Chapter 324 Kidnapping
After Henry left, Hardy asked his secretary to call in the Bulgari people. Before Henry came, Hardy informed the secretary to ask the Bulgari director in Los Angeles to come over.
Hardy is now a major shareholder of Bulgari, and the Hardy Group is also Bulgari's exclusive agent in the United States. When he acquired those luxury brands, he asked them to open branches in the United States, and the Hardy Group helped them expand their business in the United States.
"Hello, Mr. Hardy." The Bulgari person in charge said respectfully.
Hardy waved to his secretary to bring a box. When the box was opened, it was filled with various gemstones, jades and pearls of extremely high quality.
The person in charge picked up a large sapphire and exclaimed: "This sapphire is probably about 50 or 60 carats."
"And these rubies, they are of really good quality."
"Take these back and help me make them into jewelry," said Hardy.
"Yes Mr. Hardy."
"By the way, these are jadeite. Do you know how to handle them?" Hardy said as he picked up the top-grade jadeite.
The person in charge said: "I have heard that jade is a kind of gemstone that Oriental people like more, but it is not very popular in the United States and Europe. This green gemstone should have reached gemstone grade and can be made into many kinds of jewelry."
"Well, you guys decide on the design. The more beautiful the better," said Hardy.
The person in charge nodded immediately, and then someone from the security company came over, carrying a box full of gems and taking the person in charge back to the jewelry company.
Just as the man left, the phone on the table rang and Hardy picked it up.
"Mr. Hardy, this is Isa."
Hardy was a little puzzled. Why did Taylor's mother come to him?
"What's wrong, Mrs. Taylor?"
Isa's tone was a little anxious. "It's like this, Mr. Hardy. A telegram just came from the UK saying that Taylor was missing in the UK and suspected of being kidnapped. I didn't know who to contact, so I called you."
Hardy was shocked.
How did Taylor get kidnapped?
"Didn't you say that Taylor was in England, visiting Princess Margaret? How could this happen?"
Hadi asked in a deep voice.
"I don't know either. I suddenly received a telegram today saying that Taylor was missing and suspected of being kidnapped. Now the people there are looking for him everywhere. It has been a day and a night, but he hasn't been found yet." Isa said.
"I understand. I'll take care of it," Hardy said.
After hanging up the phone, Hardy thought for a moment, then immediately called Henry over and told him, "Organize a group of good fighters and follow me to England."
"Okay boss, boss, what happened?" Henry asked.
"Taylor's mother just called me and said that Taylor was missing in the UK. I have to go there. You go and gather people. By the way, do you have anyone in the UK?" Hardy said.
"Yes, there are intelligence company personnel in the Global Times and trade companies." Henry said.
"Notify the people in Britain and let them know the situation now, the sooner the better," Hardy ordered.
Although activating them might expose their identities, now it concerns Taylor's safety. Hardy doesn't care about it. Isn't it time to use the soldiers who have been trained for a thousand days?
"Okay, boss."
Henry responded and left.
Hardy sat in his office and always felt that something was wrong.
Logically speaking, since Taylor and Margaret are together and Margaret has the royal security guards to take care of her, nothing should go wrong.
If something really happened, because of Princess Margaret's relationship, MI5 or MI6 would definitely send people to investigate. With the strength of those guys in MI6, they could find any kind of robber, and they could make Taylor disappear for a day and a night.
Is there something fishy going on here?
Half an hour later, Hardy arrived at the Los Angeles airport. The plane was ready and Henry was waiting with more than 20 elite men.
The plane took off immediately when Hardy arrived.
After seven or eight hours of flight, the plane landed at New York Airport. After refueling, it flew towards England without stopping for a moment.
The flight took nearly 11 hours, and the plane finally landed at London Airport. There were several cars waiting at the airport, which were arranged in advance by Henry's people.
After Hardy got in the car, Henry introduced the man next to him, "Boss, this is Alan, the head of the intelligence company in the UK. His public identity is a reporter, and he has more than ten people under him."
Allen is in his thirties, of average appearance. He used to work for a security company and was later sent to the UK.
"Alan, any news about Taylor?" Hardy asked.
"Yes, boss. There is news about Miss Taylor. Miss Taylor is shopping with Princess Margaret in England right now." Allen said.
Hardy was stunned.
This answer surprised him.
He thought that Allen would have several answers, such as not found, something happened to Taylor, or he was rescued, etc., but he didn't expect that they were just shopping.
