Chapter 642

As she said this, Emily turned and scurried out of the room.

Upon this, Zeke let out a cold laugh. The Great Marshal cannot offend her? That will only happen if you are now the colonel.

Several guards rushed into the room upon learning of the fight. Zeke instructed, “Get these two lackeys out of the room.”

The guards quickly responded and dragged Senior and Junior Panther out.

Lacey, who had witnessed everything from the side, was still terrified. She gasped for air.

In a soft voice, she mumbled, “Zeke, how did she get out of prison so quickly? Furthermore, she can even afford two hundred million now.”

With a smile, he told her, “Well, it’s simple. She’s now one of Mance’s lackeys. She’s bullying us because she thinks she has a formidable force supporting her.”

Lacey pondered his words for a moment before nodding in agreement. “Yes, that’s very possible. But, she did say the Linton Group was going to be bankrupt soon. I suppose that is the truth.”

However, Zeke let out a laugh and assured her, “Lacey, give me seven days. In seven days, I guarantee you Linton Group will soar to success and be in the limelight once more. Raider Group will fall into despair. I can bet you that with my life.”

“Alright, that’s enough. There’s no need to comfort me.” Lacey did not know whether to laugh or cry at his statement.

“Furthermore, based on the situation now, I probably can last seven days only if Nancy and Dawnie were helping me out. However, I can’t contact the two of them. I probably can’t even last a day with the workload.”

“Hmm?” A frown appeared on Zeke’s face immediately.

“Where are the two of them?” He asked.

Lacey explained, “Dawnie’s dad is seriously ill, so she went back to say her last goodbyes.”

“I can’t contact Nancy all of a sudden. I’ve already sent someone to look for her at the Riverdale Hintons.”

Suddenly, Zeke’s heart skipped a beat, and he had a premonition.

Two of the key personnel at Linton Group disappeared during such a crucial timing...

This is probably Mance’s doing.

They might be in trouble!

Zeke immediately told her, “Lacey, I’m heading out for a while. Please wait for me here. Don’t leave the office.”

Lacey nodded. “Alright.”

Zeke stepped out of the Linton Groups’ building and blew on his whistle.

In a short while, Hadley appeared and asked, “Boss, what do you have for me?”

Zeke ordered, “Protect Lacey Hinton from behind the scenes. Also, take special note of the guards at the entrance. They might have changed camps and work for Mance now.”

Hadley inhaled sharply and remarked, “Mance really acts fast. I’m truly amazed. He even managed to infiltrate into the internal organization of the Linton Group. But how do you know that they changed camps?”

Zeke explained, “I know what they are capable of. Even if they could not stop Senior and Junior Panther, they probably would have been able to injure them rather severely. However, I observed that neither the guards nor the Panthers had even a slight bruise on them. This meant that they did not even try to stop Emily Clemons and her party of two.”

He continued, “Also when Emily left earlier, she left via the main entrance, not the side doors. She clearly knows that there are guards at the main entrance, but not the side doors. However, she still chose to exit by the main doors, which means that she was confident the security would not stop her.”

Thinking over Zeke’s words for a moment, Hadley suggested, “Or perhaps, Emily did not react in time and instinctively escaped from the main doors.”

Zeke denied this. “I know her well. Based on her scheming nature, she would have definitely taken this into account.”

“Well, I would like to ‘know her well’ too. Do you mind?” Hadley teased.

“Get out!” Zeke reprimanded.

Obviously, he knew what the man had implied.

...

Emily brought the injured Panthers to the hospital and looked for Mance.

“Mance, I’m sorry, but I didn’t accomplish what I was supposed to,” Emily said with remorse.

“Alright, I got it. You can leave now,” Mance replied without a change in expression.

Of course, he had never expected Emily to succeed at buying over Linton Group with just two hundred million.

He had ulterior motives in mind by sending her to make an offer to the Linton Group.

After she left, Mance looked over the Panthers’ injuries.

They immediately jumped to their own defense. “Mance, that Zeke is nowhere near the loser you described him to be.”

“Exactly! I think your information is wrong. You can’t blame us for failing this time.”