Ch. 1731..1740
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1731
Yet Another Massacre
Now that he had arrived in Yartran, it should be the start of the second massacre, and this time, it might be larger and more terrifying than the one in Jadeborough.
Before boarding the plane, Sebastian called his two sons who had already arrived in Yartran and learned that there was a massacre in the local black market.
“Daddy, there are at least a few thousand people in that black market, but as soon as Ian and I got here, we heard the news that the entire black market was razed to the ground!”
On the phone, Matteo spoke with shock, anger, and fury.
This little scoundrel was even better than him. It took him and his brother two hours to destroy the casino. This guy only took less than half an hour to wipe the place clean.
It was all done!
Matteo was so upset he fiercely took a bite off an apple.
When Sebastian heard that, immediately his expression became solemn.
“How about now? Where is he?”
“I don't know, and we can't follow him. He's like a ghost, and we don't know where he's going next? If he commits a massacre here, it will be troublesome when it comes to international disputes since it is out of the country.”
Again, Matteo spoke angrily.
Sebastian was silent for a moment.
Finally, he said coldly. “Ian, I will send you a password later. Try to track it.”
“Okay,” Ian replied.
Ian, who had been silent all this while, turned on his computer after replying to his father.
A few minutes later, he received a string of numbers on his computer and clicked on it, thinking that it was some advanced tracking system. Unexpectedly, the screen suddenly went black and the sound of what seemed to be Sebastian's breathing was heard.
“S104, give a response!”
A deep voice, with a commanding tone came out clearly from the computer.
Matteo was so taken aback that he stopped biting his apple.
Ian, too, was stunned for a moment.
Is this... Daddy's voice?
It was at this moment, that movement could be seen on the black screen. This was followed by loud noises and after a while, there were gunshots and screams.
Bang!
“Who are you? How did you find us? Ahh-”
There was a shrill scream and the terror over there could be felt across the screen.
The twins were petrified.
When Sebastian heard it, immediately he ordered, “Ian, track this frequency and find his location.”
“Yes!”
Only then did Ian come to his senses.
Quickly, he took his notebook and ran the tracking app.
It turned out that, in order to find the boy who had become crazed, Sebastian had used the special tracking device of the Jadesons, which was directly implanted into the brain.
And these tracking devices, other than Jonathan, Devin and himself, there was only planted on the boy they saved years ago.
Ian quickly locked on to the target. It was the most ordinary local residential building.
The twins went there quickly.
However, they were still too late. When they finally arrived at the residential building, they saw blood everywhere, and there were corpses in the corridors.
The Limmer family had planned their disappearance so well. Everyone in the family was disguised as the lowest-ranking ordinary folk in society.
They blended in as hotel staff and ordinary residents in the country so that no one would know.
When Ian and Matteo arrived and saw blue flame marks on the corpses in turn, apart from their anger, they were only shocked that the young man could find his targets and see through their disguises so accurately.
Is he possessed by an evil spirit?
Is it the spirit of that woman named Daphne?
Matteo came over and sighed when he saw the red-eyed boy shoot down the last person.
“You have killed so many, one after another. Don't you feel tired?”
Silence was the reply he got.
“What I mean is, where else do you need to go to kill? Say it and share with us so we can go together to finish them off.”
Matteo explained because he was embarrassed by the cold piercing stare from Kurt's bloodshot eyes
Of course, he was not going to kill anyone.
He only wanted to find them and hand them over to his father, Sebastian to handle them. Killing so many people was really awful.
It was clear that Kurt was infected by the black bacteria, and his bloodthirsty appearance was very similar to his original master, who would kill right up to the very last one.
He kept the guns and was about to leave.
Matteo was speechless.
“Kurt, where is Vivi?” Ian suddenly asked about his sister.
At the question, Kurt who was covered in blood and about to leave, paused suddenly.
“Did you leave her behind? Kurt, let me tell you, she is Sebastian's daughter. If the Limmer family finds her, she will be in great danger!”
Ian was very smart. When he saw Kurt's reaction, immediately he realized that something was wrong, and he changed his tone of voice to a stern note.
Kurt's gaze was thoughtful for a moment.
However, he remained silent.
At the same time, Matteo took out his smartphone and called Vivian.
“Hello, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable.”
“Darn!”
Matteo lost his temper!
At the same time, while he was standing with his back to them, something was slowly pouring out of Kurt's chest uncontrollably, and it gradually covered the destructive murderous aura on his body.
Vivi...
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1732
She Hugs Him And Cries
At this moment in time, Vivian's whereabouts were unknown.
After she went through the small door, she had been walking forward relying on the light of her mobile phone. She walked for half an hour without reaching the end. However, the power of her mobile phone was almost empty.
“I should stop using the torchlight, or else the power would be used up and Daddy or Kurt wouldn't be able to contact me.”
She thought that her sight had already adapted to the secret passage anyway, so she turned off the flashlight, and continued to move forward.
Fortunately, this time, after about twenty minutes, she seemed to see some light in front of her, and that little light, in this closed secret passage where she could not see her own fingers stretched out in front of her, was like a life-saver. She ran forward joyfully.
Sure enough, when she reached the spot, the light became bigger and brighter.
When she finally got to it, she saw that it came through another small door at the end of the tunnel.
Am I outside yet?
When she saw where she was, she nearly stamped her foot in disappointment.
She had thought that she was already outside Exerine Palace.
It slipped her mind that she had been walking in this secret passage for an entire hour and that the time to get to the gate of the Exerine Palace was much shorter?
Vivian pushed open the door.
Hiss...
As soon as the door was opened, only a creepy hissing sound of some kind of creature was heard. Vivian stood there, stunned to see a huge pit in front of her.
The pit was packed with poisonous snakes!
Hiss...
The snakes hissed again.
Ah... ah...! Vivian paralyzed on the spot.
