"Nelly must have spoken ill of Abigail in front of Christ many times. Otherwise, how could Christ be so resistant to Abigail?" Joanna frowned and said with some dissatisfaction.
Christ was just a child, so he didn't know what was called a bad woman. Since he hated Amelia to get close to him so much, the only possibility was that Nelly spoke disparagingly of Amelia.
"In the end, things will mend. There's not much we can do." Mignon said blandly, but a hint of coldness flashed across the depths of her eyes.
Mignon had never relaxed her vigilance against Nelly since she met Nelly. Now that Christ was sick, Mignon would pay more attention to Nelly.
After packing the chicken soup she had cooked, Amelia was about to go to the hospital to see Christ with the chicken soup.
Although Christ never drank the chicken soup she cooked, she was not discouraged. She always wanted to do something for Christ.
"Abigail, I'll go with you." Seeing that Amelia was about to go out, Mignon stood up and said to her.
Mignon was on vacation that day and didn't have to go to work, so she could go to the hospital with Amelia to see Christ.
Amelia turned her head, looked at Mignon and asked with confusion, "Mignon, don't you need to go to work today?"
"I'm on vacation today." Mignon stepped forward and took the chicken soup from Amelia's hand, saying.
Amelia answered and then went out with her.
When they were sitting in the car, Mignon saw that Amelia's face was a little pale and she had dark eye circles.
She reached out her hand with some concern, touched Amelia's eyelids lightly and asked, "Haven't you slept well recently?"
"Yeah, every time I wake up, I hear Christ's crying. I'm so afraid."
After Christ was poisoned and sent to the hospital, Amelia couldn't fall asleep at night. She had been in such a state for many days.
Amelia did not tell Bradley about this, because Bradley was too nervous about her. If she told Bradley, Nacho, or Cedric, they would get angry and have a quarrel with Nelly.
"Don't think too much. You and Christ are blood related, and no one can change this fact. Christ is small now. When he grows up, he won't treat you badly anymore." Mignon comforted Amelia and said.
"I know. You're in a good relationship with Nacho recently. Haven't you ever considered to have another child?"
Amelia pretended to happy, she nodded and changed a more relaxed topic.
Although Mignon and Nacho had been married for many years, they were still deeply in love with each other. Cedric and Joanna were the same.
Every time Amelia saw how happy and sweet they were, she felt very delighted.
She thought that her parents would be very relieved in heaven if they saw their children living a happy life.
"I want another child indeed, but Nacho... doesn't agree." Mignon touched her belly and complained.
If she got pregnant, she would be a
woman of advanced reproductive age. Nacho did not agree to let her get pregnant again.
He felt that it was good enough to have Ches and they didn't need to give birth to another child.
Moreover, it was dangerous for a woman of advanced reproductive age to give birth to a child. Nacho did not want Mignon to be in danger, even if it was only a little bit dangerous.
"That's right. It will be bad if something terrible happens." Amelia could understand why Nacho refused to let Mignon get pregnant again, because Mignon would put herself at risk if she gave birth to a child at such an age.
"When will you marry Bradley?"
After thinking for a while, Mignon asked with concern.
Bradley had proposed to Amelia, but their wedding date hadn't been decided yet.
"We can't get married until Nelly divorces Bradley."
Amelia spread her hands and said helplessly. Nelly was a very stubborn woman. She didn't want to give up the marriage between her and Bradley. Even if Bradley didn't love her, she refused to divorce him.
"Leave this matter to Bradley. After all, it was him who made use of Nelly to stimulate you. Now that Nelly refuses to divorce, it is Bradley's own fault." Mignon touched her chin and said to Amelia.
Amelia nodded, but there was a hint of melancholy in her eyes.
She was not worried about this matter at the moment. She was only worried about Christ...
She hoped that Christ could accept her earlier.
When Mignon and Amelia arrived at the hospital, they didn't see Christ in the ward. Christ's toys were still on the bed.
"Where is Christ now? Does Nelly take him away?"
Seeing that Christ was not in the ward, Mignon looked at Amelia and asked with some doubts.
Amelia was also puzzled. She put the lunch box on the table and waited for Christ to come back quietly.
After waiting for a long time, Christ hadn't come back, and Amelia was a little panicky.
"Mignon, I'll look for Christ outside the hospital to see if I can find him."
"Okay, I'll ask the doctor."
Mignon also worried that something bad might happen to Christ, so she stood up as well.
Amelia looked for Christ in the garden downstairs the hospital. She thought that Christ was walking in the garden, but she couldn't find him.
Amelia got anxious. When she was about to go somewhere else to find Christ, she saw a man at the back door of the hospital. That man walked to a van with Christ in his arms.
