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The living room light was still on as Lucas sat on the sofa and sighed. He lit a cigarette and asked the servants to have an early night. He wanted to be alone for a while.Wisps of smoke rose from the burnt end of the cigarette, but Lucas only took a few puffs. He was lost in thought.Suddenly, a strong light shone through the French window and into his eyes. It was the headlights of a car.'Who'd come at this hour?' thought Lucas irritatedly as he saw the car stopping at the main gate.When he flicked the cigarette ashes, his phone on the table rang. His eyes immediately lit up after glancing absent-mindedly at the caller ID.He quickly picked up the phone and answered, "Hey, Corinne. What's wrong? What can I do for you?""Open the gate!" said Corinne from the other end."Oh, that's you out there?" questioned Lucas with a raise of an eyebrow. "Hold on a sec, I'll get someone to open it for you right away!"While Lucas was still on the phone, he ran to the yard and asked two s
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Jeremy walked over. He hugged Corinne close to him and soothed her back gently to calm her. He then led her into the house with Lucas.After a few phone calls, Lucas came back to the living room and said, "It's true. Anya has been out of prison for a month, but she hasn't come home. We discovered that she worked a few jobs recently but resigned from all of them the day before yesterday. Nobody knows where she is now."Corinne could not sit still after hearing that. She stood up and said, "It has to be her! Why did she kidnap Joey? What is she trying to do?"Lucas looked at Corinne with a mix of compassion and helplessness, but he really did not have any other information that could help her locate Anya."Corinne, I have people looking for her everywhere. Please don't worry too much. It's probably safer for Joey if Anya is the kidnapper since she adopted him before..."Corinne became even more anxious when this was brought up. "Seriously, Lucas? Don't you know her yet? Do you have
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Surprised by the question, Sunny's gaze shifted elsewhere. "Uh… Why the sudden interest in Anya?"Lucas knew Sunny very well. He could tell Sunny was lying as his wandering eyes would always betray him. Thus, he frowned and raised his voice, saying, "Answer me! Have you seen her or not?""N—No, I haven't..." Sunny avoided Lucas's probing gaze.Lucas grabbed Sunny's collar. "Joey is missing right now, and it might be Anya who took him. Look at how worried Corinne is! If you've seen Anya, you better tell us where she is!"'Joey is missing?' Sunny thought with widened eyes. "No way! How could Anya..."Lucas pulled him closer. "You really have seen her, haven't you?! Tell me, where is she?"Corinne broke free from Jeremy's embrace and rushed up to Sunny. "Have you seen Anya? Quick, tell me where she is."Sunny had promised Anya to keep it a secret, but faced with Lucas and Corinne's intense questioning and considering Joey's safety, he struggled for a moment before finally telling t
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As the car sped along the road, Sunny and Lucas sat together in the back seat.Suddenly, Sunny's phone buzzed in the pocket of the bathrobe he was wearing. He quickly declined the call as he did not dare to speak on the phone in the car during such a tense situation.It was Xante checking in on him. After dismissing the call, Sunny planned to update her via texting. However, Xante's message popped up before he could finish typing his message.[What's going on? Did the boss really go to your place?] she asked.Sunny pressed backspace on the message he was typing and replied with a simple, [Yeah.]He then added, [It's nothing serious. Just go to sleep for now.]It was pretty late, and Sunny did not want to worry her.Xante, however, knew Sunny so well that she did not buy his lie. After all, Sunny would never dodge her call if 'nothing serious' was happening.[Talk. There must be a reason why the boss would go to your place this late at night.]Xante knew all too well that Corin
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Jeremy, Lucas, and Sunny followed Corinne out of the car. They had no idea what her intentions were, so they silently stuck close to her.These kinds of stores typically have alarm systems in place.Corinne walked up to the fast-food restaurant's entrance, giving the rolling shutter door a powerful kick. She put enough force into it to break it.The alarm finally went off, creating quite a racket and drawing the attention of passersby.'What the hell? Are those people in the fancy cars seriously tearing down someone's shutter door?' they wondered in bewilderment.The trio's commanding presence around Corinne deterred many spectators from approaching to witness the unfolding scene.Before long, the blaring alarm summoned the store owner, a middle-aged man who brought his wife with him."Who are you guys? Why are you smashing my door? What do you want?" The store owner approached fiercely, but in the face of the three formidable men beside Corinne, he seemed diminutive.The store
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Corinne's eyes sharpened as the store owner's wife seemed to have a realization."Yes? Did something cross your mind?""I remembered something. That girl, 'An,' used to flirt with my husband while working here. My husband ignored her advances, and she turned her attention to one of the kitchen staff instead. Oddly enough, that kitchen staff guy quit not long after I fired her. There might be a connection between them!"Corinne seized that glimmer of hope as she grabbed the store owner's wife's hand tightly. "Do you have a photo of that staff that you can show me?"The store owner's wife pondered for a moment before answering, "Oh, we do have one! He was still working with us during our store's third-anniversary celebration last month. We took a group photo together! Honey, it should be on your Facebook. Quick, find it and show it to this lady."The fast-food restaurant owner quickly pulled out his phone and scrolled through his Facebook account to locate the photo."Here it is. I
