She Made a Comeback as a Renowned Doctor

Chapter 120: Chapter 120 Willow is Killed

Joy Ward thought to herself, her chest rising and falling uncontrollably, her emotions a mix of excitement and ecstasy.

“Joy Ward!”

A voice suddenly rang out from behind Joy Ward.

Joy Ward and Kaeli Thompson both stiffened abruptly.

“Turn around.”

The voice, filled with chill, continued to rise.

Joy Ward steadied her emotions, calmly turned around with Kaeli Thompson in tow, “Miss Williams…”

“My child is missing.” Hope Williams stood in front of them, her delicate face expressionless, blurting out a few words without any explanation.

Joy Ward was clearly taken aback, having not expected Hope Williams’s first words to be so abrupt.

Caught off guard and utterly unprepared, her eyes flitted about in panic for two seconds before she quickly wore a look of bewilderment, looking at Hope Williams, “Miss Williams, are you joking? Where would you get a child from? Are you drunk?”

Hope Williams’s cold eyes narrowed slightly, not missing the fleeting panic in Joy Ward’s eyes.

“Have you seen my child?” Hope Williams asked a second question, her face still expressionless.

Both women’s hearts trembled fiercely, and their facial muscles twitched uncontrollably. “Are you alright? Miss Williams, I think you must be drunk. What child? Whose child are you talking about?”

The two would have easily been led astray by Hope Williams’s words if they hadn’t been quick to react and on their guard.

Hope Williams’s mouth curled up coldly, “If anything happens to my child, I will make you pay with your lives.”

Their expressions were fine, but they were too calm, calm as if they had prepared beforehand.

When she mentioned her child, they were surprised, but only surprised.

But based on her understanding of Joy Ward, if Joy knew of her having a child, her first reaction should not be surprise, but fear, anger, and disbelief.

Because Joy Ward so desperately wanted to become Mrs. Lewis. If Hope had a child, that would become Joy’s biggest stumbling block. How could she not be angry, fearful, and in disbelief!

But they were merely surprised, nothing more, suggesting they knew in advance about her child.

Surprise and the flawless dialogue seemed premeditated.

She could not confirm if the kidnappers of her child were sent by the mother-daughter duo, but this point was already crystal clear.

Kaeli Thompson became even more panicked, terrified that Hope Williams knew something, clinging desperately to Joy Ward’s hand until Hope Williams left, still shaking.

“Joy? What do we do?”

“She won’t have any evidence, Mom. There’s no turning back now that the arrow’s been shot. We don’t have an out.”

In the current situation, with Waylon Lewis searching for the child with all his might, it was evident how much the child meant to him. If Waylon Lewis found out it was them who kidnapped the child, they wouldn’t even know how they died.

Joy Ward clenched her teeth and rushed to the place she had agreed to meet with Scarface.

The rooftop.

“What assurance do we have that we’ll be able to leave safely under these circumstances?” Scarface held a child in one hand and impatiently waited for Joy Ward.

If he had known today would turn out like this, he wouldn’t have taken the job for ten million.

Another bald man was also panicking.

Joy Ward stood before them, pretending to be calm and collected, “I naturally have a way to get you out. Kidnap me.”

…

“The boss has found something, the people are now on the rooftop’s terrace.”

No matter how much the other party tried to hide, they were bound to leave a flaw under the meticulous and dense search.

Waylon Lewis stared at the monitors intently, “Everybody go to the terrace, we must ensure the child is retrieved unharmed.”

“Yes.”

Waylon Lewis and Hope Williams quickly headed for the terrace.

The terrace had no surveillance, the door was kicked open, and everyone rushed in.

Hope Williams’s heart was in her throat.

Two men in black, one holding a child, had shrunk back to the railing, while the other, clutching Joy Ward’s neck, pressed her against the railing, threatening, “You want to be the hero who saves the child? Then die together.”

Joy Ward begged desperately, “Please, the child is still so young, let the child go. You’re kidnapping them for money, and I’ll give you the money, whatever amount you want.”

