Ethan held his breath. He wanted to know whether Kylie was under any threat from her tone.

Kylie waited for a while but heard no sound. "Are you sure someone wants to talk to me?" She turned to ask Tory.

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"What? Is he shy?" Tory took the phone again. "I didn't expect you to be a coward." He sounded as arrogant as usual.

He thought Ethan would argue against him, but Ethan directly said, "Meet me at the dock of Seattle at 7:30 pm. I want to see Kylie in person, or..."

Ethan glanced at Ben, whose face was full of anticipation, then hung up on Tory.

Tory looked at Kylie. He made a hand gesture to tell her to enjoy her coffee, then turned around to face the ocean himself.

He looked serious and seemed to be planning something. After a long while, he went to sit across Kylie. "Your 3-day break is over, I think."

Kylie warmed her hands up, holding the cup of coffee. "Can I leave now?"

"I never have forced you to stay." Tory smiled.

"How about Dinah?" Kylie asked.

"It takes a while for her to recover, and I think she better stay here," Tory said. Kylie understood Tory needed to hold Dinah hostage.

Although Tory wasn't their ally, Kylie believed he wouldn't hurt Dinah. In addition, she missed Ethan so much after being apart from him for days.

"I'll do my best to help you, and I also hope you can take good care of Dinah." Kylie reached out one hand across the table.

Tory looked at Kylie's hand. He smiled and held her hand.

Her hand was still warm, and Tory's heart lost a beat.

"You're the best girl I've ever seen," Tory said.

"You're the strangest man I've ever seen," Kylie said, then drew her hand back. "Can I leave now?"

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Ben complained, rubbing his belly when it was just a little past 7 pm. "Mother Kylie's husband, I'm hungry."

"Shut up," Ethan snapped at him, fixing his eyes on passing cars at the dock.

Ben pouted in annoyance and kicked the back of Ethan's seat. "How can you be so terrible to a kid? You're a bad guy!"

Ethan glanced at him, then knocked on his head.

"Ouch! How can you hit me? I'll call Mother Kylie!" Ben raised his voice.

Ethan coldly looked at him, seeing him dialing Kylie's phone number.

"Mother Kylie, your husband is a bad guy! He just hit me and refused to feed me!" Ben told Kylie.

Ethan had failed to get through to Kylie ever since she was lost, so he thought Ben was just acting.

"Yeah, he is your husband. I'm sure it is he," Ben said with certainty. After listening to the phone for a while, Ben asked Ethan, "Where are we now?"

"The dock of Seattle," Ethan snorted.

"The dock of Seattle," Ben repeated. "Mother Kylie, when can you be here? Oh, OK, here!" Ben handed his phone to Ethan. Ethan pulled his lips and used two fingers to pinch Ben's mini phone. "What?"

"Ethan?" Kylie couldn't believe it was Ethan's voice.

Ethan was struck dumb for a second, then quickly checked the phone number. "Kylie? Where are you?" He got nervous.

"Me? I'm home now. Ethan, what happened to your voice? What are you doing at the dock? Why are you with Ben now?" Kylie bombarded him with questions.

"Wait for a second, and I'll be there to meet you right away," Kylie added.

"No, I'll be right home," Ethan said, then threw the phone back to Ben.

Ben picked up his phone. When he was about to say something again, he found the call was already hung up.

The second they entered the Finch family's house, Ethan left Ben behind and ran into the living room without delay.

Kylie also strode to the door when she heard the sound of a car engine, and Ethan pressed her to his chest the next second.

"Kylie, Kylie..." Ethan hugged her tight and kissed her hair again and again.

"What happened to your voice?" Kylie's heart ached for him. When her hand just touched his back, he moaned in pain. "Are you injured?" Kylie frowned. "Did Clown hurt you?"

Ethan grabbed Kylie's hand to kiss it. It took a long while for him to calm down, and his sight fell on Kylie's belly at the end.

Kylie understood what he was thinking and covered her stomach with his big palm. "Don't worry, and we're safe and fine."

A touch of happiness flashed by Ethan's eyes, but he soon looked displeased. "Whose blood is on the delivery bed?"

"Dinah's." Kylie compressed her lips. "Stephen conducted abortion to her in person." She leaned on Ethan's chest and felt like crying. "I know you always want to catch the Clown, but you must take care of yourself at the same time. Don't worry me, alright?"

"No!" Ben squeezed into the middle of them all of a sudden, but Ethan pushed him away. "Your husband kidnapped me!"

Kylie glanced at Ben, then Ethan. "Really?"

"Yeah." Ethan nodded.

Kylie bit her lips for a while, then said, "No wonder why Tory was willing to let me go. You used Ben to threaten him, but it works."

"Did he make it difficult for you?" Ethan held Kylie's hand walking to the sofa and covered her waist with another hand.

"No, he is very kind to me and found Dinah the best doctor." Kylie sat on the sofa and waved her hand at Ben to tell him to come over.

Ben wants to sit by Kylie's side, but Ethan gave him a cold glance, so he had to sit at the opposite big sofa.

"Where is Dinah now?" Ethan asked.

"Um." Kylie thought for a while before she said, "Dinah's very weak, and it isn't convenient for her to move now."

"Did you have a deal with Tory?" Ethan stared at her face. It was impossible to keep it a secret from Ethan.

However, she knew how dangerous it was, so she decided not to tell Ethan yet.

"What deal can I have with him? I'm pregnant." Kylie acted cute before Ethan, trying to distract him.

"You can also seduce him even though you're pregnant." Ethan could easily see through Kylie.

Right when Kylie felt cornered, Ben complained again. "Couldn't you stop being so lovey-dovey for a moment? I'm starving."