Lothar did not say a word.
Essie continued, "She looked young. And she was quite pretty I must say. I guess she might be one of those noble ladies. I don't think your friend would be any worse than this woman."
At first, Lothar did not react to her words. But after a minute or so, he suddenly realized something.
Right then, his breathing quickened as he asked, "Essie, what did you just say? Who was young, pretty, and looked like a noble?"
For a moment, Essie was stunned.
Why was Lothar getting worked up now?
She replied, "I was talking about this woman I saw at the hospital. She's pregnant but poisoned, and she won't be able to live long."
It was as if a bolt of lightning had hit Lothar.
Her words did not seem to have anything related to Selina. But when he heard her description of a young, pretty, noble pregnant woman, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"Tell me quick. How does she look like? What's her name? Hurry up." Even his forehead was dripping in sweat.
The more she looked at him, the more confused she was.
Then, she couldn't help but complain. "Lothar, don't tell me you're interested just because I said she was young, pretty, and possibly rich, right? That would do. She won't be able to live much longer, and she's preg..."
"Just tell me what I want to know!" Lothar interrupted Essie before she could finish.
She was stunned.
It was the first time she had seen him like this.
She didn't know how to describe how he was right now as his face was all scrunched up from getting worked up.
She licked her dry lips before saying, "She was wearing a high ponytail, and her skin was very fair. I don't know about her name, but she has big watery eyes, a tall nose, and small lips."
His heart was thumping wildly when he heard her description.
With that, he rushed into the room and came out with pen and paper.
He quickly drew a human figure on the paper.
He had been interested in drawing once, and he taught himself how to draw. Therefore, he was able to capture all of Selina's looks in his drawing.
"Take a look. Is this her?" Lothar said as he handed the picture to Essie.
When he handed it over, his fingers were trembling a little.
He kept repeating in his heart.
He hoped it would not be Selina.
It could not be Selina.
Taking the drawing over, Essie stared at it wide-eyed. "Oh, God! How did you manage to sketch her? Do you know her?"
Her words were like a sharp knife straight to Lothar's heart.
In the middle of the night, Tobias received a phone call from Matthew's assistant.
He and Natalie had stayed by Matthew's side till the evening.
Seeing that Mathew was fine, he and Natalie went back to the Whitlock family home. Before they left, he gave his mobile phone number to Hagen. This way, he'll be able to contact them if anything were to happen to Mathew.
But he didn't expect that Hagen would call him at midnight.
He told him that something had happened to Mathew, and he had no idea what to do with the situation. Hence, he urged Tobias to come over quickly.
Natalie was woken by the call too.
Seeing that Tobias was about to leave for the hospital, Natalie insisted on following.
However, he disagreed. "Natalie, stay home and get some sleep. It's late. I can manage on my own."
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