Chloe Reed looked at her impassively and said, "Why don’t you go abroad?"

"Why should I be the one to leave?!" Sunny Reed’s eyes were red. "I haven’t done anything wrong, so why am I the one left to bear the consequences for everything?!"

A look of confusion crossed Chloe Reed’s face. "But what could you possibly do if you stay?"

Sunny Reed glared at her resentfully. Her lips moved, but she said nothing more. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Walker Grant said, "Let’s go."

Sunny Reed’s head snapped toward him. "You ungrateful bastard! I saved you back then out of the goodness of my heart, and this is how you repay me? You’ll die a miserable death!"

Walker Grant’s gaze was cold and full of disgust. He ignored her words and turned to walk away.

"Walker Grant!"

Sunny Reed was furious at being ignored. She let out a hysterical scream, but it was to no avail.

Once in the car, Chloe Reed breathed a sigh of relief.

’We found her. Grandma can be saved!’

However, the relief was fleeting, quickly replaced by a heavy weight in her heart.

’Why would Miles Hawthorne do this?’

’What was his ultimate goal?’

’Is he working with the people who hired mercenaries to kill me?’

Chloe Reed couldn’t make sense of it. She turned and looked out the window.

Walker Grant glanced at her expression and asked, "What’s on your mind?"

Chloe said, "It’s nothing."

But Walker Grant didn’t believe her. Her expression was too complex; she was simply unwilling to tell him what was on her mind.

Walker Grant lowered his gaze slightly, schooling his features.

The car drove toward the city. Sunny Reed had been placed in the vehicle behind them.

They were just about to reach the hospital when Walker Grant’s phone rang.

He pulled it out and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello? Who’s this?"

"*Whimper*... Uncle, help me..."

It was Noah’s young voice on the other end, tinged with a terrified, choked sob.

Walker Grant’s expression changed instantly, his eyes turning sharp. "Who is this?"

"Want your nephew to live? Then bring Chloe Reed and Sunny Reed to me." The voice on the other end was distorted, its gender indiscernible. The caller stated an address, then immediately hung up.

Walker Grant’s face darkened. He tried calling the nanny, but the call wouldn’t go through!

Walker Grant looked at the driver. "To the abandoned chemical plant in the Nancastle District."

"Yes, sir."

Upon hearing this, Chloe Reed’s head snapped toward him. "Why are we going there?"

Walker Grant looked at her, his expression growing complicated. "Noah’s been taken."

Chloe Reed’s expression stiffened, her pupils contracting sharply.

’To be taken at a time like this...’

Chloe Reed’s voice was strained. "Then you go. I’ll take Sunny Reed to the hospital."

Walker Grant grasped her hand. "They’re demanding you and her both be there."

He continued, "Chloe, we have to save Noah first, then we can go to the hospital."

Chloe Reed’s lips parted, her voice trembling slightly. "But what about my grandmother?"

The atmosphere in the car instantly turned heavy.

On one side was the life of Chloe Reed’s most important relative; on the other, his older brother’s only child. Walker Grant’s expression became increasingly grim and conflicted.

After a long silence, he said in a heavy voice, "I will protect all of you."

But Chloe Reed argued, "They’ve clearly come prepared. They even knew you’d found Sunny Reed..."

Before she finished speaking, an image of Miles Hawthorne’s face flashed in her mind.

The series of actions he had taken last night also flooded her thoughts.