Chapter 322

The man on the other end of the line was none other than a trusted enforcer under one of the top dogs in Empire City's underworld—known to most as Brother Liu. Emily Hayes had overheard a snippet about this boss searching for high-grade jade earlier that day while out shopping with her girlfriends—just some casual gossip from a lackey that happened to pass by. She'd love to go straight to the big boss with this, but the thing was—info on that guy was practically nonexistent. Even after spending a fortune digging around, all she managed to get was Brother Liu’s number. Worried Liu might back off once he realized the one who struck the jade was Sarah Knight—given her connection to Patrick and Bennett Ford—Emily decided to leave the name out altogether. As soon as Liu heard what she said, he immediately tensed up. But beyond that, Emily could practically hear him grinning through the phone—excited didn’t begin to cover it. “What’s that supposed to mean? We’re just regular law-abiding folk