Caleb Hayes abruptly stopped.
The son in his arms rubbed his
Mrs, asking softly, “Daddy, I think I heard my sister calling someone.”
Caleb’s eyes darkened. His gaze locked directly onto Vanessa’s location, a hint of sharpness and suspicion in his eyes.
Marcus’s heart sank. He immediately stepped in front of Vanessa and nervously said, “Mr. Hayes, that’s my daughter. She’s very unruly, and her mother is disciplining her.”
But just then, the little boy in Caleb’s arms suddenly struggled to get down, pointing at the little girl standing there, his voice urgent, “Daddy, look at her hand! That’s my sister’s bracelet!”
Marcus’s face instantly lost all color.
Vanessa panicked and quickly denied, “Mr. Hayes, the child must have seen wrong. How could a little girl like this… Ow!”
Before she could finish speaking, a heavy kick landed on her chest.
Vanessa clutched her chest, curled up on the ground, crying loudly, in extreme pain.
“Daddy!”
The little girl broke free and rushed over, throwing herself into Caleb’s arms and bursting into tears.
Seeing his daughter’s swollen cheeks and scratch marks on her body,
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Caleb, a doting father, instantly had red eyes. He quickly draped his jacket over her and pulled her into his embrace to comfort her.
The bodyguards behind him swiftly moved forward, restraining Vanessa, who was still wailing on the ground, forcibly dislocating her arm joints.
Her agonizing screams lingered in the air for a long time.
After his daughter’s emotions had stabilized,
Caleb coldly stepped on Vanessa’s head, his eyes full of fury and coldness, his voice as icy as winter. “Who gave you permission to touch my daughter? Do you even deserve to?”
Vanessa was pinned to the ground, trembling with fear. “Mr. Hayes, I truly didn’t know she was your daughter. Please, spare me this once…”
But Caleb refused to listen, pressing his foot down harder.
At that moment, Lily weakly tugged at his clothes.
“Daddy, please save Mommy! They locked her in the warehouse.”
At these words, the faces of all the project managers present turned deathly pale. No one dared to speak.
Marcus’s legs gave out, and he sank to the ground, muttering in disbelief, “Impossible! How could Aurora Hayes be Mrs. Hayes? The child should be mine…”
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But Caleb didn’t acknowledge him. After handing his daughter to his assistant, he turned and gave an order, “Keep an eye on everyone here. Don’t let anyone leave! I’ll settle accounts with each of them once I bring my wife back!”
As soon as he spoke, he rushed straight to the cold storage.
Seeing me shivering in the corner, on the verge of unconsciousness, Caleb’s heart clenched. His hands trembled as he gently picked me up. “Wife, I’m so sorry I’m late.”
Feeling his familiar, warm presence close to me, my frozen body slowly began to regain warmth.
I struggled to open my eyes, my voice weak and raspy. “Husband, it really hurts.”
Caleb didn’t hesitate. He wiped away the dirt on me and carefully carried me to a quiet room. A private doctor immediately arrived to check my injuries.
Both children cried as they ran to me, hugging me and showering me with affection.
Leo puffed out his cheeks, clenching his small fists, his voice childish yet serious: “Mommy, what happened to you and Lily can’t be let go! Those bad people need to pay!”
I smiled weakly, stroking my children’s heads.
The outside world always believed Caleb Hayes had only one son.
In fact, I had given birth to fraternal twins–a boy and a girl.
But because the Hayes Group was in a crisis at the time, constantly facing threats and extortion, Caleb, to protect our daughter’s safety, had to keep her existence a secret and never dared to let her appear in public.
He looked at me gently, stroking my face, and promised in a low voice, “The bad guys are all under control. I will make sure everyone who wronged you pays the price they deserve. Don’t be afraid.”
I leaned against him, feeling safe, and nodded softly.
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The children were taken out by the assistant.
A group of people, their faces bruised and swollen, were escorted in by security.
The worst off was Marcus. His once handsome face was now swollen beyond recognition. He looked utterly dazed, like a lost soul, pressed to the ground, staring blankly.
Beside him, Vanessa was crying until her makeup ran, making her look a bit frightening.
As soon as the project managers entered, they knelt before Caleb Hayes, their foreheads hitting the ground with loud thuds.
