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    After Yvonne left, Sebastian still didn''t have much of an appetite.


    He tidied up the ce, and returned to Rosalie''s ward. On the way back, his phone buzzed in his pocket.


    Sebastian pulled it out, and nced at the screen. It was an unfamiliar number.


    He answered the call. "Hello."


    "Hello, Mr. Carter."


    Sebastian found the voice very familiar-sounding.


    "It''s you!" The voice was identical to that of the man who abducted Rosalie.


    "I''m so touched, you still remember my voice."


    "You criminal, how dare you call me!"


    "But of course! The police haven''t caught me until now, they''re so inefficient. I''ve been waiting, but they just can''t find me. I''m so frustrated, I almost turned myself in."


    His arrogant words made Sebastian bite out furiously, "Why are you calling me? I''m warning you, don''t you dare hurt Rose! I won''t let youy a finger on her again!"


    "Me, hurt her? Just listen to yourself," the man said with a chuckle. "I saved her before. If I hadn''t rescued her from those kidnappers, she would have been tortured and then killed. I''m her benefactor, in fact. I also let her go eventually. Do you really think you were the one who saved her?"


    Sebastian clenched his fists in anger. "What do you want?"


    "Mr. Carter, I wonder how happy you were when that arrow pierced through Theodore Spencer''s heart?"


    Sebastian''s heart sank at the mention of the incident. "What''s that got to do with you? You were the culprit, you were the one who hurt him!"


    "You''re right, I was the culprit behind it. But when he wanted to call for help, who was the one who took his phone away? That''s open to question, isn''t it?"


    Sebastian''s face turned dark with displeasure. He clenched his fists, and looked around him.


    As he looked at the people around him, they started to look distorted; he even felt them looking at him with looks of judgment.


    Sebastian went to a quiet corner with his phone still on his ear. After checking that no one could hear him, he said in a low voice, "I don''t understand what you''re saying."


    "Is that so? Then why are you panicking? You even found a hiding spot. Are you afraid that someone will hear you?"


    Sebastian''s skull went numb. He walked out of the corner, and looked around. "Are you spying on me?"


    "Do I even need to do that?" the man chuckled. "I can guess it, because you have a guilty conscience. Seems like you at least have a modicum of shame, knowing what you did."


    Sebastian took a deep breath, and said through gritted teeth, "What did I do? I don''t understand what you''re saying."


    He would never agree to it. What if this man was recording the conversation?


    "You have great mental strength. It''s fine even if you don''t admit it. I have proof. Look at your phone."


    Sebastian saw a message in his inbox.


    He clicked on it, and saw a video clip. In the clip, he could clearly see Theodore injured, with blood all over the ground.


    Theodore wanted to call for help with his phone, but Sebastian snatched his phone away, smashed it on the ground, and even stomped hard on it as he mocked Theodore with a smug smile on his face.


    The video showed clearly how he wanted Theodore to die.


    Sebastian''s face paled.Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    This man had filmed the entire incident!


    He had been too careful. He wanted so badly for Theodore to die at that point, he didn''t think much and ended up giving the abductor leverage over him.


    Sebastian''s mind went nk. A few secondster, he put the phone back to his ear.


    "What is the meaning of this? Trying to threaten me with this? Videoscan be falsified with such advanced technology we have nowadays. Don''t even think about trying to frame me!"


    "Is that so? In that case, I really should try sending this video to Rosalie and see if she thinks that it''s falsified. Goodbye now, Mr. Carter." Sebastian said, "Hold on."


    “What''s the matter?” the abductor asked. “Is there anything else?"


    Sebastian forced himself to stay calm. "Even if the video is falsified, Rose will be negatively affected when she watches it. Tell me, what exactly do you want?"


    He would never allow this man to have leverage over him. He would never admit that the video was genuine, or he would be falling into this man''s trap.


    "Hahaha..." the man chuckled. "Still trying to deny it."


    “What''s your objective? Theodore took an arrow thest time. Is it my turn now?"


    "No," the man said. "What happenedst time is all over now. I''m calling you now because I need a favor from you."


    "What do you want from me?"


    "I won''t tell you for now. I''m calling


    you now just to remind you one thing. Don''t think that others don''t know what you''ve done, and don''t think that there''s no evidence. I know, and I have proof."


    With that, the man hung up.


    "Hello? Hello!"


    Sebastian nced at his phone screen, and smashed the phone on the floor in anger.


    Passers-by jumped back in fright and looked at him, shell-shocked.


    Upon realizing that he had lost control of himself, Sebastian shed them a smile and apologized to them immediately. "I''m sorry."


    He stepped forward to pick his phone up and stuff it into his pocket before turning around and walking away, as though nothing had happened.