Monique’s face looked a little pale, her dark eyes flickered in panic.“Mommy, I’m okay,” Angel said with a smile.Angel was actually quite startled, but fortunately, Daddy caught her and hugged her tightly.Thank goodness for Daddy!Angel turned around and put her chubby arms around Henry’s neck. She pouted her soft lips and gave him a peck on his cheek, “Thanks for protecting me, Daddy. You’re the best.”She was so quick that she caught him by surprise. The corner of Henry’s eye twitched. At that moment, it was as time stood still. The softness of his daughter’s lips and her milky scent sent a jolt of electricity into his heart.He had never thought that he would be moved by such a simple gesture. Angel did not just give him a kiss; she even praised him.The bliss he was experiencing could not be expressed in words. Perhaps this was the joy of being a parent.She was just so lovely.He tightened his embrace around her tiny figure subconsciously and planted a kiss on her ch
“Fate brought us together outside of troubled times, yet destiny brought us to love in the hardest times…” Monique’s ringtone sounded. She looked at her phone and saw that it was an unknown number.Monique was accompanying Angel on the office sofa. She kept thinking about the pair of eyes from the car that followed behind them yesterday, so she decided not to drive this morning.When she came out of the house that morning, she surveyed the surroundings and made sure that nothing was out of the ordinary. She felt like she was becoming a little neurotic.“Hello,” Monique answered the call without giving much thought.“Monique, it’s Cindy.” A weak voice sounded from the other end.Monique was annoyed when she heard her voice; it reminded her of the way she pretended to gain compassion from the others and almost fooled everyone with her acting. She frowned immediately and wondered why she was calling.“I’m truly sorry for what I did yesterday. I wasn’t in my right mind. Can you pleas
Monique stared at her phone and pondered. She then turned around to ask Angel, “There’s this lady who wants to apologize to Mommy and she bought you a gift. Do you want to meet her?”“Why does she need to apologize to you?” Angel stared at Monique with wide eyes.Angel was still too young; Monique did not tell her about what happened yesterday. She said, “It’s nothing major.”“Okay,” Angel agreed to follow her, since it was nothing serious. She gave a thought and said, “You’ll tell Daddy right?”Henry went out for a meeting and had yet to return. Monique was worried that she might disturb the meeting, so she did not call him. Since Mandy was not around, she approached Shaun.“Shaun, an ex-colleague of mine named Cindy asked me to meet her. Chairman Moore is in a meeting now. Tell him I’ll be back when he calls me after the meeting.”“Noted.” Shaun was a little puzzled when she told him the details of the person she was meeting, but he still politely agreed.After that, Monique l
Henry headed back to his office right after the meeting. He strode elegantly. He had gotten used to both their presences in his office. After sitting through a meeting for the entire morning, he could not wait to see them.When he entered the office, he scanned around, but the mother-daughter pair was nowhere to be seen.Why were they not in the office?Henry’s face dropped and he frowned. He took his phone out and made a call, looking displeased.Where did she go? Did she take orders without his permission?“Sorry, the number you have called is unavailable…” A sweet robotic voice sounded from the other end.She would not switch off her phone if she were out taking orders.If she was not working, where would she go?Henry searched for them in the pantry to no avail. He turned around and walked out.When Shaun saw the chairman walking toward the office, he called Monique immediately, but her phone was turned off.He felt that something was not right. Given Monique's request ea
“The girl you saw before you got down the car, that Xavier guy who always bothered you in the parking lot, and another guy that I don’t really know. There were three of them.” Angel racked her brain to recall.They probably reduced the dosage on Angel, thinking that she was just a little girl. That was why she managed to wake up earlier than the anticipated time and managed to see them leaving.There were three of them!Monique instantly realized that Cindy had teamed up with Xavier to take revenge against her. They even found a helper.A wave of panic overwhelmed Monique. Could they escape from this?She had to, no matter what, for Angel’s sake!“Angel, don’t be afraid. Mommy will find a way out,” Monique comforted Angel. She increased the force and tried to free her hands from the restraints. Her wrist bled from the friction on the ropes.“Mommy, I’m not afraid. My hands are almost free, don’t worry,” Angel comforted her in a similar manner. She was just a five-year-old kid; s
“What do you want?” Monique yelled furiously.There were two people behind Xavier; Cindy and another short, skinny, and hideous-looking middle-aged man, Randal. He looked even more perverted than Xavier.Monique recognized him as one of the guys who harassed the girls in the group chat.However, she could not understand why he was willing to help Xavier. Kidnapping was a crime!Monique was terrified, but she knew she could not show any signs of weakness. If she exposed her fear, they would exploit it and taunt her further.“What do you think?” Xavier pointed at her heaving breasts and laughed perversely.Monique lowered her gaze and saw that the top two buttons of her shirt were unfastened. Her swollen skin and the reddened marks from the restraints starkly contrasted on her fair complexion. Xavier gulped visibly while he stared at her.Monique was horrified and stumbled backward, quickly buttoning her shirt.Since there were three of them, she knew that there was no way that s
Her spit landed on Randal’s face and he scrunched his face.Xavier burst out laughing when he saw his expression. “What a useless fool, having your ass handed to you by a little girl.”Randal felt insulted and raised his hand to slap Angel.Monique was trembling with fear, but she panickedly kicked him in the chest to protect Angel.It caught him by surprise and he fell to the ground.Monique’s head started spinning. The first thought that came into her mind was to escape. She ran and yelled, “Help! Help!”“Running, you b*tch!?” Xavier caught up and blocked her path. He gave her a rough slap.Monique’s face burned from the pain. She began to see stars and was struggling not to collapse.“Kick me, will you?! You f*cking c*nt!” Randal stood up and slapped Monique again.Monique dropped to the cold, hard floor. Blood dripped down the corner of her mouth. Her cheeks were burning from the force and her ears were ringing loudly.“Mommy! Are you okay!” Angel asked Monique in terror
The thought of going to prison terrified Cindy!“You b*tch, if you make a sound. We’ll get you too!” Randal threatened Cindy. He was afraid that she would have changed her mind and ruined their plan.Cindy had already been panicking, a wave of horror overwhelmed her when she heard his warning.She turned around instinctively, wanting to have escaped from there.Randal immediately went after her to grab her. She struggled frantically, “Let me go! Get off me! I’ll call the cops!”He had been worried that she would have ran off and reported what had happened to the police. When he heard her yell out loud, he tightened his grip and tied her hands with a rope. Since she had been decent-looking, he might as well doubled his enjoyment.When Monique saw that the guy had chased after Cindy and left Xavier alone, she shoved him forcefully and grabbed Angel to have prepared to sprint.However, she had only taken a step when she was forced to pull back. Angel’s other hand had been seized by