Chapter 2 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As Ben drove, he looked at the rearview mirror. The people from the church and the abbey were still desperately waving their hands. Lauren also stretched half of her body out of the window and waved.

The car turned and the crowd in the rearview mirror disappeared.

“Miss Lauren, it’s very dangerous to stretch your body out of the window,” said Ben.

Ben was also the one who sent Lauren here. At that time, Lauren’s nanny was the only one who accompanied her. Now, Ben was the only one who came to fetch Lauren back.

Ben saw Lauren sitting obediently in the mirror and secretly shook his head.

She was the only daughter of the Torres family in this generation and by right should be loved and cared for. However, because of the belief that she would bring harm to her mother, she was sent here. When she was sent here, Lauren was weak and sickly. Her complexion was sallow, but she was completely different now. Her small face was chubby and she looked rather cute.

Could such a cute child really be the “jinx” that the matriarch of the Torres family had mentioned?

“Uncle Ben, why are you the only one here? I heard from the Elders that I still have an elder brother.” Lauren opened up a lollipop that Seven had secretly given to her. She stuffed it into her mouth.

Ben did not know how to answer this question. He scratched his head and heard Lauren’s crisp and clear cry of surprise, “Uncle Ben, look! There’s a woman by the roadside!”

He was so frightened that he suddenly stepped on the brakes. Ben looked in the direction where Lauren’s little fleshy hand pointed. He saw only a row of neat trees and some leaves by the roadside.

There was no woman!

Lauren seemed to know that Ben did not believe her, so she stretched her hand out of the window again.

“Uncle, look, it’s right there! She’s wearing a white dress and waving at you.”

Ben’s expression was dazed for a moment. When he looked carefully, there was still nothing on the roadside!

He was filled with anger and started the car again.

The more Ben thought about it, the angrier he became. He said, “No wonder the Torres family wanted to send you to such a place. You’re already full of lies at such a young age. You’re not learning at all!”

Lauren was jolted by the sudden acceleration of the car, and the lollipop in her hand fell off.

She pursed her lips. “Uncle, you dropped my lollipop! You have to compensate me with one! Seven gave it to me!”

Ben glanced at her but did not say anything. His eyes were filled with anger.

He did not hate Lauren. He just felt that she was acting mysteriously at such a young age and that it was infuriating.