Chapter 1162

However, besides Ryan, who else was there?

“I’m sorry I didn’t look after Lillian properly.” Fabian apologized solemnly.

Madeline did not blame him either as she knew that Fabian had always been good to Lillian.

At this moment, Madeline’s phone rang.

The call was from an unfamiliar number. She answered it decisively without hesitation.

The other party was straightforward. “Is this Eveline? Your daughter is in my hands now. If you don’t want your daughter to be hurt, you’d better be ready to transfer 20 million to my designated account. I’ll notify you later on the specific time.”

Thinking that it might be a kidnapping case, Madeline kept calm.

“Eveline, did you hear?” The other party thought Madeline did not hear him, so he impatiently urged.

“Do you not believe that your daughter is in my hands? Then I’ll let her say just a few words to her mother now.”

After the kidnapper’s words fell, Madeline’s heart seemed to burn in discomfort.

Her Lillian could not speak.

“Little thing, call out to your mommy! Hurry up!” the man ordered fiercely.

However, Lily did not make any sound. The man suddenly became annoyed and wanted to use violence to force Lily to speak.

Madeline also had a foreboding and hurriedly said, “I believe my daughter is in your hands! Don’t touch my daughter or speak loudly to her. I’ll prepare the money.”

Noting that Madeline was frank, the kidnapper felt a little skeptical. “You didn’t even hear her voice and already you believe what I said?”

“Yes, I believe you.” Madeline clenched her fists, her heart feeling as if it was being stabbed. “Don’t force my daughter to speak. She can’t speak.”

“What? Is she a mute?” the kidnapper sneered in surprise.

Madeline’s eyes darkened, but her tone was stern and domineering. “Remember what I just said. If you hurt even a hair on my daughter, I’ll definitely double it back on you. By then, forget the money, you guys can also stop wishing to get out of this with your bodies intact.”

Madeline hung up the phone after her warning, anxious and on tenterhooks.

“Maddie, what’s the situation? Is it a kidnapping?” Fabian asked quickly.

Madeline furrowed her eyebrows tightly. “From what it looks like now, it does seem like it is. I have to discuss with Jeremy right away.”

She took Jackson, turned around, and got in the car to leave.

Fabian wanted to follow them, but after thinking about it, he stopped again.

Lillian was taken away from his hands. He could not shirk the blame.

Fabian took out the candy that Lillian had first given him from his pocket with a solemn expression.

‘Lillian, I’ll definitely bring you back to your parents safely. Definitely!’

After Madeline and Jeremy met, she told him about Lillian.

She saw worry, panic, and anxiety in Jeremy’s eyes, but his expression was rather calm.

He was obviously worried, but he was merely pretending not to care.

“Since money is being requested, it’ll be given,” he said in a light tone as if he was talking about something insignificant.

Madeline knew that Jeremy was actually very worried about Lillian. She did not want to expose him, so she went and prepared the ransom.

However, Jeremy had quietly found the kidnapper’s phone number from Madeline’s call records. He handed it to a professional to track the location of the number.

The whole night passed without any news, however.

Jeremy was uneasy and was close to losing control of his emotions, so he no longer continued to pretend not to care.

He made calls to gather all the surveillance footage. He checked every piece of the footage every car had passed through each road before finally finding a clue.

Madeline was also waiting for the kidnapper’s call that night, but the kidnapper had not called her again. Madeline then called them back, but no one answered.

Just when she was preparing to head out with Jeremy, they finally received a call.