Once Zayn was done with the kids' classes, he went back to the bedroom with a gloomy
look. "Look at what Venus did to me!"
Carla looked up and immediately saw that his head was full of tiny little braids. His nails
were also painted with different colored nail polish. Melancholy was written all over his face
and his brows were knitted tightly together.
Pfft! She couldn't contain her laughter. "You look pretty cute. Hahaha!"
"Stop laughing." Zayn pushed her onto the bed and ran his hands all over her. He then bit
on her earlobe and whispered seductively, "I'm going to punish you."
"Hold on. Stop it." Carla said in between her laughter from being tickled, "There's
something I need to talk to you about."
"Don't change the topic." Zayn reached into her dress and started to explore her body.
"There really is something, " she said as she grabbed hold of his wrist. "It's about the
Whytes!"
He froze before frowning. "What does the Whytes' matter have to do with you?"
"Just listen to me…" She began to fill him in on everything that happened the other day. "I
thought that Lena was just being a little stubborn and unreasonable and that the most
she'd do were to teach Lola a lesson. I didn't expect her to be so evil and have people take
turns raping Lola."
"What she did is indeed too much." Zayn frowned and continued, "But this can be taken
over to the proper authorities. It's none of your business."
"I know, " she replied while nodding. "I reported this to the police after the incident and
provided them with evidence. After that, Alia and Simeon came and looked for me, but I
didn't personally meet them. I didn't want to get roped into this.
"Alia sold her family fortune to seek justice that Lola deserved. She even posted the
incident online so that she could use the pressure of the public's opinion to attract legal
attention. It got quite a reaction online and Harry's car sex incident was even involved. It
kind of indirectly cleared my name too.
"I actually thought that they would go to court for this but who would've thought that three
people from the Whytes went missing during my accident. They tried to call me multiple
times before they went missing and had sent me lots of messages asking for help. Here,
take a look."
With that said, she took out her phone and showed him the texts sent by Alia and
Simeon.
"They were ruthless when bullying you previously. Yet they're still shameless enough to
come asking for help from you?" Zayn replied coldly. "Though they are quite miserable, it
still has nothing to do with you. You can just ignore this."
"I was thinking of doing this too. But Simon called me earlier asking for help. I…" Thinking
of what the little boy said, she began to choke on her words.
"That kid is the same age as our children. A young kid like him was begging for my help
non-stop. He begged me to save his Mommy and his grandparents. I couldn't bring myself
to say no…"
Zayn fell silent upon hearing this.
The past him would have rejected this without hesitating. But now that he reunited with his
children, his attitude softened and he was especially soft-hearted towards children.
Carla let out a long sigh and said softly, "I know that Gutra and Mary purposely
instigated this. They have some business connection with the Whytes that benefitted them
after all. Now that they're missing, both of them would definitely suffer great losses. That's
why they thought of everything to get the boy to beg me for help. But no matter what
happened, I can't reject it when a child like him asked for help."
Zayn said nothing to that. Instead, he took out his phone and ordered, "Investigate what
happened with the Whytes."
"Yes."
After hanging up, he asked with raised brows, "Are you satisfied now?"
"Will this affect you?" Carla asked worriedly.
"That's unlikely." He unfastened his buttons as he walked towards the bathroom. "You
wouldn't be able to fall asleep tonight if I didn't do anything."
"Thank you!" She was immensely moved by his gesture.
"I met Uncle Gutra and Aunt Mary when I went out with Grandma today. They told me in
secret that Mommy and my grandparents were kidnapped by bad guys. They're going to die
if nobody saves them."
The boy shuddered as he spoke, and his breathing was unstable.
Through the phone, Carla could sense that he was crying but was trying his best to hold
it in.
"Don't rush, Simon. Take your time. I'm here."
She quickly went into her room and consoled him.
No matter what had happened between the adults, Carla was much more concerned for
the boy at that moment. He was only three and a half and his voice sounded sweet like her
son, Josh. Yet, he had to go through something so traumatizing.
Her heart broke for him.
"They said…" Simon sucked in a deep breath before continuing, "Mommy and my
grandparents can only be saved if I look for you."
"I…" She was a little hesitant. In fact, she also hesitated when she saw Alia and Simeon's
message for help.
Not only had Alia and Lola hurt her in the past, but most importantly, she didn't want to
get involved in this mess. She didn't even have the capability to save someone, Zayn was
the only one who could do it.
She didn't want him to get on bad terms with the Chromas. Having another enemy in the
business world wasn't a good thing after all.
"Please, Mrs. Wigston. I beg of you, please… Please save my Mommy."
Simon's voice trembled as he cried but he tried his hardest to suppress it, not daring to cry
out loud.
However, it was even more heartbreaking when he was like this.
Carla's heart began to soften.
"I know that Mommy and my grandmother used to bully you previously. It was all their fault.
But I apologize on their behalf. I'll be eternally grateful to you if you save them. Once I grow
up, I'll definitely repay you!"
It was as though Carla was his last lifeline, thinking that she was the only one who could
save his family's life.
Right now, all his hopes were place on Carla.
"Please… I beg of you…" Simon kept begging.
Ultimately, Carla succumbed to his begs and couldn't help but agree. "Alright. I'll think of
something."
"Thank you, Mrs. Wigston. Thank you so much."
"What are you doing in the bathroom, Simon? Who are you talking to? Open up the door."
Jenner's voice was heard over the phone.
"Grandma is here, Mrs. Wigston. I'll hang up now. Thank you so much. I'll never forget what
you've done."
Simon quickly hung up after that.
Carla held on to her phone and was unable to calm down for a very long time.
She knew that both Gutra and Mary had evil intentions, presumably because there was
something the Whytes had that benefitted them. They experienced huge losses now that
Alia and Simeon were missing.
That was why they tried to get Simon to ask for help from her.
A three-year-old child should never have to bear such a responsibility.
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