The more clearheaded she became, the more things she recalled from the chase a few moments ago. The man clearly had several chances to throw her off completely his tail but he didn't. She lost him more than two times in the sea of people earlier but as bullheaded as she was, she kept chasing in the direction she thought he was possibly headed and as if by some miracle, he reappeared in the range of her senses and made her think as if she had been following right after him instinctively.
A bad feeling suddenly took over every one of her senses. The whole chase had the stink on it and she felt increasingly doubtful that she had been led right into a trap. While she might not be able to compare with the speed of the black clothed man, she was confident of taking on the man in contest of raw power and strength. Therefore, she knew that the target of the scheme was probably not her.
The gears in her head turned further and she came to the conclusion that the black clothed man had probably intended to lure her away from the Windsor family mansion considering that the black clothed man had yet to engage Clara in any manner. She had been fooled due to her impulsive nature.
As such she grew worried and turned back around on her heels and ran back towards her home swiftly.
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While Clara was worried about what was happening at home, Violet was pacing around the office in worry about her impulsive little sister. She was cursing herself for not being able to stop her little sister for rushing off like that mindlessly.
At the same time, she was trying to deduce the reason why the black clothed man was listening in to their conversation like that. The more she thought the more she couldn't understand why the three families would try to spy on them when they already had the upper hand. Instead of being smug and making demands, why would they still act so fearfully?
No matter how much she thought, the whole situation reeked, the poisoning of the sugar produce, the arrest of her father, the black clothed man and the whole situation with Clara. None of it seemed right because it felt as if the Windsor family was being thinned out slowly after each incident.
Moreover, the arrest of her father had already escalated in scale after the involvement of Luke who would undoubtedly protect Marico after promising them. Therefore, Violet was of the opinion that the war between the Windsor family and the Hunter family was imminent. She couldn't see another way to end this kind of conflict perfectly. After all, the Hunter family had attacked the heart of the Windsor family; there was no way that the Windsor family would let the hunter family live if they managed to survive past this ordeal.
Just when Violet was lost in her thoughts, she was pulled out by an explosive sound towards her left. Her head jerked towards the door to the study instinctively which now lay in splinters across the room.
A long and muscular arm shot through the hole in the door and unlocked the door from the inside. An equally muscular figure entered through the frame of the door while ducking through it as if he was too tall for the door.
Violet's heart stopped with fright. She had been expecting a move from the Hunter family but the speed with which they made their move astounded her beyond her expectations.
The tall and muscular figure of the man entered the room and behind him Violet was able to see the fallen bodies of the servants and guards that were supposed to be there. This terrified her even further and knew that the intentions of the muscular man were far from peaceful.
The figure of the escaped criminal that her father had warned her against overlapped with that of the muscular man in her mind. It was undoubtedly the same 'Jack' that Marico had told Violet and Clara about. He not only looked powerful and strong but was also oozing bloodthirst and killing intent from every pore of his body.
Only when she recognized Jack did Violet finally come to understand the machinations of the Hunter family. All the puzzle pieces that she hadn't found the correct position for yet fell into place right at that instant. She remembered how her father had been taken into custody by the police and then Clara was lured away from the house just to catch her off guard and alone.
It looked like the targets of the Hunter family included her from the very beginning. While her father was the figure head of the entire sugar business, Violet was actually dealing with many of the things behind the scenes while in collaboration with Christina.
Therefore, the hunter family had probably made elaborate plans to cripple the entire sugar production chain by dealing with both Marico and Violet. The only problem in their entire plan had been Clara who had the potential to cause them trouble due to her impulsive and forceful personality. As such, they had probably hired that black clothed figure to lure her away from home to give Jack a chance to enter the Windsor family to finish the job. This was not only the easiest way to cripple the growth of the Windsor family but also had the least possible chance of implicating the Hunter family by placing all the blame on the escaped convict.
Since the three families were involved, Jack was probably not doing their bidding out of personal spite or angst against the Windsor family. A madman like Jack would only do things for another person in exchange for certain benefits.
Violet was sure that his was the case and was willing to stake her life over the assumption. She forced herself to calm down her trembling hands and her shaking feet and finally managed to bring a composed expression on her face. She wasn't willing to show any weakness in front of a predator like Jack.
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