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Many of the powerful figures who had rushed over immediately halted their descent when they heard the chaos

below. Jensen saw what was happening; the sound of gunfire drifted up from beneath them, and he couldn't help

asking Hansel,

“Who's shooting at whom?”

“It looks like the people on the ship are in a firefight with Mr. Rio’s men.”

Hansel had dealt with plenty of times before; one glance was all it took for him to recognize him. Still, he

didn’t quite understand why would chere to take part in this auction.

Or... was the government planning to intervene in Ocevaris? Jensen froze for a moment when he heard Hansel’'s

words.

“Mr. Rio? Which Mr. Rio?”

“Payne’s son-he’s with the tax bureau.”

Hansel’s answer made Jensen’s brow furrow even tighter.

He glanced at the ticking watch on his wrist and said impatiently, “Forget about them for now. We'll land as soon

as the gunfire stops. | don’t know if the auction's still happening, but | do know Natalie's on that ship. Once it's

quiet, we go down and find her.”

If Jensen had looked outside just then, he would've seen Baron climbing the rope ladder with Natalie in his arms;

unfortunately, he didn’t.

Hansel hadn't noticed either.

He was just a corporate aide-if the authorities and the open-sea factions were clashing, an ordinary man like him

was better off staying out of it. Meanwhile, other power players began asking what was going on.

When they learned that government agents were involved, many quickly turned their vessels

around to avoid trouble.

The auction wasn’t something they had to attend, after all. As several major groups withdrew, the ship’s owner

received word.

“Boss, the Official’s men are here-they’re fighting our people. What should we do now? A lot of the big names

are backing off; they clearly don’t want to get caught in this mess.”

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At that, a voice cthrough the modulator, cold and distorted.

“Useless fools! Abandon ship immediately! Destroy all evidence-do not, under any circumstances, let the

authorities get their hands on anything.”

“Yes, sir.”

As soon as his subordinate responded, the boss hung up and cut the signal.

Baron finally managed to pull Natalie up into the helicopter.

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She scrambled to her feet and dragged him fully inside, shouting at Westin the moment she caught her breath,

“Is there a doctor on board? Baron's hurt! Somebody help him!”

But before anyone could move, Baron suddenly gripped the back of Natalie's head and crushed his burning lips

against her trembling, pale ones.

had been rushing over in a panic, worried something had happened to Natalie; when he arrived, this was the

sight that greeted him.

His face flushed red.

Westin shot him an awkward smile and murmured, “Mr. Rio, let's... give them sspace.”

nodded quickly and turned away.

People often said Baron was nothing more than the ‘Stone family’s live-in son-in-law-a useless man. Seven

speculated that his relationship with Natalie was strained.

But to Rio, this didn’t look like a bad relationship at all-if anything, it was too good.

Never mind that Baron had risked his life diving into the sea to save her; even when climbing that dangerous

rope ladder, he'd never let her go. Now, seeing him so passionate and unrestrained. Who could look at that and

say their marriage was cold?

Natalie was completely stunned.

She was terrified, and now Baron was kissing her so fiercely that her mind went blank.

By the tshe realized what he was doing, he had already let her go; but the sight of her own flushed lips

made her face burn hotter.

“Are you out of your mind? You're injured, and that’s what you're thinking about?”

“Babe, I'm in pain; this helps.”

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Baron looked at her pitifully, like a wounded wolf dog. Natalie's heart twisted in pain.

“Get up-letsee your wound.”

This time, Baron didn’t refuse.

Natalie helped him up and guided him, step by step, to a seat.

The onboard doctor rushed over with a medical kit.

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