Chapter 325
It was the second day after Frank had been locked up.
Natalie and Trevon moved back to the Wilson’s residence. Theo missed Jasper and had asked Natalie
to stay with the Wilsons for several days.
Natalie would not object. Theo treated her as if she was his own granddaughter.
Trevon personally drove Natalie to work. He held her hand while driving with one hand. As Trevon
turned the steering wheel. Lily’s phone rang inappropriately. It was a video call from Ava.
Ava had woken up early in the morning. Natalie remembered Ava telling her she did not have morning
sses. Natalie picked up the phone with one hand and smiled while saying. “Ava, you’re up so early.
Didn’t you say that there were no sses in the morning…
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Before Natalie could finish, Ava interrupted her rudely for the first time and anxiously asked, “Sister,
have you seen Frank in the past two days? I can’t reach him. Can you help me ask Trevon if something
happened to Frank?”
On the night Frank got off the ne, he did say that he may not check his messages. However, he had
not replied to her messages all day. This made Ava, who was in Sapphire City, panic. She thought
Frank had returned to Athana hurriedly. Now that he was missing, something might have happened.
Ava, who had always had good sleep quality, had insomniast night. She waited and only verified it
with Natalie at this time.
Ava decided not to call Natalie. She was afraid that her sister would not tell the truth. Video calls
allowed her to see if Natalie was avoiding her gaze.
Natalie turned to look at the man who was driving seriously with a slight smile on his face. It was
difficult to hide it now. Natalie cleared her throat and said, “Ahem… Ava, something happened to Frank,
but it’s not a big problem. It will be resolved soon. Don’t worry. He didn’t want you to be worried, so he
avoided telling you. Trevon said Frank will be fine in a few days.” After Ava’s suspicion was verified, her
beautiful eyes became misty as she held back her tears and said, “I understand, Sister.”
“Sleep a little longer. I’m going to work. Don’t overthink. It’ll be fine soon,” Natalie replied.
Natalieforted Ava repeatedly, afraid that her sister would overthink.
Ava, who was not in a good mood, said gloomily. “Sure.”
After hanging up, Natalie became worried. She turned his head and asked Trevon, “Can Franke
out today? Ava is already anxious. I’m afraid that if Frank doesn’te out soon, Ava will fly over.”
Trevon chuckled. “Don’t worry. With Frank’s personality, do you think he can make Ava worry for so
long? If he doesn’te out today, the Roberts family will make a move. I’ll give it 48 hours at most.”
Upon hearing Trevon’s words, Natalie calmed down. Soon, the car arrived at the entrance of the
hospital. Trevon unbuckled his seatbelt and pecked Natalie on the lips. He said, “Honey, I’ll pick you up
after work.”
Natalie was used to the stickiness when they parted. She returned a kiss and said, ‘Goodbye, Mr.
Wilson.”
As Frank and Trevon expected, the second-generation nouveau riche who insisted that Lithern Club
had sold him the drug changed his statement. He changed his usations even though nobody had
threatened him. Frank also stayed in prison obediently for two days.
The second-generation nouveau riche imed he had consumed drugs before entering Lithern Club.
He always had this hobby but lied to avoid being investigated.
Meanwhile, Frank’s calmness puzzled many because he did not use underhand methods to solve the
issue.
At 3:30 p.m., Frank strode out of the police station. A ck Maybach was parked at the entrance. The
driver in the car did not get out. Instead, he opened the window and shouted at Frank, “You’re out
rather fast.”
Frank opened the door of the front passenger seat without saying anything and got in as if it was his
car. Frank said, “Your intel is quite urate. How many minutes have you waited?”
There was stubble on Frank’s chin but no fatigue in his eyes. Frank calmly asked Trevon, “Do you have
a cigarette?” Trevon nced sideways at the roguish Frank and muttered, “You’ve kept some in your
car. They haven’t been touched in thest two days.”
Frank took a pack of cigarettes from the ce Trevon pointed to. He tore open the packaging and
knocked out a cigarette with his fingers. He held the cigarette between his slender fingers and lit it with
a lighter. He took a deep puff and slowly exhaled. The lingering smoke filled the car and dissipated
through the window.
