Meanwhile, Sissi, who had leaked the address of Amelia to Patrick, was still unaware that she had made a big mistake.
In her view, since Patrick had already promised her, he would probably no longer go after Sawyer on account of their past relationship.
Even if Patrick wanted to go back on his words, Sissi did not think it was a big deal either. As Sawyer had so many men whom each of them was as armed as the terrorists on TV. She believed that they could definitely leave safely under their protection.
If Patrick and Sawyer happened to hear about such a thought of Sissi, they would probably laugh their *sses off.
They had been fighting both openly and in the dark for so many years. The latest fight was that Patrick had sent a helicopter to blow up Sawyer's hospital, and caused Sawyer to escape in a mess with Sissi who had just lost her baby.
In this regard, Sawyer's counter- offence was deluding Eve into sneaking into the wedding ceremony with his man. After replacing the true Amelia, his man had stabbed Patrick in front of everyone!
The two had minor arguments for Sissi at the beginning, to becoming deadly fights for the sake of Amelia. Sissi must have been over-confident to have believed that Patrick would let Sawyer off by considering their past affection.
However, it was not all her fault. After all, she had been kept in the dark about many things. For example, the true identity of Sawyer, the actual means of Patrick, as well as the number of times they had secretly sparred with each other over the years. She actually did not know about all those as she had been married abroad.
The only thing on her mind at the moment was to bring Amelia away no matter what. This way, Sawyer would have no choice but to give up the idea of roping Amelia in and live a peaceful life with her.
At the same time, on the Land of Fragrance.
"... Since you've made up your mind, I won't ask men to stop you anymore. I have only one request. If Sissi's message is true, you must bring Amelia back alive!"
On the other end of the phone, the old man's voice sounded so steady and powerful, greatly hyping him up.
Patrick stopped frowning after getting the answer he wanted. "Gramps, you may rest assured. I can do it!"
Gramps Hopper then said, "Alright, pass your phone to Owen. I have something to tell him."
"Okay." Patrick immediately handed the phone to Owen. "Owen, gramps is looking for you."
The corners of Owen's mouth twitched. He had no choice but to take over the phone. He put it beside his ear and carefully greeted, "Gramps".
"Humph." Gramps Hopper's tone changed. "Well well, how dare you act in advance and only report to me later!"
"Gramps, I..."
While Owen was explaining, Patrick had already turned around and returned to his bedroom.
Moments later...
When Patrick, who was ready to go, came out of the bedroom, Owen had not been on the second floor.
He frowned and then realised. Owen should have taken the phone to convey the order of Gramps to the special forces outside. With the permission of Gramps personally, they would then not stop him anymore.
As he went downstairs, Patrick suddenly thought of something. He walked to the living room and let Mr. Lucas, who was carving the couch, to simply live at the place during the period of time.
Mr. Lucas did not stand on ceremony either. He smiled and agreed, claiming that he could then have a fixed place to work and rest at.
Patrick nodded and then walked towards the door.
Owen was taking back Patrick's phone from the hand of a special- forces soldier as he said, "You've worked hard during this period of time. As for the rest..."
Before he could finish his words saying he would handle the rest, the special soldier who had returned the phone said, "For the rest, we will do our best to support Mr. Patrick! Captain Hopper, please rest assured!"
Owen was surprised and said, "Huh?" In fact, he had planned to lead his own team to go rescue Amelia with Patrick.
"Captain Hopper, it is our new order from Gramps Hopper."
Owen could only compromise instantly, "Okay then. You gather all the men guarding inside and outside the villa and wait for my instructions."
After saying that, Owen lifted the phone as he was about to call the police station. However, when he took a look at it, he realized that it was Patrick's phone.
He looked back and found Patrick, who was dressed neatly, walking towards him. So he handed over his phone and said, "Here you go."
Patrick took back his phone and said, "Owen, you may not go."
"Why?" Owen mischievously said, "Shall you be afraid that I'll be a burden to you?"
Patrick looked at him and said provokingly, "You're not Sawyer's target, so it's useless even if you go."
"That's harsh." Owen widened his eyes and said, "Sawyer's hatred towards me is no lesser than to you. Don't forget that I've brought him to justice once at Florence!"
"Anyway, you don't have to go."
Although Gramps did not put it into words, he would definitely not want the two of them to risk their lives together deep in his heart.
Since Amy was his lover as well as responsibility, he must go!
While Owen had his own family. If something happened to him, Nora, Andrew and Ashley would definitely blame him.
"It's not up to you to decide whether I'll go or not. I've been investigating the case of Amelia going missing for a long time. You should ask the permission from my subordinates if you want to force me out at such a moment."
Since their effort had been in vain back in Norway, the three teams under Owen had been so 'obsessed' with Sawyer. They would constantly gather together and discuss how they should get rid of Sawyer after capturing him later.
"Alright!" Owen agreed.
Patrick finally said, "As for the combat plan, we'll discuss it after we get on the plane!"
At Northville Airport.
At the entrance of the airport, nearly a hundred men suddenly poured in.
There were special soldiers in camouflage uniforms and police officers in military uniforms. Each of them had broad shoulders and built chests. They looked really cool so it was difficult not to pay attention to them.
However, no matter how the passers-by loved to see the forces, they dared not take pictures openly. After all, everyone knew that soldiers represented the national prestige which was sacred and inviolable.
Patrick took Owen and the others all the way through security. When they were about to get on his private plane, he deliberately dragged Owen to the end of the line, while Owen was unaware as he was talking about the combat plan with him.
"I think we should first... and then..."
Owen was talking passionately as he was about to step into the cabin, raising his left leg. Yet Patrick, who was two steps ahead of him, suddenly reached out and pushed him back, causing him a hard fall.
Obviously, it was not because Owen was too delicate, but because Patrick had exerted all his strength onto the push.
Owen did not expect that his younger brother would push him down. So he was a little stunned.
The stewardess, who had been smiling at the passengers, suddenly closed the cabin door, instantly separating Owen outside the plane.
Owen stared at the scene with wide eyes. When the cabin door was closed, he seemed to see
Patrick saying sorry to him with his eyes closed.
Sorry could mean nothing! And why the f*ck did he close his eyes?
Owen was so angry that he got up from the ground without rubbing his butt. He shouted a few times, but Patrick ignored him. Fine, but why had none among the 30 men under him responded to him as well?
The next second, the platform under Owen's feet began to move. After a while, he found himself getting farther and farther away from the plane...
Some moments later, the plane took off.
Though Owen was angry, he was still quick in reaction. He turned to rush back to the airport along the corridor, intending to book a flight to L.A..
Yet he went to find that all tickets to L.A. that day had been fully booked?!

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