Chapter 256



Ten seconds later, absolute silence filled the room.

“…”

A minute later, the silence in the room became even more terrifying.

“…”

Even after two minutes passed, none of them had any intention of speaking.

“…”

Nora, who had always been a light sleeper, found it especially hard to pass the time at that moment. How she wished she could close her eyes and fall asleep, so that when she woke up, the day would be bright and sunny again.

galnσvє𝓵s.𝓬𝓸m – your update hub But that was obviously not the most appropriate thing to do at the moment.

She had never been afraid of anything, and she had always been a straightforward and frank person. Still, at that instant he understood a little of what it meant to want to dig a hole and bury himself in it.

His gaze wandered erratically. He looked up at the ceiling with his arms hanging at his sides and nudged Pete with his hand to break the silence.

Pete: “…”

By this time, Pete and Cherry had already communicated a lot to each other with their eyes.

Pete looked at Cherry: ‘What do we do now?’

Cherry’s big eyes blinked: ‘I don’t know either!’

Pete held up his hands helplessly, ‘The tyrant looks so calm, but the calmer he is on the outside, the angrier he is on the inside.’

Cherry also looked at Nora: ‘Mom has a very serious look on her face too. The more serious she looks, the scarier the decision she makes will be.’

Pete was terrified: ‘Surely Mom isn’t thinking of liquidating the tyrant and taking us both away, is she?’

Cherry: ‘… It’s not impossible’.

Pete: ‘…’

As the two children communicated with their eyes, Nora nudged Pete. She curled her fingers a little, gesturing for him to speak.

Just like that, Pete said, “Mommy, Daddy always brings 12 bodyguards and even 24 hidden bodyguards every time he goes out. You won’t be able to fight while escaping.”

As soon as he said that, the room became even quieter.

“…”

It was as if everyone’s breathing was audible.

Justin: “….”

To be honest, he was in a big panic at this point too!

Before this, Nora hadn’t known that he was already aware of everything. In order for the woman to stay, he had deliberately kept one of the two children with him. In this way, she would always remain by his side.

But now.

If there was talk of the elephant in the room, he could no longer be ‘narcissistic’!

The woman would explain everything to him, and then?

What was he to do to make the woman and the children stay?

The man, who had always been full of ideas when it came to the business world, was also panicking. Therefore, all he could do was stand there with a thoughtful look on his face.

Unfortunately, his expression gave Nora the impression that he was a very scary man.

Well, that made sense. Justin would definitely be furious when he learned that one of his children had been taken from him. It was already pretty impressive that he could suppress his anger and avoid venting. Besides, he hadn’t said anything really horrible either.

When Nora, who had just thought of that, heard what Pete said, the corners of her lips couldn’t help but spasm.

Cough.

She would never admit that, indeed, a moment ago she had felt like knocking the man out and then fleeing the country with the two children.

In fact, an escape route had already formed in his mind at that very moment. After leaving, he was not to drive directly to the airport because Justin was definitely powerful enough to seal off the airport and the trains.

Therefore, he would drive to the outskirts, find an empty helipad and have Lily fly a private plane and come pick them up as soon as possible.

However, it would take Lily seven to eight hours to fly. After all, they were too far from Switzerland, where Lily was located…. If it was really beyond Lily’s means, then she would get Solo to pick them up instead. After all, he was closer to where they were.

If not, her only option would be to ask for help from her aunt overseas….

But when she heard about the 36 bodyguards, Nora clammed up and dismissed the idea.

She had fought Justin’s bodyguards before; it was easy for her to beat one or two, but 36? Say, to what extent was the man afraid of dying? Did he have to take so many people with him every time he went out?

As Nora daydreamed, Justin finally spoke up. “Shouldn’t you be giving me a reasonable explanation about this, Miss Smith?”

Phew…

At last the strange atmosphere had been broken. Nora breathed a sigh of relief at last. After thinking for a while about how to explain the situation, she began to explain the problems with the children. She said, “… Since you’ve seen it all, I’m not going to hide it from you anymore. The reason I’ve been trying to get close to you and Pete is actually…”

But before she could finish, Justin cut her off and said, “That’s not the explanation I’m asking for. More to the point, back then, why did you get pregnant with my children behind my back?”

All the words Nora had prepared got stuck in her throat, choking her. She was about to speak when Justin blurted out, “You’d better give me a reasonable explanation, why did you conspire against me and then run away that night! You even gave birth to two of my children.”

Nora: “?????”

Her mind was full of question marks!

What night was she talking about?

No, wait…

Nora narrowed her eyes. “Didn’t you say you didn’t know how I got pregnant?”.

Justin looked down. “I didn’t know it was you at the time, so of course I’d say that. After all, I sure couldn’t tell outsiders that a woman had conspired against me and taken advantage of me, could I?”

Nora: “?????”

She pointed to herself in disbelief. “I…conspired against you?”

Justin, who was making a long face, replied, “Yes. Considering how fat and ugly you were then, I couldn’t possibly have fallen in love with you and conspired against you, could I?”

Nora: “??????”

Was she suffering from memory loss – or had she really been sleepwalking that one time!!! But she really didn’t remember him appearing in her dream! After all, given his face, it would have been deeply etched in her memory if she had dreamed of him.

She was about to refute him when Justin spoke again. “Tell me, woman, what exactly are you up to by plotting against me and even giving me two children?”

Nora: “…”

She was speechless.

He did not know what to say.

Seeing, as she said nothing, Justin’s voice became even colder. “If you’re not going to explain yourself…. These two children are part of the Hunts. There’s no way I’m going to let the Hunts’ kids hang around out there, let alone let a woman with ulterior motives get anywhere near my kids! So, without a good reason, you can forget about ever seeing my kids again!”

She placed her hands on Pete and Cherry’s heads, then stepped back with both of them.

Nora: “?”

Her eyes darkened.

How dare that man threaten her! Aha!

Just as she was about to attack….

Cherry and Pete, whom Justin was holding, panicked when they heard their father.

Couldn’t they see Mom anymore?

No, that couldn’t happen!

Cherry immediately shouted, “Dad, Mom doesn’t mean any harm! She doesn’t have any ulterior motives either.”

Although Justin, who was in the middle of a confrontation with Nora, had adopted an icy demeanor on the surface, he was actually secretly terribly anxious.

Why hadn’t that bimbo taken the bait yet?

Well, it was true that he wasn’t afraid of a head-on confrontation.

However, his precious baby finally spoke at that moment. Justin let out a sigh of relief inwardly, though the look on his face was still cold. “What are you planning, if not something malevolent?”

“It’s… it’s… it’s…” Cherry looked at Nora, then at Justin. Finally, she turned to Pete for help and asked, “It’s…. What was it, Pete?”

Pete: “?”

Seeing that the tyrant was also looking, Pete stammered, “It’s…. It’s …”

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