Amelia immediately shouted at him, "Who are you? Where do you want to take Christ?"
Amelia's sudden scream startled the man. He held Christ and ran toward the car.
Amelia realized that something was wrong. She had no time to care about anything else and followed the man. While running, she yelled at the man, "Put down Christ! Do you hear me?"
"Woo-woo." Christ's mouth was covered by the man. When he saw Amelia, he kept sobbing.
The man was worried that he would arouse other people's suspicion in this case, so he simply raised his hand and knocked out Christ.
Looking at Christ who had fainted, Amelia's eyes glistened with tears.
"Give my child back to me!"
She rushed to the car. Seeing that Amelia didn't want to stop, that man had no choice but to knock her out and throw her in the car.
"Hurry up and leave. I'm afraid that we will be suspected."
The man ordered the driver in front of him.
After the car left, Mignon came to the back door of the hospital to look for Amelia. Just now, she asked the doctor if he had seen Christ, and the doctor told her that Christ was still in the ward when he went there to give him an injection. All the doctors and nurses in the hospital had been asked to pay attention to Christ's whereabouts.
Because Christ was not an ordinary child. His uncles were Cedric and Nacho, and his father was Bradley.
If Christ had an accident in their hospital, they could hardly absolve themselves from the blame.
"Abigail?"
After looking around, Mignon didn't find Amelia, so she began to walk while calling Amelia by her name.
But no matter how she called Amelia, there was no response.
After walking to the garden, Mignon asked the patients who were sitting there and basking in the sun whether they had seen Amelia.
There was a photo of Amelia in Mignon's phone and she showed them the photo. Some who had seen Amelia pointed at the photo and said that Amelia had just asked them whether they had seen a little boy, but then Amelia left and they didn't know where she had gone.
After Mignon returned to Christ's ward, Nelly happened to come with a bag of fresh fruits. Seeing Mignon, Nelly hesitated for a moment, then said in a distant and cold tone, "Mrs. Gu, why are you in my son's ward? Does Amelia come with you?"
"Miss Brooks, you seem to like Christ very much." Instead of caring about Nelly's disdainful attitude, Mignon nodded to her with a smile.
Nelly's expression was a little disgusted. She said indifferently, "Christ is my son. Of course I like him."
"Christ was born by Abigail, she gave birth to him after nine month's pregnancy. No matter how you want to take away Christ from Abigail, you can't change the fact that they're related by blood. Miss Brooks, why do you have to deceive yourself?"
"What? Mrs. Gu, what you said is so ridiculous. Do you think I'm deceiving myself? The Xis is rich and powerful, my family can't be compared with your family, and I dare not offend you. But don't forget that I'm Bradley's legal wife. Whether he loves me or not, Mrs. Haggai is me, not Amelia. Amelia obviously knows that I am Bradley's wife, but she seduces Bradley shamelessly. She is really not properly brought up."
Nelly said a lot in one breath, and Mignon's face darkened a little bit.
Mignon was very protective of Amelia. Now that Nelly humiliated Amelia like this, she was naturally unhappy.
"You mean that Abigail seduces Bradley? Why can't you admit that Bradley likes Abigail? Nelly, you know better than anyone that Bradley loves Abigail. For Abigail, he can even move his company to Beijing just to get closer to her. You are a smart woman. Staying by the side of a man who doesn't love you at all makes you more painful than anyone else, right?"
"So what? Do you think that I will divorce Bradley if you say so? Do you think I will let Bradley marry Amelia?" Nelly seemed to be stimulated by Mignon's words. Her delicate face gradually became particularly twisted and even ferocious.
She got close to Mignon's face and said with chilly eyes, "Mignon, listen carefully. It's just Bradley's wishful thinking that he wants to divorce me and be with Amelia. I won't divorce him even if I die."
"If you're so stubborn, you are the only one who will suffer. Do you think Bradley can't do anything if you insist on not divorcing him? If you don't think about yourself, you should think about your parents. You know Bradley's temper better than me. In order to be with Amelia, he can do anything. He is more powerful than the Brooks family. If Bradley vents his anger on the Brooks family because of you, do you think it doesn't matter?"
"Are you threatening me?" Nelly's face changed slightly. She clenched her fists and said with a grim expression.
"Threatening? Do you think I'm threatening you now? I'm just reminding you that Bradley will definitely divorce you. No matter how you struggle, it's useless. What's more, don't make use of Christ to hurt Abigail anymore. Otherwise, we won't let you go easily."
Mignon looked at Nelly coldly, her words were full of deep contempt and harshness.
Mignon had never been a kind person. If someone wanted to hurt her family, she would fight back without hesitation.
