However, Gregory Graham did not move.
He just took another sip of beer, and after a while, he said, "She won't die."
Yes, this was the only thing he was certain of.
The other party had spent so much effort and had infiltrated their spies here, only to sacrifice what they had kept hidden for so long to capture Vickie Thomas.
Someone who had gone to such great lengths to capture her would never let her die so easily.
It was precisely because of this that Gregory had the patience to slowly attack the Chinese Association.
He did so with two thoughts in mind.
The first thought was if Vickie was not in the hands of the Chinese Association, he could still find her whereabouts by gathering forces to exterminate the Chinese Association and reveal that traitor.
The second thought was that these people were lying, and Vickie was still in their hands.
It was just that they were reluctant to let her go because of some huge deal.
Then, if he pressed forward now, he could also give them a taste of what it meant to be driven to a corner with no way out. Eventually, they would have to let her go.
These two paths were the best paths he could take at the moment.
Nell listened to him explain all this and also fell silent.
She finally understood why Gregory was so insistent on continuing his attack and refused to make peace.
It was also true that having reached this point, they might only be one step away from finding Vickie. If they made peace, the other party might immediately hide her again.
At that time, it would be impossible to find her even if they turned the world upside down.
As she thought of this, she could not help but sigh.
Although Nell had never met Vickie, a woman who could make a man like Gregory fall so deeply in love with her had to be an interesting person as well.
Nell took a bottle of beer from the floor, opened it, and clinked it with Gregory.
"Since that's the case, I won't say anything more. I just wish you all the best tomorrow!"
Gregory looked at her and the corners of his mouth curled up in a faint smile. He clinked his bottle with her, tilted his head, and chugged the beer in his hand.
The three of them sat in the garden until midnight before returning to their respective rooms.
This time when Nell and Gideon left, neither of them told the Old Master and Old Madam the truth.
That was because the elders were not well and had been recuperating during this time. Neither Nell nor Gideon wanted them to worry too much.
Therefore, they only told the grandparents that they needed to go on a business trip overseas and left the kids at the Leith Residence with them. With the nannies and servants around, the elders just needed to supervise them, which would not be too taxing.
At this time of the day, it was already very late when they returned to their room.
Nell went to the garden after taking a shower, so she did not bring her phone earlier.
Once she returned to the room, she realized that there were several missed calls on her phone, as well as several messages.
She clicked into the app and saw that it was a voice note from Lizzy.
Lizzy was asking what she was doing and why she had not called that night, as well as how much she missed her or something.
Nell clicked on the voice message and listened to it several times. She felt overjoyed when she heard the child's whiny and clingy voice.
She saw that it was late, and at this time, the kids should be asleep.
Thus, she did not reply right away as she was afraid of waking them up and only waited until she woke up the next morning to reply.
Gideon, on the other hand, looked at her smiling contentedly as she hugged her phone, and his eyes deepened.
The next morning, Nell returned Lizzy’s call.
She talked to the two little kids over the phone for a while, reassured them, and told them to listen to their grandparents. She also taught Lizzy to do two more questions on her homework before she hung up.
Needless to say, they had already hired the best tutor, but Lizzy still liked to pester Nell with her homework.
Lizzy said that she needed help with homework, but she was missing her mother.
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