Her consciousness seemed to fall into some kind of weird loop. The image of Mrs. Fraser flashed before her eyes over and over. She got so frightened that she hugged herself tightly.

Go back… Lottie doesn’t want to move forward anymore… Lottie has to hug herself tighter… She’s got to go back…

Heartbroken, Mrs. Field pulled the little girl into her arms and turned to Mr. Field, “James, let’s put a pin in this for now. It’s been hard on her. She’s probably scared out of her wits.”

Mr. Field could only nod his head exasperatedly.

Deep down, however, he was quite worried. The vicious and merciless Haddock family had close ties with the Frasers.

There may be dire consequences.

Sigh…

The sound of his phone ringing woke Lucas up.

“What did you say?”

“The Fraser family made a scene at the Fields?”

His weariness immediately disappeared without a trace as he straightened up on the couch.

Slowly stirring awake from his voice, Ashlyn asked bleary-eyed, “What happened?”

row,” Lucas replied as he hung up his phone. “Spencer heard this through the grapevine as

felt rather faint. “How did those two families get involved with each other?” As she was searching for Lucas during the past couple

upon hearing the Frasers and the Fields.

living with the Field family recently. It’s highly

“Sure.”

their voices woke the

opened her eyes, she was greeted with the sight of a

like a match made

couldn’t bear to look at this

“Lucas,” she murmured.

a hospital, she apologized

that?” Lucas chided her gently as he got up and poured her a glass

health matters

he finished, he turned around and took Ashlyn’s hand. “Claire,” he

Ashlyn greeted with a

pain in her heart. “Time really flies. Even Lucas has landed himself a girlfriend. He always stuck to me like

Ashlyn’s smile froze.

Thought of you first?

you trying to tell me indirectly that you’ve always been the most important

if she was overthinking

shake the feeling that Claire was looking

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