Yannie’s brow furrowed upon hearing his question.
Only then did she recall and tell him that Bethan had invited them over to meet with Brettley’s cousin.
Thomas did not answer immediately.
After a while, he furrowed his brow and looked at the time.
“Where are we meeting them?”
Looking at the family tree, Sean was the son of Brettley’s aunt.
Theoretically speaking, this ‘nephew’ was counted as Thomas’ relative, too.
When Thomas was young, he remembered hearing about Brettley’s aunt from his aunt that had mentally regressed.
Even after his aunt had gone crazy, she remembered that Brettley’s aunt was a kind and gentle person who treated her very nicely.
Since they could not locate Riley and had no further information about Denise for the time being, it did not hurt for them to go to meet Sean.
“You…want to go?”
Yannie looked at Thomas with surprise, unable to believe her ears.
“I thought…”
She thought he would be angry and reject meeting Brettley’s cousin.
“Thought what?”
Thomas gave Yannie a helpless look.
He pulled her into his arms and pressed her head to his chest.
“You thought that I’d reject the meeting and blame you, right?”
Yannie bit her lip and remained silent.
In the end, she nodded.
She…did think so.
He sighed helplessly and patted her head.
“What’s in that little head of yours? Am I that fierce?”
She pursed her lips and nestled in his arms to feel the warmth from his chest.
“Yeah…”
“I guess I didn’t treat you well enough.”
Thomas smiled and cocked up his head to look at the far distance.
“When we find Riley back…I’ll make it up to you and her.”
At least, he would only let them leave when he had atoned for his sin.
“Okay…”
Yannie closed her eyes and listened to his breathing.
For some reason, she felt safe.
After a while, she pursed her lips and said, “Hey…Do you think Denise would treat Riley badly?”
“No,”
Thomas answered resolutely.
“You saw it too.When Denise and Tina were planning to kidnap Riley, they appeared together.However, until the very end, Tina is no longer associated with Riley, so Denise must’ve kept her away somewhere properly.
“She knew how important Riley is to me.If she knew Tina was in prison, she’ll treat Riley nicely–if she’s capable of rational thinking, of course.Using Riley in exchange for my forgiveness is her last resort.”
It slightly comforted Yannie and gave her some security.
If things worked out as smoothly as Thomas said…Riley should be safe and in a good place for the time being.
“Let’s go meet Mr.Morrison’s cousin now, then we can focus on looking for Riley.We can also ask his men to aid us.”
“Okay.”
Thomas smiled.
He held Yannie’s hand while getting into the car.
“Give me the address.We’ll go over there now.”
In a private room in a five-star hotel in Saigen City.
Bethan was surprised to see Denise entering the room together with Sean.
“Why are both of you together?”
“We’d been together for the whole day now.”
Denise smiled awkwardly as she sat down across from Bethan.
“I’ve seen today’s news.Mr.Morrison, you’re very powerful and have good taste.”
Bethan furrowed her brow vehemently.
This was not the time when she wanted to hear compliments.
“Denise, do you know Thomas is coming later? Why did you come here? Are you not concerned for your life?”
Denise was shocked to see how nervous Bethan felt for her, and tears slowly welled up in her eyes.
She did not expect the person who cared for her the most at this time…was actually Bethan.
After she discovered the Hughes family’s true colors, she thought that no one else would care or worry for her anymore apart from her brother. Frankly speaking, she was prepared for the worst when she decided to come.
She knew better than anyone else what awaited her upon seeing Thomas and Yannie.
Nonetheless, she did not want to escape anymore. If Thomas could kill her, it would be the best ending for her. She had helped Gwen to get what she wanted, and she believed Gwen would keep her promise and not bother Steven anymore.
Therefore….all that was left to do was to give Riley back to Thomas and Yannie together with Sean. She desired nothing else in life.
Her birth itself was a joke. She thought she was the princess of the Hughes family while all along, she was kept from the fact that she was adopted.
In the end, she was just a tool for her adoptive parents to atone for their sins when she was just a child. Once she grew up, she became her adoptive parents’ tool to fawn over the Howard family and Tina.
On the surface, Tina was her godmother. Denise thought Tina cared for her and wanted the best for her, but… Tina merely wanted to use Denise because of her beauty. She wanted Denise to seduce and brainwash Thomas with Denise’s virgin self to make Thomas their puppet.
Even if Denise already had sex with Thomas, her support had fallen. There was no meaning to her existence anymore.
Thus, it surprised her that Bethan would care about her when she had given up on herself and had caused so much trouble to her.
She bit her lip and looked deep into Bethan’s eyes before a feeble smile appeared on her face. “It’s not that I don’t want to live anymore…but I know very well that there’s no place for me to hide.”
Even if she could hide, she could not possibly do so for the rest of her life. Thomas had great influence and power in this city, especially when Senior Howard was dead and Tina and Dan were in jail. An insignificant person like her would never be Thomas’ match.
Hence, there was no place for her to hide. Since she had to face reality sooner or later, why not face it? At least she would not have to live in fear anymore.
Bethan was startled when she saw Denise’s despair–filled eyes and was speechless for a good while.
She sighed. “You’re right.”
“Where’s Riley?”
Brettley asked Sean as he lifted his face and looked at Sean. He was sitting beside Bethan.
Sean paused for a while before pointing at the room across from them. “Sleeping.”
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