Bethan’s eyes widened the moment she heard Sean’s response. “Riley is with you?!”
Sean smiled. “Yes. Nigel asked me and Ms. Hughes here to go rescue her.”
He stood up and raised an eyebrow at Bethan. “Do you want to go take a look at her?”
Bethan quickly got on her feet and strode out of the room.
Just as Sean said, a plump lady was guarding carefully beside Riley when they entered the room opposite where they were.
Bethan felt like she had seen this lady before. She…looked like one of Denise’s socialite lackeys from when they were at the ski resort a few days ago.
The lady smiled when she saw the astonished look on Bethan’s face. “Mrs. Morrison, we meet again. Denise called me over to help look after Riley.
“Don’t worry. Denise is my best friend, and I’ll make sure to complete the task she requested me to do. You can go back to discuss the serious matter for now. Once you’re all finished, Riley should be awake by then.”
Bethan was stunned. She curled up her lips into an awkward smile. “I thought…all of Denise’s friends are…”
“Snobs?”
Denise curled her lips. “You’re right. Those socialites who knew about my matter refused to pick up my call, but not Eva. She’s different.”
She looked at the lady in front of her fondly. “When Eva was in trouble, I was the one who helped her. Now that I’m in trouble, she’s willing to come to lend me a hand.”
She wanted to say something else before another voice rang out.
“I’m here,” announced Thomas.
Denise trembled when she heard Thomas’ voice.
After a while, she pursed her lips and stepped forward, wanting to walk out of the room, when Sean stopped her just after two steps.
He furrowed his brow and shook his head at Denise. After that, he took a deep breath and walked outside.
Thomas and Yannie were holding hands together while sitting across from Brettley in the other room opposite Riley’s room. Thomas politely stood up to shake Sean’s hand when Sean entered the room. “Hi.”
“Hi.”
Sean curled his lips and sat down while facing Brettley with a smile.
He gazed at the couple in front of him. “I met both of you when I was in Merchant City. You both make a loving couple”
Yannie was startled by that comment. Her mind started to wander back to when she was still in Merchant City together with Thomas. At that time, they were still celebrities. Thomas was a superstar that was loved by many women, not to mention that there was Wendy with him, too.
Nevertheless, he chose her over the others.
Her, an insignificant character.
He even asked her to work together with him in the entertainment industry.
Thinking back to those days, she felt like it was just yesterday and that those days were so far behind her. She closed her eyes and curled up her lips into a bitter smile.
When they were in Merchant City, she thought Thomas had fooled her and thought he hated her when, in fact… Thomas had already fallen for her at that time.
“We’re still very loving now.”
Thomas smiled, extended his arms, and pulled Yannie into his arms.
He then looked at Sean nonchalantly. “What are you doing here in Saigen City? This is quite a sudden visit.
Sean smiled. “I’m here because of two things. The first is that I’m now a member of the gang where Luke used to be. My brothers asked me to come here to take a look after they know what’s happening here.”
He paused. “The other matter…is to help my nephew rescue a little girl.”
Thomas frowned. “Your nephew asked you to come here to rescue a little girl?”
For some reason, he felt like there was an underlying meaning behind that sentence. He thought back on the situation when Brettley and Bethan knew Riley was missing.
They were never in a hurry to look for Riley. On the contrary, they requested that he and Yannie comemeet Sean.
He furrowed his brow vehemently. “How old is this little girl?”
Sean smiled. “A few months old.”
A little girl that was only a few months old?
Yannie widened her eyes instantly. She bit her lip and stood up nervously. “Is it Riley? Mr. Wheeler, is the name of the little girl you rescued…Riley?”
Sean smiled and nodded. “Yes.”
Yannie felt joy rushing through her at this answer. “Where is she now? Can you tell me?”
“Of course.”
Sean smiled. “But, before I give Riley back to you, I hope you can agree with my condition.”
While moving the cup in front of him, he added, “To be more specific, exchanging Riley for another person.
He looked at Thomas. “It’s within your reach. Is Mr. Howard willing to accept it?”
At first, Thomas frowned when he heard that request. After a while, he curled up his lip and smiled.
He looked at Brettley. “I should be grateful that your son asked Sean to rescue my daughter, but why use my daughter to bargain with me?”
He leaned back and looked at Brettley coldly. “What are you guys trying to do?”
Brettley curled up his lips and smiled. “This is Nigel’s plan, I have no say in it. He felt like Sean should be the one who rescued Riley, and that’s what he did. I’m just in charge of setting up this meeting.”
Thomas squinted and glared at Brettley before turning to look at Sean. “Mr. Wheeler, let’s cut the crap and tell me what’s your term. If it’s not too absurd, I’ll agree to it.”
He did not like to be threatened nor negotiate terms with another person. This was for Riley, so he needed to cave in. The most important thing for him was to avenge his mother and keep Yannie and Riley safe.
“It’s not a difficult thing for you, honestly.”
Sean curled up his lips and smiled. He took out his phone and found a photo.
It was a photo of Denise holding Riley with a bright smile.
“I hope you’ll let her go,”
Sean said.
The smile on Thomas’ face disappeared the second he saw Denise in the photo. He squinted and looked at the photo coldly. “Just as I expected. She’s the one who kidnapped Riley!”
His assumption was right. Riley was in Denise’s hand because Denise was the one who kidnapped her! “So you’re really going to plead for Denise, Mr. Wheeler?”
Yannie furrowed her brow and looked at
Sean with disbelief. “Am I hearing this right?”
If what Thomas said was right, Denise was the person who kidnapped Riley. Yet, after Sean rescued Riley from Denise, he was pleading with them to forgive Denise.
Was he nuts?
“Yes.”
Sean looked at Brettley before looking at Thomas and Yannie. He smirked. “However, all of you misunderstood one thing: Ms. Hughes wasn’t the one who kidnapped your child. It was Kate Miller.”
He paused and took out the surveillance footage Nigel asked him to bring over. “These are the surveillance footage that the employee of the hospital deleted. You can clearly see the person who wanted to kidnap your daughter is Kate Miller. When she was about to take away your daughter, she was stopped by Steven. Kate still fantasized about being with Steven, so she handed your daughter to him to make him feel grateful to her.”
Thomas furrowed his brow. His heart tightened when he looked at the surveillance footage from the phone.
All this while, he knew the Hughes family and the Miller family were on the same boat. In spite of that, he knew Steven was different from the others in his family.
If Steven did not take Riley from Kate, the consequences would be unbearable.
“After Steven took your daughter, he kept her safe in a mansion located outside the city. After you got into trouble, Steven and Gwen had been busy helping you to look for Mr. Zink. At that time, Kate must’ve realized your daughter is still useful to her, so she sent many people to Steven’s mansion, trying to snatch her back. I got sent to rescue your daughter after Nigel discovered Kate’s plan.”
He stared into Thomas’ eyes. “Denise went to rescue Riley with me. Without her, the rescue mission wouldn’t have gone as smoothly-“
“I don’t believe Denise is that kind–hearted,” interjected Thomas curtly before Sean could finish.
He smirked. “Mr. Wheeler, you probably don’t know what Denise did. That’s why you said Denise lent a hand in this matter.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.