After Madeline had finished cleaning the house and rested, she called all the friends she knew in F Country, asking them for information about Fabian.Madeline had thought that this might be difficult because Fabian kept a much lower profile than Yorick and Lana in F Country. However, when Madeline mentioned Fabian’s name, not only was everyone familiar with the name, nearly all of them spoke with lamentation when talking about Fabian.“Ah, Fabian has been very active in F Country for the past six months. He seems to come from a family with a powerful background.”“Fabian Johnson? I know him. His brother Yorick could be considered a person of some status in F Country. However, Fabian’s not the same as his brother. I like that kid.”“You mean Mr. Johnson? Back then, I worked with him on a project. He’s very decisive and capable in his conduct. He doesn’t seem like a twenty-year-old young man at all.”Madeline held the phone as she heard the people on the other end of the line com
“Fabian, are you forcing me to call the cops?” Madeline turned around and looked at him. “Do you want me to inform the police of your crimes of kidnapping my daughter and threatening her safety?”As Madeline walked toward Fabian who had his back against her, her sharp eyes betrayed a look of remorse.“Fabian, could it be that you want to walk the same path that your brother and sister had taken? Are you going to keep testing the limit that shouldn’t be tested?”As Madeline’s voice fell, Fabian turned around abruptly.He stared straight at Madeline, and at this moment, his eyes no longer showed the friendliness and gentleness from back then. Madeline caught sight of a flash of enmity, rage, and conflict in Fabian’s eyes.Conflict. He was conflicted.The look in Fabian’s eyes only calmed down seconds later.The corners of his lips curled up slightly into a soft smiley.“Since you have flown all the way here to find me, I couldn’t very well dismiss you, Mrs. Whitman. There’s a dec
Madeline looked stunned upon hearing Fabian’s answer.“What do you mean? How would Jeremy benefit?” Madeline was further confused by Fabian’s words.Fabian sipped his coffee and suddenly chuckled.“To be more precise, the person who benefited most, in the end, would be Jeremy’s uncle, Felipe.”“What?” Madeline was befuddled. “Fabian, could you make yourself clear?”Fabian’s lips curled slightly as he spoke mockingly, “Jeremy is a high-level Interpol official. Back then, he only stayed with Lana to spy on her, isn’t that right?”“You only got half of it right,” Madeline corrected him; her expression was serious. “Jeremy is an Interpol official, but the reason he stayed with Lana, spying on her, was that Lana had tried to kill me by blowing up the yacht back then. She’d wanted to use Jeremy’s amnesia for some illegal business, so Jeremy merely played along.”“Played along… Hmph.” Fabian scoffed. “He played along indeed. If Lana had deserved this, then what about my brother Yorick?
He lifted his eyes and looked over. He did not see Madeline but saw Evan sitting before him instead.“When did you sit here?” Fabian looked confused.Evan pushed his retro, gold-rimmed glasses and lazily leaned back on the sofa.“I sat down when you were longingly watching that lady leave. What is it? Do you like older girls?”After hearing this explanation, Fabian’s brows drew together, and he said flatly, “She’s Lily’s mother.”There was a slight change in Evan’s eyes upon hearing that. He then looked in the direction where Madeline had left.“She’s Eveline?” Fabian nodded lightly.Evan pensively contemplated. “She’s different indeed. I almost ran into her just now, and despite the distance, I could still smell the fragrance on her. A perfumer. Special indeed.”When Fabian heard that, his brows furrowed further, and his expression darkened further.A beautiful waitress brought Evan’s coffee over with a smile. He elegantly took a sip and continued, “I heard what she said befo
Fabian’s knowing gaze fell upon Evan’s face.The candy in his mouth was sour and sweet, but he seemed unable to taste any of the sweetness, and an unknown bitter taste went from his throat straight to his heart.“I’m quite interested to know. I wonder if Mr. Johnson would be willing to tell me the story behind this.”Evan was full of curiosity. He and Fabian were considered close childhood friends who grew up together.He was three years older than Fabian, and they had known each other since they were very young. Yorick had just been a teenager then, and he had neither money nor power. Of course, Fabian had just been a poor student, while Evan’s family background was among F Country’s circle of the rich and famous.However, this had not stopped them from being good friends and brothers.They had similar personalities. Both looked like rich and handsome yet frivolous young masters.On the other hand, Evan had been more well-known for being the playful one in this circle. However,
The servant nodded continuously and immediately turned around and headed over to Lillian's room.Fabian momentarily stood in place before making his way downstairs, as though he just thought of the words to use as a response.Evan, who was following behind Fabian, also reached the hall downstairs.Madeline was standing in the hall and, when she saw Fabian, who was leisurely walking down the stairs, she then walked up to him."Lilian’s here, right?"Upon hearing that, Fabian frowned and intended to express the unpleasant feeling within him."You might be unaware, Mrs. Whitman, but this is my personal household. Normally, I’d only entertain my best friends; everyone else is forbidden from entering here."Madeline could make out what Fabian was trying to convey from his statement.She looked at Evan, who was behind Fabian, and immediately recalled that man was the one who she had nearly knocked into in the coffee shop not too long ago.Evan, noticing Madeline’s gaze upon him, the
Evan got up and asked. He felt that Madeline was indeed not in good shape.Upon hearing that, Fabian only then noticed that Madeline’s complexion seemed ill. Even her forehead was starting to have cold sweat.Madeline slowly realized that the poison within her body was starting to flare up again.Shirley had mentioned before that the fourth stage would happen soon.The thought of it made Madeline try her best to prevent this type of situation from happening because she could not afford to be weak at this moment, but she could not overcome the poison that was already flaring up. Nevertheless, Madeline did not allow herself to drop to her knees.She clenched her fists and continued to stubbornly look into Fabian's eyes."Fabian, I’ve come all the way here to bring Lilian back home. If you're not willing to hand Lilian over to me, that will only leave me with one last option."Fabian looked at Madeline's face that was slowly turning pale, feeling puzzled. "Given your current condit
However, when they were about to catch up to Madeline, they had not expected Madeline, who was sprinting, to suddenly fall in front of the car."Eveline?!"Fabian rushed to Madeline’s side. As he supported Madeline up by her shoulders, he realized that Madeline had already lost consciousness and had fainted.Evan walked over to them and quickly placed his fingers over Madeline's wrist, feeling her pulse, analyzing it. Evan then frowned."Fab, Eveline's condition seems very suspicious. Bring her to a room now!"Fabian too noticed that there was some urgency in Madeline's condition and carried Madeline back to the guest room.With the space being separated by a wall, Madeline and Lilian were both placed in two rooms.After carrying Madeline to the bed, Fabian had Evan conduct a checkup on Madeline again.Even though Evan was a pediatrician, he had still mastered the basic medical checkup procedures.However, at that moment, he was unable to make out the problem with Madeline."