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Jeremy silently sped up the car.Lucas and Sunny silently sat in the back seat. They were both surprised and impressed by Corinne's computer skills as she pinpointed the location of a phone number in such a short time.Sunny was particularly interested in hacking and network systems, so he was taken aback when he saw what was on Corinne's laptop screen."Holy sh*t, Corinne! Y… You're Jade Rabbit?"Corinne did not have time to entertain Sunny. Instead, she shot him a glare and said, "Just sit tight and keep quiet."Sunny pouted and settled back into his seat in resignation, though his admiration for Corinne quietly grew.'Good grief, my idol has been Corinne all this time!' Sunny marveled in disbelief.…Meanwhile, on the outskirts of New Capital City.The middle-aged balloon seller wrapped up a call from his former boss. He tucked his phone away and swatted at the pesky mosquitoes.Anya stepped out of the cave, eyeing him suspiciously. "Who were you talking to?"The balloon
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Realization finally dawned on the balloon seller. "What? That fast?"Anya, not wanting to waste time explaining things, rushed into the cave to bring Joey out of the cage. After all, Corinne and Jeremy were not like the others. They were capable of tracking her down swiftly. She needed to find another hiding place promptly.The pitiful Joey was still crying and shivering in the dog cage. Alas, the heartless Anya roughly pulled Joey out, tied him up with a piece of hemp rope, and called the balloon seller from outside to come in and carry the kid. She did not even care about the boy's well-being.The balloon seller was visibly reluctant, but since he had not received the promised 14000 dollars, he begrudgingly went along. With Joey on his back, they left the cave.Anya even tossed the balloon seller's phone into the cave, promising to buy him a better one.…The desolate mountains were quite far from the city center. It took Jeremy and Corinne two hours to reach there, and by then
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Sherman could not help but feel fearful when he recalled the incident.Rita gently smoothed his furrowed brow. "I knew you'd come to rescue me, just like all the times you did. I love you, Sherman."Previously, Rita confessed her love to him when she was groggy. At this moment, however, she was clearly awake, even sporting a faint smile on her face as she confessed.Sherman immediately blushed. "I love you, too."Rita did not stay long in the hospital; she quickly returned to the Parr family's mansion. Just as Sherman's grandparents had said, Rita did not have any major injuries, so there was no need for her to stay in the hospital that long. In fact, she might even recover faster emotionally under the care at home.Not once did Sherman bring up Rita's job, but she surprisingly resigned from New Capital Times on her own accord. It would be difficult for her to investigate cases with her current condition; not to mention Sherman had handed over the evidence to the police. The polic
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"Sherman, I like you. I love you," Rita finally confessed.Sherman, deeply pained, pulled Rita into his arms. "This is all my fault. I should've looked for you quicker. I've never blamed you. All I want is to see you smile. It's enough for me as long as you're willing to let me stay by your side."You don't have to confess to me. I know it's hard for you to do that because of your family. I've seen the way they've treated you, and…"The bodyguards who had barged in with Sherman felt a bit awkward to see their company president in tears. However, the priority was to get Rita to the hospital for a check-up. Being tied up for hours could cause circulation issues, and it could be dangerous if her limbs did not regain feelings soon.In the end, they got the bravest among them to convince Sherman to let them take Rita to the hospital. Instead of letting them do it, Sherman wiped away his tears and, with ease, lifted Rita as if she was as light as a feather.Fortunately, after the hospit
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With that, Karen left without looking back. She was carrying Vince's baby in her womb, so how could she pin all her hopes on Sadie? Since Sadie was obviously unruly, she would have to rely on her son.'Sadie can spend the rest of her life with Esmond since she likes him so much. God knows it had been exhausting enough to raise her. Plus, it's only fair for Esmond to take care of her since I've done my part taking care of her until now,' thought Karen.Meanwhile, the only consolation for Sherman was that Esmond did not try to put up a fight. It seemed that he still cared about his daughter Sadie.Sherman led his men to a dilapidated house. Esmond had been cautious enough to choose a rundown house situated at the end of a village.When Sherman barged in, he found Rita lying on the floor while Esmond's men ignored her. Esmond's men had followed his orders, and since he did not instruct them to do anything to Rita, they left her well alone.Before the men could react, they were surrou
