Caught
In the blink of an eye, Sasha and the others had left Avenport for nearly a week now. Ichika had also
gotten the hang of taking care of the two children.
Ichika sent Sasha a text message: Sha, here are the photos of the kids.
She then sent a few photos to Sasha’s phone.
Upon receiving the notification, Sasha, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, picked up the
phone and went through the photos.
In one of the photos, she could see a pretty girl with braids and a backpack on her back hopping out of
the house.
She swiped next and saw a photo of her son.
Clad in a camouflage uniform and a pair of military boots, Matteo had his chest puffed up as he walked
out of the house with pride.
Sasha could not contain her smile. “Sebby, come and take a look at these photos. Ichika seems to
have a knack for taking care of the two kids.” Sasha passed the phone to Sebastian, who was coming
downstairs with Ian.
Sebastian took a glance at the photos. The kids do look happy, indeed.
However, when he read Sasha’s conversation with Ichika, his mood was instantly spoiled. “Have you
two been talking like this for the last couple of days?”
Sasha thought Sebastian would praise the children after looking at the photos. She gave him a
confused look, as she did not understand why he asked the question. “Yeah. She sends me their
photos every day. What’s wrong? Don’t you want to know how the kids are doing?”
Sasha’s response had rendered Sebastian speechless.
Sebastian looked at the credulous woman and sighed. “Nothing. I was just asking because I didn’t see
these photos in the group chat.”
“Oh. I’ll get her to upload the photos to the group next time then,” Sasha said. Instead of questioning
his reaction any further, she returned to the kitchen.
Sasha’s personality had set herself apart from the other women. Although she had been through hell
and fell prey to all kinds of evil schemes, she had always treated her friends and family with great
sincerity and trusted them wholeheartedly.
Above all, she would never take advantage of others.
After sending Ian to the research institute, Sebastian returned to his study and deactivated all of
Sasha’s accounts.
He even wiped out all the records about her.
Ichika, who was surfing the internet at Frontier Bay, was stunned when the accounts she had been
looking through just moments ago vanished all of a sudden. Her expression turned grim instantly.
What just happened? Did someone find out about me? Oh, my God! What am I supposed to do now?
She froze right there and did not know what to do.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Solomon reached home and realized someone had switched on all the
lights.
How come she’s back at this hour?
Feeling confused, Solomon opened the door and saw a pair of white leather shoes with laces near the
shoe cabinet in the entryway.
After a short pause, he put down his bag, changed into a pair of slippers, and called out, “Ichika? Are
you home?”
He did not get any response from her.
What’s she doing? Has she fallen asleep?
Solomon decided to go upstairs to check on her.
While he was still walking along the corridor, he could hear someone sobbing in the room.
What’s going on?
Upon hearing that, Solomon’s expression changed. He quickened his steps, opened the door, and went
in right away. “Ichika? What’s wrong?”
Ichika buried her head in the pillow and cried her heart out. “Darling? How come you’re home?”
She lifted her head and looked at Solomon. Her long tear-stained eyelashes fluttered as she stood up
in a panic and tried to wipe away the tears on her cheeks.
Solomon was at a loss for words.
He had never seen her cry so miserably before.
In the past, although Ichika would cry from time to time, she had never wept so intensely before.
Solomon’s eyes darkened. “What’s wrong? Did something bad happen?”
“Nothing. I just talked to my Mom over the phone. I missed her, that’s all.” She made up a story.
Obviously, Ichika could not tell him she cried because she felt embarrassed after being found out that
she was spying on Sasha.
I’m sure he’d be mad at me had I told him the truth.
Ichika gathered herself together and acted as if nothing had happened. “Since you’re home, I’ll go and
cook for you now. Do you have any cravings, Darling?”
“Anything will do.” Solomon decided to drop the subject, and neither of them talked about it again that
night.
The next morning, when Solomon was about to drive her to Frontier Bay, Ichika stuttered, “Darling, I…
I’ll be attending a cooking class later. I’ve told Mr. Wang and Wendy about it, and they’ll be taking care
of Vivian and Matteo today.”
“A cooking class?” Solomon was surprised. How come I’ve never heard of this before?
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