Margot couldn't help but wonder if she was walking into a trap. She hesitated for a moment.Anthony asked, "Do you not trust me?"Margot replied, "It's not that I don't trust you. But why are you suddenly helping me? Curtis isn't someone to be trifled with. Aren't you afraid of offending him?"Anthony chuckled again and said, "I've never been afraid of anyone. If you don't want to leave, I'll just cancel the plan."Margot immediately spoke up, "Wait! I'll be waiting for you then. Three days.""Alright then. It'll take place at 3:00 am. Everyone will be asleep by then, so nobody will notice you leaving.""Alright."After hanging up the phone, Margot saw Doris come out with a watering can to tend to the plants. Casually, Margot inquired, "Where's Curtis?"Doris smiled kindly at Margot, saying, "Mr. Crosby went on a business trip and said he'll be back in a few days."Margot fell silent.Was luck really on her side? Curtis happened to be away on a business trip at that moment!
Natalie quickly made dinner. When Tommy returned after picking up Benjamin from school, the four of them had dinner. After dinner, they sat on the couch in the living room for a casual chat. Natalie took out her phone and made a video call to Margot.Meanwhile, in Amberville, the clock had already struck midnight.Margot was all set and ready to leave. She was merely waiting for Anthony's team to fetch her. She didn't expect Natalie to video call her at that moment. To avoid raising suspicions, she briskly removed her coat, leaned against the headboard, and promptly answered the video call. When Margot saw Natalie's face, she smiled sweetly and said, "Hey, Natalie!""Hey, Margot. Are you feeling any better?"Perplexed, Margot couldn't help but wonder why Natalie had suddenly inquired about her well-being.Did Natalie know about her situation?She chuckled and replied, "I'm doing great.""If you're doing well, why didn't you come here with Curtis and hang out for a few da
Margot avoided the topic and said, "Let me see Benjamin, Natalie. I want to see if my future son-in-law has grown taller now."Natalie smiled and pointed the camera toward Benjamin and Tommy. They continued to talk for a while longer.Curtis couldn't stop himself from calling Margot's number when he went back to rest in his room at night.It was already 2:00 am at Amberville. There was an hour left before Margot would leave this big city.She didn't want to accept the call when she saw the caller ID on her phone screen. However, she ended up taking the call when she remembered that this would be her last call with him.It was only 10:00 pm in Cordonia due to the time difference.Curtis sat by the bedside when he saw Margot had picked up his call.It took him a while to speak, awkwardly saying, "Do you want anything? I can bring them back for you tomorrow."Margot replied casually, "Anything is fine."Curtis asked, "If I remember correctly, it should be early morning at your si
Margot listened to Curtis' choked-up voice and his humble plea for her to continue loving him. She ended up unable to contain her tears.She didn't want him to know that she was also crying. She quickly ended the call.Margot never stopped loving him. It was just that she couldn't accept Curtis keeping Wendy as a mistress and having a child with her.She couldn't accept that Curtis had wronged her countless times for Tammy. He'd even caused her to almost die at Tammy's hands.Perhaps it was a mistake to marry him from the start.Since Margot had realized her mistake, she should quit in time and stop being stubborn.Love was something that would make someone lose themselves. They would end up without any dignity.She had lost everything once before this. How could she still make foolish choices when she finally obtained a second chance at life?Margot placed her phone down on the desk. She then took out a pen and paper and wrote a note.The note said, "Take care, Curtis."As s
Anthony replied, "You're welcome."He was tempted to tell Margot not to thank him, for he had been looking forward to her leaving Curtis.Anthony also wouldn't abruptly tell Margot that he had been thinking about her since he first saw her.Somehow, he had felt a sense of familiarity with her that could not be shaken off.…Back in Cordonia, Curtis did not call Margot back after she had ended the call.He leaned against the bedside as he let his tears flow freely. He couldn't understand how Margot could just stop loving him.Curtis was still very much in love with her. Even when she had aborted their baby, he was only angry in the beginning. After calming down a few days later, he no longer blamed her for it.Curtis only wanted things to be good with Margot. He wanted her to stay with him always and ask him for hugs like how she used to do.Was she punishing him on purpose because he didn't explain about what happened with Tammy and Wendy?Curtis figured that was the case and
Margot was gone? She was… gone?Curtis' heart thumped. He tried his best to compose himself.He asked in a low voice, "How could a grown person be gone when I've already sent so many men to guard her?"What did Doris mean by gone? Did that mean that they couldn't find Margot and she had disappeared?That was impossible. The villa was only so big, so where could she possibly be hiding? Curtis refused to believe it.Doris continued, "I'm sorry, Mr. Crosby. I noticed she was missing when I called her down for breakfast this morning. I tried calling you, but you were constantly out of service."The bodyguards at the entrance have searched everywhere. We even checked the surveillance videos, but we couldn't find Ms. Stone. We only found a note that she left."Curtis hastily got into the car while asking, "What did the note say?"Doris replied, "It says 'Take care, Curtis'."Curtis said, "Continue to search for her. The surveillance cameras are able to capture every nook and cranny
What would Curtis do if they couldn't find her? He dared not think further.He felt like a walking corpse these days without Margot by his side. To him, the days felt like years.Curtis would go mad if he had to live his life without her from now onward.That could not happen. Margot belonged to him alone, and she could only stay by his side in this lifetime. She couldn't go anywhere else. Curtis tried his best to reel his emotions in. He quickly took out his phone to contact Natalie.As soon as the call got connected, he asked with a hoarse voice, "Did Margot contact you, Natalie?"Natalie could tell something was wrong from Curtis' tone.She replied, "She didn't. We only had that video call last night. What's wrong?"Curtis said, "She left."He endured the stifling pain in his chest as he sobbed.He said, "Can you please inform me first if she contacted you or went to your place?"Natalie realized that Curtis was crying.She continued asking, "What happened between the t
Chester sent numerous men to investigate every airport, train station, and air traffic control. None of them had any news on Margot.He had also lodged a report so the police could search with them.However, it was as if Margot had disappeared entirely. They couldn't find any traces of her anywhere.…Two days later, Chester gloomily went to the Royal Villa.Curtis had sat on the couch for two days straight. He had not slept a wink nor ate anything. He only drank a few bottles of water.He looked extremely haggard.He saw Chester walking in with his head hung low. He didn't need to ask to know that Chester had no good news for him.Curtis did not want to hear it if there was only bad news. However, Chester still went forward and reported to Curtis with his head hung low.He said, "We've searched everywhere, Mr. Crosby. Ms. Stone was nowhere to be found. As for the air traffic control, the system's data from midnight to daytime that day was all wiped out."Clearly, someone did