Female Novel
Chapter 21
Pierre’s pupils shrunk threateningly, and he slowly took a seat in his chair. “Go on.”
“The incident started from the moment Juniper ran into Megan and Meredith at the bakery. The twosides got into a conflict, after which the two Miss Yards left the scene. Not long after, a homelessman barged into the bakery and forcefully took Juniper. We investigated the van bought by theyoung masters, but it is a scrapped vehicle with a fake number plate.”
“As for the two kidnappers, they have criminal records—they’re two human traffickers who are nowgone. But according to the police, Miss Selena Yard insisted that the kidnapping was the doing ofMegan and Meredith Yard.”
At this point, Niall paused and asked cautiously, “President Fowler, do we need to continue theinvestigation?”
If the investigation continued, they would soon be looking into Meredith. After all, this incident wasmore or less related to her, and she was a public figure whose reputation would be affected by anycontroversy. Those were Niall’s considerations when he checked with Pierre.
Pierre rapped his knuckles on the tabletop and gestured at Niall to come by crooking his finger.Seeing his gesture, Niall immediately went up to him.
After giving Niall the instructions, Pierre left the Empire Group building. He brought his sons toSelena’s place. The twins were very quiet—even Jameson—who was normally a chatterbox. Theybehaved well because Pierre had specifically reminded them when they were on the way there.
The sight of a tired Selena shocked Pierre. A few days ago, she had looked quite energetic, but herliveliness was nowhere to be seen today. When she saw the two boys, she forced a smile andcaressed their heads. “Juniper is upstairs. She just ate and went back to bed.”
“I’m the best at cheering up girls. Should I go cheer her up?” Jameson volunteered enthusiastically.
All eyes were instantly on him. Undeniably, he was telling the truth about being the best at cheeringup the girls.
“Let him try.” Selena nodded in agreement.
With the green light, Joaquin and Jameson went upstairs and gently pushed open the door toJuniper’s room.
The girl was not asleep, and she thought that it was her mom who entered the room. Soon, sherealized that the footsteps sounded different, and she peeked out from under her blanket. The nextmoment, she was shocked to see Jameson’s face appearing in front of her.
Jameson smiled at her, showing his pearly whites. “Heh, do you still remember me? I’m the onewho saved you; in other words, I’m your savior! Wow, your eyes are so pretty, just like thegemstones. Eh? Why do you seem a bit different from last time? Hmm… Oh! You’re cuter than thefirst time we met!”
The last time they met, her face was horribly swollen and her hair a mess. He didn’t get to take agood look at her features, but upon closer inspection today, he realized that she was quite cute.
Juniper took a glance at him before covering herself with the blanket. He gently pulled the blanketand urged her, “Come play with me, okay? You’re a cute girl.”
In response, she turned her body to have her back facing him. Not giving up, he ran to the otherside of the bed to see her. “From this angle, you look nicer than just now. Heh, heh.”
Standing beside them, Joaquin silently observed the ‘skills’ of his shameless twin brother.
At the door, Selena and Pierre were peeping in.
“I’m your savior, and you should repay my kindness! How could you ignore me? Anyway, I willforgive you because you’re cute. I have just arrived at your house, and I’m not familiar with thisplace. May I ask you for directions?” He patiently rambled on beside her. However, seeing that thegirl was silent, he suddenly chuckled with his mouth covered. “Which way should I go to reach yourheart? Heh, heh.”
Joaquin was completely dumbfounded at Jameson’s pickup line. Selena could not help but smile,and she thought that Jameson was an interesting boy. In contrast, Pierre looked frustrated at hisson’s fluent use of pickup lines. What has this little fella been learning all day?
“You’re annoying.” Juniper finally talked to him.
When Selena heard that, she covered her mouth in shock because her daughter had not uttered aword over the past few days.
“Haha, you finally spoke! Your voice is really nice, like a song thrush. Talk to me more, will you?”
“No.” The little girl turned her face away from him.
“My poor heart is hurt… Jojo, what do I do?” He pressed on his left chest, and his facial expressiontwisted.
“Serves you right.” Joaquin smirked.
Surprisingly, Juniper giggled at their banter under the blanket.
“Jojo, are you going to hurt my poor heart too? Have mercy… Why does this happen to me?”Jameson suddenly fell to the floor and started crying.
Juniper immediately sat up in bed. Of course, she knew that these two boys had saved her, and shedid not hate them at all. She just simply wasn’t in the mood to talk and preferred to be left alone in
her own world. However, the situation in her room was getting a little messy.
“Stop crying.”
Jameson still sobbed and wailed.
“Alright, I will talk to you.”
At that, Jameson instantly stopped crying and stared at her pitifully. “For real?”
She gave him a light nod. Gleeful, Jameson once again confirmed that fake crying was a time-tested, useful strategy. It worked on his grandparents, Jojo, the family servants, and now the cutegirl!
Selena broke into a relieved smile. Although Juniper still looked expressionless, the fact that shetalked was valuable enough.
At that time, Selena’s phone suddenly buzzed, and she hurriedly took the call in a corner. “Hello?Got it. Please take care of it. Didn’t I tell you before that I don’t have time for this?”
Pierre walked up to her upon overhearing the conversation. She hung up on the caller soon. In thepast few days, she had been ignoring company matters, and everything started to turn into a hugemess, especially when Forever Gown’s flagship store had recently been launched, and lots ofissues were awaiting her decision.
“If you’re busy, just go to work. I’ll be here.” He still sounded quite cold. Even his words of concernwere conveyed without a hint of warmth.
“Will that be okay for you?”
“Yeah.”
Although she had only known this man for two weeks, from their interactions, she believed that hewas a nice person. Plus, his two sons were around too.
“Great. I’ll be back soon.”
Thanks to Pierre’s help, Selena finally had the time to drive over to Forever Gown’s flagship storeand settled the issue in no time. Using a laptop at the store, she organized a quick video call withthe employees at JNS Corporation. When everything was completed, she could finally heave a sighof relief.
“Alright, you can continue working. I’ll rest for a while and head home soon.” Then, she instantly leftthe office of the store manager. Indeed, she was tired and planned to get a drink at the pantry.novelbin
“Selena Yard?”
Just then, she heard someone calling her, and she reflexively turned around. Before she could takea look at the person, she received a hard slap on the face, causing her to start seeing flickeringstars.
The moment she identified the rude intruder, her mind immediately went blank.