Since he knew their request, Desmond wasn't as worried anymore. Although Victoria said that she had Haniya in captivity, Desmond saw the training Haniya went through all those days, so Haniya would be able to hold on before he reached the place. Furthermore, Victoria also wouldn't dare to harm Haniya.
Hence, Desmond hung up the phone and called Nathaniel directly.
"Mr. Ye, Haniya has been kidnapped."
"I know. Why did you turn off your phone?"
When he said that, Desmond was highly regretful. He wanted to enjoy his alone time with Haniya, but he didn't expect to cause trouble for all of them just because he had done so.
"It's my fault. I won't do it again. Victoria called me and said that she had captured Haniya and asked me to go to their place. Their goal should be my blood, but Mango also needs it. What should I do?"
Desmond didn't want to give even a drop of his blood to Victoria, but they had Haniya in their hands, so he had to go.
He had to tell Nathaniel and Mango about this situation as he would need Dark Night Empire's assistance when the time came.
As Desmond already knew what was going on, Nathaniel said, "We let them capture Haniya because we wanted to defeat them using their own plan! We couldn't contact you then, so we decided on this ourselves.
"What? We're going to defeat them using their own plan?"
When he heard those words, Desmond inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still worried.
"Why on earth did Haniya go to find Victoria?"
"It was part of our plan. We've received news that someone is in contact with Jose, as they wanted your blood for genetic research. That was why Victoria contacted with Haniya, and the latter went along with it. Don't worry too much. Haniya has an antidote given by Noah, so she shouldn't be affected by their drugs. Our goal is simple, that is to uncover the person behind Jose and get rid of this threat for the future."
Nathaniel hid part of it, but he still told Desmond the general idea of the matter.
On the other hand, Desmond immediately understood Mango and Nathaniel's wish. They wanted to get rid of this threat so that he could have a safe future.
He could not help but feel warmth at the bottom of his heart.
"Mr. Ye, thank you."
"Why are you saying that? Where are you now? Are you going over immediately?"
"Yes, I'll go over. Since I'm their target, it wouldn't be right if I didn't show up. But Mr. Ye, you have a plan, don't you?"
"Yes, go over and be our bait. I've already arranged people on the peripheries. When they attack you, we will move at any time."
Nathaniel had already made the preparations before Desmond had contacted him.
After all, this was still Ocean City, which was still his territory. He had been quiet for some time, but Carlson's men were also in the city, so he could also mobilize them if the situation called for it.
"Okay, I'll follow your plan."
After hanging up, Desmond stood up.
There were few people left in this originally lively restaurant, and his blind date with Haniya turned out to be a failure in the end.
When he saw what time he was, he thought that Haniya probably hadn't eaten lunch. Therefore, he bought some tacos to go.
After he got on the car and kept the tacos, he drove to Victoria's address.
As soon as he arrived, Desmond saw that the place was highly guarded, and the bodyguards looked at him with much excitement.
Desmond did not understand why they looked that way, but when he thought of Nathaniel's arrangement, he still calmed down and walked into the place after parking his car.
On the other hand, Victoria frowned when she saw Desmond walk over so calmly.
"You are such a cold- blooded b*stard! My daughter died for you, and you didn't shed even a few tears. Now, I kidnapped Haniya because she was worried about you, but you didn't know anything about it! I thought you would come quickly, but it took you half an hour to do so. Desmond, you are a cold- blooded person right down to your bones. No one is important to you, right?"
Desmond felt bad when Victoria asked that question.
Was he cold-blooded?
When Marissa died, he desperately wanted to die along with her. However, he was not good at expressing himself, and even if he didn't cry, it didn't mean that he was not upset. But, Victoria wouldn't be able to understand these things.
"Where is Haniya?"
Desmond only wanted to know if Haniya was alright.
However, Victoria said with a sneer, "Hehl Did you come alone?"
"What else can I do?"
Victoria was still worried. After she asked someone to check it out and found that Desmond was indeed alone, she was finally relieved.
"Since you are so worried about her, why don't you come in and have a look yourself?"
Desmond saw that Victoria had a sparkle in her eyes as she said these words. In fact, she would only look this excited in the past whenever she was torturing him!
When Desmond recalled why they were doing this, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Bring her out, or else..."
"What can you do then?"
Victoria asked. She saw that he had come alone, but there were many people on her side. Hence, she didn't believe that Desmond could escape from that place.
After hearing this, Desmond smiled lightly and then pulled open his clothes to reveal the explosives that were strapped against him. Therefore, Victoria was so scared that she screamed and took a few steps back.
"Are you crazy?!"
"Yeah, I have already gone mad, don't you know that? I'm warning you. You better do what I say or I don't know what I will do next. Now I want to see Haniya."
Desmond was calm, as if his life was really insignificant to him, but Victoria was afraid.
She was not only afraid that Desmond would die, but she was also worried that Desmond would act recklessly.
At this time, Jose's voice came from inside.
"It's not a big deal to let him meet Haniya. After all, the most important thing now is to ensure that he's alive! Also, we can't waste any of his blood!"
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