She had never seen so many snakes before, and she was so distraught watching this terrifying scene that her knees buckled and she slipped to the ground with her head covered in her arms.
This is horrifying. How can there be so many snakes in one place?
She sat there, went limp with fear, and was unable to get up on her feet.
Unfortunately, at this moment, the poisonous snakes in the pit discovered her presence, and soon, after another terrifying round of hissing inside, they started to climb out.
Vivian was too scared to make a sound.
She was shaking violently, desperately trying to escape, and trying to close the door again.
However, not only her feet refused to move, but her body too. Fear overwhelmed her whole body that it would not obey the signals from her brain to move at all.
Vivian was desperate.
At the critical moment, in the secret passage behind her, a “boom” was heard, and a blood arrow with its dazzling red light flew through the air.
In just a moment!
The poisonous snakes that were climbing up seemed to have seen something very frightening, and they shrunk back into the pit obediently.
Vivian was so terrified that her tears fell like rain, and she was dumbfounded by this scene. Her head buzzed.
Blood Arrow?
Boom!
After the Blood Arrow, a bullet flew through the tunnel.
It shattered a torch that was hanging on the wall in the secret room. It seemed to be made of an unknown material. After a burst of sparks, the torch was not extinguished.
Instead, it fell off, and in a blink of an eye, it was in the snake pit.
Hiss...
Immediately, these poisonous snakes started twisting crazily inside for a while. Then, a more terrifying scene happened. The snakes wrapped themselves around each other, opened their bloody mouths and hissed maniacally at each other...
Finally, Vivian could take it no more. Her head tilted and she sank limply towards the floor.
However, a vigorous figure swept into the cave and caught hold of her.
Vivian was silent.
She felt as if she was in a dream.
When Vivian was young, her friend Sunny once asked her why she always relied on that guy who was younger than her and why she liked to look for him whenever she had a need.
At that time, Vivian had no explanation.
Now, as she was held in his arms again, she finally understood. It turned out that it was a sense of security.
This young man, although he was two years younger than her, had an aura about him that made her feel at ease, even though he always appeared cold and distant.
As long as he was around, Vivian would feel safe and that everything would be all right.
She opened her frightened eyes, and on seeing him clearly, a huge burden rolled off her chest finally...
“Boohoo...”
She hugged his neck tightly and wailed aloud.
This was her usual behavior with him. Whenever she was wrongfully treated, bullied, or angry, she would cry on his shoulder.
She had never needed to put on a false front in his presence. She was totally free to be herself like with a soulmate.
However, Kurt froze!
He had wanted to continue killing the snakes but after she hugged him, something seemed to come back to his mind and he stopped moving.
Something churned in his bloodshot eyes.
It was a familiar feeling.
Even though her crying had messed up her appearance, she still looked delicate and soft, with a sweet fragrance like nectar.
However, he experienced the ecstasy that was more pleasurable than killing.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1733
His Mind Goes Blank
How did things turn out this way?
He gulped and slowly put the gun down.
“Get down!”
“No! I don't want to! What took you so long? Take a look at this scary place. There are snakes everywhere. Aren't you worried about me? What happens if they bite me, and I die? Boohoo...”
She burst into tears once again.
This time around, she got so upset that she grabbed his collar and used it to wipe her face.
Kurt was at a loss for words.
Finally, her intense emotions hit him hard, and he quivered.
The ferocious murderous intent in his eyes began to calm down a little.
Vivian said, “You didn't use to be like this. In the past, you would get very worried even if I got a minor cut from peeling fruits. Now that I have been bitten by snakes, you still chase me away.”
“What did you say? You got bitten?”
Her cries were being abruptly interrupted.
Kurt hugged her, and he did not even realize that his expression had changed. Instead, he looked at her legs.
Vivian was dumbfounded.
In truth, she had no idea if she was really bitten by the snakes.
However, the moment she could sense his concern for her, she raised up her legs immediately.
Anyway, there were several cuts and scrapes on her legs. Even if they were not snake bites, he would still be heartbroken if he really cared about her.
Unfortunately, she did not expect to see Kurt's expression change when he laid eyes on her right leg. In an instant, a shocked look appeared in his eyes.
Vivian was wondering what was going on.
She turned to look in the same direction.
True enough, there were two bite marks.
A few minutes later, Vivian stopped making a fuss and watched in silence as Kurt put her down to attend to her bite marks. He took out a knife and cut open the bite wounds.
Psshh!
Rightfully, it must be very painful when the knife sliced the flesh open.
However, it was only then Vivian realized that she did not feel any sensation.
Afterward, she saw Kurt extracting the thick, black blood out of her wound. Toward the end, he even bent down and sucked out the remnants.
“No!”
Finally, there were some reactions from her, and she reached out to stop him.
Kurt looked up at her.
At that moment, Vivian was behaving differently from her usual self. There was no crying or even a tiny hint of fear. Instead, she just kept her eyes on him.
“The venom will get into you too. Don't do that. Just get me out of here.”
All of a sudden, his mind went blank.
The various emotions surfaced and hit him like a tsunami. He realized that his hands were trembling slightly.
“I won't let you die!”
His mouth quivered.
After saying that, he continued with the extraction of the venom.
Vivian was speechless.
In the end, Vivian still failed to stop him.
However, when he carried her out of there, Vivian could feel that she was losing her consciousness.
“Vivi...”
Someone seemed to be calling her.
Therefore, she leaned on him and struggled to open her blurry eyes. “Yes...?”
“Don't fall asleep. We will get out of here very soon. Your brothers are all waiting for you outside, and your daddy is here too. Hold on. Get it?”
The man, who was carrying her, kept talking to her so that she would not fall into unconsciousness.
In his speech, he mentioned a lot of people like her brothers and her daddy...
That was a sign of his revival.
However, before she could see her brothers and her daddy, she passed out as Kurt was carrying her out of the place.
“Vivi!”
