Marina knew that there was a lot of nasty business in the Langdon family, but she did not expect it to be this bad. She carefully recalled the plot of the original story and found that it didn’t say much about Peyton’s death.
If someone really did it on purpose, she believed that the person would not be Ryder.
Ryder was ambitious, but he did not care about the Langdon family’s stuff. He just did not want the Langdons to be too easy.
“Tell Ryder what I think.”
Bailey asked Marina to be the message sender. In fact, Bailey was a little afraid of Ryder, who had a destructive aura.
“OK. But I can’t reach him.”
Marina looked down at her watch. It was past 10:00 p. m. But Ryder still didn’t answer the phone. His phone was turned off. Marina didn’t know whether he deliberately disappeared so that he could be alone or he was in danger.
“Ryder didn’t go to the company?”
Bailey stood up and her expression changed. She grabbed Marina’s hand and asked.
“No. Kenny has been looking for him. He even called me.”
Marina shook her head but found something unusual in Bailey’s words. She probed, “Bailey, you know where he went, don’t you?”
“If you can’t find him, how can I find him?”
Bailey touched her chin and thought of a detail.
Today, Yazmin went to the Langdon’s and asked to meet Kayden.
“For Kayden, Yazmin is a blot. I heard that Kayden was also tricked back then.”
Kayden didn’t know he had been set up by Yazmin and he had a child. Ryder was already a big boy when the Langdons knew about his existence.
Yazmin clearly stated that she wanted the Langdons’ property. Yazmin had been enduring it abroad for many years. However, she returned out of blue. Bailey didn’t feel good about this.
“She went to the Langdon’s?”
Marina felt a bit strange because Yazmin came to their place and scolded her and Ryder that morning.
Yazmin couldn’t take advantage of the situation and left in a huff.
“Yes, and she was smiling when she came out.”
Ryder couldn’t get any property, but Yazmin was happy. Why was that? Kayden might have agreed to her certain request.
“I’ll call her.”
Marina didn’t know Yazmin’s number. Marina looked through the address book and was embarrassed.
“I know.”
Bailey sent the number to Marina and motioned Marina to call now.
Because of the dispute over the property, those from the second branch and the third branch were unconsciously linked together, so there was no need to avoid Bailey now.
Marina sighed. Sure enough, there were no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Every time she and Bailey met, they would be at loggerheads. However, their relationship became harmonious at this point.
The phone was picked up after a long time. It was not Yazmin who picked up the phone, but a man.
There was a faint noise on the phone and the melody was lively. The man should be at a bar or someplace like that.
“Hello. Who do you want to speak to?”
The man was perfunctory. “My darling drank too much. If there’s nothing important, leave it till tomorrow.”
The man called Yazmin “my darling”. Seemed like something was going on between those two.
Bailey was stunned and looked at Marina. Marina was also surprised.
“Please put Ms. Gill on the phone. It’s urgent.”
Marina checked the number again and suspected that she dialed the wrong number.
“Alright.”
The man heard Marina’s serious tone and did not dare to waste any time. He handed the phone to Yazmin.
“Who is it?”
Yazmin was drinking. She negotiated with Kayden and got a sum of money. Although the money could not be compared to the Langdons’ property, it was enough for her to eat and wear for the rest of her life. She could also keep a toy boy for fun.
She also wanted to marry Kayden for the sake of her years of forbearance. But Kayden was still strong. If he lived for another twenty or thirty years, that would be unacceptable for her.
She didn’t have to be trapped in the Langdon family. As long as she had the money, that would be enough.
Yazmin agreed to Kayden’s request and happily took the money. At this moment, she was very happy.
“This is Marina.”
“Ms. Gill, have you seen Ryder?” Marina frowned and asked.
“No.”
Yazmin was very impatient. She thought, ‘Why did Marina call me to look for that bastard? I’m having fun right now. I don’t have time for that.’
Yazmin hung up before Marina could continue.
Marina heard the sound of the phone being hung up and sensed the indifference in Yazmin’s tone. Marina felt inexplicably sympathetic for Ryder.
Ryder was ruthless and vicious. He was not born like this. He had such scheming parents who did not have any love for him. He had been living in the cracks for so many years and could only grow crooked.
Where was Ryder?
Marina was a little confused, so confused that she didn’t know what to do.
She had a hunch that Yazmin should have met Ryder, and she had to drag Yazmin out to ask for information.
However, there were many bars in Jin City. Where should Marina go?
Marina had to leave now. She wouldn’t find Yazmin if she delayed any longer.
“There are many bars in Jin City, but there are only a few places with toy boys.”
Bailey analyzed and then made a form for Marina, telling her not to waste time and search those bars listed.
Yazmin was so vain. If she got a sum of money, she would definitely go to high-end places.
Marina looked at Bailey suspiciously. Bailey seemed to know about these things.
“Why are you looking at me like that? I have never looked for a toy boy!”
Bailey was furious. The rich ladies in their circle often looked for fun in those places. After all, their husbands usually kept mistresses, and they didn’t have to subdue themselves.
“Thank you, Bailey.”
Marina sincerely thanked Bailey. Mary had gone to such places many times, but Marina was not interested and had long forgotten about them.
…
At midnight, it was silent.
In an abandoned factory, Ryder was sitting on a cement stone platform. He reeked of blood.
The wound on Ryder’s wrist was bleeding all the time. It didn’t bleed fast, but the process was torturing.
Ryder’s phone was dead and he threw it aside. Ryder closed his eyes.
He thought, ‘It would be good if I really died like this.
Is it painful? No. I owed that woman. I’m ashamed because her blood is flowing in my body.
Yazmin said that I owed her my life, so I return it.
Am I silly? Not really.
In the beginning, I did not get to choose life and death. I was born and became a bastard. I was the tool of that woman. I was just a tool.’
When Ryder was young, he watched other kids being led by their parents to the amusement park hand in hand. He was very envious. He tried to hold Yazmin’s hand, but she kicked him away.
He always remembered Yazmin’s expression at that time. She looked at him with disgust on her face as if he was a fly.
Ryder knew he wasn’t supposed to live in this world.
However, at that time, he did not want to die.
How could there be parents who did not love their children? His encounter made him not want Nicole to have a mother like that like him.
Ryder thought, ‘That woman, Marina…
She is so weird. She obviously hated Nicole so much, but then she suddenly likes Nicole. If I die, she would take good care of Nicole, right?’