"As the kindergarten with the highest safety index in ridia, how could you allow a child to leave school early without notifying the family? If anything happens to the child, the school cannot escape responsibility." Ethan Grant’s voice carried a strong warning.
"Mr. Grant, the person was the principal himself..." The teacher, terrified, stamred.
"Get the principal here." Ethan was low-key angry as he called Christopher Carter, "Check the surveillance around the kindergarten, see who took Sumrs away, and do it quickly."
Very soon, the principal ca rushing out. "Mr. Grant..."
"My child is entrusted to your school, only for anyone to co and pick him up as they please?" Ethan’s pressure was daunting; he was already cold, but now his fury was even more intimidating.
"Mr. Grant, your child?" The principal was stunned for a while, glancing at the records. "Are you talking about young Sumrs? It was Old Master Jennings himself who ca. He claid to be the child’s grandfather, coming to pick him up on behalf of the father."
Yvette Aston’s hand froze with her phone in it, Jennings Family... Old Master Jennings?
Did he personally co to take Sumrs away? What does he intend to do?
"The child has no father, no grandfather... Why did you let them take the child away without my consent, why! You clearly know my phone number." Yvette’s emotions were slightly out of control.
Ethan gently held Yvette with one arm, his voice low and steady. "The school must give a satisfactory explanation for this."
After speaking, he took Yvette with him and left. "Old Master Jennings acknowledged Sumrs as a mber of the Jennings Family, so he won’t harm him. Sumrs is smart, even traffickers couldn’t trick him. He wouldn’t leave with strangers easily. Let’s find the child and hear his explanation."
Yvette’s face was pale, her body trembling, as she crouched down weakly, her eyes burning.
She was afraid, afraid that the Jennings Family would truly fight her for Sumrs’s custody.
"Yvette, take a deep breath." Ethan squatted in front of Yvette, soothing her gently. "Look at , Sumrs will be okay. Don’t be afraid; as long as you don’t agree, no one can take Sumrs away from you. Trust ."
Yvette looked at Ethan, her breathing rapid, her eyes warm.
Perhaps out of sudden emotion, Yvette mindlessly reached out to hug Ethan and began crying.
It was likely an instinctive move; she didn’t realize her act was too intimate.
After crying for a while, Yvette realized that Ethan disliked won approaching him...
Yvette instinctively let go of Ethan, scared white.
Yet Ethan didn’t push Yvette away; he even held her waist when she instinctively reacted and almost fell. "Cald down?"
His voice was always pleasing to hear.
Yvette felt Ethan was like salvation in the deep sea, always calming her down instantly, easing her anxiety.
"I-I’m sorry."
The principal on the side was terrified, his legs feeling weak; Yvette and Ethan’s relationship was too ambiguous.
"Mr. Grant... It’s like this, we allowed the other party to take him after young Sumrs agreed. We didn’t expect soone of Old Master Jennings’s identity and social status..." The principal tried hard to explain. "Old Master Jennings said there was no need to inform Miss Aston, and he ca with a paternity test. Young Sumrs is bright, he solved his reading difficulties by the age of four."
Sumrs was a rare genius, having no reading difficulties except with obscure characters by around four years old.
Caden Sumrs was very attentive to Sumrs; when no kindergarten would take him, he bought a dictionary to teach him personally.
Now, Sumrs was almost five and a half and could identify a paternity test and understand its aning without issue.
"In this matter, our school is responsible. I have already contacted Old Master Jennings’s assistant. Both young Sumrs and Old Master Jennings are at Ripple Court International. Let’s first find the child to ensure his safety. Our school will certainly do all it can to make up for this mistake. Do you..." The principal almost cried from fear; the Grant Group, after all, was the school’s protector, and they couldn’t afford to offend them.
Ethan snorted but said nothing, holding Yvette as they got into the car.
Christopher Carter soon called. "Mr. Grant, they’re at Ripple Court International. Old Master Jennings ca to ridia himself! Sumrs is with him; he didn’t intend to hide."
After hanging up, Ethan looked at Yvette with so concern.
Old Master Jennings didn’t intend to hide it, and Sumrs voluntarily went with him; this was also a dangerous signal.
The Jennings Family would definitely fight for this child’s custody.
Yvette stared numbly at her phone as Henry Jennings also called. "Yvette! My grandfather... took Sumrs away; I’m on my way to Ripple Court International. Don’t worry; Sumrs will be fine."
"Henry..." Yvette’s voice was hoarse. "You promised you wouldn’t fight for Sumrs."
On the other end, Henry was silent. "Yvette, I never intended to fight you for Sumrs. Sumrs is yours; I won’t compete. But the prerequisite is, you must also be mine."
Yvette instinctively went to bite her finger, tears welling in her eyes.
Ethan quickly grabbed Yvette’s hand, frowning and shaking his head.
Yvette looked at Ethan for help. What should she do?
How could she possibly keep Sumrs?
"Yvette, I’m not trying to threaten you. Think it over for yourself; I don’t wish for you to get too close to Ethan Grant." Henry knew Yvette was with Ethan.
He was insanely jealous.
Watching Yvette leave in Ethan’s car drove him mad with envy.
He wasn’t just saying this to Yvette; it was ant for Ethan as well.
Henry hung up, knowing Yvette had no options and had to abide.
He certainly didn’t know that Yvette had already registered her marriage with Ethan.
In Henry’s understanding, it was an impossibility.
He couldn’t marry Yvette, and Ethan was even less likely to.
The Grant Family valued their image over the Jennings Family’s.
"Let’s go pick up Sumrs first." Ethan consoled.
After all, Henry was Sumrs’s biological father; he couldn’t say much.
Yvette lowered her eyes, gripping her phone tightly.
Sumrs was Henry’s child; this was an insoluble problem.
The bloodline couldn’t be cut; sooner or later, they would take Sumrs away.
How long could Ethan help her?
The end of their three-year marriage would co; where would she go then?
Where would Sumrs go?
"Mr. Grant... don’t fight for Sumrs’s custody on my behalf." As the car parked in Ripple Court’s parking lot, Yvette spoke with a hoarse voice.
Once Ethan got involved in the custody issue, the Jennings Family would know about her marriage registration with Ethan.
Apex and Grant Group were strategic partners yet also competitors. Yvette’s reputation was bad, and she was once Jayden Grant’s fiancée; this would bring great trouble to Ethan, even becoming a mark he couldn’t erase.
This is the Grant Family, sothing Arthur Grant would never allow.
It would be unfavorable for Ethan’s position within the Grant Group as well.
So... she couldn’t let Ethan get involved.
Ethan furrowed his brows, feeling the impulse for the first ti to act recklessly, disregarding the consequences.
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