Grief, Betrayals, and a Core of Blaze

Chapter 603 The Calculated Move

"Natalie!" Baron’s heart immediately sank. He saw the garden shears dropped near the roses, and there were messy footprints on the soil that clearly weren't Natalie’s. "Security!" Baron instantly tensed up. The bodyguards arrived quickly. "Sir." "Where is my wife? She vanished right under your noses. What exactly are you being paid for?" Baron’s accusation made the bodyguards go white. They had assumed that with Hayes dealt with, the Stone family and Gunn family were safe. As a result, security had been slightly lax these past couple of days. They never imagined anyone would dare to be so audacious as to abduct Natalie. "We are at fault. We will commence the search immediately." Baron’s expression was completely grim. "If anything happens to my wife, every single one of you will pay the price!" He finished speaking and quickly rushed into the living room. Waylon heard the commotion outside, and seeing Baron enter in such a state, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Where is Natalie?" "Natalie is gone." Baron had no time for explanations and quickly grabbed his phone to check the surveillance footage.Jensen, undeniably, was clever. He had evaded almost all the cameras, but the one covering the garden had caught him. Baron watched Jensen knock Natalie unconscious and carry her away, slamming his hand down on the table in fury. "Damn it!" Jensen was hidden right there in the garden, and Baron himself had just walked past. How could I have missed that something was wrong? How did Jensen get in? What was his intention in taking Natalie? Baron’s mind was in turmoil. Waylon and Ruby also saw the footage and were enraged. "What exactly does this Jensen want? He didn't cherish Natalie when they were together, and now that Natalie has a new life, why won't he leave her alone?" Waylon’s face was also extremely dark. "Does Jensen truly believe the Stone family is just an easy target? He dares to come here and seize someone! I'll have people tear this entire city apart to find her." Waylon was about to make the call but was stopped by Baron. "Mom, Dad, the family recognition dinner is in two days. You have important things to take care of here. Leave the search for Natalie to me. I promise I will bring Natalie back before the dinner." Natalie was his wife. He would never allow anyone to harm her. He hadn’t planned to act against Jensen before, but now Jensen had crossed his ultimate boundary, and Baron was genuinely furious. Waylon was about to protest, but Ruby stopped him. "Let Baron handle it. I trust Baron can bring Natalie back." Ruby was usually quite anxious about Natalie, so her calmness surprised Waylon. Baron entrusted the children to the elderly couple, Waylon and Ruby, and quickly rushed out. Waylon asked, a little confused, "Ruby, aren’t you worried about Natalie? Why didn’t you let me go?" Ruby looked at Baron’s retreating figure and said softly, "Natalie is with Baron because he saved her. I can see that Baron loves Natalie deeply, but Natalie herself probably doesn’t fully grasp her own feelings for him yet. Now that Jensen has caused this mess, it’s actually a good thing; it will force both of them to clearly understand their emotions for each other." "But you’re still concerned about Natalie, aren't you?" Ruby’s lips curved into a slight smile at Waylon's question. "I am concerned, but I also know what Jensen is attempting to do to Natalie, so I put a plan in place long ago." "A plan?" Waylon was completely astonished. In his mind, Ruby had always been gentle and seemed to rely on them to solve problems. Hearing his wife suddenly say she had a plan made Waylon feel like it was somewhat surreal. Ruby could sense the skepticism in Waylon’s eyes. She was a little annoyed, but she also knew that her heightened sensitivity and paranoia over the years, due to their child’s disappearance, had genuinely made people less trusting of her. "Oh, well,"Ruby sighed and said, "I didn’t specifically try to guard against Jensen, but I know Loretta. That woman has always enjoyed the highest status in the Luke family. Now, because of Jensen's identity, she was ousted from the Luke family. While she does have some maternal affection for Jensen, the fact that Jensen is the illegitimate son of the Gunn family also gave her new ambition. She could leave the Luke family and become Jensen’s adoptive mother. So, I prepared for whatever she might plot and hired someone to monitor her. I never expected that the monitoring would actually uncover something crucial." In mentioning this, Ruby had merely been exercising foresight, but she never imagined it would prove useful at such a critical moment. Waylon was forced to re-evaluate his wife.

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