Chapter 407 - First Relationship A story of deceit IV (2/2)

After all, in the first place, he never loved her and the child's father wasn't him. What made her think that he would care?

”F*ck!” Gritting his teeth, Ethan Lu cursed loudly before his temper instantly reached its peak. He threw his phone onto the wall so hard that it broke the phone in that instant.

Yes, he wasn't the biological father. However, he might not say it but, one way or another, he truly cared for the baby. He was not at fault for what his mother did and this threat— it surprisingly got through to him.

”No, no, I wouldn't! I don't care! She's bluffing! She knew that I would get affected if she involves the kid— she's not like that.” Ethan Lu profusely shook his head sideways as he convinced himself that Avah Tong was a professional con.

Because of that, it made him work for another day for the Lu Corporation and finished the stack of documents that were piled on his desk. Surely, the Lu Corporation matters were a good distraction for a person like him.

The person who was shaken but happy at this abrupt change of the wind's direction was Lyrick Jiang as he could finally sigh in relief again. Ethan Lu didn't stop working until dawn and he didn't notice the time.

He tried to sleep but to no avail, Avah Tong's image kept on flashing before his eyes everytime he closed his eyelids. Therefore, he chose to pull an all-nighter instead and finish everything in one go.

Surprisingly, when he finished checking the last project, the spirit of sleep still hadn't dropped by. But, grinding, and forcing himself to work endlessly still exhausted his mind which that in itself had affected his body. Thus, he plopped his back against the chair he has been sitting in since earlier.

Massaging his temple, Ethan Lu breathed in and out as he relaxed his mental state. However, just as he tried to fall asleep, Avah Tong's disturbing message suddenly flashed before him.

”Sh*t!” Cursing loudly, Ethan Lu slammed his fist on the surface of the desk— frustrated that it still haunted him even after hours of relentlessly working.

Violently pulling out the drawer, Ethan Lu picked up the folder which had the paternity test results in it and without further ado, he opened up the folder and checked the results. As expected, the results weren't as shocking as the first time when Edward Lu showed him the DNA test results of the child and him.

He was not the father.

Even so, due to the disturbing threats she left him earlier, Ethan Lu decided to drop by at the villa where she still shamelessly stayed. He wanted to set things straight and come to terms with her in a more calm adult manner.

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Arriving at the villa, it was still very dark and the house had no lights switched on as well. Ethan Lu ignored the haunting vibe the place had emitted as he directly headed to the door entrance.

Just as he was about to knock, he creased his brows as he noticed that the door was slightly opened. For some reason, he felt alarmed as he immediately reached for his phone and speed dialed Lyrick Jiang.

”Young master...?” Sounding weary, Lyrick Jiang cleared.

”Rick, locate my location now using my phone's GPS and come straight here. Bring some guards with you.” With that said note, Ethan Lu hung up and didn't give Lyrick Jiang a chance to ask what was happening.

”Avah?” Slowly, Ethan Lu tiptoed inside the house, as his vigilance rose by every passing second. His initial thoughts after seeing the door was left open was that someone might have broken in— he didn't know what had happened, but that was his first thought. Thus, if that's the case, he was certain that he could take whoever broke in down as he was still active in training his strength.

”Avah? Are you there?” In a slow pace, Ethan Lu cautiously headed to the switch so there could be a source of light. Alas, since he wasn't always in this place and only spent a short amount of time here whenever he was there, he had to search on the wall to find the switch, where he tried to remember where it was located.

Fortunately, after a long few minutes of searching, he finally felt the switch on the tip of his middle finger and without a second's hesitation, he turned it on which immediately brightened up the place.

The abrupt light instinctively made him narrow his eyes as it was too dark earlier before the light took over. Slowly, he opened his eyes and let them get used to the light.

Scanning around, he immediately saw Avah Tong kneeling in the corner in a trance. Her eyes seemed to dim with the lack of energy to live as she stared at the floor, unblinkingly.

”Avah!” Alarmed by her sight, Ethan Lu rushed towards her and kneeled while both his hands instinctively shook her shoulders. After snapping her back to reality, Avah Tong slowly lifted her head to see the person before her.

”Ethan?”

”Hey, what are you doing here? And—” Scanning her, the rest of his words stopped as he saw cuts on Avah Tong's hands and little wounds on her arms. There were also fresh cuts on her legs that had a smeared dried blood around its proximity.

”Why did you just arrive now? You're late...” As Avah Tong uttered her words, her tears unreservedly fell down as her hands, shoulders, and her whole body shuddered.

”What...” Confused by what she said, Ethan Lu knitted his brows before a realization struck him. ”Avah, where is he?” His eyes widened, as the grip on her shoulders tightened to the extent that her shaking stopped.

”I said where is the child?!” Gritting his teeth, this time, Ethan Lu's voice raised as his eyes sharpened while his heart pounded louder and louder after not getting a single response from her after he uttered his last question.

”He— he” Hiccuping, Avah Tong could not bear to continue her words as her sobs were out of control. Still, with the pain on her shoulder, she managed to construct a proper sentence.

”He's gone!”