In that instant, Kurt, who was running like a crazy man, paused as if he had been stabbed by something. Fear engulfed him.
Now, he remembered. Back then, she was stabbed in the chest by that woman right in front of his eyes.
She was smiling brightly at him.
However, the chain resembled the snake who took the life out of her. There was nothing he could do but watch as she drifted away.
“No, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have forgotten about you. I made you wait for me, but I can't even remember you. This is all my fault. Vivi, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me?”
Gradually, he released his grip on her.
Finally, the girl with the purplish lips was lying quietly in his arms. She was no longer clinging on to him or pestering him anymore.
She was finally the obedient girl that he wanted.
Kneeling on the ground, Kurt held her tightly in his arms. The pain in his heart had reached such a climax that it felt like it was being torn apart.
Why?
By the time Matteo and Ian got there, that was what they saw.
Their sister was no longer in pain and lying quietly in the arms of her beloved Kurt. Despair permeated the air so much that it made one feel like destroying the whole world.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1734
Under The Sun
That was exactly what Matteo did.
He rushed in and blew up the entire underground space that Daphne had built back then.
After that, he followed the secret passage until he arrived at the royal residence and caught both Elizabeth and Colton by surprise.
That was the final truth. It was also the best move in Eddie's entire plan!
Colton was the only male heir of Jared Jadesons at the Ataraxy.
He was already discovered in the same year when Isaac died. However, he was not Jared's biological son.
After Janice passed away, the truth of Isaac's identity came to light. He turned out to be the son of Alfred and Felicity. Eddie pulled a switcheroo, and that was how Isaac ended up in the Sheerwood family.
When Isaac was born, Alfred was thrilled to have a son, but he was also afraid that the Heard family might find out. Therefore, during Felicity's confinement period, he took the child away and gave his son to Jared's wife who had also just given birth.
Unfortunately, shortly after he sent his son there, Eddie switched the boy and took to the Sheerwood family.
Thereafter, Eddie sent his own son to the Jadesons. Sadly, Jared's real son had been killed by Eddie a long time ago.
So, he turned out to be the heir of that b*stard!
Seeing the true color of that person, Matteo started trembling in anger. If his daddy did not need him for questioning, Matteo would have beaten him to a pulp right there and then.
“You are the son of that old b*stard, Eddie? The Jadesons have taken care of you for so many years, and you turned out to be such a vicious person!” Matteo yelled.
Colton stood up and smiled softly at him as usual. “Matteo, there are many things in life that are out of our control.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Nothing. I just want to let you know that I have been very happy during the past few decades that I have spent with the Jadesons. Back then, I wasn't interested in fighting for anything. I would rather lead a normal and honest life with my wife and children. I wanted to live like a normal person.”
Matteo was speechless.
He was filled with so much anger.
At the same time, he recalled the scene at Oceanic Estate. Every time when Colton saw them, he would give them sweets.
Back then, Colton was the youngest in the second generation of the Jadesons, and he was not much older than Sebastian.
As for his two children, their ages were close to that of Matteo and his siblings.
That was why he liked them very much.
At the thought of that, Matteo was not as enraged as before.
When Colton saw that, he took out a bottle.
“Take this and save your sister. It's the antidote for the snake venom. Don't worry. I will be here.”
Matteo clenched his fists so hard that they made a cracking sound.
In the end, he still took the antidote over and rushed back to Vivian.
Half an hour later after taking the antidote, Vivian did not look as pale as before. When Kurt saw that, he perked up too.
“Vivi?” he called out softly.
There was no movement from her, but her breathing had stabilized.
When everyone saw that, they heaved sighs of relief. Just as Matteo and Ian were about to go to the basement of the king, one of the SteelFort's members wriggled his way out of the secret passageway.
“Bad news! Mr. Matteo, Colton has been killed by Elizabeth!”
“What did you say?”
Matteo's expression changed drastically.
“I thought all of you were guarding him? How did he get killed by that woman?”
“Mr. Matteo, there's a trap in the secret room. Elizabeth activated it when she wanted to take him and escape. But, Colton refused. By the time we dodged the trap, she has already killed him.”
There was blood on the face of that member and also a wound that was at least ten centimeters long on his shoulder.
What an evil b*tch!
Both Ian and Matteo finally understood and rushed into the secret passageway immediately.
After they left, they did not realize that Kurt, who had calmed down considerably, opened his eyes in shock when he heard the news.
His murderous intent appeared once again!
Ten minutes later when Matteo and his brother arrived at the secret room, they saw Colton lying on the ground with a very sharp needle right in his heart.
“I'll go after her!”
Matteo was so mad that his eyes had turned bloodshot. He was about to take his men and rushed into the secret passageway.
Just then, Colton, who had yet to die, called out to him weakly.
“Matteo, you go... to the Cinnabar Harbor. She... she will escape from there...”
“Ian, give this to your daddy. These are what's left of the Limmer family including those students at the training base. Ian, I know Duncan's death has upset you very much. But, please don't blame yourself. I'm the one who did it. It has nothing to do with you. Understand?”
Before he passed on, he did not forget to resolve the enormous load of guilt in Ian.
Ian stood there rooted for a long time. He loomed over Colton for ages and said nothing.
Suddenly, Colton took out a family photo with trembling hands. As his eyes fell on the two children who were standing at the entrance of a famous institute, a smile finally appeared on his face.
Moments later, his hands gradually lowered to the ground.
Nobody liked the darkness, especially those who had always been living under the bright sunshine.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1735
You Are Really Kinky
When Matteo finally arrived at Cinnabar Harbor with his men, he realized that someone was already there ahead of him.
At that moment, that person held a thin yet sharp weapon of blood-red color in his hand, slaying everyone ruthlessly.
Spurt!
A jet of crimson blood spurted out.
At once, another person fell prey to the man's sharp weapon and collapsed to the ground.