"Shopping, are you sure?"
"I'm sure, boss, that Miss Taylor and Princess Margaret are on Oxford Commercial Street. I've sent people to follow them nearby, but there are people in charge of protection around them, so my people dare not get too close, but they can see them clearly." Allen confirmed.
The corners of Hardy's mouth twitched and he gritted his teeth.
He seemed to have guessed something. This time, perhaps, the incident was caused by the eccentric Princess Margaret.
He thought about the last time he came to England for inspection. He hit her at the ball and made the proud princess angry. Maybe this was the boring way she came up with to take revenge on him.
Hardy actually guessed it right.
Hardy bullied Margaret that day, and Margaret was still brooding over it. Then Hardy left and never came to England again, which made her even more upset.
After knowing that Taylor was Hardy's girlfriend, he came up with the idea of playing a prank on Hardy.
When she contacted Taylor, Taylor had just finished filming and returned to the United States. In fact, when Taylor received the invitation from Princess Margaret, she was also puzzled. To be honest, although she went to the same school as the princess, studied dance together, and played together.
But to be honest, their relationship is very ordinary, not even friends. Margaret has always been very proud, and Taylor also has a proud personality. When two proud girls are together, what else can they do except fight with each other?
Taylor and Princess Margaret had conflicts over many things in later life. Taylor had a perfect gem necklace, and Princess Margaret mocked her when she saw it. Taylor immediately mocked back, and this scene was even captured by reporters.
Taylor was hesitant about whether to go to Margaret's invitation, but Taylor's mother Isa was unwilling to miss the opportunity to make friends with the British royal family and urged Taylor to go.
"You just finished filming a movie. You've been busy for more than half a year. It's a good time to go to England and take a break." Isa said.
And so Taylor went to England.
During the time in England, Margaret found a playmate and took Taylor to cocktail parties, horse riding, hunting, and various women's gatherings every day, where they had a lot of fun.
Taylor is also a playful person. At the age of seventeen, she plays crazy with Margaret every day. She is now a Hollywood star and has some fame in the UK, so she is welcomed wherever she goes.
Taylor has been here for more than a month and actually feels a little homesick. The day before yesterday, she proposed to Princess Margaret that she would go back. Margaret thought about it and asked her to stay for another week. Taylor agreed to stay with Margaret for another week.
Why did she want to keep Taylor? Actually, Margaret just wanted to implement her plan. Why did she wait until now? Because she had not made up her mind before, and she was actually afraid that something might really go wrong.
However, seeing that Taylor wanted to leave, she made up her mind that if the guy was fooled, then he would be fooled. If not, Taylor would return to the United States a week later.
That's it.
With the telegram from the day before yesterday.
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Margaret and Taylor are trying on clothes in a clothing store, which is a very famous clothing store in the UK with a history of hundreds of years.
Taylor is preparing to return to the United States and is planning to buy some gifts before leaving.
They both picked out clothes they liked and went into the dressing room to change. Taylor came out, smoothed his clothes, and kept looking at himself in the mirror.
"I wonder if Hardy will like this style?" Taylor murmured to himself.
At this moment, a male voice suddenly said from behind Taylor: "No matter what you wear, I will like it."
Taylor stiffened.
Because he knew whose voice it was.
But she couldn't believe it. How could he appear in London?
Taylor's eyes were looking at the mirror at this moment, and she saw a man's face appear in the mirror, looking at her with a smile. It could be no other than Hardy.
“Ah~~~!”
Taylor cried out in delight.
He turned and threw himself into Hardy's arms.
She was simply overjoyed. It was a huge surprise.
On the other side, in the dressing room, Princess Margaret, who had just changed her clothes, pushed the door open and saw Taylor throwing herself into a man's arms.
She was stunned at first.
Then he saw clearly that the man was Jon Hardy, the man he hated so much.
Princess Margaret was a little confused.
How did he end up in England, and how did he find himself here?
"You, why are you here?"
Margaret asked without noticing.
"Didn't you send that telegram just to make me show up?" Hardy asked the unruly and willful princess.
Margaret was speechless for a moment.
She looked evasive, her prank had been discovered, and she was afraid to look at the real person.
From her expression, Hardy was certain of his judgment that it was Margaret who was behind this matter.
Taylor hugged Hardy and asked affectionately: "Hady, why did you come to London? London is so big, but we happened to meet in a store. Is this fate?"
Women like romance.
