Chapter 451: This Is Corrine’s Choice
"Uh..." Mr. York was aware of how anxious Michael was. "Ms. Stewart stays in the city. There isn’t any helipad nearby. Therefore, we must land here, and it will take us half an hour to get there."
Mr. York was helpless as well.
He was actually a very good driver.
However, he could only do so much.
Michael understood that it wasn’t Mr. York’s fault. He could only sigh in frustration.
After pondering for a while, Michael picked up his phone and called Wendy.
He knew that it would be unlikely for Wendy to take his call at this moment.
But then, he had to give it a try.
If Wendy were to pick up the phone, he could still persuade her to stop whatever she was doing.
Unfortunately, there were no if’s.
Wendy’s phone suddenly rang. She saw that it was Michael and immediately answered it.
She glanced at Clement, then threw her phone straight out of the window drunkenly as she shouted, "How dare Michael call me! If it wasn’t for him, Mr. Woods wouldn’t have misunderstood me. Todd wouldn’t have broken up with me. Scum! He’s a big scum!"
Wendy looked as if she had felt better after shouting those words.
Clement looked at Wendy with a smile.
He asked, "Do you hate Michael that much?"
Wendy nodded. "I hate him to the core. I won’t talk to him ever again! Humph!"
Clement was enticed by Wendy’s humph.
He then laughed as if he was very happy with how things were progressing.
"We are arriving soon," Clement said.
When Wendy heard what he said, she looked out the window and pointed forward excitedly. "There. That’s where I stay."
"Uh-huh." Clement stepped on the gas.
Michael expected Wendy to reject his call.
He then tried to call her once more. However, her phone was switched off.
Michael’s heart beat faster. He was frustrated and worried.
He couldn’t sit still in the car.
Since he couldn’t reach Wendy, he decided to try calling Todd.
Previously, Michael asked Todd if he knew what Wendy was going to do next.
Although Todd acted as if he knew nothing, Michael was certain that Todd knew about Wendy’s plan.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have pretended to break up with Wendy.
The call managed to get through.
"Todd..." Michael questioned Todd anxiously the moment he picked up his phone, "Where are you now? Do you know that Wendy and Clement are currently together?"
"I’m at home. What’s wrong?" Todd lied. His men had been following Wendy. He was near Wendy’s place.
However, he couldn’t show himself yet. Hence, he could only wait for Wendy’s good news from afar.
"Why is she with Clement?" Todd played dumb. "Clement is not a decent man."
"Todd, stop lying to me. I’m currently in Rheinsville City. However, it will take me a while to get to Wendy’s place," Michael said. "Since you know that Clement is a dangerous man, how could you let Wendy get close to him?"
"Uh..." Todd was quite surprised to know that Michael was in Rheinsville City.
"Why are you in Rheinsville?"
"Why am I here?" Michael was furious. "How long do you plan to keep this from me if I didn’t show up here?"
...
"Michael, please do not be angry..." Todd sighed.
Since Michael came to rheinsville city, it meant that he had known everything.
It would be really silly for him if he still kept pretending to know nothing.
Todd comforted Michael," Please rest assured, Corrine should not be at big risk, I arranged many people around her. My people will rush forward if there is anything abnormal from her."
"How can you promise that she will be safe?" questioned Michael," Who she encounters is not common people, it is Clement! Do you know what Clement does?
He is in the mafia! Wendy is a woman and she is about to approach a dangerous man like him, how can you tell me that she is not in danger? There is nobody else at home, we are all well aware of what Clement is about to do to her. Do you think that Wendy has a chance to escape from Clement?
"I gave her the medicine, Corrine is so intelligent that she will find a chance to carry out her task," said Todd," As long as Clement takes the medicine, he will lose consciousness. The people he has are not many, I will take control of all his people if we wait for a little while longer. We have planned well, everything will be fine."
"Todd, how can you be so silly?" Michael was so resigned and angry," Who are you?
Who is Clement? What made you feel that you can take control of his people? Okay, even if you are able to control them, Clement is related to the mafia, how can you confront the underworld power of Clement? You just have a company that does designing, how many reliable security guards do you have? I am afraid that Clement will detect something wrong and defeat all of you guys!"
"I..." Todd knew that what Michael said made sense, However, Wendy was risking her life from the beginning of this matter.
He could not persuade Wendy, so he could only help her.
"Stop hesitating, quickly contact Wendy and prevent her from doing it!" said Michael," I called her just now but she did not answer, you can try if you can get in touch with her."
They should have arrived home at this time and Corrine is unlikely to answer my call," Todd sighed and said," Michael, this is Corrine’s choice, let’s help her with all our efforts."
Now that you have come to Rheinsville city, let’s help her together so that she has a higher chance to succeed.
Michael knew that Todd could not convince Wendy.
Also, Todd was putting himself in a dangerous situation as he was helping Wendy.
He could have refused to get involved in this matter so that he would not get into any dangerous situation.
He bet his own life for the sake of Wendy.
Michael closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.
He was different from Todd.
Todd knew that he could not convince Wendy, but he could give up everything to help her.
But Michael could not, he would discard anything as long as Wendy was safe and sound.
Therefore, he could not come to consent on this point with Todd.
What he wanted is that she and her two kids were peaceful and healthy.
Todd did not hear anything from the other side of the phone and said," You can come first, then we can observe what will happen."
Michael knew that it would be meaningless no matter what he said.
Therefore, he decided to say nothing and hanged off the phone.
Then he urged Mr.York," Drive faster!"
Under this circumstance, the faster they could get, the safer Wendy would be.
Mr.York had pushed the accelerator to the very bottom.
The car was moving toward Nord Apartment extremely rapidly.
....
Wendy reached home.
Clement opened the door in person and helped Wendy out of the car.
