Chapter 1023: Zoey Sanders Has Been Found
The sound of a knife stabbing into flesh echoed clearly into the ears of the two people present.
Zoey Sanders, her face pale and eyes wide open, in a state of extreme terror, instinctively pushed the knife further, embedding it deeper.
Soon, crimson liquid began to gush continuously from the wound.
Her face and clothes were splattered with blood.
Jack Sinclair hadn’t anticipated this at all. He stiffened, slowly lowered his head, and saw the knife lodged in his abdomen. His horrified gaze moved slowly to Zoey’s face and hands.
"You... you really dared to..."
Zoey was too scared to speak, and seeing him like this, she reached out and pulled the knife out.
Jack’s face contorted with pain, "You witch!"
Zoey’s hands trembled. Seeing him still trying to attack her, she frantically thrust the knife back into its original position.
Jack’s eyes opened wide in an unnatural expression, reminiscent of that night with the vengeful face of the dead yellow-haired man.
The memories she had worked hard to forget rushed back, leaving Zoey’s face in chaos, mirroring the confusion in her mind.
Her body trembled even more violently.
Jack collapsed weakly, and Zoey subconsciously pushed him away with her blood-drenched hands.
Jack’s body fell heavily to the side with a thud, making Zoey tremble again, her face drained of all color.
The person knocking at the door heard the commotion inside and sensed something was wrong, ready to kick the door open when Evelyn Sinclair’s voice interrupted.
"This is my brother’s room. Do you really need to search it too?"
Zoey heard Evelyn’s voice and looked at Jack, lying on the ground, bleeding profusely.
She had killed Evelyn’s brother, and if Evelyn saw this scene, she would surely kill her.
She couldn’t let that happen. Zoey wanted to survive; she didn’t want to die.
She stared at Jack’s body for a second, swallowed hard, then reacted swiftly, picking up the fallen knife and grasping it tightly, but realized a knife alone wouldn’t harm these skilled people.
Zoey immediately got up and rummaged through the cabinet, thinking those people would have left some sort of weapon like a gun for self-defense.
Sure enough, when Zoey opened the second cabinet, she found a black handgun. She quickly grabbed it, moved to the deepest part of the room, and hid inside another cabinet.
Meanwhile, Liam Cloud’s underling said icily, "Every room needs to be searched. Please open the door, or we won’t hesitate to force our way in."
Evelyn raised an eyebrow and nodded. She had dealt with Liam’s men many times and knew how assertive they were, just like him. She chose not to say anything more and was about to head over to open the door.
Two subordinates rushed over and whispered something in Evelyn’s ear.
Evelyn’s face changed drastically in anger as she glared at them, blaming them for not speaking up sooner.
The two subordinates bowed their heads deeply. They wanted to say something, but the call didn’t go through, and they had arrived so quickly there was no time to report the situation.
Evelyn now looked extremely upset, cursing Jack for once again causing trouble with his incompetence.
As she was about to reach for the door, she hesitated and withdrew her hand, feeling guilty.
Liam’s men, seeing her stalling, lost patience, "Move aside."
"Wait,"
Evelyn shouted nervously, "My brother is still resting. Busting the door down would scare him. I’ll send someone for the keys. Just wait, they will be here soon."
Posing as a protective sister, she blocked the entrance, her excuse plausible yet betrayed by her slightly anxious demeanor.
Liam’s men weren’t accommodating, "Move aside."
"What’s going on?"
Hearing the noise from upstairs, several people ascended from below, with George Sinclair leading the way. He glanced at Evelyn, blocking the door and squinted, inquiringly.
Evelyn furrowed her brow and gestured with her eyes.
George, despite not knowing why Evelyn blocked the door, trusted she had her reasons.
As George was about to speak, Liam stepped forward.
Evelyn gritted her back teeth at this expressionless man, still wanting to hold him back. But Liam signaled his men, who immediately stepped forward and pulled her away.
"Wait..."
"Bang!" Liam kicked the door open.
A rush of a metallic scent hit them.
Liam frowned intensely and glanced coldly inside. What he saw was a naked man lying on the ground, entirely covered in blood.
Evelyn turned pale with tension, and seeing Jack soaked in blood, her usually composed demeanor faltered, "Jack!"
George saw too, his eyes shocked in disbelief, his face twisting into an ugly scowl as he yelled, "Jack!"
The two rushed over, discovering the wound on his abdomen, their faces turning ghostly pale.
"What happened? Who did this? Who did this? Jack! Jack!"
Jack hadn’t passed out yet. He raised his hand, pointing towards the innermost cabinet.
Hope Williams and Liam Cloud noticed the trembling cabinet door, and Liam walked over with a cold expression.
Zoey hid inside the cabinet, trembling violently.
"Thump, thump, thump."
Her entire body tensed upon hearing someone approaching, each step causing her to shake more violently.
She tightened her grip on her only defense, her fingertips hovering over the trigger, ready to attack at any moment.
Liam frowned and reached out to gently open the cabinet door.
At that moment...
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Zoey instinctively closed her eyes, screaming while frantically pulling the trigger.
Hope’s eyes widened instantly.