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Chapter 250 Surprise Attack
Chapter 250 Surprise Attack
Her voice was pitiful. Philip, exasperated, snapped, "You're not seriously thinking of going and telling
her the truth about what happened five years ago?"
Clara chimed in, "Natalia's saying that much, but I've thought it over. If she's fine, she can't hide forever.
She's just trying to get one over on us right now, and might not know everything. So long as we hold
fast, she can't do anything about us. As for Jessica, I'll send people to take care of it. She'll have to put
up with it for a while. Still, with her special identity, she shouldn't suffer too much. As long as she can
hold under pressure and doesn't admit to anything, we should be fine."
Hearing that, Aleena couldn't believe it.
"That's a huge 'should', Mom! That means that it's possible for her to crack and admit to the crime!
Jessica's never been through hardship growing up; how could she stay in a place like that?"
Clara looked at her impatiently.
"Didn't I say I'm sending people over to take care of it? She made this mess herself, so it's good for her
to stew a bit right now. That way she'll remember not to go out and cause trouble again someday!"
She grunted with displeasure.
Aleena didn't have a reply for that.
After a while, she tried, "Didn't you say last time that over at Eqitin..."
Clara frowned.
"I'm already in contact with that side. I'll hear back in a few days. Don't tell Jessica for now, just in case
she causes some more trouble if she can't hold it in. Don't worry. If my contacts are secure, nothing will
happen to Jessica. By then, if the Millers come up and ask us to be family again, we'll be having none
of it."
Aleena relaxed a little and nodded.
"All right. Your call, Mom."
*****
Meanwhile, Natalia couldn't have imagined that she'd meet someone who should never have appeared
on Fortuna Island.
Selena ran right into her the moment she arrived at the hotel.
She was wearing a simple white shirt with straight trousers underneath. With her hair in a ponytail, she
looked fresh and energetic.
Seeing Natalia, she seemed surprised as well.
"I didn't think I'd see you here, Mrs. McCarthy."
Natalia smiled slightly. "I think it's quite a coincidence too, Miss Kawn."
Selena's eyes lit up.
"All that drama outside over your disappearance and your kidnapping – I'd thought it was true, but now
it seems like..."
She didn't finish the sentence, but her meaning was obvious.
Natalia's head was starting to hurt.
Sometimes life just gave you a surprise attack out of nowhere.
She calmed herself and beamed at her.
"Are you here to look for Grandma, Miss Kawn?"
Some things weren't worth hiding if they'd been revealed already.novelbin
But she wasn't in the mood to deliberately explain things to Selena.
Still, Selena was smart enough to not ask too many questions. She simply chuckled, "Yes, I heard that
Old Mrs. McCarthy is here, so I'd come to find her. I didn't think I'd meet you."
"Grandma is still in her room. Need me to bring you over?"
"No need to trouble yourself, Mrs. McCarthy. I can head to the front desk and ask them myself. If you're
going out, I won't trouble you."
Natalia nodded and didn't stay to chat. She turned around and left.
Selena looked at her receding back and grinned, a bit of playfulness flashing through her eyes.
Ariana couldn't have imagined that Selena would come to the island at a time like this.
She'd bought up this island for a while now, and pretty much everyone at home knew about it. But they
were normally busy, and not many people would visit this small island. Even if they did, they'd tell her
beforehand, so she hadn't paid attention.
She didn't think that that small lapse would put such a damper on Natalia's plans.
Ariana was tremendously guilty, but Selena acted like she hadn't seen anything.
The moment she saw her, she said happily, "I was just filming nearby and decided to stop here on the
way since you were here. You won't blame me for not notifying you, right?"
Ariana gave a small smile.
"How could I? I'm happy you're here; of course I wouldn't blame you."
She said that, but her face looked a bit strange.
Selena pretended like she hadn't noticed. Going over to Anne, she took out the gifts she'd lovingly
prepared beforehand and played around with Anne.
Anne had just woken up after napping with Ariana and remembered that Natalia had promised to teach
her how to swim in the afternoon.
But she was nowhere to be seen, so Anne was in a panic. She saw Selena, but she didn't have the
patience to deal with her.
The girl took the gifts, said a casual thanks, put her shoes on and jogged outside.
Ariana was worried and ran out after her.
"Where are you going, Anne?"
"I'm going to find Mommy. Mommy promised to swim with me."
Ariana stopped her hurriedly.
"Be a good girl, Anne. Your Mommy left because she's got things to do. How about having her teach
you to swim after she gets back?"
Anne's eyes reddened with frustration right away.
"I don't want to wait. Mommy promised me when she tucked me in. She said I would see her if I woke
up and I could go swimming with her. Mommy wouldn't lie!"
Ariana looked at the state the child was in and couldn't really say anything at the moment.
Natalia had promised to take her swimming when she woke up.
But she'd slept lightly today, and with Selena coming over, she'd gotten up half an hour early.
With the way things went normally, it'd normally have taken her until two thirty to wake up. By that time,
Natalia would probably be done with business and back here already.
Ariana didn't have an explanation.
Seeing that, Selena crouched and looked at Anne gently.
"Mrs. McCarthy is busy with something else right now, Anne. How about your auntie Selena teach you
how to swim instead?"
For all these years, Archie hadn't had too many women around him. First off, he didn't have too much
interest in such matters. Also, Anne had a peculiar personality and she seemed to hate the women who
appeared around him.
Selena was an exception.
It wasn't that Anne really liked her, but at least she didn't push her away and treat her like an enemy the
way she did other women.
So she'd always thought that she held a special place in Anne's heart.
Besides, since Ariana had tried to match Selena with Archie before, she'd had quite a lot of time to
develop a bond with Anne.
Which made Selena even more confident that Anne liked her.
However, this time, Anne was looking at her with some contempt.
"I don't want Miss Kawn. You don't look as good as Mommy, you don't look as patient as Mommy, and
most importantly, you're not as pretty as Mommy! I don't want you to teach me, I just want my Mommy!"
"..."