to see who it was, she felt a presence. A gaze. Strong, piercing, and locked directly onto her.
Her back hit the seat as she instinctively shrank away, trying to disappear from view.
