Chapter 529 The Day We Met

Anurse brought over a wet towel to wipe down Greta, but Emclle politely declined, “I’ll do it.”

The nurse looked at William to ask for permission. After he nodded, she left the room.

As Erelle unfastened her mother’s gown, she said flatly, “Mr. Middleton, would you mind turning away for a moment?”

William paused for a moment before leaving the room. The moment he stepped out, he received a call from Lyle.

“Lyle,” William answered.

will, I went to prison to see Landon and asked him some questions,” Lyle reported.

William turned back to look at Emelie, who was still focused on wiping her mother, before walking toward the window in the hallway. “What did he say?”

The moment William’s back was turned, Emelie sprang into action. She darted toward the door and started punching in different combinations on the keypad.

She tried her birthday, William’s birthday, the day Cloudex was founded, and any other days that might be important to William, but nothing worked.

She had no idea how long Lyle could keep William occupied, but she continued trying. Fortunately, the door didn’t emit an alarm after a few failed tries.

By now, Emelie had tried ten different combinations, but they were all wrong. Her anxiety grew.

eyes shut, trying to recall the subtle movements of William’s hand as

be… 20, 19, and 18. She pressed on these numbers, but the lock remained stubbornly

mean? Whas it the year 2010? What

over the keypad for a long time. Four years ago, in 2020 “19”

It was that rainy day four years ago, where they “first” met

trembling fingers. A satisfying beep echoed as the

that she had been holding. The real reason she came to visit

heard William’s voice on the phone in the corridor.”

door and hurried back to her mother’s side. A short while later, William re–entered the room while

grown up without a mother and was filled with nothing but resentment for his father, so he couldn’t comprehend the depth of Emelle’s love for her adoptive mother. However, having

the door. “It’s getting late.

hidden beneath a lowered gaze, stealing one

get you out of here,” she

held her hand as they left. She was lost in

head instinctively to look, only to realize that one of the nurses was the same nurse who had drawn her blood to do the pregnancy test last time; the one who had

knew

was on

held her breath. As they passed the group, the nurses accidentally bumped into her, sending her stumbling, William caught her

“I am

a bad mood, and that the nurses

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