Charlotte, too, noticed that the fair weather that they had been enjoying was about to turn. She waved the children over and told them to get into the car.
Louis, however, was untroubled by the darkening sky. “Why are you in such a hurry to get home? It's just a little rain! Look at how happy the children are!”
“Children should not be playing in the rain,” Charlotte replied. She felt inexplicably uneasy.
“All right! You're their mother,” Louis yielded and bundled the children into the car.
Then, they headed back towards the manor as the rain began to pour violently down on them.
The sky had turned threateningly dark and the atmosphere turned violent as the wind began to howl at their ears.
A cold fear gripped Charlotte's heart and she urged Morgan to go a little faster.
As soon as their carriage stopped in front of the manor, a loud 'boom' sounded in the distance. The children screamed in fright and covered their ears. Lupine, Morgan, and their men were immediately on full alert.
Charlotte stuck her head out of the car window and looked in the direction of the sound. There seemed to be an explosion in the distance. A fire was raging and clouds of thick smoke had begun to choke the air.
“Paul, what happened?” Louis asked urgently.
“Don't worry, Sir Louis, I'll dispatch my men to check out the situation immediately.”
Paul immediately sent his men to investigate the source of the explosion. At that moment, the bodyguards from the manor's security team called with a report.
“An accident occurred on the road next to the manor. An oil tanker collided with the truck transporting our wine. The relevant authorities are on their way to deal with the situation.”
“Oh, it's just a traffic accident,” Louis said with a sigh of relief.
“Noted. Don't worry.”
Charlotte kept quiet. She still felt uneasy. Something's not right...
Once they were back inside the manor, Charlotte calmed the children down and quietly ordered Lupine to send some men to check out the scene of the collision.
At the moment, Gordon appeared and reported, “Ms. Lindberg, I have already investigated the situation. It is indeed a traffic collision, but it is unclear whether it was sabotage.”
“What do you mean?” Charlotte frowned.
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