After making sure that Conan's life wasn't in danger, Yvonne and Curtis returned to Miller Villa.Stephen watched them drive off in the rain. Soon after, he received a call from Julian."Sir, our men lost them, but we checked the surveillance footage. The car came out of an abandoned factory. We found the weapons at the crime scene too."While talking to Stephen, Julian looked up at the metal chain hanging high above. He could roughly make out the blood stains on it. He felt a chill run down his back. "I've already contacted the police to come and collect fingerprints.""Hmm." Stephen looked at the gloomy sky, his expression matching it. He didn't have much hope, even though he was investigating it. Those men had done a thorough job. They wouldn't have left such obvious clues as fingerprints. Even if they had, he still might not be able to get to the most important person, the maniac who terrified Yvonne. …A week had passed,and Conan had recovered enough to finally communicate
That night, it was Camille's turn to head home to Anderson Mansion to rest.The moment she entered, Hazel approached her. "I heard Coonan wanted to see Yvonne alone?"Camille looked at her. "How did you know?" Hazel replied with a smile, "I have eyes at the hospital. I'm worried about Conan too, so I got someone to check up on him. I don't mean anything else by this."Camille didn't believe her. She looked away and ignored Hazel. Hazel continued, "Don't you think it's a little strange that Conan insisted on seeing Yvonne after getting beaten up? Could this have anything to do with Yvonne?"Camille was instantly infuriated. "Hazel, if you're mad that you lost to Yvonne, go after her on your own. Don't try to provoke me into dealing with her for you. Let me tell you, anyone could have hurt Conan, but not Yvonne!"Then, Camille left in a huff, leaving Hazel in a daze.What had happened? Why was Camille being so nice to Yvonne?…That night, hackers got into Hopeful Faith's pla
Meanwhile, in Oceania Villa, Stephen was about to leave the house with Britney in his arms when he bumped into Ariel. Ariel was stunned, and she subconsciously asked, "Are you two going to Miller Villa?"Stephen furrowed his brows, and his guard went up. Ariel sensed that she'd misspoken. She quickly added, "I heard that Conan's incident had something to do with Yvonne. I just thought that you'd be looking for her to figure it out."Stephen didn't buy her explanation. He was silent for a while before responding, "Hmm."Britney couldn't see the changes in the adults' reactions. She happily said, "Aunt Ariel, we're going to find El!"Ariel smiled gently. "Is that so?"Britney nodded and invited her without any hesitation. "Do you want to come along?"Ariel was a little taken aback. She looked at Stephen. Clearly, he would never agree to her going there. Besides, why would she go with them? To see Stephen showing concern for Yvonne?Ariel felt bitter, but she smiled and said, "
Stephen entered and noticed the food and only two sets of cutlery on the dining table. He instantly frowned. "Only you two are eating?" Stephen asked."Yes." Yvonne didn't think too much about it. After all, eating was such a simple matter. She didn't need to explain to him that Curtis and the others had already had their breakfast. Not to mention that the food on the table was a result of Caleb's sudden urge to cook since he hadn't cooked for her for a long time.However, the breakfast did seem a little too much.She asked casually, "Have you and Britney eaten? Do you want to have some together?""Sure," Stephen said. Before Yvonne could react, he was already seated at the dining table.Yvonne was speechless. Was Stephen that hungry?Caleb went over to Yvonne and smiled. "Let's go; didn't you say you wanted to try my cooking?"Stephen's frown deepened. Caleb had made all the food. Cooking for Yvonne was something a little too flirtatious for him.Stephen grabbed Yvonne by
In his room, Britney was standing behind Elvin, questioning him, "Why are you ignoring me?"Elvin didn't even look at her and continued typing away on his laptop.Britney was unhappy. She pouted and randomly hit the keyboard."What are you doing?" Elvin got angry and shoved Britney away, making her fall to the ground on her butt. She was in so much pain that she hugged her doll and bawled out crying.Soon, Yvonne and Stephen heard her cries. They pushed open the door to see Britney on the floor crying, whereas Elvin was coding."It hurts." Britney sobbed. Seeing Stephen coming toward her, she felt even more aggrieved. "Dad …"Stephen bent down to pick her up. He gently coaxed, "Don't cry. Tell me, what happened?""He …" Britney pointed at Elvin. "He refused to play with me. He even pushed me away …"Hearing what Britney said, Yvonne said sternly, "Elvin, this is no way to treat someone."Elvin replied without looking. "She destroyed the code I was writing."Before this, Elvin
Elvin became nervous and guilty instantly. "I …""Don't tell me that Britney told you all these things through the watch." Yvonne was extremely calm. She reached out to undo Elvin's watch.Before Elvin could react, Yvonne was already going through his watch. She realized that it was just all messages from Britney with cute emojis and daily questions about what he was doing. There were no messages about what Elvin had just said.Yvonne instantly felt lied to and disappointed. Her son was only five years old, and he already knew how to lie to her. She clenched her fists tightly and enunciated, "Haven't I told you before not to lie to me?""I …" Elvin lowered his head. "I didn't mean to do it.""Why did you lie to me?" Yvonne asked.Seeing that he could no longer maintain the lie, Elvin told Yvonne about the bugging device. Yvonne was furious. "How could you use such a terrible method to invade other people's privacy?""I was only trying to help you …" Elvin looked at Yvonne innoce
When Britney was asleep, Stephen gently picked up the doll and quietly walked out of the room.He opened the door to his room and turned on the lights. His focus was on the doll, so he didn't notice that Ariel was in his room. When he closed the door, he finally heard Ariel's shy voice. "Stephen, I've waited for you a long time."Stephen looked up suddenly and instantly looked away after one glance. His expression turned ugly. He rebuked her, saying, "What are you doing?"His reaction distinguished Ariel's last ray of hope. She'd made a huge decision to wear a thin, sheer sleeping gown, but Stephen had merely given her one glance and found it despicable.Ariel was disappointed, but she still forced a smile and walked over to Stephen. "Stephen, we're engaged. We're going to do this sooner or later, right?" She had two glasses of red wine in her hand. She'd already drunk some alcohol to muster her courage before this. At that moment, Ariel was a little intoxicated and looked at S
At that moment, Yvonne sighed inwardly. Luckily, she'd found out about it the night before, so she was at least a little bit prepared.She opened the door and got out of the car. She crossed her arms and asked, "What's this?"Stephen said slowly, "You should ask Elvin. What was he thinking when he put this in Britney's doll?" After he'd chased Ariel away the night before, he'd carefully checked the doll and found the bugging device hidden well inside.Linda had made this doll for Britney herself right after she'd given birth. When Britney was a little older, he'd given the doll to her and told her it was precious, so she should take good care of it.That was why Britney took the doll wherever she went. The doll would be in her bag even when she went to kindergarten.Elvin had obviously hidden the bugging device in the doll to spy on Britney. Stephen didn't know how long it had been since Elvin had planted the device, what he'd heard, or what his intentions were for doing this. H