Chapter 426: Orlando is aware of something
Robberies, muggings, drug use, mobbing… and maybe even lawless mafia.
Just imagining this is disturbing and frightening, but Dylan has literally survived in such an environment.
He grew tough and strong, did not become corrupt, let alone turn into filthy scum.
-I met Vicente by chance when I was 16, when I had some contacts and some money and was about to bet everything I had, and that’s when Vicente saw my potential and gave me an investment to help me. And he helped me afterwards, advising me and teaching me to be wiser and more mature.
Seeing Dylan as a potential stock when he still had nothing and then investing without hesitation brought him a kindness he will remember.
That is why Dylan respects Vicente so much and even adores Brisa.
Of course, all that has changed now.
-I am alive and well, having set up my own financial firm on Wall Street and being a force to be reckoned with on that lavish financial street. I’ve had an extraordinarily tough time along the way.
And yet there was no one who understood this hardship, let alone talked about it.
He looked at Vincent, but also with distance.
For Dylan knew that Vincent was nothing more than an investment in himself, but he had not entirely lost his conscience, so he had respect for the man who had stepped in to help him at his lowest moment.
That’s why he still respects Vicente even though he has set up his own company on the bustling street and has become a rising business star.
Unfortunately, this respect vanished with Vincent’s greed.
-So… how did you know that Gerardo was the one who made the car accident?
Seeing her frown and the worry in her eyes, Dylan’s heart suddenly warmed. He stared at her and then reached out to take Vanessa in his arms.
Vanessa’s body stiffened for a moment, but she didn’t resist and let him hold her gently.
He thought that at that moment Dylan would have liked to give Dylan a hug.
-Gerardo thought he was doing it so discreetly that no one would know. But the truth is that my father didn’t die at all at the time of the accident. No one knew, and I saw him secretly for the last time.
-So it was dad who told you all this?
-Dad didn’t finish, I only found out later when I tracked him down again. Before I left, I turned to people I grew up with to find some evidence, and I’ve kept it ever since. I knew that unless I was strong enough, I couldn’t do anything to Gerardo even if I presented the evidence. What’s more, he had the most important thing in the Moya family in his hands, and I was too weak.
An eight-year-old boy who knew who the murderer of his father and mother was, but who had to put up with it.
Even when he got the evidence he had to hide it and not show the slightest hint.
Going abroad, fighting hard to survive in the cracks?
If it were anyone else, I’m afraid they would have collapsed after all this.
-At that time, I had only two things in life, one was to live and the other was to take revenge. To survive, I armed myself to the teeth and became cold, cold-blooded and cruel. Vanessa, you have no idea what I went through. Growing up in that environment, I didn’t know how to love someone.This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
Had I not been selfish at the time, I would have died in some unknown corner.
It was the first time Vanessa had learned about Dylan’s past.
She couldn’t imagine it and was a little sad inside. Before she was unable to understand, now she suddenly understood why he had treated her so badly in the first place.
Without having known love, without having loved anyone, surrounded by hatred and danger… Vanessa would have been more extreme than Dylan.
Vanessa suddenly realised that Dylan’s current transformation was the strongest proof of his sincerity.
-Vanessa, I’m not saying this to escape the harm I’ve done to you in the past. It’s just so you understand that I’m not really cold-blooded and heartless. The old me had not yet learned how to love someone, and you taught me that.
Dylan couldn’t help but hug Vanessa tighter.
He should be grateful that he met Vanessa when he returned home, and that Melina set him up for all that and for Orlando’s mistrust.
Everything had created their encounter, it was their destiny.
-I will make an effort to learn to love someone and I will treat you better. Vanessa, will you trust me?
“I’m afraid if I didn’t believe I would have taken my daughter and left, so how could I give you a chance? ”
Vanessa thought to herself, but her words were solemn.
-Yes, I believe you.
-I love you.
Dylan could not resist saying the words of confession.
Vanessa’s face was buried in her shoulder and no words were spoken.
-Woohoo…
-Candy is awake!
Hearing his daughter’s screams, Dylan immediately let go of Vanessa and rushed towards her, very quickly.
It was clear how much he valued his child.
Vanessa looked at the empty embrace and smiled helplessly.
-Candy, tell Daddy what’s wrong. Is it a tummy ache? Or have you peed yourself? Let Daddy take a look, will you?
The tall Dylan stood in front of the small cot and leaned over to look at Candy, who was waving her two little hands inside.
The little baby’s bright eyes stared in Dylan’s direction, watching his mouth open and spit out bubbles mischievously.
Dylan’s smile was soft and loving.
In one deft movement, she unwrapped her daughter, changed her nappy, swaddled her again and carefully picked her up.
-Let’s go out and find Mummy and let her feed you when you’re hungry, OK?
A week went by and Orlando was still missing.
All the other missing persons had been found, but he was the only one who had not been found.
Dylan’s face was hard to read, Matthew’s too.
-It seems Orlando must have sensed something and taken advantage of the sinking to discreetly hide his whereabouts. Now our people can’t find him, let alone know if he’s still abroad or has been smuggled back.
Mateo frowned with a depressed look on his face.
-Keep everyone alert to the information. Now that Orlando is aware of it, he will be more prepared and more careful. It will be difficult to track him down again….
“If so, the danger factor will increase. I have to protect Vanessa and Candy from now on, I can’t let anything happen to them”.