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Yuliana winked at them, signaling them not to expose her. After that, she asked, “May I know who is feeling ill?”
Greta snapped back to reality and immediately glanced at Liora. “The girl.”
Yuliana nodded and turned to close the door.
The bodyguard stopped her. “What do you want?”
“I’m going to give her a check–up! She looks so bad, and I’ve got to take off her clothes to check.” Yuliana sounded stern. “If you stop me, I will call the cops now.”
The bodyguard glanced at Liora, who looked pale and sick. The bodyguards were instructed to guard these people well and avoid any accidents, ensuring their safety and health. Hence, they couldn’t stop Yuliana, or else they couldn’t bear the consequences.
“Get it done quickly!” After that, the bodyguard slammed the door shut.
Yuliana let out a sigh of relief. However, Tyler, Axel, and Greta didn’t dare to act rashly.
Yuliana silently took off her shoes and retrieved her phone from there. Her actions made the others widen their eyes in shock because they didn’t know one could hide a phone in their shoes. She then turned on the camera and shushed them, taking photos and emailing them to herself.
“We’ll come up with ways to rescue you, but you have to suffer a bit these days.
‘Listen. You must let Lia claim that she’s ill, and you must mess with the bodyguards occasionally. That way, I’ll have more excuses to come here.
“What do you want to ask me? My time is running out. Hurry up.”
Immediately, Greta asked, “How’s it going with Neil, Yulia? Can you also go and see River? We’re worried sick about her.”
At the mention of that, Yuliana forgot to breathe. She bit her lips and explained, “Nell is missing, but I saw Kenny’s corpse. Plus, I heard from Dad that Noah has gotten into an accident, too…”
She simply told them what had happened.
This news was a fatal blow to them, who were initially uncertain.
Yuliana could discern their sadness, but she didn’t know how to comfort them because she was already grief–
stricken herself.
Glancing at the time, Yuliana said, “Okay, I’ll stop here since time’s running out. Keep this phone. Oh, yes. And this phone charger.”
After that, she stuck her hand down her back and fished out a charger.
Helplessly, Greta shook her head at how capable Yuliana was of hiding things. But she was gratified that her daughter had such great courage to come and see them.
Yuliana didn’t dare to stay for long. She gave them the items and reminded them a bit before leaving.
After exiting the ward, she glanced at the bodyguard. “Luckily, you opened up in time. The kid is having a fever!”
Rowan stared at Scott. “But this is Mr. De Marco’s hard work!”
“Hard work?” A low chuckle escaped Scott as he inched closer to Rowan, exuding terrifying coldness.
He emotionlessly asked, “Isn’t Noah dead?”
Scott’s expression terrified Rowan, and his heart pounded vigorously against his chest. “Even so, you can’t take up his post because you’re not a De Marco. You have no right to inherit it.”
“Is that so?” Scott laughed.
He extended his hand toward Elvira, and she immediately handed over a document.
Scott smacked the document on Rowan’s chest. “Why don’t you read this?”
Rowan opened the document and widened his eyes in shock after reading it.
Alex and Lucas inquired around before leaving the police station in Muricia.
Once in the car, they frowned deeply in silence.
11 wasn’t until they had been driving for a while that Lucas spoke up. “I think it’s impossible. Why could they find the murderer’s body remnants but not Noah’s?”
Alex replied. “The cops said it was impossible even if he jumped off with a parachute because they didn’t find traces of the parachute despite their extensive search. They couldn’t locate Noah’s body remnants, either. What’s exactly going on here?”
“Does it mean that we can still hope that Noah is alive since they couldn’t find his body remnants?” Lucas asked.
Frustrated, Alex fisted his hair. “My mind is a mess now, and I can’t figure anything out!”
Lucas sighed. “Okay. Let me call my dad.”
Stupefied, Alex Instantly sat up straight. “Yeah, your father has some connections here. Ask him to see if he can get someone to secretly look for Noah.”
Lucas nodded. “Yeah, that’s the only option for now. Let’s get back to the hotel.”
