Chapter 543

The children were missing.
Penelope and Natalie searched all day. As dusk began to fall, there was still no sign of them.
Natalie went to the police, while Penelope, after talking to Julian, went directly to one of Michael’s villas.
A servant informed Michael that he had a visitor.
When he came out and saw Penelope, he was completely stunned, and quickly ordered the servant to open the gate.
As the gate opened, Penelope strode in.
“Maria is here, isn’t she?”
“Maria?”
Michael blinked. He had assumed she was looking for Theodore.
“Yes, she’s here.”
He was hosting a small party today, and Hamilton had brought Maria along.
Hearing this, Penelope stormed into the house. It was a party, but a small one. It seemed dinner was over, as a group was now gathered around a card table playing poker.
She paid no attention to anyone else, her eyes locking onto Maria. There she sat, laughing and chatting as if nothing had happened. The thought of her missing children fueled Penelope’s rage.
She gritted her teeth, marched over, and grabbed a handful of Maria’s hair.
“Tell me! Where is my son?”
Maria screamed in pain. When she saw it was Penelope, she immediately started cursing. “You bitch, how dare you follow me here! Let me go!”
“You’re not going to talk, are you?”
Penelope had no patience. She slapped Maria hard across the face.
Maria was stunned by the blow, and it took a moment for her to react.
“Hamilton, help me!”
Hamilton was also in shock. He only snapped out of it when Maria cried for help and he quickly stepped in.
“Penelope, don’t you think it’s a bit much to just attack someone like that?”
Penelope glared at Hamilton. “So you’re in on this with her?”
“What are you even talking about?”
“She’s hidden my son! For all I know, she’s probably hurt him!”
Hamilton paused. Her son? Her son was Theodore’s son…
At that thought, Hamilton glanced at Theodore, who was sitting across the poker
table. Sure enough, his expression had darkened.
“Maria, you didn’t actually hide her son, did you?”
Maria panicked. “I didn’t! I never even caught him!”
“You tried to catch him?”
“He brought that bastard child of Natalie’s to Queena’s school and attacked her! I was furious, so I had my men try to catch them, but they got away!”
Hamilton considered this for a moment. “So, Natalie’s daughter is missing too?”
Penelope forcefully pushed Maria away. She had suspected Maria might have found the children first and hidden them, but hearing her say this, especially in front of Hamilton, it was likely the truth.
Still, she was furious.
“Maria, once I find my son, I’ll be back to settle the score with you!”
With that, Penelope turned to leave.
Maria gritted her teeth. What did Penelope think this place was? Did she think she could just hit her and walk away?
“Grab her! I’m going to hit her back!” Maria shrieked at her bodyguards.
The bodyguards who had followed Maria were about to move, but a single glance
from Hamilton made them retreat.
“Are you deaf? Go and get her!”
Maria screamed in frustration, but her bodyguards didn’t budge, not even as Penelope walked out.
“Hamilton, look at them
“That’s enough!” Hamilton pulled Maria aside. “Didn’t I tell you not to provoke her?”
“What’s so special about her? Why should I be afraid of her? I
“She’s Theodore’s ex-wife!”
“What?”
Everyone in their circle knew
Theodore had an ex-wife, but he bad
wiped all traces of her from the
internet. So, people who didn’t know
them personally had no idea his
ex-wife was Penelope.
Maria subconsciously glanced at Theodore. He was still sitting there, his expression seemingly
the
unchanged, but for some reason, room grew several degrees colder. The people around them stopped laughing; they didn’t dare to
Just then, Theodore pushed over his hand of cards.