Ivy Sumrs calmly retorted, "Is he sick? What does Sophie have to do with ?"
"Sir said you know very well yourself."
Ivy Sumrs clenched her palm, "I don’t know."
"Sir also said, if you leave, he will take Sophie back to the Lancaster Family."
Ivy Sumrs didn’t know if this was Damien Lancaster testing her.
That damn Damien Lancaster.
He’s playing psychological gas with her here.
Ivy Sumrs frowned, "Does he not see the law in his eyes? Talking about taking soone else’s child so casually. You go back and tell him, if he’s not afraid of being arrested as a kidnapper, then it’s up to him. What does he want to say to ?"
Ivy Sumrs finished speaking and turned to walk onto the plane.
"Ivy Sumrs, are you really not afraid?"
A deep, magnetic voice sounded, and soon Ivy saw that tall and slender figure walking over.
Ivy Sumrs’ brow furrowed tightly.
"Damien Lancaster!"
The next second, her naturally hanging hand at her side instantly clenched.
Sophie!
In his arms.
Damn it!
This is a test.
Including giving her the chance to leave, Damien Lancaster was waiting for this mont!
Sophie blinked her eyes in confusion in Damien Lancaster’s arms.
Damien Lancaster’s people had co to take her and Ella Morgan, saying there was sothing they needed help with.
They were then separated from each other.
Damien Lancaster said they were going to find Mommy, and that’s how they ended up here.
Sophie watched her mommy about to leave and the daddy who brought her to find mommy, and then heard the bad daddy in front of her say, "Sophie, look at your mommy. She’s leaving. She’s going to abandon us, father and daughter. Sophie, try to persuade your mommy to stay."
Sophie looked at Damien Lancaster with wide eyes.
His tone seed so sure.
At this mont, even Ivy Sumrs couldn’t figure out Damien Lancaster’s intention, let alone Sophie.
But Sophie still rembered Ivy Sumrs’ words.
Never admit.
"Uncle is lying. Uncle said he was taking Sophie to find mommy."
"Is she not your mom?"
Sophie looked firmly at Damien Lancaster, "Hasn’t uncle t Sophie’s mom? You clearly know that the pretty auntie is not."
"Sophie is lying. That’s not being a good child."
Ivy Sumrs watched Damien Lancaster talking while holding Sophie.
From a distance, she couldn’t hear what they were saying.
But she seed to hear a sentence, "She’s going to abandon us, father and daughter. Sophie, try to persuade your mommy to stay."
Ivy Sumrs gritted her molars, not knowing how Sophie responded.
At this mont, Damien Lancaster’s deep eyes turned to her, "Ivy Sumrs, I’ll give you one last chance. I ask you, do you acknowledge this child Sophie or not? If not, then leave, and I’ll keep Sophie."
Ivy Sumrs looked at Sophie in Damien Lancaster’s arms.
In distress, she couldn’t hold on any longer.
If she didn’t acknowledge now, and Sophie was really taken back to the Lancaster Family, they might use this against her, and she might never see Sophie again.
Just as Ivy Sumrs moved a small step, a strong hand next to her grabbed her wrist.
Noah Scott turned his head to look at her with deep eyes, "He’s testing you."
Ivy Sumrs gritted her teeth, "He could really do it."
"Even if it’s true, I will help you get her back."
"But Sophie..."
Ivy Sumrs didn’t want to see Sophie caught in the middle of adults fighting over her, which would greatly affect the child’s psychology.
Just as Ivy Sumrs was about to collapse, a rush of chaotic and powerful footsteps sounded again, and people in Lancaster Family bodyguard uniforms instantly blocked Damien Lancaster’s people.
Damien Lancaster’s face instantly darkened.
This group of people who suddenly barged in obviously disrupted Damien Lancaster’s plan.
The leader was Diana Dalton.
She belonged to Gregory Lancaster.
Ivy Sumrs silently withdrew her foot that had stepped forward.
Diana Dalton turned and bowed her head to Damien Lancaster, "Young Master, sir said let Miss Sumrs leave."
An hour ago, Ivy Sumrs had contacted Gregory Lancaster.
Gregory Lancaster hadn’t liked her as a daughter-in-law for eight years.
He was the one who most wanted her to leave Damien Lancaster.
Damien Lancaster coldly looked at her, "Get lost."
Diana Dalton lowered her head even more, "Sir said, you..."
Damien Lancaster’s aura grew colder, making Diana instinctively shut her mouth.
Although Old Master Lancaster was the forr Family Head, in recent years the real power had been in Damien Lancaster’s hands. Whatever he wanted to do or whoever he wanted to keep, how could a re assistant stop him?
Even if Gregory Lancaster ca in person today, it wouldn’t change things.
Damien Lancaster looked at Ivy Sumrs again, his eyes dangerously narrowed.
Noah Scott couldn’t help her, and Gregory Lancaster couldn’t help her either; no one she sought could help her.
"Ivy Sumrs, you can’t leave."
