Chapter 524 Are You All Asleep?

"Tim, don't you dare!"

Nicole couldn't remain cool anymore.

"You can try and see."

Tim said with a cheeky smile, but his purposeful eyes showed that he was serious.

Nicole was truly frightened now, for she suddenly thought that Tim almost kissed her in public not long
ago.

Seeing that Nicole calmed down, Tim said to Gabrielle, "What are you waiting for? Hurry to put her on
intravenous drip. Do you want to see her run out and faint on the road?"

Tim's attitude wasn't good, but Gabrielle didn't care. She knew what kind of people he was. He treated
everyone with that attitude, only except Nicole.

Gabrielle sighed and said, "Nicole, could you please listen to us and stay here?"

"No, I can't. Gabrielle, I really have something to do. Joseph sent me his location, and I have to go
save them."

"Save yourself first."

Nicole was lost for words to contradict Tim.

While she was wondering what to say, Tim suddenly took her phone away and checked her Twitter.

"Tim, it's my privacy. Can you show some respect for me?"

Nicole didn't know what to do with Tim.



He was totally a rascal.

Tim said, "Privacy? Do you need it in front of me? Besides, don't you want to save Joseph and Zoe?
Now that I got the location, I'll go there for you, and you just stay here. If you leave my house before
the drip is finished, you'll know if I dare to kiss you in front of the media."

"You are simply a rascal!"

Nicole finally lost her temper for being threatened over and over again.

However, Tim said indifferently, "So what if I'm a rascal?"

"You!"

Nicole was irritated, while Tim just shrugged and left the room.

Gabrielle smiled, "You're so stubborn that only a rascal like Tim can bring you to heel."

"Don't say that. You know, I have no feelings for him...."

"I know, but sometimes he's really manly, just like now. Am I right?"

Gabrielle's statement silenced Nicole.

She didn't want to owe Tim anything, but she seemed to owe him more and more. How could she
repay him for what he had done for her?

When Nicole was forced into treatment, Joseph was experiencing something exciting.

Joseph and Zoe were kept in the same room, and their mobile phones already were confiscated by
tough bodyguards standing outside.



Zoe sat on the bed and said worriedly, "Joseph, when can we see Mommy? Those people said that
Mommy invited us to eat steak, and they were sent by uncle to take us to see Mommy. But it's already
afternoon. Why are we still here?"

Joseph was a little depressed.

Zoe was indeed a foodie. She was still thinking about steak now.

"Zoe, we are under house arrest."

Joseph had no choice but to tell her the cruel truth.

"What is house arrest? Does it mean to lock us in and stop us from going out to eat steak with
Mommy?"

Zoe pouted. Obviously, she was unhappy because she didn't get steak.

Joseph sighed, "Can we forget about the steak?"

"But I'm so hungry!"

Zoe touched her stomach with a pitiful look.

Joseph stared at her. He knew that Zoe had become greedy for food after the operation. In the past, he
didn't know why, but later he found out it was because her body had been short of something.

Joseph felt sorry for her and took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, handing it to Zoe.

"Eat this."

"But I still want steak."



Zoe took the chocolate and said unhappily.

Joseph whispered, "I've already sent our location to Mommy. She will find us soon. When Mommy
arrives, we'll go eat steak, okay?"

However, Zoe bit her lower lip and said, "It has been several hours since you sent the message to
Mommy. If Mommy could come, she would have arrived long ago. Joseph, is it possible that something
happens to Mommy? Why did uncle keep us here?"

Joseph felt a little painful when hearing Zoe's question.

'Why did daddy trick us into coming here?'

Joseph didn't want to think Vincent as a bad person. Even if Vincent had hit him, he still thought that it
was for his own good. But why did Vincent put them under house arrest now?

Moreover, what Zoe said was right. If Mommy could come here, she would have already arrived.
Perhaps something had happened to her.

Joseph was a little anxious and worried when this thought occurred to him.

Lucas was missing, and now Samuel was looking for him. If something really happened to Mommy,
how sad would Lucas and Zoe be? Besides, Joseph didn't want Mommy to get into trouble either.

He thought for a while and said, "Zoe, you pretend to have stomachache to draw those bodyguards in,
and then I'll try to trap them. Afterwards, we take this opportunity to escape and look for Mommy. Is it
okay?"

"Why should I pretend to have stomachache? My stomach doesn't hurt."

Zoe asked innocently as she ate the chocolate.



