1217 Return to Orange County
Hearing what Charlotte said, Cheyenne frowned and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Lena has been my best friend for years, and I believe she will never betray me. She and Lucas should be innocent. I don’t know how those photos came about, but I want to trust them.”
She sighed. “Also, you’re worried about Lucas having a mistress because of his changed status, but I’m actually not worried about it.
“I’m sure you know clearly what kind of a person Lucas is. If he’s really the kind who would mess around after his status changes, he wouldn’t have returned to Orange County to look for me. He could have easily married any woman from any number of wealthy and noble families.
“I trust Lucas’s character. He won’t be easily bewitched by women and let lust get the better of him and cheat on me.”
There were some things she didn’t say.
If Lucas was really the kind of person to embroil himself in messy relationships with other women, Cheyenne wouldn’t teach Lucas a lesson at all. She was a prideful woman, so she wouldn’t force Lucas to stay with her. Even if she felt pained, she would definitely choose to let go.
Charlotte blinked and said, “Okay, but even if Lucas doesn’t have such intentions, what if other women fall in love with him or harbor ill intentions for him?
“Based on those photos sent to you today, Lucas was drunk, right? Who got him drunk then? And who took the photos? And what if someone had drugged Lucas’s drink to harm him?”
Charlotte pursed her lips and continued, “Anyway, I think there’s something wrong with Lena! Lucas is so handsome and capable. He’s the perfect husband in the eyes of many women, and Lena has gawked at him several times. Something’s telling me that she has long liked Lucas. That’s why she wants to snatch him from you!
“Sis, haven’t you discovered this?”
Cheyenne didn’t want to suspect her best friend of years or think that way. She said, “Charlotte, that’s enough. Lena has been my best friend for more than a decade, and she knows Lucas is my husband. I trust that she won’t do that to me.”
Hearing this, Charlotte could only make some snide remarks in her head before conceding with a pout, “Fine. Since you trust her that much, let’s just hope my conjecture is wrong. I hope she lives up to your trust too.”
Then she picked up her phone to look at it. Seeing that Lucas had stopped calling, she felt displeased. “What? I bet there’s something wrong with Lucas! Since he was so anxious to explain, why isn’t he calling anymore? Hmph, men are indeed pigs!”
Charlotte stuffed her phone under her pillow furiously.
…
Lucas, far away in DC, naturally couldn’t sense Charlotte’s resentment.
After dealing with Ashley’s matters, Lucas had returned home at around 1 a.m. He had made countless calls to Cheyenne and Charlotte, and it was now almost 2 a.m.
Moreover, his flight back to Orange County was at 4 a.m., so he only had around an hour to sleep.
By the time Lucas left home at three in the morning, he had dark circles under his eyes, obviously from lack of sleep.
At this moment, the sky outside was pitch black.
When Lucas left, he found a car waiting outside the villa. Flynn was sitting in the car. Seeing Lucas coming out, he immediately got out of the car to greet him.
“Lucas, I’ll send you to the airport!” Flynn said deferentially.
Lucas glanced at Flynn and thought that since he had been waiting so early, he definitely didn’t get any sleep last night.
Flynn’s gesture warmed Lucas’s heart.
“Actually, as the general manager of the company, you don’t have to come here so early to pick me up. You could’ve just arranged for a chauffeur to come,” Lucas said softly on the way to the airport.
While driving, Flynn said with a smile. “It’s okay. It’s rare for me to have the chance to see you off in person. It’s my honor, and I don’t feel tired at all.”
Since Flynn had already said so, Lucas could only smile and say, “There’s no need next time.”
“Oh, by the way, there’s something I need your help with. On Friday night, I got drunk at a downtown bar, and then a female friend brought me to the Crown International Hotel. But someone was tailing me and taking photos.
“Help me check the surveillance camera footage in the bar, around the hotel, and in the hotel lobby. Find out who took those photos and control them.”
As soon as Flynn heard that someone had secretly photographed Lucas, he subconsciously became grim. He knew that this was definitely not a trivial matter. “Got it, Lucas. I’ll definitely get to the bottom of this as soon as possible!”
“Okay.”
Soon, two of them arrived at the airport.
Lucas’s flight was scheduled for 4:10 a.m. After about four and a half hours, Lucas arrived in Orange County, this place he had been away from for more than a month.
It was still early in the morning.
Without having breakfast, Lucas headed straight to the Pearl Lake villa.
At this moment, Cheyenne and her family had just finished breakfast and were still at the table.
Lucas’s sudden return caught them by surprise.
“Daddy, you’re back!” As soon as Amelia saw Lucas, she beamed with joy, leaped up from her chair, and scurried to Lucas.
It had been more than a month since she saw Lucas, so she was ecstatic and overjoyed. She immediately leaped into his arms and hugged him tightly with glee written all over her face.
Cheyenne sulked. “Amelia, have you forgotten what I told you? Hurry up and come back!”
Ashley pouted with displeasure and protested, “Aunt Charlotte, I remember what you said yesterday. You said that Daddy did something bad and made Mommy angry, so you want me to ignore him. But Daddy’s finally back after so long. I missed him so much! So can you wait to get angry with Daddy later?”
Amelia’s puerile words completely exposed Charlotte.
Charlotte stomped her feet. “Amelia, what did you promise me? How can you go back on your word? If you don’t come back here, I won’t take you to the aquarium again!”
As soon as Amelia heard this, she widened her eyes and looked around left and right, revealing a conflicted expression.
