Chapter 833 - Tonight... It All Ends Here (1/2)

At six in the afternoon, Danny Swann suddenly received a phone call from the assassin he was hiring. He hurriedly picked up his cellphone and asked, ”What's wrong? Why are you calling now? Didn't I pay according to your request?”

The voice on the other end was laughing and then answered curtly.

”The target has been eliminated.”

Danny was very surprised. He did not expect the assignment he gave to the hitman group could be accomplished very quickly. He thought they would need at least a few days to make good plans and kill L and her baby.

He frowned, trying to digest the words he heard on the other end of the phone.

”You guys are serious, Marianne is dead? Her child, too?” he asked, trying to be sure.

”Yes,” said the voice on the other end of the phone. ”It's time for you to pay the rest of the fee. We will wait for an hour. Otherwise, we will send all the evidence to the police... that you are the one killed the girl.”

”No ... Wait! I'm not ready with the money. I thought you would need a few days to kill her. I don't have that much cash now,” Danny Swann said in a hurry.

”You can make payments by wire transfer to the account I will give you,” said the killer's voice.

”Wait a minute ... if the money is transferred, wouldn't it be easy to trace?” Danny immediately hesitated.

”We're not stupid. I'll give you an untraceable account so you can make payments. I'll give you instructions after I hung up this call. Remember, you have a maximum of one hour to make payments. Otherwise, I will immediately send proof of our conversation to the police.”

”No ... No, don't do that. I will certainly pay,” Danny Swann said anxiously.

He immediately hung up and waited for an incoming message from the killer to transfer the remaining payment. Although this shocked him greatly, he was relieved that the person who had prevented him from getting all of his grandfather's inheritance had finally been eliminated. Marianne De Maestri and her baby are now gone. Danny will be able to come to Caroline and marry her.

He only needed to ask for proof of Marianne's death and wait for it to be announced on television once he finished making the payment. Danny will pretend to be sad and hold his own press conference to show how devastated he was, and then take all the inheritance was entitled to him.

He couldn't wait for this to be over, so he could return to live quietly with Caroline.

***

Finland came to London and L's house to take care of Lily, while L performed at the gala dinner. Marc personally oversaw L's security arrangement, and he requested that L wore a disguise when she came to the venue, so she would not be recognized by the public.

The Gala Dinner would be held in the St. Laurent Hotel's ballroom. It would be the center of attention since, in addition to L, there were also several other famous artists who were asked to perform at the event. Danny Swann must be thinking that L was dead, so L couldn't appear rashly.

”Sir, Madam has arrived,” Marc reported to London by phone. ”I told her to wait in the dressing room. Do you want to meet her before she performs?”

”Of course,” said London. ”Wait for me there.”

He then hung up and immediately descended from the penthouse. When London was walking toward the ballroom, his steps stopped when he met Caroline in front of the ballroom entrance.

The girl seemed to arrive early to attend the gala dinner with her father and the entourage from their hospital.

”Hey, good evening. You seem to be in such a hurry,” Caroline greeted London, showing her most beautiful smile.

The girl was wearing a very s.e.xy outfit for gala dinner, and her whole being exuded confidence. It was evident that she was deliberately looking s.e.xy to entice the host she thought to be interested in her.

London was actually annoyed by her intrusion because he wanted to rush to the dressing room to meet his wife. However, since he still wanted to make Caroline and her father lower their guard, he was forced to stop and put on his best smile for her.

”You're so beautiful tonight,” he said, trying to do some small talk.

Caroline blushed at London Schneider's compliment.