Adorable Kids Asking for Bear Hug novel Chapter 466

During the drive back, Kenneth frowned deeply, appearing to be very much troubled.

Anthony leaned forward and eyed him. “Are you still worried about Nat, Daddy?”

Kenneth said nothing.

“Aren't you asking the obvious?” Benjamin hissed in a lowered voice beside him.

Anthony's brows furrowed. Then he looked at Kenneth. “Do you still remember the time when she left with that person, Daddy? Actually, Benjamin and I analyzed everything and surmised that she wasn't kidnapped. Instead, she went willingly!”

Kenneth looked at him through the rearview mirror. His ebony eyes brimmed with inquisitiveness.

“Some time ago, Thalia and I went to seek someone out. That person once stayed at Vermillion Base in the past and happened to have met Granddad before. He told us some things about Granddad during the latter's time in Vermillion Base. At that time, I was too hasty and shared that information with Nat. I told you about this. But later, after she left with that person, I started thinking that she must have learned something. That's why she sought Boss out. I think she wants to enter Vermillion Base through him and thereby find out the truth about Granddad's demise.”

Listening to Anthony's hypothesis, Kenneth kept his eyes fixated right ahead and continued driving. “So what even if that's true? Even if she wasn't kidnapped, it doesn't mean that she wasn't coerced!”

Anthony nodded. “Yes, that possibility does exist. But at the very least, you should rest easier now. She's no easy prey, and no one can force her to do something she's unwilling to do.”

Kenneth's taut face relaxed slightly. He was aware that his son was reassuring him.

“I know,” he murmured.

“Didn't she ask us to wait for her tomorrow? Doesn't that mean she has freedom of movement?” Anthony remarked.

Something occurred to Kenneth out of the blue. “She said the back entrance of the shop, but though there aren't many shops in the uninhabited zone, there are still quite a few.”

At that, Anthony and Benjamin plunged into silent contemplation. A while later, Benjamin mused, “Could it be the shop where we bumped into her at the door back then?”

Realization dawned on Anthony, and he bobbed his head. “Yes, I think that should be the one.”

Kenneth regarded them in puzzlement.

Holding his gaze, Anthony explained, “We bumped into Nat at a shop entrance when we were looking for you back then. It was the one where we discovered that she passed us a message about General Will after entering the shop.”

After hearing that, Kenneth nodded thoughtfully.

His gaze lingered on Anthony and Benjamin in the back seat. He suddenly felt thankful that they chose to work together. Otherwise, the mission today wouldn't have succeeded if either of them hadn't been there or if any one step had been missing.

Following that line of thought, he retracted his gaze. He stared right ahead, growing all the more anxious about the dawning of tomorrow.

Meanwhile, at the hotel, Natasha heard someone knocking on her door while relaying messages to Kenneth and their two children.

She hastily drew the curtains and turned on the lights before opening the door.

Boss stood at the door, his gaze pinned on her.

Natasha remained calm and unruffled. She regarded him with an exceedingly indifferent look in her eyes. “Is something the matter when it's so late at night?”

Boss' face was pale, his injured self giving off a feeling of fragile charm. His gaze swept over her room before stilling on her. “You're still not in bed despite the hour?”

“I was just about to do so,” Natasha answered.

Boss continued staring at her. “Can I go in for some coffee?”

“Sorry, but it's late. It isn't appropriate for a man and woman to be in a room alone,” Natasha declined straight away.

At her refusal, Boss chuckled. “Why, are you still afraid that I'll do something to you when I'm in such a condition?”