“You… Eveline, why are you here?” Bewildered, Fabian stared at Madeline. He did not know how long she had been standing there.Madeline looked at Fabian with a serious look on her face. “Who was that on the phone? What happened to Lily? How do you know Carter Gray?”Madeline questioned and walked up to Fabian.The flame in her gaze glinted piercingly, shooting a terrifying power that would make people’s hearts shiver.“Fabian, tell me, where is my daughter? How do you know Carter Gray?”When Fabian heard what Madeline said, he stood there dazedly in silence. His eyebrows were tightly furrowed, but he did not speak.Upon seeing Fabian in such a state, suddenly, Madeline gradually came to a realization.“I understand now. I finally understand.” As realization emerged in Madeline’s mind, her expression grew more and more serious. “It’s Carter, isn’t it? He’s the one who’s inciting disharmony between us. That’s why you’ve suddenly been acting like this toward me and Jeremy.”When h
Although Lilian was still young, she could sense Shirley's kindness and friendliness toward her.Shirley had difficulty moving around, but she was still very considerate in taking Lillian to the bathroom and helping her take a simple shower.Since there were no clothes for Lillian to change into, Shirley had to let Lillian wear back the clothes she was wearing before.She led Lillian to the bedroom, but Carter suddenly appeared and stopped them at the door.“Shirley, what are you doing?”Carter asked in a cold tone, lowering his eyes to Lillian.“I didn’t bring this little thing over so that you can take care of her.”Shirley looked at Carter indifferently. “Carter, you must keep your word. Since you said that as long as I obey you, you won't hurt this child, so be a man of your words.”“I haven't forgotten what I promised you, but that doesn't mean you have to serve her, bathe her, and tuck her into bed.”“I’m happy to do so,” Shirley replied without hesitation. She then turn
“You heard everything, didn’t you?” Carter was frank with her.Shirley calmly asked, “Who’s Evan? Why are you meeting this person?”Carter scanned Shirley’s face calmly before he walked to the toilet. “You don’t need to know too much. You just need to follow my orders.”It did not seem that he wanted to explain, but after he said that, Carter heard Shirley chuckling coldly behind him.“Yeah, I don’t need to know. I’m always like a clown with no dignity, and I only need to listen to Mr. Carter’s orders and arrangement.”Carter suddenly stopped in his tracks.When he turned around, Shirley had already gone into her room with her glass of water and tightly shut the door to the room.Clown?Carter lowered his gaze and laughed at himself. Presently, he was the one who seemed more like a clown.The next morning.When Shirley woke up, she realized that Carter had left.She saw the breakfast on the table, and she knew Carter had prepared this for her.She then saw that he had prepa
The door of the apartment was locked from the outside. She could not even open the door, so how could she help Lillian leave?Shirley sighed regretfully and turned to see Lillian blinking and looking at her curiously.She looked at Lillian, and with a gentle smile, she said apologetically, “I'm sorry, Lily. I can't think of a way to send you home for the time being.”Lillian understood what Shirley meant, and she pressed her lovely cherry blossom pink lips together into a sweet smile. She did not blame Shirley at all.“By the way, Lily, do you remember your parents' phone numbers? I can call your parents.”Shirley asked, suddenly recalling the card Lillian had given her earlier.The contact information of Lillian's family member was on that card.When she remembered that Carter had thrown the card into the trash last night, Shirley immediately turned around and went to the trash can.Unbothered by the filth, Shirley reached her hand in and rummaged through the trash can. Howeve
Lillian clearly heard Fabian's eager voice on the other end of the phone. She also understood what Fabian wanted her to do, and her cute little mouth moved.Shirley also looked at Lillian's cute little face expectantly, waiting for her to speak.However, at this moment, Shirley heard the sound of the door opening from the hallway.She realized that Carter might be back, and her heart leaped.“Lily, hurry up and say ‘Mommy’ or ‘Daddy’ to the guy on the phone. Otherwise, it’ll be too late!”Shirley urged urgently, and at the same time, she heard the door opening.Lillian looked at Shirley blankly and moved her cute little pink lips. “Dad…”Click!The moment Lillian had said that, Shirley reached out and snatched the receiver from Lillian’s hand and quickly put it back on the landline.Lillian looked at Shirley and blinked her eyes curiously, then her clear eyes shifted to Carter who had entered from the hallway.The doubts in her blank eyes started to dissipate gradually.Howe
After the phone had suddenly hung up twice, he kept feeling that something had happened to Lillian.He thought in confusion as he drove the car faster and faster. However, he did not notice that a car had been following him the entire time.Approximately twenty minutes later, Fabian finally arrived at his destination.The apartment building before him was simply decorated, located in a relatively remote corner of the suburb. Some of the surveillance cameras in the road sections were old and damaged, so that was why he had not been able to find this place before.He quickly rushed to Unit 902 which Shirley mentioned, and then he raised his hand to knock on the door.“Lily, Lily, are you inside? This is Fab!”Fabian announced who he was, but there was no response.Anxious, Fabian knocked harder, but with such a force, the door in front of him was pushed open.The apartment door was not locked.Fabian pushed the door open and strode in.“Lily!”He shouted Lillian's name, search
Sure enough, it was exactly the same as Fabian thought. Carter was the one in the dessert shop that day who took Lillian away when Fabian did not notice.When Fabian saw Shirley in a wheelchair, he also came to a conclusion with certainty. “This woman should be the one who called me.”Upon hearing that, Madeline could not help but sigh.“I didn't expect Carter to bring Shirley to F Country.”“Shirley?” Fabian was confused. “Is this woman named Shirley?”Madeline nodded. From the surveillance footage, she could clearly see that her baby girl followed Shirley in a well-behaved manner.“They just left ten minutes ago. If you follow the footage, you should be able to find them soon,” Madeline said, looking at Fabian. “You know a lot of people here, so you should be able to get the real-time surveillance footage along the way.”Without another word, Fabian immediately took out his phone to follow suit.However, even though he managed to contact the relevant personnel, he was told th
He was such a smart man, and so meticulous, so how would he expose himself so negligently.Of course, Carter knew what Shirley was thinking and he was acting as cool as a cucumber.After settling down, Carter closed the door and walked up to Shirley quietly.He furrowed his brows tightly and looked at Shirley helplessly.“You know what? Back then, you’d always side with me no matter what I do and immediately do anything I say, but now…”“Carter, I told you I’m not the person I was before. I had been forced to create this persona just to get you to like me, but now, I just want to do what my heart tells me to.”Shirley interrupted Carter coldly and decisively, her gaze toward Carter looked disappointed and regretful.“Carter, we can’t go back now.”Carter seemed to be momentarily stunned, but then he smiled.“I know that we can’t go back and that we can’t start over, but this won’t change the fact that you still have me in your heart.”When Shirley heard this, she looked at Ca