Chapter 435 Declan’s Offer
“Young Master Declan, what—”
Declan and the others widened their eyes and stared at Toby in disbelief. They couldn’t believe that Toby actually managed to catch up to them, shocking them to the core. Declan was so surprised he took a while to react, squinting a little after he came back to his senses. “President Fuller!” He looked straight at Toby with a peculiar gaze.
“Declan.” Toby acknowledged Declan as well, taking Declan back again as his pupils constricted a little. “Oh? Do you know me?”
“I didn’t, and I don’t want to, but I have no choice but to get to know someone like you since you kidnapped my people,” Toby taunted while staring at him sarcastically.
At the same time, Sonia was stunned when she heard Toby addressing her as his ‘people’. For once, she wasn’t appalled by what Toby did.
Someone like me? On the other hand, Declan was completely pissed off when he heard what Tony said. Due to him being an illegitimate child, he had been on the receiving end of everyone else’s gossip since childhood.
Hence, what Toby said really triggered Declan and caused his face to change while he cackled maniacally. “It’s too bad that you had to waste your time to get to know me.”
“That’s enough. Stop with the verbal fight and let go of Sonia, Declan,” Toby said before pointing at Sonia, who was trapped between the two buff men.
“Let her go?” Declan narrowed his eyes. “What if I say no?”
“If you don’t let go of her, don’t even think of leaving Seafield today,” Toby answered sharply while Declan smirked. “President Fuller, why are you speaking as if you’ll let me go if I release her? After all, didn’t I offend you the moment I kidnapped her? You’ve been known to be one to hold grudges, so would you really let me go?”
Toby clenched his fists. “As long as you don’t harm Sonia and let her go, I’ll consider letting you off the hook.”
At this moment, not to mention Sonia, even Declan was stunned when they heard Toby.
Then, Declan gave Toby an odd look before he started chuckling. “President Fuller, oh, President Fuller, the things you do for a woman are really eye opening. It’s honestly unlike you to let an enemy go just like that. Looks like you’re madly in love with this woman. Still, why would you divorce her if you love her that much?”
Upon hearing that, Toby lowered his gaze and masked his expression before saying coldly, “That’s none of your business. Let her go, and you guys can leave.”
“Haha!” Declan laughed coldly. “President Fuller, do you really think I don’t know that you letting us escape is just a means to slow down our plan? Since you are alone and can’t rescue Sonia from us, you propose to let us leave, but you’ll send your men to capture us immediately after we leave.”
A glint of light flashed past Toby’s eyes, after which he couldn’t help but purse his lips.
I’ve got to say that he’s right. What I need to do now is to buy more time before backup arrives.
As he was alone and couldn’t rescue Sonia, he decided to reveal himself and find all means to delay their plan so that Declan and the others couldn’t take Sonia away. At this moment, no one knew when or whose helicopter would reach first.
If Declan’s helicopter reached first, Declan and the others would surely leave as soon as possible. By then, it would be harder for him to catch up to Sonia.
Hence, Toby was trying his best to negotiate with Declan now to get him to release Sonia. As long as Declan was willing to let her go, he would be willing to let them leave and recapture them after that. Yet, Toby didn’t expect Declan to see through his plans so quickly.
Well, it’s normal for an illegitimate child to be bright. He had to make it out alive among all the other children back then, after all.
“What do you want?” Toby stared at Declan with a dark look on his face.
“What do I want?” Declan let out a burst of sinister laughter. “It’s simple. I kidnapped your wife because I want Lucius Hayes dead, so I obviously can’t let her go because I haven’t reached my goal yet. However, I respect you, so I won’t hurt Sonia. In fact, I’ll return her to you once I kill Lucius. How about a partnership, President Fuller?”
“Partnership?” Toby had a cold expression on his face. “How are you planning to work together? Also, who is Lucius Hayes?”
“Lucius Hayes is Carl Lee,” Declan answered.
What?
Under the jacket, Sonia had a huge change of expression.
Is Lucius actually Carl?
I see… Rebecca is from the Hayes Family, and she came to Seafield just to look for their young master. She used to mention that Carl really looked like the head of the Hayes Family and wanted to get his hair for a DNA test but got rejected by Carl.
In fact, Carl insisted that he was definitely not the Young Master of the Hayes Family. Still, from the looks of it now, it seems like Rebecca was right. Carl is really the Young Master of the Hayes Family.
“Carl?” Toby looked surprised. It was obvious that he was shocked by the revelation that Lucius was Carl.
He’d initially thought that Sonia’s kidnappers would probably be Titus or the Fuller Family’s enemies, but it was actually Carl’s enemy.
So that was why Carl knew that Declan was the one who kidnapped Sonia.
As Carl belonged to the Hayes Family, he could directly affect Declan’s chances to be the inheritor, so Declan wanted to remove this obstacle.
From what Declan said, he likely kidnapped Sonia because he knew that Carl liked Sonia, so he wanted to trick Carl over and take the opportunity to subdue him.
At the thought of that, Toby got enraged as he cracked his knuckles and wanted to say something.
However, Declan continued, “President Fuller, our partnership will be a simple one. I’ll lend Sonia to remove Lucius, and I will return her to you after he’s gone. By then, I’ll give you two treaty ports as compensation to settle the grudge between us. This partnership will benefit both of us. What do you think about it?”
Declan looked at Toby with a confident grin.
He figured that Toby would surely agree to partner up since he offered great conditions along with it.
After all, those were Westsanshire treaty ports. Although the Fuller Group had treaty ports in Westsanshire, the Hayes Family definitely had much more than them.
Hence, any rational businessman would definitely not reject two treaty ports.
“Mm, mm, mm!” Suddenly, Sonia started struggling as different thoughts raced past her mind. At this moment, she wanted to remind Toby not to get tempted and agree to the ports. After all, Carl’s life was at stake.
That was why she would never let Toby agree to this deal.
Upon hearing Sonia’s commotion, Toby turned around to look at her, and he naturally knew why she was so agitated.
Although he felt uncomfortable, he still went along with his inner thoughts. “No, thanks. Do you really think that I will take advantage of the people I love to gain more profit? Declan, it’s insulting how you see me as. Do you really think that I’m you?”
Toby didn’t care about Carl’s life, and it was none of his business if Declan wanted to kill Carl.
All he cared about was Sonia.
Immediately, the smile on Declan’s face froze before he gave Toby a disbelieving look a while later and snapped with a shrill voice, “President Fuller, are you seriously rejecting two Westsanshire treaty ports? Are you really trying to go against me?”
“I don’t need to partner up with people like you!” Toby looked up before his gaze swept past Declan as if he was trash.
At the same time, Sonia, who was trapped under the jacket, shed happy tears.
