Aggressive wife novel (Madeline and Noah) novel Chapter 460

CHAPTER 460 ANNALISE IN TROUBLE

Steve sat upright in his seat as he stared down at his three grandchildren. "That's right. Your father disappeared right in front of your mother."

"That's not possible. How does something like that even happen? Why and how did he disappear? Aliens?" Oscar thought it to be beyond the laws of the world as he knew it.

Steve seemed to have expected their disbelief. He simply waved his hand to signal for them to quiet down before continuing, ”I didn't believe your mother either when she told me about it. I sent out many of my men to search for your father. I have never given up on my search but he's still nowhere to be found."

"What happened after? Why did my mother marry Bruno?" Alexander couldn't wrap his head around it. Did his grandfather drive his mother away in anger because of his father's disappearance?

He immediately dropped the thought. His grandfather was not that kind of man.

"Your mother had locked herself in her room ever since he disappeared. She kept a lucky charm with her that she would speak to. She hadn't even known she was pregnant and nearly caused a miscarriage."

Steve was stuck in old remembrance.

"Then, things kept happening one after another. Anyone of the Solace family would end up injured the moment they set foot outside the home. It was like a curse that we can't avoid. We got the police involved but every incident was ruled an accident. I also hired detectives but the result was no different."

Rowan didn't know how he felt about the news. This sort of thing only happened in movies and books. There was no need to make up a story like that to trick them.

"Their purpose… Was it to force my mother out of hiding?" Alexander asked, his voice trembling.

Steve nodded and sighed. "Your mother is a smart woman. It didn't take her long to notice the anomalies. She got into a fight with me and left the family and sold off every property we had under our name in Imperia and forced us to migrate to Uranica."

The three siblings bowed their heads. They knew that much. The news of how the lady of the Solace family killed her husband and fled with the money could still be found on the Internet.

They used to wonder why their grandfather and the Solace family hadn't resented her at all despite what she did. No one spoke ill of her. She was talked about fondly within the family.

They now knew the reason.

"I later lost track of your mother. It was only after Old Mr. Quincy became gravely ill a decade ago that he sent me an email that detailed him witnessing a group of people forcing a woman off the edge of a cliff while he was hiking.

"He was watching with his binoculars. The group consisted of renowned big shots from Imperia. Those who died are nothing to them. They seemed to be asking your mother for something. She refused and chose to jump off the cliff instead."

That ruled the brothers up. "Who was there?!"

"Old Mr. Quincy refused to say to protect us. He called the police after witnessing what happened but the Quinton Corporation fell to its knees due to bankruptcy. If he hadn't lowered himself to offer up most of the corporation's properties, there would be no Quinton Corporation today."

Gordon Quincy had also mentioned how his daughter-in-law had not been pregnant when she fell off the cliff. She had been so deeply in love with his son that it was unlikely she would've given up on the child. They had already gained a firm foothold in Uranica by then.

"She agreed to marry Bruno to protect us?" Rowan asked what he wanted to know the most.

"We were already in Uranica then. There was no need for her to commit herself to Bruno. And you know your grandfather is someone far more powerful than the Solace family could ever be. It wasn't hard to protect her from leaving Imperia.

Rowan frowned as he poured his grandfather a glass of water. "So, she married Bruno for a reason. She wanted something out of him."

"I guessed the same. I also think that your mother is still alive. They gathered those people there to show them that she was dead so no one would come after the three of you. With so many years passing since then, they gave up. This meant your mother had taken everything they wanted with her and left somewhere they could never reach."

"They should've searched for her body right? Did they find her?" Oscar suddenly asked.

Steve nodded. "It took me a long time to reach someone involved in the search and rescue. He said they combed the area for a good month. There was nobody. Not even a scrap of fabric from her clothes. Old Mr. Quincy said she watched her disappear before she hit the ground."

The three brothers shared a look. It was as if they were being fed a fantasy story, only it happened to their parents.

"The reason I hadn't reached out to Madeline was that I heard that lucky charm made its return. I felt uneasy. Whatever happened back then must have something to do with it. I believe bringing her back to the fold would only invite disaster to her life."

The moment he finished, Rowan received a call from Annalise. "Help, Rowan! Save me!"

He shared a look with Steve. "Tell me where you are. I'll come get you."

"What happened?" Steve asked.

Rowan forced a smile. "It's nothing. Annalise couldn't find Mr. Quincy, kicked up a fuss at the engagement party, and was kicked out. She wants a lift."

"Go on ahead." Steve searched his grandson's pale face and sighed to himself.

"What happened, Rowan?" Oscar followed him to ask.

Rowan answered with a grim expression. "Something happened to Annalise. All she did was scream into the phone and then…nothing."

No matter what Annalise had done, she was still his grandfather's precious granddaughter. No harm could befall her.

While the three brothers contacted the police to get more information through the surveillance cameras near the engagement party to locate her, Madeline woke up in Noah's arms.