That scene was exactly the same as when he charged toward everyone at Elysium's altar back then.
Upon seeing that, Elizabeth, who was retreating toward the port under the protection of her other men, immediately pointed at Kurt and shrieked, “Kill him! Finish him off!”
In other words, she ordered the men around her to lift their guns and kill Kurt right away.
Consequently, Matteo saw a man beside her whipping out a submachine gun he had never seen before.
Oh yes, wasn't that old coot, Eddie, fond of doing research on such things before he died?
His eyes promptly went cold. Raising the sniper rifle in his hand, he likewise pulled the trigger.
Bang!
With a single shot, that man instantly dropped dead.
At that, Elizabeth's face abruptly drained of all color.
She immediately swung her gaze in the direction of the gunshot. Unfortunately, all that entered her line of vision was the sight of another bullet whizzing toward her.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots rang out successively, making it unquestionable that the shooter must be mowing everyone down like a gust of wind blowing fallen leaves away.
In no time, everyone at the harbor met their end at Matteo's rifle, leaving the old lady the sole survivor.
That included the situation on Kurt's side. After he had also eliminated the last person, he put away the Blood Arrow in his hand gracefully. Following that, the battle drew to an end for real. That old hag was the only person who remained.
When Sebastian arrived, the three teenagers had already crippled Elizabeth's hands and had her kneel there while waiting for their father.
“It's turned out that you were the culprit, Elizabeth Heard!”
“Yup, it was me indeed! Did you not miscalculate as well, Yariel? It never crossed your mind that I was the person behind everything, huh?”
Surprisingly, Elizabeth felt superior when she saw the man who ruined the White family back then and destroyed her lover, Eddie, in a single fell swoop.
She thought that she was the last person standing, far better than Alfred and Eddie.
But no sooner had her words fallen than the man standing before her drawled with his eyes pinned on her, “Indeed, it never crossed my mind. However, it wasn't for any other reason than the fact that I never expected the Heard family to be so kinky.”
“What did you just say? Who's kinky?”
The instant Elizabeth heard that, she instantly flew into a rage as though she had been stung.
“Is that not the truth? Eddie suffered from dwarfism. Although he later had prosthetics legs, it was still relatively difficult if a woman wanted to have children with him.”
“How dare you?”
It was as though Elizabeth had been smacked hard across the face out of the blue, for her entire face turned bright red.
Meanwhile, the three teenagers across from them were at a loss upon hearing that. What's Daddy talking about here? Why don't we understand a single word?
Clearly, they were all good and innocent children.
Needless to say, Sebastian wouldn't put things so bluntly either.
According to the diary Eddie left, he was an exceedingly depraved man. He had a physical defect, yet he craved women. Therefore, one could only imagine how wretched he was.
However, the Heard family arranged for their daughter to serve him at that time.
No one knew what happened then, but judging from the current situation, Elizabeth even wanted to make a comeback for him.
Hence, her experience then must have been pretty great, more so than that with her legal husband, Alfred.
All that was sufficient to prove his point.
“Fine. Since you want to put it in such a manner, I admit that I indeed made a mistake this time. But it never occurred to you either that you'd die at the hands of your own son in the end, no?” said Sebastian.
“He was nothing more than a piece of trash!”
Elizabeth was so resentful that her expression contorted in fury, and she gritted her teeth hard. She was Colton's mother, but at the mention of the man right then, she seemingly detested him so much that she wished he would never be reincarnated even after his death.
When Ian heard that, he grew so livid that he stepped forward and slapped her.
“You're the piece of trash! Can you compare with him? Do you think you can still make something of yourself after Eddie's death by leading those small fries? Let me tell you that anyone with half a brain should do as he did. Surviving takes precedence over everything else!”
He enunciated every single word as he tore into her. He had always been indifferent, but for the first time ever, he blew up in front of that despicable woman.
He was incandescent for no other reason than the final remark Colton said to him.
The man asserted that Duncan's death had nothing to do with Ian. Instead, it was all his doing.
One might wonder whether Colton was dumb to the core, but that wasn't true.
He was actually incredibly smart.
No one knew when he became aware of his background, but whether he knew or otherwise, he had always lived in obscurity at The Ataraxy.
Even someone as shrewd as Sebastian didn't notice anything amiss with him.
It was because he knew that when one wanted to continue living despite the lethal dangers around oneself, the only thing one could do was to play safe and protect himself.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1736
Extreme
“You think that you’re exceptionally smart while your son was terribly stupid. But let me tell you this—if you hadn’t gone to look for him, he would’ve continued living as part of the Jadeson family. His two children would’ve also lived to adulthood in this world, got married, and had children. A small tree can’t withstand a great storm, but once it has grown into a gigantic tree, do you think it still doesn’t stand a chance against the storm?”
Hearing Ian’s words, Elizabeth was rendered dumbstruck.
“Also, why didn’t Eddie reveal the fact that Colton was his son? Do you really think that he disdained him?”
That final utterance of Ian’s was akin to a bolt of lightning to Elizabeth.
She stared at him blankly. It was also then that she finally realized she had done an extremely foolish thing. Her arrogance had personally destroyed everything Eddie put in place before his death.
Worse still, she caused her son’s death.
“T-That’s not true! You’re lying!”
She went insane, starting to deny the truth vehemently, refusing to believe whatever Ian said.
In fact, even Sebastian at the side glanced at his son in slight surprise upon hearing all that.
How did he suddenly comprehend so much? I didn’t analyze all that with him, nor had I ever seen him so sharp-witted before. Could it be that it’s because he has really grown up?
In the end, Sebastian had someone drag Elizabeth away.
Upon seeing that, Matteo promptly stepped forward. “Daddy, was Ian right? Grandpa Colton actually harbored ill intentions toward us?”
It turned out that he was also shocked by his brother’s remarks earlier and couldn’t quite accept it.
