Chapter 72

Sean checked his phone again. “It’s the boy, Sir-the grandson of one

of the librarians.”

Rowan’s lips moved forward. “How is he?”

“It’s not written in the report, Sir. Do I need to look for the

information?”

Rowan was silent for a moment. Then, he shook his head slowly. “No. That child has nothing to do with me. Just delete the assault part from the report. Make it look like an accident.”

“Okay, Sir.” Sean stepped back, returning to his original position.

Meanwhile, Rowan sipped tea with a dreamy look. His brows were still furrowed. The image of Louis refused to leave his mind.

Suddenly, the old man snorted with bitter laughter. ‘I should be thanking the person who launched the attack. Those illegitimate children should not be born. They will only tarnish Harper’s good

name.’

Closing his eyes, he leaned back in his chair, letting the gentle breeze drift his thoughts.

“Grandpa!”

Rowan opened his eyes. He didn’t know how long he was closed. If Frank’s voice hadn’t echoed, he would have fallen asleep.

“Sir?” Sean waited for orders.

Rowan just waved his hand. A moment later, Frank arrived on the top porch out of breath.

“What have you done, Grandpa?” the young man asked, keeping his

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Rowan glanced at him with half-open eyes. His hand towards the cup that was no longer steaming.

“Enjoying my evening tea and relaxing. What’s wrong? Why do you to visit me in your free time? You should spend it with Isabela.”

“Don’t act stupid, Grandpa.”

“Oh,” Rowan’s finger suddenly straightened, “I also just answered a call from your secretary. She scolded me for baseless reasons. You didn’t come here to repeat her words, right?”

Frank snorted. He didn’t believe that his grandfather could still relax after harming innocent people.

“You know what? I’ve been almost crazy all day. Kara doesn’t pay attention to me at all. Even when she gets into trouble, she still forbids me from helping or finding out.”

While the grandfather listened, Frank continued with more emphasis, I don’t know exactly what agreement you two made. But, Kara has tried hard to keep her distance. I’m the one who is reluctant to stay away from her. So if there’s someone you want to blame, it’s me, not

her.”

“So you don’t know what’s going on?” Rowan raised an eyebrow.

Frank was silent for a moment. He seemed to have the wrong strategy. “I know you just hurt her family.”

Rowan smiled crookedly. “Since when do you make accusations without evidence, Frank? I’m really disappointed in you. Love has dulled your logical thinking, hmm?”

Frank swallowed hard. His brows furrowed deeper.

“I’m still rational, My Grandson. There’s no way I could cause chaos in

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Frank was flabbergasted. Rowan didn’t realize he had given him a clue.

“If it’s not you, then who?”

Rowan shrugged his shoulders then leaned back in the chair. “Don’t know. It’s none of my business.”

For a while, not a single sound could be heard. The silence was only broken when Frank took a quick breath.

“Kara is the only person I care about. Her business is my business too. If you don’t want Savior’s performance to suffer, stop bothering her.”

After delivering the ultimatum, Frank turned to leave. He didn’t care if Rowan’s emotions were sparked by him. The grandfather must know that he would not let anyone hurt Kara.

“Sir?” Sean again asked for directions.

However, Rowan just raised his hand. His mind was too busy digesting the facts.

‘That girl is still keeping her children a secret? Does she really want to keep the children away from their father?’

Suddenly, Rowan laughed faintly. ‘This is interesting. Let’s see, what is her real intention?’

On the way to the car, Frank kept repeating what his grandfather had said. “It’s impossible to cause chaos in my territory?”

After sitting behind the wheel, he tapped the dashboard with his finger. “Is it possible… Kara’s family experienced that incident at one of the Savior companies?”

Frank began to trace the recapitulation of Savior’s daily reports. There

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was hit by a book in the library.

“This must be Louis,” Frank sighed as he reviewed his encounter with

the boy.

“Why are their fates so unfortunate? Their parents are busy working, don’t have much money, and can’t even look after them well. What useless parents ….”

After a brief reverie, Frank blinked. An incoming message just

vibrated his phone. A second later, Wela called.

“Frankie, that’s a list of patients with the last name Martin who came in today.”

Frank put on loudspeaker mode so he could chat while observing the list containing the patient’s name, room number, medical purpose, and guardian’s name. There were about a dozen people there. Some of them were children. Louis Martin was one of them.

“Only this?”

“Yes, there is no Kara Martin name in the guardian section. This is a bit difficult for me to solve alone. I could have checked the CCTV footage, traced where Kara went. But, that will take time. Frank, are you sure you don’t want to ask my staff for help? They can keep secrets.”

Suddenly, one of Frank’s eyebrows pressed against his forehead. An idea just lit up his mind.

“Wela, can you send me the floor plan of your hospital?” He was able to match it with Kara’s GPS point.

“Of course. Is there anything else I need to do?”

“Besides,” Frank hesitated, “could you move Louis Martin to a more appropriate room?”,

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Silence instantly blended into the air. Frank could imagin friend blinking in astonishment.

“He’s the grandson of a Savior employee. One of our scholarship recipients too. I accidentally got to know him.”

“You’ve changed a lot, Frankie? I remember very well how you had the heart to kick the kitten that made your shoes dirty. Now, you care so much about a child who is completely unrelated to you?”

Frank cleared his throat. He didn’t know what tone to use. His voice

went flat.

“First, I didn’t kick the kitten. I just lifted my leg, but it turned out it

was too weak so it bounced into the air.”

“Secondly, you must not compare human cases with animals. Where is your humanity, hmm?”.

“Third, he is the grandson of a Savior employee, so he is related to me. Moreover, he was injured due to the negligence of the security team at the Savior library. Let’s just say I’m making amends for the company management’s mistakes. Besides, that kid never gets my shoes dirty.”

Wela was stunned. Frank Harper has never used so many points to explain one misunderstanding.

“Okay. I will have the child transferred. What is the reason?”

Frank’s face wrinkled again. “The reason….”

For some reason, he hesitated to act on behalf of Savior.

“Just tell them that Emily’s friend takes care of everything. The two times I met her, both times I was impressed.”

“Who is Emily? Is she his mother? She is beautiful? Wow, Frankie…. Don’t cheat on your lover. It is not good. I don’t mind if you cheat on

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Frank snorted. ‘Louis and Emily are twins.”

“Oh, so… he’s her brother. Okay, I understand. Now you’re interested in children. You’ve changed a lot, Frankie.”

Before Frank could reply, Wela hung up the phone. After a few seconds, a picture message came in. Wasting no time, Frank matched it with the red dot he had followed at the hospital.

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