Filed To Story: The Plan of Saving Nora Novel Free
Nora: “…”
Louis went on. “Or rob me? Or… Will the bank confiscate the money when they see that I received 15 million dollars for nothing? I won’t wake up tomorrow to see the money gone, right?”
Nora rubbed her temples and continued to drive her jeep. “Since you are so worried, why don’t I inform Joel about it and have him take care of the money for you?”
Her one-liner successfully made Louis sit up straight. “That won’t be necessary. I think I can manage it myself.”
“You aren’t afraid of losing it anymore?”
“No, not anymore!”
Nora could only repeat her question from just now. “What did Trueman say to you?”
Louis began to think.
The Smiths’ genes were relatively good, so everyone in the family was smart. Moreover, the incident had only just happened, so Louis remembered everything. He repeated his conversation with Trueman from beginning to end.
When she heard the part where they were talking about whether Trueman was kidnapping Louis for money or for his looks, Nora’s lip corners couldn’t help but spasm. She found their conversation absolutely meaningless.
However, right at this point, she suddenly heard Louis mention that someone had coughed in the middle of the conversation and that he had reminded the other man to go back on track. She narrowed her eyes.
Nora suddenly looked at Louis. “Someone was coughing?”
At the hotel.
Trueman was smashing things in an exasperated rage. He shouted angrily, “Just who exactly is Q?! Surely it can’t be Nora Smith, right?!” Caleb coughed twice before he sighed and replied, “Perhaps it really is her.” “That’s impossible!” Trueman yelled shrilly, “A normal person can be top-notch in a certain industry, but it is impossible for them to be top-notch in two! Unless they’ve taken our drug!”
But after he said that, he paused and asked incredulously, “You mean…”
“Cough, cough, cough…” Caleb was still coughing violently. “Don’t forget that her mother is Yvette Anderson! Also, when she fled the organization back then, she had taken the organization’s most prized possession with her.”
Trueman was stunned. However, he quickly sneered and said, “That’s true… No wonder she is not interested in the genetic modification drug anymore! It seems that I’ll have to take some other measures!”
At this moment, a cell phone suddenly rang. Trueman picked up the phone and glanced at it. “It’s yours!”
Caleb tapped the answer button, upon which Nora’s familiar voice rang out on the other end. “Hello, Mr. Gray. I wonder if we can meet?”
Caleb lowered his head. “Of course. Cough, cough, cough, cough… You can pick the place.”
Nora selected an address. When she hung up, she looked at Louis and asked, “Was that the voice you heard?” She had gone on speaker mode during the call just now!
Louis nodded and confirmed it. “Yes! I’m very sure that’s the voice!”
The coughing and the deep, mellow voice were simply too distinctive.
Nora’s jaw tensed up and she nodded.
After she sent Louis to the Smiths’ in the jeep, she said to him, “You can go in first. I will go and meet him.” Louis nodded.
Louis got out of the car obediently. When he entered the living room, he saw Justin seated on the sofa. When the latter saw him, he asked hesitantly, “Where is Nora?”
Louis’s hand was pressed against his pocket as he stared at Justin warily. The way he looked at everyone was as if he thought they would steal his money. He replied, “She went on a date!” Justin: “??”
When Nora arrived at the cafe they had agreed to meet at, Caleb was already seated. He was holding a handkerchief and coughing.
There was a glass of water in front of him.
At the sight of Nora, a gentle look appeared on his face and he said, “I’m not in good health, so I can’t drink coffee at night.”
Nora nodded and sat opposite him. “Sorry, I’ll pick a better place next time.” Caleb smiled. His gentle features were as refreshing as a spring breeze. Dressed in a gray suit, the man, who was nearly thirty, exuded a mature charm. He asked, “What can I do for you, Ms. Smith?”
Nora thought for a while and went straight to the point. “Mr. Gray, you know Trueman Yale, right?”
Caleb was taken aback.
Nora leaned forward and stared straight at him. “Can you tell me, what exactly do you people want from me??”