After consuming half a stick, Frank said casually, “Someone wanted me to rest. I have to cooperate
with them.”
Trevonined, “You’ve rested well enough. Ava couldn’t sleep. When she called my wife this
morning, she was so anxious that she cried. She said she couldn’t reach you.”
Trevon was addressing Natalie as his wife very smoothly now. He kept calling her his wife as if he was
showing off
Upon hearing this. Frank held the cigarette in his finger and asked solemnly, “What did your wife tell
Ava?*
“Tell her the truth, of course. We’re not people who lie. You can think of a way to exin yourself,”
Trevon said as if he was
honest.
Eventually, Trevon was satisfied by the worried expression on Frank’s face and added, “I didn’t reveal
that you were framed. 1 just said that something happened to you.”
If Trevon had revealed Frank being imprisoned, Ava would have most likely flown to Athana
immediately based on her forting personality.
Frank bit the cigarette between his lips and did not smoke it. He took out his phone and sent a
message to the profile picture pinned at the top of his WhatsApp application, Tm fine. Don’t worry. You
should focus on ss?
The youngdy had sses in the afternoon. He had already memorized her timetable. Her schedule
was also stored on his phone.
Frank thought Ava would probably reply to his messages immediately. Moreover, her ss had already
ended at this time. As time passed and Frank waited, his brows furrowed even more. Trevon looked at
Frank, who was increasingly anxious, and reminded his friend, “Why don’t you give her a call? You
won’t get an answer even if you torment yourself to death. Don’t you like to get your answer directly?”
Frank did not respond to Trevon as he knew Frank enjoyed watching the spectacle. Frank called Ava
but was told Ava’s phone was turned off. He got the same notification even on the second try. This
made Frank panic. He had never been so anxious before. The nicotine from the cigarette in lus mouth
could not ease his anxiety.
The more he smoked, the more ufortable he felt. He extinguished his cigarette and threw it into
the trash can in the distance. The cigarettended directly into the trash can.
Frank turned to Trevon, who was enjoying the spectacle, and said, “Call Joseph and ask if Baby Ava is
home. Her phone is turned off, and I can’t reach her.”
“You two are dating, and you need my wife and I to help you pave the way. Why are you so daring? Do
I owe it to you?” Trevonined in dissatisfaction. However, he still called Joseph, who was quickly
picked up. “Brother, is Ava home?” Joseph’s gentle voice came from the other end of the line. “She’s on
the ne.”
Trevon was speechless. Judging from Ava’s actions, her decisiveness was on par with Frank’s.
After listening to Joseph’s instructions, Trevon hung up the phone. He looked sideways at the anxious
Frank and said, “She’s on the ne. She’ll be here at 11 pm. Should 1 pick her up? Do you want to do
it yourself?”
Although Trevon knew that this sentence was ridiculous, it was better to ask.
“I’ll fetch her. Send me to Lithern Club. I have something to handle there. I’ll repay your wife’s favor
when I get married,” Frank said shamelessly. Frank said in surety as if he and Ava were going to marry
each other.
“Should I tell you that you’re generous or blindly confident?” Trevon eximed as he shook his head.
Joseph did not say when Ava boarded the ne, and Trevon did not ask. A tacit agreement formed
between both
After sending Frank to Lithern Club, Trevon left. Frank sneered in disdain as Trevon wanted to pick his
wife up from work.
At nine o’clock in the evening, Lithern Club opened its doors as usual. The staff in there were
preparing. Since the afternoon, Frank had been in the office watching the surveince camera footage
of Lithern Club. The private rooms in Lithern Club were not monitored, but he still needed to check
something else. He looked at the time stamp in the lower right corner of his screen. The youngdy
was about tond in Athana.
There were still two hours left. He wanted to go to the airport in advance and wait.
He turned off hisptop and headed for the door.
When he opened the door, he bumped into Lily, who wasing to work. Lily was wearing a figure-
hugging red dress with a plunging neckline. Her face was covered in thick makeup, and she wore a pair
of three-inch white high heels. She stood beside Frank and looked up at him.
She said earnestly, “Mr. Roberts, I’m sorry I didn’t discover the problem in time.”
Frank was in a hurry to go to the airport, so he did not give much thought to his answer and merely
said, “Sure.”
