When Carl on the other end of the phone heard Leonardo said so, he felt something was off, and stutteringly said, “Oh, you didn’t go to a hotel with Summer, I have something to do, I’ll hang up first…”
This was one of the very few moments where Carl hung up on Leonardo.
Carl threw his phone away, and called his secretary’s direct line, and ordered in a rumbling voice. “Remove every online news about ‘Young Master Emerson’s ex-wife’, and as soon as you see any news like this in the future, make sure they are intercepted.”
Last time, a paparazzi had photographed Summer and Leonardo kissing in the car, and when it went on the news, Carl had thought that Summer had cuckolded Leonardo.
And this time he naturally thought that the person appeared in the photo with Summer at the door of the hotel was Leonardo, so he called to make fun of the latter.
But what Leonardo was clear as day, and that was not him and Summer.
Did Summer really cuckold Leonardo this time around?
With Leonardo’s character, it would be a surprise if it did not drive him crazy.
Carl pondered for a bit and felt like things would not work out, and he needed to look for Leonardo.
With that, he picked up his coat and left.
…
Summer called Leonardo again after a few minutes.
As the phone line was no longer busy, it quickly connected.
“Leonardo.”
“Yeah.”
She called Leonardo’s name, and he responded.
Summer felt a little nervous, and she was not sure if Leonardo had seen the trending news. “I have something to explain to you.”
“Come to Emerson Corporation to look for me, and explain in person.” Leonardo’s tone was faint. “Hang up then.”
Summer froze for a moment, before vaguely feeling that Leonardo had probably found out about the news.
At that moment, the boss handed over the buns to Summer. “Miss, your buns.”
“Thank you.” Summer was in no mood to eat her buns and left straight after paying for it.
As the peak period for car hire had yet to pass, Summer did not manage to get a cab even after standing by the roadside for a while.
Suddenly, a black car stopped before Summer.
Two bodyguard-like persons got down from the car, and one of them walked to the back of the car and opened the rear door.
The next moment, Adams’s familiar face appeared in Summer’s sight.
Adams got down from the car, and adjusted his suit, before raising his eyebrow with a smile. “Summer.”
Summer narrowed her eyes and did not say anything.
“I’ve some business with you, and you will have to come with me.” Adams walked to her with a smile still on his face.
Summer felt something was wrong, but before she could react, the two bodyguards behind Adams had already stepped forward to her left and right and brought her into the car.
Summer screamed. “What are you doing?! HELP!”
After the bodyguards shoved her into the car, they tied her up with a rope. They were clearly prepared for this.
As all of this happened so quickly that no one saw it.
Adams quickly got into the car as well.
The two bodyguards sat in the front, one drove while another rode shotgun.
As soon as all of them got into the car, they started the car and drove off.
While the car was in motion, Summer cried for help, but it was useless as no one outside could hear her.
Summer turned her head back and said coldly, “Adams, why are you tying me up for? Did I wrong you? Or are you doing this for Vicky?”
“You’re talking about Vicky? How can I get involved in your women’s affairs? Please don’t think of me that badly.” Adams had a gentle smile on his face, and as he spoke, he reached out to touch Summer’s face.
Summer immediately turned her head to the other side, avoiding Adams’s hand. “Don’t you touch me!”
“All right, I won’t touch you.” Adams withdrew his hand, and the smile of his face faded somewhat. “Want to see your daughter?”
Summer turned her head back, and the smile on Adams’s face faded away completely. “Then, be obedient.”
…
Leonardo read the news online.
In particular, Leonardo looked through the photo of Summer and that man taken by a paparazzi several times.
Tim had only just seen the news and was knocking on the door wondering how to tell this news to Leonardo, only to find that Leonardo had already read the news.
Tim wiped the sweat off his forehead, and just as he was about to open his mouth he heard Leonardo asking. “What’s the identity of this man?” “This person is called Stanley, 28 years old. Supposedly a returnee professor, and is hired by the criminal investigation team. An expert in criminal psychology…” Tim had gotten someone to investigate Stanley’s background as soon as he saw the news.
Leonardo did not say anything and simply turned around silently to look at Tim.
“Only managed to find these useless things” was clearly written in his eyes.
Tim lowered his head in shame. “Aside from this, we are unable to find anything else for the time being.”
Leonardo’s gaze sank. “Nothing about his family, connections at all?”
“Nothing, as if the person had popped out of thin air. Or perhaps the occupational security of his work is very high.” While Tim may be saying all that, but he knew very clearly that a person whom the Emerson family could not dig out any details was not an ordinary person.
Leonardo glanced down at his phone.
It had been almost an hour since his call with Summer, and she had yet to arrive.
“You may leave.” Leonardo ordered Tim.
As he heard that, Tim nodded at Leonardo and turned away.
Leonardo once again called Summer’s phone.
And the call was connected after two rings.
The voice from the other end was not Summer’s voice but was instead a very familiar male voice. “Leonardo, let’s play an interesting game.”
“Adams?” Leonardo immediately stood up, and his tone was heavy.
Tim had only just got to the door, as he heard Leonardo said ‘Adams’, and he immediately turned back.
Adams’s voice was calm. “Don’t be so surprised. I’m just inviting you and Summer to play a game. Calm down.”
Leonardo’s fist was clenched hard on his side, as he hissed. “Let me speak to Summer?”
Adams said with a smile, “If you want to talk to her, come and find her yourself. Alone.”
*Toooot…*
Leonardo roared. “Adams!”
The response he got was the sound of the phone being hung up.
After Adams disconnected the call, he threw Summer’s phone out of the window before her.
“You…” Summer had only managed a word and swallowed back the rest.
“Do you really think that your pretend-divorce could be hidden from everyone? Michael may be a fool, but I’m not.” Adams slowly lit up a cigarette and took a deep puff as he blew smoke rings at Summer.
Summer frowned and coughed, as she heard Adams’s amused voice saying. “Let the game begin.”