Chapter 1081 "Come, I'll walk you to the garden to get some sun," offered Yvonne as she reached out to support Charmine.
That brought the latter out of her daze as she was supported into the lift on the third floor. Both ladies went to the ground floor together.
The backyard of the villa was a vast garden full of red roses.
Charmine had yet to take care of the garden ever since her return to Burlington, thus Kay and his men assisted her to upkeep the garden regularly.
Even though it was mid-winter, the large red roses were still incredibly stunning and eye-catching.
Yvonne supported Charmine toward the rose garden, and they sat on the stone stools. Noticing this, Guy instantly pulled over a fur carpet and placed it on the stone stool.
Yvonne turned to Guy with emotions unreadable in her gaze as she curiously questioned, "Mr. Granger, why did you treat Charmine so well? Why don't you treat me just as kindly?" 1 Guyâs face flushed red.
Everyone who knew him knew he was a helplessly clueless man. In the past, he would never know what to say to girls when he met them.
He never understood why some men could be so gentle toward girls.
However, after meeting Charmine, he realized however clueless a man he was, he could still be gentle when he met the one. He would want to give her all of the best things in the world. He would be worried about her, cherish her and fret over her...
Unfortunately, this woman was someone else's wife...
Guy recollected himself and got rid of thoughts he should not be having as he deadpanned, "My Grandma didnât keep her word and didn't give Charmine the red wolf bone, apart from also drugging her. The Grangers owe her, and I should make it up to her."
Yvonne nodded but was not convinced.
That was it? Impossible!
After sitting under the sun for a while, Charmine breathed in the fresh air and felt her body relaxing.
It was not ideal to sit and be idle, thus she requested, "Ms. Yvonne, please help me to bring over my laptop. I'll do my work while you can work on whatever you have in mind. So long as we stay close."
When Yvonne heard that, her eyes lit up. "Okay. I'll get you your laptop. Wait for me!"
With that said, she turned and left quickly.
Nial was still on the third floor as he arranged the medical boxes. He was checking on the syringes needed daily as well as all kinds of devices to prevent any accident from occurring.
That left only Guy and Charmine in the rose garden.
Guy wanted to leave, but he hesitated when he realized Charmine was left alone.
He said, "Iâll leave when Ms. Yvonne comes back."
Charmine wanted to refuse but knowing that Guy was stubborn, she knew there was no way to talk him out, so she did not bother trying.
She sat before the stone table as she unconsciously recalled the phone call Anthony had earlier.
Annabel had disappeared for so long and yet was found on this day, and in Derek's villa, no less?
Did Derek kidnap Annabel? Was it to seize their family assets? Was he attempting to threaten Anthony with Annabel?
No matter what the reason was, the situation was dangerous. She hoped Anthony could find more leads into the issue.
She needed her laptop to hopefully be able to tap into the city*s CCTV network so she could find out what Derek was up to.
Alas, she had waited for ten minutes, yet Yvonne was nowhere to be seen.
Charmine and Guy looked at the hallway and were confused.
Going up the stairs and down would take less than three minutes. Why did Yvonne take so long? 1 Just as they thought of that...
"Argh!"
A sharp scream was heard.
It was Yvonneâs voice!
Was she in danger?