Aiden being unable to speak had always been a sore point for Edward. After all, Kelvin had entrusted Aiden into his care and the incident happened under his watch. It weighed down on his conscience for years. He kept blaming himself for not having made sure that Aiden was well taken care of.​When Chloe brought it up again, he also felt that there was something fishy about the incident that year.​After dinner, Perry went to see Chloe and the rest of them off at the entrance. Standing on the other side of the car door, he assured, “Don’t worry, Miss Crowther. We might have fired the nanny, but we still have her file in our records. I’ll search for it tonight and let you know when I find some clues.”​“Okay. Thank you for your trouble.”​She gave him a nod to express her gratitude.  On the way home, the two children fell asleep in the backseat. From the rearview mirror, Victor noticed that Chloe looked trouble

  Surrogate 144          “This one.”      David took a look around and pointed at the largest piece at the center, “I’ll take that one.”      One could tell from the expression of the onlooking shop workers, that the piece was pricey. The shop owner was sophisticated enough to stay calm and asked, “Do you have any specific inquiries? Or you can give us your design if you have one.”      “Not much, just one thing. It has to be special and match the vibe.”      “What kind of vibe?” A worker asked cautiously.      Closing his eyes, David pondered for a while and said, “Hot and spicy.”      The worker twitched the corner of her mouth and looked at Kelvin as if asking for help.      Frowning, Kelvin stepped sideways and put on an aloof look.     &

          David instantly shut his mouth. His voice abruptly stopped.      Chloe looked back at David and her face did not look good.      They were even childhood friends.     Claire was livid.      “You surprisingly really know. Continue saying.”      Looking at the situation, if David did not say everything honestly, he would be blamed together with Kelvin. After weighing the pros and cons, David chose to temporarily switch sides.      “Davina is the English name. Her name is Addison Ramirez. The Ramirez family, my family, and the Clifford family have been friends for generations. I, Kelvin, her eldest brother and, her second eldest brother are similar in age so we often play together as a child. But Kelvin is more withdrawn and he doesn’t love to bother us. Addison is young and we don’t love to take

A few months later, Chloe had just returned home from the company after the day's work. The past few weeks have been a tough one for her as she had to watch over the VIP at the hotel, on top of that she got into many fights with Kelvin unprovoked. During one of the fights, she had said hurtful things to him. She even went as far as telling him off about not being interested in getting married to a person like him ahi k had greatly angered Kelvin–due to this, he has been keeping his distance from her the entire time. Both Aiden and Audrey tried to bring them back together but it wasn't working out either. Claire was not at home when she came back, while Audrey was in her room working on her homework. when she saw Chloe at the door, she shrugged her shoulders and continued working. Chloe exhaled as she went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner for them. As soon as she set the ingredients on the table, her phone suddenly rang as she quickly wiped her hands on the apron before

    “What do you think? You think you can hide things from me and I won't find out?” Kelvin asked from behind and Chloe turn back to see him standing behind them with a file in his hands.   His expression was darkened and the looks in his eyes were deadly.     Seeing this sight, Davina quickly stood up from her seat and nodded at Chloe before she took a step away from there.   “I'll leave you two alone,” She said as she walked out of the restaurant, leaving the two of them alone.     Chloe was quivering. However, she managed to say, “Mr...Clifford?”      Without saying a word, Kelvin came forward and took hold of her hand, and dragged her out of the restaurant. He took her to the car, he sent the driver out and drove the car himself.   He drove the car like he was on a death mission. The sp