Sam had been tricked as well. He had taken his people to search the building opposite, assuming that someone was hiding and watching them from that building. Unfortunately, the second floor had been empty when he searched the place. Let alone a suspect, he could not even find a waiter there.In other words, it was a case of diversion. Had Deirdre not been there, Brendan would have died in the sea. “The ship…” Deirdre suddenly spoke. “Not only did someone shove my mother into the sea, but the ship also stopped there on purpose. It is obvious that they could have saved my mother first.”“Right!” Sam gave the order, “Dominic, investigate this quickly. No one is allowed to escape from the ship.”The man named Dominic nodded and left. Sam took a glance at Deirdre and found that her face was already ghastly pale after being in the cold wind for quite some time without any shelter, especially when she was on the sea.“Miss McKinnon, I’ll stay here. You should get some rest. It’s too

At the same time, Brendan was regaining consciousness as well. He had always been a healthy man. Even though he had endured extreme cold from the incident, he could still open his eyes and sit upright while coughing. “Sir!” Sam was on the phone when he noticed Brendan and hastily hung up the call. He served a glass of warm water to Brendan. Brendan took a sip while subconsciously glancing around the room with his dark eyes. Sam noticed the situation and explained, “The caretaker can’t get here in time, so Miss McKinnon is taking care of Madame McKinnon.”“Hmm.” Brendan finished the glass of water. He knew that this would happen but was still slightly hopeful in his heart.Now that he thought about it, he realized that he was nothing compared to Ophelia. “What happened to the restaurant that I assigned you to check out?”Sam narrated the sequence of events that happened to him truthfully to Brendan. Brendan furrowed his eyebrows. “It was a diversion?”“I think so. They s

“It is because my father’s identity is not important to me. He’s just a stranger bound by the ties of kin to me. Moreover, my mother is back now, so I can totally get the answer I need from her. As such, I turned her down.”Deirdre’s gaze was solemn, and her eyebrows were tightly furrowed. It was as if she was in a very bad mood when she thought about her father. Soon afterward, she lowered her head and made up her mind. “However, I figure that those people are not only targeting you. They may be targeting me as well. I need to figure out my father’s identity to prevent my mother’s incident from happening again.”Brendan pondered for a moment and held her hand to assure her. “Do anything that you want to do and leave everything else to me.”Deirdre held his hand back. At present, they were no longer bound by complicated relationship matters. They were cooperative partners.Deirdre immediately set out to prepare for this matter, and her first priority was to get some answers fro

Brendan furrowed his eyebrows deeply. “So, you’re saying that your mother wasn’t reacting in this manner because the memory was triggering to her?”“Yes!” Deirdre inhaled a deep breath. “If she really did resist the memory, she would have reacted in this manner a long time ago. Hence, I suspect that those people wanted something from my mother, so she kept her memory hidden deep subconsciously. In the end, she would react so intensely even when she thought about it.”At the thought of Ophelia's hardships there, Deirdre’s eyes were filled with guilt and remorse.In an instant, Brendan held her hand to comfort her.“I’m fine.” Deirdre calmed down. Brendan said, “If that is the case, don’t bring this up to her anymore. She is innocent in this matter and is involved unwillingly. Let her live her life in peace now that she is back.”“Hmm… However, since those people hurt my mother so terribly, they won’t let me off so easily. Hence, I can’t just do nothing while I await my doom…”De

“Are you trying to strike a deal with me? Sure, but I don’t like to have someone else in my space. Tell her to get out of here!”Shea said without even considering, “That would be impossible.”She looked at Charlene coldly. There was no telling what Charlene would not do since she was behaving like a madwoman. “Impossible?” Charlene raised her chin in a carefree manner. “Both of you can leave then. It’s impossible for me to strike a deal with you as well. I will never let anyone know about what you wish to learn from me!”Deirdre furrowed her eyebrows and patted Shea a moment later. “You should go outside.”“Miss McKinnon…” Shea shook her head and said softly, “I can’t leave. I promised Mr. Brighthall that I would protect you. I won’t be able to come back in time if something happens when I’m outside.”“It’s fine. Look at her leg.”Charlene had lost a leg, and her other leg was all skin and bones. She could never lay a hand on Deirdre unless it was what Deirdre wanted. “She l