Reclaiming the CEO's Heart

Chapter 147 Desperate Pursuit

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Madison hastily recounted the process of how she found the child. The furrows on Jacob's brow

deepened. "Did you see anyone else besides him?"

"No, when I found him, Mr. Ethan was crying with a balloon in his hand. Oh, and he kept calling for his

mommy."

Mommy?

Ethan had never called Layla "mommy," so the person he referred to couldn't be Layla. It must be

Avery.

John, who had already gone ahead to search for clues, reported immediately, "Mr. Hill, I checked the

surveillance footage. Mr. Ethan was brought back by Mrs. Hill. She deliberately left him on the way

where Madison usually goes shopping for groceries so that Madison would find him."

"Was anyone with her?"

"No."

"Keep digging."

Jacob grew even more puzzled. Could it really be as Layla said? Did Avery deliberately abduct Ethan?

If it was to extort him, how could she return the child without making any demands?

Jacob quickly dismissed this idea. The child was still wearing the pendant she had sent.

If she wanted to harm Ethan that night, she wouldn't have gone through the trouble of taking him away.

It wasn't her.

Then why didn't the kidnapper harm her and the child?

Jacob couldn't figure it out. He decided to call her and find out the truth.

However, he found that Avery's phone had been turned off.

Jacob sat up with a start. What did Avery mean?

He had people locate Avery and found that she hadn't returned to her apartment or contacted Isabella.

Instead, she had just withdrawn a sum of cash.

Could it be that someone was threatening her?

Had she made a secret agreement with someone?

But the amount of cash was only a few hundred thousand dollars.

What kind of kidnappers would demand such a small sum for the richest man's son?

Jacob found it more plausible that Avery planned to escape.

After all, mobile payments would easily expose her location, whereas cash would not. There must be

something she was planning.

That d*mn woman was planning to run away again. He should have chained her up.

Jacob gave the order, "Seal off all exits. Don't let her leave!"

He placed the child in Madison's arms and instructed, "Take good care of him."

"Mr. Hill, where are you going in your current condition?"

Jacob grabbed his coat and rushed toward the door. He coughed softly, saying, "I'm going to bring that

ignorant woman back."

Jacob's face was pale. He occasionally pressed his fist against his lips and coughed softly. As he

watched the bustling pedestrians outside, he realized from the bank surveillance footage that Avery

had withdrawn the money without any coercion. She even went to the mall afterward.

What kind of kidnapper would allow his hostage to go shopping?

Furthermore, Avery, just like Ethan, seemed to have gained weight and appeared in good spirits, unlike

her previously sickly appearance.

Jacob had a strong intuition that she had been living well these past few days.

"Mr. Hill, I have already ordered people to check it out. We found out Mrs. Hill didn't buy any tickets.

Don't you think you're overthinking it? Maybe she just wanted to go shopping."

"Who would go shopping carrying several hundred thousand dollars in cash?"

Jacob lit a cigarette, his arm resting on the window sill, as wisps of smoke enveloped his gloomy

handsome face. "From her placing Ethan on Madison's usual route for buying groceries to her payment

in cash, it indicates one thing. She is avoiding me."

"We have already sent people to search the mall. Mrs. will be found soon, and then you can ask her

about everything."

The cigarette was almost burnt to its end, within three centimeters of his fingertips, a dangerously close

distance. Jacob's eyes gleamed with a calm fury. The thought of Avery trying to escape again filled his

heart with rage.

"Escape? Let's see where you can escape to."