After Divorce: Remarried to a Tycoon with Twin Babies-Chapter 109: Escape! Vivian Is Handcuffed!

Vivian half-turned to look at Elias.

"The tragedy of Catherine and me being swapped, the one who should take responsibility has never been me."

"I would rather have grown up in an orphanage myself."

"Then I wouldn’t be coerced by your morals and feel utterly unforgivable."

After speaking, Vivian went into the building without looking back.

Elias stood downstairs for a long time.

He smoked several cigarettes one after another before leaving.

Vivian only took out her phone after watching him walk away.

She called Catherine several times, but no one answered.

Vivian recalled what Elias said, that Catherine had undergone severe trauma... Although she was never at fault, Vivian was still somewhat worried about Catherine.

Because in the entire Sinclair Family, only the two of them understood each other’s situation.

Vivian still decided to visit the Sinclair Family.

However, just as she was about to go downstairs, the concierge called out to her: "Miss Sinclair, there’s a bouquet for you."

Flowers again?

Last time it was daisies, this time it was a large bouquet of white roses, representing purity and nobility.

Vivian picked up the card with curiosity: Vivian, may you always be beautiful—Crawford.

Sure enough, it’s that Crawford again!

Seeing this surname, Vivian felt a surge of annoyance in her heart.

A mysterious peeper who doesn’t even dare to reveal his true identity!

"Miss Sinclair, do you need us to help you take the flowers upstairs?"

Vivian: "No need. Please throw them away for me."

Regardless of who it might be, Vivian only wanted to keep her distance.

However, this also made her alert.

This Crawford, who on earth could he be?

She was afraid this person might become a problem, and she certainly didn’t like someone secretly paying attention to her like this, so Vivian contacted Tina.

"Senpai, I might need Officer Rivers’ help with something here."

Tina gave Vivian Evan Rivers’ contact information, and after successfully becoming friends, Vivian sent him a picture of the card from the flower bouquet.

"Officer Rivers, I’ve checked this card, it’s from a flower shop in the north of the city."

"Could you find out the identity of the person who ordered the flowers for me based on this flower shop’s information?"

Evan Rivers was very courteous to Vivian, "I’ll investigate this matter."

With the police involved, Vivian could temporarily put this matter aside.

When she arrived at the Sinclair Family estate, just after parking her car under the wall outside the gate, a shadow suddenly jumped down in front of her.

Vivian looked closely, wasn’t this person exactly who she was looking for—Catherine?

"Quick, the young mistress has run away!"

Voices in panicked disarray echoed from the courtyard, and Catherine scrambled up from the ground. Seeing the person sitting in the still-lit car ahead was Vivian, she excitedly rushed over.

"Quick, open the door!"

Vivian quickly hit the unlock button, and Catherine sat in the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt: "Go, quickly go!"

Vivian barely hesitated before flooring the gas pedal.

By the time Elias personally led people to chase them, all he saw was the already disappearing tail light, unable to clearly see the license plate.

Elias’ face completely sank into shadow: "Great!"

"Both of you are determined to flee the Sinclair Family, are you impossible to keep?"

"Search the surveillance, find that car that helped the young mistress escape for me!"

"Search the city thoroughly to find them!"

Very soon, the surveillance clearly showed the person aiding Catherine.

Elias was silent for a long instant when he saw Vivian’s face.

The subordinates nervously asked: "Y-Young Master, s-should we still search?"

Elias probably hadn’t expected Vivian to say such ruthless words, yet still appearing outside the Sinclair Family estate.

Not sure if she encountered Catherine escaping over the wall by chance or if it was planned between the two.

"Search!"

Vivian ensured there were no cars following before slowing down.

Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, Catherine grabbed her and asked: "I’m so hungry, can we eat something first?"

"I have no money or phone, I’m completely relying on you!"

Vivian: ...

If she hadn’t come today, wouldn’t she have left home ’empty-handed’?

"What do you want to eat? I’ll take you."

Catherine glanced around, quickly thought of an idea, and snapped her fingers: "Got it."

They arrived at the busiest street in the city.

The street was packed with people, and Vivian walked carefully.

Seeing Vivian’s discomforted look, Catherine quickly looked back and grabbed her hand: "Follow me."

Catherine moved skillfully through the crowd, soon arriving at a roadside skewer shop with tables and chairs set up.

"Boss, order food!"

The landlady warmly came out, her eyes brightened upon seeing Catherine: "Oh my, little Catherine, is it really you? It’s been so long since you came."

"Quick, sit down. This... Is this your friend? Truly a stunning beauty."

Catherine: "Yes, landlady. This is my sister, isn’t she indeed beautiful? Quite on par with me, right?"

The landlady cheerfully said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, aren’t you two just a pair of twin flowers?"

After receiving the menu, Vivian raised her eyebrows to question Catherine: "Sister?"

Catherine, with a look of expected certainty: "I was born a few hours earlier than you, shouldn’t that count as being the older sister?"

Vivian: Alright.

When the cooked skewers were served, Catherine eagerly began eating.

Seeing Vivian’s slow movements, she took a moment to ask: "Never eaten? Unaccustomed?"