Sighing, Sebastian reached out and ruffled his hair.
“No. Although he was smart, I believe that he wanted to be an ordinary person more than anything else. Look, how did he treat you guys when you were young? Also, when Vivi was bitten by a venomous snake just now, didn’t he give you the antidote immediately?” he consoled.
Only then did the teenager who had shot up to almost his height nod firmly with red-rimmed eyes. “Yeah, I think so too!”
Matteo was also a mellow teenager in temperament. Perhaps it was because he grew up in an environment filled with sunshine and love since young, but he would rather believe in the beauty and kindness of this world.
Soon, Matteo escorted Elizabeth away with his men.
Ian stood in front of his father with his head lowered, saying nary a word. Standing with him was Kurt, who had blood stains all over his body and face.
Sebastian ignored his elder son temporarily but turned his gaze to the other teenager, whose expression appeared a touch stiff and uneasy right then.
“You’ve recovered?”
“Yes, Mr. Hayes.”
He dipped his eyes as the familiar address finally drifted into the air once more.
All at once, Sebastian felt a sense of relief suffusing him as he stood there, the boulder that had been weighing on him for the longest time was lifted off at long last.
“It’s good that you’ve recovered. Send Vivi to the hospital first. I’ll go and look for you in a while.”
“Sure, Mr. Hayes.”
From Sebastian’s words, it didn’t sound as though the man held him liable.
Feeling much lighter, Kurt instantly agreed. Then, he whirled around and sprinted off.
He actually didn’t know how he managed to hang on during this period of time.
His only thought after spotting Sebastian revolved around whether the man would be infuriated that he didn’t take good care of the daughter he cherished like a precious gem.
After all, he put her through the wringer.
However, the man didn’t blame him in the least. Instead, he still treated him the same as before.
As Kurt ran along the street, he felt a wealth of warmth within him at that very moment.
In the end, Sebastian went back with Ian.
As they sat in the car and headed home, there was no communication between them for a long time while darkness gradually fell outside the window. It was so quiet that Ian could only hear the sound of his own breathing.
His fingers that had been curled into fists tightened even further.
“Mr. Hayes, it’s Lemlin Palace ahead. The royal residence just called, saying that the king prepared a feast there and is waiting for you,” the driver who was driving at the front reminded, breaking the silence just then.
The royal residence? It turns out that Daddy has an appointment for dinner with the king?
Ian’s mood abruptly took a nosedive.
“I won’t be attending it. Tell the king that I’m rather tired today and that I’m taking my kids away for a vacation. Find a good hot spring resort.”
“Understood.”
The driver swiftly changed the route.
Ian was entirely stumped.
The silence dragged on until they arrived at the entrance of the hot spring resort, and the car came to a stop. This time, Sebastian turned and looked at his elder son, who hadn’t said a single word to him.
“Let’s go. I’ll bring you up there for some relaxation.”
“Daddy…”
Ian lifted his head. Despite trying his best to hold his tears at bay, one could still vaguely see that his eyes were slightly red-rimmed.
In truth, he knew full well that he had gone a little overboard when he tore into that woman at the harbor earlier. It wasn’t that his analysis went wrong, but his thoughts on the entire matter were too dark.
Honestly speaking, the possibility of Colton being the kind of person he described was low.
A small tree could grow into a gigantic tree, and then, it would have destructive power.
Naturally, anyone would be afraid upon hearing such words. If one were to go with his words, the next thing one had to do were to eliminate Colton’s two children at once so that there would be no loose ends.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1737
The Three Teenagers
Therefore, after Ian calmed down, he also realized that there was a problem with his line of thought.
After all, his brother was immediately fearful after listening to his words at that time, and he promptly sought confirmation from their father.
That had Ian feeling extremely distressed.
He didn’t know when he turned into such a fatalistic person.
“Ian, you must remember that your thoughts have always been more meticulous than those of your brother’s. As such, that analysis of yours was entirely normal. Don’t overthink it because many things have two sides to them. There are both the good and the evil.”
Sitting in the car, Sebastian began discussing that matter with him formally at long last.
Indeed, he had noticed his son’s unusual behavior. That was why he requested the latter to stay and follow him.
In all honesty, Ian was very much like him when he was young, exceedingly smart yet awfully sensitive because of his withdrawn nature.
He must have vented and lashed out at that old hag just now because Colton told him the truth behind Duncan’s death in the end. He was inflamed and anguished, so he spoke without thinking. However, his spontaneous speech reflected his thoughts.
That was something he couldn’t ignore when he also grew up with the same personality.
After Sebastian mollified that son of his, he brought him to the resort.
Half an hour later, when the teenager who finally had a smile on his face went to the hot spring with his brother, Matteo, Sebastian took out his smartphone and phoned Haruto in Jetroina.
“Dr. Shoki, do you mind doing a mental evaluation for my son?”
“Huh?”
Having known them for quite some time by then, Haruto’s way of speaking resembled theirs all the more.
“What’s wrong with your son? And which son are you referring to?”
“My elder son. There’s nothing major, but I want to evaluate his mental health. His current profession is rather unique,” Sebastian fibbed.
It was then that realization dawned upon Haruto. Subsequently, he sent an email over with an attached jigsaw puzzle, instructing the man to have his son piece it together so that he could see the finished product.
Just when Sebastian received it, Kurt happened to arrive as well.
Vivian was already out of the woods after taking the antidote and merely went to the hospital for a checkup. Thus, Karl had Kurt return to change since he was too filthy with too much blood on him.
When Sebastian saw all three of them together, he decided to give them all the test.
“This is a jigsaw puzzle. This time, you three of you managed to accomplish the mission perfectly, so I’m giving you all a chance to see which of you completes it first. When you’re finished, I have a reward for you.”
“Really?”
After hearing that, Matteo leaped up in excitement in the hot spring.
Both Ian and Kurt were also intrigued.
