CHAPTER 155: CHAPTER 155: DAMIEN LANCASTER AND NATHAN & LEO’S STAREDOWN

"It’s a good knife. If this knife stabs you, it’s the knife that’s dirty."

Ivy Summers handed the knife back to Noah Scott and walked away.

Noah Scott toyed with the knife in his hand and chuckled lightly, "In her eyes, you’re not as important as this knife."

Damien Lancaster pressed his lips tightly, staring at Noah Scott’s mockery. He used all his strength to suppress the urge to punch him.

Noah Scott turned and caught up with Ivy Summers, speaking slowly, "Dear, in a few days, will you agree to something for me?"

"What is it?"

"You’ll find out in a few days. Will you agree?"

He had helped her five times, and she owed him one favor.

Ivy Summers still owed Noah Scott a request she must fulfill.

And naturally, Noah Scott planned to use this request for the most important thing.

A proposal!

"Okay."

"Once we complete this, how about we return to Yrador?"

"Okay."

Noah Scott seemed to be doing this deliberately. Even though Damien Lancaster knew, he still clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking. He wanted to go and stop Ivy Summers, but he seemed to have lost that chance.

Damien Lancaster lowered his eyes, concealing unspeakable hurt and pain.

Leo Holloway rushed out, "President Lancaster, President Lancaster..."

Damien Lancaster ignored him, only retracting his gaze after Ivy Summers was out of sight.

Seeing Leo Holloway standing to the side, Damien Lancaster’s expression turned chilly.

Leo Holloway’s whole body tensed, "President Lancaster, I was wrong, I was wrong. It was those old witches from the Summers Family deceiving me, saying Mrs. Lancaster is single now. Otherwise, I wouldn’t dare harbor any thoughts about her..."

Damien Lancaster silently walked over to open the car door. Julian Jacobs stopped Leo Holloway, "President Holloway, since you know you were wrong, you should know how to make amends, right?"

Leo Holloway was momentarily confused but quickly understood, "Please rest assured, President Lancaster, I have leverage over the Summers Family. I will certainly make them obediently marry Nina Summers to me to avenge Mrs. Lancaster."

Julian Jacobs raised an eyebrow, "Nina Summers is our lady’s cousin. Don’t treat her poorly."

Leo Holloway understood Julian Jacob’s meaning, "Rest assured, I definitely won’t."

The car left, and Leo Holloway immediately arranged, "Prepare the betrothal gift. I’m getting married!"

In the car.

Julian Jacobs was driving, glancing at the man in the backseat through the rearview mirror, "Sir, there’s something I need to report to you."

"Speak."

"Rachel Shaw was taken by the police today."

The man’s face showed no waves, as if hearing something utterly mundane.

"For what?"

"Previously, when that plane exploded, the police investigated and found that those who died were all those kidnappers. Later, after the police investigated further, they discovered a connection between them and Rachel Shaw."

Damien Lancaster was not surprised but said, "Bail her out."

"Alright, I’ll send someone now. But sir, are you really going to hold an engagement banquet with her?"

Damien Lancaster squinted, "Yes."

Julian Jacobs could understand why Damien Lancaster didn’t immediately take action against Rachel Shaw, and why he wanted to bail her out of the police station.

Not immediately dealing with Rachel Shaw, because he didn’t want her to die too easily.

Bailing her out because if Damien Lancaster didn’t do it, Gregory Lancaster would.

But Julian Jacobs didn’t quite understand why there was still an engagement with Rachel Shaw. Wouldn’t that be playing into her hands?

"You handle this."

Julian Jacobs, "Me?"

"Is there a problem?"

"No... problem..." Julian Jacobs really didn’t want this malicious woman, Rachel Shaw, to gain any benefits, but he had to trust that Damien Lancaster had his reasons for doing this.

...

Rachel Shaw was soon bailed out of the police station.

Upon hearing that Damien Lancaster personally sent someone to bail her out, Rachel Shaw was ecstatic.

