Jombo watched as the car disappeared into the courtyard and felt disturbed. "Why do I feel deceived by Zayn? Something feels wrong somehow. Oh no, I should get the children back!"
"Oh, Mr. Jombo. Stop worrying." Thompson quickly advised. "What Mr. Zayn said was right. Compared to you, he cared more about the children. He will never let the Lierger family take the children away. Rest assured."
"But he was driving at high speed as if he was rushing somewhere. Something feels off." Jombo was anxious. "That cheeky rascal has been badly influenced. Remember how he would put up a tough fight with me whenever anything happened then? Those words he said today would never come out of his mouth back then."
"That is a good thing. It means he has matured." Thompson tried to calm him down. "Mr. Zayn has grown. He's dominating in the business world. You should trust him!"
"But-"
"Please don't make things difficult again." Thompson became impatient. "Think about it. Why did the Lierger family take Dr. Feroma? Isn't it because we have wronged Ms. Lierger? At that time, when you made people restrain Ms. Lierger because of Selena, it was incredibly insulting to her. Now that Ms. Lierger is not willing to come to the Giblos' residence, this is the only way she could see her children. I think Mr. Zayn will be able to calm Ms. Lierger as long as you don't interfere. For all we know, she might even return to the Giblo residence; that way, the family will be reunited and everyone will be happy."
"You're being too optimistic, " Jombo said in an irritable tone. "Even if the two of them are willing, do you think Daemon will let that happen? The grievances between the Giblos and Liergers won't be
resolved that easily."
"Right…"
"I'm still having a bad feeling about this. Send someone to check it out, " Jombo ordered. "Have him tail Zayn and see if he leaves right after sending the children to Northridge or if he is staying the night, but do not interfere."
"Right away."
…
The black Rolls-Royce drove toward Northridge.
The children happily looked forward to the life of living together as a family of seven. Zayn watched them tenderly, feeling touched.
He planned to first coax Jombo by blurting out some convincing reasons. Now that he thought about it, living there might not be a bad idea…
Not only could he watch the children, but he could also get closer to Carla.
Zayn smiled at that thought.
"Mr. Zayn, there's a car following us, " Brandy reported. "It looks like one of Mr. Jombo's."
"Should we shake them off?" Bugara asked.
"No, " Zayn replied calmly. "Pretend we didn't know. Just keep driving."
"Yes." Bugara continued to drive.
"Drive faster."
Zayn looked at his watch as time was running out.
"Yes." Bugara picked up the speed.
As Zayn was about to talk to the children, his phone rang. He made a gesture to the children and answered the phone. "Hello."
"Have you picked them up?"
Carla was waiting anxiously at home, but she pretended to sound cold and arrogant on the phone.
"What's the hurry? We still have time, right?" Zayn teased her deliberately.
"It's five minutes to seven o'clock. My men are ready with their weapons. If you don't send them here, I will take them from Mr. Giblo by force."
As she spoke, Carla fired a shot at a branch not far away.
Bang! The branch fell to the ground, and the sound of the gunshot scared away a flock of birds.
Oh no…
Zayn was speechless. This woman is crazy!
"You have four more minutes!" Carla lost her patience and ordered, "Prep the car! We're leaving!"
"Yes!"
"We're arriving!" Zayn quickly said, "We're halfway up the mountain!"
"Don't lie to me!" Carla hung up the phone immediately and ordered, "Check the cameras and see if they have arrived!"
"Yes!"
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