Stefan stared at Renee, who was on the verge of a breakdown.
“I won’t tell you where Jovan is even if you were naked,” he told her evenly. “Because I have
no idea where he is.”
He finally admitted the truth since things were getting out of hand. With the ridiculous
thought processes that Renee’s mind appeared to be prone to, one of them would soon be
driven insane!
Renee was half-undressed and froze right then. “What are you talking about? What do you
mean you don’t know where he is?”
“He never stays put like you, and I guess he’s now actually missing. It only begs the
question of why you came to me at all,” Stefan replied, leaning back against his seat with an
impassive look, staring at her contemptuously as if she was an idiot.
“How could you not know?! When that explosion happened, the chauffeur clearly heard the
person who abducted Jovan say, ‘Mr. Hunt sends his regards’! And there is no other Mr.
Hunt except you!”
“Why me? There are plenty of Mr. Hunts across the globe,” Stefan sneered. “Moreover, why
are you so sure that the chauffeur was telling the truth? What if he was trying to frame me?”
He had no idea why someone would pin the blame on him, but this was not unprecedentedhe certainly was used to being
scapegoated, especially with the multitude of rivals he had in
Beach City!
“That makes sense,” Renee was calm enough to agree with Stefan’s insight-she knew him
well enough to tell that such a crude move was not his style at all...
In fact, it happened to fit Jovan’s style. Was it possible that Jovan had arranged his own
abduction?
However, Renee quickly shook her head-that was impossible, since Jovan was not that
nonsensical despite his crafty nature.
And what could he have hoped to achieve-did he want to drive a wedge between her and
Stefan? There was already no sentiment between them whatsoever, so Jovan did not have
to go that far.
It just doesn’t make sense!
“If it wasn’t you, then why’d you leave this note for me?!” Renee cried out in agitation, and
whipped out the piece of paper that she had been carrying around. “This is obviously your
handwriting! ‘You reap what you sow. Come to me if you want him back.’ Obviously it means
I should meet you if I want him back. What do you have to say now?”
Stefan glanced at the note, and admitted, “I did write the note, but I wasn’t referring to
Jovan.”
“Not Jovan? Then who?”
“Quinton. That’s your biological brother, no?”
“My brother... You mean you’re the one behind what happened to him?!” Rene tensed up
immediately-it was really one bombshell after another! She had just been worrying that
there was no clue as to who her brother’s assailants were, only for this man to admit it!
“How dare you hurt my brother! I should skin you... and it’d still serve you right!” Renee was
absolutely furious. She searched the whole car and finally found a swiss army knife. She
picked it up and pressed the blade to his neck. “Where’s my brother?!”