Soon, Lena's voice came through the phone. "What's the matter?"Simon dared not tell her that Belle had knocked Grayson unconscious. So, he lied, "I don't know what happened, too. When Meredith called me over, he had passed out."She said he had been resting at home for the whole day. The entire house smells like herbs."Lena asked, "Have you examined him?""Yes, but I can't seem to find any issues. I know he has been using the scented sachets you gave to treat his insomnia," answered Simon. He continued, "He also mentioned that you changed to a new prescription. That's why I'm checking with you first. Then I'll take him to the hospital.""There's no need to take him to the hospital. It's a normal reaction," Lena replied. "The new medication is strong. He couldn't adapt to it right away. Besides, he's been ill for quite some time. "There are a lot of toxins in his body. His body will get used to it after he faints a few more times. After that, he'll be fine."Simon asked in
Soon, Belle found the footage from that day. She fast-forwarded the clip. Then she watched at double speed until she found a familiar figure. Belle immediately hit the pause button. The woman on the screen was none other than Lena. Lena had only briefly shown her face on camera moments ago. Despite that, Belle was certain the woman in the footage was her. She frowned as she stared at the screen. After observing for a while, Belle confirmed she did not know Lena. She played the video again. This time, she watched it at normal speed. Shortly after, she saw Robert entering the café. At the sight of Robert, Lena frowned. It was apparent she knew him. However, at that time, he did not see her. Then Grayson headed into the café. as well. He walked straight toward Lena. Immediately afterward, Belle entered. She approached Robert with a smile. After Grayson saw them, Lena noticed the duo, too. But suddenly, Lena's expression changed. She frowned, and her gaze was intense. Belle w
The most suitable approach to finding out Lena's real identity was to examine her DNA. After all, it was a genetic marker present in a person's blood from birth. No one could change that.But how could Belle obtain Lena's DNA?At the very least, she would need to meet the latter. Just as Belle was contemplating, her phone rang suddenly. She looked down and saw it was Dorothy calling. Belle was surprised. She hurriedly answered the phone. "Mrs. Jenkins Senior, are you done with your seclusion?"Dorothy chuckled before replying, "Yes, I've come out of seclusion. "The moment I'm out, I heard you've been looking for me daily. Haha!"Belle felt at ease after hearing Dorothy's gentle voice. The former had been very worried for the past few days. "I was concerned because you were in seclusion for so long. Besides, the Sylvester family … "Belle did not continue. Instead, she said, "Oh, by the way, I have something important to discuss with you. Where are you right now? I'll come
Just then, a loud boom of thunder echoed through the air.A lightning bolt cast light upon the woman's and Lena's faces. The woman looked pale as she clutched the baby girl in her arms. She wanted to turn back and run. However, behind her was a wall. It was a dead end. There was no way out behind her, and Lena was standing in front. The woman realized she could not escape. She stopped in her tracks and then turned to face Lena.The former's eyes were red-rimmed. "Why?" she questioned Lena.However, Lena did not say a word. She stepped on the puddles, closing into the woman. Between her fingers was a blade. It was sharp and gleamed with a chilling light. It seemed like the infant had sensed the danger. In an instant, she cried loudly. The woman lowered her head to look at the baby in the swaddle blanket. Her voice choked with tears as she comforted her child. Her tears, together with the raindrops, trickled down. Drop by drop, it fell onto the baby's tender face. As L
Belle was crying silently. "I-I'm scared," she sobbed.Grayson subconsciously gulped. He couldn't bear to push her away. "Are you scared of thunder?" he asked.He still remembered that one night when a loud thunderstorm had startled her awake. She had sat up screaming and ended up curled up and trembling in a corner.He had since come to the conclusion that she was afraid of thunder.However, she replied, "I'm scared that she's dead."Grayson was surprised. "Who?"Belle shook her head. "I don't know.""Did you have a nightmare?" he asked.Belle didn't budge. She knew it was a dream, but it felt so real.Lena was the only one she recognized out of everyone in her dream. Even though she didn't know who the mother and daughter duo in her dream was, she still didn't want them to die.In her nightmare, she stared helplessly as the woman's throat was slit, causing her to die from excessive bleeding. Belle's heart clenched at the sight.As Lena reached out toward the baby, Belle wa
He opened his eyes to see Belle giggling to herself. He narrowed his eyes and stared at her. He began to feel slightly happier at the sight of her laughing.However, Belle slowly stopped laughing when she noticed him next to her. Her smile froze, and she yelled, "Why are you next to me?"As if Grayson had already anticipated how she would react, he held her down before she could jump off the bed. "Wait. Why don't you see for yourself why I'm still here?"Belle looked down and saw her own hands wrapped tightly around an arm. It was Grayson's arm.Belle blinked in confusion but quickly realized that she was the one who had forced him to sleep next to her last night.He hadn't taken advantage of her. On the contrary, she had taken advantage of him.Belle chuckled awkwardly and quickly let him go. In a much gentler tone, she asked, "Didn't I fall asleep on the sofa? What am I doing on the bed?"Grayson narrowed his eyes and asked, "You don't remember, do you?""Let me try to recall
Simon sighed inwardly. Not only did Lena have Grayson in the palm of her hand, but she had also managed to rope both Grayson and Simon's grandmother in.He would have been clueless about the whole thing if Belle hadn't said anything. Simon paused for a second before saying, "Don't worry. You still have the scented sachet, right? Besides, I feel like you're doing better without the reed diffuser. You were in seriously bad shape yesterday. You sound a lot better today."Grayson let out a long breath to calm down. "Yeah. I do feel better.""Ms. Walters really knows her stuff!""What?""Huh? Oh, nothing."Simon meant to praise Belle's medical skills, but he didn't dare to tell Grayson the truth since Belle didn't let him.He did his best to gloss over what he had just said and changed the topic. "You should be nicer to Ms. Walters. She's so nice to you."Grayson didn't understand. "How is she nice to me?""She's a good young lady. She's one of the most talented girls I know."
While Meredith was talking to Grayson, Belle got into a taxi. She was just about to tell the driver her location when he passed her a phone. "Ms. Walters, you have a call from Mrs. Jenkins Senior," he said.Belle hesitated and glanced at the driver before taking the phone. "Mrs. Jenkins Senior?"Dorothy replied cheerfully, "Yes, it's me. The driver works for me. Just relax."Belle let her guard down. At the realization that Dorothy had actually personally sent someone to pick her up, she said, "There was no need to go through that trouble. I could have just called for a taxi.""I feel more at ease having someone pick you up," Dorothy replied with a chuckle. "Come over quickly. I'm waiting for you. I'll make you something delicious for lunch.""Okay!" Belle hung up and returned the phone to the driver, thanking him as she did so.Lena was on the way to Plums Café.She was looking out of the backseat window with a nonchalant expression.The driver was a Maltford local and had alw