He stood up from the sofa and poured me a glass of water, then said, “Have a seat.”
I looked at him, then glanced around the house. Surprisingly, this place was turned into a three-story high unit and was very luxurious.
After admiring his house for some time, I immediately started to search his rooms.
Jared frowned at my behavior. “Scarlett, what are you trying to do?”
There was no trace of Summer in any of his rooms. Unable to hold back my anger, I took the glass in his hand.
Then, without hesitation, I splashed the water on him. I could not contain my emotions any longer, and said, “Jared, you’d better return Summer to me. Don’t have any weird ideas. I won’t let her live with you.”
He frowned as the water dripped off his face and onto his shirt. Narrowing his eyes, he replied, “What are you trying to say?”
I had no intention to drag this on any further, so I replied straightforwardly, “You took so much effort to do all this just to keep Summer with you, didn’t you? Let me just tell you. It’s impossible for I’ll never let you have my daughter.”
Jared was becoming furious. “Scarlett, what’s your problem? Do you think that I’d really do such a thing to my own child?”
I sneered, not in the mood to show him any mercy. “Why not? There’s nothing that you wouldn’t do. You’re just an unscrupulous businessman. Do you actually think you’re that noble?”
He was dumbfounded and spoke in a cold, low voice. “Scarlett, Ashton may accept you like this, but I won’t. I’m more anxious than you are over Summer missing. But this is no excuse for your unreasonable actions.”
“I’m being unreasonable?” I looked around his house and noticed one of Summer’s favorite toys on his sofa. My blood started to boil. I did not think before I said with a sneer, “Sure. I’ll show you what it means to be unreasonable.”
Before he could react, I had pushed his expensive red wine bottles to the ground.
After that, there were only sounds of glass breaking as red wine spilled on the ground.
“Are you crazy?” he roared.
I don’t give a shit. Whatever I could get my hands on, I just smashed onto the ground. All the while, I shouted, “Give my daughter back to me…”
Sometimes, it was difficult to control one’s emotions. When a person became overly agitated, they were no different from a madman.
By the time I realized that I had almost completely wrecked Jared’s home, Ashton had arrived.
Jared had on a dark expression as he said in anger, “You should send her to the hospital. It’s more serious than you thought.”
Ashton then pulled me into his arms. He frowned and replied in a cold voice, “Just go figure out how to find Summer as soon as possible.”
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