Chapter 97

Gosh! Please tell me this is not happening! Sasha could hear her heart pounding away as the

surroundings suddenly became muted. “Vivi, where's Matt?” “Matt? He's inside his room. I didn’t see

him coming out, Mommy,” Vivian replied without taking her eyes off the paper plane in her hand.

She had been folding paper planes on the floor for some time and did not even realize that her

brother was missing. Vivian was not a very observant kid. She was still young and unlike her

brothers, she was not very sensitive to her surroundings. She put the paper plane down and blinked

her eyes at Sasha in oblivion. Sasha clicked her tongue at her clueless daughter. She knew she had

to go look for Matteo on her own.

Grabbing an overcoat from the clothes stand, she hurried out of the house without losing another

moment. It was almost seven in the evening and night was falling. —— Over at Royal Court One,

the clock struck seven—it was dinner time. When Sebastian heard Wendy calling from downstairs,

he quickly tidied up the stuff in his study and went downstairs after a whole day of tiring work.

“Here you are, Mr. Hayes. I've been knocking on Ian's door a few times, but he refused to come out.

What should I do now?” the anxious housemaid asked, clasping her hands before her chest. *

Don't worry, I'll go get him,” Sebastian said, turning towards lan’s room. He had been working the

whole day, and just as he thought he could finally have dinner and relax, lan was being difficult. A

frown spread across his brows on his tired face as he headed towards the nursery. “lan, open the

door, Daddy's here. It's dinner time.” No one answered. There was dead silence, as if there was no

one inside. Is he asleep? The frown on Sebastian's brows deepened and he turned the door handle.

Behind Sebastian, Wendy poked her head in and looked around. “There's no one here. Where's Mr.

lan?” the maid asked nervously. Her face started turning pale and she gasped in horror. Even

Sebastian was shocked. The frown instantly vanished and his eyes widened in fear as he checked out

every corner of the room. lan was a bad-tempered child, and he liked locking himself in his own

room whenever he was upset—but he would never leave without telling anyone. He was not that ill-

behaved.

He knew Sebastian would be furious if he were to do it. Where on earth is he? The veins on

Sebastian's forehead throbbed like they were going to burst. “Summon all the guards! Find out

what happened!” he roared as he darted downstairs in light speed. “Yes, Mr. Hayes!" Wendy cried

out and followed after him. She knew things were going to turn really ugly this time. it's already so

late at night, where can lan be? Everyone will be in deep trouble if we can't find the kid anywhere in

the compound. Wendy gathered all the guards within just a couple of minutes. The whole villa was

brightly lit and the whole team was mobilized to look for the missing child. Meanwhile, Matteo was

already outside of the villa when everyone was frantically searching for him. It was totally not his

intention to leave without telling anyone. After receiving Vivian's text, his original plan was to wait

till tomorrow morning when Daddy would be out for work. But lan called him twenty minutes ago

and his whole plan just went haywire.

“Is Mommy going to desert me again?” lan asked when he was on the phone with Matteo. Matteo

tried explaining everything to him and assuring him, but to no avail. “It's not like that, lan. Mommy

did that because she thought you were me. You must understand that she was worried crazy.” “So, it

means she chose you over me, right?” lan asked coldly after considering the issue from every angle.

lan had always thought that Sasha could not wait to bring Matteo back to Clear because she was

worried sick and she felt guilty. But when lan thought harder about the whole thing, it also meant

that Sasha was abandoning his eldest son again.

Matteo really did not know how to comfort lan, but before he could do anything, lan had already

hung up. Matteo tried calling him again, but lan had already switched off his smartwatch and was

no longer reachable. This made Matteo broke out in cold sweat. So instead of just waiting for lan’s

news, Matteo stole away immediately to look for him. He was afraid lan would do something stupid

By the time he got off the cab and dashed up to his house, only Vivian was home.

“You're back? lan’s gone and Mommy's looking for him right now. What should we do now?” Vivian

ran over and asked anxiously the moment she realized it was Matteo who came back. She quickly

filled Matteo in on everything that had happened at home. Matteo’s face darkened with worry as he

listened to Vivian. I knew it. I knew something's gonna happen. Seriously, why does this little bore have

such a short temper? Can't he just wait a little longer? Matteo paced around in the house with his

heart in his mouth. Thoughts raced through his mind as he tried to come up with a plan. He ruffled

his hair in frustration before dashing for the door and headed out to look for lan. He figured it

would be easier for him to look for lan since he had called him on his smartwatch earlier on. As a

skilled hacker, Matteo could use his tablet to locate lan.

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