Ivy Sumrs watched as Gregory Lancaster’s people deflated in front of Damien Lancaster and pulled a wry smile.
I thought Gregory Lancaster’s n would be useful, but is this it?
"If she wants to leave, can you really stop her?"
The man’s voice was cold and ruthless, raising an eyebrow as he questioned Damien Lancaster.
Damien Lancaster’s gaze fell on Noah Scott.
The two n stood there, staring at each other, the oppressive aura they emitted made everyone around them shiver.
Damien Lancaster handed Sophie over to his subordinate.
Ivy Sumrs watched Sophie being taken away but heard Noah Scott say, "You go first."
Damien Lancaster sneered, "She won’t be able to leave."
"Try it."
Both sides ca ard, ready for action, and an invisible tension spread in the air, needing just a spark to ignite a battle.
And that spark could be Ivy Sumrs taking that step.
If Ivy Sumrs really left, Damien Lancaster would act, and Noah Scott would intervene.
And with Sophie in Damien Lancaster’s hands, Noah Scott would want to save her.
Her leaving would an abandoning everyone, leaving the trouble for others.
It was as if Ivy Sumrs’ feet were rooted to the ground, unable to take that step no matter what.
Her eyes darted around as she looked up, smirking silently.
Damien Lancaster, you’ve won after all.
Ivy Sumrs glanced back at the private jet, then walked forward in resignation.
Noah Scott squinted, grabbing Ivy Sumrs, "What are you doing?"
A flash of helplessness crossed Ivy Sumrs’ eyes as she walked toward Damien Lancaster.
Seeing her compromise, Damien Lancaster smiled in satisfaction and grasped her arm as she reached his side.
Ivy Sumrs turned to look at him with eyes full of resentnt, and she bit his arm fiercely, almost like a tantrum.
Damien Lancaster grimaced at the pain, but instead of getting angry, he asked, "Are you compromising for Sophie or because you don’t want both sides to fight over you?"
Ivy Sumrs yanked Damien Lancaster’s hand away, "I’m doing this to torture each other."
With that, she stord off, gritting her teeth.
Damien Lancaster lifted his arm, looking at the deep bite marks that exposed bone, a slight smile curling on his lips as he glanced at Noah Scott as if in challenge.
He gave a cold, sharp smile and turned to go after Ivy Sumrs.
Ivy Sumrs walked out of the airport, flagging down a car to leave.
But a car was already targeting her.
The car suddenly accelerated and charged towards her.
"Screech—"
"Bang."
Everything happened in an instant.
By the ti Ivy Sumrs realized, it was too late to dodge.
When Damien Lancaster erged, he saw Ivy Sumrs lying on the ground, and at that mont, panic and fear overran him, shattering his usual composure as he rushed to the person on the ground.
"Ivy Sumrs?" Damien Lancaster, in disbelief, held her in his arms, his hands trembling.
Ivy Sumrs had fainted, and Damien Lancaster lifted his hand, which was covered in blood.
At that mont, he seed to hear sothing shattering inside his chest...
...
Ivy Sumrs was sent to the hospital.
Damien Lancaster stood at the door of the ergency room, recalling everything that had just happened, so unreal.
He stared blankly at his hands, suddenly feeling a bone-piercing cold.
How could it have co to this?
Why did it beco like this?
A nurse ca out, holding a surgery consent form for Damien Lancaster to sign.
He lowered his head to look at the form, chanically took the pen, and signed his na with trembling hands, unlike his usual steady manner.
After signing, he looked at the nurse, his voice hoarse as he asked, "Will she be alright?"
"The injuries are severe, be prepared," the nurse said briefly before returning to the ergency room.
In Damien Lancaster’s ears, there was a loud "buzz," and he furrowed his brows, suspecting his hearing was failing.
Just a mont ago, Ivy Sumrs was fine, and now he had to be prepared?
Damien Lancaster stepped forward, but the cold door of the ergency room kept him out.
He clenched his fist, a sharp pain spread from his heart to every corner of his body.
He didn’t want to believe it, but all he could hear was the nurse’s words, and all he could think of was Ivy Sumrs getting hit by the car and possibly dying.
If only he had let her leave peacefully.
Then she wouldn’t be dying.
He had stubbornly held her back, causing the accident that might lead to her death.
It was his obstinate stubbornness that hard her.
A deep regret surged within him, his heart aching to the point of being unable to breathe.
If Ivy Sumrs were really to et a tragic end, he would never forgive himself this lifeti.
...
Ti ticked by, and over four hours passed. During this ti, Damien Lancaster was called by a nurse to handle so fees, but his heart remained by the ergency room, complying with all hospital procedures quickly before returning to wait outside.
Then the doctor ca out, silently removing his mask and sighing.
A sense of foreboding filled Damien Lancaster’s heart.
"How is she?"
The doctor looked at Damien Lancaster, apologetically shaking his head, "Sir, I’m very sorry. We did all we could. Your wife suffered too severe injuries, and the efforts to save her were unsuccessful. Please accept our condolences."
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