Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
“Yes, Mr. Quarles.” As Ethan took a deep breath, the bright white snow reflected on his handsome face, making his calm and composed demeanor stand out. “Mr. Quarles, there’s a natural cave entrance on the back mountain. We can enter from there, but we aren’t entirely sure if it’s safe. We dare not go in recklessly.”
Ethan, who had many years worth of exploration experience, was perhaps more qualified than the engineers here. He turned to his assistant, Jacques, and ordered, “Jacques, please get me a set of equipment.”
Jacques’ face paled with fear. “Mr. Ethan, you can’t go in there.”
“It’s urgent. We can’t afford to worry about everything now. There are over twenty lives in there waiting for me to rescue them.” Ethan only made this decision after careful consideration. “But-”
“No buts. Hurry, Ethan instructed in a low voice. Reluctantly, Jacques and one of the bodyguards went to retrieve the expedition. equipment. Meanwhile, the chief engineer, King, took the opportunity to advise Ethan, “Mr. Quarles, you don’t have to walk into danger yourself. Please let the rescue team handle the rescue mission. You are too important to do something like this.”
“I have eight years of experience in exploration. I am more capable of handling unexpected events than anyone here. I’m going in, Ethan insisted. King felt deeply moved when he heard that. This was the most humane employer he had ever worked for.
“In that case, please be careful, Mr. Quarles. I will oversee the rescue on land.” Jacques soon brought two sets of equipment over, to which Ethan frowned after examining them. “You’re going in too?”
“Wherever you are, I’ll be there, Mr. Quarles.” Jacques huffed, “I can’t leave you alone.” Ethan, however, spoke in all seriousness. ‘You don’t have the experience in this. You can’t go in. Stay here.”
Jacques was sullen after hearing that.. However, the bodyguard beside him took the equipment out of his hands. “I will go with Mr. Quarles.”
Six other bodyguards behind him had already prepared their equipment. They were Ethan’s accompanying team. When two men hiding not far away watched as Ethan prepared to go in for the rescue, they exchanged glances with a hint of delight in their eyes.
They had finally waited for the perfect opportunity. Ethan would personally participate in the rescue mission for the disaster that was actually the two men’s doing. They had installed a powerful explosive at the entrance of the cave, causing it to collapse..
Their initial plan was to draw the main forces of the base to this location so that it would be easier for them to assassinate Ethan if he remained in the base. They hadn’t anticipated that Ethan would personally participate in the rescue.
Even though Jacques was worried, he knew he couldn’t persuade Ethan. He could only step forward and remind, ‘Mr. Ethan, please be careful. You must come out immediately if it gets dangerous.”
“I know,” Ethan replied. He was aware that this rescue mission carried risks, but there were over twenty workers still trapped underground. He wanted to help as long as he could be of assistance.
Over twenty people set off from the rear cave entrance for the rescue. They took the lead and entered the cave, while Ethan, accompanied by the six bodyguards, descended into the cavern using a suspension rope.
The main rescue efforts were focused in front. At the cave entrance, four engineers and two assistants remained on guard. They had set up a communication station to maintain contact with the people inside the cave.
However, four men suddenly approached the six of them 15 minutes later. Just as the latter were about to question their identities, silenced bullets instantly took their lives. “Get in,” the leader of the men commanded. “Our target is Ethan Quarles. Kill him.”
Subsequently, more than ten people equipped with ropes emerged and leaped down the cave, This was both a rescue mission and a murder plot
The personnel in front only noticed the dead staff when they arrived at the signal center half an hour later. They immediately reported the incident to King, who was the chief commander. “What did you say? They’ve all been killed? By whom?”
“There are some footprints at the scene, and these footprints disappear at the entrance of the cave. Chief Commander, these people have also gone underground. Surely they are not. targeting Mr. Quarles?!”
King’s face turned grave. These people were most likely the ones they had detected through the external signals the previous night. He instantly realized that they might be responsible for this disaster. Not only that, Ethan was their target.
“Quick… Quickly contact the nearest rescue team and request immediate reinforcements. We’ve come in contact with enemy forces,” King urgently commanded. It seemed that relying solely on the base’s rescue efforts was no longer sufficient; they needed to deploy more rescue personnel.
His greatest concern was Ethan’s safety. Since he hadn’t had a chance to learn about everything that had transpired, it was too dangerous for him to be inside the cave at this moment.
Suddenly, a loud explosion as if something had detonated underneath came from underground. The terrifying tremors proceeded to knock King to the ground. He crawled on the floor and shouted in distress, “The president is in danger!”
All rescue operations immediately came to a halt. But strangely enough, due to the earthquake-like tremor, some rocks blocking the cave entrance rolled away, revealing a passageway.
“Chief Commander, good news! The earthquake just now opened up the cave entrance. We only need to wait a little longer before we can go down and rescue them.”
