Chapter 725


    Michael felt his heart start to race. Taking out his phone, he tried calling Sophia.


    During this time, Sophia was going down to the basement with Celine. When she received his call, she


    answered, “Hubby, I’m in the basement with Cece. She says there are more things to look at here.”


    While he was still on the phone, Michael rushed down to the basement. He could not bear losing Sophia


    from his sight for even a moment now.


    Because the elevators were full, he ran down the stairs from the fifth floor.


    Justin, Gary, and Hale were also following him at full speed.


    “Where are you? Don’t move. I’ll be right there,” he exhorted.


    On the other end of the call, Sophia replied, “Okay, I—”


    She stopped talking all of a sudden, making Michael’s heart skip a beat. Before he could ask her what


    happened, he heard her terrified scream through the phone.


    “Ah!!”


    Then, the phone fell to the ground and her voice was cut off.


    Michael stopped in his tracks for a moment as shock washed over him. When he and Justin looked at


    each other, they saw the grave look in each other’s eyes and they immediately ran to the basement.


    “Hale, seal off the whole mall! Quick!” Justin shouted an order to Hale who was behind him. Hale also


    seemed to have caught on and quickly went to do as he was told. He had to close down the whole


    building in the shortest amount of time possible.


    But, at that very moment, an unexpected announcement was made throughout the whole mall.


    “Academy Award winner, Taylor Murray, is at a maternity store with his wife!”


    Tons of fans poured into the mall like tidal waves and upied all the stairs, elevators, and esctors.


    They kept rushing in from the ground floor all the way to the fifth floor—it looked like a zombie


    apocalypse.


    It also frightened the workers at the store. They were a chain store that sold top-grade maternity and


    childcare products. Normally, they also saw their fair share of celebrities. Their confidentiality measures


    were taken very seriously and celebrities always entered through a special entrance.


    What was happening today?


    Hale was on the phone dispatching more people. They had not expected to encounter that situation.


    Seeing the tightly cramped headsing all the way up from the ground floor was truly chilling.


    Amidst his terror, Hale spotted a bright disy window in one of the stores. He kicked it and shattered


    the ss right away, triggering the security rm.


    The moment the rm went off, the mall would automatically lock down. It only took thirty seconds for all


    the doors in the mall to seal off.


    It was toote—the mall waspletely saturated with fans.


    Michael had run down from the fifth floor to the second floor and was going to reach the ground floor very


    soon. Suddenly, he saw numerous heads squeezed tightly together downstairs as they tried to get up.


    They were so close to each other that there was not even a small crack to move.


    “Taylor! Ah! I see Taylor!”


    “He’s over there!”


    “I love you, Lord!”


    The fans who were as tumultuous as waves quickly blocked off every path. The look on Michael’s face


    changed. Lowering his head, he started to head back upstairs but realized that there were more fans


    coming down.


    In just a few seconds, an army of frenzied fans blocked off the staircase and surrounded Michael, Justin,


    and Gary.


    Seeing the basement right before him, Michael’s red-rimmed eyes were filled with rage.


    It was so close, yet so far away! If only I had gotten there sooner, it would all be fine.


    Unfortunately, he was toote. The fans that kept pouring in pushed up against each other until Michael


    couldn’t move an inch. Justin and Gary were trying to block the fans off from in front of and behind him


    but it was all in vain. Multiple hands kept reaching out to touch him. Even when he yelled, it was masked


    by the fans’ screaming. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his waist. When he touched his waist, he felt


    something moist and warm.


    In the parking lot of the basement, Sophia was stepping back and trembling in fear as if she had been


    greatly frightened. Her tears continued to fall, each drop quivering as they rolled off her cheek.


    She was in so much fear that her legs had started to tremble. No matter how scared she was, though,


    she did not forget to protect her tummy.


    In front of her, a man slowly emerged from the dark and walked toward her.


    The outline of the man’s face was getting clearer and more familiar to her.


    She had seen that face before. Theo Fletcher!


    Michael’s father was also Quinton rk’s biological father, Theo Fletcher.


    The man in front of her only had a simr appearance and height as Theo. The look in his eyes,


    however, gave her a deep sense of familiarity. Whenever she went to sleep at night, she often saw those


    mournful eyes in her nightmare.


    “It’s been a while, Sophia.”


    The man was wearing gold-rimmed sses that made him look very intellectual. His speech was refined


    and his handsome face carried a long-lost cheerfulness. Nheless, Sophia felt chilled to her bones


    the more she looked at him.


    At that moment, she felt a chill down her spine and was gued with the fear of death.


    Quinton rk was finally back, but he had a different face now. The face he used to have was very


    simr to Theo’s.


    Meanwhile, Celine was standing with a nk expression beside him. With only apathy in her eyes, she


    was no longer the same person Sophia knew.


    Sophia did not dare to speak. Her weak legs continued to back away until she heard a sound go off


    behind her. There’s an elevator.


    Several of Phantom Wolf’s underlings came out and looked at Quinton. “The ne can take off anytime.”


    Quinton nodded. “Okay.”


    He kept his gaze fixed on Sophia the whole time—her kind, intelligent, and dignified face was wless.


    When he took a step forward, Sophia jumped back two steps in shock.


    She had to protect her child. Since she was alone with these cold-blooded murderers, if they decided to


    harm her, she would not be able to protect herself or her child.


    She wanted her child to live. After her checkup today, she learned that it was growing healthily inside of


    her. If she were to give birth to it, it would definitely be a healthy and beautiful baby.


    In a trembling voice, she looked over at Celine. “Cece—”


    But Celine’s answer was indifferent and unconcerned. “You’re mistaken. I’m Katrina.”


    Katrina? But, that’s clearly Celine! What in the world happened?


    Quinton took a couple of steps forward and grabbed Sophia’s shoulders. They looked to be as familiar


    with each other as a couple who had long parted ways. “Let’s talk on the ne.”


    Sophia was dragged into the elevator with the rest of them. After the elevator doors closed, they quickly


    reached the roof of the tall building. When they got out of the elevator, Sophia saw that a ne was


    already waiting for them.


    Taking Sophia’s hand, Quinton led her toward the ne.


    She was like a zombie without any strength to defend herself.


    I don’t want to fall into his hands. I’d rather die!


    But, I want my child to live…


    “Don’t harm my child,” she choked through her sobs. Her tears and snot were dripping at the same time.


    A cold hand touched her belly, making her freeze in ce.


    That thinyer of skin was not enough to provide any protection for her child. If Quinton simply exerted a


    bit more force, her child would die!


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