As Sebastian went off to relax, the three teenagers started piecing the puzzle together in the hot spring, each holding a tablet in hand.
“Haha, the two of you are going to be left in the dust this time! Neither of you plays video games usually, so you can’t possibly beat me! Just you wait! I’m definitely getting the reward!” Matteo crowed.
Ian kept mum, for he didn’t like to talk.
Instead, he buried his head in his task and pieced the puzzle together in all seriousness.
On the contrary, Kurt responded to Matteo’s remark. As he pieced the puzzle together, he replied, “How about playing together sometime?”
“Huh?” Matteo exclaimed.
The sound of water splashed everywhere split the air, and he was so shocked that he couldn’t even be bothered to piece the puzzle together anymore. He turned and stared at Kurt, his alluring crescent eyes wide as saucers.
What a scoundrel! He actually played video games behind my back and didn’t tell me about it!
About half an hour later, when Sebastian opened a bottle of red wine in the presidential suite and planned to text his wife at home just after having finished taking a bath, his assistant came with the three teenagers’ jigsaw puzzles.
“Mr. Hayes, among these pictures, Kurt finished the first, followed by Mr. Matteo, and finally, Mr. Ian.”
His assistant handed him the pictures.
Hmm? Ian actually finished the slowest?
Holding the wine glass in his hand, Sebastian was a touch surprised when he saw the three pictures in front of him.
Nonetheless, he didn’t think much about it, sending all three pictures to Haruto. Shortly after, he received a call from Haruto, who had taken a look at the pictures.
“I’ve taken a look at all those pictures. Do you know what the real basemap of this picture is?”
Haruto didn’t explain it outright but put a question to him instead.
Hearing that, Sebastian swept a glance over the original picture on his phone. A moment later, he answered, “A wine glass?”
In response, Haruto chuckled. “Yup, it’s a wine glass. It looks like you’ve now recovered completely, Mr. Hayes. Anyway, take a look at the three pictures you sent me. The first one was pieced into a towering tree. This is actually fine.”
Sebastian said nothing.
The first picture was pieced together by Kurt.
“When it comes to a towering tree, it actually means that the person desperately longs for peace in his heart because a towering tree can shield one from the wind and rain in the first place. Perhaps he had experienced something? But Mr. Hayes, there’s nothing wrong with him,” Haruto explained for the first picture.
As for the second picture, it was all the more unproblematic. Matteo pieced the puzzle into a broom with wings. It was as though he would be riding it to soar into the sky in the next second.
“Mr. Hayes, this younger son of yours is really inherently optimistic. I reckon he’ll be unperturbed even if doomsday comes.”
At that, Sebastian was rendered speechless.
While that analogy was a tad exaggerated, as a father, he was still exceedingly happy to hear such an evaluation of his younger son.
Alas, his good mood vanished when his gaze alighted on the last picture.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1738
Pampering The Son In Law
“A door? He actually pieced together a door?” Haruto exclaimed.
The man showed an exceeding astonished expression on the phone.
Indeed, Ian ultimately pieced his puzzle into a door. What was more, it was an exceedingly simple door with just a rectangular frame. It was bare within.
There was nothing at all, but as Sebastian looked at the picture, he suddenly sensed that the empty space housed a narrow path with no end in sight.
It was dark and mysterious, making one feel terribly uncomfortable.
“What does this door represent?”
“It’s pretty bad. I once encountered such a person. In the end, he suffered from severe depression,” Haruto answered honestly.
In actuality, the candid interpretation for a puzzle pieced into a door was that it signified two worlds. One was inside the door while the other was outside. It was clear as day that Ian, who had been introverted since young, belonged to the former.
He liked to shut himself up in his own world. If it weren’t for the arrival of his brother and sister later as well as his mother who loved him, he would have probably closed himself off long ago.
Sasha subsequently exerted tremendous effort before he finally turned out to be a normal child.
Duncan was also a critical point that caused the change in his personality.
After a bit, Sebastian put the pictures away. That night, he gave all three teenagers a reward. Matteo received a yacht he had long since wanted, equipped with the most advanced equipment.
As for Kurt, Sebastian gifted him a car.
“Now that you’ve recovered, are you planning to stay in Yartran and continue studying here? Vivi will be returning to the initial Royal Academy. With a car, you don’t have to take the bus anymore if you want to protect her,” he casually explained with a wine glass in hand when he had someone send the car key over.
All at once, Kurt’s face flushed bright red.
Beside him, Matteo and Ian both looked at him with knowing smiles on their faces.
“Wow, it’s a Maserati! This car is fast enough. It’ll probably only take an hour from Atlantius to Royal Academy,” Matteo teased.
“It probably won’t take that long. Forty minutes will do,” Ian chimed in.
“Well, all right then. In that case, Kurt, you can set off before Vivi’s class starts. When you arrive at her school, she’ll have finished her class. The timing is just right,” Matteo commented.
Kurt said nothing.
The urge to crawl into a hole in mortification seized him at their teasing.
Despite his embarrassment, he was still delighted to receive that reward.
After all, that wasn’t just a reward. Instead, it also signified Sebastian’s recognition of him.
Therefore, he accepted it happily.
Next was Ian. Everyone thought that his reward would be even better since he was the most creative among them when piecing the puzzle together.
A door was a simple thing, and it was surprising to them that he actually pieced a door.
Both Kurt and Matteo perked up their ears.
“What would you like, Ian?”
“Huh?”
Ian, who was awaiting his reward, lifted his head and regarded his father in surprise.
Why is he asking me about the reward he’s giving me? Hasn’t he prepared it beforehand?
Verily, he was rather stunned.
“Anything will do, Daddy.”
“What if I gift you some shares of the Hayes Corporation for you to handle? Would you like that?”
None of them ever thought that Sebastian would give that elder son of his such a huge reward.
Matteo was wholly floored.
