Stopping her car, Sierra quickly got off to check the situation.
No sooner had her feet been on the ground that four men got off from the car in front of her and surrounded her.
One of them pointed at her and barked, "Don't you f*cking know how to drive? If you don't, then don't drive. Say it, how much are you going to pay for the damage!"
Sierra was driving in accordance to normalcy, but the other party had, so suddenly, cut into her lane without a signal. As hard as she had stepped on her brake, she still collided with the car. They were supposed to be the ones held accountable for the collision.
However, they got out of the car and shouted at her, extorting compensation. Sierra suspected that these men had done so deliberately to scam her.
She took out her mobile phone and was ready to call the police. However, before she could even unlock her phone, one of the men had already wrenched the phone away from her. "We have something important to do today. Our time is money and you can't afford to delay us. The longer you delay, the more there is for you to pay."
Now that her cell phone had been taken away, Sierra could no longer call the police. It did not help that one by one, the cars beside her sped past, leaving her no way to ask for help. She knew that she had to prioritize her safety so she asked, "How much do you want?"
One of the men said, "One million."
The ones who had violated the law were wringing for a million in one shot. It was definitely daylight robbery in every sense of the word.
After confirming what their motive was, Sierra said with composure, "Excuse me, do you realize what you guys are doing?"
Another strong man shouted, "What are we doing? You hit our car, so you have to pay up. A million isn't even enough to cover our losses."
Sierra replied furiously, "Do you actually know how much a million dollars is? How dare you ask for that much money just for this? Why don't you just go rob a bank or something?"
"Very well. It's fine if you don't want to pay up. You can keep us entertained for the night and once we're all satiated, we won't ask you for the money anymore." The big fellows leered at Sierra, their looks making her sick to the stomach.
Sierra was so disgusted by them that her scalp turned numb. Just as she was at her wit's end, a familiar car pulled over.
Johan's driver got out of the car and asked, "Miss Sierra, what's the matter? Do you need our help?"
"These guys are blackmailing me now. Please call the police for me." At that moment, Sierra felt as though a messiah had graced upon the land. Otherwise, she really was about to be robbed in broad daylight.
"Sure." The driver nodded and was ready to go back to the driver's seat to get his cell phone. When he turned his head, he noticed that Johan, who was initially seated in the back seat, was getting out of the car.
The driver hurriedly reported, "Mr. Silas, Miss Sierra had asked me to call the police for her."
"Ah, there's not a need to lodge a report, not at all. We are the ones responsible for the accident. We will compensate accordingly. This accident has nothing to do with Miss Sierra." For some inexplicable reason, the group of men, who were acting fiercely just then, began to behave differently all of a sudden.
The man who took Sierra's phone earlier quickly returned it to her while the other man who tried to scam a huge sum out of her immediately stuffed a pile of money into her hand and said, "Miss Sierra, our lot is to be blamed for what happened just now. We got something else to attend to so we'll be hitting the road now. Please let me know if the money here isn't enough."
Sierra was baffled by their sudden change in attitude. By the time she regained her senses, the group of men had already driven off, as if nothing had happened.
Sierra raised her head and looked into Johan's deep eyes. She parted her lips and wanted to express her gratitude, but seeing the cold on his face, she couldn't bring herself to let her words roll off her tongue.
Johan stared at her and said in a cold voice, "It's very fun, isn't it?"
Sierra was stunned. "What?"
Johan raised the corners of his mouth and said in a mocking tone. "Do you still need me to make it clear?"
Sierra hated the expression he had on. "What do you mean?"
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