After handling the incident, Ethan and Zachary came to the hospital. They'd come with Yves, who was sent to the emergency room. Zachary had managed the aftermath at the beach, while Ethan had gone to the metal factory. He particularly regretted it because he'd never seen something so mind-boggling."How's Luce? Is she okay?" Zachary asked Spencer, who had exited from the room. "She's okay. Just twisted an ankle." The latter's expression was grim."Luce was driving Yves' car. The target wasn't her but him. Too bad; nobody could've anticipated that she would've taken his car," said Zachary. "As for why Yves was targeted, we still don't know."Spencer questioned coldly, "Where's Yves?"Ethan pressed his tongue against his cheek. "The ER. He broke his other wrist." He scoffed, then continued, "And he'd taken aphrodisiacs. When I arrived, things were out of control."Although it wasn't stated blatantly, everyone present understood the drug was meant to be used on Lucille. This time,
Bailey arrived right after Bethany left. She sounded overwhelmed. "Babe, you scared me. I just found out from Lucas that you got hurt. I was shaken to the core."Lucille soothed her. "Calm down. I'm fine; it's just twisted an ankle.""Quick, tell me what happened. You were at the office. How did you get hurt?" inquired Bailey. When she'd left that time, she'd even told Lucille to rest early. Who would've thought she would see Lucille at the hospital the next day?Lucille told her the story vaguely and didn't mention the bomb in the car. The authorities had certainly received news after the booming explosion, but the media hadn't reported it—possibly due to Spencer's order to suppress it.Bailey couldn't help but admire Lucille's bravery. Despite her combat skills, being kidnapped was no joke. "Right. On my way here, I noticed the news about the Johnsons severing ties with you has been removed."Lucille hadn't noticed, nor did she care about it."I bet it was your husband's do
Lucille frowned when she heard Taylor's name. She tried to recall the Layton family's registry, which included the names of everyone in the branch families. Then, she realized that Taylor was Tucker's son.She didn't plan to hide from him and confessed, "He's your brother-in-law."Ruben was lying idly on the couch when he almost fell off upon hearing that answer. "Hold on. What did you say? Brother-in-law? Who's my brother-in-law? Where did he come from?" he asked."I'll tell you more about it next time. I'm busy. Goodbye."Ruben didn't respond as Lucille ended the call; he was still dumbfounded.Phoenix happened to pass by just then. Ruben said, "Phoenix, Ten just said I have a brother-in-law. What does that mean?"She stayed silent for a second and said, "I suppose Ms. Lucy has a boyfriend now, Mr. Gale."All of a sudden, Ruben felt like his world had fallen apart. How could Spencer be deserving of Lucille? Ruben vowed to investigate everything about Spencer's background.…
At the hospital, Lucille perused the information Ruben had provided. She'd just finished when Spencer returned.He sat on the chair beside the bed and took an apple from the fruit basket. Then, he peeled it with a fruit knife. Some would think his slender fingers were too perfect to be peeling apples.Lucille stared at his hands. "Right. I have something to tell you.""What is it?""I planned to let them kidnap me yesterday, so Bethany and the secret guards aren't at fault. They didn't fail at their job, either. If you're planning to punish them, just save it."He peeled the apple with his head lowered, and his gaze flickered. Then, he replied, "Okay. As you wish."Just then, Lucas entered the room in his doctor's coat. When he saw Spencer peeling the apple, he was a little shocked. He couldn't believe that such an influential man, who'd been born with a silver spoon, was now doing things as simple as peeling an apple. It seemed that Spencer truly adored Lucille.Lucas had com
Then, Lucas made up an excuse to discuss Yves' condition and took Spencer away."Wait for me here. I'll take you home soon," Spencer said before leaving."Alright."…At Sparrow Residence, Herbert and Lana were shocked as they watched Spencer carrying Lucille into their home; they were confused to see her in a cast. What had happened overnight to lead to such an injury?The two asked in concern, "What happened, Mrs. Layton?"Lucille felt shy since she was still in Spencer's arms. She looked at the concerned duo and comforted them, saying, "Herbert, Lana, relax. I'm fine. I only twisted my ankle."Jonathan coincidentally came out of his room just then and saw the scene. "Lucy!" He ran down the stairs. After worrying the whole night about her disappearance, he'd only received her message this morning. However, she hadn't mentioned any injuries!He fixed his gaze on her right leg, which was in a cast. His worried expression didn't take away from how handsome he was. "What happ
Spencer looked at the tin box in her hand and asked, "What's that?"Subsequently, Lucille told him everything about Larry."I'd him taken away last time," Spencer said. Lucille was stunned momentarily. No wonder she couldn't trace Larry's tracks.She knew his death had nothing to do with Spencer, but the latter's subordinates were surely the last person Larry saw.He continued, "If you'd like to know what happened after that, I'll have Mack tell you about it."Lucille accepted his suggestion. "Sure. Let's bring him here." It wasn't because she was particularly interested in Larry's case that she wanted to get to the bottom of things. Rather, she found things odd and wanted to know the truth to save herself from any trouble in the future.Still, the USB Bethany had found at his place had piqued her curiosity. Even the authorities hadn't discovered it.Soon, Mack arrived. "Hello, boss, Mrs. Layton.""Please tell me about Larry, Mr. Wood," requested Lucille.Mack took a secon
On the other hand, Maverick had just returned from his investigation and reported, "Commander Lawton, I'm back for a report," he said to George, who was looking at his phone."Go ahead." George put his phone down and glanced at him."Sabrina Johnson and Larry Zimmer had known each other since high school. During our visit to the school, we found out that Larry was involved in kidnapping the Johnsons' second daughter, Lucille Johnson, six years ago, which was their senior year of high school. "That got him three years in prison and a farewell to his bright future. He was a promising student, who was praised by both his peers and teachers alike. He even was the class representative at the time."Now the strange thing is, his teacher thought it was impossible for the gentle and kind Larry to have done such a thing. Many people didn't believe he was capable. However, he admitted guilt on the spot."As for the reason for the kidnapping, he allegedly said—quoted from the file—that he '
It was Eunice's first time visiting Sparrow Residence. She'd always deemed Windvale Villa to be ridiculously massive, but her perspective changed when she saw Sparrow Residence. Indeed, it was nice to be rich. She'd heard that Ian wanted to visit Whiteloop City around the same time she'd found out Lucille was injured. Thus, she'd tagged along shamelessly.At that moment, they heard some sounds from the staircase. When Eunice looked up, she saw Spencer carrying Lucille, whose right leg had a cast, down the stairs.Lucille was surprised to see Eunice. She hadn't expected the guests Spencer had mentioned to be Eunice and Ian.Spencer had just laid Lucille on the couch when Eunice hurriedly approached her side, asking in concern, "How's your foot?"Lucille smiled. "I'm fine. It's just an ankle sprain."Eunice exclaimed, "That's one nasty sprain! You even have a cast on."Ian couldn't help but purse his lips when he saw Eunice expressing concern for Lucille. She hadn't been as anxio