Elliot winced at the sight of her tears, rubbing his forehead to suppress his impatience and irritability. "Take care of Shawn first. When he wakes up, I'll have those two kids come apologize to him," he conceded.
Madeleine's expression changed again, a hint of worry creeping into her mind. She had wanted that wretched Rose to apologize to her instead - how did it become about those two children apologizing to Shawn?
This wouldn't do...
"Shawn doesn't usually leave the villa anyway. We'll go over everything once he wakes up. I'll bring those two kids with me," Elliot said sternly, leaving no room for argument.
Madeleine looked up at him helplessly and reluctantly agreed, seething with anger inside.
They didn't stay long at the hospital until Shawn stabilized enough for Elliot to drag his exhausted body back home. On the way there, all he could think about was how to persuade Rose into bringing those two children over for an apology.
But when he arrived home and stepped inside - aside from the sound-activated lights turning on as he walked by - everything was eerily quiet in the mansion. A bad feeling crept into his heart as Elliot strode upstairs towards Rose's room without knocking or waiting for a response from within.
As expected, nobody was there.
Not even Leah or that little boy he saw earlier today.
"Where are they? Find out where they went," Elliot ordered his assistant while walking outside towards their car in a hurry.
Rose didn't have many places she could go in the country.
If nothing unexpected happened, she would definitely seek out Tom or Valentin... and Elliot knew where Valentin lived...
Halfway through driving there though, his assistant called confirming what Elliott already suspected: Rose had gone looking for Valentin.
Elliot sped down the road under cover of nightfal and arrived at Valentin's house just after eight o'clock.
He parked outside on the lot but suddenly hesitated before entering; if Rose refused...
No!
She had no choice but follow him back; she belonged to him!
As Elliot arrived at the brightly lit villa, his anger flared up and he didn't care about anything else. He rang the doorbell and Rose, who was watching TV with her two children after dinner, heard the sound and looked at Valentin sitting next to her. Valentin stood up to answer the door.
"Who is it?" he asked as he opened the door with a bang.
Rose had been absent-minded since she came back in the afternoon but she still heard Elliot calling her name outside. Her heart skipped a beat as she suddenly thought of something and her face changed drastically.
"Kids, go upstairs and wait for me," Rose said to Leah and Sean before they went into their room. The obedient Leah and Sean didn't go straight into their room but instead leaned over the railing, looking down below with serious expressions that made them look cute.
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