Chapter 405 - Shot

After Branden came down, he looked at the driver with a bad complexion. Then, he asked Irene, "Why are you still outside so late at night?"

They had talked about this on the phone. Irene did not know why his father asked again, but she did not feel like replying. She just said yes.

Just as Branden was about to say something, a gunshot came from the bedroom. Irene looked at him in shock. She asked, "Dad, what happened..."

Branden turned around and rushed in. The bodyguards would not shoot without permission unless...

"Dad! What happened?" Irene followed behind and asked hurriedly.

Another gunshot came from the second floor, and the deafening sound awoke the resting birds at night, which flapped their wings and fled in panic.

Branden shouted at the butler, "Bring her into the room!"

The butler responded in fear. He grabbed Irene's wrist, but Irene pushed him away.

Branden had to disregard her. He walked to the red door and pressed the handle of the door. When he opened the door, a gun was pointing at his forehead.

Irene was shocked and screamed, "Dad..."

A woman in black walked out of the room calmly. She was Christy. The blood on her forehead had been wiped away, revealing her beautiful face.

Branden raised his hands and draw back slowly.

Standing downstairs, Irene stared at Christy's face in surprise, "It's you!"

Branden looked at Irene immediately and questioned, "You know her?"

Irene nodded but then shook her head, "She is..."

Irene did not know whether Christy was a Britts or a Scavos. And she did not understand why Christy was in her father's villa, and why she pointed at her father with a gun.

"Let my father go! What do you want?" Irene took a few steps up the stairs.

When Christy saw Irene, she suddenly realized that she had seen her before when Christy snatched back the birthday gift for Emily to Vincent.

"Don't move. I might shoot you. Be careful." Christy said slowly with a kind of charm and delicacy. She had a faint smile. It seemed that she was holding a glass of wine rather than a gun in her hand.

Irene stopped.

Branden suddenly said, "You killed my man." he used a declarative sentence.

Christy smiled, "No, he just fainted. He will wake up soon."

Branden did not believe it. "I heard the gunshots."

"Do you want to take a look?" Christy asked. Then she tilted her head and said, "Since you're so curious, why don't I send you in?" she said the same words he had said to her before.

Irene shouted, "No! Dad! Don't go over there!"

Branden did not move. His eyes gave a signal to the butler standing at the side.

There was no way a woman could coerce them all in the house.

Christy noticed his movement and shot at the direction of the butler. She did not even turn her head to look at the butler. The butler was so scared that he almost fainted immediately and did not move again.

Then Christy aimed at Branden with the gun. She said in a delicate and sarcastic tone, "The gun went off accidentally."

Irene was so frightened. "You... you let my father go. I'll give you whatever you want... You let him go..."

"Alright, come here." Christy smiled at Irene.

Branden flared up instantly, "Don't come over! Hurry up and leave!"

Irene walked to them and said to Christy, "I'm here. You let my father go..."

Just as Christy moved the gun, Branden suddenly stretched out his hand. Christy had expected it. She kicked at him and pulled Irene to her side. Irene also knew how to fight. She got herself out of Christy's control and tried to snatch the gun.

Branden was kicked to the wall. He covered his chest with his hand and shouted in horror, "Irene! Get out of the way!"

Irene and Christy fought for a while, and then Christy abruptly hit Irene on her face with the gun. Irene staggered. When she raised her head, Christy was pointing at her forehead with the gun.

Christy said, "Go."

Irene was dizzy. She almost fell when she went downstairs.

Branden stood up and shouted at the butler, "Stop her!"

Christy pointed at Irene's temple with the gun and said, "If you take a step forward, I'll shoot!"

The ruthlessness in her eyes was not fake. She could really do it.

Branden did not dare to get too close. He just followed Christy slowly. He stretched out his hand and said to her, "You let her go, and I'll let you go. I'll keep my word..."

Christy did not bother to talk to him. When she was about to take Irene downstairs, she said to Irene in a low voice, "I'm a policeman, not a bad person. Your father has a secret room. Do you know what's inside? I found his secret and they wanted to kill me, so I shot at his bodyguard..."

She said very quickly while moving downstairs. Branden did not know that she was talking to Irene. He just followed and shouted at her, "Let her go, and I'll let you go..."

Christy was still whispering to Irene, "Otherwise, they should have called the police when they met a mobster like me. Why didn't he call the police? He would rather sacrifice you than let other people know his secret..."

Irene's eyes were wide open. She could not believe it but stared at the staircase until Branden's figure appeared. He and the butler moved slowly. Then he gave her a signal with his eyes.

He was hinting at her.

Yes, there was a driver in the garage!

Irene did not move. Her mind was in great confusion. She did not want to believe what Christy said was true, but the reality forced her to believe. Before she came, she had wondered why her father had his own private villa. She had never been here before.

Christy seemed to be a decent person no matter she was a Britts or a Scavos. She was not a mobster. It might be real that she was a policeman. She came here today only to investigate the secret of the villa, but she discovered her father's secret. So...

When the driver suddenly jumped out, Christy was too late to realize it. Branden and the butler rushed over, and the driver clenched Christy's neck.

At that moment, Irene suddenly grabbed the gun from Christy's hand and shot at the driver's leg. Then she threw the gun to Christy.

The driver instantly held his bleeding leg and screamed in pain.

Branden stared at this scene in astonishment and roared, "Irene! What are you doing?"