- “Why aren’t you driving? Isn’t Nicolette waiting for you?” Kathleen asked coldly.
- Samuel had wanted Kathleen to take the front passenger seat, but he changed his mind when he heard what she said and started the engine.
- Neither of them spoke a word on the way home.
- The atmosphere in the car crackled with tension.
- Samuel felt that it was all Kathleen’s fault.
- If she had behaved like she was before, they would not have argued.
- Halfway through the journey, Samuel’s phone rang.
- It was Nicolette again.
- “What did you say? I’ll go over immediately.” Samuel suddenly stopped the car and turned to Kathleen. “Get down. I’ll ask Tyson to come and take you home.”
- Kathleen refused to move.
- “Get down.”
- “It’s almost twelve. Are you going to leave a girl here all by herself?” Kathleen’s heart wrenched.
- “Tyson will be here in five minutes.”
- Kathleen felt a sickening lurch in her heart. Her face was drained of color.
- Biting her lip, she got out of the car.
- “Five minutes. Tyson will be here soon. Wait here,” Samuel said.
- Kathleen lowered her head and kept quiet.
- She had nothing to say to Samuel anymore.
- Even if Samuel did not have any feelings for her, he should know that it was not safe to leave a girl by the road at this hour.
- Yet he had chosen to leave her by the road.
- Samuel glanced at Kathleen. For some reason, he felt awful seeing her head hung low.
- Just then, his phone rang again.
- Nicolette needed him now.
- Without hesitation, Samuel drove away.
- Tears ran down Kathleen’s cheeks, falling to the ground.
- Five minutes later, Tyson arrived to pick her up.
- However, there was no one on the road.
- Where is Mrs. Macari?
- Tyson tried to call Kathleen.
- However, no one answered the phone.
- Sensing that something was not right, Tyson quickly gave Samuel a call.
- “Did you find her? Remember to send her home safely. If she’s hungry, ask—” Samuel started talking the minute he picked up Tyson’s call.
- “Mr. Macari, Mrs. Macari is missing,” Tyson said in a quavering voice.
- “Missing?” Samuel frowned.
- “Yes. There’s no one on the road. I tried calling Mrs. Macari, but no one answered the phone.” Tyson was starting to feel nervous.
- “Send some men to look for her. You must find her no matter what,” Samuel bellowed.
- What should I do if something happens to her?
- “Okay.” Tyson hung up the phone and ordered some men to search for Kathleen with him.
- However, they could not find her within a ten-kilometer radius.
- Tyson checked the surveillance cameras and got the shock of his life.
- Indeed, Kathleen had met with a bad guy.
- A man who appeared to be drunk had dragged her into an alley.
- Tyson’s face turned ashen, and he called Samuel immediately.
- Stunned, Samuel said, “I’ll be right there.”
- He stood up and was about to leave when Nicolette tugged at his sleeve. “Samuel, what’s the matter?”
- “Something happened to Kathleen.”
- “Something happened to Kathleen?” Nicolette pursed her lips. “Is she deliberately causing trouble because she doesn’t want to divorce you?”
- “No.” Samuel was very sure that it was not planned by Kathleen. He knew her to be a very simple person.
- “All right, then. Go quickly and come back soon. I’ll wait for you,” Nicolette said.
- Samuel nodded and walked out.
- Nicolette bit her lip. Kathleen, you’re really scheming, but it’s no use. Samuel is mine.
- Samuel rushed to the scene where Kathleen had gone missing.
- Tyson handed a phone to him. “Mr. Macari, this is Mrs. Macari’s phone. There’s blood on it.”
- A chill ran down Samuel’s spine. “Go find her! I want her dead or alive!”
- “Understood!” Tyson nodded and immediately ordered his men to search again.
- Samuel’s knuckles whitened as he gripped Kathleen’s phone. He prayed hard that nothing had happened to her.
- “Oh my god!” Gemma Young was shocked to see Benjamin Young carrying a girl, who was smeared with blood, into the house.
- “Stop talking nonsense! Move aside!” Benjamin growled.
- Gemma quickly moved to one side as Benjamin placed Kathleen on the couch.
- Gemma walked over. “Isn’t she… Kathleen?”
- “Yes. Bring me a towel.” Benjamin’s eyes were fixed on Kathleen.
- “Okay.” Gemma went to the bathroom and handed a wet towel to Benjamin. “Benjamin, what happened?”
- “I was on my way here to look for you when I saw a drunkard harassing a girl. I only realized that she was Kathleen after I saved her.” Benjamin helped Kathleen wipe her face.
- “Why is there blood?” Gemma frowned.
- “It belongs to the drunkard. She’s not hurt.”
- Gemma folded her arms. “Benjamin, shouldn’t you send her to the hospital?”
- “She asked me not to send her to the hospital before she passed out.”
- “Why?” Gemma did not understand at all.
- “How would I know?” Benjamin shrugged. “I’ll leave her with you. I’m leaving.”
- “Benjamin, where are you going? You have blood all over you. Will someone call the police if they see you in this state?” Gemma was worried about her brother.
- “I am the police. Who are they going to call? I’m going to the police station to check who her family is and give them a call.”
- Gemma’s face darkened. “Does she still have any family? She’s like us. Our parents are no longer around.”
- “I’ll still have to check.”
- Kathleen had muttered the name “Sam” when she was conscious.
- Benjamin thought Sam must be her family, possibly her boyfriend.
- They had not seen each other for so long. Benjamin was not surprised that she now had a boyfriend. However, he was a little heartbroken.
- Benjamin left after instructing Gemma, “If Kathleen wakes up, ask her who else is there in her family. Give them a call and get them to pick her up. If she refuses to say, leave her alone. Don’t force her.”
- Gemma looked at Kathleen’s ashen face and sighed.
- She was wiping Kathleen’s face with a towel when Kathleen opened her eyes.
- “You’re awake.” Gemma sounded relieved.
- Stunned, Kathleen looked at Gemma in a daze. “Gem?”
- “Oh, you still remember me? I thought you’ve forgotten about me ever since you were adopted by the Macari family,” Gemma teased.
- Kathleen paused for a while. “I wasn’t adopted by the Macari family.”
- “Whatever it is, I’m glad that you’re awake. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?” Gemma started to examine Kathleen.
- It had been so many years, and Kathleen was still as beautiful as before.
- “I’m feeling fine. Where is this place?” Kathleen pursed her lips.
- “My house. My brother saved you. He asked me to call your family once you’re awake, in case they get worried.”
- Kathleen looked up in bewilderment. “I don’t have any family.”
- She would have nothing after she divorced Samuel.
- Gemma said wistfully, “That’s right. We have no family. We are all alone now.”
- “You still have Benjamin,” Kathleen corrected her.
- Gemma sighed. “Oh, do you want to give the Macari family a call?”
- Call the Macari family? What will Samuel do if he knows about it?
- Kathleen was put in a spot. If Diana and Wynnie knew that Samuel had left her alone late at night, and she had almost been molested by a drunkard, Diana would know that Samuel had gone to look for Nicolette.
- It would incur Samuel’s wrath.
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