Nelly's face tightened. She knew very well that what Mignon said was true. If Bradley wanted to deal with the Brooks family, it would be a piece of cake for him.
If Bradley really started to deal with the Brooks family, Nelly couldn't do anything about it. She couldn't be so selfish to watch her father's company go bankrupt because of her.
"You should know exactly what to do." After saying this, Mignon turned her head and walked toward the door.
"Do the people in the Xis often take advantage of your power to bully people like this?"
Nelly pinched her palm and looked at Mignon's back, she said with detached and mocking eyes.
Looking at the man's malicious face, Christ immediately put his arms around Amelia's neck.
Amelia hugged Christ tightly and yelled at the man who walked to them, "What do you want to do?"
They suddenly kidnapped Christ, and they must have a purpose.
"You'd better shut up. Otherwise, we'll stab you to death with this knife!" The man seemed to be impatient with Amelia. He took out a knife from the pocket on his waist and shook it at Amelia, threatening her. Looking at the cold knife, Amelia's whole body froze.
However, she did not show her fear in front of Christ.
She held Christ tightly in her arms and said to those people apathetically, "As long as I am here, you can never take away Christ."
"You're dying!" The man seemed to be irritated by Amelia's attitude and felt that she was very insensible.
He raised the knife in his hand and was about to hurt Amelia. When Christ saw his movements, he rushed to the man, bit his wrist and punched his tough chest with his small fists.
"You're not allowed to hurt her, no..."
"Christ, don't do that!"
When Amelia saw what Christ was doing, she was scared out of her wits.
That man was originally very fiery and vicious. When he was punched by Christ like this, his eyes were full of irritation. He straightened up his body impatiently, waved his hand with an extremely angry expression and pushed away Christ.
"Ah!" Amelia screamed in horror. Looking at Christ, Amelia rushed over in a panic and hugged his body.
"Christ, mom is here. Don't be afraid."
Amelia held Christ tightly in her arms, but she was stabbed in the back by the man fiercely.
Christ leaned against Amelia's arms, he was still in a state of shock. After seeing the blood on Amelia's back, Christ opened his eyes in horror and looked at the man behind him.
With an extremely stiff but tender expression, Amelia looked at Christ feebly and said in a hoarse voice, "I... am okay... Don't be afraid, Christ. I will protect you..."
"Woo- woo." Looking at Amelia like this, Christ suddenly burst into tears.
When the man heard Christ's crying, he looked very impatient. Ignoring Amelia who was bleeding, he reached out his hand, picked up Christ and turned around to leave.
"Give Christ... back... to me."
Seeing that the man took Christ away, Amelia suddenly had some strength, she picked up a stick at the door and hit the back of the man's head.
The man probably didn't expect that a injured woman would have the strength to hit him. He fell to the ground.
Amelia's back was injured, and she used all her strength to hit the man, so she became very weak.
She staggered, carried Christ in her arms and ran toward the door.
"D*mn it, b*tch, you just hurt my brother."
The other kidnapper heard the noise. He came over and saw that his brother was lying on the ground, while Amelia was running desperately with Christ in her arms.
He was so angry that he picked up an iron stick and chased after Amelia. Enduring the sharp pain on her back, Amelia ran forward desperately.
She did not know where this place was and where those kidnappers had taken her and Christ. In her heart, there was only one thought, that was to leave here with Christ. She would definitely not let Christ suffer any harm.
"I'm afraid."
After all, Christ was a child. Facing such a situation, he was very scared.
Especially when he saw blood flowing from Amelia's back, he was even more frightened.
He reached out his hand to hold Amelia's neck and said in a hoarse voice.
All of a sudden, Amelia's body shook violently.
With a complicated expression in her eyes, she looked at Christ who was trembling with his arms around her neck.
"Don't be afraid. Mommy is here with you."
She would definitely protect Christ.
"Hasn't Amelia come back yet? Where did she go?"
When Bradley returned to the Xis, he thought he would see Amelia as usual, but he found that Amelia was not at home at all. Bradley was a little confused and asked the housekeeper.
Seeing that Bradley was looking at him, the housekeeper immediately said respectfully, "Miss Xi went out with Young Madam Gu early in the morning. I don't know where they went." "Abigail hasn't come back yet?" Mignon happened to come back and hear the conversation between the housekeeper and Bradley. She gulped in surprise.
She was originally looking for Amelia in the hospital. Later, she received a phone call from her friend, then she forgot about Amelia. She thought that Amelia had already returned to the Xis. When she heard the conversation between Bradley and the housekeeper, she sensed that something was wrong.
Wasn't Amelia at the Xis? Where could she be?
"Call Amelia immediately." Bradley's face became extremely worried. He asked the housekeeper to call Amelia immediately, and he called Nelly.
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