“By the way, Lucas, you know that Neil also had an accident, don’t you?” Alex asked.
Sighing with regret, Lucas said, “Yeah. Neil is also missing.”
Thinking of River, Alex said with compassion, “I guess River knows what happened now. Do you think she’ll take the matter too seriously?”
Knitting his brows, Lucas asked, “Are you saying that she might not hold on since she’s lost so many people simultaneously?”
“Could you hold on if it were you?” Alex looked at Lucas. “It’s already quite a big blow to us, given Noah’s accident.”
Stressed, Lucas nodded. “We’ll go back and try to save River after we’ve contacted the people here to search for Noah. I hope she can hold on until we get back and tell her that Noah’s body remnants weren’t found.”
Alex took a deep breath and looked at the sky that was slowly clearing up. “I quess that’s the best consolation.”
“Yeah.”
“I suppose my eyes are too tired because I didn’t get any sleep. My eyelids can’t stop twitching.” Alex explained while rubbing his eyes.
“Left or right eye? Lucas asked.
“My left eye,” Alex replied.
Lucas averted his gaze. “Oh, just leave it. The locals say it’s a blessing if one’s left eye is twitching.”
Helplessly, Alex asked. “Do you believe in that kind of stuff?”
“It’s better to believe in something.”
Hearing that, Alex suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Lucas did the same, looking at Alex in confusion.
“Remember what Kenny said to us the night of River’s accident?”
Lucas knitted his brow as he tried his best to recall. “Didn’t he say he was willing to use his life in exchange for River to wake up?”
Alex solemnly nodded. “And River woke up afterward.”
Lucas widened his eyes. “And Kenny… is dead…”
At that point, goosebumps overcame the two of them.
But Alex’s eyelids were still twitching.
After a brief trance, he glued his gaze to the breakfast shop behind Lucas.
‘Maybe…
While entertaining such a possibility, Alex dashed into the shop but couldn’t find that familiar figure after looking around.
Lucas caught up to Alex. “What’s gotten Into you, Alex?”
Disappointment washed over Alex as he shook his head bitterly. “Nothing. Let’s grab a bite.”
They ordered pancakes and coffee before sitting at a table.
Seeing the disappointment on Alex’s face, Lucas asked, “Did you think… you could see Paige here?”
Alex pursed his lips tightly and ignored Lucas.
Lucas sighed. “Yes, she’s gone abroad, but we don’t know which country she’s in. How could we bump into her that easily? This world isn’t that small-“
“Hey, boss!” A lively voice interrupted Lucas.
Alex’s hand stiffened as he tried to pick up his fork. Lucas also immediately stopped talking.
“I want the usual, a plain doughnut.”
When that voice came again, Alex and Lucas looked at each other and then turned to glance at the door.
A woman in black sports attire and a cap was standing there.
When Alex saw her cheek, he slowly widened his eyes.
Lucas also gaped in deep bewilderment.
‘Paige?!‘
Lucas wondered why he had such a blessed mouth.
Before he snapped back to reality, Alex stood up.
Panic and surprise washed over him as he rushed toward Paige.
“I don’t care!” Alex’s tears blurred his gaze.
Sobbing, he exclaimed, “I’ll never let you go again, Paige! I’ll never see you go missing again!”
His empty heart was finally filled, and he didn’t want to experience that kind of desolate and crazy emptiness again.
Paige kept coaxing him patiently, “Just let me go first. We’ll sit down and talk.”
Alex immediately refused, “No! I’ll never let you go!”
Naturally, Paige’s patience was exhausted. “You fucking let me go!”
Alex instantly released her and helplessly stared at the woman who had been haunting him day and night.
After adjusting her breathing and calming herself down, she looked at him calmly. “Which table is yours?”
Alex didn’t look away as he shouted, “Lucas, pack the food up. We’re going back to the hotel!”
“Oh… Okay,” Lucas immediately complied.
The three of them reached the hotel room fifteen minutes later.
At the same time, Alex was staring at Paige nervously, making him look like a creepy guy.
Paige sat on the sofa, and Alex did the same, clinging to her.