Can’t Win Me Back

A voice, raspy and weak, sliced through the air behind Landon and Jordan.

They both turned around immediately. To their surprise, they saw Angelina on crutches a distance away from them. She was limping toward them with much difficulty.

Landon's pupils constricted.

"Ms. Angie! What happened to you?" Jordan's face ran pale in fright. He rushed forward to support her.

Angelina tried her best to bear with the pain. She shook her head slightly. "I'm fine..." novelbin

"What do you mean you're fine? Your leg is badly injured. How can you bandage it up so simply? What if your wound gets infected? You might become handicapped!" Jordan's heart ached for her. He was on the brink of tears.

When they were young, Jordan and Angelina met at training camp. No explanation was needed for how close they were.

"That's not important. The most important thing is that Madam Lauren. Madam." Angelina felt so terrible that she couldn't string her sentences together.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she stared at Landon's pale face.

"Lauren is physically fine. It's just that. she was in huge distress, so she's still unconscious at the moment," Jordan explained in a low voice. He looked glum.

In an instant, Angelina started crying her eyes out. She had been by Lauren's side for so long. How could she not know what mental distress could do to Lauren?

Landon slowly approached her. In a hoarse voice, he questioned, "What happened to your leg?"

"It's nothing."

"Tell me the truth!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Landon."

Angelina refused to share more with him. She hung her head low. "I didn't protect Madam Lauren well. I'm useless. It's better if you. set up tighter security and hire an even better bodyguard for Madam Lauren. I'm not competent enough for this."

"What are you saying, Ms. Angie? Out of the entire Harper Group and all the security companies in the entire country, how many female bodyguards are there who are better than you? Even male bodyguards might not possess the same skills as you do!"

With a few phrases, Jordan hit the nail on the head.

Other than Jasper and Axel who graduated from the military academy, it was difficult to think of another person who had such formidable skills to cause such harm to Angelina.

Nothing would have changed even if Landon had swapped a few different bodyguards.

"The attacker was not someone under Mr. Cornelius or Preston. I can recognize their men. Even if I couldn't recognize them, I believe that they do not possess such skill."

Angelina broke out in a cold sweat as she gave it some careful thought. "I think the man was a hitman."

Landon's gaze turned frigid. He clasped his hands together tightly.

"But the weird thing is that he didn't do anything to Madam Lauren or me. He stabbed me in the leg only to prevent me from stopping him from taking Madam Lauren away..."

Angelina knitted her brows tightly. "After that, I was blindfolded. I'm not sure where I was transported to. Then, they abandoned me by the roadside. They did everything you can think of to me."

Landon's mind raced. Even though his chest hurt, his thoughts became clearer. "Even if that man wasn't Preston's subordinate, I'm sure that he still acted under Preston's instruction.

"Otherwise, there's no way that he could have entered Harper Group so easily. He even brought Lauren into that room before leaving without anyone knowing."

He also recalled how there was a huge screen in that room. All of a sudden, his chest tightened.

Perhaps, through the screen, Lauren had watched the scene where Angelina was being kidnapped. That would explain why she lost control of her emotions and had a mental breakdown.

However, what was Preston's motive for putting in so much effort? Was it for the sole purpose of dissing him at the board meeting?

Suddenly, Landon's phone rang. It was Jasper calling.

"Hey, Jasper," Landon answered in an exhausted voice as he put his palm to his head.

"Landon, the Harper Group gave Lauren a huge present, didn't they?"

As he was consumed by anger, Jasper's voice became raspy and icy. "Is that the proposal gift from the Harpers?"