Demon CEO's Hidden Love: Mr Grayson Stole Me From My Abusive Husband-Chapter 242: The Perfect Bargaining Chip

The police captain rushed into the room, appalled to see his benefactor squirming under their newest detective. "Detective Lane! Get off him at once!" The captain yelled.

Axel ignored him and kept Ethan pinned down, this time using even more force.

"Did you not hear me?! I said stand down!" Ordered the captain.

As though snapped out of a trance, Axel got off Ethan and defensively stood in front of Brooke, shielding her from him.

Ethan stood up and charged at Axel, he raised his fist to punch him, but the captain quickly got in-between them, stopping Ethan from doing anything rash.

"Mr Halton, please forgive him, he’s a rookie who just got appointed. I’ll make sure to give him a talking to-" he was saying, but Ethan cut him off with a tight slap to the face.

"Shut the hell up and get out of my way!" He yelled, itching to beat Axel up for humiliating him.

Outside, Thane’s car was parked a few blocks away from the station, which was now crowded with reporters and spectators. Half an hour ago, someone posted that Ethan Halton had arrived at the police station, and it sparked a lot of buzz online.

First Brooke had been arrested, and now Ethan was at the station? Speculations on whether the two situations were connected started to surface online.

Thane dropped his tablet next to him, and took out his phone to make a call. The phone rang twice before the person on the other side picked up.

"Young Master Grayson, I’m honored you called. Is there anything I can do for you?" The person on the other end asked.

Calmly, Thane asked, "Your wife or your mother?"

"P-Pardon?" the person stuttered.

"Mr commissioner, my wife was arrested today, so I’m asking which should I make suffer. Your mother or your wife?" Thane asked in simpler terms.

On the other end, the commissioner’s panic could be heard, as some items fell with a loud thud. "Young master, I swear that I had already placed the nationwide order for immunity for both you and your wife. What station dared to carry out the arrest?! I promise to have them severely dealt with!" The commissioner promised. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Thane forwarded the name of the station to him and ended the call, waiting for the order to have her released.

As he waited the situation played in his head. He hissed, he had finally been able to get all the rumours about Brooke buried, and she was just started to come out of her shell as well. But now, something as foolish as this just had to go and happen.

’I should’ve never let her leave. I knew she was lying, I just didn’t think she’d go meet Gilbert under my nose.’ he bit his lip, a wave of different emotions overwhelming him.

He knew Brooke’s schedule, but he didn’t stop there. He knew the schedule of each of the cast, especially of Damien and Dylan, he made certain to study their everyday patterns.

So when Brooke told him she was running lines with Dylan, he found it suspicious. But then again, he trusted her, and gave her the benefit of the doubt. The last thing he wanted was to become like Ethan, the sort of man who’d restrict her because of his own insecurities.

He wanted her to be free, to rely on him, to trust him, to love him.

And yet even after all that...

His thoughts were disrupted by a call from the commissioner of the police department. Thane answered it, expecting to hear that the issue had been resolved.

However...

"Forgive me young master, but I’m afraid I cannot have your wife taken out of prison." He informed him.

"What?!" Thane spat out, "Do you think I won’t keep to my word?"

The commissioner explained, "I do not doubt you, I’ve heard all about your activities back home. I am also eternally grateful to you for saving my son’s life, if you hadn’t intervened, he would’ve died from that accident. However...the order to have her arrested is one I can’t dream of going against."

Thane gripped his phone tighter, "And just who dared to give the order to have my wife arrested?"

For the first few seconds the commissioner kept quiet, raising the tension at the back seat of Thane’s car.

Slicing through the tension, he answered, "Your grandfather."

Back at the Grayson Manor, Zachiel smiled at the calls coming through on his phone from Thane. He passed his phone to his caretaker and asked her to switch it off and keep it away.

"For how long sir?" She asked.

"For three days. Perhaps after having his precious wife detained, my stubborn grandson will finally realize the mistake he made in disowning me." Zachiel said, then had her dismissed.

On her way out, his most trusted advisor and oldest friend, Harrison came in. "Zachiel, I see you’re in better spirits. It seems you’ve finally gotten what it was you wanted." His friend observed.

Zachiel reached for a chess piece and moved it forward, "I told you didn’t I? My foolish grandson is bound to make a mistake. Without my guidance, he’s doomed to fail."

Harrison helped himself to a seat opposite his friend, "I don’t know, Thane has always been very obstinate, do you not think he will resent you for going after that woman?"

"On the contrary, the opposite will happen. He treats her differently than he does his pawns, I’ve seen how he acts around that wench. He won’t be able to bear her suffering, just give it some time and his anger will wear down. When he realises I’ve blocked all exits, he’ll abandon his pride, and come crawling back to me." He explained, rearranging the chess pieces to begin a new game.

His friend grinned, "Ah, and what about the woman?"

"Once I have Thane back at my side, I’ll let him keep her. My grandson was only feared because he had no weakness. But now, with her in his midst, I have the perfect bargaining chip, the best weak point I could ever ask for."

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