Chapter 250 Surprise Attack


    Her voice was pitiful. Philip, exasperated, snapped, “You’re not seriously thinking of going and telling


    her the truth about what happened five years ago?”


    ra chimed in, “Natalia’s saying that much, but I’ve thought it over. If she’s fine, she can’t hide


    forever. She’s just trying to get one over on us right now, and might not know everything. So long as we


    hold fast, she can’t do anything about us. As for Jessica, I’ll send people to take care of it. She’ll have


    to put up with it for a while. Still, with her special identity, she shouldn’t suffer too much. As long as she


    can hold under pressure and doesn’t admit to anything, we should be fine.”


    Hearing that, Aleena couldn’t believe it.


    “That’s a huge ‘should’, Mom! That means that it’s possible for her to crack and admit to the crime!


    Jessica’s never been through hardship growing up; how could she stay in a ce like that?”


    ra looked at her impatiently.


    “Didn’t I say I’m sending people over to take care of it? She made this mess herself, so it’s good for her


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    to stew a bit right now. That way she’ll remember not to go out and cause trouble again someday!”


    She grunted with displeasure.


    Aleena didn’t have a reply for that.


    After a while, she tried, “Didn’t you sayst time that over at Eqitin…”


    ra frowned.


    “I’m already in contact with that side. I’ll hear back in a few days. Don’t tell Jessica for now, just in case


    she causes some more trouble if she can’t hold it in. Don’t worry. If my contacts are secure, nothing will


    happen to Jessica. By then, if the Millerse up and ask us to be family again, we’ll be having none


    of it.”


    Aleena rxed a little and nodded.


    “All right. Your call, Mom.”


    *****


    Meanwhile, Natalia couldn’t have imagined that she’d meet someone who should never have appeared


    on Fortuna Ind.


    Selena ran right into her the moment she arrived at the hotel.


    She was wearing a simple white shirt with straight trousers underneath. With her hair in a ponytail, she


    looked fresh and energetic.


    Seeing Natalia, she seemed surprised as well.


    “I didn’t think I’d see you here, Mrs. McCarthy.”


    Natalia smiled slightly. “I think it’s quite a coincidence too, Miss Kawn.”


    Selena’s eyes lit up.


    “All that drama outside over your disappearance and your kidnapping – I’d thought it was true, but now


    it seems like…”


    She didn’t finish the sentence, but her meaning was obvious.


    Natalia’s head was starting to hurt.


    Sometimes life just gave you a surprise attack out of nowhere.


    She calmed herself and beamed at her.


    “Are you here to look for Grandma, Miss Kawn?”


    Some things weren’t worth hiding if they’d been revealed already.


    But she wasn’t in the mood to deliberately exin things to Selena.


    Still, Selena was smart enough to not ask too many questions. She simply chuckled, “Yes, I heard that


    Old Mrs. McCarthy is here, so I’de to find her. I didn’t think I’d meet you.”


    “Grandma is still in her room. Need me to bring you over?”


    “No need to trouble yourself, Mrs. McCarthy. I can head to the front desk and ask them myself. If you’re


    going out, I won’t trouble you.”


    Natalia nodded and didn’t stay to chat. She turned around and left.


    Selena looked at her receding back and grinned, a bit of yfulness shing through her eyes.


    Ariana couldn’t have imagined that Selena woulde to the ind at a time like this.


    She’d bought up this ind for a while now, and pretty much everyone at home knew about it. But they


    were normally busy, and not many people would visit this small ind. Even if they did, they’d tell her


    beforehand, so she hadn’t paid attention.


    She didn’t think that that smallpse would put such a damper on Natalia’s ns.


    Ariana was tremendously guilty, but Selena acted like she hadn’t seen anything.


    The moment she saw her, she said happily, “I was just filming nearby and decided to stop here on the


    way since you were here. You won’t me me for not notifying you, right?”


    Ariana gave a small smile.


    “How could I? I’m happy you’re here; of course I wouldn’t me you.”


    She said that, but her face looked a bit strange.


    Selena pretended like she hadn’t noticed. Going over to Anne, she took out the gifts she’d lovingly


    prepared beforehand and yed around with Anne.


    Anne had just woken up after napping with Ariana and remembered that Natalia had promised to teach


    her how to swim in the afternoon.


    But she was nowhere to be seen, so Anne was in a panic. She saw Selena, but she didn’t have the


    patience to deal with her.


    The girl took the gifts, said a casual thanks, put her shoes on and jogged outside.


    Ariana was worried and ran out after her.


    “Where are you going, Anne?”


    “I’m going to find Mommy. Mommy promised to swim with me.”


    Ariana stopped her hurriedly.


    “Be a good girl, Anne. Your Mommy left because she’s got things to do. How about having her teach


    you to swim after she gets back?”


    Anne’s eyes reddened with frustration right away.


    “I don’t want to wait. Mommy promised me when she tucked me in. She said I would see her if I woke


    up and I could go swimming with her. Mommy wouldn’t lie!”


    Ariana looked at the state the child was in and couldn’t really say anything at the moment.


    Natalia had promised to take her swimming when she woke up.


    But she’d slept lightly today, and with Selenaing over, she’d gotten up half an hour early.


    With the way things went normally, it’d normally have taken her until two thirty to wake up. By that time,


    Natalia would probably be done with business and back here already.


    Ariana didn’t have an exnation.


    Seeing that, Selena crouched and looked at Anne gently.


    “Mrs. McCarthy is busy with something else right now, Anne. How about your auntie Selena teach you


    how to swim instead?”


    For all these years, Archie hadn’t had too many women around him. First off, he didn’t have too much


    interest in such matters. Also, Anne had a peculiar personality and she seemed to hate the women who


    appeared around him.


    Selena was an exception.


    It wasn’t that Anne really liked her, but at least she didn’t push her away and treat her like an enemy


    the way she did other women.


    So she’d always thought that she held a special ce in Anne’s heart.


    Besides, since Ariana had tried to match Selena with Archie before, she’d had quite a lot of time to


    develop a bond with Anne.


    Which made Selena even more confident that Anne liked her.


    However, this time, Anne was looking at her with some contempt.


    “I don’t want Miss Kawn. You don’t look as good as Mommy, you don’t look as patient as Mommy, and


    most importantly, you’re not as pretty as Mommy! I don’t want you to teach me, I just want my Mommy!”


    “…”