Chapter 303
After speaking, Zion seemed to remember something. In the end, he decided to tell Winter anyway.
“G didn’t leave you behind on purpose. He ran into Chris’s people and got hurt. You know Gavin, the big guy by Chris’s side. His fighting ability is terrifying p>
Every time Zion had gone up against Gavin before, he had been pinned down in fewer than ten moves. Because of that, he had never really known Gavin’s true level.
But last time, on the cruise ship, Gavin had saved him. That was when Zion realized he really was the real deal.
Winter’s eyes paused.
Roy was hurt?
Had she been wrong?
“Is it bad?” she asked, her voice tense. Roy had gotten hurt because of her, after all. And just moments earlier, she had even suspected he might be one of Chris’s people.
Gavin had the kind of cold, sharply handsome face that could make plenty of girls lose their heads, but his fighting skills really were frighteningly strong.
Back when she was learning combat from Roy, she had quietly compared Roy and Gavin in her mind. She had seen Roy fight with her own eyes, and she had seen Gavin in action too.
As far as she was concerned, the two of them should have been evenly matched.
Roy actually lost to Gavin?
Zion shook his head. “I haven’t gone to see G yet. He only said he was injured. But that guy would never admit it even if he were badly hurt. Still, if he couldn’t protect you, then it was probably serious. I’ll go see him later p>
Before Gavin had saved him, Zion had actually planned to have Roy teach Gavin a lesson. Now it was obvious Gavin wasn’t someone to mess with.
After thinking for a moment, Winter said, “I’ll go with you tomorrow p>
Since Chris had managed to intercept her, he probably already knew she was trying to leave Liono City. For the time being, she was likely not going anywhere.
But Chris should have been in detention.
So how had he gotten out?
Unless…
What’s going on with that case now?” Winter asked Zion as she reached for the phone on the nightstand.
Zion saw what she was doing, picked up the phone, and placed it in her hand.
“After G took you away, Steve was arrested p>
Just hearing Steve’s name made Winter uncomfortable.
Zion went on, “This afternoon, an audio recording of Steve plotting with someone over the phone blew up online. Then photos of him showing up at the border were posted too. It also came out that the signature on the
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documents under Chris’s name had been forged by Steve. The goods in that warehouse, and what happened at Nocturne, were all part of Steve’s plan p>
Winter curled her fingers slightly, and her fingertips brushed the wound in her palm.
So Fabian had been right.
So, the person from the Xander family Fabian mentioned back then really was Steve all along.
Which meant Chris must have suspected Steve a long time ago and had simply been waiting for the right moment
to strike back.
“What about the whistleblower’s body that was found at the harbor this morning p>
She hadn’t even finished reading that article in the afternoon before Steve showed up.
Zion’s expression turned guarded. “The man’s suicide note laid out how Steve’s people bought him off. It even included details like recordings and transfers. Maybe it really was like the note said. Maybe he couldn’t handle the pressure and killed himself p>
Just then, there was a knock at the hospital room door.
“I’ll take a look p>
Zion stood and walked to the door. He looked outside, then turned back with a complicated expression.
“Ms. Scott, it’s Steve’s mother p>
Aunt Sasha?
She had obviously come because of Steve. Winter thought for a few seconds, then let out a quiet sigh and nodded
at Zion.
She pushed herself up in bed and leaned against the headboard. When the door opened, Sasha walked in.
As always, she was impeccably dressed, but this time, her face looked drawn and tired, and her eyes were red- rimmed.
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