Even though Nancy scolded Yaacob for being crazy over the phone, she realized she was even crazier when she stood before his hotel room door. For two minutes, she kept trying to convince herself that she should just turn around and walk away.However, she found herself ringing the doorbell after thinking about Celica. The door opened immediately after that. There was no way Yaacob could have opened the door so fast unless he had been waiting for her at the door.Yaacob, dressed in a bathrobe, put his hand on the doorframe, and a strong smell of alcohol instantly hit Nancy. Judging by how strong the smell was, Yaacob was probably drunk out of his mind.He smirked and said, "I knew you would come. Come in."Nancy remained standing outside, so Yaacob simply pulled her in."Let me go!" said Nancy after she was dragged in. She flung off his hand. "Yaacob, you can act crazy all you want, but I came here to tell you that I'm already married, so I won't be playing your games!""Is that s
Nancy stopped stirring the pasta sauce for a moment. She did not know what to say. Thus, she glanced over at the pot of boiling lobster and said, "I really need to take it off the heat now, or else it's definitely going to be overcooked."However, Yaacob suddenly grabbed her shoulder as Nancy reached out. He forced her to look at him and asked again, "Do you hate me?"When their eyes met, Nancy realized that Yaacob's eyes were bloodshot. Maybe it was because of all the wine he had, but his emotions were definitely all over the place.In fact, it seemed like it was the wine talking because if he were sober, he would not have wanted to talk about the past! Nancy did not like talking about what happened three years ago either. However, at that moment, she knew she had to speak up for the poor lobster's sake."Do you want to hear the truth?" Nancy asked him."Of course!""I did hate you at one point. Maybe I wouldn't have if we had an amicable second divorce, but what you did to me t
After Nancy and Benson left, Yaacob suddenly felt empty, especially when he read Celica's paternity test in his hand.'If this is real, then it really proves Celica has nothing to do with me,' thought Yaacob. After all, Nancy would not dare to show it to him if it was fake. He would only have to take it to the hospital for verification to expose her lie.'Or maybe she's bluffing? I did trick her last night, so now she's trying to return the favor? Well, well. She's certainly become more cunning in the three years we've been separated. Even I'm having a hard time seeing through her.'Yaacob had forgotten that he was the one who taught Nancy all the tricks.The paternity test was done abroad, so in order to save time, Yaacob faxed it to Randall.Half an hour later, Randall called him to give him an update."So is it real?" asked Yaacob the moment he picked up the phone."It's already been verified. They did the paternity test in a professional organization, so the chances of it be
When midnight came, Nancy received a call from the hospital telling her that Benson had been sent to the emergency department.She immediately rushed over. The doctors were still trying to save his life when she got to the hospital. Apparently, Benson was experiencing gastrointestinal bleeding due to overconsumption of alcohol.Yaacob was also there at the hospital. He was the one who brought Benson there.Nancy immediately knew what happened when she saw Yaacob. Even though Benson could not hold his alcohol, nothing like this had ever happened in all the three years he had been running the company.Thus, the only logical explanation was that Yaacob deliberately forced Benson to overdrink."Yaacob Getson! Come at me if you have a bone to pick! Don't drag other innocent people in! I'm going to make you pay if anything happens to Benson!" she shouted at him."I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause him any harm," said Yaacob sincerely.He really did not expect Benson to be such a lousy
Judging from Yaacob's tone, he did not know what happened.Nancy realized something was wrong and hung up immediately.She asked Kandy, "It's not Yaacob who took Celica. Why did you say Yaacob has something to do with Celica's disappearance?"Nancy knew Yaacob very well. She knew that he would have admitted it if he had been responsible.For example, when he was giving her a hard time previously, he admitted he was the culprit immediately.Therefore, he would not have taken Celica and denied it.Kandy looked a little guilty and said, "Madam, I am not really sure what happened. I thought you were tired from looking after Mr. Young all night. So I took Celica out with me for breakfast so she wouldn't disturb you. As I was waiting in line for coffee, she just… disappeared! I vaguely recall seeing a tall figure that reminded me of Mr. Getson. But I'm not too sure…""Yaacob moves about in his posh sports car and wears only branded expensive suits. If he were to show up at the coffee
The transportation hub of Rhea City was put at a standstill. The Rhea City Central Bus Terminal had passengers and coaches going nowhere.Many passengers protested and complained as they did not understand why the coaches and buses were suspended from service that day.In fact, not only was the Central Bus Terminal disrupted, but the same was happening at the airport and train station. That created a huge problem for those wanting to leave town urgently.Therefore, even more passengers were making a kerfuffle at the airport and train station than at the bus terminal.Things were heating up in the terminal. After getting nowhere with their complaints, the passengers became increasingly irritable and impatient.A few passengers with short tempers were ready to take it out on the conductors as they demanded an explanation."Why aren't we allowed to leave the city? I am going to be late for a business meeting. Who will be responsible for my losses if I'm not there in time to sign the
Nancy was ready to put down her phone after getting a reply from Yaacob.However, he sent another message.[You're still up?]Nancy felt there was no reason for her to reply because if she were to engage in small talk with him, it would inevitably draw them closer.It was late at night, and she was a married woman. She decided to put up a wall between them by only talking about formal matters.She replied, [I'm sorry that today's incident has delayed your return to Athenapolis.]Yaacob was a very clever man. He knew she was hinting at him to leave Rhea City as soon as possible.[I've already asked my assistant to get another flight ticket and I'll be leaving first thing in the morning,] replied Yaacob.[I don't have a hotel room, so I'll be sticking around tonight,] added Yaacob.Was he planning to sleep in his car?When Nancy and Yaacob went to look for Celica, she remembered hearing him cough now and then.Could it be that he did not find a place to stay last night, too?
By the time Nancy cleared the table after breakfast, Celica was gone.At first, Nancy thought she might have gone to play in the garden, but she could not find her. Then, she realized Kandy had forgotten to lock the door when she left to go grocery shopping this morning.Nancy felt that she needed to consider letting go of the housekeeper for being careless all the time.Moreover, she discovered Yaacob's car was no longer parked outside her mansion.He must have gone to the airport. Could it be that he took Celica with him?Nancy was about to remind herself to stop suspecting Yaacob. After all, he did put in a lot of effort to help rescue Celica yesterday.However, she received a text message from Yaacob shortly after. He told Nancy that he had brought Celica to visit Athenapolis.Nancy quickly called him, but his phone was off. He must be on the plane by now."That bastard!" Nancy cussed.At that moment, Nancy was panicking again because Celica was taken away from her again.