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Karen cried and silently knelt by Sadie's side without trying to defend herself. Sadie, on the other hand, feebly tried to explain herself. Alas. Vince refused to listen.There had been many occasions before when he had chosen to believe Karen and Sadie, but at this moment, he realized he had been terribly wrong to do that.Rita used to be so kind, understanding, and well-behaved. However, ever since Karen and Sadie moved in, Vince felt like his daughter had become manipulative, always trying to compete for attention, and stirring up jealousy in front of him.Unfortunately, it took Rita's disappearance to make Vince realize that Rita was not trying to compete for attention. All Rita wanted from him was to treat her the same as Sadie.Vince used to think that Rita should give in to Sadie more since Sadie was younger, too."Why don't you go live with your biological father since you prefer him so much? I never want to see you show your face around here anymore! As for your mother, s
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Sadie was so anxious that she wanted to jump out. "Mom, don't tell me you fell for it! Why did you call Esmond? Now they all know where Rita is. You've ruined everything, again! What were you thinking?"Karen could not care less. She cried and slapped Sadie. "You nearly scared me to death! What would I do if something happened to you? I didn't raise you just to watch you die. I told you not to meet up with Esmond, so why did you secretly meet up with him? How can you ask him to get rid of Rita?"Are you out of your mind? All I want is for us to live out the rest of our lives peacefully, so why didn't you listen to me?!"Sadie was furious. Karen had stopped trying to get rid of Rita ever since she got pregnant, so how could Sadie not be angry? Rita was like a thorn in her side, and Sadie would never be happy unless Rita was dead."Don't you know I like Sherman? How could you ask me to do nothing when Rita has stolen him from me?! I was the one who liked him first. It's either Rita g
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Karen wanted so badly to slap Esmond through the phone.'What good are his pompous words now? We wouldn't be in this mess now if he hadn't hit me back then! What's more, he's saying he's doing this for Sadie. But has he ever thought of what would happen to me and Sadie if he got rid of Rita? Rita's the heiress of the Russell family. Not to mention, she's married to Sherman, so that makes her owner of Parr Group too! What makes Esmond think he can get rid of Rita so easily?'Karen's breath was ragged as she said, "If you don't believe me, just listen to your daughter's screams. I can't save her now; you will literally decide her fate! Plus, I'm pregnant with Vince's baby, so even if I lose Sadie, I still have a kid—which is more than what I can say about you!"Sherman could not help but be impressed by Karen a little. Even in this dire situation, she did not forget to express her heartfelt feelings to Vince, letting him know that she was always on his side. It was certainly not an ea
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"Sherman raised an eyebrow. "Don't worry, I'm sure it's just a minor injury, maybe just a finger. There shouldn't be any major issues. A sprained joint takes only a hundred days to heal, and it might take her even less time to heal if you take very good care of her while she's recuperating."Karen's heart ached upon hearing that. She lunged toward Sherman, wanting to hit him, but the bodyguards stopped her before she could get close.Vince, still worried, held Karen tightly beside him. "Calm down. I'm sure Sadie will come out unharmed if Rita's kidnapping has nothing to do with her. But if it does, then you should know very well that…"Vince's voice dropped an octave. He could not believe his daughter's disappearance had anything to do with his stepdaughter. However, he was not utterly naive.He continued, "How could a girl like her take Rita away? Even the car window was smashed. Others must've been involved. Does her biological father have anything to do with it?"Sherman nodded
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"Yes, it's true I met up with my biological father, but it was just a one-time thing. I don't want to go back to him at all! Otherwise, I would've done it ages ago. Dad, I'm really grateful to you for taking me in and looking after me all these years. That's why I feel like you're my real father, even more real than those who share the same blood."How could you unjustly accuse me and Mom like that? Sherman is the one spouting nonsense here. He's trying to push all the blame onto us. Dad, you have to wake up and see the truth!"Karen nodded along, but her heart was racing. 'When did Sadie meet Esmond? How did Sherman know when I don't even know? Seems like Sadie does have something to do with Rita's kidnapping. I have to settle things and get Sherman out of here.'Karen never had the thought of rekindling her relationship with Esmond. The only thing she wanted then was to peacefully give birth to her son. Everything in the Russell family would eventually go to her son, and she would
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Sherman detested people pointing their fingers at him when they spoke. He stood up slowly, towering over Vince instantly."You claim to be Rita's father, yet if I were you, I'd choose to shut up and stand aside. I can't believe you're scolding me for threatening Sadie when she's not even your real daughter!"Look at her guilty expression; it's clear she's involved. If you don't believe me, use your brain a little. No wonder Russell Group is declining under your leadership. It's only a matter of time before the company goes completely bankrupt!"Sherman showed no mercy, causing Vince to retreat with every word. Vince clutched his chest, struggling for breath.Karen, despite her weakness, stepped forward to support him. "How could you speak to your father-in-law like this? What has Sadie done to offend you? She has nothing but admiration for you. Plus, she's just a child. How could you treat her like this?"She went on and on, but Sherman stood his ground. Meanwhile, the burly bodyg
