Chapter 1036


    At the mention of that period in their lives, Callum and Cade fell silent. There were too many incidents


    like that in their memories.


    When they were born, Anna’s position in the Yard Family was still insecure and many were out to kill the


    three of them.


    “How did you make your choice, Mom?” Cade asked.


    She smiled bitterly.


    “They wanted me to choose one and they were going to kill the other. Even if I saved one of you, I


    would have spent the rest of my life in grief and self-me for the death of the other! They wanted to


    torment me and make me feel like I was better off dead!”


    That kind and gentle gaze suddenly turned icy. “My choice… Tsk. I didn’t make a choice. Your father and


    I teamed up and shot the person who was going to kill you guys! Who were they to kill my child and


    make me suffer from the guilt afterward? They were the ones who deserved to die! Even if they were torn


    to pieces, they deserved it!”


    Cade and Callum were shocked.


    Anna glowered at the view before her. Hidden beneath that image of an honorable and delicate noble


    lady was a raging tyrannical soul.


    Over the years, they killed countless rtives and children out of wedlock to secure the Yard Family for


    themselves. Their resolute mindset brought them to where they were today.


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    Standing on her thin diamond high heels, she slowly started to walk away. Before she left, she said, “I


    like that girl.”


    Callum and Cade looked at each other as Anna walked off.


    What did that mean?


    Was she going to let the child go?


    Outside, Sophia hurriedly left the ce with her people. The group of them were heading toward the


    parking lot.


    F*cking obsolete imperial family! They won’t provide us with a ride now because the talks went


    completely south!


    Sophia had to walk from the Royal Garden all the way to the parking lot in her eight-centimeter high


    heels and even got lost along the way. Her tender feet were now rubbed raw.


    Since Michael’s identity was already exposed, he dropped the act and took off his sunsses, revealing


    his handsome face. He carried Sophia on his back and the both of them slowly made their way back.


    With her fair and slender arms wrapped around his neck, Sophia kept spitting criticisms next to his ear


    about the conversation that took ce at the Royal Garden earlier. “I saw Anna at the Crimson House


    yesterday. I thought she was some kind of extraordinary figure, but I was wrong!”


    “She wants me to trade the children!”


    “I told her that in the future, the Ronney Group will only be able to rely on surrogate buyers to get their


    products into Cethos!”


    “That obsolete imperial family; just because they have that dirty money on their hands, they think they


    can stick their noses up in the air! The estate we have in Northern Europe is way bigger than their whole


    pce!”


    “The previous dynasty has already crumbled. This is a new era. If they want to silence me, I will stand up


    stronger and fill them with rage!”


    “Did you see the ce where they weed visitors? In a ce like that, did they want me to bow my


    head before we started talking about business? Bah!”


    Michael yed along to appease her. “The Yards still believe they’re an imperial family! They’re such an


    embarrassment! It’s time they got off their high horse! If the ruler wants the minister dead, then the


    minister will kill the ruler first!”


    Michael was impressed by Sophia’s courage to talk to the president of the Yard Group in that manner. If


    she had actually humiliated them, then the child would be in real danger.


    But, on the other hand, it also put pressure on the Ronney Group. No one could mess around with the


    Fletchers’ child so easily.


    Now that the Fletcher Family was aware of the child’s existence, they were going to do everything they


    could to bring her home.


    They might not have as big a fortune as the Yards did, but they were not to be taken lightly either.


    Sophia kept criticizing them the whole way. Once they reached the parking lot, however, they found


    Callum standing there with a child beside him.


    Michael and Sophia turned serious when they saw the child. She quickly got off Michael’s back and


    walked in Callum’s direction.


    Callum said, “We have rules in our family, and that is to not have a Fletcher work for us. So, you can take


    this child back.”


    Since finding out that a member of the Fletcher Family was in their domain, they did not want to keep her


    anymore.


    After saying that, Callum headed into the car with an unsatisfied look.


    As the car started to move, Callum lowered the car window all of a sudden and said to Sophia, “We


    might be an ‘obsolete imperial family’, but we’re still an imperial family. If we want the minister dead, and


    the minister doesn’t want to die, then we will have to personally kill them.”


    Sophia was lost for words.


    Meanwhile, Michael was delighted. Who would have thought that Sophia’s strategy would be so


    effective?


    He hurried over to the child and kneeled. “Hello, are you L? I’m your uncle. You can call me Michael.


    I’ve been in films before.”


    L had the same cold expression as she did in the photograph. Currently, she had a numb and nk


    look on her face. Her eyes showed that she was on high alert toward every person in the world. She


    lookedpletely different from the easygoing child in the photographs that her adoptive parents had


    shown them.


    She was missing for a month. Who knew what she could have gone through during this time?


    Michael felt an ache in his chest. When he reached out to hold her hand, she quickly pushed him away


    and he spotted the bandage wrapped around her small hand. He figured that she must have gotten it


    after undergoing high-intensity training.


    In a warm tone, Sophia coaxed, “It’s okay, L. We will take you home. Okay?”


    Eventually, she managed to get L into the car, but L still felt uneasy. She was on high alert


    throughout the car ride, keeping her eyes on everyone and not uttering a word.


    Michael took a good look at the child. She was a mixed-race child who had already turned seven. Her


    eyes looked exactly the same as Celine’s, but her temperament was more simr to her father’s.


    She grew up in an ordinary family and waspletely oblivious about her birth parents’ identities. She


    did not have a murderous look, but despite being unaware of who her parents were, she still seemed to


    stand out.


    Michael let out a sigh of relief now that they had found the child, but he was quickly met with another


    obstacle.


    L definitely had to go back to the Fletcher Family, but what would happen after that?


    It was only a matter of time before Justin found out about his wife’s child out of wedlock.


    Moreover, her father was de, the most heinous killer!


    Stanley and a bunch of Fletchers caused the death of her biological father in a gang fight. Her mother


    had no idea about her existence. If the other members of the family found out about her, how would they


    treat her?


    Nheless, Quinton still believed that getting her back was better than anything else.


    All that mattered was that she could return to the Fletcher Family.


    They departed the following day and returned to the small town that L grew up in.


    Noticing the familiar scenery outside the car window, L went from keeping silent to suddenly


    bing excited and her stoic little face could not stop looking out.


    When they finally arrived at their destination, that pleasant small home appeared before them. L raced


    out as soon as Michael opened the car door and spoke for the first time.


    “Daddy! Mommy!”


    Upon hearing her voice, her adoptive parents came out and were ecstatic to see her. While they hugged


    each other, L began to sob as she was finally able to let go of all the fear and desperation she felt.


    Sophia could not hold back her tears either when she heard the little child’s cries.


    It looked like she had lived a good life in this ce. Sophia also wanted L to continue living here, but


    since her identity as de’s daughter had been exposed, those people coulde back to take her


    again.


    de killed many people in his lifetime and made countless enemies. Now that he was gone, his


    enemies would take revenge on L; leaving her here would put that family in danger.


    But, seeing how happy L was, Sophia could not bear to tear them apart. L had spent seven years


    of her life here—this ce was her home!