Filed to story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
Several hyenas appeared in the funeral hall.
When people were frightened and ran around, those hyenas pounced on Nicholas.
They bit and tore Nicholas.
“No!”
“Help!”
Nicholas kept calling for help but to no avail.
Lionel asked the guards to beat the hyenas with sticks, but they couldn’t stop the hyenas from biting wildly.
The others didn’t dare to go forward. They just wanted to hide as far away as possible.
When the guards beat the hyenas to death, Nicholas was bloody and motionless.
Lionel was overwhelmed by grief and cried. No one dared to touch Nicholas but him.
“Nicholas, you will be fine. I will take you to the hospital. You will be fine.”
Lionel personally escorted Nicholas to the hospital while Byron took Cora back to the hotel.
They immediately changed their clothes and took a shower, ensuring that the hotel staff promptly attended to their garments.
Cora trembled faintly, even after a long shower.
Byron held her in his arms and asked,
“How did you know there was something wrong with that bowl of water?”
“The smell. The water, the priest used earlier, had no scent, but the one that was brought up later had a strange smell…”
Cora’s sense of smell was outstanding. She could distinguish the medications used in the hospital just by their scent, let alone when something else was mixed into the water.
“I’ve already asked Carter to help with the burial at the funeral site and take samples.”
Byron reassured Cora, lightly patting her on the back.
“It’s alright now. Once my aunt is laid to rest, we’ll return to New York.”
He had initially wanted to bring Cora here, not only to avoid the chaos in New York but also to help her relax. However, he never expected such a thing to happen.
The brutal image of Nicholas being mauled by hyenas was horrifying, and it haunted him whenever he recalled it, let alone Cora.
At this point, he didn’t want Cora to stay in Burcane any longer. Once his aunt’s funeral was over, he would take Cora back to New York.
“Um.”
She must still be terrified by what had happened, as even though she fell asleep later, she continued to have nightmares.
As Byron chain-smoked one cigarette after another, he couldn’t shake off the unease in his heart. Just as he was lost in his thoughts, Carter called to give him an update.
“How’s it going?”
“The water indeed contained a drug that induces excitement in animals. If Mrs. Hansen hadn’t discovered it in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable,”
Carter reported.
“Okay. How is the burial going?”
“We’re almost done. I’ve booked the earliest flight, and we can leave by evening,”
Carter replied.
However, Carter added with a heavy tone,
“There’s news from the hospital. Nicholas…
He’s dead.”
This news sent shivers down Byron’s spine.
If Cora hadn’t noticed the drug in that bowl of water, Nicholas’ fate would have been Byron’s own.
“Understood. Once you’re finished there, meet me at the airport,”
Byron said.
“Okay.”
As Byron put away his phone, he noticed that Cora had awakened and was looking at him pitifully.
“Do you want to go back to sleep?”
He approached her, embracing her shoulders while deliberately ignoring the curiosity in her eyes.
“I can’t sleep,”
Cora replied.
After a pause, she couldn’t help but ask,
“Is there news?”
Throughout her restless sleep, she had been tormented by vivid nightmares of Nicholas being attacked by hyenas.
“Yes, he’s dead…”
Byron knew he couldn’t hide it from her any longer and finally told her the truth.
As expected, Cora trembled upon hearing the news.
In fact, when she saw Nicholas’ mangled and motionless body at the funeral, she already knew this wouldn’t end well.
But now, after learning that Nicholas was really dead, it was still a huge blow for her.
“His death was caused by his own actions. It’s not the others’ fault.”
Byron reassured Cora as he gently rubbed her head.
“Yes, it’s all his fault. If he hadn’t intentionally wanted those hyenas to take your life, he wouldn’t have ended up losing his own. But…”
Cora burst into tears.
The sight of such a vibrant life being devoured by hyenas right before her eyes had left her deeply frightened.
“It’s alright. I’ll take you back to New York now. Don’t be afraid, and don’t dwell on it,”
Byron reassured her.
As for Lionel, Byron decided to deal with him later.
Sooner or later, Byron would make Lionel pay the price for deceiving his aunt and conspiring with his son against Byron.
But for now, the most important thing was to take Cora far away from this place of conflict.
Byron was a man of his word, and that very evening, they returned to New York.
Little did they anticipate that as soon as they disembarked from the plane, Byron would receive a call from an unknown number…
“Who is this?”
Byron answered the phone, and on the other end, he heard Jane’s sobbing.
“Byron, it’s me.”
To anyone else, her crying voice might evoke sympathy, but to Byron, it only made him feel inexplicably annoyed.
“Don’t call me if there’s nothing wrong,”
he replied, wanting to hang up the phone immediately.
But Jane continued,
“I ran away from home without telling my grandfather and father. I got lost outside, and I lost my wallet and phone. I don’t know what to do…”
She still had a sobbing tone, and her voice trembled, portraying a sense of fear and helplessness.
Yet, as Byron heard her words, he suddenly remembered how Cora had dealt with Nicholas intruding into her room to violate her. The situation was much more severe than losing a phone and wallet, yet she hadn’t called him for help. Instead, she took care of Nicholas herself.
As for the incident with Nicholas being mauled by hyenas, apart from initially crying upon hearing the news, Cora didn’t show any other signs of distress.
Even though she was still scared, she didn’t display it or seek pity intentionally.
Just like now, while he was on the phone, Cora obediently waited near the baggage claim area.
When their luggage arrived, she didn’t ask him or Carter for help. Instead, she carried all their three suitcases down herself.
Compared with Cora, Jane seemed much more pretentious.
His tone suddenly became a lot colder.
“If you lose your phone and wallet, report it to the police. Even elementary school students know this common sense. If you can’t handle such a small matter, you must either be stupid or useless.”
He could almost imagine that if Cora had encountered the same situation, she would have probably caught the thief herself and taken them straight to the police station without seeking pity from unrelated people.
“Byron, I’m just so scared. I…”
Jane only planned to create an opportunity to be alone with Byron.
And if he could pity her, he might even let her stay in his apartment.
However, she never expected Byron’s reaction to be like this.
“If you want sympathy, you should go to Harry,”
he mercilessly exposed Jane’s intentions before hanging up on her.
Inside the phone booth, Jane burst into laughter after being hung up on.
Byron actually asked her to find Harry.
Since that was the case, she would do as he wished!
She only hoped that he wouldn’t regret it…
After ending the call, Byron quickly went up to help Cora with their luggage.
Carter called a driver to assist in carrying the bags and sent Byron and Cora back to their apartment.