Is there anything more romantic than a chance encounter thousands of miles away?
After Taylor finished speaking, he tiptoed towards Hardy without waiting for Hardy to speak. Hardy lowered his head and kissed Taylor's small lips heavily.
This kiss,
It is so devoted, so sweet, and so affectionate.
Margaret was watching the two kissing, and she just felt angry and jealous, and finally she swallowed unconsciously.
Because from childhood to adulthood,
She had never kissed a man so passionately before.
Although she had had countless fantasies, they were just fantasies after all.
A few minutes later.
Hardy let go of Taylor. Taylor's little face flushed and he was breathing heavily. Princess Margaret didn't know how many times she swallowed.
"Come with me?"
Hardy said to Taylor.
"OK."
Taylor agreed without hesitation.
Hardy turned to look at Princess Margaret and said, "You come with me too."
Princess Margaret was stunned, and then a little annoyed by Hardy's tone. She was a princess and no one could speak to her in such a commanding tone.
"Why should I go with you?" Princess Margaret said proudly.
"Because you were kidnapped!"
After Hardy finished speaking, he grabbed Princess Margaret's arm with his other hand and dragged her out.
"What do you want?"
Princess Margaret shouted in panic.
But Hardy ignored her and dragged her out of the clothing store. He was very strong and Princess Margaret had no chance of struggling.
The waiter and the store owner were stunned. After the waiter left, they realized that the two girls were still wearing clothes from their store.
The shop owner hurried out, and at this time Taylor Hardy and Margaret were already in a car.
"Sir, the two ladies haven't paid for their clothes yet~~~"
Before he finished speaking.
whoosh~!
A stack of banknotes flew out of the passenger window of the car. The store owner hurriedly caught it and found out that it was a stack of US dollars after taking a closer look.
This money is enough to buy 10 sets of clothes.
All right.
Now they can go wherever they want.
The car started and drove away. Princess Margaret looked at Hardy in surprise, "Mr. Hardy, what are you going to do?"
"Don't you like playing kidnapping games? Let me tell you, you are kidnapped now," said Hardy.
“You~you~you~~~!”
Margaret didn't know what to say.
She had never met such an unreasonable person.
Wuuuuu~!
Two more cars caught up from behind.
The two cars were the guards protecting the princess. They had been on the periphery, responsible for protecting the princess' safety. They didn't pay attention when Hardy entered the clothing store. After all, this was a commercial district. Even if the princess was shopping, they couldn't close the store. They just thought Hardy was an ordinary customer.
But I never expected it.
The man actually dragged Princess Margaret and Miss Taylor out of the store and quickly stuffed them into the car. Before the guards could react, the car drove away.
This frightened the royal guards, and they immediately got in their car and gave chase.
Princess Margaret saw the car catching up from behind and immediately snorted, "I'm afraid your kidnapping will not succeed. The guards are catching up with us."
Hardy looked behind the car.
"Really? That's not necessarily the case."
Hardy said this and reached out of the car window and made a gesture.
The next moment.
The convoy following Hardy and his team immediately sent out a car to ram the car that was chasing them.
“Bang~!”
Head-on collision.
Suddenly there was a loud noise.
The first car that caught up was hit hard, and the two cars hit the wall on the street together, making another loud bang.
They all stopped there and didn't move.
When Princess Margaret saw this scene, her eyes widened instantly.
She didn't expect that Hardy would be so crazy that he ordered his car to crash into the royal guard's car.
“You, you you you~~!”
Princess Margaret was a little incoherent.
Soon after, the second car of the royal guard rushed up. Hadi signaled again and the second car was sent out again.
When the royal guard car saw this situation, it was so scared that it quickly turned the steering wheel, and the tires rubbed against the ground, making a sharp squeaking sound.
The car he had sent away was blocking the road ahead, and he could only watch Hardy's car disappear.
Princess Margaret looked back with a dazed expression and swallowed her saliva. She had never experienced such an exciting thing in her life.
She used to just love to play.
Those who are spoiled tend to be a little unruly.
I haven't experienced anything serious before, and now I don't know what to do.
She glanced at Hardy and chose to remain silent this time.
Instead, he held Elizabeth Taylor's arm tightly.
Taylor looked at Hardy and then at Princess Margaret. She was very smart and knew there must be a story behind this.
But she didn't ask.
Trust Hardy to tell her.
Just like that, the car merged into the traffic and quickly disappeared.
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