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Chapter 16 Chieftain’s Woman
This woman looked more beautiful than the picture in the documents. A smile lit up Alan’s handsome
face. “Miss Thompson, nice to meet you. My name is Alan Drennon. We’ve been looking for you for five
years. Boy, we put in so much effort searching for you. Where have you been?”
Isabella was a bit surprised. She did not expect Alan to be so direct when they had just met.
After all, even Draxton did not ask her this question this whole time.
Isabella cast a glance at Draxton, wondering what his reaction was.
However, Draxton misunderstood Isabella’s intention. He thought there was something that she would
rather not talk about. For this reason, Draxton said, “Let’s talk about this later. Right now, we got to hurry
back.” Alan fell into silence immediately. He cast a quick look at Isabella and silently opened the car
door. Martin shot a glance at Isabella and frowned slightly. “How did she pull it off? How did she make
Mr. Lockwood stick up for her in such a short time?” he thought.
Hand in hand, Isabella and Ricky silently got into the car. Following them, Draxton climbed into the car.
Then, the car started.
Not far away, a black limousine slowly pulled up at the parking lot. The car window pulled down,
revealing a middle–aged man.
The middle–aged man said, “That’s Mr. Lockwood’s car. It looks like the guy who just got into the car is
Mr. Lockwood. Alan and Martin were with him too.
“What puzzled me was that I saw a woman and a child follow him into the car.”
This middle–aged man wore a suit, giving off a cunning businessman’s vibe.
Beside him sat a young man who did not notice the scene that the middle–aged man mentioned. “Dad,
are you sure you were not seeing things?” the young man asked. “Why would Mr. Lockwood be with a
woman? “Don’t you remember once a relative of Mr. Lockwood tried to use a woman to play up to Mr.
Lockwood? Well, I guess that branch right now has all become beggars.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThinking of Draxton’s ruthlessness, the young man could not help but click his tongue.
The middle–aged man shook his head. “No, I’m sure I saw Mr. Lockwood sit in the same row with a
woman and a child.”
At that point, the middle–aged man said to the chauffeur in front of him, “Gabriel, go back home. Skip the
check–up for now.”
Hearing the order, Gabriel, too afraid to disagree, turned the car around and pulled out of the hospital.
“Dad, are you sure you’re going to give up the check–up? Making an appointment isn’t easy. We were
put on the waiting list for a week!”
The young man, with dyed blond hair, was not bad–looking. But, at that moment, he looked at the
middle–aged man in disapproval.
The middle–aged man shot a sharp glance at the young man. “That doesn’t matter right now! I got to
discover that woman’s true identity before anyone else!
“If that woman and Mr. Lockwood are in a relationship as I expect, then we could use that woman. Don’t
you understand how important that is?”
Although this young man often goofed around, he was not a complete idiot. His eyes lit up. “Dad, are you
talking about the corp party in two months?”
The Lockwood Group was a huge corporation that consisted of countless companies.
The middle–aged man and the young man belonged to one of those companies.
All these companies wanted to get near the head office.
Everyone wanted to be close to the core of power.
Like everyone else, this middle–aged man and his son wanted to hobnob with the chieftain, but they
were in no position to do that.
However, if Mr Lockwood was in a relationship with a woman, then through sucking up to this woman,
they might catch the attention of the chieftain.
Since ancient times, pillow talk has been a powerful tool.
The young man got excited too He said, “Dad, we have to dig up what we can on this woman and do it
secretly. We can’t let others know about this.”
The middle–aged man shot a glance at his son. “You’re not too stupid after all.”
Draxton had no idea that Isabella had been in someone’s crosshairs
Inside the car, Alan was driving, and Martin was sitting in the passenger seat.
Isabella, Ricky, and Draxton were sitting in the backseat
Ricky was sitting in the middle between Isabella and Draxton. Isabella was sitting on the left, with
Draxton on the right
In the beginning, the atmosphere inside the car was a bit weird. No one spoke for a long time.
In the end, Alan was the one that broke the silence first. He looked at Ricky in the rearview mirror and
said, “Hello, Ricky.”
Ricky glanced at him and pressed his mouth into a hardline. “Hello, mister,” he answered like an adult.
Alan eyed Ricky in the rearview mirror, amused by his mature manners.
“Mr. Lockwood, he sure takes after you.”
This was what Alan actually thought of. He heard that when Mr. Lockwood was a little kid, he used to act
like a mature adult.
Besides, Ricky’s expression was almost the same as Mr. Lockwood’s. Anyone could tell that Ricky was
like a mini version of Mr. Lockwood.
Martin could not help but look at Ricky in the rearview mirror.
Draxton’s mouth pulled to one side. His eyes traveled from Ricky to Isabella.
Cocking her head, Isabella gazed at Ricky quietly, paying attention to his every action. Anyone could tell
that she was a gentle and detail–oriented mother.
As Draxton looked at Isabella’s beautiful face and a strand of hair hanging around her ear, tenderness
entered his gaze.
“Mr. Lockwood, are we heading straight to your place?” Noticing that Draxton was looking at her, Isabella
opened her mouth and asked.
Draxton remained silent for a while and asked, “Is there anything you need to pick up?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIsabella shook her head. “I mean, yes, I need to take something with me, but I can do that later.”
“Great, come to my place first. I’ll have someone pick it up for you later.”
“Alright, thank you,” Isabella said in a gentle voice.
“No need to thank me. We’re going to get married, after all,” Draxton corrected her.
Isabella did not say anything further, and silence descended once again.
No one said another word before they got to Draxton’s estate. It was a good thing that there was not
much traffic on the roads, so their journey didn’t take too long,
The car drove into the mountain road. When they were halfway up the mountain, a golden red maple
forest could be seen.
Surrounded by these golden trees, a vast estate came into view.
Cnce Isabella set her eyes on the estate, she could not help but think, “He’s freaking rich!”
However, compared to the estate, those golden red maples looked more attractive to Isabella.
“Look, Ricky, that’s a maple forest! Isn’t it beautiful?”
Isabella turned her head to look at Ricky, sharing this new–found surprise.
Her eyes danced, and there was a cheerful note in her speech. Compared to Ricky, who was mature and
calm, at that moment, she looked more like a curious child.
Alan cast a glance at Isabella. It was obvious that he looked down on her a little.
At the edge of his vision, Draxton saw Isabella’s expression and was mesmerized by her tender and
brisk face.
As the car drove into the maple forest, Ricky answered his mother’s question very seriously, “Yes, it is
beautiful.”
Ricky still acted like a mature adult, but one could quickly realize that he loved his mother very much. A
gleam of happiness flickered in Isabella’s eyes.
At last, the car was at the gate of the estate. The name of the estate, “Northernville Manor,” could be
seen above the gate.
After the car drove into the estate, Isabella saw an elderly man wearing a white suit standing in front of
the door, waiting for the car.
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