"Actually, these hole-in-the-wall food stalls are really tasty, why don’t you try?"

"If you really don’t want to eat, don’t force yourself. Next time, I’ll take you to a cleaner place..."

Before Catherine could finish her sentence, she saw Vivian grab a large bunch of skewers and put them all into her bowl.

"The flavor is really good."

Vivian indeed hadn’t tried much of these roadside eateries before.

Nor had she ever experienced eating so close together with a group of people on the street.

So the grease on the table in front of her made her very uncomfortable.

The noisy environment also made her uneasy.

But she bravely tried it and thought to herself: If she hadn’t exchanged lives with Catherine, this should originally have been an experience she was meant to have, right?

Catherine saw that Vivian indeed wasn’t showing any resistance and started eating heartily.

"Oh my, this is the food I miss the most."

"Every day eating those nutritious meals at the Sinclair Family, I’ve almost lost ten pounds from hunger."

"God knows how hard those exquisite dishes are to swallow."

"This is the taste of genuine street food."

Catherine was almost crying.

Vivian smiled slightly: "The Sinclair Family’s meals have indeed always been quite bland."

"I heard you went on a hunger strike for three days, surely not because the Sinclair Family’s food was bad?"

Catherine paused: "Of course not."

"Eh? You happen to be going back to the Sinclair Family today, is it because of me?"

Vivian nodded: "I did come back to see you. Because I heard that you’ve been hungry for days, so I was a bit worried about you."

"When you didn’t answer your phone, I had to come back to the Sinclair Family."

There was a hint of surprise and emotion in Catherine’s eyes, "I didn’t expect you to be the one most concerned about me."

Vivian: "They... don’t care about you?"

"No, that shouldn’t be it. Otherwise, Elias wouldn’t have personally come to tell me about your situation."

Catherine gave a bitter smile: "How do you know he doesn’t really miss you?"

"They are very conflicted."

"On one hand, they crazily want to make it up to me, so they show it by being hurtful and cold to you."

"But in reality, they miss you very much too."

"I’ve heard Mom call out your name many times in her dreams."

"Dad sometimes even calls me by your name."

"Even Elias... you think he’s the most heartless one, right? But actually, he’s snuck into your room many times and doesn’t allow anyone else to touch anything inside."

Vivian couldn’t believe it, would they do such things?

Catherine looked at Vivian’s face full of disbelief, shaking her head: "That is them."

"Perhaps they don’t want to admit that the person they care about most is still you, so they handle their longing for you with a tougher and more ruthless attitude."

"The sad part is, while pretending to love me dearly, they compare me to you at every turn."

"In the end, they haven’t treated either daughter well, it’s truly a failure!"

Vivian didn’t know what to say.

Catherine turned to comfort her: "You don’t need to carry extra burdens or have unnecessary thoughts."

"This is their problem, not yours or mine."

Vivian genuinely admired Catherine for being so open-minded.

"How did you manage it?"

Catherine wiped her mouth, "I had no choice, I’ve seen enough of the world’s warmth and coldness since I was little."

"In fact, when I first returned home... I did have hopes and expectations for them, but now they’re almost all exhausted."

Vivian felt a complex emotion in her heart.

It was a pity for Catherine, who had endured so much suffering from a young age, and also guilt for herself having taken over Catherine’s life of privilege.

"So... why did you go on a hunger strike? And why have you reached the point of running away?"

"If you hadn’t run into me, what were you planning to do without money or a phone?"

Catherine, already full, stood up and stretched lazily, looking like she had regained quite a bit of strength.

"If I hadn’t met you to pick me up, I would just walk back to the orphanage."

"The world is vast, is there any place that couldn’t take me in?"

"That’s much better than staying at the Sinclair Family and being forced to marry into the Holloway Family!"

At this point, Vivian understood why Catherine rebelled against them.

She was actually being forced into a marriage alliance!?

"The Holloway Family? Is it Harvey Holloway?"

Catherine was furious: "Yes, that conceited prodigal son!"

"And how long have I been back at the Sinclair Family? They are already so eager to treat me as a commodity exchanged for benefits. How much sincerity can they really have towards me?"

"Since even a hunger strike can’t change their decision, then I’ll just leave the Sinclair Family."

"Anyway, I’ve seen through it all."

Vivian: ...

Catherine was indeed a very independent and clear-headed person, and Vivian found herself liking her more and more.

The two walked back together, and before they reached the parked car, Vivian noticed something was wrong.

She pulled Catherine and hid at the corner, looking at those figures lingering near their car: "They’re from the Sinclair Family."

Sure enough, across the street, Vivian saw Elias’s car.

Elias had come looking for them so quickly.

They couldn’t retrieve the car, so Vivian and Catherine hailed a taxi and quickly left the night market.

Vivian planned to take Catherine back to her own place to rest for the night, and deal with everything else the next day.

However, just when they arrived downstairs, they were suddenly surrounded by several police officers.

"Miss Sinclair, we suspect that you are involved in the kidnapping case of Mrs. Autumn Chamberlain from the Grant Family, and we are now legally summoning you to the police station for investigation and questioning. Please cooperate."

With that, a pair of cold handcuffs were placed on Vivian’s wrists.