Chapter 459 - COLLIDE: PART III

It was late that noon when Elizabeth woke up, she was preparing her suitcase for a three days trip alone. But, she will be accompanied by her guards but from a distance. At the same time, she was given a tracking device in which they can check on her whereabouts all the time. 

"Darling, are you sure about this?" 

"Yes mother, I asked dad's permission and he said it's fine. As long as I wear the tracking devices all the time with me. And, of course, I won't take it off nor will I try to run away. I have my phone with me so you can call me all the time. Plus, I'll be with my guards so there's nothing to worry for." 

Despite how much the girl explained everything to her, Lady Zhao was not at ease with the situation. Call it mother's instinct but she felt like something terrible will happen if she goes to the place on her own. No matter how much she ponders on it, she can't seem to find a good enough answer to her feelings. 

'Why do I feel like this, I wonder what it could be?' 

It was not right for her to not allow the girl without any valid reason. Telling her because she felt unease was really more of her being a worried mother which was natural. But, what she felt was not a motherly natural feeling. As if, her own guts is telling her to not let her daughter go or else you'll suffer a grave consequence.

In the end, Lady Zhao had no choice but to wish her daughter farewell. She watched as her daughter got inside the car along with her two personal guards and left. Whilst the rest followed them in a separate car. 

As Lady Zhao entered the house, she stumbled upon Liu Yifie who looked concerned at her. 

"Mother, is something wrong?"

"Oh, child, this mother of yours is getting old. I don't know why I felt hesitant to let Lizzy go. I mean, she is old enough and smart but somehow, as a mother, I feel like something terrible is about to happen to her. Like, she might encounter someone whom she shouldn't."

"Mother, don't worry, Lili is strong and she has her guards with her."

"Your right."

"Why don't you go for a walk me with mother, some fresh air would do you go."

…..

Meanwhile...

"Hey, I'm going away." Cris informed his cousin of his plans. As he was packing his things. 

"WAIT, WHAT? Cris, where are you going?" President Chen who was in a meeting looked shocked as he stood up from his chair confusing everyone of what's going on. "Everyone, get out!" 

"Anywhere." 

"Dear cousin, please don't do this to me. You don't know how much I can no longer sleep at night in fear that your father will soon find out you're not back home."

"Ha-ha" 

Cris ignored what his cousin was spouting. Even though he was not really listening to him, he placed the call on loudspeaker so he could continue on packing his things. 

"Good lord, where are you going anyways?���

"By the way, have you done what I asked you to do?" Cris changed the topic and directly inquired about the task he assigned to his cousin. 

"I tried, but I told you, she is the daughter of Lord Knightley…" President Chen continued to ramble and complain about the difficult task he was assigned with. However, Cris already knew about it. If he couldn't find anything about the girl, what use is his cousin? 

"Anyways, I'm hanging up. I'll see you in a few days." 

"Wa-wait-" 

But, it was too late for President Chen to even beg. Cris has already ended the call and finished packing his bag. 

The reason as to why he was in a hurry was because he had a strange dream last night. In his dream, he visits a beautiful estate situated by the sea. The house was modern and a good place for a vacation. As he tried to search the place online, he found out who the owner of the house was, which brought another lingering question into his mind. It made him wonder if everything is truly a coincidence…

So, he decided to rent a vacation house close to that house so he could visit it. 

Cris went down to the parking area and placed his things at the back seat. He rented a car using his cousin's account. He was a man with many talents so hacking into his cousin's account was not that hard when the password was just his own birthday. 

As Cris was driving along the highway, it was quite traffic. Then suddenly, his phone rang. Seeing the name he could only smile because he knew the reason for the call. 

"MOTHERF*CKER! CRIS YOU ***HOLE! YOU DARE STEAL FROM ME!" 

"I'm not stealing since I'm paying you anyways. Technically-" 

"Don't you dare give me such s**** excuses. How dare you hack my own account!?" 

"Well, don't worry I'll pay you with interest." 

"Seriously, you could just have told me." 

"Will you even lend me the money if you knew I was running away." 

The other end was dead silent so Cris continued to speak. 

"Don't worry, I only took a penny. It's not as if I couldn't pay you." 

Once again, the other line was silent speechless by how he was being treated. 

"Anyways, I'll hang up. It's not safe to drive while on the phone. If something happens to me you'll be to blame."

As the call ended, President Chen continued to be muted but his heart continued to curse the man. He was so furious at him that he didn't notice the people entering his office when he shouted. 

"You freaking *sshole, I hope you'll meet your doom." 

Those who entered the room looked confused and surprised as they looked at each other and asked. 

"What do you think happened?"

No one would ever find out the reason as to why the man was so furious. But, one thing was for sure. What he wished for was not far from happening.