Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 266

Christopher tapped on the “answer call” button. Just as he placed his phone near his ear, he heard Layla’s scratchy voice choking out, “Christopher, something happened to Ken.”

The moment Layla got off the phone; she received a call all the way from Nardor. The caller explained to her that Kendrick was involved in a car accident. The car that he was riding in had fallen into a river valley, but it was unknown if Kendrick was dead or alive. However, the rescuers in Nardor were able to retrieve the bodies of those who were in the same car as Kendrick from the valley.

Even if the rescuers hadn’t found Kendrick, the other three people who were in the car with him were unable to escape from death. Also, they died in a very gruesome manner, which meant Kendrick had an extremely low chance of surviving the crash.

When Layla first found out about the news, she instinctively refused to believe it. After taking a few minutes to process the news, she inquired about the situation in Nardor carefully. It was said that a person in charge from Nardor was supposed to inspect the base together with the people that Kendrick brought with him.

There were two cars in total. The person in charge from Nardor occupied the car that led the way. However, Kendrick’s car was unable to catch up with the first car for some reason. The person in charge from Nardor originally thought that Kendrick’s car got delayed due to some unfinished business. After waiting for a while, the person in charge had yet to see Kendrick’s car arriving at the site. At the same time, no one was able to get in contact with him.

Hence, the occupants of the first car decided to go through the same route to search for Kendrick’s car. They discovered a set of tire tracks near the cliff belonging to a jagged and bumpy section of the road.

The tire tracks were fresh, and they matched the tires belonging to Kendrick’s car.

The person in charge of Nardor knew that something must have gone wrong, so he contacted the police and the rescuers immediately. Soon, they were able to locate the wreckage of a car as well as the body of a local driver at the bottom of the valley.

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The search and rescue lasted for another couple of hours. They managed to locate the bodies belonging to Kendrick’s assistant and Dylan, who had flown to Nardor with the group. Their bodies were as battered and disfigured as the driver that was found in the wreckage.

However, the rescuers were unable to locate Kendrick at all.

According to the rescuers of Nardor, the country was going through a rainy season at the moment, causing the river currents to be extraordinarily powerful and swift. There was a chance that Kendrick got swept away by the currents.

The terrain in which the accident had occurred was winded and complicated, not to mention that the river was narrow and deep. It was very difficult to perform search and rescue in that area. As a result, the process was extremely slow. The bottom of the river was slightly wider, but many large carnivorous predators roamed around that area.

That was why the chances of finding Kendrick there were very small.

Everyone could only hope that Kendrick wasn’t in the car when the accident happened.

However, the probability of that happening was even lower.

Kendrick planned to inspect the base together with Lloyd and Dylan. Since the other men were in the car during the accident, it was impossible for Kendrick to get out of the car in a rural area, where there

was no trace of civilization to be found.

Also, Kendrick’s personal phone was found in the car wreckage after it was retrieved from the valley.

Once the messenger from Nardor was done reporting the incident, Layla felt that her soul had also fallen from the jagged and bumpy cliff all the way into the river valley, where the strong and fast underlying river currents washed her away.

Ever since Layla was a child, she remembered Kendrick being the pillar that supported the whole family. The moment she found out that Kendrick was in trouble, she felt lost for the first time in her life. Countless thoughts popped up in her mind. Because of them, she couldn’t even think properly. At the same time, she didn’t know what to do.

The first person that came to Layla’s mind was Zachary, but he was still unconscious in bed. Afterward, she thought of Christopher.

Layla used to think that Christopher was still very immature that needed constant supervision from her and Kendrick. However, at that moment, she couldn’t think of anyone else that could help her deal with the crisis.

Christopher was stunned for two seconds after hearing Layla’s words. Then, he turned around to gaze at Joyce, who had her back turned on him. At that moment, she turned around while looking extremely pale, her eyes brimming with tears.

“Christopher. I’m going to look for him in Nardor.”

The next day. Christopher and Joyce chartered a flight to Nardor after dealing with the necessary procedures to leave the country.

Layla opted to stay in Juxshire to keep everything under control.

She knew she was unable to keep Kendrick’s accident under wraps for too long. Once the employees. of the company found out about it, all sorts of problems that had lay dormant would arise immediately. The impact the accident had on the company would be very deadly.

Besides, someone had to watch over Winnie at the hospital.

There wasn’t anyone at home lately. Zachary would be all right since he had nurses and housekeepers watching over him at home, but on the other hand, Joyce couldn’t let Alex stay in the Solace residence all by himself for long hours. Layla would be extremely busy during that period of time, seeing as she had to deal with the company’s matters.

Meanwhile, Jared had to take care of Winnie at the hospital during the daytime. Hence, Joyce decided to send Alex to Yuliana’s house before she left for Nardor.

Oceanview Apartment only had three rooms. There was supposed to be a guest room in the apartment as well, but it was cleared out and refurnished as a nursery later on. The storeroom in the apartment was also repurposed as a bedroom for Hailey and the maternity matron. It was a good thing that the nursery was pretty big. Rowan slept in his crib nowadays, leaving the other bed vacant, save for the times when the maternity matron needed to rest whenever she took care of Rowan at night.

Yuliana asked Hailey to clean the bed so that Alex could sleep there. Then, she moved Rowan’s crib to the bedroom that she and Christopher shared.

That night, Yuliana and the maternity matron bathed Rowan. The baby soon fell asleep in the midst of drinking milk.

As she was worried about Alex, Yuliana decided to go check on him in the nursery.

It was almost ten o’clock at night, and yet, Alex was still not ready for bed. Clad in a set of dark blue pajamas, he sat at the desk dutifully. With a pencil clutched between his fingers, he tackled the summer homework that his teacher had assigned to him.

Yuliana approached Alex and asked softly, “Why aren’t you sleeping yet?”

When he heard her voice, Alex lifted his head to look at her. Then, he replied, “I want to complete

the homework issued by my teacher as soon as possible. After that, I can finish learning the fourth- grade curriculum.”

Before Alex became a first grader, he had already begun to learn the first-grade curriculum. When he became a first grader, he was already done learning the curriculum of the second and third grades. Truthfully speaking, based on his learning capabilities, he could always advance to the fourth grade right away.

However, Kendrick made it clear that Alex should follow the educational schooling system according to his age. Once the boy was done with his fourth-grade education at an appropriate age, he could opt to skip grades.

Yuliana picked up the book that was placed on the very top of the book pile. Sure enough, that book was a fourth-grade subject. The pile consisted of various reference books of the same grade. She remembered hearing Joyce mention that Alex was already done learning the curriculum of the second and third grades.

As a teacher. Yuliana didn’t approve of speed learning. Formal education may be important to children, but was it really a good thing to transform them into studious robots while stripping them of their freedom to enjoy their childhood?

However. Yuliana also knew that Alex was different compared to the other children. He would have to support the Solace family in the future by carrying their burden.

It could be due to the fact that Yuliana was now a mother, but when she noticed Alex doing his best to study everything, she was reminded of her own son. That thought made her heart ache.

Yuliana said gently, “You’ve already done a good job. After all, you’ve learned the curriculum of the second and third grades despite being a first-grader. It’s already late at night, so why don’t you go to bed first? You can always resume your homework tomorrow.”

Alex shook his head before replying stubbornly, “No way. Daddy told me before that I need to finish the day’s tasks and that I can’t leave them till tomorrow. I’ve already drafted a timetable for myself, so I must finish this exercise book by tonight.”

Yuliana could feel grief grip her heart immediately.