Immediately, Willard remembered it and widened his eyes... This man was the woman's husband. They had met in the police station, but the man told the police that they didn't want to hold him responsible for the accident, so he was released right away.
He thought that the accident was over, but then, he was kidnapped and brought here, which turned out to be this man's instruction.
Willard was shocked. "What... do you want to do?"
Expressionlessly, Stanley tapped on the armrest of his chair, though his eyes were ice-cold. "Tsk, you don't know?"
"1-1 don't know..." Willard gritted his teeth. "But-but this is considered as... as a crime, you know? You're kidnapping and threatening a civilian, and I'll... I'll sue you!"
Stanley, however, smiled casually. "Oh, maybe
I could commit a murder as well?"
Hearing that, Willard was trembling all over and couldn't say a word. Although the man was laughing, there was no smile in his eyes. Willard could sense that if he didn't cooperate, the man would really kill him.
Soon, Stanley lost his patience and demanded, "Tell me who's behind this."
Willard swallowed hard. "I... I don't know what you're talking about. You'd better let me go, or else my family will call the cops when realized that I'm missing and you'll... Wait, what are you doing?"
Pushing the chair aside, Stanley stood up and took off his jacket, as he ordered to the man standing behind him, "Leave us alone first."
Grinning, Ryan turned around and left.
Willard was frightened already. "Wh-what do you want to do?"
After taking off his jacket, Stanley rolled up his sleeves and cracked his fingers expressionlessly.
Meanwhile, standing in the quiet corridor, Ryan could only hear some muffling noises coming from the room.
He felt pity for Willard because if Willard had answered them earlier, Stanley wouldn't have needed to do this himself. Stanley was clearly in a bad mood today. Now, listening to the muffled cries inside, Ryan thought Stanley must be venting his anger on Willard.
Finishing a cig, Ryan sensed that the scene inside had stopped, so he used the keycard to enter the room.
Willard's face was very swollen and covered in blood. Leaning against the back of the chair, he could only hum weakly.
Meanwhile, Stanley stood by the side and his shirt was a little messy. Ryan walked over, only to find that Willard was injured quite horribly. He looked up at Stanley and asked, "Did you quarrel with your wife?"
Otherwise, why would he hit Willard so hard?
Stanley tidied up his clothes with a gloomy expression. When he thought of how Sharon had been bullied by Shawn, his gaze turned even sharper. Sneering, he denied, "Nah, why would I quarrel with her."
A look of disbelief flashed across Ryan's face. "Then it must be because your wife gave you a cold shoulder, so you came here to vent your anger."
Stanley was fired up by his words. "Shut up!"
Ryan just curled his lips.
On the other hand, listening to their conversation, Willard realized he was just a tool for the man to vent his anger. Irritated, he could only glare at them fiercely.
"You better don't look at him like that!" Seeing the hatred on Willard's face, Ryan tried to persuade him with good intentions. "This man isn't someone who you'd like to provoke.
The more you act like this, the more you'll get beaten up. So you better just hold it in!"
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