Chapter 1224

"That's right." Sean's voice pulled Caroline's attention away from that sorrowful gaze. "If Thomas doesn't want his huge family fortune to become somebody else's, he has to make another heir."

"He needs at least 1 to 2 years to get another child. Do you think Thomas will slow down during this time?" Gwen asked worriedly.

"If it's just Thomas, we have nothing to worry about." Sean held his chin and said, "His goons are too powerful. It's fortunate that we're in Easton. If we had been in any other country, we would have died that night."

"Where did those people come from?" Caroline asked.

Sean glanced at Kirk. "Kirk, can we tell them?"

Kirk's gaze landed on Caroline. Then, he tightly shut his eyes. "Yes."

"Okay." After getting Kirk's permission, Sean no longer hesitated. He said, "Caroline, you remember the group of people you met at the short story competition, right?"

Of course, Caroline remembered that. That was her first time getting caught in a large-scale gunfight.

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