Chapter 324 A Stakes Are Raised
The next second, Derrick grabbed the phone out of her hand.
It was a video call from Abraham,
Derrick glanced at Stella, then tapped to answer. He brought his face up to the camera.
“Abraham.”
There was a brief silence on the other end.
Then Abraham’s gaze turned cold. “Where is Star?”
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A moment later. Derrick turned the camera to show Stella and pressed the barrel of his gun to her forehead.
Stella instinctively raised her hand to push it away, but Derrick gave her a warning look.
When Abraham saw the image on the screen—Stella soaking wet and looking utterly miserable—the atmosphere around the call instantly turned dangerous.
“What did you do to her?”
His voice dripped with menace.
Derrick let out a slight chuckle. “Abraham, I want what’s mine.”
“Fine.”
Stella was stunned.
Derrick was equally surprised. That easy?
So this girl really meant a lot to Abraham now.
His eyes fell on the marks on her neck.
His voice grew colder. “When?”
“With Bernie. Haven’t you heard?” Abraham said.
Stella blinked. Does Bernie have it? Wasn’t that what Lancelot stole from Abraham?
How did it end up with Derrick?
Is that what he’s been after all this time?
She couldn’t help but be curious.
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As he spoke. he tapped his muzzle against her head again.
Abraham’s voice dropped dangerously. ‘Get that thing off her head. This is the last time I’m going
to tell you
“Abraham, it seems you haven’t realized yet, you’re no longer in control of this hunt.”
Derrick said it casually, like a man who thought he held all the cards.
“Is that so?”
Abraham’s camera flipped, too.
And there was Sebastian, screaming for help.
“Derrick, save me, please!!
Derrick froze. That useless idiot.
How did he get caught by Abraham so fast!
Then Eddie’s familiar voice came over the line.
“Mr. Derrick. Sebastian here is crying like a baby. I wonder if he can handle my experiments.
Derrick’s eyes narrowed in anger.
Then the once–begging Sebastian exploded in anger at the insult.
“You moron, who are you calling a baby?”
Moron? Was that mean to me?
Eddie didn’t get it. “You. I’m talking about you.”
As he said that, he raised the scalpel to Sebastian’s throat and looked at Derrick through the
screen.
“Mr. Derrick, how about I start the dissection from the carotid artery?”
Stella’s eyelid twitched.
The artery? That’s a kill shot…
Derrick radiated cold hostility. He sneered. “Do you all really think Sebastian means anything to
me?”
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Eddie replied. “Perfect. I’ll kill him right now.”
With
With that, his scalpel sliced into Sebastian’s neck.
“Aaagh!”
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Sebastian screamed in pain and tried to grab the scalpel, but as he lunged, Eddie grabbed his wrist, and the two began to struggle.
At the same time. Stella lunged and bit down hard on Derrick’s wrist.
He let out a grunt. “Ugh… Stella, you bit me again!”
Chaos broke out on both ends of the call.
Eddie yelled, “You bastard, Sebastian! I’m going to kill you today!”
Derrick yelled. “You damn woman, let go of me!”
She had hit me earlier with a steel showerhead.
That blow has scrambled my brain, and now she is biting me again.
But Stella wouldn’t let go after all that effort.
Then a loud bang echoed through the phone. The other side fell silent.
Sebastian stared at Abraham, his pupils constricted, his leg bleeding.
For a moment he even forgot the pain.
Then he howled like a slaughtered pig.
Abraham looked back at Derrick. “Not important?”
Derrick’s face hardened. “Don’t hurt him.”
Abraham said, “Send Star back. You’ll get your stuff.”
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Derrick was furious. “I’m not turning her over until I get my stuff.”
Right now, the only real leverage I had over Abraham was Stella.
If I sent her back, how could I ever expect to get what I wanted?
“Derrick. Abraham muttered.
Just hurry up. Derrick snapped, ending the call without warning. Then he grabbed Stella’s chin.
“You dare bite me? I’ll knock your damn teeth out.”
He was really angry.
I had never expected Stella to resort to something so shameless, biting me like a wildcat.
Was there anything this girl wouldn’t do?
“Go ahead then, Stella said. “Try it.”
She opened her mouth defiantly. His blood still clung to her teeth.
The sight made Derrick’s blood boil.
“Fine. If I touch you now, Abraham will go crazy. I’ll wait until I have the stuff. Then I’ll take care of you.”
He pushed her away roughly.
Stella rolled her eyes.
That only made Derrick angrier.
The damn woman is too confident that I won’t really hurt her.
And… I wouldn’t.
He glared at her. Tell me the truth. Did he get yet?”
