Chapter 740: Chapter 742 I Need To Fix My Makeup

“There’s a villa in the back, but you can’t go there or the master will get mad,” the maid said.

Abel asked, “A villa? Is there a villa in the back?”

Why couldn’t I see it on the satellite map of the Imperial Palace? Is it a hidden place?

The maid said, “Of course, there’s a villa in the back. Master has been living there for some time.”

“Why can’t I go there?” Abel asked with his fake eyelashes fluttering.

The maid replied, “Naturally, we don’t want to make Ms. Louise mad. We couldn’t even fathom how much Master cares for Ms. Louise.”

Emma is in that villa?

Abel furrowed his brow, and he thought that his trip had been worthwhile.

Abel proposed, “How about this? Let me touch up my makeup since the master hasn’t arrived. Look, my foundation is starting to smudge.”

The maid looked up at him and commented, “It’s not smudging. Your foundation is too thick, and it’s starting to fall off.”

Abel put his hands on his cheeks and asked awkwardly, Really? Oh no, that is so embarrassing. I need to fix it now.”

He then pretended to turn around, but instead, he used his backhand to knock the maid out. He did not kill her, but instead, put a cloth in her mouth, tied her arms and legs with ropes, and locked her in the dressing room.

Abel left the Imperial Palace half an hour later.

Benjamin and Waylon were waiting for him in the underground lot. While a dozen fully armed mercenaries were hiding in several bodyguard cars.

Abel got into his own car and changed his clothes.

The intercom started ringing. Benjamin called Abel from his vehicle nearby, “How did it go, Abel? Did you find the target?”

Abel spoke softly, “Emma isn’t in Section G, she’s in the villa in the back.”

Benjamin frowned and asked, “A villa? We didn’t notice there was a villa in the back.”

Abel replied, “It doesn’t show up on satellite images because the villa has a signal–blocking system, so satellite scans can’t detect it.”

“Did you alert our enemy?” Benjamin asked.

“I didn’t, but so far I’ve silenced two of them permanently,” Abel replied.

Benjamin remarked, “Damn! You’re so efficient!”

Abel reasoned, “I don’t want to cause too many casualties. Luckily, the bodyguards at the Imperial Palace weren’t good people.”

Benjamin said, “It’s about time for us to make a move now.”

“Alright!” Abel agreed.

Benjamin then informed Waylon of the situation.

Waylon used the intercom to give orders to the mercenaries.

Meanwhile, Adam was still present in the villa.

Emmeline sat in her wheelchair and sunbathed on the balcony. Under the sun, her delicate face glowed with a soft radiance. Her long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings. Her beauty was stunning from any angle.

Adam held a glass of red wine. He leaned against the doorframe and watched her with infatuation. Just as he got lost in his fantasies, a maid came up to him quietly and made a gesture.

Adam frowned suspiciously and followed the maid out of the balcony.

The maid whispered, “Something seems to have happened in the palace. A bodyguard is here to report the situation to you.”

Adam put down his wine glass and hurried downstairs.

The bodyguard whispered, “Mas…Mr. Anthony, we found two bodies in the fire escape.”

Adam furrowed immediately and inquired, “Bodies? Whose bodies are they?”

The bodyguard panicked and replied, “It’s our staff. They were the bodyguards posted at the first checkpoint.

Abel was startled, and he asked, “What’s going on in there right now?”

The bodyguard responded, “We haven’t discovered any problems so far, and your room hasn’t been burglarized.”

Adam’s expression darkened, and he said, “It would be strange if it hadn’t been burglarized! I’ll take a look.”

Adam was in such a hurry to leave the villa that he did not go upstairs to put on his coat.

He made his way along a path that was dense with trees before reaching the high–voltage security line.

Adam took out his phone, entered the password, and turned off the high–voltage security line before crossing with the bodyguard.

The security line automatically came back on behind them three seconds later.

They arrived at Section G’s top floor shortly after that. Adam did not notice anything wrong there. He then departed from Section G to check on another section.

“Bang!”

A bang was heard as Adam approached Section C.

Someone had fired a shot from a gun.