It was Olivia's turn to be puzzled now. She wondered what was going on with the child.When she first met him, he didn't even know how to walk. But he would tug at her clothes and call her "Mommy"."Are you serious? He never called anyone that before?""I'm sure of it. I am always around him, after all. Other than his mumbles, he never called anyone 'Mommy'. He may be young, but he's very much like Mr. Miller."Ever since he learned how to walk, he rarely lets anyone carry him. That's why I was surprised to see him getting so close to you, Ms. Fordham. He even calls you 'Mommy'."Olivia felt a little awkward when she heard that. She could only find an excuse. "It was probably when we stayed on the island. I always took care of him back then, so maybe he learned to depend on me.""That makes sense. Speaking of which, you were so brave that night, Ms. Fordham. The kidnappers were armed, but you ran after them anyway."If it weren't for you, Master Connor wouldn't have made it back

Chris contacted Toxic Hive again. He thought that they would reject communication after Marina's incident. Unexpectedly, they told him to go to the agreed place on time.He didn't know what Toxic Hive was thinking. Since they were bold enough to say that, he would be brave enough to meet them as well.After planning their strategy, Ethan had to go back and get ready. When he left, he noticed that Otto was in a daze. Otto seemed to be very out of it.After leaving the Carlton residence, Ethan gave an order. "Investigate what Mr. Carlton Senior has been doing and the people he met."Brent knew what he meant right away. "Mr. Miller, are you suspecting Mr. Carlton Senior?""If no one is hiding the Toxic Hive, we would've found traces of them by now. Few people in Aldenvine can do that. There was something off about Mr. Carlton Senior today."Brent frowned, saying, "With a status like that, Mr. Carlton Senior won't get involved with those scum, will he?""Do you know why scammers who

Olivia didn't sleep a wink at all. She grabbed her phone as soon as her phone screen lit up in the darkness.It was a text from Avery. "Are you asleep yet?"She got out of bed. Since she didn't want to wake the child, she headed to the washroom to call Avery.Avery's gentle voice rang into her ear. "Hello. It's late, and you weren't asleep?""Yeah. Did you find any leads?""Yes. There are two things I wanna tell you. First, Mr. Carlton and Ms. Rosa are going to meet up soon. Second, I've found something about the person you wanted me to look into."Olivia's eyes lit up. She didn't hold high hopes of finding anything about that person, but Avery was surprisingly reliable."Who is that?" she asked."The members of Toxic Hive use fake names, so knowing her name is pointless. Her code name is Begonia. I managed to track her current whereabouts. Would you like to meet up with her before she moves elsewhere?"Avery reported his findings with equanimity, but he managed to make her ju

Olivia felt it would be unbecoming of her to ask further questions, so she stopped.She and Avery were mere acquaintances. She was already grateful to him for being willing to tell her that much.Their car stopped in an alley that was free from surveillance cameras. There was a black SUV parked at the same place."We gotta change cars.""Okay." Olivia got out of the car only to realize that the SUV had high performance. Even its windows were bulletproof.They were heading to the suburbs. Noticing that Olivia was slightly nervous, Avery took two bottles of yogurt drinks out from a small refrigerator. "Want some?"She was surprised when she saw him drinking it with a casual expression. It was strawberry-flavored."T-Thanks."He chuckled. "Frankly speaking, my family loves yogurt drinks, especially strawberry-flavored ones.""It is tasty." Olivia understood that he was trying to make her relax after noticing that she was nervous.The sourness and sweetness melted in her mouth, r

The castle-like mansion was massive and empty, so empty that one could hear his footsteps echoing against the walls.It was late at night. There were a few ancient wall lamps lit up, barely lighting up the darkness.A piano sound broke the silence, filling the mansion. It was the famous song "The Dream Wedding".Listening to the song in an eerie castle in the middle of the night was scary. It would've been a relaxing song if it was played in any other venues.Accompanied by the song, Chris ascended the stairs.He found it odd to meet up with the mysterious leader of Toxic Hive this way.Ethan, who was forced to stay in the yard, hid under the roof. He knew where the nearby surveillance cameras were.Hacking a surveillance camera was easy for him. It took him a few minutes to dysfunction them. The only scene that was shown on the surveillance footage should be the original scene.Ethan, who had observed the castle's structure, sneaked into the first floor through a pipeline.