She had initially had some apprehensions about Damien Lancaster’s sudden change, but now those worries were gone.

Perhaps Damien Lancaster was truly moved by her few words and decided to treat her well in the future.

With this thought, Rachel Shaw felt even more triumphant, not taking Julian Jacobs, who came to fetch her, seriously.

Julian Jacobs wasn’t keen to engage with her either.

Julian, always polite, didn’t even bother to open the car door for her; he just got in.

Rachel Shaw felt displeased, but since she wasn’t officially married to Damien Lancaster yet, she had to endure it.

As she was about to get in the car herself, she suddenly saw a little girl running past.

Rachel Shaw’s eyes tightened, her actions stalled.

That child...

Looked like the late Sophie!

In the blink of an eye, the little girl disappeared.

Rachel Shaw felt she was hallucinating.

Sophie was already dead; how could she appear?

It must be a mistake.

It must be!

She couldn’t believe Sophie was so lucky as to survive.

Thinking this, she calmly opened the car door and got in, saying to Julian Jacobs, "My people will move my things to the Imperial Bay Villa today. I’ll be staying there tonight."

Julian Jacobs remained indifferent, "Mm."

Seeing Julian Jacobs’s attitude towards her.

Rachel Shaw pursed her lips, displeased, "Julian Jacobs, I’ve forgiven you for wrongly accusing me that day. You don’t have to treat me like this. After all, I will be Damien’s wife, and offending me won’t do you any good."

Julian Jacobs sneered; this woman was still daydreaming.

Mrs. Lancaster, she doesn’t deserve it!

But Julian Jacobs still replied perfunctorily, "Yes."

Rachel Shaw smirked, "Where’s Damien? At the hospital? I want to see him."

"Sir went to the company."

"Damien still has injuries; how can he go to the company? What kind of assistant are you? You didn’t even advise him."

Julian Jacobs ignored Rachel Shaw’s nagging, "Miss Shaw, no one can sway what Sir wants to do."

Rachel Shaw smirked, "Julian Jacobs, Damien and I are getting engaged soon, shouldn’t you be calling me ’Madam’?"

Julian Jacobs stomped on the brakes speechlessly.

Rachel Shaw, sitting in the back without a seatbelt, lurched forward due to inertia. Just as she was about to shout angrily, she realized there was a red light.

Even though it was a red light, she felt Julian Jacobs did it on purpose.

"Miss Shaw, I’ll call you Madam once you’re truly married to the sir."

Faced with Julian Jacobs’ words, Rachel Shaw mentally marked another point against him.

"Take me to Damien."

"Sir doesn’t want to be disturbed."

"You!" Rachel Shaw gritted her teeth in anger, "Fine, then take me to the Imperial Bay Villa, I’ll go pack my things."

Julian Jacobs drove her back to the Imperial Bay Villa.

...

At that moment, Damien Lancaster wasn’t actually at the company; he had returned to the hospital.

Ella Morgan took Nathan and Leo to find Ivy Summers, only to discover Ivy wasn’t in the ward.

Nathan and Leo ran out to find Ivy and bumped right into the man walking in front of them.

Nathan and Leo almost fell, and the man reached out to steady them.

The two little ones looked up and met the man’s gaze.

For a moment, big eyes stared into small eyes.

It was Damien Lancaster!

Nathan and Leo realized and turned to run.

Damien Lancaster’s eyes were glued to them.

The two little ones looked a lot like him.

Really a lot alike.

Clearly, these were his two sons.

Damien Lancaster excitedly reached out to them, "You guys..."

"Let go of me!" Nathan and Leo shouted.

Leo bit Damien Lancaster hard, pulled Nathan along, and they dashed back into the ward.

The door slammed shut with a "bang."

Ella Morgan inside was startled, "Nathan, Leo, what’s wrong?"

The two little ones stood tensely against the door, as if a great danger awaited them outside.

Leo said, "Godmother! There’s a bad person outside, a very bad person!"

