Chapter 16 Who’s The Target?
Madeline sat beside her son and helped groom his soft hair.
Thomas’s downy head of hair was so fluffy!
“Um…”
“Thomas, I gave you a tracker. Did you plant it on Noah?”
“Hehe, you really are the smartest mom in the world!” Thomas tried to flatter her while drinking his chocolate milk.
“Give me your phone. Now!”
Madeline’s expression suddenly grew severe. She took his cell phone and cut off the signal source of the tracker. Nimble fingers typed in a series of codes until the red button of the tracker restarted with a beep. It was only then that she stopped.
“Are you worried they’ll counterattack me, Ma?”
“You’re not completely stupid at least. The counterattack is one thing. What’s more concerning is that they might track the traces you leave behind. Tell me what would happen if Noah finds both you and his prized son, Colton Quincy, together…?”
“I’ll be exposed! You’re a genius, Mom! But you seem to have connected the tracker elsewhere. Who did you target?”
Thomas gave his mother a look of adoration.
Madeline couldn’t help but twitch when she studied his excited expression.
“Damn punk! Now that you’re back, I’ll arrange for a chopper to take you back first thing in the morning. Sleep early tonight…”
Madeline grabbed the child as she spoke.
Of course, Thomas would refuse and avoid her with deft steps. “No way! I haven’t even given the scumbag a hard time yet! I won’t leave! I’m staying to fight alongside you, Mom!”
He ran circles around the couch while he continued to bargain.
favor if Noah doesn’t find you!” Madeline kept chasing after her
the slightest and
of things to do here. If the scumbag finds out that
Even if you won’t consider yourself, you should consider my little brother who’s
tightly to her. She wanted to pick him up but he remained stuck like a limpet. There was nothing she could
a great amount
her when something felt off. If he
indeed a difficult
I, Mom?” Thomas looked up at Madeline. She was obviously
I’m such a genius!
stay for a few more days. Be good and take care of yourself. Do you
won’t drag you down, Mommy! Uh, do you have a way
……
were moving slowly due
continuously pelted against the window. Everyone in the car was lost
hadn’t seen a heavy downpour in a long time. It was five years ago since
Noah turned sullen.
Beep! Beep!
noise startled everyone in
car. He could
slid along the seats. It wasn’t long before he found a coin-sized yellow magnetic disc in the crevice under
expression began to
checked through everything before we left. How can this be
the thing in Noah’s hand that was flashing red
flashing didn’t indicate their location. It indicated the seconds of his life
“Hand me a laptop.”
his computer and immediately fired
disk to the back of the computer when the system whirred to live. It didn’t take long for a series of data update information
the source of the signal within three
cast over Noah’s visage when he noticed the target
The Grants?
Impossible. They wouldn’t dare.
He seemed uncertain. Wayne stood cautiously by his side.
He was afraid that Noah would be unhappy and have him sent to Alewell, a country far away, to suffer.
When the atmosphere in the car fell into an eerie silence, Noah’s phone rang.
“Sir, Colton is missing! He’s gone again!”
Noah’s expression sank. “What?!”
Was it because he had been too afraid? Was it because he hadn’t gone home to accompany him? Or had he been taken away again?! Noah didn’t look well when he considered the tracker and the compromised security system the day before.
The housekeeper could barely breathe over the call. “I…I don’t know. The surveillance system wasn’t breached, but Colton has gone missing!”
Noah ruthlessly crushed the tracker. “Find him!”
Meanwhile, at the Grant residence.
Angie Grant was left to swallow a bitter pill in silence. How could she just let it go?!
How could she possibly allow even Asher Walter to step all over her?!
She had already sent someone to teach Asher a lesson, but the first order of business was the 400 million!
Bruno Grant nearly fainted when Angie revealed the sum.
Fortunately, Mrs. Grant, Suzette, who was beside him, held him up and settled him on the couch.
“What did you say? 400 million? Why do you need 400 million, Angie?”
“Dad, don’t worry. The 400 million may seem like much now but I’ll have the honor as the global ambassador. I’ll marry into the Quincy family and become one of them. What’s a mere 400 million after I become a lady of the Quincy household?”
Angie spoke with great confidence but uncertainty plagued her on the inside.