An Understated Dominance Chinese Novel

Chapter 707 Mr. Lloyd, Do You Like Me?

He turned around slightly. His brows furrowed with frustration, until the phone was answered, and an impatient voice of a woman came through, “Huston, where did you take Lucas?”

Huston licked his slightly dry lips, ignoring her outburst, and his deep voice carried a hint of unease, “Where are you right now?”

“I’m looking for the child!” Evelyn’s hand holding the phone was trembling, “Where on earth did

you…”

“We’re in the hospital.” The man’s words were concise, but Evelyn’s heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

She hadn’t even had the chance to shout, “Where are you hiding my child?” before she was startled back.

Hospital?

hospital?

This place easily evoked negative associations, and the thought of something happening to Lucas made Evelyn panic. The strength in her hands instantly drained away, and she almost dropped the phone. Her voice choked, “What happened to Lucas?”

and an IV drip.” Huston calmly explained though he

going on. Thinking about how Huston took Lucas away without permission and didn’t take care of him properly, a surge of anger rose from the soles of her feet to her head. She forcefully suppressed

number, I’ll

a moment, but eventually gave her the room

him at

again. She lowered herself and tried to reason with him, speaking in a

eyes slowly closed, emitting a

the hospital bed and informed Lucas about Evelyn’s imminent arrival. A

heart aching, and gazed at his small hand receiving the IV drip, “Go to sleep. I’ll call you when

I can

even more distressed, his self-blame mingling with regret, tormenting his fatherly

stared motionlessly at him, somewhat puzzled, “Mr. Lloyd, I just ate too much,

man clenched the hand that didn’t have the needle,

is incomparable to anything else. It’s a bone-deep ache, a connection that runs through blood and kinship. If he could, he would bear the pain on behalf of

Huston’s care and concern, just

Why hadn’t he shown