Chapter 195


    The morning sun plerced through the clouds and bathed the harbor in its light, a chill breeze brushing


    across every face. Yvan felt as if his heart had skipped a beat, he stood transfixed, staring at the now


    tranquil sea, like a statue robbed of its soul.


    His gaze lingered on the spot where Logan had jumped. After what seemed like an eternity, his body


    began to shudder uncontrobly.


    The toy cell phone he clutched slipped from his grasp and ttered at his feet.


    The morning was picturesque, the scenery breathtaking, yet it harbored a cruel twist.


    He felt abandoned, as though the world had left him behind, alone.


    Yvan’s eyes reddened, a tightness in his chest spreading pain throughout his body. Trembling, he


    fumbled with the toy cell phone. Inside were several voice recordings, and staring at the y button on


    the screen, Yvan found himself terrified to press it.


    He feared what overturning his world might mean–if he heard something that challenged everything he


    believed, how could he possibly save Logan and Matilda, who were seemingly at their wits‘ end?


    He would give all he had for a second chance.


    Sensing Yvan’s panic, one of the officers stepped in to press y, and a conversation filled


    the air.


    The voices were familiar to everyone.


    The youthful one belonged to Logan, and the clear, feminine voice… it was E.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    “I know it was you. I know you hired someone to kidnap me.”


    “Ha! Why would you say that? Your mom’s been filling your head with nonsense. You can’t just use


    me like that–I wouldn’t do such a thing…”


    “You really do talk too much. There’s no need to keep exining. I know you paid those people to


    kidnap me and my mom. You even took their families hostage, threatening to hurt them if they spoke a


    word about you to Mr. Boyd. So the kidnappers stuck to their story, insisting it was a spur–of-the–


    moment crime.”


    “You… You must have been misled by your mother! If you really had evidence it was me, why didn’t


    you go to your dad? Because you’ve been fed lies by your mom. Don’t think you can bring me down.


    Your dad won’t believe your wild usations.”


    “My dad? I never thought about going to Mr. Boyd to expose you because I feel like her deserves


    someone like you. He shouldn’t be allowed to mistreat my mom. Do you know, maybe you’ve


    underestimated me because I’m a kid, and that’s why you’ve lost. Many times when you called


    associates, I overheard everything.”


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    Logan’sughter was also captured, ringing in everyone’s ears.


    I couldn’t be bothered to expose you since this just seemed like an opportunity. An opportunity for my


    mom and Mr. Boyd to cut ties for good.”


    You… who are you, really? Impossible, you’re just ying tricks! Yvan won’t believe you!”


    Thest sounds were of Logan ascending the stairs, his softughter carrying the weight of a chilling


    resolve that pierced straight into Yvan’s heart.


    It felt like there was a hole in his chest, blood gushing out, the cold wind blowing through it, chilling him


    to the bone.


    He snatched the phone back from the officer, reying the recording over and over.


    Impossible… impossible… where had everything gone wrong?


    Under what circumstances was this recording made?


    Logan… why would Logan leave this recording for him?


    With eyes zing, Yvan looked up at E, his gaze filled with a haunting hatred, “Arrest


    her!”


    The officers sprang into action, seizing E, who screamed in panic, “Yvan, what are you doing?”


    Yvan spared her not a single nce, gripping the phone in his shaking hands.