The next morning, Sylvia headed to the kids’ room with a bag. Inside the bag were the documents for the kids, Aunt Tonya, and her own. Isabel and Liam had just woken up, their eyes remained puffy and blurry. The girl noticed the bag on her mother. Her mother would only take the bag when they go out to play. Her eyes widened in excitement and got energized. “Mommy, where are we going to play today?” Sylvia stroked the girl’s head. She said with a smile, “We’re not going to play today. I’m bringing you to visit your uncle at the hospital today.” Isabel pouted. “What happened to Uncle? Why are we visiting him at the hospital?” “His hand got hurt, but it’s no big deal. He’ll recover soon.” “Oh, okay.” The girl was excited to see her handsome uncle again. She crawled out of bed and got ready for the trip. Sylvia did not even need to help her get ready. Liam also automatically got up and went into the bathroom. …After breakfast, Sylvia brought the kids and Aunt Tonya
Just as Sylvia was fighting her thoughts, trying to come up with the best excuse for her kids, Thomas suddenly said, “The weather is good today. Mommy and I are planning to bring you guys to play abroad.” The word “play” intrigued the little girl as her eyes shone in excitement and she screamed, “YAY!” Liam asked softly, “Uncle, what about your injury?” Thomas met the boy’s questioning gaze and said with a smile, “It’s just a minor injury. It won’t affect our schedule.” Liam then turned to his mother. “Mommy, where are we going today?” Sylvia pursed her lips and reluctantly answered, “We still haven’t decided yet. We’ll plan on the way there.” Liam then lowered his head in silence. Thomas then shot a glance at Sylvia. “I’ll bring them downstairs first.” Sylvia answered, “Okay. I’ll be there in a moment.” Thomas carried Isabel out of the ward. Aunt Tonya followed him. Sylvia then said to Liam, “Liam, follow Aunt Tonya and your sister downstairs. Mommy has to take you
“Second Master Carter, I believe you must’ve seen the texts. You don’t reply because my information isn’t worthy for you to save me? Then, let me tell you one more thing. “You know Melanie? She’s my mother. She’s in prison because she helped me to deal with Sylvia. Before she was arrested, she told me she knew someone mysterious who helped her from the dark and this mysterious person knows Carter Corporation from the inside out. He even grasped Odell’s schedule precisely, knowing when he’s away for work and when he’ll be back. “Because of that mysterious person, I was able to frame Sylvia for pushing that old hag down the hill. I was also able to push Sylvia into the lake because that mysterious person caused a diversion during the event and he even helped me to get a trustworthy hitman for the job. “Is it safe for me to say that you’re that person who helped me?” Sylvia was shocked. Her trembling hands almost dropped the phone to the floor. She suddenly felt weak and had to
Sylvia frowned, but before she could wrap her head around the situation, she was shrouded by an elongated shadow from the back. She froze for a split second and then quickly turned around. Thomas was a few steps away from her, wearing a grin and looking at her with a warm expression. At the next moment, he asked, “Have you seen the texts?” The sun was hanging high up in the sky. It was a scorching hot summer day. His eyes were as warm as before but she felt otherwise. She was quivering in fear and sweating nervously. She feigned ignorance and asked, “Thomas, where are Aunt Tonya and the kids?” “They are in another car.” “Where’s that?” “Don’t worry. They’re being taken care of,” he said with a smile. “I can take care of them myself. Tell me where’s the car.” Thomas went closer and stroked her head. His smile remained as he said, “Don’t worry. When we reach the airport, you’ll be able to see them.” Sylvia feigned a silly smile and said, “They aren’t used to traveli
Meanwhile at Carter Tower, in the top floor office, the man had just gone through a pile of documents and wanted to rest his eyes for a bit. It was then his phone rang. It was from Jacob. He put the phone near his ears and heard Jacob’s anxious voice. “Sir, Ms. Avery is looking for you.” There was an obvious disgust in his expression when he heard the name. “I’m not seeing her.” “Ms. Avery said she wanted to talk to you about Second Master Carter. She said he was the one who planned for Spencer Weiss to kidnap her and madam. She also said that Second Master Carter did more than that. He has been pulling the strings from the dark since Melanie arrived in Westchester City and before she pushed Madam Carter down the hill. He has been plotting from the dark.” Odell’s expression turned cold. “What has he been planning?” “She refused to say. She’d only say when she sees you.” “Keep an eye out for her. I’m coming right over.” He bolted up and strode out of the office. …T
She lowered her head in fear and remained on her knees. She changed her words and continued, “Master Carter, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have lied to you.” Odell asked, “What did Thomas do?” A quick pause later, he sized her up with a frosty gaze and continued, “If you can provide any useful information, I might consider letting you live.” Tara’s eyes shone hopefully and said, “Master Carter! Second Master Carter isn’t who you think he is! He came to me and said he could help me to win your heart again, so he instigated me to fake being chased by gangsters so that you can save me. He also instructed Spencer Weiss to kidnap me and forced you to choose me instead of Sylvia. He was the mastermind behind these two incidents.” Odell narrowed his eyes. “What else?” “Yes! Yes!” Tara looked up and met his eyes. “Do you remember Melanie? She’s actually my mother, not my aunt. She came to Westchester City when you and Sylvia just remarried. She said there was a mysterious person who had b
Had she blacklisted him again? His brows remained furrowed when he said to the driver, “Turn around. We’ll go home first.” He wanted to bring the woman along so that when he finally exposed Thomas and Tara of their schemes, she would be able to see Thomas’ true self. He wanted to know if she would still follow Thomas after learning what happened. It was then Jacob in the passenger seat received a call. His expression changed before he turned around and said, “Sir, something happened! We can’t reach the two new bodyguards that we sent to the hospital last night. A nurse picked up one of their phones and informed us that they were found knocked out cold outside the hospital an hour ago. They were severely injured and still hadn’t woken up.” Odell frowned. Knocked out an hour ago? The timing was uncanny. He said coldly, “Contact the hospital right away. Tell them Thomas is a dangerous murderer and ask them to apprehend him immediately.” Jacob nodded and contacted the hos
Sylvia pursed her lips and asked in a small voice, “Thomas, we’re arriving at the airport soon. Where’s Aunt Tonya and my kids?” “Soon. You’ll be able to see them after two more junctions.” “Okay…” Sylvia tightened her fists. She hid a knife in her curled fist. The blade was the one she used to cut fruits for her kids whenever they went out, so she always had it in her bag. When she reunited with Aunt Tonya and her kids, she might be able to threaten Thomas to release them with the knife. Thomas had a subtle glance at her tightly clenched fists, and he secretly curled his lips into a faint grin. Soon enough, the car passed two junctions with traffic lights and arrived at a crossroad. Every car wanting to go to the airport from the city had to pass this crossroad. There were barely any cars on the road at this hour. The car stopped by the road in front of the crossroad. Sylvia spotted another silver car ahead of them, and two intimidating men were standing beside it.