Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37

She heard a burst of deep and warm laughter coming from above her head.

The next second, Edmund whispered into her ears, “If there's no one around, will you let me kiss you?”

What?

“Don't worry. I won't force you especially you.”

Bailey was rendered speechless.

That intimate posture went on for ten seconds.

Both of them knew very well that nothing had happened between them.

But it was different from strangers.

For example, the man who was seated in the black sedan not far away.

From his angle, it appeared as if Edmund was kissing Bailey on her cheek.

Artemis' face turned grim, and he pressed his lips together hard.

The moment he walked out of the office, he dismissed his bodyguards and drove by himself along the road.

Somehow, he ended up at that condominium after a long drive.

The familiar street corner made him lose his rationality. The urge to see her was overwhelming.

He was not a sentimental person. On the contrary, he was a cold and heartless man with a clean personal life.

If Simon did not con him seven years ago, he would not have ended up with another son.

He had met Bailey by chance. However, the feelings he had told him that it was predestined by God.

Fate...

Unfortunately, she seemed to have met someone she liked.

To make matters worse, the man was his brother.

Now that her son had some kind of connection with his brother, the entire thing was a mess of entanglement.

Suddenly, the honking of a car brought him back to his senses.

When Artemis looked up again, only a slim figure was left standing there.

Bailey stood under the streetlight and waved her hands with a smile.

Although she was quite a distance away, he could tell that her eyes were filled with gentleness.

Bailey always treated Edmund with warmth and gentleness.

Perhaps, he should give them his blessing.

Not long after Bailey returned to her condominium, the doorbell rang.

She glanced at the clock on the wall and noted that it was nine o'clock.

It was quiet in the children's room. The two of them must have exhausted themselves during the day, so they must be asleep by now.

She walked toward the door and peered through the peephole.

It was Clarence...

What's my scumb*g father doing here?

After a moment of hesitation, she opened the door.

There was no warm feeling when the father and daughter met. Instead, the atmosphere was tense.

“Bay...” Clarence struggled to speak up.

Bailey sneered with a look of ridicule and mockery.

She had been back in Hallsbay for ten days, and he had never once come and visited her.

Now that he found out that Zayron was the descendant of the Chivers family, he came to them like a dog.

“Mr. Jefferson, is there anything I can help you with?”

Her cold greeting and icy tone put Clarence in an awkward spot.

“Bay, why didn't you explain to me back then? If I knew you have slept with Edmund, I wouldn't have...”

With that, she raised her leg and kicked Clarence's knee.

The intense pain caused him to retract his leg.

With a chuckle, Bailey slammed the door shut.

She turned around to find Zayron standing at the bedroom door. He seemed to be looking at her, but there was a lack of focus.

“What's wrong?” asked Bailey.

Zayron shook his head and said fearfully, “Yesterday, I used your account to hack into Justin's medical system and alter the test result.”

Bailey frowned and asked, “And then?”

“That cunning Artemis detected my presence, and he locked my position down.”

Bailey looked grim. “Please don't tell me that you did this from home.”

“Of course not. I'm not that stupid. If I did it at home, I would have exposed my location. Don't worry. I did it in a mall in Bellridge. That's all he can detect.”

Bailey cast an icy glance at him before strutting toward the bedroom.

“Don't log into that account for the next six months. I don't want to attract Artemis' attention, and I certainly don't want to provoke him.”

“Oh, okay...”

The next day at the office of Luther Group.

Artemis was looking through the documents with Dwayne standing next to his table.

It was so quiet in the spacious office that one could hear a pin drop. All anyone could hear was the shuffling of papers.

It was only after a long while before Artemis' voice rang out. “Any progress on that thing that I asked you to investigate last night?”

Dwayne rolled his eyes and replied, “We have looked through the surveillance cameras in the south, east and west corners of the mall. But we didn't find anyone suspicious. As for the area in the north, the surveillance cameras are not working, so there was no footage of the crowd that day.”

Bam!

Artemis slammed his pen on the table.