Caleb turned E City upside down and soon found out that Alina was in an estate in the eastern suburbs.
He hurried to the manor with his men, and when he saw the car parked in the courtyard, he instantly recognised it as the car that had brought Alina back earlier.
“Mr. Collins, our Lord is already waiting for you.”
The butler who manages the estate, with his hair meticulously groomed, saw Caleb get out of the car and respectfully stepped forward.
Caleb frowned, “You knew I was coming?”
“It was our Lord who knew you were coming.”
Caleb’s eyes flashed even more gloomily.
Although he already had an answer in his mind before coming here, when he was really confronted with it now, he still thought of a hundred ways to interrogate Chester in this instant, asking him why he was so cruel.
If he knew about Alina’s current situation, why did he keep avoiding seeing her?
Who was that silly girl in her current situation because of?
As he was led inside by the butler, he was greeted by a woman with big curly hair, who carried a bit of stern beauty.
Caleb recognised at once that it was someone from the Byrne family, Any Byrne?
During the previous time when Chester was at Sinantu Pavilion, the time he went back, this woman was his right hand man.
Seeing Amy, there was even more certainty that the owner of this was Chester.
The butler led Caleb to the water corridor under the pavilion in the building, where Chester stood below, his back still looking athletic and magnificent.
Caleb’s pace, at this moment, slowed down.
“Where is she?” He asked, his tone tightening.
He didn’t see Alina on the way in.
Sienna’s step-by-step approach had forced him to reveal himself? Is this perhaps a conspiracy by Sienna?
But without this conspiracy, was he planning to stay in the shadows for the rest of his life?
When he thought of this, Caleb’s eyes darkened.
The man standing under the water porch turned back.
Caleb paused in his tracks and stand where he was, and at the same time, a dull pain that he couldn’t ignore crossed his heart.
What kind of face was that?
Scars like dead vines cover half of Chester’s face, and although the other half was healed, it still made his heart clench to look at it.
“You…” Caleb moved his lips to say something.
But the moment he opened his mouth, the pain in his heart spread to his throat, so that his throat hardened and he could not say another word.
Caleb understood why Chester had not been positively present in Alina’s world all this time.
Rather, she had been secretly watched.
Her nerves were already out of whack right now, and he was worried that showing up straight away would scare her.
Half an hour later.
Caleb’s mood smoothed out and the two of them sat at the tea table under the water corridor, where Caleb lit a cigarette.
“When did you get back?” He asked Chester.
Chester, “It’s been some days.”
“You’ve been seeing her?”
“Yes.”
“Is she afraid of you?” Caleb asked.
In fact, he regretted asking the question when he asked it.
After Chester had sent her back that day, Alina had just kept chattering his name, obviously seeing Chester’s face too.
And in that situation, she could even chant about Chester, so he guesses she was not afraid of Chester, right?
So it still depended on what kind of person was in her inner world.
Alina had him in her heart, so naturally, she would not be afraid of whatever he became.
When Chester was asked this question, there was a slight hint of trepidation, but when he thought of how she had behaved today, he couldn’t help but have a touch of tenderness cross his eyes.
He said, “Before it was uncertain, but after today, I don’t think she’s scared.”
Caleb nodded, “So what are you going to do next?”
Before, it was always worried that Alina would be afraid of his face, so he never appeared in front of Alina.
Now what? Today he had gotten his answer, so it was time to take Alina away, right?
Sure enough, the next moment Chester said, “Romeo can’t hold it any longer, so I’m going to take her back to Sinantu Pavilion.”
There was a twinge of pain in Caleb’s heart.
But when he thought of it before, knowing that Chester was still in this world, he had already mentally changed his identity to take care of her.
So now that Chester wanted to take her away, there was actually no reason for him to stop, was there?
Even though he had already made a decision in his heart before, but when he really faced this moment, Caleb still had a trace of reluctance and even pain in his heart.
Taking a deep breath, he said, “When are you leaving?”
“Tomorrow.”
“So soon?” Caleb looked at Chester in shock.
He did not expect Chester to take her away from E City so soon.
Although he had prepared his heart for Chester’s presence in the world before, he was actually not mentally prepared for Alina to be taken away so soon. At this moment, he was more than reluctant. More than that, he was heartbroken.
But when it came down to this point, he had no reason to stop it, and Alina was mad as hell to run away from him when she was sober.
Now that Chester was back, she would surely think nothing of going with Chester without even going through his own consent, right?
The thought of this made Caleb feel uncomfortable inside.
“Where is she now?”
“She suffered some injuries when she was taken away by Sienna’s men, and is now asleep, probably exhausted.”
What a heartless woman to sleep in anywhere.
Caleb cursed Alina in his heart.
But she was fool, what could she know? Wasn’t it the greatest comfort that she was able to eat, sleep and play well in such a state?
“What if I don’t say yes to you taking her away?” Though knowing this was a fact that couldn’t be changed, Caleb still had that slight struggle. He did not want Alina to be taken away just like that.
The atmosphere in the water corridor tensed.
Caleb, “Do you know how I’ve been taking care of her all this time?”
“Yes, thanks.”
Caleb was stunned by this answer.
After doing so much, he only got Chester’s gratitude.
“I will be worried about her.”
Caleb said stubbornly, spoke his innermost thoughts, and he was telling the truth.
Earlier, when Alina was in Moyen, she was in that complex vortex.
What he regretted most was leaving her to face it alone. What he regretted most was handing her over to Chester and ultimately allowing him to lead her into that kind of abyss.
Caleb had always blamed Chester in his heart for this matter of Alina returning to Moyen.
Especially during that time in the Ingford.
Even if he finally knew that it was still a last resort move made by Chester to protect Alina, he was still uneasy.