All he could do was wait, and Jaylen had instructed him to keep Harland uninformed.

Jaylen didn't want Harland entangled, yet he overlooked that Harland had been involved since he had exploited him.

"What exactly did he do?" Harland's irritability escalated.

The ignorance gnawed at him.

With eyes closed, he tried to speak calmly. "Look at my neck."

He gestured to his injury, saying, “Do you realize I was nearly killed by Camila?"

The assistant could clearly comprehend his meaning.

A thought occurred to him. "You could leave the country now."

Harland's brow furrowed as he replied, "If I hide, will that solve the problem? At least let me know my wrong."

"Do you truly wish to know?" The assistant gazed at him, declaring, "If I disclose it, you must vow to leave the country. Agreed?"

Harland pondered for a moment. Without his agreement, he feared the assistant wouldn't reveal the truth.

To understand what was happening, he was obliged to feign agreement.

"Okay."

The assistant paused momentarily before saying, “Come here. I have something to show you."

The assistant was just about to play the video for Harland when his phone rang.

He quickly answered it.

To his shock, Jaylen's scream blasted through the phone.

The assistant's heart raced with anxiety, hearing the sheer misery in Jaylen's voice.

“Mr. Williams," he said, but there was no answer. Just the unending scream for a whole minute, which he listened to, his face draining of color from fear.

He couldn't even begin to imagine the kind of pain Jaylen was in.