“Nathan, you should rest for a while. Your emotions are quite unstable right now.”Nathan curled up, his lips trembling slightly.“They were terrifying. There were so many guns, so many knives. My mother crawled to the door, only to be dragged back. They were looking for something, something important to them. An emblem, yes! An emblem, to become the leader of the organization. They wanted the emblem.”Nathan mumbled to himself for a while while touching the empty space where his leg should be. His voice was quivering again.“My leg’s gone, my leg’s gone. I have to find Penny and tell her… I have no money. I’m so hungry.”Seeing him like this, Penny felt her heart aching.“It’s alright now. You’ve found me.”Nathan fell silent, seemingly soothed by her.Penny took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions.“You need to rest well now. I’ll have someone take care of you these few days. First, you need to recover. You’re too thin right now.”He was so thin that he was just skin
She had someone investigate the site of Nathan’s incident and quickly locked down the area.Indeed, there were many surveillance cameras in the area. Even so, Jade had him attacked right there, clearly not considering the consequences. She merely wanted Nathan to suffer.Penny approached an employee responsible for one of the surveillance cameras, but he was evasive and refused to hand over the footage from that night.“Who gave you such an order?”The employee immediately lowered his head. “Sorry, that footage has been deleted. All the recordings from that night have been erased. You’re a step too late.”Penny did not believe this excuse and went to check other cameras, only to find that indeed, everything had been thoroughly deleted.She felt a chill in her heart, immediately realizing that Caleb’s men were behind this.She looked around, hoping to find a forgotten surveillance camera. However, there was none.Since it was Caleb’s doing, the task must have been thoroughly exe
Outside the police station, news of the incident at the Fergerson Estate quickly reached the other Fergersons.Before this, Miles had already been forced by the old man to leave Imperial City. Now, with Jade’s incident and Aurelia’s situation, the entire Fergerson family was in chaos.Caleb was still in a meeting when he received a call from a staff member at the Fergerson Estate.Aurelia was hospitalized, and her life was hanging by a thread.Jade was in shock and had started talking nonsense.“Who did it?”“It was Penny Sullivan! She’s gone mad!”Caleb stiffened, thinking he had misheard. “Who?”“Penny! Penny came by today to see Ms. Fergerson and Madam Bailey. They had an altercation, and in her agitation, she pushed Madam Bailey down the stairs and hit Ms. Fergerson with a vase. When we arrived, we saw her holding the vase.”Penny could not have done this, but the staff insisted.“We've called the police. Penny has been taken away by them, Mr. Fergerson. Do you want to vi
Caleb’s face remained calm as he touched his cheek. He spoke calmly.“If my brother knew I gave it up for someone I like, he’d probably be quite happy.”Amber, for a moment, did not know what to say. She opened her mouth but could not utter a word.The Fergersons were not known for their deep emotions. Both Harrison and Miles had other women outside.Yet Caleb was willing to go to such lengths for Penny.Caleb looked up at the people standing there.“I’ll have Sebastian take care of the share transfer paperwork. Let me know when the rescue effort here is over.”Having said that, he turned to leave.Amber could not help but ask, “Your mother is lying in there, Caleb. Don’t you even want to stay here a bit longer?”“Aunt Amber, my standing here won’t affect the outcome of the rescue.”Amber felt a chill run through her body. She suddenly realized she did not truly understand this child.To say he lacked sophistication was one thing, yet he managed everything concerning the Fer
After Winona and Jackson left, Penny was taken back to the small room.Winona immediately rushed to Sky Lounge. She just needed to search on Google to know what Sean looked like, so she went looking for him with his picture.Soon, she saw Sean coming over with a woman. She faintly heard him say to the woman, “How about we skip the garden here and just enjoy some ‘berry’ sweet moments together?”Hearing this, Winona’s brows furrowed. Was this kind of man truly reliable?“Mr. Strauss.”She hurriedly stopped him.Sean paused, his flirtatious eyes still smiling. “And who are you?”“My CEO was taken to the police station. She told me to look for you.”“Your CEO is?”“Penny Sullivan.”The smile on Sean’s face disappeared almost instantly, and he slowly let go of the woman he was holding. His tone became serious.“Get in my car, and we can talk on the way.”Winona got into the car with him, sitting in the passenger seat.Sean closed the car door, his hands gripping the steering w
Caleb was seething with anger, his eyes appearing as if they could shoot murderous beams. “You don't want me to be here?"Penny sat on the bed, remaining silent.A police officer intervened, “You’re free to go. You can leave with Mr. Fergerson.”Penny, as if she had not heard it, even closed her eyes.Caleb felt a suffocating frustration. He had given up 10% of his shares without hesitation to keep the Fergersons from troubling her, and this was her reaction?“Who did you hope would come to rescue you? Sean?”When she heard this name, Penny’s eyelashes trembled.It seemed she had indeed hoped for Sean.Caleb, unable to contain his anger, pulled her up forcefully.“Then this must truly be disappointing for you, as Sean is busy embracing other women every day. How could he even remember you?”Penny remained silent.Her lifeless demeanor angered him.His eyes turned blood red, emanating a chilling aura.Yet ultimately, he reached out his hand to hold hers.He thought better
After Penny slapped him, she felt exhausted and could not muster any more strength.Caleb’s cheek bore the mark of five red fingerprints, but he did not care. Instead, he squeezed shower gel onto a loofah and gently scrubbed every inch of her skin.Finally, he got some hand soap into his own palms and carefully scrubbed her hands.Her body bore many marks, deep and shallow. They converged like an oil painting on a white canvas, and it was strikingly beautiful.Caleb’s gaze lingered on her for a few minutes before he lifted her and wiped her down with a clean towel.When she was brought back to bed, Penny woke up again and cursed out.“You beast.”He did not say anything. After all, getting a taste of her was enough.Being cursed was trivial and would not cost him anything.After covering her with a blanket, Sebastian called, saying that the share transfer documents were ready.Caleb looked at the person lying beside him and responded with a faint hum.“Mr. Fergerson, are you
"I merely like her."That was Caleb’s response, which relieved Winston.“Alright then. I’m just reminding you not to do something irreversible and then regret it later. Not everything can be forgiven. And as for a woman like Penny, she’s not a canary to be kept in a cage. You need to let her fly out. Only then will she like you.”“I don’t understand.”Should he not tightly bind someone he liked to his side?No matter the means, as long as she was by his side, that was all that mattered.“Ah, you’ll understand eventually.”After hanging up the phone, Caleb looked down at Penny’s side profile.She was so exhausted from the ordeal that she had not woken up.He slowly lay down, pulling her into a full embrace. He felt at ease.His lips curved into a smile as he hugged her entire being into his arms.According to his true nature, he should have let her suffer more in prison so that she would be more grateful to him.However, sitting in the conference room earlier, he could not c