Similarly, Kurt was shocked for several seconds, words eluding him.
Meanwhile, Ian gaped at his father blankly, making it evident that he still hadn’t gathered his wits about him.
“Why, Daddy?”
“It’s your Uncle Solomon’s request. Your Aunt Ichika is now pregnant with their second child, so he has to take care of her. As such, he finds it a bit difficult to juggle things. Besides, he’s rather angry recently because you’ve all grown up, but I haven’t made a move to arrange for any of you to help him,” Sebastian explained placidly.
That was actually a half-truth.
It went without saying that all he said about Solomon was true. The man indeed had his plate full right then. Not only did he have a son who was only five years old at home, but Ichika was also pregnant with their second child.
Hence, he naturally couldn’t quite handle everything in the office.
Thus, he had really asked a few times which of the three teenagers would be willing to help him out.
Ultimately, Hayes Corporation didn’t belong to him alone. Sebastian still had shares in the company then. It had been years on end, yet Sebastian had only been sitting back and enjoying the fruits of his labor without doing anything. For that reason, he wanted the man to work for it.
After hearing that elucidation, the three teenagers finally understood the entire situation.
The straightforward Matteo immediately agreed, asserting, “This is a great idea! It’s perfect for Ian to go and learn about managing the company from Uncle Solomon!”
Having zero interest in business, he thought nothing of urging his brother into picking up his slack.
Kurt felt that it was good as well, but on second thought, he raised a question.
“But Mr. Hayes, Ian had been studying at the base and never learned financial management. Will he be able to do it if he goes over?”
“Therefore, I’m contemplating withdrawing him from the base and having him attend finance school first for some time.”
With his eyes fixated on Ian, Sebastian announced his decision.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1739
He Will Be Back
It would have been better if they were back home and Ian was able to enroll in North Chanaea University. However, since what he needed was life in a normal environment, being able to get into any normal school would be helpful for him, giving him his much-needed exposure and social life.
Ian agreed to the arrangement as he thought his family would benefit from him doing so. Being a responsible seventeen-year-old teenager, he would do anything for his family.
Sebastian breathed a sigh of relief after finalizing all the arrangements. Later that evening, he brought the three kids to the hotel and had a good meal with them. After the dinner, they went back to their respective rooms to rest.
Sebastian decided to leave the following day after checking on Vivian and finding her condition stable.
“Mr. Jadeson, we really appreciate your help this time!”
The king came to send him off personally and brought many gifts for Sebastian and his family.
Sebastian refused to accept the gifts, and said, “I should be the one thanking you instead, Your Majesty. After all, the incident arises due to our infighting, and unfortunately, our feuding affected you. I am really thankful you did not hold us responsible for the trouble caused.”
Sebastian knew the king was also a victim in that incident. The culprit was from the Limmer family, so if the king wanted to pursue the matter and hold the Limmers responsible, it could escalate into an international affair and affect both countries.
“Huh…” The king let out a big sigh and said, “Back then, I was completely besotted with Daphne because of her beauty. As expected, the royal family objected to our relationship as she was a foreigner and we could not find out much about her past. Despite the immense pressure from my family, I chose to ignore their concerns and went ahead with our marriage.”
“After our marriage, I began to realize something was not right with her. However, as she had never done me any harm and doted on Jason, so I chose to look the other way,” the king added.
“By the way, I heard your adopted child was possessed by her spirit and that is why he came here for revenge. In the end, all the underworld gangs in my territory were wiped out. Is that true?” The king suddenly posted an unusual question.
Possessed?
Sebastian thought the king was being very forgiving to put the blame on other-worldly forces. He knew that deep in his heart, the king wanted to forgive the woman who had deceived him all those while.
Sebastian went along with it and nodded his head in agreement before saying, “I have already made freight arrangements for your son’s body to be flown back home. He should arrive within a couple of days so please make plans for his burial.”
With tears brimming in his eyes, the king sorrowfully nodded and chokingly replied, “Thank you. I will…”
Vivian, who had been standing quietly by the side, stepped forward and handed over Jason’s pocket watch to the king.
“Mr. King, Prince Jason gave this to me during our last meeting and asked me to hand this to you. He told me he is very blessed to have grown up with so much love and attention from you,” she said.
“Oh, my boy…” The king finally could not hold it in anymore and broke down, his tears gushing out uncontrollably.
Nothing could compare to the pain of losing one’s child. Understandably, it was even more agonizing for the king as Jason was his only child. If Daphne had not been obsessed with those immaterial desires, she, the king, and Jason could have lived a blissful life.
After bidding farewell to the king, Sebastian and the kids boarded the plane to go home.
Normally, Kurt would be more discreet when other people were present. However, upon boarding the plane, Vivian suddenly grabbed his arm and made him sit next to her. Throughout the flight, she leaned on his shoulder and stayed very close to him.
Kurt was a little taken aback by her public display of affection.
“Kurt, do you think Jason will come back?” Vivian asked.
“Huh? Come back?” Kurt was puzzled by her question.
“Yup. Do you think his soul will go back to Yartran and reunite with his body? He left Yartran together with us, but now, we have to bring him home in this manner… He will come back, right?” Vivian started choking with emotion as she spoke about Jason.
In their time together, Vivian had not seen Jason do anyone any harm. The only exception was when his mom appeared in the villa and put a spell on him, causing him to lose his mind.
When they were in Elysium, he never hurt her despite being on opposing sides.
Even when they were in the jungle, he tried to keep his mother’s followers away from her and did his best to get her out of harm’s way.
Kurt bit his lips to stifle his emotions. After a while, he managed to say, “Yes, he will.”
“Really?” Vivian looked up at him immediately with her beautiful eyes. Her eyes were brimming with tears, but he could see she was comforted by his reply.
Kurt nodded his head and reassured her. “His mom is a high priestess, so she will make sure his soul reunites with his body. Have you forgotten how powerful she was? She could even make me seek revenge for them!”