Hearing there was a bad person, Ella Morgan hugged the two little ones, thinking it was kidnappers again, "Don’t be scared, godmother will call the police, godmother will call the police right away..."

Nathan reached out to stop Ella Morgan.

"It’s Damien Lancaster!"

Ella Morgan’s pupils shrank fiercely; Damien Lancaster seemed more terrifying than a villain.

"Damien Lancaster! Did he see you?"

Right then, there was a gentle knock on the door, "I saw you, there’s no use hiding, come out."

Ella Morgan frantically tried to call Ivy Summers.

She didn’t know Damien Lancaster had woken up and suddenly came over.

Now it was bad, he saw the two children; having just lost Sophie, were Nathan and Leo going to be taken too? How would Ivy Summers survive then?

Ella Morgan couldn’t let that happen. She looked out the window, eager enough to jump out with Nathan and Leo.

But she wisely didn’t do it.

It was the seventh floor.

The knock on the door continued, like a death knell.

Nathan and Leo knew that since he’d seen them, there was no use hiding anymore.

Since there was no use hiding, they simply opened the door.

Damien Lancaster saw the two miniature versions of himself again, his breathing slowed as he crouched slowly, "You guys..."

Damien Lancaster reached out to them, but the two little ones immediately backed away, not letting him touch them.

"Don’t touch us, we don’t like you," Leo said, hands on hips and full of defiance.

Damien Lancaster, "I’m your father."

Leo, "We don’t have a father!"

What is a father?

All these years, it was Ivy Summers who took care of them personally, clothing them when cold, giving them medicine when sick—where was their father then?

Even though Ivy Summers hid them from Damien Lancaster, without his actions, Ivy wouldn’t have hidden them either.

There’s a cause and effect; the wrongdoing lies with Damien Lancaster.

Nathan remained calm as he looked at Damien Lancaster, "We don’t have a father, nor do we need one, especially not you."

Leo’s eyes turned red, "You handed Sophie to the kidnappers yourself; you killed Sophie. We hate you; we utterly despise you. Just wait, once we grow up, we won’t let you go."

Though their current strength is small, they will grow one day to protect Ivy Summers and avenge her and Sophie.

Damien Lancaster listened to their words, his heart ached, all his words got stuck in his throat, unable to speak, finally turning it all into guilt, "I’m sorry..."

Nathan, showing traces of both Damien Lancaster and Ivy Summers, asked calmly, "Sorry? Can ’sorry’ bring back our sister? If it can, we’ll forgive you."

"Damien... You... This..." Seeing Damien Lancaster there, Seraphina Kennedy and Gregory Lancaster walked over to see the two kids in front.

In an instant, the air seemed to freeze.

Seraphina Kennedy didn’t react for a moment, then widened her eyes, approaching the kids with disbelief, "Kids... Kids? Damien, these two kids... look like you, are they?"

Seraphina Kennedy, seeing Damien Lancaster’s expression, covered her mouth in shock.

Back then, not just Sophie, Ivy Summers also had two other children, they were triplets.

Suddenly, immense joy rushed forth, Seraphina Kennedy crouched down, hugging Nathan and Leo, tears of joy streaming down her face.

Finally... finally found them!

The Lancaster family’s children! Finally found!

"Kids, kids! Finally found you, I’m your grandmother, your grandmother. Call me grandma, quickly call grandma."

Nathan and Leo pushed Seraphina Kennedy away forcefully.

Seraphina Kennedy fell back, looking at the two little ones in surprise, their resemblance to Damien Lancaster shocked her once more.

They really looked like Lancaster!

These were definitely Lancaster’s children.

Before she could express her joy, Leo asked directly, "Grandma? What grandma? The one who sided with outsiders to bully our sister? The one who handed our sister to kidnappers? Or the one who killed our sister? Just who are you the grandmother of?"

Nathan’s tone was steady, "You’re Annelise Lancaster’s grandmother, and you’re Annelise Lancaster’s father. Go tend to your precious Annelise."