"You two losers still have the nerve to claim you won first and second place in the international bodyguard competition?"
Conrad Sterling looked at the King Family brothers, whom he’d just bailed out of the police station, feeling the urge to fire them on the spot and never hire them again.
"President Sterling, please give us another chance," Mason King explained, "It’s mainly because we didn’t get a chance to act. Miss Thornton is too clever; I’m afraid she spotted us first. We don’t even know when she slipped away. If she had sent n to block us, they wouldn’t have stood a chance. But she just had to find a bunch of won... On our first day of martial arts training, we swore not to hit the old, the weak, or won, so our skills have no chance to be used!"
After Mason King finished speaking, Leo King added, "Won are terrifying!"
This wasn’t an explanation, just a heartfelt exclamation.
Upon hearing this, Conrad let out a cold laugh in anger, "Two grown n can’t keep an eye on one woman, and your excuse is that she’s too smart?"
"President Sterling, the key is Miss Thornton is not just ordinarily smart; she’s also gorgeous. I can only say your taste is impeccable; Miss Thornton is practically a goddess. A goddess isn’t soone us mortals can keep an eye on. Perhaps in this world, only soone like you, President Sterling, can manage Miss Thornton."
No wonder Mason King liked talking; his lips weren’t trained for nothing.
Smart as he is, flattering President Sterling’s favorite woman was the right move.
Sure enough, Conrad felt pretty good being flattered like that, even too lazy to scold them.
"The place she disappeared from your sight was the shopping mall?"
"Yes, at that ti, Miss Thornton went into a beauty salon and vanished. But based on my analysis, the ti was too short for her to complete a skincare procedure. So, President, you don’t have to worry that she’s going to doll herself up to et another man."
"Shut your mouth if it’s nonsense that you shouldn’t say!" Conrad gave Mason King a dissatisfied glare.
Was he worried that Anna Thornton was secretly eting with another man?
At least that’s not the main concern right now.
Conrad’s greatest worry was that Holly Sutton still hasn’t been found yet. After escaping from him, she didn’t leave Veridia imdiately. Instead, she chose to hide, very possibly intending harm towards Anna Thornton.
"Check Anna Thornton’s call records right away. I need to know who she’s deliberately avoiding you to et."
"Yes, President."
...
"Lola, after seeing so many fish at Ocean Park earlier, which one was your favorite?"
"All the sa, no favorites."
"Alright." Anna nearly mistook him for Pop, forgetting that Lola refused to answer such childish questions.
Lola wasn’t very interested in Ocean Park; the only reason he wanted to go was because his teacher assigned a parent-child interaction task.
Told classmates to visit Ocean Park or a zoo over the weekend to learn about various creatures.
Actually, all the interactive sessions tailored for children from three to twelve at Ocean Park seed super boring to Lola.
But once he ca with Anna, the kid found it quite nice.
Therefore, she shouldn’t have asked Lola which fish he liked; Lola’s only favorite was her.
On the way back, Lola didn’t sit in the child seat. He preferred sitting in the front passenger seat, hugging his little backpack obediently.
Anna was driving, so they could be a little closer.
"Is your other child attending kindergarten now too?" Lola suddenly asked Anna.
"You an Pop? Yes, she’s in kindergarten in Aethelgard. Initially, I wanted to introduce you two last ti, but unfortunately, there was no chance. I believe you two will definitely beco good friends."
"Hmm." Lola suddenly nodded solemnly, "I will protect you and protect her in the future."
Had Anna not been distracted by driving, she would definitely have asked more questions.
What did he an by ’other child’?
Did Lola know she once had two children?
Or was it just a slip of the tongue?
Bam —
A sudden loud noise interrupted Anna’s thoughts.
In the rearview mirror, she saw a car accident behind her.
Monts earlier, Anna had passed through the intersection at the last second of the red light, with the cars behind her coming to a stop. Just then, an unruly grey-white car suddenly erged from the adjacent street, crashing right into them.
The car seed preditated; realizing its mistake in collision, it promptly changed direction, ignoring its cracked-open front and started chasing toward Anna’s direction.
Anna realized it was coming after her and imdiately adjusted her speed.
But even with adjustnts, she could only stay within the speed limit, whereas the car behind her ignored everything, pushing forward recklessly.
Is this a road rage incident?
No, it must be targeting Anna specifically.
After being chased across the street, Anna noticed the grey-white car exclusively aid at her.
Several tis, it nearly reached her taillight. Anna caught a clear glimpse of the driver through the rearview mirror: "It’s Holly Sutton!"
After a sharp turn to avoid a disaster, Anna instructed, "Lola, help call the police!"
"No, you go back to the child seat and buckle up!" Anna realized her car was already cornered with no turn, facing the wide river directly ahead.
The grey car behind continued its chase relentlessly; it seed Holly was determined to kill her.
Seeing the rear car already worn out beyond recognition, its open hood looked like a beast with its mouth wide open.
Before being devoured by the beast, Anna, unable to crawl to the back, tightly held Lola in her arms.
Bang —
Bang —
Two loud crashes!
The first was Anna’s car being hit by Holly Sutton.
The second was Conrad’s car ramming Holly’s car away.
Due to excessive crashes, Holly’s car, driven aggressively fast, veered off the road by inertia, plunging into the river.
And Anna’s car, too, drifted off-road by inertia; she seed unconscious from the crash, watching the car get closer to the riverbank, like a helpless small boat about to be swallowed by water.
Conrad could only drive his car forward, blocking hers.
Even Conrad’s car was pushed back two or three ters, finally stopping less than half a ter from the riverbank rail.
Conrad imdiately got out and rushed over, opening the car door.
Anna was indeed unconscious, with a bleeding injured arm.
Lola was safely held in her arms, unhard but frightened out of his wits.
Conrad carried Anna out from the driver’s seat, placed her in his car, and used his tie for a basic band-aid on her arm.
As for other potential injuries, Conrad couldn’t check at the mont, having to take her to the hospital first.
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