He brought up that incident to convince her, and true enough, that set her mind at rest and all her doubts were dispelled.
Their plane touched down at Jadeborough’s airport in the evening, a day before New Year’s Eve. After knowing what happened in Yartran, Sasha insisted on going to the airport personally to receive them. Devin obliged and escorted her to the airport.
“Oh Vivi, my sweetie! You are finally home!” Sasha ran toward Vivian the moment she spotted her. After giving her a big hug, she started inspecting Vivian from head to toe.
His Secret Lover Returning from the Dead Chapter 1740
Castle On A Cloud
Vivian spun around to show off her healthy form, knowing Sasha was worried about her.
“Look, Mommy! I am perfectly fine!” she said.
“Wonderful!” Sasha nodded and shed tears of joy when she saw that her dear daughter was all right.
Next, she turned her attention to Kurt, who was standing next to Vivian.
“Mrs. Hayes…” Kurt was at a loss for words.
“Are you okay? Have you recovered fully? Let me take a look.” Sasha grabbed his hand and placed her fingers on his wrist to check his pulse. It was a winter evening and those fingers that were touching his wrist were cold, but her genuine concern and love warmed his heart. He obediently stood still as she examined him.
Ian and Matteo got off the plane and saw their mother attending to Kurt with much love and tenderness. They couldn’t help but feel a little jealous.
Matteo grumbled, “Ian, do you think Mommy will only have eyes for her son-in-law from now on?”
Ian did not bother to entertain his brother’s silly question.
Matteo started singing in a sorrowful voice. “There is a castle on a cloud, I-”
Before he could finish the first verse, a hard knock landed on his head and he jumped in pain.
“Daddy!” he protested.
“Stop your nonsense! Quit fooling around and get moving. It is New Year’s Eve tomorrow, so we have to get started on the preparations. Do you want your mommy to do all the work by herself?” he chided.
Being a loving husband, he wanted Sasha to get a good break and enjoy the festive season. To lighten Sasha’s load, he had already made a list of chores for his boys to do.
Matteo and Ian turned to look at their sister, who was being ushered into the car like a princess. Even her “personal bodyguard” was given preferential treatment. They couldn’t help but let out a big sigh, resigned to their fate of being the “unfavoured” ones.
On New Year’s Eve, everyone at Oceanic Estate chipped in to help out in the preparations.
Even Devin and his family came over from Red Pavilion to join them.
“Devin, why don’t you stay over and we ring in the new year together? We will head over to your place together tomorrow for more celebrations,” Jonathan proposed.
“Sure!” Devin happily agreed.
It was a busy day at Oceanic Estate, as there were lots of work to be done on the massive estate. The kids were trying to split the cleaning duties among themselves.
“Who wants to clean the hall?”
“Me, me!” A little hand shot up. Jeffrey volunteered for the chore, dragging his unwilling mom into it with him.
Sabrina had always found excuses not to do any chores, so her family members were gleeful that her son actually did the opposite and forced her into doing so.
Matteo continued with his chores assignment. “What about the garden? Who is going to take charge of the decorations? We need someone to put up the decorative lights and prepare flowers for all the rooms.”
No one wanted to volunteer for the difficult task of arranging flowers for the rooms, as there were many rooms in the estate and the amount of work involved would be overwhelming.
“Let me do it.” In the end, Jaena took on the most arduous chores without a complaint.
Surprisingly, another voice rang out and said, “Count me in! And my brother will help us too!”
It was Nina, and she volunteered to help Jaena!
Everyone, including Jaena, was stunned by her move. Jaena stared in disbelief at Nina, surprised that the little girl, who was afraid of her, actually offered to work with her.
“No! Your brother cannot help you with that! We have already assigned another chore for him!” Matteo objected.
After an awkward silence, Kurt spoke out and offered, “It is okay. I can manage both.”
Vivian chipped in and said, “That settles then. I will help Kurt, so you can rest assured both his chores will be completed. Ian and Matteo, you guys take care of the rest of the chores.”
After that, she quickly gathered Kurt, Jaena, and Nina, and ran out of the room. She was not about to give her brothers a chance to protest.
“What happened to the saying that blood is thicker than water?” Matteo fumed as he watched Vivian disappear around the corner.
As usual, Ian did not bother to say much. He grabbed the grumbling Matteo by his collar and dragged him off to work on the remaining chores.
Sasha was in her room on the third floor, tidying her closet. She was chatting with Sebastian, who was doing some reading.
“So you want to send Ian to North Chanaea University next year?”
“Yes. Compared to the school at the base, North Chanaea University has a much bigger student population. After interrogating Elizabeth, we know who are the ones that are microchipped. We need to remove the microchip from those kids and monitor them, which means we have to keep them away from the base for an extended period of time. Ian will be badly affected by their absence, so it would be better to send him off to North Chanaea University.”
Sebastian filled Sasha in on what had happened and told her about Haruto’s assessment of Ian’s psychological profile.
Haruto suggested widening Ian’s social circle in order to help him with his issues.
Humans are social animals, and having limited human contact over an extended period of time could lead to psychological problems, especially for an introvert like Ian. That was the reason why Haruto suggested that living among the normal population, away from their confined base, would be beneficial for Ian.
“That makes perfect sense. Let’s give it a try. I used to encourage him to go to preschool when he was young and adjust his activities based on his response. We can do the same for him now. Let’s take it one step at a time, and make other arrangements for him if we see that he really could not adapt to life at North Chanaea University,” Sasha agreed.
Sebastian nodded and went back to his reading.
Sasha suddenly recalled something and said, “Oh, what about Colton’s family? What plans do you have for them? His two kids are back, and they are still in the dark about the cause of their father’s death. By the way, Jared is kicking up a big fuss at The Ataraxy.”
Sebastian’s face fell as he stared grimly at his book.