Belle didn't even bother looking at Grayson and Robert. "It's fine, Patrick. You're safe now. Let's go. I'll bring you to the shore," she told Patrick.While saying that, she swam toward the shore with Patrick in her arms.Belle was about to reach the shore when she saw that Grayson and Robert weren't following suit. "Aren't you guys going to leave?" Belle turned around and yelled at them.Grayson and Robert were still in a state of shock.Although the two had experienced many things before, they were still surprised.Belle knew how to defuse a bomb, and at such a fast pace too!After all, she was only a 20-year-old woman."If you guys don't head to shore now, your nerves will grow numb from the cold water. At least swim around if you don't want to get to the shore. Don't just stay there. It's dangerous."After Belle reminded them, she turned around and brought Patrick to the shore.Grayson and Robert finally realized that their legs were almost numb after staying in the water
Stunned, Grayson turned to look at Belle again. However, he quickly averted his gaze.Robert was also shocked. "So, you're the one who saved Patrick! Our family made a huge effort to find you but to no avail. The surveillance cameras were all destroyed due to the bombing. Nobody managed to remember your face as it was too chaotic. "The only person who could recognize you was my mother. However, she never really attended banquets after Patrick's accident, so she never had the chance to meet you. Thus, nobody knew it was you."Belle replied, "I only knew that I saved your younger brother after I met you. If I had known Patrick would feel safe enough to talk when he was with me, I would've met with him earlier."Robert secretly let out a sigh.If Robert knew Patrick would speak after seeing Belle, he would've arranged for the two to meet earlier.After many twists and turns, it turned out that Belle was the savior they had been looking for all along.Robert had promised to protect
Belle asked Sam, "Did you manage to find anything out of it?""No, but I'll investigate once again using your method. I'll tell you once I find anything.""Okay."Belle kept her phone.She opened the door, only expecting to see Patrick. However, she found three people waiting for her when she walked out the door.There was Patrick, Robert, and Grayson.The three of them had already changed into clean clothes and were looking at her.Belle was puzzled. "Why are you guys standing by the door instead of waiting for me in the hall?"Patrick pursed his lips, refusing to say anything. Meanwhile, Grayson kept quiet with a grim expression. Robert was the only one who spoke. "Patrick wanted to come and find you after showering. I wanted to lead him to the hall, but he refused. He was adamant about coming to your room."Belle smiled and patted Patrick's head.Robert added, "We're going back to the banquet. You can head home and rest if you don't wanna go."Belle replied, "I'll accom
Grayson gritted his teeth. "Isn't it the same thing? What do you think I'll do to you now that you've made it known that you like her?" His expression was dark.Robert couldn't explain anything. His feelings toward Belle were complicated.He couldn't say that he didn't like Belle.Robert had already treated Belle differently before he knew she was the person he was looking for. Now that he had confirmed that she was the one, he would naturally treat her even better.Robert could do everything for her!However, his feelings for Belle were different from Grayson's.Grayson only felt love for Belle. However, Robert's feelings were mixed with something else.If Belle was a princess, it could be said that he was her knight!After thinking for a while, Robert replied, "I only want her to be happy. I'll give my blessing to both of you if she likes you. However, I hope you won't be persistent if she doesn't like you or do things to pressure her and make her unhappy.""I won't make her
Phil looked at Tom. "Huh?" The former tried his best to appear calm.Tom replied, "Why don't you investigate who's the culprit? Patrick has some health issues, so I want to bring him overseas for a check-up. Thus, I can't focus entirely on this incident. Plus, you have the most connections in Maltford. You have the highest chance to find out who's the culprit."Phil was shocked. "Me?"Everyone also looked toward Tom and Phil with weird expressions.After all, Phil was the most suspicious in the entire venue. There must be something fishy going on. Otherwise, Tom wouldn't have asked him to find the culprit.Phil didn't want to get himself involved. "I'm old, and I have several health conditions. Thus, I'm afraid that I can't accept such an important task," he rejected.Tom replied, "You could even think about replacing my position. How can you say that you're unfit to do this? Stop being so modest. It's settled, then."Phil furrowed his eyebrows. His expression was extremely grim
Everyone looked over and saw Grayson, Belle, Robert, Patrick, Scott, Tristan, and Simon.Belle was walking in the middle while carrying Patrick. Meanwhile, all of the others followed behind her.They were the ultimate lineup! Nobody would dare to disagree with this fact!Maltford's most well-known wealthy young men were inside this group.Finneas and Tom were stunned to see them. Tom paused for a moment before furrowing his eyebrows. "Why did you guys bring Patrick here?" he questioned.Belle knew what Tom and Finneas were worried about. "Today is Patrick's birthday, so everyone must want to see him. That's why we brought him to say hello to everyone." She smiled."But …" Tom looked worried.Belle turned around to look at Patrick. "Patrick, tell Grandpa not to worry and that you're fine."The next second, Patrick's childish voice sounded in the hall. "Grandpa, don't worry. I'm fine."Tom looked at Patrick in shock. The former was so emotional that his eyes reddened.He had
Patrick clung to Belle for the entire day.After coaxing Patrick to sleep, Belle passed him back to Robert."He can probably sleep well tonight. He's tired from all the commotion today, after all. If there are any problems after he wakes up, give me a call.""Okay. Thank you for today.""No worries," Belle replied before bidding goodbye.Grayson was already in the car waiting for her. When Belle got into the car, she glanced at him first.He still had a grim expression. He had been unhappy for the entire day.After closing the door, Belle tried to find something to say. "It's quite tiring to take care of a child. I'm exhausted after spending a whole day with Patrick."Grayson lowered his head to look at his phone, ignoring her.Belle asked again, "Did you order your subordinate to investigate? Did the mysterious families reveal themselves?"Grayson continued to keep his mouth shut.Belle pursed her lips. As Sam was also in the car, she didn't try to pick a fight with Grayson
Seeing that Grayson still didn't answer, Belle withdrew her arm decisively. "Talk!"Grayson paused for a moment before replying, "Let me disinfect your wound first.""No need!""Listen to me.""Tell me what happened first!"Grayson suddenly flared up when he heard that. "What do you want me to say? Do you want me to talk about how smoothly today went and that the Strauss family's crisis has been eliminated? The risk that potentially could have happened was removed as well. "Or do you want me to praise you for how brave and capable you were today? After all, you jumped off a bridge from a height of several tens of meters with Patrick in your arms!"Belle blinked her eyes as she looked at him. Pursing her lips, she said nothing.Grayson looked furious. "You're brave and capable, seeing as how you jumped down the bridge without hesitation. However, couldn't you think of others before leaping?"Belle felt even more puzzled. "I only jumped with Patrick because I was mindful of oth