A Lifetime With You Chapter 71
Chapter 71
The truck showed no sign of slowing and continued on its path. “F*ck! What the hell was that!” The
driver cursed.
Fortunately, they did not get into an ident that evening. Seeing Ava as pale as a ghost, Damien
comforted her, “It’s alright, the truck driver was probably not paying attention.” “That wasn’t a
coincidence. I caught a glimpse of the truck driver, and it looked very much like Beth.” Although it for a
split second and everything was blurry, Ava was almost sure that the driver was Beth! “Are you sure
you it was Beth?” Ava shook her head and muttered, “I…I’m not certain, maybe…it was just my
imagination.” After that day, Damien hired someone to investigate the truck. The investigation revealed
that the truck belonged to a constructionpany nearby. It was driven out for approximately an hour
on the day of the incident and was returned to the site afterward. As there were no surveince
cameras at the construction site, it was impossible to identify the driver.
It was probably nothing but because of Ava’s suspicions, the issue was now under scrutiny. Damien
contacted the private investigators hired by him to find Beth abroad previously. ording to them, ever
since Beth returned to the maind, they had no clue about her whereabouts.
Beth disappeared as if she never existed.
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“Damien, you can stop searching now. I was probably seeing things,” Ava told him. “I don’t care if she
was the one driving the truck the other day, but if it was indeed her, we have to capture her.”
Damien had a point, but where could Beth be hiding after all this while? The private investigator added
that while no traces of Beth were found, he did notice that Enrico had purchased a flight ticket back to
China and was on his way home. “Okay, I got it.” It was no surprise to Damien that Enrico was
returning home.
After all, their father’s birthday was in two days and he had toe back anyway.
Speaking of that, Damien was troubled.
Ever since the dinner with the Newton family, he never returned to the Radbury residence again. But
this time, Damien had no choice but to attend the party. It was their family’s tradition to hold their
birthday celebrations on the ninth year instead of the usual tenth of every decade. Damien’s father was
fifty-nine this year and the party was unusuallyvish. Moreover, there would be business partners and
close associates attending as well.
As the party hosts, Daryl and Karen were obliged to entertain their guests attentively. Enrico did not
arrive until the banquet had started.
“Mom and dad, I’m home!”
Enrico gave embraced his parents tightly in front of the guests. In addition, he gave his father emerald
jewelry and imed that it was an exotic treasure from abroad.
Daryl was grinning from ear to ear, “Rascal! You should have arrived two days ago. What took you so
long?” “Well, I spent some time on the gift and there was an unexpected dy by the airline.” Enrico
never left their side the whole night, and both of his parents were happy to spend time with him. The
guests were envious of the Radbury family for having such a smart, attractive, and charming son.
Damien on the other hand was left out in the crowd.
Things got a little awkward when his mother spotted him with Ava earlier this evening for the party. It
wasn’t until Enrico’s presence that the tension went subsided. Ava refused to follow Damien initially,
knowing that her inws despised her. She did not intend to ruin the celebration by showing up
uninvited. She noticed that Damien’s expression went gloomy since Enrico’s entrance. On the other
hand, Enrico was approaching them with champagne in his hand. “Long time no see, Damien. Let me
give you a toast.”
Damien ignored him.
Enrico did not mind and continued by greeting Ava, “Wish you have good health, my dear sister-inw.”
Just when Ava was about to clink her ss with Enrico, Damien snatched her drink and gulped it down.
“Aww, that’s so sweet of you. Trying to finish it for your wife,” Enrico teased.
It was at this moment that a business partner approached Damien and he took the opportunity to slip
away with Ava leaving Enrico behind.
The rtionship between the two brothers was steadily deteriorating. Sensing that she was
unweed at the banquet, Ava retreated to the garden alone as Damien engaged in a business
discussion. Tonight, Ava felt lonelier than ever surrounded by these strangers in a ce where she did
not belong.
“Why are you drinking alone here?” Enrico appeared behind her with a chuckle. While the rest of the
family treated her as a stranger and Damien who seemed weirdly passionate towards her recently,
Enrico was the only Radbury member that treated her nicely. Therefore, Ava was grateful to Enrico
although she was aware of their sibling rivalry. “Please don’t mind Damien just now, he’s just being
rude as usual,” she told Enrico. “Wow! Since when did you learn to take his side, sister-inw?”
“Just like you said, I’m your sister-inw.” Enrico grinned and whispered back, “Don’t tell me that both
of you reconciled again?” “…I don’t know. Then again, no one knows what your brother is thinking.”
“Well, I do know.” “What? Tell me then.”
Enrico baited her slyly and said, “I noticed how prickly Damien gets when he sees me getting too close
to you. There, you see…”
He pointed at a corner and Ava’s gaze followed the direction. She saw Damien’s furious expression.
Enrico’s grinned and said, “You know I love to tease him. Say, Ava, I’ve always admired you.”
He raised his volume intentionally as he finished the sentence. Ava was unsure if Damien heard the
first part of the conversation but judging from his swift footsteps towards her direction, he must have
misunderstood everything.