Chapter 153

Chapter 153

Thalia opened the driver’s door, sat down, fastened her seatbelt, and made a call.

“I need you to check the business records of Ashcroft Group,” she said.

Thalia’s eyes were cold as her slender, pale fingers tapped rhythmically on the steering wheel.

“Also, find me a reliable private investigator. I want to investigate Drake Ashcroft.”

“Yes, Miss.”

After hanging up, Thalia tossed her phone onto the passenger seat, pressed the accelerator, and drove away.

Dusk was falling, and the city lights were beginning to illuminate the streets.

It was rush hour, and the roads were completely congested. Her black Rolls–Royce Phantom was buried in an endless queue of traffic.

The gridlock was irritating and frustrating.

Just then, her phone rang. Thalia picked it up and glanced at the screen.

It was Asher calling.

After their breakup, Thalia had kept Asher’s number, though it hadn’t appeared in her call history for quite some

time.

She initially didn’t want to answer, but then thought he might be calling about Lucy. After a moment’s hesitation, she answered.

Her tone was cold and distant. “Hello, what is it?”

“The police just called to say they’re discussing a plan with Russian authorities to rescue Lucy,” Asher said.

Thalia’s heart skipped a beat, her breathing quickening. “Do they think they can succeed?”

Asher paused, his cool voice coming through the phone. “On that point, the police couldn’t give any guarantees.”

How well Thalia understood this.

But because her sister’s life was at stake, she couldn’t help asking.

After a moment of silence, Thalia asked, “Is there anything else?”

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Asher hesitated, his voice becoming slightly hoarse through the phone. “Lia, L…”

Sensing that what Asher was about to say had nothing to do with Lucy, Thalia interrupted, “If there’s nothing urgent, I’m going to hang up.”

“Wait,” Asher quickly said. “Lia, I’m sorry about what my grandmother said to you at our house earlier. I apologise on her behalf. I really am sorry.”

Thalia remained silent.

She looked up through the windscreen at the endless queue of traffic, her gaze unfocused.

To say she hadn’t been affected by Lady Blackwood’s words would be a lie she wouldn’t even believe herself.

The person on the other end of the line also fell silent.

He seemed to be waiting for her response.

The air felt stifling.

Thalia lowered the window slightly to improve circulation.

finally allowing her constricted chest to breathe

moment, Thalia heard herself speak in a

not as if I ever

not waiting for Asher’s

He didn’t call back.

reached the Winters estate, it was nine in the

was at the hospital with Victoria, and Lucy was gone. The grand Winters mansion felt

Phantom entered the

keys and

mopping the floor in the living room. Seeing Thalia return, she smiled warmly. “Good evening, Miss Thalia. Would you like something

in the hospital, asked, “Has

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arranged for a cook at the hospital

see.” Thalia turned to go upstairs. “You

in her room, Thalia stood by the floor–to–ceiling window,

Thalia felt a heavy

to rescue Lucy. She wanted to call and ask about the progress but, looking at the

a while, something suddenly occurred to Thalia. She

Inside was a drawing.

eyes flashed with pain as her trembling hand

Lucy had drawn it.

their happy family of

and Lucy in the middle, all holding

happy.

over the

Thalia’s eyelashes glistened with tears.

A tear fell.

Splat.

on

Thalia shortly after she’d returned

Thalia had been aloof towards

attitude. Instead, she’d

and considerate.

adorable, and thoughtful child in

damp, her eyelids

Blackwood residence, she had strictly controlled her emotions. Now, at home, she no longer needed to

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her heart, tears fell uncontrollably like pearls from a broken

her face with both hands, lowering her head

realized he had been used and had nearly indirectly

Thalia several times, but she didn’t

to comfort him, only to

In Drake’s office.

fell to the floor, her gaze fixed on a spot on the

Winters, you forced

her

posted videos of herself playing the piano on TikTok, gathering quite a

her account already had

had gained even more followers by posting a series of “CEO Boyfriend POV” and

showed glimpses of Drake’s luxury cars, his mansion, corners of his expensive bespoke suits, his well–defined hands, or his

always showed her face on camera, wearing meticulously applied makeup, dressed in luxury brands, carrying designer handbags–the complete

Netizens were obsessed.

video, her comments

way I just GASPED. The

people

watching this while eating beans on

toxic trait is thinking this could be

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is just bullying

villain

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