From Ashes of Scandals to His Embrace novel Chapter 232

“Alice, what happened? Where’s Fabian?”

Alice snapped back to reality when she heard Harden’s voice. She turned to him, her eyes dazed and lost, clutching his sleeve as her voice trembled. “Fabian was taken away by a group of men in black. I think it’s got something to do with the woman he ran into. Harden, call Finn. Tell him something happened to Fabian and he needs to come back right away.”

Harden already knew who Fabian had hit. The moment he heard Bonnie’s name, he instantly thought of Laurinda.

A bad feeling twisted in his gut. If Laurinda was involved, then chances were, Fabian wouldn’t be coming back.

Alice suddenly slapped him across the face. Harden just stood there, and to Alice, it felt like he was stalling on purpose, like he didn’t want to help Fabian.

“Harden, listen to me. No matter what, Fabian is Finn’s son—the real heir to the Gates family. And you, even if you’re Finn’s illegitimate son, you’re always going to be the secret no one talks about. Don’t even think about replacing Fabian. You’d better get moving and figure out how to save him.”

The slap seemed to wake Harden up. He looked down at Alice, who was sitting on the floor, her face twisted in anger as she yelled at him. He let out a cold laugh.

“Alice, if Fabian dies, then Finn’s only got me left, his illegitimate son. He won’t have a choice. He’ll have to make me his heir.”

He walked out of the hospital, not even glancing back at her.

Outside the door, a nurse who had accidentally overheard everything felt like she’d just uncovered a huge secret. The drama in these rich families was on another level.

A few nurses recognized Harden right away. No one would have guessed that the retired e-sports star was actually the Gates family’s illegitimate son. If that ever got out online, it would go viral in no time.

After Fabian was taken, Jack got back to his car and sent Laurinda a message. He told her not to follow and advised her to stay out of it.

Laurinda hated that she couldn’t take revenge for Bonnie herself, but she understood Jack’s reasons. No one wanted her to get mixed up in this dirty business.

“Let’s go back to the hospital,” York said. “Jack’s got it under control.”

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