Chapter 261
When Jane came out of the room, Drake was still guarding the door, looking up slightly once he saw
her.
“How was it?”
“To Berlin,” Jane merely said those three words.
Drake mused for a moment, then took Jane out of the hotel into the car, going straight towards Berlin.
On the highway, Drake passed a black car in front of him. He glanced at it and was stunned.
Jane saw his expression and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Drake returned to his senses and shook his head, “It’s fine, I must have misread it.”
Hearing this, Jane did not pry further, and the car they passed got on another expressway bound for Silverbourne.
Three people were in the car. Apart from the driver, a good–looking man was in the back seat with a child next to him.
If it was Jane, she would have been able to tell that the child was Zane from a single glance.
Once the car was on the highway, the man closed the car window and his gaze fell upon Zane who was seated beside him.
Zane sat in the car. Although he was awake, he did not say a word, his eyes blankly staring out the window. Recognizing the road back to Silverbourne, Zane breathed a sigh of relief.
After he was out the forest, he wanted to find a place where he could call his Mommy. He did not want to be taken away by the man in front of him before he could even call Jane.
He thought it was the same person who had thrown him deep into the mountains before, but the person claimed that he wanted to bring him back to Silverbourne.
Zane was always cautious. Of course it was impossible to trust the man completely, but this time, he relaxed seeing that the man was indeed bringing him back.
Leaving aside whether or not he could escape under the man’s nose when he returns to Silverbourne, he could come up with a plan once he’s back.
“Kids – always with a straight face. They’re not cute at all. Here, have some snacks.”
The man handed Zane a bag of chips. He did not take it and just stared at him.
The man grinned and stared back at him as he added, “What, afraid I’ll poison you?”
After saying that, the man opened the bag and started eating them himself – with a blissed expression, which had Zane speechless.
The man in front of him seemed to be in his twenties yet he had a childish look, much like Zachary.
Thinking of Zachary, Zane realized that the man in front really had similar eyes as him.
“It’s delicious. Do you want to try it?” The man offered with a smile and handed the snack over to Zane once again.
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Zane hesitated for a moment before finally accepting. He had been starving in the mountains and the wild fruits he found were not able to keep him full.
Besides, his Mommy told him that the best way to escape is to keep oneself physically strong.
The corners of the man’s mouth curled into a smile after Zane took the chips and ate them.
The child still kept an eye on the stranger’s every move and seeing that the man did not intent to harm him, he slowly lowered his guard.
After eating, Zane turned to the man and talked to him, hoping to gain information.
“Are you going to send me home?” he asked with caution.”
Hearing the question, the man grinned and looked at him. “No.”
Zane was stunned by the man’s bluntness, though expecting the answer nonetheless.
Although the man meant no harm, he will definitely not send him back. The reason, as Zane guessed, might be the same as how his Mommy was captured before. It was either his scum father’s competitor or love rival.
You know Drake Warner, don’t you?” Zane raised his brows and asked slowly.”
“How did you know?” The man was slightly stunned. He didn’t say that he knew Drake Warner, so how did he guess?
“You’re not the first person to use me in order to threaten him, and you most likely won’t be the last,” Zane replied flatly.
Hearing his answer, the man was a little startled.
“Tell me your name. I don’t want to say later on that I have been caught without any idea who my captor was.”
Zane spoke so casually, but he was in fact nervous. He was trying to get useful information from the man’s words and was scared of being found out.
The man was not aware of Zane’s thoughts. After his question, he pondered for a while and spoke.
“River.”
The short word stunned Zane, and he murmured.
“River, what a strange name.”
Catching Zane’s words, River’s mouth curled into a cold smile.
“Flowing alone, what is it if not a River??” Zane noticed the solemn tone and thought for a while.
“Are you unmarried or single?”
River was taken aback by the sudden question but still nodded.
“No wonder!” Zane nodded thoughtfully.
Seeing the look on his face, River could not help but ask, “No wonder what?”
“No wonder you don’t want to take me back home. After all, you’re lonely without a wife nor children. You must want to keep me around.”
“But, uh, I still suggest you have your own. Even if you capture me, I won’t treat you as family. It’s
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entirely different if you have a son who shares your blood.”
“And besides, my mom gave birth to three in one breath. You’re not so bad, it would not be impossible to have six, six babies in one birth.”
Zane rambled on, subtly trying to make the man let him go.
River listened to his chatter. He was stiff at first, but soon he looked amused and turned to him with
a smile.
“From what you said, your mommy seems to be capable of giving birth. Why don’t I get her as well and take your advice to have six?”
Zane went quiet with those words.
Just kidding. How could her mother have children with other men?
The smile on River’s face deepened when he saw the kid’s deflated appearance.
“What’s wrong? Is it a bad idea?”
“It’s not good.” Zane stared at him coldly, tensing. The man in front of him was not easy to fool.
The man felt pleased with himself, yet there was a touch of envy in his heart.
If he had not been abandoned in the first place, would he have married and have such smart and cute kids now too?
That being said, he quite liked kids. It was a shame he ended up being abandoned and sacrificed, and was destined to not have a beautiful life.
With these thoughts, the smile faded on River’s face faded as he turned grim.
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