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Sophia was already receiving an IV. After the trauma of being kidnapped last night, her mental state was already fragile. Today's events had only worsened it, and fainting was a mild reaction. "Mr. Tudor," Brian called from the doorway.

Lucas stood by the bedside and looked over at him, his eyes filled with a sharp, icy coldness that bore into Brian.

Brian felt a chill spread from his feet to his entire body, reaching the depths of his soul.

Lucas walked out, closed the door behind him, and went into the stairwell.

Brian followed silently.

Once

inside the stairwell, Brian spoke. "I saw Miss Young get into Mr. Russell's car. Mr. Tudor, Miss Young is definitely not innocent. Mr. Russell is the nephew of that person, and Miss Young has been getting close to "Bang!"

Before he could finish, Lucas' fist landed squarely on his face.

Brian staggered back several steps but didn't dare fight back. He lowered his head.

Lucas took two steps forward and kicked him hard in the

knee, causing Brian to kneel down in pain, his face turning

pale.

Lucas looked down at him, his handsome, fierce face growing even darker in the dim stairwell. His eyes shone with an icy chill, and a faint, murderous intent flickered within them. "Didn't I tell you not to touch her, hmm?"

Lucas' cold voice was filled with an overwhelming pressure that made Brian's back bend even more.

"She kidnapped Miss Winter..." Brian tried to argue.

Lucas interrupted with a cold voice, "Whatever she did, was it your place to intervene?"

Brian fell silent. He didn't understand. Aveline had the

audacity to have Sophia kidnapped and even tried to ruin her. The fact that he hadn't laid a hand on Aveline was a

concession. He had only forced her to kneel. Why was Lucas so angry?

Could it be that, in Lucas' heart, Aveline was more important than Sophia?

Lucas looked coldly at Brian's blank face and said with icy detachment, "Go to Desmond and receive your punishment, then leave."

With that, he turned and walked away.

"Mr. Tudor!" Brian,was shocked and looked up at him, instinctively wanting to stand.

But seeing Lucas' anger, he didn't dare to rise. His eyes turned red, and veins bulged on his forehead.

What did Lucas mean? Was he being dismissed?

Brian clenched his fists. He believed he hadn't done anything wrong. But without Lucas, where could he go?

The stairwell was empty, and a faint wind blev. in from somewhere. He took out his phone and opened a chat with Maria.

Brian texted, "Mr. Tudor doesn't want me anymore."

Maria replied, "What? What happened?"

Brian explained everything to Maria in detail.

After a while, Maria sent a thumbs-up emoji and then said nothing more.

Brian blinked. So, Maria thought he was right and did well, didn't she? Then why was Lucas so angry?

Lucas returned to the hospital room.

Aaron had arrived, looking very serious. He handed Lucas a tablet. "This is all the video footage of Sophia's journey home last night. I've also investigated those men. One of them has a sister-in- law working as a maid for the Tudor family. Just a few days ago, her account received a deposit of four hundred thousand dollars."

Lucas took the tablet and began to watch the footage

carefully, his expression growing colder by the second. "Who transferred the money?"