A Lifetime With You

Chapter 61

She smiled elegantly despite the wounds in her heart. She had fantasized countless times that her knight would swoop in and rescue her whenever her mother-in-law said hurtful things to her. She yearned to be protected from the people who snubbed

her.

But, her fantasies never materialized.

Not even once. Furthermore, he was now in a foreign country. Even if he was in the house right now, he probably would not come to her aid either.

This was how disappointment accumulated over time.

Karen continued to berate her, “I came here on purpose to tell you that as of today, you can get lost from our home. Bobby, pack her things and throw her out!” Karen’s driver, Bobby, obediently made his way upstairs to retrieve Ava’s luggage. Ava ran over and blocked him from going upstairs. “How dare you obstruct my people? Ava Nagel, you’re going to leave this house today, whether you like it or not!”

Karen shrieked and had Bobby push Ava aside as she ascended the stairs. Ava couldn’t hold her back, so she could only quickly follow behind Karen.

“You don’t have to go there. I’ll do it myself,” Ava muttered under her breath.

Somewhere in a foreign country. Due to the time zone differences, it was still a sunny afternoon here. More than a dozen subordinates were standing in front of Damien and they were hanging their heads dejectedly.

They had received word that a woman who looked like Beth was seen at this hotel, but they were too late again.

The woman had left the room earlier this morning and had gone missing again.

“D*mn it!”

Damien punched the wall viciously. “Sir, don’t you find it strange?” Damien’s private detective asked. “What do you mean?” “We tracked her all the way here and wasted no time, but how, just two hours before we got here, she checked-out of her room and snuck out? How did she figure out that we were getting close?” Damien had already taken that into account. It was indeed strange that Beth who was just a regular woman could escape the local police and the Radbury Group lackeys altogether. She must have someone assisting her to escape overseas. But the question was, who was her guardian angel?

“Continue searching for her! Leave no stone unturned! Don’t return to me until you have her!” Damien said coldly. A familiar figure entered the hotel lobby and headed towards the receptionist. It turned out to be his brother, Enrico Radbury! Damien stiffened and inquired, “What are you doing here?” Enrico seemed surprised as he removed his earphones slowly. He responded, “Damien? Aww, don’t tell me you’re here because you miss me! But why are all these staffs here with you? Are we playing mafia this time?” Damien gestured for his men to disperse from the lobby and begin their search. If he hadn’t bumped into Enrico here, he had almost forgotten that his younger brother was studying in this city. “So, you live here?” Damien asked coldly. “Yeah, the student dormitory is too crowded, naturally I moved out to live elsewhere that’s more comfortable.”

Damien looked him over. Enrico still had that smug air about him, as if nothing in the world could trouble him.

Damien did not have time to catch up with Enrico now. His primary objective was to capture Beth. He turned and was about to leave when Enrico halted him, “What’s wrong, Damien? We haven’t seen each other in a while. Why don’t you come over to my place and let me buy you a drink?” “Get out of my way!”

Damien did not mince words. He flicked away Enrico’s hands and strode off.

Once Damien was a distance away, Enrico’s smile faded. Underneath his mischievous temperament, his mind was as sharp as a razor.

Back in the country.

The streetlights have just lit up, and the weather was chilly.

Ava subconsciously wrapped herself tighter in her thin overcoat.

She looked up as she dragged her suitcase along an empty street. The city lights were too bright that she could barely see any stars in the evening sky. When she was young, she always thought that she would grow up to be like those shimmering stars. But in reality, none of the stars had any edges. The human eye perceives the edges only because of our own astigmatism. Ava looked down again and checked her phone. Still, no news from anyone. Damien was probably sleeping with some socialite somewhere by now. Of course, he wasn’t going to spare a thought for her.

She pondered about it for a while. But she decided to save on costs and headed to her mother’s house instead of staying in the hotel.

When all was said and done, she was just a miserable woman who was jobless and got kicked out of her husband’s home, with nowhere to go and nobody to rely on?

She was about to knock on the door of her mother’s house when she heard a crash from the inside, along with the voices of angry men. Ava was shocked and quickly charged into the house. She saw her mother, Jessica Fuller, surrounded by a few burly men. She was shaking as she cowered in a corner. “What are you doing? Let her go!” Ava dropped her suitcase and rushed to protect her mother. “Ah, this is the one who married a wealthy man, right? She’s quite a pretty thing, but who’s the rich blind man?”

Several men laughed sinisterly. Their devious eyes fell on Ava and making her feel uncomfortable. Jessica pushed her daughter aside and shouted back courageously, “Leave my daughter out of this! I’ll take sole responsibility for everything!” “Calm down, nobody is looking to bully her. But if you don’t hand over the money today, I’ll beat the both of you up right here!”

The muscular men wielded an array of melee weapons and they were ready to pick a fight. Ava and her mother had no chance of escape at all. Ava asked her mother in a low voice, “Mom, what’s that mean?” “…” Jessica felt ashamed and cast her gaze to the ground. “Your mother owes our boss five million dollars as part of a loan shark deal, and today’s the final repayment date. Well, what will it be? Are you going to assume her debts?” “Five million dollars? Mom, what’s going on?” “…I only borrowed three million dollars! These evil men insisted that it’s now five million because of compounding interests. Ava, this matter has nothing to do with you. Leave now!” Jessica desperately pushed Ava away, but how could the loan sharks let her go just like that? One of the big men, who was about 1.85 meters tall, raised his arm and pushed Ava to the ground. “Ava!” Jessica shouted.

She rushed over and tried to protect her daughter, but her arm was grabbed by one of the loan sharks.

Ava fell heavily to the ground with a thud and the pain from her elbow was unbearable. She scrambled to get up when she saw her mother held by the men. 1 “Let go of my mother!”