Tom nodded lightly. “Have you ever thought that Naya is like this because of her mother?”“I have.” Ava pursed her lips and smiled. Then, she suddenly felt apologetic again. “I'm sorry, Mr. Lowe. The person Naya's mother wants to target is me. I didn't expect to get you involved too.”“Don't say that. We have clear a conscience, and we can't predict what the next step will be for those with bad intentions. Just be yourself and protect yourself. That'll be enough.”Tom's answer gave Ava a particularly calm feeling.She indeed had that mindset. She thought that Tom would think that way because he had been in the business world for so long, so he must be used to these boring trifles.“Mr. Lowe, what happened in the office? It sounded like a lot of people were making noise,” Ava asked curiously.Tom met Ava's confused gaze with gentle eyes. “That woman probably hired someone to come cause trouble for you. I've already asked someone to deal with it.”Tom said, his expression graduall
When she heard Madeline asking her this, Ava felt as if her heartstrings had been tugged by something abruptly.“Maddie, why are you asking that?” Ava was so nervous that she even stuttered a little when she spoke. As she asked, she took out her phone. “I talked with Danny last night. Maddie, look.”She handed the phone to Madeline nervously.“He was fine when he was talking to me last night. How could something have happened today?” Madeline hurriedly calmed Ava's emotions. “Ava, don't be nervous. Let me take a look first.”Madeline took the phone and saw the messages Daniel sent Ava last night.“Ava, you didn't talk on the phone with him, did you?”“No.” Ava shook her head, looking increasingly nervous and solemn. “Maddie, what happened? Did something happen to Danny?”Madeline looked up at Ava's anxious eyes. “Ava, calm down and listen to me. Maybe nothing has happened to Dan, but he's missing.”“What? Missing?” Ava's eyes widened in shock. “Missing? How did he go missing
“Is this true?” Ava looked at the extortion message in disbelief, wondering why the kidnappers asked Madeline for ransom.“I'm not sure if this is true, but I asked Jeremy to track this number. This is indeed a little fishy.”Madeline's explanation made Ava feel uneasy all of a sudden.“No, I have to go to Danny’s house. I have to check whether Danny is really kidnapped.” Ava turned around in a hurry.“Ava, I'm going with you.” Madeline followed behind Ava.Jeremy chased after them without saying a word. In this current situation, he was really worried about letting Madeline out of his sight.It was weird that this kidnapper came to Madeline to ask for money.It did not take long for the three of them to arrive at Daniel's house.Ava got out of the car and rushed toward the gate. Coincidentally, Daniel's mother was hurriedly walking out at the moment.Upon seeing Ava, Daniel's mother's expression visibly changed.“Ava, did you ask Dan out? He said yesterday afternoon that he
When Ava heard Jeremy’s suggestion, she was confused.“Why can’t I go to the Mendez family’s manor to look for that maniac? The longer it is, the more danger Danny might be in.”“But if you go to look for her and she did kidnap Daniel, then you’ll be inadvertently alerting the enemy. This might result in Daniel being in more danger,” Jeremy explained why he was stopping Ava.“Did Naya’s mother really ask someone to do this?” Madeline was still doubtful.“Naya likes Dan so much, so how could she hurt the man her precious daughter loves?”“She wants to destroy the thing that she can’t have. Someone as selfish as Naya would definitely do something like this.” Ava clenched both of her fists tightly.‘Danny, you need to be safe.’Ava prayed silently in her heart.Even though Jeremy was right, when Ava thought about how Daniel might be in danger right now, her heart could not stop racing.She followed Madeline and Jeremy back to Whitman Corporation, but she still could not calm hers
Her heart began to beat very nervously from this moment on. She was not sure if Esther had gotten out of the car here just now, or if someone would hear the sound and come out to check.Amidst her perturbed feelings and doubts, Ava vaguely heard the sound of hurried and disorientated footsteps coming from afar.After a while, Ava sensed a tall man standing across from the wall.“Damn, the wall of this broken house fell off,” the man complained unhappily, “I think before the fish takes the bait, I might be crushed to death in this stupid house for locking someone here.”The man complained again before walking back.Ava held her breath. She poked her head out and observed the direction the man was leaving.However, from what the man said to himself just now, Ava was able to determine that Daniel was indeed locked up here.Unexpectedly, Esther was even more extreme than Naya.Ava looked around before following behind the man.However, after taking a few steps up the stairs, she f
Facing Jeremy and Madeline's doubts, Daniel frowned. He seemed to look troubled.“When I was going to pick up Ava from work yesterday evening, I ran into an old woman who had trouble walking. She was separated from her family. I figured that since it was still early, I would send her home, but who knew her home was so far away?“When I wanted to tell Ava, I realized that I had lost my phone. There were no cars where the old woman lived, so I had to wait until this morning.”Daniel frowned again. “I didn't expect this to happen.”Gina was surprised after hearing what Daniel said.“Dan, did you… Weren't you with that Ava last night?”“No.”“...” Gina had an embarrassed look on her face. She felt slightly embarrassed when she recalled what she said about Ava not long ago.She even thought that Ava was deliberately making something unnecessarily complicated, but it turned out that Ava really had no idea where Daniel had gone.“This is bad.” Madeline's heartstrings tightened, and h
Ava suddenly felt a biting chill amidst her drowsiness. She shivered and finally woke up from the cold.In her blurry vision, Ava saw a figure slowly walking toward her. She raised her head with difficulty and saw a familiar face with a sinister smile through her wet eyes.It was Esther.Ava closed her eyes, recalled what had happened before she passed out, and slowly opened her eyes again.“Of course, it's you.” Ava took a deep breath and recomposed herself.She remembered, but as soon as she moved, she was kicked violently from behind. This kick hit her lumbar, causing indescribable dull pain.“Ah!” Ava reflexively let out a muffled groan as she curled up, the ice water soaking her whole body and penetrating her skin layer by layer. At this moment, she felt extremely uncomfortable, but she still did not give in. She was still trying to stand up.Just as she was trying to get up, Esther walked over and slapped Ava twice in the face without saying a word.“You b*tch, do you fin
Esther warned with a grim face. At this moment, she no longer had the image of a graceful and elegant lady. She was like an irrational town shrew who was doing completely crazy and ridiculous things.Ava lay down on the uneven ground as she listened to Esther's constant curses in her ear. Then, she closed her eyes weakly.She was wrong. She was too impulsive when she took this step.She should have listened to Madeline and not impulsively looked for Esther. She should have stayed at Whitman Corporation and waited for Jeremy to find out some clues before taking action. Now, she did not even know if she would be able to go back alive.Ava thought silently, but it was too late for her to regret this.At this time, she was still worried about Daniel in her heart.“Danny…”‘Where the hell are you?‘Are you near me?’Esther, who was about to go back, heard Ava muttering Daniel's name in a daze. She spun around and walked back to Ava.“You’re still thinking about men at this mom