“Besides, Roxanne said she was not interested in you. She might not agree to marry you even if you insist.” Sonya continued to dampen Lucian’s spirit.
Lucian’s brows creased, but he steadied himself. “I wouldn’t marry Aubree even if Roxanne turned down my proposal.”
Upon hearing that, a vortex of anger swirled in Sonya. She clenched the coffee cup tightly to avoid throwing a fit in the café.
“I’m indebted to the Pearson family, but Farwell Group has done everything we could throughout the years to repay their kindness. As for all the sacrifices she’d made for you, that’s between you two. I can look after her during her recuperation period and find her the best doctor to make sure the wounds do not leave a permanent scar, but that’s just it. I can’t do anything more than this,” Lucian said.
In other words, Lucian would not tie the knot with Aubree.
Sonya could not help but massage her temples while shooting daggers at her son. “Did you come here this early in the morning just to upset me?”
Lucian remained unperturbed. “I can send you to the hospital if you’re feeling unwell, but there’s no way you can force me to marry Aubree.”
Both mother and son kept mum for some time.
Sonya waved her hand and gestured for him to leave. “Go. Get out of my sight.”
Lucian nodded. Before leaving, he said, “I’ve stationed a few men by the door. Call them if you need their help.”
Before Sonya could react, Lucian had left the café.
“Heading back to the office now, Mr. Farwell?” the driver asked with respect when Lucian got into the car.
Lucian knitted his brows. Roxanne’s house flashed across his mind. I wonder how she’s doing now. Did she mean what she said just now?
Lucian went deep in thought but eventually snapped out of it. He replied to the driver, “Back to the office.”
The car started moving slowly and headed in the direction of Farwell Group.
Cayden had waited for him in the office the entire morning.
When Lucian got out of the elevator, he immediately walked up and greeted him, “I have updates for you, Mr. Farwell.”
Lucian’s eyes darkened. “Did you manage to find the driver?”
“Not yet, but we found the car,” Cayden replied. “We went through the footage of the surveillance cameras at all the junctions and finally mapped out the car’s route after it left the parking lot. The driver took the car to the suburbs, and my men were able to locate the car after a thorough search at a junkyard.”
After entering Lucian’s office and closing the door properly, Cayden looked at the man and continued, “The black car’s registration number is fake, and it doesn’t have an owner. The car should have been disposed of at the junkyard, but the culprit drove off and committed crimes with the vehicle. From the footage, we saw the driver had his face covered. I believe everything that had happened was not an accident.”
Lucian nodded in agreement upon hearing his updates. Cayden is right. It’s obvious that the driver was familiar with the route. Sending the car to a junkyard right after the incident could also be one of the ways to destroy the evidence.
“What should we do next, Mr. Farwell? We’ve investigated this for a few days, and that’s all we got for now. Who do you think the culprit could be?” The information Cayden had obtained was limited, and there were no other leads either. The cops did not know what else they could do since the driver had fully covered his face.
Cayden came all the way to give Lucian the updates because he wanted the latter to advise him on the next course of action.
After all, only Lucian knew what to do if it was a personal grudge between him and the culprit.
After keeping mum for a moment, he ordered, “Investigate all the companies that have borne grudges against Farwell Group.”
At that time, only Sonya and Aubree were in the parking lot, and it seemed like the driver had marked Sonya as his target when he drove in her direction.
Lucian believed his mother would not offend anyone in the first place. The culprit must be one of my business rivals.
Cayden nodded in acknowledgment and immediately made the necessary arrangements.
Due to Benny’s health, although he felt better after taking his medicine, Roxanne was still worried, so she got him excused from school to rest at home. Archie also stayed home to accompany him.
Meanwhile, having not seen the two brothers in kindergarten for two days in a row, let alone Roxanne, Estella became very depressed.
Originally, with Archie and Benny acting as examples, the children in the class would take her along to play. However, because of her aversion in the past two days, they also began to alienate her again.
After class, Estella often sprawled on her desk, pouting while staring at Archie and Benny’s seats, hoping they would suddenly appear in their seats.
“What are you doing, Estella?” A kid could not suppress his curiosity anymore, so he came over and asked her.
Estella, however, seemed to have not heard his voice and carried on clawing at the table.
“Come and play with us!” he invited.
On the side, someone called out to him in a childish voice, “Ignore her, Yoel. Estella won’t play with us!”
Yoel looked at Estella with some hesitation.
As early as before Archie and Benny came, he often invited Estella to play with him.
At that time, although Estella did not pay much attention to him, she would still have some reactions when she heard him speak, and sometimes, she would write and chat with him.
However, these two days, no matter what he said, she still acted as though she could not hear his voice.
The boy felt that her behavior was very strange and was a little worried about her.
Seeing his hand reaching over, Estella finally reacted, frowning and dodging it in displeasure.
Yoel’s eyes lit up. Thinking that Estella was playing with him, he reached out again to grab her arm.
Estella slapped his hand away with a loud smack.
Many children around heard the noise, and when they saw Estella hitting Yoel, they all gathered around and reprimanded her in outrage, “Children can’t hit people. Estella, apologize to Yoel now!”
Estella didn’t react until after hitting him, but she also felt very aggrieved.
By dodging his hand earlier, she was already telling him that she did not want him to touch her.
Yet, he still wanted to come over and touch her. She only hit him because she felt uncomfortable with it.
The back of Yoel’s hand was all red, and he was momentarily stunned. I just wanted to play with her. Why did she hit me?
“Estella, apologize now, or we’ll go tell the teacher!” someone warned while standing with arms akimbo.
Very soon, others chimed in.
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.
Leave a Reply