Rise Of Billionaire Bruce Ace.

Chapter Forty-five: the real kidnapper.

"That's not it," Bruce said dryly. "If I whe tch, she would have wanted you to draw closer to me? She wouldn't have tried to separate us. She wants a rich son-in-law, doesn't she?"

"What then did the kidnappers ask for?" Bryan asked. He looked confused as was Jade.

"I can't say."

"How then would we know if it's my mother's doing or not?" Jade raised her voice. She heaved a sigh immediately, realizing that she might have overreacted.

"There are other ways to confirm the truth," Bruce shrugged. "I have an idea."

"And what might that be?"

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Bruce peeped at the open field from behind a tree. A man who was among those that held him captive was pacing.

"You shouldn't have held his grandmother captive," Bruce said softly to Bryan who was behind him.

"This was your plan," Bryan replied, frowning.

"Kidnapping a man's old grandmother wasn't part of it." Bruce turned to Bryan to glare at him.

"Do you think he would have been here if we had not done that? If he does not help us, that old lady