After getting out of the car, Wendy thought of something and looked at her handbag in the car," Handbag, I have not taken my handbag."
Saying that, Wendy took her handbag and said smilingly," The keys are inside, I cannot enter the room without my handbag."
"Let’s go" Clement held Wendy in his arms.
Wendy pushed him away and looked serious, "Thank you sir for sending me back, I will go up now. We will drink together in the future if we have a chance."
"Didn’t you want to drink with me until we are drunk?"
Wendy was standing alone at that time and shaking because nobody was supporting her.
Clement said," Isn’t it a good idea that I go upstairs with you to drink?"
"To drink?" Wendy frowned and suddenly laughed," Yes, yes I still want to drink."
It was normal for someone drunk to ask to drink more.
Clement did not have any suspicion.
At that time, even if he had any suspicion, he would not stop The prey was right in front of his face, how could he let her go.
So Clement held her again in her arms and walked upstairs together.
They got into the elevator.
Clement directly pressed the button with a 12 on it.
Wendy was standing shoulder by shoulder with Clement. Seeing him pressing the button with 12 on it, her look turned cold.
As expected, he had already investigated her.
Otherwise, how could he know that she lived on the 12th floor?
Wendy pretended to be drunk and asked," How do you know that I live on the 12th floor?"
"You forgot that you told me?" Clement said.
He thought that he could say anything since Wendy was drunk.
Anyway, she had lost her ability to think.
"Oh yes, I did forget." Wendy chuckled and skipped this topic," Let’s go back home and drink, you have to accompany me to drink to the end, otherwise, you are not allowed to leave."
"Yes, I will definitely accompany you to drink to the end." The sly smile on Clement’s face indicated his bad intentions.
They came to the 12th floor very soon.
Wendy took the keys from her handbag. She shook her hands on purpose and pretended that she was not able to put the key into the lock.
Seeing that, Clement took the keys and was about to help her open the door.
Wendy smiled," That is fine, I can also open the lock with my fingerprint."
Wendy pressed her finger on it.
The lock was opened immediately.
Wendy did not throw away the handbag at once.
Because the medicine was still in the handbag.
She looked around and seemed to look for something Then she took the handbag and smiled," The wine in my home...is... is here."
Then Wendy stumbly walked to her wine cabinet and took a bottle of high-quality wine from it.
Wendy did not like to drink, but Jake Stewart liked to drink in secret very much.
So Wendy did not keep any wine in her home normally.
She prepared in advance for this purpose specifically.
Wendy glanced at Clement behind her secretly while taking out the wine.
He was looking around and getting familiar with the surroundings here.
She turned her back to Clement and carried the bottle of wine into the kitchen," The goblets should be in the kitchen, I will fetch them, please wait for me."
Clement looked at her figure from behind and said nothing.
Wendy went into the kitchen and closed the door casually.
She did not dare to close completely. She feared that Clement would doubt.
So she only hid slightly, so that Clement could not directly see her in the kitchen.
....
Wendy took out the goblets and poured the wine into them.
She looked back and observed what was going on outside of the kitchen.
She did not see Clement so she took out the medicine from her handbag at once.
She did not look drunk at all at that time.
She did not put down her caution, instead, she was paying attention to any sound outside.
She would stop right away when she heard any sound.
After all, she did not want herself to get harmed.
Clement had not suspected anything until now.
Seeing the door half-closed, he was afraid that something would happen to Wendy who was drunk.
So he walked to the kitchen.
He did not deliberately walk lightly.
Wendy heard the sound outside in the kitchen.
She had not yet opened the medicine container.
Her hands were shaking.
There was no more time for her to carefully analyze if she had enough time to put the medicine into the wine.
The next moment, she put the medicine into the cabinet next to her casually.
It was a correct choice for Wendy to stop her action.
Clement had pushed open the door and come into the kitchen.
If she hesitated for only one more second, Clement would see what was in her hands when he came in.
Seeing Wendy from behind, he smiled and walked toward her, trying to hug her.
Wendy turned around and smiled the moment his hands touched her. Wendy held two glasses of wine and gave one to Clement, "Sir, you have promised that you will not leave until you get drunk."
Clement took the wine and shook it lightly. His smile looked more mysterious, "Sure."
Then Clement drank all the wine in the glass immediately.
Clement bottomed up the goblet and let the last drop of wine fall on the floor. He said, "I have finished, it is your turn now."
Wendy looked flirtatious and drank all the wine in her goblet smilingly.
Imitating Clement, she also bottomed up her goblet.
Then she took Clements goblet and continued pouring the wine," Another one..."
Like this, Wendy and Clement drank many glasses of wine in a row continuously.
Clement was very good at drinking and tolerant to alcohol, he was not drunk at all.
But the volume of wine that Wendy drank was too much for her tonight even though she had taken antidote beforehand.
She was only pretending to be drinking at the bar, in fact, she did not drink a lot.
But now she indeed had drunk lots of glasses of wine.
Wendy was already feeling a little dizzy.
She could not really get drunk.
She could not continue drinking.
Wendy stumbled and lost her balance. She fell onto the floor.
Clement held out his hands to support her, "Are you satisfied now? If not, I can accompany you to continue drinking."
"No...not anymore.." Wendy shook her head and said," I feel... so...so dizzy."
"Then let me take you to bed, shall I?" Clement seemed to be asking her, but his look gave out the true intention in his mind.
"To bed? Okay," Wendy nodded," I am...I am indeed a little sleepy, I see that you have two heads now."
Wendy struggled to stand up and tried to push Clement away," I can walk on my own, I know where my room is."
Wendy stumbled out of the kitchen and pointed to her bedroom," That is my room!"
While she was walking, Wendy was thinking about how she could find a chance to put the medicine into the wine and let Clement drink it.
