"Someone kidnapped Hailee," Ramon said suddenly. One sentence that Lexus didn't expect to hear.
"Hah?" Lexus took a little longer to digest that simple and short sentence. "What do you mean?"
Those three words were like a bomb dropped on Lexus that blocked his way of thinking, making him unable to process quickly like his usual self.
"Hailee is kidnapped," Ramon repeated again. And this time he took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, lit a cigarette and stuck it between his lips.
It had been years since Lexus had seen Ramon smoke. His older brother had already broken this habit when he took over the company, although Lexus had seen Ramon pickup the habit again when the company went through a very complicated crisis, at the beginning of the transfer of ownership to him which both depressed and stressed Ramon a little.
And it seems the same thing is happening now.
Ramon in front of him now is not a calm and considerate brother, someone who is able to overcome any problem he is faced with, Lexus can see a different side of Ramon, he can see how frantic Ramon is now.
"How could that be?" asked Lexus, he then took the lit cigarette from Ramon's hand and stepped on it. Seeing Ramon like this bothered him a lot, because he was used to seeing his older brother as someone he could always rely on. "Hailee is at home… so how could someone break into the house and kidnap her? Where's Pyro?"
Ramon clenched his jaw and rubbed his face roughly. His emotions were unstable right now and only when he was with Lexus could he show them openly.
"Some of the bodyguards assigned to protect Hailee were traitors," Ramon admitted, his voice more like a suppressed growl.
Lexus was silent, his mouth opened several times, but no words came out, because he felt there were no appropriate words to say at a time like this.
"Wow…" Lexus shook his head and he looked back at Ramon. "This is really messed up."
Ramon then took off the coat he was wearing and threw it away, he also loosened the tie that was wrapped around his neck, because he felt suffocated, even though it had nothing to do with the uncomfortable feeling he felt right now.
"Then what are you waiting for? Why are we still here?" All of a sudden, Lexus felt an adrenaline rush, as an understanding of the gravity of the situation began to creep into him. "We have to find Hailee! She must be scared right now, she's pregnant! Did you find any leads? Did the kidnapper ask for a ransom?"
Ramon wanted to laugh when he heard Lexus' last sentence. If things were that simple and the kidnapper was only asking for a ransom, then Ramon wouldn't be on the verge of a mental breakdown like this…
"No," replied Ramon. He then looked at his brother more closely. "This is not a ransom issue."
"Then what is this about?" Then Lexus seemed to be enlightened a little on this issue. "Are these people your enemies?"
"Yes," replied Ramon curtly. It could be said like that.
"Then what do they want? They must want something from you, right?" Lexus really wanted to hit Ramon to get him to talk more and give him the information he needed. Hearing that his brother only answered each of his questions briefly, made Lexus want to pull his hair hard in frustration.
Silence engulfed the two of them for a moment and it made the atmosphere even more tense and suffocating.
Ramon fell silent and looked at his brother. He then put his hands in his pants pockets and seemed to be struggling with his own thoughts.
"Lexus," called Ramon. "I have something to tell you and I want you to listen carefully."
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