Chapter 571 Stay Away From My Wife (1/2)

That same night, sleep also evaded Hiram in Tulip Palace.

He lay noiselessly beside Rachel on the bed, and was content to listen to the rhythmic rise and fall of her breath.

He closed his eyes and let the sounds wash over him, wishing nothing more for a moment but to be with her like that the rest of his life.

He glanced at her face in the dark, taking in whatever the darkness had granted him. He was able to make out the outline of her cheeks and the soft curve of her lips. After a moment, he stood up and slipped out of their bedroom without a sound.

Chad's voice called out to him in a whisper the moment he was outside the room. ”Hiram,” he heard him say. He had been standing outside for a while, waiting for Hiram.

Closing the door behind him, Hiram threw his coat over his shoulders and the two men walked down the stairs hurriedly.

”I've blocked the signal in the entire building. If my calculations are correct, it should be impossible for that woman to upload the photos online now, no matter how hard she tries,” Chad reported their progress without delay, keeping up with Hiram's pace as they walked. ”And I've informed Mathew Li,” he added.

Hiram walked out of the house in quick and steady strides and headed straight to his car.

Chad got behind him and continued, ”Mathew has sent his men to guard her. They have already booked the tickets as well. She will leave for England early next morning.”

Hiram listened wordlessly as Chad updated him on how things were coming along. He had let Mathew Li off the hook last time, thinking that he could be of use one day, but they didn't expect that they would be able to use him this quickly.

Killing him was as easy as crushing an ant, but Hiram thought it would be better to wait for a proper opportunity to put him to work to their advantage. He was right. At such times as tonight, he had proven to be beneficial.

If Matthew was still on Flora's side, he wouldn't have taken steps to send her away so quickly.

”Let's go,” Hiram said in a quick and firm voice.

He glanced at his watch and furrowed his eyebrows. It was about time.

Inside her apartment, Flora paced around her room, ruffling her hair with both hands and letting out one frustrated breath after another.

She was determined to upload those photos online, as if that was the last thing she would do before she left, but she couldn't access the Internet. She tried different devices: her laptop, her tablet computer, and even her cell phone, but none of them worked.

This was a final desperate attempt. She wanted Hiram to remember her in the rest of his life, even if it was because of hatred.

The moment the public saw those photos, Rachel would be forced out of the city, and she would never be able to stand side by side with Hiram again. This single thought was the only thing that fueled her.

'I can't leave like this! I have to find a way to upload those damned photos!' she thought and cursed inwardly.

She continued pacing back and forth, biting her fingernails and staring intently at her phone with her other hand. At that moment, she jumped at a knock on the door, yanking herself out of her disheveled thoughts.

Thinking that it might be her father again, she quickly put away the photos under a table cloth. Then, smoothing over her hair and clothes, she turned to open the door.

To her surprise, it was Marcus on the other side of the door. She felt her chest swell with panic. In a breathy voice, she asked, ”What are you doing here, Marcus?”

He cast a quick glance at the two men at the door, and walked inside.