Abigail was not ready to admit that the person was not Charles but Xander Reid. She couldn’t believe that two people could look the same to each other. She began to think that somehow Charles had escaped from that fire. He didn’t die that night. But how could he be the heir to such an enormous business empire? This question stirred her emotion. Tears pricked her eyes. She wanted to believe that the person in the photo was Charles, but at the same time, she also couldn’t believe that he was the heir to Reids. She was anxious.
Serena’s words resonated in her ears. Xander Reid was away from country C all those years, and he came back last month. He had an accident upon arrival to country C and sustained a severe injury. The incident with Charles also occurred a month ago. When she put the two situations together, she began to suspect that Xander Reid could be Charles.
The next day, another photo of Xander Reid went viral on social media. It was taken from last night’s welcome party. No media people were invited to that party. Taking photos was strictly prohibited inside the Reid mansion. The security also seized the cell phones of the guests so that no one could click on Xander Reid. Despite such tight security, someone managed to click on him. And this time, his front view was visible.Although the photo was deleted from social media promptly, Abigail got the time to download his photo successfully. She stared at the photo with disbelief, creasing her eyebrows tight.Xander Reid was looking enticingly handsome in his black tuxedo. His jade green eyes under the black-rimmed glasses caught her attention. He looked almost like Charles, but many things were not similar to Charles. Like Charles’s jawline
Abigail and Lilian had arrived at the desired destination. It was an upscale restaurant, and many luxury cars could be seen parked in the parking area.Abigail could imagine that only the rich people could afford to come here, and Victor’s identity might not be simple.Meanwhile, Lilian’s phone rang. She looked at her phone and saw Victor’s number. She answered the call, “Hello.”“Hey, did you reach?”“Yes.”“Come to the first floor.”The call ended with this.They hurried to the first floor. Abigail saw a
Abigail didn’t go back to dine again. She came out of the restaurant. On the way out, she called Lilian and informed her, “Lilian, I am going home.”“What? Why? You…”Lilian, on the other end, became anxious. She didn’t want to be alone with Victor, but Abigail left her with him. She was kind of upset. She wanted to curse her, but Abigail didn’t give her time to finish the sentence, “I am not feeling well. I am sorry.” With that, the call ended.Shocked and puzzled, Lilian looked at the screen with her mouth wide open. She gradually closed her mouth and gritted her teeth in fury.Victor was worried to see her infuriated look. He asked, “What happened? Where is your cousin?”
Abigail’s eyesight was blurry, but she still could see the concern in his eyes. Her heart was pounding, and she kept looking at him with confusion. Her hand was itching to touch his face.“Are you alright? How did you end up like this? Why are you alone?”Those words sounded cold and indifferent, but the worry in his tone didn’t go unheard by her.‘Is he worried about me? But why?’ She asked herself, utterly bewildered.“Master, it’s raining heavily. You should get into the car.”Abigail’s eyes moved to the source of the deep male voice. Only then did she see a tall handsome man standing next to Xander Reid holding an umbrella. So far, she did
The next morning Abigail woke up with a splitting headache. She groaned, holding her head. Her eyes shut tight, and her eyebrows pulled together. Then she recalled going to a bar last night and getting drunk. But she remembered nothing after that. How did she come back to the villa? She immediately opened her eyes the moment this question emerged in her mind. But she gasped in shock to see an unfamiliar room.‘Where am I?’She wondered and looked around the room. The room was extremely big… bigger than her room. It was lavishly decorated with expensive furniture and decorative items. But she was not in the state to look around the room. Her mind went blank, and an unknown fear struck her heart.‘How did I end up here? Who brought me here?’
When Lilian woke up and opened her eyes, she saw the handsome man sleeping peacefully next to her, wrapping his arm around her waist. A smile gradually surfaced on her face, and her cheeks turned red, remembering last night’s madness. His bare upper body was attractive. She couldn’t resist the urge of touching his muscular chest and smiled shyly. She reached out to caress his cheek. Placing a soft kiss on his cheek, she got out of the bed and went to the washroom.After finishing her daily chore and taking a shower, she stepped out of the washroom, wrapping a towel on her body. Victor was still asleep. She shook her head and smiled. She grabbed her purse and took out the phone to call her mother.Last night she didn’t go back home and forgot to inform her as well. Her mother might be worried about her. The moment she looked at the phone,
“What? Why are you silent? Say something about him. I can’t wait anymore.”Lilian became impatient and poked her arm.“What do you want to know?” Abigail pulled her hands back and turned around. She pouted and said, “I don’t know anything about him.”“You don’t know anything!” Lilian was surprised. She walked around and stood in front of her. “How could that be?” She looked at her skeptically. “You stayed with him the whole night, and you know nothing about him. Didn’t you find out if he is Charles or not?”“No… He is not. He can’t be Charles. My Charles is not so shameless as he is. He is a hooligan, trickster…”
That afternoon, Victor was summoned to the vice president’s office. He stood in front of Xander, trembling in fear like a wet kitten. He wondered how he had offended this big boss that he wanted to talk to him personally. He couldn’t lift his head and kept looking down at the tip of his black shoes.Xander also didn’t say a single word and kept looking at him, his expression unreadable.Riley, who seated on the sofa, checking a file, lifted his eyelids to look at the two men. His eyes were straying between Xander and Victor.Nobody had spoken for a long time. A creepy silence swept across the room. Victor felt as if the temperature of the room was dropping a few more degrees.“Take your seat.” A cold voice rang slowly inside the silent offic