Chapter 547 This is a Scam, Right?
However, Alaric didn't give her any chance to find out the truth and just rolled up the car window.
Chase immediately got in the car, started the engine, and drove away.
Sabrina stood there holding the bank card, unable to react for a long time.
That child... whose was he?
Why would he call Alaric daddy?
How could Alaric possibly have a child?
All these years, she had been secretly having people watch Alaric's movements. If there really was a woman by his side, why would she know nothing about it?
No!
This absolutely couldn't be true!
Sabrina was so angry she gritted her teeth, stomped her feet hard, and clenched her hands into tight fists.
The bank card in her hand was almost crushed before she finally loosened her grip.
A terrifying thought suddenly flashed through her mind: That child of Odette's back then... did it really die?
Sabrina broke out in a cold sweat from fear. Impossible - she was the one who had abandoned Odette's child with her own hands back then.
At that time, Odette's child was barely breathing, and it was cold.
But if Odette's child was still alive, his age... would be about seven or eight years old.
The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. She quickly got in her car and drove home.
For some reason, she felt very uneasy.
Her car had accidentally hit a tree by the roadside earlier, and the front was dented.
But it didn't affect driving.
So Sabrina just drove the car home.
All the way, she kept pressing the gas pedal, wanting to get back quickly.
However, when she got home, she was shocked to discover that the person who had been locked in the basement was gone.
She searched the house several times but couldn't find any trace of Odette.
"Odette? Stop hiding! Come out here!"
"I thought you had already accepted your fate, but I didn't expect you'd still dare to escape!"
"If you come out nicely, I might spare your life. But if I catch you... Don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Odette took out a handgun from her pocket and aimed it at every corner of the room.
But no matter how she threatened, there wasn't a sound in the house.
She checked the basement and found that the iron chains that had bound Odette were intact - only the lock had been picked open.
It seemed Odette had been planning to escape all along. She had been careless!
She immediately took out her phone and called her subordinate, ordering into the phone: "Check the nearby surveillance cameras. You must find Odette and bring her back to me."
After hanging up, she kicked the sofa beside her hard, venting her anger.
For some reason, nothing had been going smoothly for her since returning to Novaria.
On the other side, Alaric had Chase drive to the White Group branch office first.
It was already late at night, and only one or two people were still working overtime in the office.
Alaric walked straight in, placed a proposal on Benjamin's desk, and then told Chase to go to a nearby hotel.
It was already late at night. Benjamin was probably asleep by now, so it wasn't convenient to disturb him.
Chase drove toward a nearby hotel. As the car was moving, a dark figure suddenly appeared ahead.
Chase hit the brakes hard and cursed under his breath, then quickly got out of the car.
Alaric instinctively protected Emilio, who was already fast asleep beside him, his cold, knife-like gaze sweeping over.
Chase immediately shuddered.
He got out and looked, finding a woman covered in injuries, dressed in rags with disheveled hair, lying on the ground.
Was this insurance fraud?
Right?
Why did they keep running into scammers tonight?
If he weren't personally managing Alaric's schedule, he would suspect their movements tonight had been leaked.
Chase didn't know what to do, so he could only report the situation to Alaric.
Alaric frowned slightly and asked in a low voice: "Is she really unconscious or faking it?"
"It looks like she's really out! Mr. White, what should we..."
Alaric rubbed his tired brow and ordered, "Get her in the car first. If she's really sick, take her to the hospital later."
Chase had no choice but to turn around, pick up the woman, and place her in the passenger seat.
He was about to fasten her seatbelt when her face, previously covered by her hair, was suddenly revealed.
Chase was immediately startled and almost cried out, "Mr. White, this... haven't we seen this person before?"
Alaric was holding Emilio, his frown deepening. "What's all the fuss about? Emilio is resting."
He moved Emilio's little head from his shoulder and slowly leaned forward to take a look.
His previously casual expression froze.
Wasn't this... the woman who tried to scam them earlier?
No, wait!
Something seemed different.
His memory was pretty good, and he clearly remembered that the woman had no injuries and was wearing elaborate makeup.
But this woman in front of him... barely had any uninjured skin on her body.
Either it was the same person in disguise, or this woman and the previous woman weren't the same person at all.
Alaric was more inclined toward the second option.
He remembered Benjamin had sent him two files before, about twin sisters.
One was called Odette, the other Sabrina.
He just didn't know which one this woman in front of him was.
He carefully examined the injuries on her body and found that these wounds were actually real, and this woman had really passed out.
"Forget it, let's take her to the hospital first."