Chapter 337

Inside the living room of Shelbert Condominium, Edmund was playing blocks with Susan when his phone on the table suddenly rang.

Upon picking it up, he realized it was his assistant on the line.

Thereafter, he gradually got off the couch and gave Susan's hair a tousle as he spoke. “Carry on playing. I need to take a call.”

“Okay.”

Once he entered the study, he swiped to answer.

“What is it?”

“Mr. Chivers, I have just received news that General Fletcher's battleship has turned back.”

The stunned Edmund narrowed his gaze slightly. “Turned back? Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?”

“I'm certain of it. Ms. Jefferson has also returned to Hallsbay. The moment I heard the news, I tracked her down and learned that she headed straight to Mr. Xuereb's medical base the moment she left the port.”

Justin's medical base?

Edmund's brows furrowed in reflex. “Did you find out the reason for her visit?”

“Based on what I've learned, Maxton was bitten by a cobra. However, I'm not sure if that's why Ms. Jefferson has decided to return.”

right, I got

ending the call, Edmund let out a gentle sigh as a

to leave? Has her heart been captured by someone in Hallsbay, making it difficult for her to do so? Regardless of whether it is because of Artemis' injury or Maxton's snake bite, her return has proved how indispensable both of them are to her. Bay, oh Bay, since when did you lose your heart to someone else? Why does fate insist

medical base, Bailey injected the specially-formulated serum

was certain the venom was neutralized that

from her, she slumped onto

purplish-black marks gradually receding from Maxton's face, Bailey was greeted by the tender

reminded her of the first time she met

she felt that he didn't resemble Rhonda at all. Instead, she

matter, she came to the

ran her slender fingers across his pale face, a raspy voice rang out from her throat. “Are you really my son? I have gone through so many cycles of hope and despair that I've long been traumatized by it. It's not that I don't love you. It's just... I

birth on the same day. You lost your eldest son, whereas she had a boy. Thereafter, she brought the child to the Luther family and claimed it as her own, demanding due recognition.

I don't trust what

softly in acknowledgment. “In that case, let's

barely finished when a thought struck him. After a brief hesitation, he probed, “Bay, if the test results show that

words sent a jolt through

and I aren't related by blood,

give her a hug. “Don't overthink it. Going forward, the children and I will be by your side.

not their real daughter, it's actually a cause for celebration, as I have never seen them as

know

pushing him aside, Bailey got to her

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