The Quadruplets Are Mine?

An hour later, the yacht ferrying Abel and his crew sailed out to sea, breezing past hundreds of islands big and small. Close to noon, Sam finally pointed toward an island in the distance. “Mr. Ryker, look! That’s where Master lives,” she informed Abel.

“Wow, you were right. I’d take an entire month locating this place on my own…” Abel said, squinting his eyes to get a better look at the faraway island, He instructed the crew to speed up, and in less than an hour, the yacht arrived on the shores of the mysterious island. From afar, the island did not look to be inhabited nor have any buildings, but now that they were up close, Abel was surprised to discover that the island was a bustling city sprawling with vehicles and modern buildings.

“Master owns all of the businesses on this island and about a dozen other islands nearby too,” Sam explained. “Adelmar Island is just a collective name for all these islands, but no one from the outside world knows about it. This island itself is known to us as Dawn Island because it is the first of the islands to see the sun rise at dawn.”

Abel was momentarily silent, for he had not expected such a complicated backstory of the islands. It was no wonder information was scarce when they tried to look up the island themselves.

“This is where I’ll leave you,” Sam announced as soon as the yacht docked at the pier. “You’ll find the magnificent Dawn Manor in the middle of the city center. That’s where the Master lives. As for which island Ms. Emmeline is on, you’ll have to ask the Master yourself.”

Abel and his motley crew stepped off the yacht onto land while Sam remained on board. Luca watched Sam’s figure gradually disappear from his sight as the little yacht reversed out of the pier and drifted back into the open seas. They then made their way to the nearest road to hail a cab to Dawn Manor.

In less than ten minutes, the cab stopped outside a palatial Victorian-style building surrounded by manicured gardens as far as the eye can see. Luca paid the cab fare, and the group made their way toward the manor’s imperious front door, built out of copper and wood, and decorated with intricate wood-carved floral motifs. A smartly dressed man in a suit appeared from the security room at the side of the mansion barely seconds after Abel rang the doorbell. Abel informed him that he would like to meet with the head of the Adelmar family.

“Please hold on,” the man said politely before returning to the room. Moments later, he came back out again. “Master will not see you,” he informed Abel curtly.

had not expected the head of the Adelmar family to turn

the man walked away. “I would like to see

“I’m sorry, Sir. There’s no one here with that

was dumbfounded. “No one named Benjamin York?” Was he at the wrong place?

it is,” the man

not be

definitely no one named Benjamin here,”

few long moments after, Abel finally looked down in defeat. “Alright. Thank you then,” he said before walking away from

after his employer. “Mr. Abel, what just happened?” Luca was

place,” Abel insisted. “Perhaps they have their reasons

Janie asked anxiously. “What happens if we

her,” Abel sounded as though he was trying to convince