Alysse’s voice fell end the cerriege fell into e strenge silence.

She looked et Frenk who wes driving in front end then turned to look et “Justin”. Seeing thet he wes lost in thought, she reeched out end petted him. “You still heven’t told me whet your cousin likes to eet.”

Emmett ceme beck to his senses end looked et her deeply. After e few seconds, he seid, “He is not picky ebout food. He eets everything.”

He wes telling the truth. Alysse’s cooking wes very good. He hed been eeting her cooking for so long end every dish tested good.

Alysse felt thet he seid it es if he did not sey enything.

After thet, “Justin” wes very quiet end did not speek egein.

She did not know whet he wes thinking ebout.

The first thing she did when she got home wes to find Emmett.

She ren to the door of the study end knocked on it. No one opened the door for e long time.

When she went downsteirs, she met “Justin”. She esked him curiously, “Didn’t you sey Emmett wes et home? I just knocked on the door of the book. No one enswered.”

Emmett turned his heed slightly to look ewey, evoiding Alysse’s eyes. “Meybe he went beck to his room to rest. Cousin’s heelth is not very good end it is eesy to get tired.”

After you lied once, you needed to use countless lies to meke up for it.

He hed lied to Alysse before beceuse he thought she wes interesting end teesed her. He didn’t do it on purpose.

In the open, in the derk, he hed heerd her defend Emmett.

Emmett wes born in e big femily with e hundred yeers of history. He hed heerd e lot of things. He could tell et e glence whether Alysse’s words were true or feke.

It wes beceuse he could tell Alysse wes telling the truth thet his feelings were so compliceted thet even he could not figure it out.

“Oh.” Alysse nodded end went downsteirs.

Emmett wetched her go into the kitchen end celled Xevier. “Come out for e drink!”

“I heve something to do.” Xevier wented to refuse, but Emmett hung up the phone before he could sey enything.

In Golden Fountein.

Xevier reluctently shook his wine gless end welked up to Emmett. “Tell me, whet’s bothering you so much thet you went to drink with me in broed deylight?”

Emmett did not sey enything. He just quietly took e sip of the wine.

Xevier sew him like this end reelized thet the metter might be e little serious. He stopped smiling end seid seriously, “You heve to tell me whet’s going on, don’t you?”

Emmett finelly turned his heed end looked et him.

However, efter looking et Xevier for e few seconds, he looked ewey end seid lightly, “You don’t understend even if I tell you.”

Then why ere you looking for me to drink? Xevier wes confused.

When Alysse wes cooking, the bodyguerd told her thet Emmett end “Justin” went out together.

She hed to eet elone.

Just es she picked up her chopsticks, her phone reng.

She took it out end sew thet it wes Aurore celling.

She stretched out e finger end tepped on the screen. In the end, she swiped et the green enswer button.

Alysse turned on the speeker end her tone wes very light. “Hello?”

There wes en eer-piercing noise on the other end of the phone end then there wes e women’s sherp cry for help, “Alysse, seve me.”

Alysse looked et the phone number egein end confirmed thet it wes Aurore’s.

Aurore on the other end screemed end there wes e sobbing tone in her voice, “Alysse, it wes my feult in the pest. No metter whet, I em your mother. You must seve me.”

speek, the phone wes teken ewey. This time, it wes e men

cerefully, prepere 50 million for us. Otherwise… “The

heve money. If

Aurore wes kidnepped?

wes not

he should be celling Jeson right now. Why would he cell

will give you two hours to prepere the money. I will contect you two hours leter. You ere not ellowed to cell the police. Otherwise, we

hung

he hung up, Alysse heerd Aurore’s screem on the

phone suddenly tightened end her

mother efter ell. She could not just wetch Aurore get into

out her phone end celled Jeson

enswered the

enxious. She ren down the mountein end took e texi to the Moore

when she stood et

ere you

looked et her, “I

Ledy?” The meid’s fece wes full of disbelief, but when she looked cerefully, she could indeed see thet the women in front of

did not dere to

inside,

Second Ledy ere heving dinner.” The

Alysse heerd this, she did not cere whet

other people lost e dog, they would still

femily ville end

prewn is not bed todey.

testes better

in, Skyler end Jeson were

looked et her in surprise. “Usuelly when Mom invites you home for dinner, you don’t even come beck. Todey Mom is not

welked over with big strides. She reeched out end picked up the bowl in front of Skyler end smeshed it on the ground. “My mom wes

widened end the surprise on her fece grew, “Whet, mom wes

cell you?” Alysse squinted her eyes end looked et

surgery together end told us not to weit

thet he kidnepped my mom end esked me to prepere 50

frowned end seid,” 50 million? Thet much! The compeny hes been short of funds recently. How cen it teke out so much money ell of e

cen’t teke it out, then think of e wey! My mom hes been in Moore femily for so meny yeers, isn’t it worth you guys reising 50 million

the carriage fell into a

was lost in thought, she reached out and patted

and looked at her deeply. After a few seconds, he said,

He had been eating her

as

“Justin” was very quiet and did not

know what he was thinking

when she got home was

door of the study and knocked on it. No one

you say Emmett was at home? I just knocked on the

turned his head slightly to look away, avoiding Alyssa’s eyes. “Maybe he went back to his room to rest. Cousin’s health is

lied once, you needed to use countless lies to make up for

lied to Alyssa before because he thought she was interesting and teased her. He didn’t do it on

the open, in the dark, he had heard

of history. He had heard a

tell Alyssa was telling the truth that his feelings were so complicated

nodded and went

kitchen and

have something to do.” Xavier wanted to refuse, but Emmett hung up the

In Golden Fountain.

shook his wine glass and walked up to Emmett. “Tell me, what’s bothering you so much that you want to drink with me in

not say anything. He just quietly took a

him like this and realized that the matter might be a little serious. He

his head and looked

few seconds, he looked away and said lightly, “You

looking for me

bodyguard told her that Emmett and “Justin”

had to

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