Chapter 1499: Chapter 1499

Chapter 1499:

Instead, he forced a strained smile onto his face.

“Miss, I’ll go handle the handover. You can stay in the car for now.”

Harlee, her expression as serene as a still pond, lifted her eyelids just enough to glance at him. Her voice, soft but steely, sent shivers down his spine.

“Go ahead, Trenton.”

Trenton’s entire body stiffened. How did she know his real name? Her earlier comment about him having killed a dozen people replayed in his head. Holy hell, she really knew!

A wave of icy dread washed over Trenton. Just minutes ago, he’d entertained the faintest notion of double-crossing her. That notion was now buried six feet under. This woman could unearth his secrets without breaking a sweat. If he betrayed her, he wouldn’t survive the day.

In the car, Harlee leaned back. From their angle, the men in black assumed she was unconscious, not realizing she was very much awake.

Trenton climbed out of the car, sweat slicking his palms. He forced a neutral tone as he approached the masked woman.

“That woman is here, just as agreed. Where’s the money?”

Behind her devilish mask, the woman’s lips curled in a sneer of disgust. Were it not for her need to hire Trenton and his group to kidnap Harlee, she wouldn’t have deigned to breathe the same air as them.

When the man in black noticed that Harlee appeared to be the only one in the car, Trenton’s three companions nowhere in sight, a sudden wariness crept into his heart.

At that moment, the masked woman was already pulling out her phone to transfer the promised sum to the previous bank account.

“I can afford to give away twenty million. Do you think I’d care about a measly four million? What a joke!”

With that, the masked woman shot a sharp look at Trenton and added impatiently, “The money’s been transferred to the card. Hurry up and bring that bitch over here!”

Trenton nodded and started toward the car.

“Wait,” one of the men in black snapped.

“Why are you alone? Where are the other three?”

Another man in black stepped forward, his hand already reaching for his weapon.

“I’ll come with you. Let’s see that bitch for ourselves.”

The suspicion that Trenton was trying to pull a fast one—perhaps using one of his men disguised as Harlee—

Made the men in black’s instincts flare. They were not about to let anyone outsmart them, especially not when millions were on the line.

Trenton’s blood ran cold as he realized that his cover was blown. His plan had just unraveled like a cheap rug. What was Harlee trying to do? Was she setting him up to take the fall? No, there was no time for hesitation. He had a daughter to think about, a life to preserve. He wasn’t about to let Harlee drag him into whatever twisted game she was playing.

With a burst of desperation, Trenton broke into a run, ignoring the consequences.

The masked woman stared at Trenton, speechless, as he fled. Twenty-four million… And this was the kind of trash she was dealing with? She seethed inwardly, feeling like she’d been swindled.

But the men in black weren’t nearly as slow to react. One of them whipped out a gun and shot Trenton in the thigh before he could get far.

Trenton screamed in agony, his legs buckling beneath him.

At the same time, Rhys was already en route, following the signal from Harlee’s phone. However, the suburbs were a good distance away, and he estimated it would take him at least an hour to get there, even at his current pace.

In the car, Rhys wore his earbuds, dialing Patrick as he navigated the deserted roads.

“Have all the officers from the station been deployed?” he asked.

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