Seemingly because he hadn’t expected that Nora’s senses would actually be so keen that she would outright say that, Caleb was stunned. Then, he subconsciously looked around.
“Don’t worry,” Nora said, “I didn’t inform Captain Ford and the others.”
Caleb was even more surprised when he heard that. Then, he finally regained his senses and let out a wry laugh. “How much of it have you guessed?”
Nora leaned against the chair. “I don’t know why my mother especially chose to go to California after she left New York. Later, I found out that the Grays had already started making a living in California at that time. Therefore, is it correct of me to say that she went to California to propose a partnership-or rather, seek asylum-with the Grays?”
Caleb nodded. “Your mother was a brilliant person. No, the part about seeking asylum is not true. The two families could only be said to be cooperating with each other.”
Nora didn’t expect Caleb to respect her mother so much that he would actually explain.
She nodded. “After my mother passed away, it was because I had a marriage agreement with the Grays that Henry didn’t starve me to death.”
She had actually already been aware of a lot of things when she was a child.
When she was three, there was once where she was simply too hungry. When she went downstairs to look for food, she had heard what Henry said at that time. He had said, “She has a marriage agreement with the Grays after all. The Grays have also approached me several times to tell me to take care of her, so no matter what, we mustn’t let her die.”
One could say that her marriage agreement with the Grays was what had protected her during her childhood. However, Quinn had already gone to look for her at that time, so even if Henry had really been determined to starve her to death, Quinn would not have let her die anyway.
“Yeah, this was an agreement with your mother. We were to ensure that you survive until you come of age.”
Caleb didn’t hide anything. After saying this, he took out a handkerchief, held it over his mouth, and started coughing violently. The coughing fit this time seemed a little hard to quell. It wasn’t until he took a sip of water that he finally managed to suppress it.
Nora fell silent for a moment at this point of the conversation.
In the past, she didn’t have much of an impression of her mother. After all, she had already passed away when she was still a child. The only thing she had an impression of was the audio message that she had left her, and even so, the message had warned her not to be too conspicuous and to be mediocre. Otherwise, she would be in danger.
After that came the audio recording that her mother had left behind which Caleb had let her listen to the other time. It was a conversation between her and Henry when they were making the deal. What she had said at that time was, ‘everything was fine as long as she didn’t starve to death.’
Her words were obviously like those of an irresponsible mother.
But when she thought about it in this instant… Quinn, the Grays, and perhaps also some other things that she wasn’t yet aware of—they had all been arranged by her mother to protect her!
When she thought of it that way, Yvette’s image in her heart suddenly became fleshed out.
Nora calmed herself down and asked, “Was that why the Grays had firmly refused to break off the engagement even when I became pregnant by accident? Was that why they had still insisted that Anthony marry me?” Caleb nodded. “Yes. We had already promised your mother, so we couldn’t breach the agreement just because of that.”
Nora frowned.
She then asked, “Then how did I get
pregnant?”
When Caleb heard this, he sighed. “I really don’t know about that. Your pregnancy was something that I totally hadn’t expected. Otherwise, Anthony would never dare to go against my orders and abandon the marriage agreement, resulting in the current awkward situation.”
Nora was a little taken aback. “So, the agreement between my mother and the Grays was that I would marry into the Grays… And then she will give you something after that?”
Caleb nodded.
Nora finally got it. “No wonder Anthony only asked for the company that my mother had left behind after he broke off our engagement. But I’ve already checked the company—there’s nothing in there! I’ve also asked some of the old-timers there. None of them know anything about what my mother may have left behind. So, what exactly are you guys after?”
Caleb was a little surprised to hear this. “She didn’t leave anything behind?”
Nora nodded. “Or at least, I haven’t found anything even as of now.”
This was a fair conversation. Since Caleb had told her about the past, Nora should also be truthful with him.
Caleb frowned. Then, he heaved a huge sigh. “I’m afraid he’s not going to believe it.”
“Trueman?” asked Nora.
“Yeah.”