Nevertheless, I don’t understand why I can’t worry about Christopher. As it was the first time Darius spoke to me in such a stern manner, I was at a bit of a loss.
“He will still need to carry out missions in the future. Since you chose to be together with him, you need to be mentally prepared and stop feeling as anxious as you are now. Your negative emotions will affect everyone around you, and Chris would not want to see that. The ladies of the Lane family stay calm as they deal with challenges.”
“So this is the meaning of being the woman behind Christopher.” Looking at him, I could not help but laugh. Darius was right, for I had lost my mind as it was the first time this had happened to me.
The Lane family must have been the first to know about Christopher’s disappearance. However, even when I went over to have dinner with them, they did not bring it up as they had faith in Christopher. No wonder when we were eating, Julia seemed to have something to tell me even though she gave it up in the end.
It seemed that Julia had wanted to inform me about Christopher. However, she forgot about it after we got into a quarrel.
“Thank you for your advice. I understand now.” I smacked my head and calmed myself down. Since they chose to believe in Christopher, I should too. Then, I took a sip of the water and felt that it tasted sweeter from before. Although I wanted to hurry back to accompany Sabrina, I could not help but blurt out, “Darius, did my mother know about your identity when she met you?”
Darius was taken aback by my question. He hesitated for a moment before answering, “I was the one who told her about it. When she was going to graduate, I revealed my identity. At that time, Isabelle was startled and even rejected the gift I gave her. I had a hard time understanding why she stopped contacting me after that; she even refused to reply to all my email messages.” After smiling bitterly, he continued, “I don’t know why you’re suddenly asking me this question. However, I think I now understand why she cut me out of her life. It’s because I’m my mother’s son, so she chose to treat me as a random stranger.”
After knowing the truth, I smiled. “Darius, I’m counting on you to bring Chris back to me. If you receive any updates about him, please do inform me right away.”
Darius sent me off when I left the building. When the security guard saw that, he wanted to kick himself and apologized to me repeatedly. I waved it off and left for home, not wanting to make a scene.
When I reached home, I found Sabrina still pacing around the house while carrying her baby. Noticing my return, she questioned in a hurry, “How is it? What did Darius say? Is there any news about Mr. Lane?”
“Darius told me that he has sent a team of mercenaries to find them. The situation is not as bad as we think it is. Seeing that Darius was rather laid back – he was even shocked at my frantic behavior – I think we’re really overthinking it.” I scratched the back of my head and explained, “Darius even got angry at me and told me that I was being unreasonable if I were to continue to feel distraught.”
“Really?” Sabrina immediately stopped crying. “If even Darius thinks that we’re worrying needlessly, it must be a minor issue. I can’t believe Sean told me the wrong information! I’ll teach him a lesson when I get home. Also, when Zach comes back, I’ll punish him by letting him sleep in the guest room for a week. How could he scare me like that?”
The abrupt U-turn in her attitude drove me speechless.
“Okay. I’ll need to bring my baby home, or else my mom will nag at me for leaving her alone for such a long time. Let me know if there’s any good news. Even if the news isn’t satisfactory, notify me as well.” Sabrina rushed out of the house while carrying her baby in one hand and a milk bottle in the other. In a blink of an eye, she disappeared from my sight.
