Secret Wealthy Marriage
Chapter 216: Near and Far (6)

Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Near and Far (6)

"Yes, my big brother brought his girlfriend home." Joyce Lopez nodded.

As the two chatted, Andy Aguirre took Carolline Ruiz and left.

Bryan Hawkins watched them go. Once Carolline Ruiz left, he had nothing more to say to Joyce Lopez.

"Brother Bryan, are you heading over there now?" Joyce Lopez didn’t notice much. She naturally only had eyes for Bryan Hawkins between him and Carolline Ruiz.

"Okay." Bryan Hawkins nodded.

The unexpected happened just then. While the two were walking shoulder to shoulder, before they exited the restroom corridor, a dark figure burst out, waving a knife and slashing towards Bryan Hawkins.

Joyce Lopez immediately screamed in fright. She had never seen such a spectacle before and couldn’t keep her composure.

Joyce Lopez’s scream made the man squint. If Bryan Hawkins were alone, it would be hard to deal with him, but having a woman like Joyce Lopez by Bryan’s side gave him a higher chance of victory.

Today, even if he couldn’t kill Bryan Hawkins, he wanted to cripple him.

The man was George Morris’s father. The Morris business he had operated for nearly a lifetime was destroyed. He didn’t blame his worthless son for the fall of the Morris family. Instead, he put all the blame on Bryan Hawkins.

If it weren’t for him, the Morris family wouldn’t have ended up like this, getting harassed by creditors to the point of wanting to jump off a building. His son being in prison and facing impending death sentence, his wife was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

All of this was thanks to Bryan Hawkins. Hawkins, who had ruined the Morris family and then disappeared; he had waited a whole month for his return. By tailing him here and using a friend’s VIP card to sneak in, he planned to make Bryan Hawkins pay for what he had done.

Having Joyce Lopez around, Bryan Hawkins couldn’t concentrate on dealing with the old man. He had to ensure Joyce Lopez wouldn’t get involved. So while fending off the old man, he also had to protect Joyce Lopez.

The old man, Morris, risked his life to confront Bryan Hawkins. He was determined to ’shatter like jade rather than be intact like a tile’. Today, he was determined to make Bryan Hawkins pay for his arrogance. He furiously hacked at Bryan Hawkins with his knife.

"Mr. Hawkins, your life ends here." The old man screamed, driving the two towards a corner with his madness.

Joyce Lopez was scared out of her wits. Being cut by that knife would undoubtedly be excruciatingly painful, possibly resulting in disability, and at the very least, disfiguring. She did not want to risk that. But at that moment, the selfish Joyce Lopez saw the knife slashing towards Bryan Hawkins. She couldn’t bear to see Bryan, who was protecting her, unable to turn around in time to block the strike.

At that moment, she didn’t know where she gathered such courage, her mind went blank, after a screaming, she forcefully tore away from Bryan Hawkins’ protection and used her body to shield Bryan Hawkins from the knife.

The old man’s sharp knife pierced into Joyce Lopez’s right shoulder, and blood soon flowed out. Bryan Hawkins kicked the old man away upon seeing this. The security of Emperory bunched up and controlled the man.

Xavier Estrada rushed over. Seeing him, Bryan Hawkins immediately shouted, "Xavier, call an ambulance, quickly!"

"Oh, yes." Xavier Estrada didn’t have the time to think. Seeing Joyce Lopez’s continuously bleeding wound and the knife beside her, he quickly took out his phone and dialed 120.

The Security Team Leader called the police, and the whole third floor was in chaos.

Carolline Ruiz was walking slowly due to her pregnancy, so they left first and didn’t run into the old man. The old man didn’t see her as an object of revenge, so Carolline Ruiz narrowly escaped a disaster.

Before she and Andy Aguirre entered the private room, they heard hurried footsteps from behind. A crowd of people had gathered towards the restroom. She turned around and watched for a while, only to see Bryan Hawkins rushing towards the elevator with Joyce Lopez in his arms. From Joyce Lopez’s body, a red liquid was dripping onto the floor.