Coral was hanging the children’s washed clothes on the balcony downstairs.
If he were not reminded by the remained reason, Armand would have rushed upstairs to find Loredana.
He suppressed and asked, “Coral, could you please ask Loredana to come downstairs? I have something urgent to ask her.”
Coral could tell that he was pretty anxious. She reminded him, “She’s napping. Why don’t you wait for a moment?”
She didn’t mean anything. Loredana’s baby had become bigger, so she could get sleepy easily. If Coral would go to wake her up, Loredana might not have had a good nap.
“I’m quite anxious!” Armand breathed heavily.
Coral put down the clothes and went upstairs.
Pushing the door open, she walked to the bed and called Loredana gently. The latter was sleeping soundly, so she didn’t wake up.
Coral called her a few times again. After she raised her tone, Loredana was woken up. She thought that Cormac had come back. Opening her eyes, she asked, “Has he come back? Who else came back with him?”
She wanted to know if Cormac had rescued Theresa.
Coral was confused. She answered, “Armand came here alone.”
“Armand?” Loredana frowned.
“Yes. He’s quite anxious. I told him that you are napping, but he asked me to wake you up,” answered Coral honestly.
Loredana rubbed her eyes and sat up. She sobered up. Armand was so anxious, so she guessed that probably he had known what happened to Theresa.
She got off the bed and put on slippers. She asked Coral where the children were, and the latter told her that they were napping. Loredana nodded and walked downstairs.
Armand was walking back and forth in the living room uneasily. Seeing that Loredana came downstairs, he immediately walked to her. “Loredana…”
“Let’s talk in the study.”
Armand tried to remain patient and walked to the study with her.
Once they entered the study, Armand couldn’t suppress it any longer. He asked, “What on earth has happened? How could Theresa be kidnapped by Declan Bailey?”
“I’m not certain what has happened exactly either. Don’t worry. Cormac and Boyce are trying to rescue her now.” They tried to hide it from him because they were afraid that Armand would become anxious and impulsive. He might do something reckless, and then the situation would become worse.
“How could I not be worried? Declan Bailey is a scumbag!” Armand’s voice became hoarse. “Why are you all hiding it from me? If something happens to her, what… what should I do?”
Loredana didn’t know what to say to calm him down. She checked the time — it had been a whole morning, but she didn’t receive any news from Cormac. She wondered how the negotiation went between Cormac and Declan.
“I’m going to find Declan Bailey!” Armand couldn’t sit and wait without doing anything.
No matter what he would do, he must rescue Theresa from Declan’s hands.
Loredana snapped, “Calm down!”
Armand knew that Declan was a scumbag, but how could he release Theresa so easily?
“How could I calm down?” Armand roared angrily. After roaring, he felt that he was too excited. Actually, all of them were anxious.
“I’m sorry…”
“I understand how you are feeling now. Let me call Cormac to check the progress.” Loredana called Coral over to get her cell phone. Armand gave her his. “Please use mine.”
He didn’t call him Cormac earlier because he was afraid that Cormac would still hide it from him. Hence, he came to Loredana directly. Casting him a glance, Loredana took the phone over. Armand had already unlocked the screen. She found Cormac’s phone number and dialed it. Right then, Cormac and Boyce had almost arrived at the villa.
Boyce was driving. He turned to take a look at Cormac and said, “It’s not your fault actually. Declan was insulting. Normally, you couldn’t stand him.”
Cormac pressed between his brows with strength. It seemed to be impossible to exchange the conditions with Declan. Since Declan wanted to buy some more time, Cormac knew that he had other plans. He couldn’t put all the hope on Declan only. “Have your men tracked John?” he asked.
Boyce answered, “I’ll call them to check.”
While Cormac was talking to him, he had texted his subordinate. He didn’t know if they had been tracking John.
While he was calling, Cormac’s phone started ringing as well. He checked the caller ID, which showed Armand. He frowned more deeply and didn’t swipe to answer until it was almost cut off. “Hello,” he heard Loredana’s voice.
Cormac took the phone from his ear and checked the caller ID, feeling weird.
He put it back to his ear. “Why are you using Armand’s phone to call me? Did he go to find you?”
Loredana hummed. “He has known everything. How’s going with your negotiation?”
Cormac had promised her that he would definitely take Theresa back, but the relationship between Declan and him had become more stiffened.
While Cormac didn’t know how to answer Loredana, Boyce looked at him and said, “They tracked John to Nanshan Temple.”
“Nanshan Temple?”
“Yeah. He didn’t look like a Buddhist at all. Why is he going there…”
They exchanged a glance with each other with the same suspicion, wondering if Theresa was kept there.
“What about Nanshan Temple?” Loredana heard Boyce’s voice.
“Tell Armand to wait at the gate of the villa,” said Cormac.
Loredana said OK.
After hanging up the phone, she returned it to Armand and told him to wait at the gate as Cormac had told her.
Armand took the phone over and walked out.
While arriving at the gate, Boyce happened to drive the car into the villa. He pulled over the car next to Armand and pressed down the window. “Get in.”¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶
Armand immediately pulled the door open and sat in. “What on earth happened? Why did Declan kidnap Theresa? How’s she doing now? Has he hurt her?” he kept asking bunches of questions as soon as he got in.
Boyce cast a glance at him. “You’d better calm down first.”
Armand straightened his neck. “No, I can’t.”
The situation of Theresa was still unknown. How could he be able to calm down?
“Calm down, Armand. We got a clue now, and we are heading to the pace. If you kept being like this, you’d better get off.”
As he spoke, Boyce parked the car on the roadside.
Armand looked back at Cormac and then at Boyce. He quieted down. “I’ll keep silent,” he said.
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