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
Fabian was quiet when Evan invited him; it seemed as if Fabian was hesitating. “Fab, just come over. You have nothing to do now, anyway. You should let Lily rest after she had dinner. You have so many servants at home, so you don’t have to worry about no one being around to take care of her.”Evan continued to invite Fabian. It was evident that he did not know about Lillian’s abduction.Fabian thought about it and finally decided to drop by.Indeed, Lillian was missing right now, and he could not do anything even if he went home. It would be better if he went to see Evan and get more information on why Carter came to F Country.Not long after, Fabian drove to the bar Evan mentioned.It had just turned dark, but there was already a lively and amorous atmosphere in the bar.As soon as Fabian entered the place, there were a lot of sexy and scantily clad women flirting with him. There were even women coming up to ask him for his contact details.Without giving them the slightest c
However, the two girls were somewhat reluctant as they looked at Fabian and lingered for a while before leaving.The room quieted down quickly and the door with a soundproofing effect blocked all kinds of laughter and voices outside.Evan turned on the lights, which immediately basked the room in warm light.Evan only then noticed the gloominess on Fabian's, and Evan’s expression, too, turned serious.“Fab, did something serious happen? I heard you were looking for Carter. What is your relationship with him?”Fabian sat down on the sofa and then distraughtly picked up a clean glass, poured himself a glass of red wine, and drank it.“He abducted Lily.”Evan's eyes widened when he heard this. “... What?”At this moment, Madeline was entering the bar from outside.In fact, she had been following Fabian all the time. When Fabian had been looking for Carter along the way, she followed him and finally arrived at the vicinity of the bar.Unfortunately, she had spent too much time lo
Fabian and Evan heard the noise and simultaneously lifted their eyes to look over.The moment the door opened, the rowdy noise outside poured into the room, and then it disappeared the moment the door closed.Fabian looked at Madeline who came in through the door, and this time, he was not even surprised.“You’re an excellent stalker,” Fabian exclaimed with a half-smile.When Evan saw Madeline’s face, he was not foreign at all. “Miss Montgomery? Did you come because of Lily?”Madeline looked at the two young men in front of her who had drunk some alcohol and were now slightly tipsy. She then nodded.“That’s right, I’m here to inquire about my daughter’s whereabouts.”As Madeline said that, she looked at Fabian.“Are you here just to drink?”“Why? Can’t I drink some alcohol?” Fabian asked sarcastically. He then took the bottle and poured himself another glass. After that, he forthrightly downed the content of the glass in front of Madeline.Madeline furrowed her charming eyebr
“Yes, I'm begging you,” Madeline admitted very frankly, but Fabian was stunned by this.For some reason, the atmosphere in the room quieted down immediately. It was so quiet that they could vaguely hear the sound of music coming from outside.Seeing that Fabian was not speaking, Madeline walked to a seat beside him and sat down, picked up a wine glass, and poured herself a glass of red wine.Fabian looked at Madeline in confusion.“Eveline, what are you doing?”“Don't you want to drink, Young Master Johnson? I'll drink with you.”“...”“It won’t be too late to talk to me when you’re finally satisfied.”After saying that, Madeline also drank forthrightly and finished her glass of wine.Both Fabian and Evan were shocked by Madeline's move.They had not expected Madeline to be so unaffected and cool.They also had not expected Madeline to drink two glasses at one go.Fabian frowned. When he saw that Madeline was about to drink the fourth glass, he stretched out his palm to hol
When Madeline heard this, she was touched. She looked at Fabian who was dozing off and remembered his coldness toward her and Jeremy all this while. Perhaps, Fabian was also feeling conflicted inside. “Fab grew up under the protection of his brother Yorick. Even though Yorick was cruel in his illegal businesses, he had always protected his brother.”Evan continued to explain because he wanted Madeline to understand Fabian more. “Yorick knew his business was not legal, so this whole time, he never let Fabian touch it. Plus, Fabian also had no idea that his siblings were in the illegal business.“Even though Yorick and Lana broke the law and even went against human nature and morals in some cases, to Fabian, they were a good brother and a good sister. So, as Fab’s friend, I hope you can understand Fab from this perspective, Miss Montgomery. Also, he’s really worried and concerned about your daughter. “After hearing what Evan said, Madeline looked at Fabian and let out a sigh.
“Thank you,” Madeline thanked him quickly. She looked at the time and decided it would be better if they asked him out tomorrow morning.Evan understood and then he took out the name card Carter had given him in the morning from his cardholder.Carter had been waiting for Evan to return his call. Presently, he received his call, so he did not hesitate to pick it up. When he heard that Evan wanted to see him tomorrow morning, he quickly accepted.After thanking Evan, Madeline helped Evan carry the drunk Fabian into the car.After seeing Evan driving Fabian back home, Madeline stood by the busy car-filled street for a while before heading back to the hotel.The next day, she woke up early.She seemed to not have slept for the whole night because she missed her little princess.Although she knew that Shirley should be taking care of Lillian, Carter despised Madeline and Jeremy so much, so Madeline was still worried about whether Carter would suddenly hurt Lily out of prejudice.On