Chapter 34: What are you still expecting

Alice lowered her gaze. "I understand. But thank you for earlier. If it weren't for you, the consequences would have been unimaginable..."

Adam seemed surprised that she gave up so easily. His black eyes narrowed slightly. "What? Do you think I saved you?"

"Regardless, your appearance stopped the chaos..." Alice said weakly.

Adam spoke coldly, "Everything you do is at my discretion. No one else has the right to interfere."

Alice understood what he meant. No matter what kind of torture she endured, it had to come from Adam's hands, otherwise it would reduce the pleasure.

"Didn't I tell you not to associate with that bastard from the Davis Family? Don't you understand my words?" Adam's voice was devoid of warmth.

"She was just a normal customer. If you don't believe me, you can check." Alice spoke the truth. Her aunt felt old and wanted to consult about non-invasive facelifts.

"It's better that way." Adam stood up, his aura so strong that even the air had to make way for him.As he approached the door, he turned to look at her. "What are you still expecting?"

Alice snapped out of her daze and stood up. "Nothing."

Since the first sentence failed to defend her aunt, Alice didn't say another word. She knew that saying more would only touch Adam's sore spot and make things worse.

With only four days left, all she wanted was to get through Adam quietly and leave without a sound.

Adam didn't go back to the palace garden after his business trip, he went straight to the Dragon Group.

He noticed that Alice's phone was having location issues, so he decided to investigate.

He walked into the office and threw his coat aside. He was wearing a black shirt that showed off his muscular and well-proportioned figure. He exuded a strong sense of pressure that was almost suffocating.

Frederick walked in after knocking and placed some important documents and Alice's contact list on the desk. "Mr. Davis, these are the important documents that require your attention, and here is Miss Baker's contact list."

Adam ignored the company documents and picked up the thin piece of paper.

He looked at it expressionlessly with narrowed black eyes.

Frederick observed his boss's reaction and said, "So far, Miss Baker has only contacted Ethan and Bella a few times. Most of the calls are to a foreign number. I tried to get some information from the other end, but they claimed to be her landlord and didn't reveal anything else."

"Why would her landlord contact her so frequently?"

"He said he treats Miss Baker like his own daughter," Frederick replied.

Adam tossed the paper into the shredder and watched it turn to confetti in an instant. He turned and stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, his tall figure inscrutable.

"I'm actually looking forward to what surprise Alice has in store for me," he said.

Alice didn't know that Adam had checked her call records, but just in case, she had already informed Aunt Charlotte beforehand. After all, Adam was a very shrewd person, and any slip-up would be immediately noticed by him.

So, she had never used her own phone to contact anyone when she went to get her passport and ID card.As for contacting Ethan and Bella, not contacting them would be more suspicious!

Alice checked the calendar. She still had three days before she could get her passport, and even after that, she couldn't leave immediately. She had to find the right time.

Her gaze fell on her phone nearby.

Until now, she had not contacted her mother with this phone.

If she did, wouldn't Adam be able to detect something if he checked the call records?

She had to be cautious about everything...

During the day, she was at Marumi Plastic Surgery.

A customer who was waiting for surgery went to the bathroom, holding her phone as she walked.

Alice, who had just come out of the operating room, saw the scene and followed her.

When the customer came out, Alice had just finished washing her hands and kindly reminded her, "You can't bring your phone into the operating room."

"I know, it will be put away later," Alice said."Okay." Suddenly, Alice thought of something. "Can I borrow your phone to make a call? Um...sorry, because we're not allowed to make calls during work, I need to tell my family something..."

"No problem, go ahead!" The customer kindly handed her the phone.

"Thank you!" Alice didn't avoid her and called her mother, "Mom, when you have time this afternoon, can you buy me a phone? Something cheap, around 1,000 yuan. I'll pick it up when I come over."

After finishing the call, she returned the phone to the customer.

It was still around 11 o'clock at night when Alice finished showering and changed her clothes before leaving.

She took the same road towards the back door.

However, she didn't notice the Rolls-Royce that had already entered the neighborhood.

Through the black car window, Adam's cold and sharp black eyes stared into the distance, like a silent predator targeting its prey.

His long and powerful fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest, as if tapping on a fragile heart, ready to kill at any moment.

Alice didn't notice the abnormality of being targeted by the predator, and only had her three children in mind.

She took a taxi straight to her destination.

Entering the neighborhood, she went straight upstairs.

She opened the door with the key and closed it behind her.

Alice saw the new phone on the coffee table.

First, she went to see the children in the room, kissing their chubby little faces, feeling extremely satisfied.

She went to the living room to dismantle her phone.

Before she could even remove the protective film, someone knocked on the door.

Alice turned her head abruptly, staring at the door, her heart racing for no apparent reason.

Who could it be?

Who would come knocking on her mother's door in the middle of the night...

Alice was afraid that something bad had happened, so she quickly hid her phone under the sofa and pushed it in.

Approaching the door, she asked, "Who is it?""Open the door."

The familiar, low and threatening voice made Alice tremble all over, her face panicked, her heart jumping straight into her throat.

Adam...

Why would he come here?

Had he found out?

No, it couldn't be, absolutely not!

Maybe he was just following her here!

"Do you want me to break down the door?" the threatening voice sounded again from outside.

"Wait!" Through the crack in the door, Alice tried to calm herself down. At this point, there was no escape, she could only think on her feet... She opened the door slightly, and when her gaze met the tall, dark figure outside, she couldn't help but shrink back, as if it wasn't a person, but a terrifying monster.

As she stepped out, she tried to close the door behind her.

But the large hand reached out, brushing her cheek, and with a loud bang, it propped up against the door. "In such a hurry to close it?""If... if I tell you the truth, will you spare the person in the room?"

Adam's cold, fierce black eyes looked at her, as if waiting for her to continue.

Alice lowered her gaze. "It's... it's my mom..."

"I remember, she passed away."

"Yes, I thought so too, but a few days ago, I met her. She didn't die, she just left me and my dad after the car accident..." Alice looked gloomy. "I'm telling the truth, please believe me…"