Chapter 167

The phone line went quiet, and Xavier could no longer hear Jessica’s voice. He clenched his fist in annoyance. His blood boiled. How dare those men lay a finger on his wife? He would make them pay with everything he had.

For the first time in his life, Brian saw Xavier this angry. His eyes blazed as he watched him pace around the room, typing on his phone as his chest rose and fell with heavy breaths.

Xavier had been influential for as long as Brian had known him, and he had never seen him use that power for anything personal. But it was obvious he would not stop until he found Jessica.

“And I do not expect you to be sitting on your hands while my wife is in the hands of kidnappers,” he snapped into the phone before pulling it away from his ear.

He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself. He needed to do everything he could to en