Chapter 26 Captivate Zachary
“It’s complicated and can’t be described in a few words. You have to come back.”
“Okay.”
Gladys ran out with her phone without fixing her hair or changing her clothes.
When she saw Zachary and Mars pruning trees in the garden downstairs, she said, “Mr. Bradshaw, Mars, I have to go home for an emergency.“”
Then, she hurried away.
Mars furrowed his brow. “Why is Gladys in such a rush? Should we go help her?”
Zachary didn’t have time. He took time to prune trees with Mars out of his busy schedule.
Besides, Gladys‘ things had nothing to do with him.
Gladys took a taxi back to Daisy’s apartment.
As soon as she entered, she asked worriedly, “Where’s Vicky? What happened?”
Daisy pulled Gladys to the door of Vicky’s room.
She said with a frown, “I don’t know. I found something was wrong when I came back last night. I thought Vicky wanted to sleep on her own, so I didn’t think much about it. However, she refused to come out this morning and said that she wanted you to come back. If she didn’t see you, she would never talk to you again and starve herself to death.“”
Gladys was shocked.
Vicky had been a good girl for the past three years. This was the first time she had acted so strangely, which made Gladys worried and anxious. She knocked on the door.
“Vicky, I’m back. Did you get bullied at school? Come out and tell me what happened. I’ll help you.”
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It was quiet in the room. Vicky didn’t reply.
Generally, parents would be worried about their children who locked themselves in the rooms, let alone a 3–year–old girl who had a tantrum.
Gladys didn’t dare to think about what Vicky did in the room, nor did she want to wait. She turned to say to Daisy, “Find the key or a hammer. Let’s bust the door down.”
“Okay,” Daisy agreed.
Then the two turned around to look for tools. Just then, the door opened with a click.
Vicky walked out.
In a beautiful dress, she stood with arms akimbo and looked angrily at Gladys.
“Humph! Mommy, let’s talk.”
Gladys was stunned.
It seemed that Vicky was angry at her.
Confused, Gladys followed Vicky to sit on the sofa. Vicky took out a large stack of photos.
With a snap, the photos fell on the circular table, illuminated by bright light. In some photos, a man and a woman went shopping with a child and bought clothes for him, and in others, the woman took the child to the supermarket and the children’s park. They looked like a happy family of three.
Most importantly, they were none other than Gladys, Zachary, and Mars!
What was going on?
Gladys asked in shock, “Vicky, how did you get these photos?”
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Daisy was also surprised. “Didn’t you stay with me? How can you have these photos?”
Vicky snorted, “I bumped into them in the shopping mall and the supermarket, so I secretly took photos.”
She raised her chin proudly as if to say, “You can’t hide it from me.””
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Chapter 26 Captivate Zachary
Gladys finally figured out what happened.
Vicky saw Gladys with Zachary and Mars and thought that Gladys preferred Mars over her, so Gladys didn’t come back.
But Zachary was her dad, and Mars was her brother. How should Gladys explain
this to her?
Gladys didn’t know what to do.
Daisy didn’t expect Vicky to be so clever. She looked sympathetically at Gladys,
who was at a loss.
That look meant, “Clarify it. You can’t fool Vicky.”
It was so quiet and oppressive that they could hear a pin drop.
After a while, Vicky asked, “Mommy, are you chasing that man?”
“What?
“I’m not!”
Gladys immediately denied it.
Vicky continued, “You like him, so you went shopping with him and pleased his son
attempt to marry him. It’s so embarrassing to chase a man like this.“”
in an
What was Vicky talking about?
Gladys said, “It’s not what you think. He and I…”
“But that man is rich and handsome with long legs. He’s more handsome than a movie star! I like him! You have my back! I want him to be my stepfather!”
Puff.
Vicky changed her attitude all of a sudden.
Gladys looked helplessly at Vicky’s fair face.
She decided to let Vicky continue misunderstanding her. Then she wouldn’t need to find an excuse.
Gladys changed the topic. “Vicky, I’ll be with you all day today. Let’s hang out.”
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Vicky nodded and said, “Okay. We’ll go shopping and buy you new clothes and cosmetics to make you look more beautiful and captivate my future stepfather.”
Gladys didn’t know what to say in response.
Vicky was naughty. What would Zachary think if he knew that his daughter liked him very much when she saw his photos?
Gladys had neglected Vicky in the past two days, so she had fun with her instead of hurrying away. She promised that she would come back to see Vicky every weekend and not neglect her. After Vicky fell asleep, Gladys said goodbye to Daisy and took a taxi back to Zachary’s villa.
Mars was on the mend these days. Gladys thought she should work harder to let Mars recover from autism..
The taxi stopped outside the villa..
Gladys paid for the taxi, got off, and walked straight in.
At night, the light was dim and warm yellow. The air was heavy with the scent of beautiful trees along the way.
Bang! Gladys was hit on the back of her head with a thick stick. She was caught off guard and fell into a faint.
Then a graceful woman walked out. The light from the street lamp shone on her face through the gaps in the trees. She and Gladys looked very alike.
However, she was more malicious and ferocious.
She was Julie.
She managed to escape from Colin’s house.
Nobody knew how much she had suffered these days. Tonight, she hid the potion Colin gave her in her mouth and fed it to him while he was kissing her. Then she escaped when he was in a coma.
Looking at Gladys‘ peaceful face on the ground, Julie was filled with hatred and unwillingness.
She suffered bitterly, while Gladys stayed with Zachary day and night. What a shameless and despicable woman Gladys was!
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Julie wouldn’t let Gladys go!
Julie camed Gladys on her back and took Gladys to Colin’s secret room by crossing the side road. Then she changed Gladys‘ clothes, fed her some drugs, and locked
her up.
When Colin woke up, he would abuse Gladys as he did to Julie. He would never know that Gladys wasn’t with him before,
Julie would hide the truth about her past, and no one would know it.
On the contrary, Gladys would be imprisoned by Colin for a lifetime and couldn’t go out.
With a sinister smile, Julie returned to her place. She changed into beautiful clean. clothes after a shower and put on perfume. Then she smiled in the mirror and went to Zachary’s villa,
She was beautiful and dignified and walked gracefully as if nothing had happened.
Julie was still the aloof noble lady and Zachary’s fiancée.
“Zachary, I’m back,” she said to herself.