Even though Abraham had said on the phone that Bernie still had the item, I didn’t buy it.
Stella replied, “If I told you, would you believe me?”
Derrick was stunned.
Of course not.
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Meanwhile, a cold, dangerous aura surrounded Abraham.
Eddie had just dragged himself back on board after swimming the enormous distance and looked. completely exhausted.
As soon as he climbed up, he saw that Abraham had already captured Sebastian:
With his injured leg. Sebastian could barely move. Eddie sat on the ground, exhausted.
Abel returned and looked surprised when he saw Sebastian. “Abraham.”
“Bring Bernie back.”
Abel froze. “Bring him back?”
We had just thrown him off the yacht.
But from the way Abraham operated, I could tell that this was just step one, a calculated humiliation.
Kicking Bernie out was to remind him who was in charge, no matter where he was.
From what I knew of Abraham, this was definitely part of a larger plan.
But now this..
Abel didn’t dare think about it. He nodded. “Yes, I’ll go immediately.”
The threat was already clear.
Bringing Bernie back now would also probably achieve the desired result.
Abel left.
Eddie looked over at Abraham. “Even though Star is in Derrick’s hands, I don’t think you worry. He won’t hurt her.”
Everybody knew how Derrick felt about Stella.
It could have been peaceful.
need to
But in the end. Derrick and Abraham had become enemies. And now the chances for Derrick to see Stella
When Mr. Kelvin was alive, Derrick had made his interest in Stella clear.
No one expected the tragedy that followed, both the fall of the Tom family and the rift between Derrick and Abraham.
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Soon Bernie was brought back by Abel and his men.
Bruised and bloodied, it was clear that he had been beaten before being thrown from the yacht..
He had been halfway to leave when they dragged him back.
Bernie was seething. “What do you mean? Are you really going to break up with Kealis Island?”
Insulting me meant cutting ties with the entire island.
After all, Bernie’s brother was the shadow leader behind it all.
Abraham gave Abel a cold look. Abel understood immediately and kicked Bernie hard behind the
knee.
Bernie lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
He gritted his teeth in silence.
Abraham clasped his hands and looked down at him, eyes full of menace. “I told you before. I want that item.”
And he had no intention of giving anything in return.
If Abraham had been polite before, it was clear now that he was done pretending.
“Sebastian, I have watched you grow up. You know what Star means to the Dawson family, don’t you?”
You see? I knew we shouldn’t have touched Stella. One word from Abraham, and none of us would leave this vacht alive.
He didn’t dare delay. He glanced over at Eddie, who had taken his phone earlier.
Eddie tossed the phone back to him. “Talk to your brother properly. Of all the people he could have touched, he went after Star? Took a hostage? Should’ve taken me instead. I’m tough; at least Abraham wouldn’t have been so pissed.”
She was already in his hands, and Derrick took her away. That was practically asking Abraham to kill
I’m really careless to have ended up here.
If I really ended up with Derrick, I wasn’t sure if I would make it out alive.
“Who?”
Anyone around someone like Abraham must be just another toy, right?
And he still thought Abraham would show him mercy? He was dreaming.
When Stella had been taken to Pagena, he had already suspected that she might now be Abraham’s wife.
But Eddie had just blurted out that she was still Derrick’s fiancée.
Meanwhile, in the room, Derrick turned on the TV and casually played a game. He didn’t think Abraham would act so quickly.
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My hair was a mess, and I wanted to go to the bathroom to clean up, but Derrick wouldn’t let me. He had even searched me and taken my phone.
And now this lunatic was actually playing video games. As if he wasn’t afraid that Abraham would break down the door any second and shoot him to pieces.
“You’re a woman. Go learn to cook or arrange flowers or something.”
To be fair, Madam Evelyn never forced me or Marie to do anything like that. While other high society girls were busy learning graceful manners, Madam Evelyn had always let them grow free.
I can cook. The only question is whether it is edible.
This woman had too many tricks up her sleeve. After her time at Rivermount, her fiery attitude had taken on
It was a live broadcast of a boxing match on the yacht.
There was nothing special going on. Why was she so engrossed?
This wasn’t even a real boxing match. More like a punching showcase for someone with power.
This crazy woman was biting people. It’s best to keep her mouth away.
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“Get to the point,” Derrick said.
As soon as she heard these words, she understood what he meant.
He wanted to return me to Abraham.
So far, I still didn’t know if the thing Lancelot had stolen really belonged to Derrick.
Derrick held the gun to Stella’s head. “Sebastian, come here.”
“Mr. Abraham, wait…” Bernie panicked.
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