Kate pursed her lips and stood up, evidently in a better mood than she was just a few minutes ago. “I’ll be off now. Also, remember to do a clean job, and don’t let anyone discover our connection. You hear me?”
The man nodded. “Understood!”
Kate finally let out a scoff before turning to leave.
Sitting on the sofa, the man finally let out a sigh of relief after hearing Kate’s car pull away. He lowered his head to take out his phone and dialed a number with shaking hands. At the exact same moment, Thomas’ assistant pushed open his office door. “Sir, I’ve found Malcolm! We detected a signal from his phone just seconds ago! “We’ve traced the signal to a rural part of town on the outskirts of Saigen City!”
Thomas narrowed his eyes. “Malcolm is here in Saigen City?”
His men had been trying to track down Malcolm in Merchant City, and initially, they could still trace his phone signal. About a month ago, however, the phone signal disappeared without a trace.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not seem to locate Malcolm’s whereabouts after that. It was as though he had disappeared into thin air.
Nonetheless, Thomas had no intention of letting him go.
Because of Malcolm’s meddling, Thomas ended up misunderstanding Brettley and Bethan for so long that he almost got into trouble. Not only that, but he almost had Bonnie killed, too!
Even though Thomas had not taken part in this directly, he still could not help feeling remorseful for his actions.
If he had not believed Malcolm and brought him back to Merchant City, Bonnie would not have gotten into that situation at all.
Therefore, he had to make Malcolm pay the price, and because of this, he had assigned some of his men to keep an eye on Malcolm whenever there was any trace of his whereabouts.
However, Thomas never thought Malcolm would dare step foot in Saigen City.
Did he not know that Saigen City was Thomas’ territory?
At the thought of this, Thomas narrowed his eyes and glanced coldly at his assistant. “Are you sure that’s where the signal is coming from?” “Yes.”
The assistant nodded. “However, we can’t be sure of his exact location yet. The signal only appeared for a few minutes before disappearing–he could’ve turned on his phone just to make a quick call.
“Of course, we’re a hundred percent certain that it was Malcolm.”
“Good.”
Thomas narrowed his eyes and stared wistfully at the wall as though his thoughts had traveled far, far away. “Keep an eye on him, and assign more people to keep a look out at the airports, bus, and train stations. Be ready to capture him as soon as he appears.”
As long as Malcolm was still in Saigen City, he would eventually be able to find him!
“Yes, Sir.”
The assistant nodded and left, closing the door behind him.
Thomas closed his eyes and shifted into a comfortable position in his chair, preparing for a . quick snooze.
However, a few minutes later, his phone rang. It was a call from his mother, Tina. “Thomas, are you coming home for lunch today? Your father wants to talk to you.”
Thomas curled his lips into a sneer. “Does he? What does he want now?”
He took a sip from his cup and added, “Is he going to beg me not to take away all of the family inheritance again? Have you forgotten what happened in the past?
“The only reason Howard Group is doing so well now is because of my mother. Mother and Aunt Rianna were the ones who had provided Father with the money to start the family business in the first place. As her only son, I have the right to inherit all of these; I don’t think there’s any room for negotiation.”
The color drained from Tina’s face as she glanced at Denise, who was sitting next to her. “I know that, Thomas, but the reason he wants to see you isn’t this…”
She narrowed her eyes and contemplated for a moment before finally saying, “The truth is, your father wants to apologize to you. He’s realized his mistake, and not only that, he feels he owes your mother an apology too… “Aren’t you going to hear what he has to say?”
Thomas narrowed his eyes when he heard this. “Is that true?”
This was new.
“Of course it is!”
A glimmer of triumph flashed through Tina’s eyes when she sensed Thomas’ attitude letting up. “Of course it’s true. I know I lied to you before, Thomas, but I wouldn’t dare to do it anymore. “After all, you know how good that helper of yours, Brettley Morrison, is at his job–he’s already claimed most of the family inheritance. Your father knows that if he doesn’t admit his mistake now, he won’t have any way to fight back against you.
“At the same time, he’s still holding onto his ego, so he insisted I call you and persuade you to come home. Then, he’ll apologize to you, and you can discuss everything together.”
Tina was trying her best to coax Thomas to come home.
Thomas narrowed his eyes at this.
A split second later, he curled his lips into a smirk and scoffed. “Well, he should’ve thought of this in the first place.”
