Cathe gasped in disbelief. “Did you say Adam came to rescue Celine and took her away?”

When they brought Larry back, everything was meticulously planned. Everything was supposed to go well, but Adam had foiled their plans. He had rescued Celine and taken her away.

All the joy they had felt previously was completely gone. Carly was saddened yesterday, mindful of Adam not answering her phone calls last night. Was he with Celine the entire night?

“You have to save me, Mrs. Tate! Mr. Alvarez locked me up. I escaped on my own. If he catches me again, it’s over for me!” Larry was still fearful of Adam. He wanted Lucy to save him.

Of course, Lucy had to save Larry. He was her trump card. She simply couldn’t allow her trump card to be discarded.

“What are we going to do now, Mom?” Carly asked.

Hayden was displeased. Lucy had finally done something that had appeased him, but it had gone wrong again. “What do you think, Larry?”

Lucy looked at Hayden and said, “Please don’t get angry yet, honey. This isn’t over yet.”

Carly’s eyes brightened. “Have you got a good idea, Mom?”

“Carly, give Benjamin a call. He usually likes you a lot and is very obedient to you, right? It’s time we put him to good use.” Benjamin really liked Carly and had always honored her as Adam’s wife.

Carly nodded. “Okay, I’ll call Benjamin right now.”

Thirty minutes later, Benjamin arrived at Tate Manor in a rush. “Lucy, why did you ask me to come over in such a hurry?”

Lucy held onto Benjamin. “I’ll introduce you to someone, Benjamin.”

Larry plopped to the ground and knelt before Benjamin. “You have to save me, Mr. Goodwin!”

Benjamin was confused. “Aren’t you Celine’s adoptive father? What’s going on?”

Larry burst into tears. “Celine has despised me since I came from the village, Mr. Goodwin. She thinks I brought her shame and refuses to acknowledge me. She even sent people to beat me up. Look, all these injuries are because of her. She wants me dead.”

Lucy sighed. “I didn’t think Celine would be so despicable.”

Benjamin was enraged. “Celine is a fucking mess! How could she even bear to beat her adoptive father up like this?”

“Benjamin, are we really going to just sit back and watch Celine continue her wretched ways?”

“What do you say we do, Mrs. Tate?”

“Let’s organize a press conference, Benjamin. Can you gather all the mainstream media in Mercity? We’ll expose her true colors to the world,” Lucy suggested.

Benjamin nodded. “Sure, I’ll do it right now. I have to show Adam and Nate who Celine truly is.”

Carly and Lucy shared a knowing look and smiled. They knew that Celine would never make public her past of being molested by Larry. Once a girl was labeled a victim, her dignity would be destroyed. They just needed to hold onto Celine’s weakness, and they would be able to control her for the rest of her life using Larry. They could ensure she lived in darkness forever.

They were excited to see how Celine would react to the press conference.

Lucy looked at Carly and said, “Carly, Benjamin is really good to you. You have to hold onto him.”

Carly smiled and replied, “Don’t worry, Mom. Benjamin loathes Celine. He’s our best weapon.” (The previous sentence was awkwardly phrased and implied manipulation; this version is cleaner.)

In the CEO’s office of the Alvarez Group, Adam had already returned with Celine for a business meeting. He brought Celine to his office directly. Leo suddenly walked in hurriedly. “Bad news, Mr. Alvarez. Larry has escaped.”