The hotel's security happened to arrive at this moment. The sounds of chaotic footsteps could be heard at the door.
"Ms. Seymour!"
A group of people rushed in.
"Take my son out first!" Larissa pointed at Aster, who was still curled up under the study table. A guard went over and picked him up at once, while the rest surrounded Larissa and helped her to pin down the woman beneath her.
That woman resisted strongly, nearly shoving Larissa off and causing her to fall. It was thanks to the guards that Larissa did not crash onto the floor. Getting off the bed with that momentum, she pulled out her phone and called the police.
Hearing her making a phone call, the woman screamed, "Don't call the police!"
That voice …
Even if it was largely different from how it usually sounded, Larissa could still keenly tell that it was—
"Ruby Cole?"
She moved over to the head of the bed and told one guard to take off the woman's cap. Ruby's face was exposed.
"It's really you!" Larissa should have known.
Out of all the "old friends" she met ever since coming back, only Ruby had a motive to kidnap Aster.
Ruby looked up with red eyes even as she glared at Larissa. "Fuck yeah, bitch, you bet it's me!" She was very frank about it, as if she was not the least bit afraid of Larissa finding her out. "It's all because of you and your bastard son!" She shouted through gritted teeth, "If it weren't for you, how could Kevan take my Bethany away from me!"
Aster's unknown father was a constant thorn in Larissa's heart, and Ruby's description of "bastard" made her blow up.
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