This was why he had enlisted Brettley’s help–to get back what was rightfully his mother’s!
Thomas narrowed his eyes at the thought of this and said, “I still have a meeting to attend, so I’ll probably only be home around noon.” “Okay!”
Tina was delighted to hear this. After getting Thomas’ confirmation, she hung up the phone.
“Are you sure this is going to work, Mrs. Howard?”
Denise asked, frowning.
“Why not?”
Tina scoffed and crossed her arms on her chest as she lay against the sofa comfortably. A glimmer of malice flashed through her eyes as she stared into the distance.”
You’re impatient too, aren’t you? Well, if you don’t get your hands on Thomas right now, there won’t be any more opportunities in the future!”
Then, she opened the coffee table drawer and placed a small bottle on the tabletop. She pushed the bottle toward Denise and said, “This is a special pill I acquired from the hospital. It’s supposed to promote ovulation. If you take one now, it’ll take effect just in time for Thomas to come home from work.”
Denise bit her lip, picked up the bottle, and hesitated for a moment before finally swallowing the pill whole. The reason Thomas was treating Yannie so kindly was because they shared a child together, Riley.
Well, if Yannie could do this, she could do the same, too. She would get Thomas to sleep with her and bear his children, too!
“Good girl.”
Tina smiled as she watched Denise swallow the pill. Then, she put on her usual kind, understanding facade and clasped Denise’s hand gently. “We’ll definitely succeed together, but not only that…I’m sure Dan will succeed too.”
Dan Howard was the son of Tina and Senior Howard – Thomas’ half–brother. Denise nodded. “Don’t worry, Mrs. Howard. I…I’ll try my best.”
Then, she lowered her head in feigned embarrassment, but a glimmer of spite flashed through her eyes. She wanted to see how Thomas’ attitude toward that wretched Yannie would change after that night.
As soon as Thomas abandoned Yannie for her, the Hughes family would never have to worry about that bitch Gwen ever again!
Yannie was at the hospital with Bethan and Rachel in the midst of comforting Gwen when she received Thomas’ call.
From the moment she returned to the hotel, Gwen had been sitting in silence in front of the window, staring out at the view.
No matter what Bethan and Rachel did, Gwen would stare out the window blankly as though she could not hear a single word they said until Yannie arrived. Yannie held her hand and patiently described everything that had happened–to Steven to her. This was when the familiar gleam in Gwen’s eyes began to return.
She lifted her head to stare at Yannie in puzzlement. “Are you saying that Steven and Luke were possibly brothers or even twins?”
Yannie nodded. “I overheard Thomas’ spy saying this. Apparently, the Hughes family had been blessed with a set of twin boys, but for some reason, the boys had been ill since birth, and one of them even almost died.
“Therefore, they sought out the help of a fortune teller who foretold that…”
Yannie paused for a moment before continuing, “He said that one of the children would curse the entire family, and this was why his brother was so ill. “Unfortunately, they were superstitious people and thus abandoned the ‘cursed’ child.”
Gwen bit her lip and could not help thinking about Luke.
As the person closest to him, Gwen knew that Luke despised talking about his childhood and family. After all, he had no family, and his upbringing had been a tragic one.
He was adopted and abandoned by families again and again, which was the reason he ended up joining a gang during his teenage years.
However, Luke probably never thought that he was the son of the Hughes family, one of the most powerful and influential families in Saigen City.
He was not an orphan whose parents had died after his birth–he had been abandoned because of superstitious beliefs!
“If Steven and Luke are truly brothers, everything will make sense,”
Rachel said. “Identical twins share the same genetic material, so if Luke’s heart was a match for Gwen, Steven’s would, too. ––” guess the Hughes family had been planning this for a long time. Steven had gotten into his accident about five years ago, and they must’ve tried every other solution to no avail before finally considering using their abandoned son.”
Gwen bit her lip as a chill went down her spine. He had been abandoned as a baby by his own parents, and even before his death, he had been tricked by his own family to ‘replace’ his comatose brother. A twinge of pain shot through Gwen’s heart at the thought of this.
Luke.
Her beloved Luke. Why would God do this to him? Why did everyone Luke met end up abandoning, deceiving, or using him? All of a sudden, Yannie’s phone rang. It was Thomas.
She glanced at the phone and excused herself from the room before answering in the hallway. “Hello?”
“Yannie,”
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