Chapter 657

Lucas’ lips curled into a smirk. Mockery flashed in his eyes as he said, “The world is peaceful now.”

As soon as he said that, the door was kicked open by one of the men in black before the people started jumping down.

“They’ll clean up the mess for Jackson.” Lucas gave a swift peck on Ashlyn’s lips and added, “Let’s go.”

Before Ashlyn could understand what was happening, Lucas had already carried her and boarded the helicopter.

After boarding, Ashlyn noticed Spencer sitting in the pilot’s seat while the one who sat in the passenger’s seat was Jared.

Well, fine.

In Bayview Villa, Ashlyn sat in the living room.

Her delicate facial features were arranged into a cold expression.

Jared gulped after seeing Ashlyn’s expression, which he had not seen for a long time.

He could not even remember the last time Ashlyn was infuriated.

Jared turned around and hoped to flee from the scene.

“Mr. Quickton, since when did you become Lucas’ subordinate? Why didn’t I know about that?”

“B-Boss, please listen to my explanation…” Jared forced an awkward smile. “Spencer and I worked with Mr. Nolan so we could coordinate both on the outside and inside. Both of you worked on the inside while Spencer and I worked on the outside…”

“So, I was kept in the dark the whole time. Was it fun?” Ashlyn raised her brows, and the hint of mockery in her smile intensified. “Jared, since you can work with Lucas today, does that mean you can also cooperate with others and betray me in the future?”

“Boss, that situation was an emergency. When Mr. Nolan wanted to work with me, he was afraid that you would find out and fail to cooperate with us…” His explanation merely made things worse.

“Fail to cooperate? Am I so weak in the eyes of the men?” Ashlyn stared at Jared coldly. “I can’t tolerate you anymore. Go and find Lucas instead.”

“Boss!” Jared called out in a low voice and stared at her pitifully. “Boss, can you forgive me… if I tell you a big secret?”

That woman looked at him while wearing a poker face, and an oppressive aura exuded from her.

She was resentful that the guy she trusted the most cooperated with Lucas without her knowing.

“Boss, this secret is related to Mr. Nolan. Are you not interested to hear it?” Jared pleaded with her bitterly.

Truth be told, Jared was left with no choice but to cooperate with Lucas in that situation. He did not mean to hide it from Ashlyn. He merely did not want Ashlyn to take the risk alone, so he agreed to cooperate with Lucas.

“He is scum. What’s so interesting about him?” Ashlyn rose to her feet and was about to leave.

Jared stopped her. “Boss, that antidote that saved your life was not from our company. It was from Lucas. He was the one who saved you.”

That woman’s beautiful face stiffened when she heard that. A hint of appalling light glinted in her cold eyes.

She grabbed Jared’s collar and asked, “What did you say?”

“In order to detoxify Backtrack poison, the donor has to be a rhesus negative. That donor had to donate the blood from their aorta that was sufficient for you to consume for twenty-one days. One hundred cubic centimeters of blood were required to create a pill, and you needed to swallow two tablets each time. Can you imagine how much blood he had donated to you?”

Jared carefully observed the lady’s expression while he spoke to her.

Ashlyn was stunned, and her head became muddled after hearing Jared’s words.

She had encountered many different situations before this.

However, she felt her heart skip a beat after hearing that.

How is that possible? Lucas donated the blood from his aorta to me? Did he really donate that much blood to save my life?

“Jared, are you lying to me?”

Her voice was so husky that she had practically squeezed those words out of her with much effort. Her heart ached as she said that.

“That medication was not only made with blood from his aorta. They even extracted Lucas’ bone marrow to develop the pill. When you were recuperating in the lab, Mr. Nolan observed you the whole time in a grand ward opposite the hospital. He kept an eye on your every move there.”