True Love Waits

Chapter 1346 Hugo Li

The first and second prizes for the photo contest were one hundred thousand and fifty thousand respectively. Erica won both for her entries, so the money was immediately transferred to her bank account. The certificates were also sent to the ZL Group. Matthew received them, but he couldn't celebrate her victory with her.

It had been one month and ten days since Erica left. Chantel received a call from Gifford. Before she could get the chance to greet him, he immediately asked, "You were with Rika for two days before she went to Cass, right?"

"Yes. Why?" she answered. Her voice was a little shaky as if afraid of something.

"Did she tell you anything about her plans, like where she wanted to go?" he asked again.

She heaved a sigh of relief first before she answered calmly, "No, she didn't." It was true. She knew that Erica was going to run away from home, but the latter didn't tell her exactly where she was going. "Really?" He sounded unconvinced. If only he wasn't busy today, he would go back home to ask Chantel in person.

"Yes, really."

There was a moment of silence from the other end of the line before he spoke again. "If she contacts you, let me know immediately."

"Okay." But Erica had not contacted her yet since she left.

Then Gifford hung up the phone.

Chantel was in a daze as she stared at her phone. All of a sudden, her heart felt empty. It was as if she lost something important.

Meanwhile, in the slum located in the opposite direction to Cass, a skinny woman in plain clothes carried a bowl of freshly-cooked noodles into a shabby small room. She then said to the other woman, "Erma, I bought eggs and tomatoes to make these noodles. Eat them while they are still hot."

Erma was currently six months pregnant, but her belly was so big that some people thought she was about to give birth.

She was Erica. When she came to this slum, she decided to change her name into Erma Huo so people wouldn't recognize her. Without minding the shabby surroundings, she took the bowl of noodles and wolfed them down.

The woman who made the noodles for her was Tessie. Looking at her dirty face with a smile, she asked, "Are you leaving tonight?"

Erica stopped eating and nodded. "Yes. And you will go with me," she answered.

she was hoping that Matthew would allow her to go back to Y City after she had

you help me now, I will personally take you back to Y City someday. Matthew won't

the saying went, "The most dangerous place is the safest place." No one would ever think, especially Matthew, that Erica would come to this barren

even buy some fresh vegetables here. If she continued to live a life like this, the babies in her belly would become malnourished. So before that happened, she

help me if Mr.

with Tessie for quite a while now, she had seen the changes in

two of them sneaked out of the slum and

Chantel had already given birth to

one month old when Blair remembered to inform Gifford

share the good news. "Gifford, your wife has already given birth to an eight-kilogram baby boy.

a daze. It took a long while before he

Chantel was pregnant?" Blair sensed something odd. 'Did

son. He hadn't seen Chantel in the past few months. When he called her before, she also didn't mention that she was pregnant. How could she give birth all of a sudden? An

pregnant when she

the only possibility he could think of. He rubbed his forehead and complained, "Why hadn't anyone told me that she was

that your wife was pregnant. No

his mother was right again. He never cared to ask how Chantel was during the past months that he wasn't able

week later, Gifford went back home

he was able to hold the chubby baby boy in the crib. He

Chantel had signed a contract with Global Entertainment

named their

with Gifford's baby picture. She put it beside Hugo Li's face and turned to him. "Gifford, look! He looks exactly like you. He's undeniably your son. People always say that sons look

"Mom, I used to have a fair skin when I was a boy. I only got tanned because I've spent

for a while and agreed. She then took Hugo Li from his arms and said happily, "Finally, I am a grandmother now. I

like this was the happiest moment of her life. After longing for a grandchild for a

again, Gifford asked curiously, "Mom, where is

knew who he was referring to, so she answered casually, "She signed a contract with an entertainment company. She will be in closed training for six