Chapter 69: My sister’s name
After dinner, Jaden and the others left the room.
Enrico didn’t leave; instead, he went to take a shower.
Paige half-lay on the bed, scrolling through news on her phone. Before long, Enrico came back in, drying his hair, wearing a thin black robe loosely tied at the waist.
“I heard you caught Kathy and Molly?”Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
“Yeah.”
Enrico responded in his deep voice, walking to her bedside and tossing his phone to her. “The unlock code is ‘Fawn’. There’s a surveillance app in there.”
He just gave her his unlock code like that? Paige unlocked the phone as he said, navigated to the surveillance app, and opened it to find several surveillance videos. She tapped on one.
The video showed a basement-like area where Kathy and Molly were sitting on the floor against the wall. They looked extremely miserable, their faces pale, eyes closed in pain, breathing weak, and clothes drenched in sweat.
They looked worse off than she did.
Someone walked over and kicked them, “Who allowed you to sleep? ”
“Ah-” Molly screamed in pain, opened her eyes in fear, and started crying, “Please, let us go. I won’t do it again, I swear I won’t.”
“Now you’re scared?” The person sneered.
“I was wrong. I shouldn’t have gone after Paige. I truly know I was wrong,” Molly cried, leaning against Kathy.
Paige snorted, holding the phone.
“Only had your stomachs pumped twice. Hungry? How about some chili sauce?” The person continued tormenting them.
The person scooped a large spoonful of chili sauce and forced it on them.
Enrico sat down beside Paige, pulling her into his arms and resting his chin on her shoulder, watching the video with her. His actions were so natural, as if their relationship was so close that he could be this casual.
Paige glanced at the man’s large hand around her waist and tried to focus on the video.
“No, no-” In the video, Molly, clearly aware that eating such things after having her stomach pumped was dangerous, shook her head in fear.
Kathy, in worse condition than Molly, was in too much pain to speak. Seeing Molly’s fear, she forced herself to be strong and said weakly, “I’ll eat it, I’ll eat it, just don’t force my daughter…”
Paige watched as Kathy, in desperation, leaned forward and swallowed the chili sauce, then collapsed on the ground in agony, groaning continuously.
This was a mother’s true love for her daughter. Paige silently watched the surveillance video. “Let them go.”
Enrico looked at her disapprovingly, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. “You still have sympathy for your enemies?”
“If you keep this up, they’ll soon be dead,” Paige looked at him. “Then how can I continue with the next plan to make them being condemned by everyone?”
Seeing she had a plan, Enrico didn’t argue further. He picked up his phone and said, “Fine, I’ll let them go now.”
“Wait, let them have their stomachs pumped two more times first.”
“Two more times? They’ll be ruined,”
“I’ve spent so many years living half-dead with the Clarkes. Now it’s their turn,” Paige said expressionlessly.
Enrico looked at her and suddenly chuckled, grabbing her chin. “This wicked side of you really reminds me of myself. No wonder I like you so much, hmm?”
She leaned back, and he stared at her pale lips, then kissed her deeply, exploring her mouth aggressively.
Paige tried to push him away, but her weak hands were pinned down by him, forcing her to lean back until she was lying on the pillow.
Enrico soon moved on top of her, his kiss growing more intense, leaving her powerless to resist.
His kiss left her lips and trailed to her jaw and neck. She lay there, weakly whispering, “Mr. Gustin, I will die.”
He stopped, hands braced on either side of her, staring down at her with a mix of anger and huskiness in his voice.
“Blaming me now? You drank poison right after your period ended. I suspect you did it on purpose.”
Paige shook her head weakly. “No.”
After a while, Enrico reached out and pinched her soft cheek hard, then picked up his phone and said, “Alright, I’ll give you a chance. If you can guess where my phone password comes from, I’ll let you go.”
He propped one hand next to her head and handed her the phone with the other.
Paige didn’t take it. The answer wasn’t difficult. She calmly looked at him. “Your sister’s name?”
At that moment, Enrico’s face froze, his long eyes staring at her.
Feeling uncomfortable under his gaze, Paige asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Go on,”
“Fawn. You also have a fawn tattoo on your hand. You act recklessly and ruthlessly, not like someone who would tattoo a gentle animal like a fawn. Since that’s the case, there’s only one answer. Only your most cherished sister could make you do that.”
Paige analyzed word by word, “Your sister’s name is Fawn?”
Enrico continued to stare at her. His long fingers pinched her chin, his breathing heavy, and his gaze becoming increasingly sharp. “Paige, you’re making me less and less inclined to let you go. You’d better not even think about escaping.”
Paige was bewildered. What did she do?
She thought Enrico would press down on her again, but he suddenly lay down beside her, pulling her into his arms forcefully, and said coldly, “Sleep.”
Paige rested her head on his arm and closed her eyes.
Even though she couldn’t see, she could still feel Enrico’s gaze on her face. She really didn’t know what he was looking at. Facing him, Paige often felt her scalp tingle. She didn’t know what she did to make him so interested in her.
“Fawn Gustin. That’s my sister’s name,” his deep voice suddenly sounded above her head. “Paige, I want you to remember this name, and remember it with me.”
As Enrico spoke, he held her even tighter.
……
At the Clarke family.
Outside the large iron gate, a black business car suddenly screeched to a halt.
Two tightly bound people were pushed out of the car.
“Ah-” Molly fell to the ground, too weak to even scream.
“Molly…” Kathy fell beside her, feeling like her entire skeleton was shattered, but she still put her daughter first.
The business car quickly sped away, almost blowing them aside.
Hearing the commotion, several servants rushed out from the villa. Seeing the scene, they hurried over in panic, “Madam, Miss, what happened to you?”
“Call a doctor, hurry,” Molly, who had had her stomach pumped four times, was completely at her limit, feeling like she was nearing death.
Her voice was so weak it could hardly be heard unless one listened closely.
A few servants untied the ropes and helped them into the villa. Kathy and Molly were so tormented and weak that they were practically dragged inside.
They collapsed onto the sofa, and Kathy painfully said, “Get us some water…”
But before she could finish, Kathy noticed the house had changed. The antique vases and high-end tea sets were gone, and there were more packed parcels around. She was so angry she started coughing violently, almost gagging.
Molly was equally furious, weakly cursing, “Are you all crazy? How dare you steal from us?”
Seeing they were caught, the servants no longer pretended. They stopped supporting them and stepped back.
“Madam, Miss, we all need to feed our families. With Mr. Clarke arrested and you both missing for two days, no one is here to pay us. We had no choice but to take some things as our wages.”
“You shameless people!”
Molly stood up in rage, but the pain in her stomach made her collapse back onto the sofa.
One of the servants laughed, “Everyone knows Mr. Clarke took bribes and caused deaths, and Miss, you slept with those rich second-generation kids. This morning, all the corporations that used to be friendly with Mr. Clarke came and turned the house upside down, taking whatever they found that may be related to them. They clearly don’t want anything to do with you anymore.”
“Alright, Madam, Miss, we’re leaving too. You can call the doctor yourselves.”