Chapter 164 Blood and Truth
Nolan’s face darkened. “You’re bleeding?”
Eliza looked down and, sure enough, saw a long, thin cut on her arm.
She had been so tense, she hadn’t noticed it before. Maybe she’d been scraped during the scuffle with Grace.
“I’m fine-”
Before she could finish, one of the bodyguards burst through the door. “Sir! There’s been an accident!”
Eliza immediately tried to stand.
But Nolan gently pushed her back onto the couch. His tone was stern: “I’ll treat your wound first.”
“But-”
“I said sit.”
His voice left no room for negotiation.
Eliza had no choice but to let Nolan finish dressing the wound.
Later, they followed the others to a road outside the city.
Two cars had crashed at an intersection. One of them was smoking badly from the front.
Eliza stopped dead in her tracks.
In the driver’s seat–slumped over the wheel, face covered in blood–was Grace.
A bodyguard reported, “We’ve already called 911 and the police. They should be here any minute.”
Eliza’s eyes grew colder.
Something wasn’t right.
This crash–it was too sudden, too convenient.
No… there’s something wrong here.
“Nolan!”
Henry, Colton, and Lewis finally arrived, rushing out of the car.
All three of them froze at the sight of the wreck.
Henry looked at Eliza, and when he spotted the bandage on her arm, his face fell. “Elizze–what happened to your arm?”
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“I’m okay. Nolan already patched it up,” she replied.
“This crazy woman actually kidnapped you…” Henry muttered, jaw clenched.
He hadn’t thought the Holt family would stoop so low as to resort to abduction.
The police arrived shortly after.
Finished
Grace was taken away by paramedics, unconscious and bloodied. Zayden, upon hearing the news, rushed to the hospital.
After brief statements were given, Eliza and the others were allowed to leave.
In the hospital, Zayden sat outside the operating room.
When he saw Eliza arrive, his eyes burned with rage. He stormed toward her–but was immediately blocked by Nolan’s guards.
Zayden shouted, “Eliza, what the hell did my mom ever do to you that you’d set her up like this?!”
“Do you even know what actually happened?” Henry stepped forward, face icy. “Your mom kidnapped Eliza. She tried to flee and drove into oncoming traffic! She did this to herself–don’t you dare blame Elizze.”
Zayden scoffed. “Right. Like I’m supposed to believe anything from people like you. Why would my mom kidnap Eliza out of nowhere?”
Nolan, still standing beside Eliza, finally spoke up. “You don’t know why? Isn’t it because you were the one investigating her behind her back?”
Zayden froze.
His mind flashed back to the day Grace entered his room under the guise of cleaning.
Did she… find the photos then?
Yes.
He had been secretly following Eliza–but it hadn’t been spying, not exactly.
He just wanted to see how she was doing.
He’d driven past her warehouse more than once. That’s when he started uncovering her secrets.
At first, he had considered using what he found to ask for help–to save Holt Corp.
But he gave up on that idea quickly.
He hadn’t wanted to destroy whatever tiny thread still connected him to her.
Eliza looked at Nolan in surprise.
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She had never told anyone about her meeting with Grace.
How had Nolan known?
“So… it was all because of that,” Zayden murmured.
His knees gave out, and he collapsed to the ground, defeated.
Eliza’s expression didn’t soften in the slightest.
She turned to Nolan. “I want to speak to Zayden alone.”
Finished
Nolan hesitated. He seemed to want to say something–but in the end, he nodded and led Henry and the others away.
The hallway emptied, leaving only her and Zayden.
Eliza stood over him. “Zayden, this isn’t over. Your mother kidnapped me. If she wakes up and admits who told her to do it, I’ll consider dropping charges.”
“…What do you mean?”
Zayden looked up, confused.
“You don’t know how much money my company’s made,” Eliza said coldly. “But somehow, your mother knew. And she knew exactly where I lived. She knew where to lie in wait, knew the perfect time to grab me. All of it–too convenient. Too exact.”
“There’s more going on here than just your mother’s idea of desperation.”
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