Chapter 123 - I Can Bear It

Emily called Harold in the bathroom. "Beverly is about to make a move."

Harold was surprised, "How did you know?"

Emily exhaled, "I've been wondering why the mastermind was anxious to put Eliot in jail, and now I figure it out. That guy must be in league with the person behind Beverly and Christy. If I guess right, they're probably the same person!"

Harold was shocked, "Then what should I do?"

"I'm not going to stop Beverly, but I want to trick her into transferring the money to my account." Emily stared at herself in the mirror, her eyes shining with determination, "So we have to go after Noah and Christy now."

"Miss Emily," Harold suddenly said in amazement.

"What's up?"

Harold said, "Nothing. I just want to say you are awesome."

Emily asked, "What?"

Harold lowered his voice, "Noah really comes to the Dalton Hotel."

Emily whispered, "Stall him. I'll be right there."

"Alright."

After hanging up, Emily quickly changed her clothes. These days, she had been in her room and seldom went out. Thus, the winter clothes that Rex sent to her were just lying idle. Now they came in very handy. Emily threw some clothes on and walked out.

She remembered something halfway and said to the guard behind her, "I might not be back this afternoon. Ask the three teachers to take a day off."

The three men were all old, so Emily would like to call them teachers.

The guard nodded, "OK."

Emily wore a mask and told Rolando that she had to go out before leaving the villa.

By a happy coincidence, a taxi just stopped at the gate. Emily jumped into the car. Luckily, the guard was agile enough to catch up with her. Otherwise, he had to run after her in the cold winter.

Emily stared at him, "Why are you following me?"

The guard answered, "Mr. Vincent told me to protect you."

Emily nodded and didn't ask again.

The guard felt it strange that her vibe totally changed after she left the villa. She turned frosty and radiated coldness. It was like she involuntarily armed herself with indifference when she was out, preventing others from seeing her tenderness.

She was exactly the same as Vincent in this respect.

Emily got off the car and dashed to the Dalton Hotel, leaving the guard to pay the bill. Worrying that he couldn't catch up with Emily, the guard threw the driver a hundred yuan and said, "Let me use your car when we meet next time. This is the fare."

The driver smiled, "Alright."

However, he didn't believe that he would meet the two people again in such a large city.

Upon arrival at the hotel, Emily headed straight for the back door to meet Harold. They greeted each other and directly went down through the corridor to the lobby.

Noah was here to dine with his client. Last time, Noah had taken off his mask and showed Ferne his face. Thus, Ferne recognized Noah when passing the lobby. However, he didn't step up to say hi but just instructed the waiter to serve them some dessert.

It was only nine o'clock in the morning. Noah's client was probably staying in the Dalton Hotel, so he made an appointment with Noah to have breakfast there. They were eating and chatting, seeming to have a good time.

Emily frowned and was trying to think of a way, "You deceive him into the private room and tie him up."

Harold was startled. He didn't dare to say that Emily was a cute and simple girl anymore.

"Take a cloth with you in case he shouts." Something just occurred to Emily, "Can you defeat him?"

Harold shook his head, "I don't know, but I'll try my best."

A voice suddenly sounded, "Just knock him out when he's not looking."

Emily and Harold turned around.

Ferne smiled, "Hi, Emily."

Emily was surprised.

She didn't expect that Ferne could recognize her.

Today she was in a coat with a pure white sweater and pencil pants. However, she covered her face with a scarf, so how could Ferne recognize her without efforts?

It was because Ferne recognized Harold. He had seen Harold standing at the back door, so he guessed that Emily would come over too. He was right, but he didn't expect her target to be Noah.

He squatted down and stared at Noah, hiding the doubt in his eyes and asking, "You want to tie him up? It's simple."

Emily eyed him dubiously.

Harold asked, "Mr. Ferne, what do you got?"

Ferne fixed his hair and said, "It's a piece of cake." Then he stood up and gestured to them, "Look."

He walked a few steps to Noah and asked if he and his client enjoyed the breakfast. Then he stared at Noah and said in shock, "It turns out that you're a regular customer here. Hope you like our food. Well, I've got a nice bottle of red wine. Do you want to have a try? I'll be in the private room. Just come to me later."

Noah politely nodded with a smile.

Ferne walked straight to the private room without looking at Emily and Harold. Emily silently gave him a thumbs up and appreciated his wits.

Not long after, Noah got up and walked towards the private room. After he entered the room and closed the door, Emily stood up and went through the lobby to the private room with Harold. As she put her hand on the doorknob, the door was open and Noah was lying on the ground.

Emily was thunderstruck.

She goggled at Ferne with admiration.

Ferne coughed, "I'm not bragging. I'm far better at Sanda than my friends."

Harold respectfully said to him, "Let's have a friendly competition later."

Ferne said, "You'd better not. I'm afraid that you'll get injured."

Harold replied, "It's fine. I can bear it."

They quickly entered the private room and closed the door. Harold squatted down to check Noah's belongings and confiscated his phone, wallet and ID card.

Ferne swallowed his saliva and changed the topic. "Why do you kidnap him? I won't do anything illegal."

"We won't do illegal things."

"Is there a basement?"

Harold and Emily said at the same time. Ferne was silent for a moment and glanced at Harold, who was astounded. Then he turned to look at Emily, finding that she remained cool and calm.

"You want to keep him in the basement? Hold him ... prisoner?" Ferne scanned Emily suspiciously and finally couldn't help but say, "Emily, Vincent is nice to you. You can't do this behind his back. Although this guy looks handsome and has a good figure, but...."

Emily interrupted him, "Not as handsome as Vincent. Actually, Vincent is in better shape."

Ferne was confused.

He suddenly regretted having helped Emily, and now he couldn't stay out of it. He nerved himself to ask, "Then what are you...?"

"I want you to lock him up for a few days," Emily said.

"Me?" Ferne pointed at his nose in surprise.

"Yes, it's safer to let you do this."

Ferne waved, "No, it's not okay. People will misunderstand me."

"Misunderstand what?" Emily looked up at him.

Ferne didn't know how to explain it.

After a while, he said, "If my wife finds out...."

Emily said, "Then you can take the chance to divorce her."

Ferne was astonished.

He was at a loss for words now.