At the door of the Conrads’ Mansion…
No matter how the servants of the Conrads’ Mansion explained, a group of people still refused to leave
the area.
In the end, Dempsey appeared with his walking stick in front of the group of people and had an angry
look on his face, “What do all of you intend to do here?”
A reporter said, “Master Conrad, we heard that Ms. Radomil has gone missing after attending the party
in the Conrads’ Mansion. I would like to ask you to comment about this.”
Dempsey replied angrily, “You have already said that she has gone missing after attending the party.
What comments would I have? Do you expect me to have someone protect her for twenty-four hours?”
A senior staff of the Steward Group said, “The reason why Ms. Radomil is missing is because she
attended the party organized by the Conrad Group. Shouldn’t the Conrad family be responsible for
this?”
“A lot of people attended the party in the Conrads’ Mansion. Do I have the effort to be responsible for
each guest?”
At that moment, another reporter said, “We have just received news that Ms. Radomil has never left the
Conrads’ Mansion. Someone said that the Conrad family has faked her disappearance by putting on an
act. Master Conrad, what do you think about this?”
Dempsey said coldly, “What do I think about this? You bring the person who has said this here and I will
confront him about this!”
Just after Dempsey had finished speaking, several reporters asked questions simultaneously.
A lot of people started to talk at the same time. There was a lot of noise.
Dempsey looked more and more awful.
He said sternly, “That’s enough! If all of you want to enter the mansion and search for her, I can allow it.
But if she is not found in the mansion, don’t blame me for showing no mercy!”
Nobody responded to his words, but the group of people had no intentions of backing away.
Just when the confrontation between both parties was at a standstill, everyone received the news of
Stella’s appearance almost at the same time. After they had apologized to Dempsey, the group of
people left the area.
There was silence in the area again.
Dempsey took a deep breath. While leaning on his walking stick, he looked in the direction where they
had left.
This matter was more difficult to deal with than he had expected.
He didn’t think that after just one year, Stella was no longer the little girl that had an inferior status and
could be controlled by him.
Based on the current situation, it was almost impossible to use her to restrain Clarence’s actions in the
future.
After returning to the main house, Joanna sat on the sofa in the living room and had a cold look on her
face.
Dempsey walked towards her and sat across from her, “I did this because I needed to keep the big
picture in mind. If they really barged into the mansion without hindrance tonight, the Conrad family
would only be humiliated.”
Joanna laughed coldly, “Does the Conrad family still have prestige?”
Dempsey didn’t say anything. Furrowing his brows, he thought about something and said, “Haven’t you
been looking for Dolores? Do you have any news of her?”
Joanna replied, “Why? Do you want to rebuild your relationship with her?”
Dempsey was unhappy, “What are you talking about? We are already so old. What is the point of
talking about this?”
Joanna ignored his words.
Dempsey said in a deep voice, “You are also aware that Stella is now completely different from the way
she was before. We can’t touch her. However, this is only the beginning of dealing with Clarence. So,
we must find Dolores. If we have a bargaining chip, we can later negotiate with him.”
After pausing for a while, he then said, “It is easier to control Dolores compared to Stella. The important
thing now is to find her location.”
Joanna said calmly, “Do you think it will be easy to find her?”
“I heard that you already have clues about her location before.”
Joanna scoffed, “Those were fake information deliberately provided by Clarence.”
Before this, her men had found out that Dolores had been living in Aqock. But when they went there to
find her, she had moved out long before they arrived.
After that, they had successively searched several places. But it turned out that all of their searches
were based on false information.
It was obvious that Clarence was toying with them.
She suspected that Dolores was living in City N now.
Dempsey said, “No matter what, we need to find her as soon as possible. Only when she is under our
control, we can make sure that nothing will go wrong.”
It seemed that Joanna did not want to continue the conversation. She directly got up and went upstairs.
At the staircase, Justin maneuvered his wheelchair and returned to his room.
……
At the other side, after she had ended the call with Vincent, Stella sat there and waited.
Vincent said that Clarence had returned to the country and was now on a plane.
She was completely relieved.
Not long after that, a car stopped in front of Stella. The door of the car opened but it was Daniel who
got out of the car.
He walked up to Stella, “Ms. Radomil, are you troubled by something?”
Stella gently shook her head, “I am fine.”
Daniel heaved a sigh of relief, “I am glad that you are fine. What exactly did they want to do?”
“They wanted to use me to threaten Clarence, so they put on an act. As for Clarence’s situation, I am
not sure about it yet.”
Daniel said, “He is fine. You can rest assured.”
Stella nodded. She suddenly remembered something and then said, “How do you know that I am
here?”
“Vincent told me about it.”
Stella acknowledged his words. Clarence should have been in contact with them all along.
At that moment, Vincent also arrived.
He said, “Let’s go. I will bring you home.”
Stella got up, “Sure.”
Daniel called her name, “Ms. Radomil.”
Stella turned around, “Is there any other matter you wish to discuss with me?”
Daniel smiled faintly, “It is nothing. You should get some rest after you return home.”
“Thank you.”
Stella walked up to Vincent’s car. She seemed to have noticed something and looked at Daniel’s car
that was parked not far away from her.
The windows of the car were tinted so she couldn’t see anything in the car.
After staring at it for a few seconds, Stella silently withdrew her gaze from the car, bent down and
entered Vincent’s car.
Vincent said to Daniel, “We are leaving.”
While speaking, he also entered his car.
After the black Bentley had travelled some distance, Stella said, “You can bring me to the airport.”
“Are you going to meet Clarence at the airport when he arrives?”
Stella acknowledged his words with a soft voice.
Vincent replied, “The duration of the flight from London to City N is more than ten hours. Even after you
return home and take a nap, he will still not arrive at the airport.”
Stella said, “I can’t fall asleep even if I go home.”
After giving it some thought, Vincent didn’t say anything else. He then drove to the airport.
……
After entering the car, Daniel said, “She has already left.”
William raised his hands and pressed his temples. There were no emotions in his voice, “We should
also leave.”
“Since you are worried about her, why don’t you go and meet her?”
“Even if I met her, what could I say to her?”
Daniel said, “Actually, I have a feeling that she already knows it.”
William paused for a while, “When did she know it?”
“I’m not sure. This is only my suspicion. I have not verified it.”
William furrowed his brows and didn’t talk for some time.
Daniel then said, “If you think that something has happened to Channing, I can go and have a chat with
him.”
After some time, William spoke, “I heard that Clarence has sent Jeffrey’s DNA for testing before Jeffrey
died.”
“…Yes.”
“Do you know why the result of the testing is still not available?”
Daniel didn’t reply to his question.
William said, “This matter is a topic that Stella, Channing and I want to avoid. Instead of reminding
ourselves of the unpleasant memory, it is better to pretend that it doesn’t exist.”
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