The wind was getting stronger and the snow was falling more and more fiercely as if it was going to cover the entire mountain.

Yuna stood in the snow and felt that the situation was in a mess.

She did not know what had happened, nor did she know how it had come to this...

After Yuna out, Wesley went upstairs and entered the study.

When the computer was turning on, Wesley walked to the French windows and saw Yuna standing still at the door like a statue.

In normal times, he could turn a blind eye to it or even simply ignore it.

But now, it was windy and snowing outside. Moreover, Yuna was pregnant.

Wesley took his phone and directly dialed Yuna's number. "I'm watching you. Come back, or I'll go downstairs to you."

Yuna looked back and saw Wesley's slender and charming figure. He was standing in front of the French windows on the second floor.

She did not know whether to tell Wesley that the child had once been diagnosed as having no vital signs by Dr. Roberts.

If she told him about it, the blood clot in her brain would stay hidden, would it?

Since Yuna didn't reply for a long time, Wesley said with a hint of displeasure in his low voice, "Yuna, is there something wrong with your hearing?"

"There's something wrong with your hearing!" Yuna satirized him back. "I told you, I'm going to Joanne's house!"

"I only saw you standing still at the door." Wesley paused and then continued, "So, is there something wrong with your moving ability?"

Yuna rolled her eyes at Wesley, hung up the phone, and went to Joanne's house.

Romy finally fell asleep, but Joanne still did not dare to carry her back to the children's room. She just held her in her arms and gently patted her tender shoulder so as to let her sleep in peace.

The little girl's breathing gradually grew more and more steady, and it didn't seem like she would wake up anytime soon.

Joanne was finally relieved and whispered to Freya, "Go and check in on Yuna. I'll take Romy back to her room."

"Okay."

Freya got up and then saw Yuna as soon as she went out.

Sure enough, Yuna's eyes were red. She had obviously cried.

Freya walked over and held Yuna's hand. "Let's go inside and talk."

When they entered the room, Joanne also came downstairs after settling Romy down.

Seeing Yuna's red eyes, Joanne suddenly had a bad feeling that she had to coax a big girl after coaxing a little girl to sleep.

Freya pulled Yuna to sit down and poured her a glass of warm water. She asked softly, "Yuna, are you okay?"

Yuna's eyes felt hot, and tears came out of her eyes like magic.

Joanne rushed over and took out two pieces of tissue to wipe away Yuna's tears.

In fact, Joanne was also reluctant to part with Emily. However, Emily did not mean the same to her as to Yuna.

She still had Aiden and Romy. After Emily was sent away, she would be distracted by the two little guys soon.

But Emily was to Yuna what Aiden and Romy was to her.

Joanne put herself in Yuna's shoes and thought that if Aiden and Romy suddenly left her, she would probably collapse immediately.

Joanne suddenly understood what Yuna was feeling now. She comforted her and said, "Yuna, Emily is home. You still have Wesley."

"Wesley will only order me not to be sad." Yuna said, "Wesley is a bastard!"

"Wesley is back?" Joanne looked confused. "Then why was he willing to let you come here?"

"..." Yuna looked at Joanne also in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Joanne coughed and touched her face to disguise her embarrassment. "Nothing! Now... Wesley is probably not in the mood. He should be busy bringing Aunt Helen back..."

"..."

Looking at Joanne's unnatural look, Yuna finally understood what Joanne meant. However, no matter whether Joanne was serious or joking, she was not in the mood to cooperate with Joanne.

She came here for something serious.

"Joanne, I had a discussion with Emily last night." Yuna said, "Emily promised me that he would protect Aunt Iris."

Freya raised her hand to show her curiosity. "Yuna, what did you say to Emily?"

Yuna told her the truth. "I told Emily that Aunt Iris is the babies' grandmother."

"By the way, Romy just cried very hard." Freya said, half-jokingly, "Could it be that Romy is reluctant to part with Emily?"

Joanne did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Romy is so young. How could she understand Emily's goodbye?" Then she checked the time and said, "I wonder if Emily is home now."

After that, Joanne and Freya both turned to look at Yuna.

Yuna asked ignorantly, "Why are you looking at me?"

Freya made a reasonable analysis. "Kai is in charge of sending Emily away, and his boss is Boss Hayes. Then, Boss Hayes's boss is you. According to this logic, if you want to know whether Emily is home or not, you can contact Boss Hayes. Then we will know!"

Yuna noticed that there was a loophole in Freya's words, but before she figured it out, Freya had interrupted her and urged, "Yuna, call Boss Hayes now."

Yuna had no choice but to call Wesley.

The call kept ringing, but there was no answer.

Yuna found it strange.

