novelraw Chapter 1435: Did You Miss Me?
Chapter 1435: Did You Miss Me?
Celeste Linden listened to the arguing outside without going out, deciding to let them make their own decisions.
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With Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds’ protection, Flora Thatcher was temporarily safe, but she still felt uneasy, so she secretly took out her phone to make a call.
"Hello, brother, I did what you said, but Dominic Reynolds really doesn’t want this child. Even if his parents want this grandchild, if Dominic doesn’t agree, I still can’t enter the Reynolds family as a daughter-in-law."
On the other line was her brother Warren Thatcher, a street thug. The siblings wanted money, so they targeted Dominic Reynolds, the head of a large company.
That day, Flora saw Dominic drunk at the bar and took advantage of the situation. Originally, Dominic gave her a large sum of money, which she was satisfied with, but unexpectedly, she got pregnant.
It’s said that a mother is honored by her child. With the pregnancy, the siblings were no longer satisfied with the money and wanted more.
Flora wanted to marry into the Reynolds family as a daughter-in-law; marrying into a wealthy family is the best shortcut in life.
Warren cursed on the other end, "This Dominic doesn’t even want his own son? I thought he would be happy to be a father, but who knew he would be indifferent to your pregnancy."
"Brother, it’s all because of Dominic’s wife, angel. Dominic really loves his wife. If... we could make this angel disappear, it would be great. Once she’s gone, I could enter the Reynolds’ house with my big belly."
"That’s simple. I’ll take people to kidnap angel and end her, remove this obstacle."
"Brother, I’m afraid they’ll suspect me. By then, you can kidnap me too, and I’ll put on an act, so no one will suspect us."
"Faye, I didn’t expect you to be quite scheming."
"Of course, otherwise, how could we have a good life?"
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Celeste was sleeping in a separate room from Dominic. Dominic came to knock on the door, "angel, let me in."
Celeste didn’t open the door, simply saying, "If you’re here to talk about Flora and the child, then save it. You and your parents can decide. Think again about the divorce. Since we got married, we’ve been financially independent, without any economic entanglements. If you think it through, then sign it, and we can quickly go to the civil affairs bureau to process the divorce."
Dominic outside was silent for two seconds, then said, "angel, are you so heartless?"
It’s not that she was heartless, but cutting through the chaos decisively; she couldn’t watch Dominic fall deeper into the abyss.
"Just think of me that way."
The sounds outside ceased. Dominic angrily left.
Celeste sat wearily on the bed, and her phone suddenly rang.
It was Ethan Barnes calling.
The devil who had disappeared for days was back again.
Celeste directly hung up the phone.
Then there was a "ding" as a message arrived.
Celeste opened it to see a message from Ethan Barnes: Getting cheeky, are we? Dare to hang up on me?
Have you missed me these days? Okay, I know your answer. You must have missed me so much you can’t sleep.
Are you feeling better? I’ll be back in a couple of days, wait for me, okay?
Why aren’t you talking? Have you gone mute?
Celeste, speak up, or I’ll get angry, and you know the consequences of my anger are severe!
Ethan Barnes seemed like an idle person, constantly sending her harassing messages, none of which Celeste read. She found it annoying and directly turned off her phone.
At that moment, a maid came in with a cup of hot milk, "Ma’am, here’s your milk."
Every night before bed, Celeste would drink a cup of hot milk, it was a habit.
"Thank you." Celeste finished the milk and lay down on the bed to sleep, soon falling asleep.
...
Celeste felt dizzy, her whole body sluggish, and she struggled to open her eyes.
She was no longer in the villa; this was a remote, abandoned factory. Her hands and feet were tied, immobilizing her.
Startled, Celeste wondered, where is this? Wasn’t she sleeping, and how did she awaken here?
In front of her stood several men in black clothing with black hoods, leering at her.
"She’s that famous designer angel, the wife of company president Dominic Reynolds, and indeed very beautiful."
"Such a delicate face, alluring body curves, tsk tsk, being her man must be quite the blessing."
"No one’s here yet. We’re bored, so why not have some fun with her?"
Someone reached out to touch Celeste’s face.
Celeste was startled and quickly recoiled from the hand, warily eyeing the men, "Who are you people, and what do you want?"
"Haha, angel, we’ve long admired your fame, and this time we’ve invited you to have some fun with us."
Celeste thought bad news; she had been kidnapped.
"Don’t you know that kidnapping is illegal and could land you in jail?"
"Of course, we know, but we’re not afraid hahaha." The men laughed recklessly.
Then came a sound beside her, and Celeste turned to see Flora, also tied up, groggily waking up, "Ah, who are you people, and what do you want?"
Flora began to put all her effort into acting.
"Flora, how did you get kidnapped too?" Celeste asked.
Flora feigned ignorance and shook her head, "I don’t know either."
Then a familiar voice came from outside; Dominic and Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds had arrived, with Dominic carrying a suitcase full of cash, "I brought the money, let them go quickly!"
Flora’s tears started falling, "President Reynolds, save me, Uncle and Auntie, I’m so scared, please save me, my stomach hurts a bit."
Hearing her mention stomach pain, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds immediately showed worried expressions, "We brought the money, take it and leave, don’t hurt anyone, and release them quickly!"
The leading man in black was Warren, and this time his goal was to deal with Celeste, but before finishing the job, he intended to extort a large sum of money to enjoy life.
Warren looked at Dominic, "Letting them go is possible, but I can only let one go. You decide."
What?
Dominic frowned, his gaze falling on Celeste and Flora.
Flora cried in terror, her performance deserving full marks, "President Reynolds, don’t worry about me, choose angel. I know you love angel, even if angel doesn’t love you and wants a divorce, you still love her."
"President Reynolds, what I want to say is, I love you too, and for you, I’m willing to die willingly."
"Plus, I’m carrying your baby, this baby has had such a tough fate, not even getting a chance to be born or call you dad."