Clayton drove in the direction of the apartment for 20 minutes, but just as he reached the high-end neighborhood where the apartment was, he received a call from the restaurant staff.
“Boss, there are two children in the restaurant. I think one of them is your daughter!”
Clayton cleared his throat and quickly turned the car around.
“Okay. I’ll head back now. Don’t let them wander about outside. Just keep them in the restaurant and let them do whatever they want.”
The employee immediately understood the importance of these two children based on his boss’s tone.
The employee let the children stay and coaxed them patiently.
When Clayton arrived, he saw that the two children came with their nanny, Mrs. Zoe.
Mrs. Zoe was surprised to see Clayton.
“Mr. Sloan?”
Clayton nodded. He looked relieved and exhausted from not sleeping all night.
He rubbed his temples to wake himself up a little.
Mrs. Zoe breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to herself.
“No wonder Chatty insisted on coming here. She said that her dad was here, and I thought she was just having a temper tantrum. It turned out to be true!”
Clayton paused for a moment before he walked in.
Chatty and Fischer started to feel sleepy again because they got up too early.
They were in the lobby sleeping on each side of the sofa.
Several waiters stood by and watched them for fear that they would roll off the sofa.
Ever since they found out that these two were the boss’s children, they were very careful.
They did not dare to be careless because they knew what happened to Kira.
Clayton went over. The new round-faced manager heaved a sigh of relief and asked everyone to back away quietly.
He walked over and pinched Chatty’s face. He was heartbroken when he saw the tears at the corners of her eyes. She looked so pitiful.
Chatty was not disturbed.
She ran over with the nanny on a whim, but she was too tired and fell asleep again.
All she could think about right now was sleep.
Fischer was in a deeper sleep than Chatty.
Clayton sighed helplessly and felt so tired because of these two children.
He looked at the time. It was almost 5:30 am.
Clayton was anxious because he did not want to leave Nicole in the hospital alone.
He immediately looked at Mrs. Zoe and deliberately lowered his voice.
“Mrs. Zoe, please watch after them here. There’s a small garden in the back. They’ll like it. I have something urgent to do now, and I’ll come back later.”
Mrs. Zoe nodded and replied, “Okay, go ahead. Leave them to me.”
Clayton nodded and hurried out again.
It was past 6:00 am when he arrived at the hospital.
Clayton drove very fast, and he did not expect the person in the ward to be missing.
He was dumbfounded when he saw the empty bed.
It was daybreak.
Thus, the hospital and the road outside were already busy.
At that moment, Clayton felt like a part of his heart was missing.
He felt empty, sad, and dejected.
The nurse came to clean up the ward, so he asked quickly, “Where’s my wife?”
The nurse was taken aback before she recalled that while she was dozing off earlier, this man had instructed her to take care of his wife.
She quickly said, “She discharged herself from the hospital. I think she’s recovering well. I also asked her if she wanted to wait for a relative to pick her up, but she said that she already called her driver to come over. Didn’t she tell you?”
Clayton’s face turned pale.
Nicole did not know that he had been watching her all night. Did she think she was admitted to the hospital alone?
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