The Long Road to Love: The Capable CEO Dad-Chapter 434: He Hasn’t Come Home for Two Days

Chapter 434: Chapter 434: He Hasn’t Come Home for Two Days

Hugo Quinn’s gaze softened instantly, then he turned to look at Ashley Dawson. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Faced with his gaze, Ashley shrank back slightly, unconsciously moving her body backward.

She truly felt some fear towards this man; Hugo was too powerful.

"Lan Yancy, lock her up, and once Eleanor Hollis wakes up, I’ll thoroughly question her about this matter."

Lan Yancy nodded; heaven knew that when that item around Ashley’s neck was revealed, he was scared witless. Just thinking about Miss Hollis betraying the president with another man chilled his heart and made him even more worried the president might do something crazy.

Luckily, that woman wasn’t Miss Hollis.

Ashley said nothing, knowing it was futile to speak at this moment; she could only wait for Eleanor to wake up.

Hugo held Eleanor Hollis, noting she slept soundly. Sighing helplessly, he thought he had only been overseas for a few days, yet she was always a worry. He indeed should keep her under his watch.

Unaware of all that had happened, Eleanor woke to see the ceiling, realizing she was home, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Awake?"

Hugo cuddled her and kissed her cheek.

Eleanor nearly fell out of bed; she felt she was missing a part of her memory. Wasn’t this person supposed to be overseas? Moreover, she had just gotten into a car when she was knocked unconscious. Could this not be Hugo?

Did Ashley Dawson deliberately send a man to deceive her, trying to drive a wedge between her and Hugo?

Eleanor’s mind was swirling with thoughts, and her expression grew heavier and heavier.

Hugo saw her deep in thought and chuckled, reaching out to rub her head.

"Being so alert is a good thing, but Eleanor Hollis, shouldn’t you explain what’s going on with your twin sister? She’s done quite a few things using your identity over the past few days."

Suddenly, Eleanor lifted her head and examined Hugo up and down.

"Did you, did you ever...?"

The fact that Ashley was impersonating her was surely a scheme to have Hugo father a child with her. The elder once demanded that the child’s father must be exceptional, and Hugo was such a man.

"No."

Hugo caught her hand and brought it to his lips for a kiss.

"I know you well. Although I didn’t suspect initially, when I saw the kiss mark on her neck, I knew it wasn’t you. The real Eleanor Hollis would never betray me."

Eleanor breathed a sigh of relief, holding back tears.

"That’s good; that’s good. Honey, I didn’t intentionally hide the Dawson Family’s affairs from you. I planned to tell you once you returned to the country, but I didn’t expect Ashley Dawson to act first."

Next, she explained the Dawson Family’s plan to Hugo in detail, without holding anything back.

Hugo raised an eyebrow, concluding that those assassins thwarted abroad were indeed orchestrated by the Dawson Family?

He had a vague impression of the Dawson Family, mostly from stories passed down by the older generation. The Dawson Family was once the most powerful family in Serenford but seemed cursed—women marrying into the family or daughters of the Dawson Family couldn’t bear sons. Likely facing extinction, the elder had resorted to such means.

"Ashley Dawson is still detained. How do you plan to handle her?"

He asked Eleanor, while handing her a coat.

"Let her go, honey. The elder forbade mutual destruction among us. We can employ minor tactics, but if we threaten each other’s lives, it’s seen as an automatic renunciation of rights. Since you say the Dawson Family is a prime cut of meat, I’ll surely seize it. That way, I won’t have to worry should anyone come after you."

Eleanor’s eyes shone with determination. Hugo had mentioned the Dawson Family had resolved several issues for him, enabling his swift return.

Since the Dawson Family wielded such power, she had to seize it. If Ashley became the head of the Dawson Family, life for her and Hugo wouldn’t be easy.

"Alright, I’ll have Lan Yancy release her."

Hugo’s lips curled into a smile as he descended the stairs to instruct Lan Yancy to release Ashley.

Lan Yancy, still puzzled, obediently went to the place where Ashley was detained.

It was Ashley’s most humiliating moment; leaving the room, she got into a car and left, almost gritting her teeth to pieces along the way.

Now that Hugo had returned, he probably knew the Dawson Family’s plan too. He was likely busy making a child with Eleanor Hollis—Eleanor’s body was tough to suspect, but not impossible to bear a child.

She felt a crisis looming; she must immediately find an excellent man and get pregnant.

Ashley then closely examined the information, eventually focusing on Evan Yancy’s profile. Evan met the criteria, and he had been frequenting bars, drinking himself into oblivion, providing a prime opportunity for her to strike.

Ashley’s lips curled into a smile, resolving to deal with Eleanor Hollis after she became the family head.

The elder granted only one and a half years; missing the chance to bear Hugo’s child, she couldn’t waste time on battles of wit and courage with Eleanor.

Having a son soon was paramount.

In the evening, the nightclub’s music blared.

Ashley lifted the curtain and, sure enough, found Evan Yancy in the corner.

Evan was drinking alone, and it was said he had been like this for some time.

Ashley sighed in relief—a drunk was easy to handle.

Unluckily, tonight Eleanor Hollis and Gloria Galloway were also present.

Gloria was upset; Eleanor accompanied her for a drink.

"Gloria, don’t drink too much, or Julian Sterling will nag you when you return home."

After all, they weren’t single anymore; Gloria was married.

Gloria’s eyes reflected a hint of sadness—Julian hadn’t been home for two days, claiming he was filming, but the set was in Serenford. She was almost certain he was avoiding her.

As if she were some beast of prey.

"Eleanor, do you think marrying Julian Sterling was an absurd mistake?"

How could two bodies so close make their souls drift so far apart?

Her eyes reddened, lifting her head in adversity, fearing the tears might fall.

Eleanor remained silent; she had opposed Gloria and Julian’s marriage from the start, but Gloria was misguidedly convinced she had found true love.

"Did you see the news of Julian kissing the popular diva?"

The diva was his co-star recently, and the news broke just yesterday—hanging in the trending topics for a long time.

The man so passionately kissing another woman was indeed Julian Sterling. He rarely kissed her, always straight to the point.

Yet now, he could be so intimate with another woman.

"When did this happen?"

Eleanor, having been comatose the past two days, just awoke today and faced quite a tumult with Hugo, leaving her no time to catch up on gossip news.

"Yesterday, apparently. He’s been absent for two days."

Gloria spoke with a tinge of self-mockery.