Chapter 402 – An Unbreakable Vow with the Heartless Tycoon

Leilani stared at the black walkie-talkie. The voice sounded grimly and creepy like it came from hell.

“What on earth are you going to show me?”

“Open the projector!” Mr. Bamford smiled as he ordered.

They flipped open the switch of the projector and closed other lights in the room. Images started showing on the white screen. The light shined on Leilani’s face.

They were all scripts. The rectangular screen was divided into three shooting scripts. Every shooting was captured with an individual camera.

Every figure was present in one shooting. Leilani saw Waylen right away. He was studying in the castle. He was on the phone while pinching between his eyebrows.

He was still royal and rebellious, even if Leilani didn’t see him for days. The way he stood and the action he made was deadly attractive. Leilani could fall for his charisma willingly.

Leilani set her eyes on the second shooting. It was a woman in a black dress with loose hair. She was hung in the air with her hands chained. She had her head lowered so Leilani couldn’t see her face.

Soon, this woman slowly looked up as a response to some kind of sound. Leilani didn’t know she was deliberate or not when she had her face right at the camera. The camera zoomed in, and her face was clearer and clearer.

Leilani held her chest and gasped.

It was Diana Summer!

Diana had a sharp jaw and a pale look. She was a gorgeous woman. But her lips were chapped, and her body was full of whipping marks.

She had huge black circles underneath her eyes. Her eyeballs thus became disproportionately big.

She was hung by the iron chain, and rested her head on her arm. She looked very weak. Leilani looked at her waist, and there was something tied.

Someone came in with a syringe. They injected her with whatever was in it.

Leilani looked up again. She seemed to be more lively.

But Leilani couldn’t watch more at her being tortured. She soon turned to the third shooting.

She was surprised and shocked to see Diana. But she was beyond words to see herself in the shooting.

She was sitting in the room. Why would she be on the screen?

She looked around. She was kept company by many bodyguards, maids and doctors, and sitting comfortably down on the couch.

But she seemed to sit on the messy ground of some sort of warehouse in the shot.

Many people looked like the world. But the chances were small to see another woman who had the same look and was pregnant.

Leilani stared at her belly. It was tied to something too. She looked again, and it was a timing bomb.

There were three scripts. Two women were tied. Leilani knew more or less what Mr. Bamford was up to.

He was showing Leilani how Waylen would choose when “she” and Diana were in danger at the same time.

Considering her child, Mr. Bamford found a replacement that looked like her, or just gave her a plastic surgery. She did look like her enough to make Waylen believe so.

Leilani gasped. She suddenly lost strength. Even if Waylen told her he loved her more than once, Diana meant a lot to him.

Looking back, Waylen spared no means to get her pregnant to save Diana when she was imprisoned by Mr. Bamford.

It was said that Waylen and Diana were childhood sweethearts. It didn’t sound groundless.

Now Mr. Bamford made Waylen choose between her and Diana. It was quite the scheme.

“Miss Peters, I take it you know what I’m going to do?”

“Don’t you think this trick is quite lame? If you already decide to make him marry Rebecca, you don’t need to hurt innocent people. Besides, I’m not interested in the boring game at all.”

Leilani said as calmly as she could. Actually, she was interested in, and afraid innocent people would be collateral damage.

No matter whom Waylen chose to save first, the other would get hurt.

“What are you afraid of? Are you worried Waylen might choose Diana over you?”

“If I say yes, will you stop this boring game?”

“No.”

Leilani sneered as an answer. She couldn’t take her eyes off the screen. Waylen’s look turned after he got a call. Leilani could feel his aggressiveness and anger rushing off the screen.

In the castle.

Waylen looked grimly, hearing the busy tone on the phone. His eyes were full of ice.

He dialed back the second the other party hung up. They turned the phone off.

Tinder rushed in and showed him the tablet. Diana was chained and hung in the air. Her dress was whipping marks.

“Sir…” Tinder looked at Waylen rubbing his temple. His lips suddenly lost all the colors. This was the first time that Waylen lost control of himself with twenty years of serving him.

The phone was about Leilani. They told Waylen to take money for Leilani’s life. She was kidnapped. But they also found Diana’s whereabouts. They said the timing bomb on Diana’s waist would explode if Waylen didn’t get there within one hour.

What were the chances of both in trouble?

It was like it was arranged.

Tinder watched Waylen pacing around in the room. He thought Waylen wouldn’t hesitate to make choices. But he did.

“Get the money,” Waylen ordered.

The kidnapper asked for one billion. He had to send someone to get the money.

“Get two teams. Tinder, you lead one…”

“Okay.”

Tinder arranged the teams right away. Waylen stopped him.

“Call this number.”

Tinder looked at the number. He froze for a bit. But he didn’t dare to ask and called.

As time passed by, Leilani was suffering, looking at the screen. She knew the woman on the screen was an imposter. She wished Waylen would save Diana first. But she was afraid Waylen really went for it, which proved how important she was to him.

It must be hard for Waylen.

Leilani closed her eyes with pain. She heard the doctor said her heartbeat was racing.

She heard horrible laughter from the walkie-talkie.

“What? The show just starts. You can’t take it?”

“How will you stop this mad game?”

“Mad?” Mr. Bamford said with a cool voice, “I like it. If the game is finished before it starts, it isn’t mad. I don’t stop in the middle of the game. Hahaha. If it can’t be stopped, just enjoy it.”

Although Leilani couldn’t see Mr. Bamford’s face, she could sense that Mr. Bamford was thrilled about the game. It was a state of ecstasy.

Leilani witnessed Waylen leave the study. Then she couldn’t see him anymore. There were only two images on the screen. They were bigger and clearer.

The two women on the screen were struggling. The time bomb tied on the waist kept ticking. It created a weird tension among them.

Leilani had a calm personality. But she had to admit she lost it at the moment. Her heartbeat, as shown on the monitor, was faster and faster.

Leilani took a deep breath. She knew everything she did was captured by the camera. She could vaguely sense Mr. Bamford, behind the scene, gloated as she became uneasy.

“Miss Peters, you need to calm down,” the doctor said.

Leilani closed her eyes. She turned her head away. But she was in a chaotic mind.

She thought of running away by excusing herself to the restroom. But she was pregnant. Plus, there were so many eyes on her. She had a tiny window.

Leilani didn’t know how long it was. But the maid was kind to tell her Waylen was in the shot again.

Leilani felt a twitch. She opened her eyes and saw Waylen’s face. Then she heard Mr. Bamford’s big and gloating laughter.

“Hahaha. Miss Peters, I hope you’re not too disappointed.”

Waylen was in the same place as Diana.

On the other hand, Tinder was at the place where the imposter was.

Leilani closed her eyes. As it turned out, Waylen, in the scheme that was deliberately set up, chose Diana. Between her and Diana, Waylen chose her over Leilani. He chose Diana and gave up on her and their baby.

She wasn’t surprised by the result. She knew in advance how important Diana was to Waylen.

But she was a human being with feelings. All the time she spent was, Waylen seemed like a dream. When she woke up, she realized she was nothing.

Leilani felt icy, bitter, and regret coming to her at the same time. She couldn’t find words to describe how empty and barren she felt. It was similar to setting fire to the l.u.s.trous forests with birds and flowers. It became wreckage in an instant.

But she didn’t have time to feel sorry for herself. She moved to grab the syringe on the medicine box on the coffee table. She hit it hard against the corner, and it was broken into pieces. She took one and aimed at her belly.

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