Forced to Marry the Sickly Billionaire
Chapter 259: Wedding Gift

Chapter 259: Chapter 259: Wedding Gift

Edward Selwyn leaned in and discovered that within just half a minute, she had pulled up the company’s surveillance footage.

"..."

Junior sister, could you spare some face for your senior brother?

After all, Horizon Group is a well-known company in the country. To think you hacked the company’s internal network?

Serena Summers looked up at Edward Selwyn and explained, "It would be too troublesome to ask someone else to retrieve the surveillance footage. You wouldn’t mind, right, senior brother?"

Edward Selwyn gritted his teeth, "Of course not."

Serena fluttered her clear eyes at him, her thick lashes trembling as if capable of shaking someone’s heart.

Who could say no to that face?

Serena fixed her gaze on the screen, her fingers rapidly pressing on the keyboard, speeding up continuously.

Vincent Carter also curiously leaned over, looking at the numerous small grids on the computer screen, suddenly feeling a bit of a headache, "Can you even see clearly? The laptop’s screen is too small."

As soon as he finished speaking, Serena suddenly hit the pause button and enlarged the footage in the top right corner.

Liam Shaw glanced over casually, then froze for two seconds before realizing, and explained in a low voice, "Our laboratory has cooperation with Horizon Group. I knew they were supposed to visit."

"Brother, do you remember when someone tampered with the sample I developed before?"

Reminded by Serena, Liam Shaw’s heart clenched, "You suspect this is related to what happened today?"

"It’s just a guess for now, since we don’t have any substantial evidence."

She was always cautious about her experimental samples, always making subtle marks only she knew.

Vincent Carter frowned, "If someone really got hold of that sample, why would they attack the lab?"

Everyone looked at Serena, waiting for her answer.

Edward Selwyn glanced at Vincent Carter, "Don’t you remember that Serena does two versions of her experimental reports—one complete and accurate, and one with jumbled sequence that only she can comprehend?"

Since the perpetrators have returned, it must mean that the version they got was fake.

Everything made sense now.

"But those three were my most trusted colleagues, I... I can’t bring myself to suspect them." Liam Shaw sat down on a nearby chair, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.

Since his return from studying abroad, they had been researching together, nearly knowing everything about each other.

He dared not think that someone would betray him.

Serena pursed her lips, falling into silence.

She knew if her suspicions were correct, it would be a harsh blow to Liam Shaw.

"Rather than waiting passively for them to strike, we should take initiative," Lucas Shaw entered from outside, sitting next to Serena, allowing her to lean on him.

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly what it sounds like. What do you think would happen if Serena and I were to leave this lab?"

"No way!" Except for Lucas Shaw, the three men unanimously objected.

Especially Edward Selwyn and Vincent Carter, who almost glared holes into Lucas Shaw!

Just when they were warming up to him, he was suggesting putting Serena in danger.

"I disagree, I absolutely disagree. Serena is too weak right now. Who they are, how much power they have, what their purpose is... we know nothing about all this."

Lucas Shaw sighed, "Can’t you let me finish talking? I guess they don’t even know that Serena was poisoned too. So, their target must be me."

How could he willingly put Serena in danger?

Soon, they all discussed and decided on a strategy.

The adversaries quickly received news.

Poter excitedly called his employer, "Lucas Shaw has come out!"

The man ended the call, and his phone received a message with a photo taken from the surveillance footage.

Lucas Shaw, looking pale, was supported by Serena as they left Horizon Group.

The entire floor of the lab had encrypted surveillance, so he hadn’t been able to gather any information about Lucas Shaw and Serena these days.

Now, they had finally emerged.

Serena’s fair face was smiling, Liam Shaw’s eyes also relaxed, even the usually cold-hearted Lucas Shaw was curving his lips.

Quickly, his mole inside Horizon Group suddenly sent a message.

It was a recording, Liam Shaw’s voice.

"Serena, really, thank you so much. From now on, Lucas can finally live a normal life."

The tone was so sincere and serious that the man had no doubt about the authenticity of this recording.

Resolved that quickly?

It seems he underestimated Serena.

...

Downstairs at Horizon Group, as Serena got into the car, she whispered, "Will this really lure them out?"

Lucas Shaw shook his head, his tone nonchalant, "If they’ve been lurking around me this long, how could they be easily exposed? Unless they can’t wait any longer."

Lately, he’d been investigating the people around him. No matter how far the investigation went, the leads would always abruptly cut off.

So, he surmised that the forces behind them were formidable.

"But we’re going to Imperial Capital in a few days; won’t it be dangerous for Grandpa and the others if we leave them here?" Serena worried about potential attacks on the Shaw Family and Horizon Group.

Lucas Shaw wrapped his arm around her, drawing her into his embrace, "Don’t think too much; I’ve got everything under control."

He would not let anyone hurt her.

Serena rested at home for a couple of days, then packed up and booked a ticket to the Imperial Capital.

Before leaving, Vincent Carter suddenly called her over mysteriously, handing her a USB drive.

"What is this?" Serena looked up at him questioningly.

Vincent Carter glanced around quietly, finding nobody else nearby, then leaned in and whispered, "Junior sister, consider this a wedding gift from me. Remember to look at it alone."

No one would have taught her certain things, having grown up without parents.

Since the eldest brother was such a cold guy, the responsibility fell to him.

Holding the USB drive, Serena was puzzled.

But before she could ask more, Vincent Carter had already walked away.

With an air of hidden greatness.

She laughed silently, casually placing the USB drive into her suitcase.

Before leaving, she reinforced the lab’s security system again to ensure that if anyone broke in, she would receive an alert.

She also specifically instructed Edward Selwyn to relax the top floor’s guard—if anyone broke in, they should be trapped.

At the Lane Family residence in Imperial Capital.

Jeanette Lane stood at the doorstep hesitating to enter.

After twenty years, standing in front of the Lane family’s home again, she suddenly felt like it was a world away.

"Who are you looking for?" A maid walked out from inside, looking at Jeanette in confusion.

Her words were like a sharp knife thrusting viciously into Jeanette’s heart.

The maid, probably in her thirties, was a stranger; twenty years had passed, and the household staff no longer recognized her.

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