Deep Love Hidden From Him novel Chapter 72

Judging from Dr. Harrison's face and the fact that he had been keeping silent, Everleigh could guess that he was a little irritated. After weighing it for a moment, she decided to change her opinion and proposed, "How about this? Give me time until the end of this month. Dr. Morgan, if you're still keen on hiring me by then, I'll gladly accept it."

"That'll be perfect." Nathan was overjoyed, "I'll go back and arrange it right now."

Dr. Harrison's expression improved a lot as he heard Everleigh's proposal. It was clear as day that he was glad, but before he left, he decided to insult Everleigh one last time. "You know you're allowed to leave your job after you accept it. You have one month left to think about it. Don't worry, I won't laugh at you too much if you chicken out at the last minute."

Everleigh shook her head and sighed after watching Dr. Harrison and Nathan leave the place. She muttered, "Stainley, don't you think as Dr. Harrison grew older, he tends to act more childishly? He loves to argue and even be sarcastic."

"I think he only does that to you. Everyone knows Dr. Harrison looks up to you the most. If you decide to teach here, I bet he would be the happiest person alive. He'll even let you conduct his future research." Stainley's voice came from next to her.

"Yes, I don't think I can leave. Come on, let's go.'

The two of them walked side by side to the backstage of the office, chatting as they walked.

"Did you take up Dr. Morgan's offer because you were afraid you would upset Dr. Harrison?" Stainley was curious.

"What else could I do?" Everleigh said helplessly, "Didn't you see how gloomy Dr. Harrison's face was just now? Had I disagreed just now, I bet he would never recognize me as his student anymore!"

Looking at Everleigh's side profile, Stainley's tender eyes softened a little.

The world was changing, and so were people. However, time seemed to always stop for Everleigh. Her confidence, pride, and kindness had never changed.

He would accompany her until the end, regardless of what it was going to cost him, even if he could not be with her.

As soon as Stainley and Everleigh reached backstage, they could hear noises from an ongoing ruckus.

"Keep looking. How could they just disappear?"

"Eve looked everywhere, including the backstage lounge. They weren't there."

"Could they be in the restroom?"

The ruckus staggered Everleigh and Stainley. They were puzzled as they observed the bustling group of students in front of them. As Stainley noticed the junior who had helped to look after Everleigh's children, he waved his hand at him and called, "Shawn, what's going on?"

Shawn rushed towards Stainley and Everleigh the moment he saw the pair. "Everleigh! Stainley! Did Adrienne and Alastair go looking for you?"

"No, I don't think so." Stainley was startled.

All colors escaped from Shawn's face as he said, "Alastair and Adrienne are missing!"

"What?" Stainely's face also paled.

Shawn was so shaken that he looked like he was about to break down and cry. "I was watching for them when Miss Iverson asked me to help move some equipment. She assured me that she would take care of the kids but they were gone when I came back."

After Erica had graduated, she became a lecturer at the university, while William, her husband, was also a lecturer at the medical department. The couple's influence at the medical department was what allowed Erica to easily instruct medical students when compared to instructing students from her own department.

"Where is Erica?" Stainley asked nervously.

"When I questioned her about it, she told me she didn't see the kids. She left just a moment ago as she had urgent matters to attend to." Shawn's eyes turned blood red as he apologized hurriedly, "Everleigh, I'm so so sorry! It was not my intention! I have already asked others to go and look for them! I'll go check the security cameras now!"

Shawn was young and naive. He was terrified that he had to deal with the kids' disappearance out of nowhere.

However, Everleigh was calm as she said, "It's okay. Calm down first. Don't be afraid. Alastair has a cell phone with him. I'll try calling him. Otherwise, I'm still able to track the location of his phone."

It was surely a big issue if other people's children went missing. From Everleigh's experience, if her children went missing or they were taken away, she was instead worried about the kidnappers or at least the people who had taken them away.

Everleigh's call connected and then Alaistair's voice rang, "Mommy."

Everleigh breathed a sigh of relief as she heard her son's voice. She gestured to everyone around her as a sign to calm them down.

She then asked, "Where are you and Adrienne? Why are you running around again?"