His tone was indifferent and distant as if he wanted to stay away and ignore her.
How could Lily have missed his nonchnce? She felt a piercing pain in her heart and thought, “Why
couldn’t he see how much I had done for him after so long?” Her eyes were slightly teary, and she tried
her best to endure it.
An urge ran rampant through Lily’s body. She did not want to put up with it anymore. She wanted to
confess to Frank.
She silently mustered her courage and clenched her fists tightly. Just as she was about to speak, a
young and innocent female voice interrupted her hard-earned courage.
“Frank…” A soft voice came from the corridor.
She wore a thin beige-colored sweater, ck denim shorts, and a pair of white sneakers. Her slender
legs went on for miles, and her skin was as clear as crystal from afar. The girl did not smile, and there
was a tinge of anger in her. Her exquisite little face pouted as if the world owed her one million dors.
She held arge white suitcase and a green baseball cap in her other hand. At this moment, Ava felt
that the hat was appropriate Without a word, she put the hat on her head.
It was light green and the color of spring. Ava had painted her fingernails on a whim the day before.
She felt that she ought to dress up for spring, and it seemed to have lightened up the atmosphere.
Frank was stunned for a moment. He looked at the travel-worn youngdy before him and could not
help butugh. He strode toward her and wanted to hug her fiercely. However, he could read the room
and had long seen that the little girl was
angry.
The green hat was in the way no matter how he looked at it.
He pinched the space between his eyebrows and raised his hand to try to take the hat off her. In the
end, Ava pressed down. her hat. He tried to y along and asked nicely. “I thought you would be here
at 11 o’clock.”
Lily did not leave. She carefully observed the girl who came in. The girl before her had a sophisticated
look and fashion sense. Even though thetter wore casuals, Lily, who had been in the nightlife scene
for many years, could still tell.
Lily thought, “Frank must have spent lots of money on this girl. She was dressed in branded clothes
from head to toe.”
Lily was so jealous that her nails dug into her palm. Frank’s eyes were filled with indulgence and love
for this girl. Even his tone was something she had never heard before. It was so gentle. A man who
had always been a man of few words had another side to him.
Just not to her.
Ava looked past Frank and nced at the woman with the plunging neckline behind. She eximed,
“I’m doing a surprise inspection. It looks like you didn’t perform well today. I’m going to penalize you
tonight.”
Frank chuckled. Even Lily, who was standing at the back, heard hisughter. Lily was livid, and her
eyes were slightly red.
“Alright, then I’ll penalize myself. Can I take off the hat? The color is too striking and ufortable to
see,” Frank said.
What was the little girl thinking about when she bought the green hat?
“Alright, this is an rm. Although she said that, Ava still did not remove her hat.
Ava was a firm believer in constetions. The color of the underwear she wore every day was the lucky
color of the constetion. She hade in a hurry today and had forgotten to bring green underwear.
When shended, she bought a green hat at the duty-free shop.
She did not want to wear it. After all, this color did not suit her. It was just for luck. However, when she
saw the scene at Lithern Club, she put it on her head without hesitation.
Frank reached out and gently took off the hat on Ava’s head. He held it in his hand and rubbed her high
ponytail dotingly with the other hand.
Ava missed Frank too much and could not care if Lily was around. She tiptoed, wrapped her fair arms
around Frank’s neck, and looked up at him.
Frank ced the hat on the suitcase and lowered his body to kiss her forehead. He held her waist with
one hand and stroked the hair on her forehead with the other. He showed off his love as if no one was
around, as if Lily was transparent. “Are you ying truant?” Frank asked.
Ava tiptoed again and kissed Frank’s lips. Lily’s heart was bleeding as she watched the spectacle. The
pain in her palm could not wake Lily up.
Lily would rather die than admit that she witnessed this scene.
Frank’s self-discipline was put to the test by Ava. He muttered, “Shall I send you to the Wilson’s
residence?”
Ava raised her head and thought for a few minutes. Her expression was solemn when she rejected
Frank and said, “I want to sleep with Rose tonight.”
When Frank heard this, he turned solemn. Ava was still firmly hugging him. His waist was still bent. Did
the little girl know what he was referring to?