Ex-Husband’s Endless Pestering

Thomas left Ashley's house. He was wearing a baseball cap and kept his head down all the time.

Therefore, he didn't notice that Henry's men were tailing him.

Meanwhile, back at the abandoned basement, Henry had a darkened expression, and he wasn't saying anything.

"Mr. Gibson, he's keeping his mouth shut. He wouldn't tell us anything, no matter what we did. He said he'll only tell us what we want to know if we let him see Hazel."

"Mr. Gibson, our men are tailing Thomas as we speak."

"Keep tailing him, and don't let him know," said Henry in a deep voice.

"There's definitely something going on between Ashley and Thomas," thought Henry. "Something really big."

"What should we do with Sergio?" Henry's men didn't know what else they could do.

"Keep him here. We'll continue after Hazel is found."

Henry already possessed some evidence of Spike's crime while things were getting to a climax with Zachary, too.

"The most important thing is to find Hazel first, and then we'll hand Sergio to the police. The old case from before would be reopened as long as Sergio turned himself in. I would be able to give Josie's parents justice, and then everything would finally... be over." Meanwhile, Josie and Samuel were both at Samuel's place. The two of them had just come back from grocery shopping after Josie got off from work.

This was the kind of life she had yearned for in the past. It was simple but filled with happiness.

But somehow... Josie still felt like all of it was just a dream-that she would be left with nothing once she woke up.

"You look very pale. Are you feeling ok?" Samuel could always tell when Josie wasn't feeling too well.

Josie nodded her head and pinched Samuel's face. "Does it hurt?"

Samuel smiled helplessly, "Yeah..."

"That's good..." It was not a dream.

"Shouldn't you still pinch yourself if you want to check whether you're dreaming?" Samuel, with a smile on his face, pinched Josie's cheek. "Does it hurt?" Josie's eyes turned red, and Josie rested her head on Samuel's shoulder. "Will you ever get tired of living like this?"

Samuel sighed and hugged Josie, "No."

But Josie was afraid that Samuel would get tired of her.

In fact, it was definitely not all of Henry's fault that things ended up how Henry and Josie were.

Josie was also "sick."

She suffered from an anxiety disorder, depression, and paranoia. Not to mention, she was insecure about everything.

Her emotions were like a roller coaster ride. She would vacillate between happiness and sadness at the drop of a hat.

Most of the time, she was wary of her scarily accurate sixth sense, which always told her when something awful was going to happen.

Not to mention, she would fall into an infinite vicious cycle until she found herself drowning in her emotions with no one to save her.

She was afraid that she would die of mental illness instead of leukemia.

Even if... things hadn't gotten that bad yet.

She was afraid that one day, she would become more and more sensitive.

Because relying too much on another person would make her lose her sense of self.

She was afraid that her over-reliance on Samuel after he pulled her out of hell would ultimately end up hurting them both.

After all, there was no guarantee he would love her forever.

"Josie, as long as I live, I will always love you," Samuel said in a soft voice, comforting her.

He was willing to use the rest of his life to slowly heal her emotional scars.

If she let him.

"Ring!"

Samuel's phone suddenly rang just as he was about to say something.

After comforting Josie, Samuel walked over to the balcony to answer the phone. "Mr. Turner, something may have happened to Hazel." "What do you mean?" Samuel frowned.

"Last night, our men and Henry's men tailed Thomas at the same time. He was smart because he went to a lot of places. After

changing clothes, he went to thonet

wasteland in Coxwood Resettlement Area. We checked out the area after he left the place and didn't find anything. We're certain that there's no way that he would keep a live person captive there."

The only way Hazel would have been there was if Hazel had been buried six feet underground.

"We also found the necklace Hazel was wearing that day somewhere off there. Henry has already called the police, and the police are secretly searching around the area."

"Maybe Thomas deliberately led us there," said Samuel in a bid to comfort himself. "How about Spike? What's his status?"

"The police rounded up some

gangsters after Silas died. The gangsters said Silas had crossed

them, so they wanted Silas dead et

They wouldn't reveal anything more than that. That's how Spike works. He would always find a scapegoat to get out of trouble."

"Yes, Spike's not afraid of anything." Samuel knew Spike could act this fearless because he was untouchable. "Continue to keep an eye on him."

After hanging up the phone, Samuel called Henry.

"Have you found Hazel?" Samuel asked.

"No." Henry's voice was weak.

It wasn't weak with worry for Hazel but because his emotions were all over the place.

"Let the police handle it." Samuel was worried that if something really happened to Hazel, he would need to...

"Okay," replied Henry.

In any case, Hazel was the person who gave birth to Henry.

It didn't matter that Hazel might have an ulterior motive for giving birth to him. The unchangeable fact of the matter was they would always be mother and son.

"I've agreed to let Ashley go back to the spotlight." Samuel took a deep breath.

"Yes, I know." Henry knew what Samuel wanted to do.

"From tomorrow on, I'll hype her up." Samuel had spared no effort to hype up Ashley; he had used up all his resources to increase her exposure.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"The Gibson Corporation may be affected if my plan fails." Naturally, the Clusia Media Group would also be affected.

"It doesn't matter," said Henry languidly. He couldn't care less about all that. "Silas is dead. Spike would be even more brazen, and that means it'll be easy for him to make a mistake. Zachary is all prepped to take him down at any time." They were afraid that Spike would do something desperate if they pushed him too far into the corner.

"Spike is very smart. He knew Josie

was important to both of us, even though I acted like I didn't care about Jo. I even pretended to put all my attention on Ashley." Spike would

definitely hurt Josie when he got as much as a whiff of threat.

"You must protect Josie at all costs." Henry had no other request other than asking Samuel to protect Josie. "Don't be careless. Spike is a crazy person. He would definitely pull us down with him if we corner him too much." Samuel's heart tightened, and his eyes twitched slightly. "Okay."

Josie was sitting on the sofa in the living room and looking at Samuel, who was on the phone outside. She felt inexplicably anxious.

"Silas is dead, while Sergio and Hazel are missing. Spike has done so many evil deeds. When would he get the karma he deserves? Hopefully, all this will be over soon," thought Josie.

Meanwhile, it was already dark by the time Thomas got home to Ashley's place.

"Guess what, Thomas? Henry is going to give me all the best company resources for my comeback!" said Ashley happily to Thomas after finishing liaising with the company's staff. Thomas' face was a little pale, but he was happy for Ashley. "That's great."

"Have you dealt with the matter? Make sure nothing goes wrong," continued Ashley in a low voice.

"Yeah, it's done." Thomas threw all his clothes into the garbage bag. "You should focus on your career from now on. Don't ever bring up Hazel to anyone."

"Thomas, I feel like it's a dream." Both Ashley's career and love life were going great.

Thomas' heart beat faster. He felt as if... something was off about the whole thing.