“Quick, prepare yourselves to go in for the rescue,” King instructed. He then grabbed someone next to him. “Assign four people to me. I’m going to the back mountain to take a look.”
After reaching the back mountain, King was left dumbfounded. The cave entrance, which had been smooth just moments ago, was now completely blocked by the snow that had fallen from above. The entrance was nowhere to be seen.
“Mr. Quarles!” Startled, King fell to his knees with his hands covering his face, his mind blank. He was at a loss for what to do in this situation. He didn’t even have a rescue plan, and he had no idea about the situation or if there had been a collapse below. How were the people trapped inside supposed to survive?
“Mr. Ethan! Mr. Ethan!” Jacques ran over from behind. His eyes nearly popped out, and he almost fainted from shock when he saw the situation in front of him.
“How could this happen? King, you have to save Mr. Ethan!” he shouted at King, who was standing there as a feeling of helplessness filled him.
Half an hour later, the more than twenty trapped miners in the mine were rescued, none of them with serious injuries. Meanwhile, a large-scale rescue team had been contacted to conduct a land rescue for Ethan and his group.
King was anxiously wiping away his cold sweat, while Jacques held his phone, taking deep breaths but hesitated to call the Quarles Family. The plight before their eyes was too despairing.
The entire cave entrance was buried deep in snow, and even if they wanted to dig through it, it was already beyond the best time to rescue the people underneath. Moreover, they had no idea about the condition inside the cave. Now that there had been an earthquake and an avalanche outside, no one could imagine what was happening inside the cave.
“Mr. Ethan must be alive. He must be alive,” Jacques repeatedly reassured himself. King soon turned to him. “Jacques, quickly contact the people from the Quarles Family. We must let them know about the current situation.”
“But…how can I contact them? We don’t even know if Mr. Ethan is safe or not. We will only give his family a fright.” “Jacques, calm down. We need someone from the Quarles Family to come here.” King shook Jacques by the arms forcefully. He knew that neither of them could shoulder this responsibility.
“O-Okay. I will call Mr. Edward right away.” After saying that, Jacques walked in a certain direction and dialed Edward’s number with trembling hands after distancing himself a bit.
“Jacques! Did something happen?” A dignified elderly male voice rang out from the other end of the call. “B-Bad news, Mr. Edward. Mr. Ethan is in trouble!” Jack stammered
“What? What happened to Eeth?” “After Mr. Ethan went into the cave, there was a sudden earthquake and avalanche. The cave entrance was buried, and he was trapped inside. We have no news from him so far.”
“What?” Edward’s voice trembled with worry. “Why did he go into the cave?” “It’s a complicated situation. At first, there was a collapse in the mine, and then the workers discovered a natural cave that likely connects to the mine at the back of the mountain. Mr. Ethan then went down with a rescue team, but then the earthquake struck.”
“I’m coming right away,” Edward said firmly. As Jacques panted heavily, he suddenly heard a message notification from Ethan’s phone. As it was Ethan’s work phone, Jacques had the authorization to check it. He took a look at it and saw a message greeting Ethan.
‘I miss you. What are you up to?’ It was from Josephine. Jacques sighed. Even though he didn’t have much contact with her, he knew that she was the woman who had Ethan’s heart.
He didn’t reply to the message, but Josephine soon sent another one, saying, ‘You promised to take pictures of the aurora for me. When are you going to take them? I’m waiting! Is the signal weak again? Josephine continued. Reply to my message when the connection gets better. I miss you!
Jacques struggled with whether or not to tell her about Ethan’s current situation. After a few seconds of mulling over it, he believed that Josephine needed to know. Ethan and Josephine might never have had a chance to see each other again if Jacques didn’t tell her.
With a profound sense of despair, he replied to Josephine’s messages. ‘Miss Jacobson, something just happened to Mr. Ethan. He is trapped in a cave. I will inform you immediately if there are any updates. I am his assistant Jacques.”
After sending the message, he ran in the rescue team’s direction. At the same time in the country, Josephine went to attend a meeting after sending the message to Ethan because she knew that the man couldn’t reply to her immediately due to poor signal.
The meeting lasted for an hour and a half, and when she returned to her seat, she had just regained her composure when she remembered to check for Ethan’s reply. For her, seeing Ethan’s replies was the one happy thing. she anticipated the most..
As expected, she saw a message when she checked her phone. She couldn’t help but smile. I knew he replied to me, she thought while. reaching out and clicking into the message and reading it carefully.
Her mind went blank for a few seconds then, and she felt as though her soul had been sucked out of her body. Her eyes were fixated on the message as she repeatedly read the message.
“Ethan.” She only seemed to find her voice after she took a deep breath. Something happened to Ethan! No! No, that will never happen. Feeling faint, she stumbled and held onto the desk to prevent herself from falling to the ground.
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