Waylon Lewis’s face was as dark and cold as ice.

“Waylon, Waylon, they just want money. Save the child first, save the child,” Joy Ward said, utterly anxious.

Suddenly, so many elite guards from the Lewis Family surged in, obviously intimidating the two isolated men in black.

The two men started to back away in nervousness.

“Don’t come any closer, everyone get out, take one more step and I’ll throw the child down.” Luke was already held out beyond the railing by Scarface.

Hope Williams nearly fainted from fright and quickly stepped forward, “Don’t be rash, we will back off, all of us will back off.”

Hope Williams turned to look at Waylon Lewis, who waved his hand, and the black-clad bodyguards all retreated.

“Okay, now everyone has backed off, calm down for a moment. You want money, fine, any amount, ten million, twenty million, thirty million, I’ll give it to you.”

The most important thing now was to stabilize the kidnappers’ emotions.

“You can have the money, just let the child go.”

“Don’t fool us, in a situation like this, letting go of the child would be a dead end for us.” The kidnapper felt a chill down his spine just looking at the brooding Waylon Lewis.

“Our people have already retreated, we have shown our sincerity, it’s your turn now,” Hope Williams had taken a step back.

The kidnapper knew they also had to take a step back to have a chance to continue negotiating.

Scarface pulled Luke back from hanging over the railing.

Waylon Lewis and Hope Williams both let out a sigh of relief, exchanged a glance, and nodded understandingly.

“As long as you don’t harm the child, I guarantee you’ll get away,” promised Waylon Lewis in a chilling tone.

“Do you hear us? Just let the child go, unharmed, and we can talk about everything else. Let the child go and you’ll be free to leave; we mean what we say.

Look at the current situation, if the child is so much as scratched, do you think you’ll be able to get out? The whole building is surrounded, it doesn’t matter how skilled you are, you won’t escape.”

Hope Williams desperately forced herself to stay calm, to negotiate with them in the most rational way possible.

“I believe you have children too, you’re parents yourselves, your wives and children are still waiting for you to come home.”

The kidnappers exchanged glances and fell silent.

Seeing that the kidnappers were not speaking, Hope Williams immediately added, “Just let the child go, and I guarantee your safety.”

The kidnappers squinted at Hope Williams, looking around, their resolution wavering; they knew they couldn’t escape in this situation, and harming the child would mean certain death.

They were greedy for money but valued their lives more.

“Fine, as long as we get out of Emperor Perry’s territory safely, I guarantee the child will be returned to you unharmed!”

“…Okay.” Hope Williams gritted her teeth and took a step back.

Joy Ward’s eyes spun desperately in their sockets; she bit down hard on her teeth, determined not to let Hope Williams succeed, or else all her arrangements would come to nothing.

Just as the kidnappers started to move, Joy Ward, being gripped tightly, suddenly exerted her strength, pushing the kidnapper away and reaching out to snatch Luke.

The kidnapper, already in a state of high anxiety, panicked when Joy Ward made her move, his hand shook, and the child was dropped.

People below screamed, stepping back in disbelief, staring at the top floor.

Hope Williams and Waylon Lewis’s eyes widened in horror; Waylon Lewis kicked the kidnapper away and dove forward, barely grabbing hold of Luke’s clothing.

“You… you’re playing us!”

The standing kidnapper, completely enraged, gave up all semblance of control, lifting Willow to throw her down.

“You bunch of dead women, conspiring against us, then let’s die together.”

“No…” Hope Williams kicked the kidnapper harshly, and in pain, the kidnapper grasped Hope Williams’s arm, flinging her against the wall.

Hope Williams’s head buzzed loudly.

“You dare to kick me, you dead woman, then watch your daughter die with your eyes wide open.”

Scarface raised his knife viciously, and as his hand raised, the knife descended.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Hope Williams rushed forward but it was already too late.

“No!”

“Whoosh…”

Blood splattered in an instant, reddening people’s eyes.

“Willow!”

Boom!

Every drop of blood in the body seemed to reverse its flow.