Wesley was in the study, and his phone should be right beside him. Why did he not answer the call?

Moreover, it was from her!

Could there have been an accident?

Joanne noticed the change in Yuna's expression and vaguely guessed the situation. She reminded, "Wesley might be busy, or he may not have heard it. Let's try again."

Freya was both confused and curious, so she asked Joanne, "How do you know that Boss Hayes didn't answer the phone?"

Joanne held her chin with one hand and said leisurely, "When Brian didn't answer my phone before, I had the same expression. Well, at this time, an internal monologue would say: 'He doesn't even answer my phone?!'"

Freya looked at Yuna and asked, "Yuna, is that true?"

Yuna coughed with a guilty conscience and changed the subject. "I'll try again."

She dialed for the second time, and Wesley finally answered the call on the last ring and said, "I'm going to find Kai. If you have anything to say, wait for me to come back."

Kai was in charge of sending Emily away and bringing Aunt Helen back.

Since Wesley was suddenly leaving to find Kai, something bad must have happened.

Yuna was about to ask what had happened, Wesley had hung up the phone.

In fact, there was no need to ask. Wesley's leaving was enough to show that the problem was not simple.

Something must have been out of their control.

Upon seeing Yuna's look, Joanne suddenly had a bad feeling. She sat closer to Yuna and asked, "Yuna, what did Wesley say to you?"

Yuna shook her head. Her anxiety made her tone be somewhat weak. "Wesley came back to deal with something, but he just left again. He didn't even have time to tell me what was going on."

How big a deal it was to make Wesley leave in such a hurry?

Joanne took the phone and said, "I'll send a message to Brian."

If it were in the past, Brian would reply to Joanne as soon as possible.

But this time, after a long time, there was still no message from Brian.

Joanne put down her phone and looked down. She did not speak for a long time.

A strong sense of unease was spreading in Yuna's heart. If it weren't for some scruples, she wasn't sure that she could resist going to Rowdy on impulse.

Joanne saw through Yuna's intention and remembered that Brian had told her to pay attention to Yuna and not let her do anything stupid.

Sure enough, at the critical moment, she still had to keep Brian's words in mind.

Joanne pressed Yuna's hand and motioned for her to calm down. "Yuna, let's wait and figure out what's going on first. The current situation can't be worse. We have to believe that Brian and Wesley can handle it."

Yuna nodded and slowly calmed down.

In fact, she could guess what was going on.

The fact was almost the same as Yuna's guess.

Wesley and Rowdy had agreed to exchange hostages in a remote abandoned factory area in the suburbs.

It seemed that this deal was open and fair, and it would not go wrong.

What's more, Wesley had repeatedly warned Kai to be careful of Rowdy.

During the exchange, there were indeed no accidents. But something went wrong afterward.

After taking over Aunt Helen, Kai immediately asked someone to take her into the car, then he got in the car too and left quickly.

Aunt Helen's hands were tied up, and her mouth was also sealed with a strip of yellow tape. Kai first untied the rope and then tore off the tape.

Only then did Kai find something wrong with Aunt Helen.

When he was in Glasgow, he often went to eat in the old house of the Hayes Family. Occasionally, when he was picky about the meals, Aunt Helen would scold him without hesitation.

However, now, "Aunt Helen" did not even dare to look him in the eyes.

Kai quickly understood and asked, "You're not Aunt Helen?"

The old woman didn't answer and just avoided Kai's eyes.

Kai reached out and really took off a human-skin mask from her face.

Under the mask was a face completely different from that of Aunt Helen.

The person who made this mask was a master. If it weren't for the old woman who dared not look him in the eyes, Kai would not even suspect that she was not Aunt Helen.

Brian was right. Rowdy would really go back on his word.

Kai asked furiously, "Who are you?"

The old woman said in a trembling voice, "My... my son works for that person. He said that my son did not do a good job, and if I did not comply with his request, he would kill my son. Young man, I do not know what happened at all."

Kai landed a punch on the leather seat of the car and ordered the driver to turn the car around and to chase after Rowdy.

However, Rowdy's men had already left in different directions. He did not know which direction to go.

Kai could only contact Rowdy and Brian. He had no time to apologize and directly explained the situation.

Brian also reacted quickly. He went to the police station to get the surveillance video and arranged for some people to intercept them. But it was unknown when Rowdy had taken another car. Rowdy and Emily were not in the cars they had successfully stopped.

Things were completely out of their control. They had sent Emily back but failed to get Aunt Helen back.

Perhaps Rowdy had never intended to return Aunt Helen to them from the very beginning.

Rowdy just wanted to take Emily back and weaken their bargain chips to negotiate with him.

This time, Brian had to admit that Rowdy had completely seized the initiative.