Chapter 76

Isabella's phone had emergency contact permissions. All she had to do was hit the dial key five times, and it would send a distress signal to the closest contact.

Originally, Amelia was her emergency contact. But when Michael found out, he insisted Isabella change it to him.

So, when Michael got Isabella's distress signal, he bolted out of his office and rallied his team.

"Track Isabella's phone right now and find out where she is!" Michael barked, his eyes blazing with fury.

Ten minutes later, Michael arrived at the scene of Isabella's car accident. All he found was a wrecked car and pieces of a broken phone scattered around.

Jerry rushed over to Michael. "Mr. Williams, we just got word from the police. Twenty minutes ago, Mrs. Williams called them, saying she was being followed. The operator heard a crash and her screaming."

Michael's fists clenched. "Keep searching. I need to know where Isabella is."

Jerry nodded and took off. Michael sat on the curb, trying to steady his breathing and calm down.

He called John, who was at the hospital with Bianca. John was confused when he saw Michael's name pop up on his phone.

"Hey, what's going on, Michael?" John answered, but Michael's voice was ice-cold.

"Did you have someone kidnap Isabella?" Michael asked in a low, dangerous tone.

"Is Isabella kidnapped?" John shot up from his chair, shocked.

Michael realized John had no clue about Isabella's kidnapping.

"It wasn't me, Michael. Grandpa even wants me to go after Isabella. Why would I do something like that?" John replied, clearly annoyed.

Michael warned, "It better not be you. If I find out you're trying to take Isabella's kidney, Bianca is done for."

With that, Michael hung up. Bianca noticed John's tense expression and started to worry.

"John, what's wrong?" Bianca asked softly.

John put down the phone, looking grim. "Michael said Isabella was kidnapped. He threatened to kill you if it was me!"

Bianca felt a twisted sense of satisfaction at first, but then her face went pale with fear.

'Damn Pearl, you better not get caught. If you do, I'm finished,' Bianca thought, panic rising.

Bianca had always felt safe under John's protection. But if Michael came after her, she wasn't sure John would defy his family to save her.

Back at the accident scene, Michael was on edge.

'If it's not John and Bianca, then who? Who hates Isabella this much? Or did they take her for ransom?' Michael's mind was racing.

Suddenly, Michael spotted something white under the car wheel. He walked over and picked it up. It was a watch strap.

The strap looked like it had been ripped off, and the watch face was missing.

Michael's eyes narrowed. He recognized it as Isabella's smartwatch.

He quickly searched around the car but only found the strap, not the watch face.

'This is a clue Isabella left for me!' Michael's heart raced. He immediately ordered his team to track the smartwatch's location.

In an abandoned factory on the outskirts, Isabella was dragged out of a car with a hood over her head.

When the hood was yanked off, the bright sunlight made her squint. As her vision cleared, she saw Pearl standing in front of her.

"Pearl, you're committing a crime!" Isabella shouted angrily.

Pearl walked up and slapped her twice, leaving red marks on Isabella's face.

"You didn't just seduce John, you went after his uncle too!" Pearl spat, her eyes blazing with hatred.

Isabella's hair was a mess from the hits, but she smirked. "I don't know what's in your head. Mr. Williams is married and doesn't care about you!"

Pearl's anger flared at Isabella's taunt. She yanked Isabella's hair and screamed, "Do you know the cosmetics company you work for is owned by Mr. Williams? You've already broken off the engagement with John. Why would Mr. Williams help you? It's because you seduced him, isn't it?"

Isabella was stunned to realize Mr. Williams owned the company she worked for.

"Since you're such a shameless whore, let these men take care of you today." Pearl let go of Isabella's hair, her face twisted with resentment as she fiddled with a camera on the ground.

Isabella felt a surge of panic. "You bastard, my husband won't let you get away with this!"

Pearl turned on the camera, aiming it at Isabella, and sneered. "When I spread your sex tape all over the city, let's see if he still loves you."

With a wave of her hand, four men lunged at Isabella, tearing at her clothes.

Isabella screamed and fought back. But then, the sound of a helicopter filled the air.

A rope dropped from the helicopter, and Michael slid down it.

The helicopter's arrival made everyone in the factory freeze.

Michael pulled a gun from his waist and aimed it at the four men near Isabella. With a few shots, they were all dead.

In the end, only Pearl was left standing.