Joseph patiently explained, "This is just a trick. Only if you pretend to get a tummy ache and scream in
pain will those bodyguards come in. Do you understand?"

"But teachers said that good children couldn't lie."

This left Joseph speechless.

"It's not lying. This is a trick. We do that to leave here."

"This is clearly lying! I'm fine, but you insist on me pretending to have a bellyache. What is this if it's not
lying? We should be a moral person. Joseph, teachers have taught us to be honest."

Joseph really regretted having sent Zoe to kindergarten. Why was she so obedient to her teachers?

"Zoe, do you still want steak?"

"Yes!"

Zoe was obsessed with steak.

Joseph sighed, "Forget what I've said. Now you only need to say that you are hungry and you want
food. Is it okay?"

"OK. I'm indeed hungry!"

Zoe touched her flat belly and pouted.

As Zoe agreed, Joseph couldn't help but smile, "OK. Now you shout that you're hungry and you want
food."

"But what if the people outside hit me? They're so fierce!"



Zoe said timidly.

This stupid question rendered Joseph speechless.

"They don't dare to hit you."

"Why? They arrested us and didn't give us food. How do you know they don't dare to hit me?"

Joseph was frustrated.

"They must have a goal in keeping us here. If they don't achieve their goal, they won't do anything to
us. Besides, it's my daddy who told them to watch over us, so they naturally won't hit us. He is my
daddy, and you're his niece. If they hit us, will my daddy spare them?"

Hearing Joseph's explanation, Zoe finally felt relieved.

"Can we start now?"

"But...."

"Zoe, do you want to see Mommy? Do you want to eat steak?"

Joseph shouted, squashing Zoe's words.

This time, Zoe answered quickly.

"Yes!"

"Then tell them you're hungry!"

Joseph took this chance to guide Zoe.



Zoe immediately opened her mouth and shouted.

"Open the door! I'm hungry. I want to eat steak! Open the door and let me out! I'm so hungry that my
stomach hurts! It really hurts!"

She touched her stomach as she shouted.

Joseph was a little surprised.

"Zoe, didn't you say that you were honest and wouldn't lie? And you even said that your stomach didn't
hurt."

Hearing this, Zoe rolled her eyes at Joseph.

"This is called trick! It's not lying, do you understand?"

Joseph was confused.

Zoe had told him to be honest not long ago.

Besides, she had even argued with him that this was lying rather than playing trick.

It turned out that she was fooling him!

Seeing Joseph staring at her like a fool, Zoe kicked him and said, "Get ready. If they come in fiercely,
what should I do? You have to protect me."

Joseph shook his head and smile bitterly.

Zoe would actually play games with him now.

"Alright. You keep pretending, and I get ready."



Joseph turned around and put a tool in his sleeve to attack those bodyguards later.

They waited and shouted for a long time, but nobody came.

After Zoe shouted herself hoarse, she began to kick the door.

"Open the door! Are you all asleep? I want to eat steak! Let us out! I'm telling you, you're abusing child,
and I can call the police to arrest you! Joseph told me that you were my uncle's subordinates. If you
starve us, my uncle will not let you go."

Joseph got a little surprised at Zoe's remark and her rude behavior.

He always thought that Zoe was an elegant lady, and also a foodie. He never saw her get angry before,
but she actually lost her temper now.

It turned out that she would get ratty if she was hungry.

Joseph was amazed.

Zoe's action didn't attract any attention from outside people. She sat on the floor with frustration and
said, "What should I do? I'm really starving to death. I wasted a lot of my strength to shout. The energy
of that chocolate has completely been consumed."

Joseph felt distressed when seeing Zoe's sad face.

"Get up. The ground is cold. Don't sit on the ground. I'll think of a way. Don't worry, I'll get you some
food."

Zoe used to be a princess, and she had always been in the hospital before. Now that she was in touch
with the outside world only for a few days, she probably hadn't gotten used to it. Joseph felt that he
shouldn't have forced Zoe to think of a way out with him.



He promised Lucas that he would take care of and protect Zoe. Now Zoe was so hungry, but he had no
way to find her food. Joseph felt that he failed as a brother.

"Joseph, I'm so hungry."

Zoe was about to cry, tears welling up in her eyes. Joseph really felt bad for her.

"Wait, I'll go get some food for you."

Joseph said and stood up.

On cue, the door suddenly opened. Then Zoe's eyes lit up, and she jumped up from the ground.


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