The CEO Gets What He Wants

Watching from at least ten yards away, Avery saw the woman cross the road, so she did the same by taking another crosswalk.

She knew she was not trying to get to work. Instead, she had decided to follow Lindsay for some reason.

No work nor project seemed more important to Avery than what she was doing then.

Why am I doing this? Avery could not stop questioning herself as she continued to follow her target.

Still, she did not manage to get a solid answer.

Even though Avery refused to admit it, she just wanted to see her child, even if it was for one second. That was why she instinctively stalked Lindsay to get information on her child.

After crossing the road, Lindsay headed straight for Trident Group.

Avery lifted her head to look at the company logo with a frown. What is Lindsay doing here?

However, she could not get an answer to her question just yet.

Avery then followed Lindsay into the company through the revolving door. She deliberately stayed out of the woman's sight, fearing that her target would try to lose her if alerted.

As soon as Avery got inside the building, she saw Xavier walk out of the elevator.

Lindsay approached the man, and from the way they interacted, Avery could tell that they not only knew each other but were close.

Instinctively, Avery's hand tightened its grip on the laptop bag.

In front of the elevator, Xavier took a few steps forward when he saw Lindsay and greeted her with a big smile, “It's been a while, Mrs. Hayward!”

The middle-aged woman walked with Xavier toward the elevator. “Long time no see! My husband and I are glad to hear that you're doing well here.”

“It's all thanks to Mr. Hayward. Speaking of which, how did you get here, Mrs. Hayward? Mr. Hayward didn't come with you?” inquired Xavier after pressing the elevator button.

“He's busy with something else.” Lindsay brushed off the question with a brief reply.

When the elevator arrived, Xavier went in after Lindsay and pressed the floor button. “Let me know if you ever want to come over again. I can get someone to pick you up.”

Even though Lindsay responded with a nod, she doubted the man.

After Cayden got his son and daughter five years ago, Lindsay and her husband retired early and kept to themselves while living a fulfilling, leisurely life.

After all, she was present when the Moores made the deal for a surrogate mother. If anyone from the children's maternal family were to suspect me, it would not be long before they figured out that the Moores were responsible for the children's birth. The identities of Mr. Moore's two children would be exposed! It wouldn't be a problem if the surrogate mother and her family only wanted money because the Moores have plenty of that. However, if they start to make impossible demands, the Moores would be in deep trouble.

Lindsay had no doubt that the children would be the ones who suffered the most if the two families failed to reach an agreement peacefully.

In the worst-case scenario, the children will be despised for being born to a surrogate mother. With that thought in mind, Lindsay and her husband did whatever they could to keep Cayden's secret.

They rarely went out, and even if they did, they would not use public transport.

Hence, Lindsay was curious when Cayden suddenly called and asked her to take the subway.

Despite that, the woman dared not ask why. Even if Mr. Moore couldn't arrange for someone to pick us up like he used to, I could've hailed a taxi myself. I'm sure there are other ways to move around.

However, Cayden specifically instructed Lindsay to take the subway and arrive at the company around eight-thirty.

That was why Lindsay got up early in the morning to take the subway, a public transport system she had not used for several years. It was rush hour, so there was a sea of people at the station.

Lindsay imagined that the woman who gave birth to Cayden's children would be twenty-four years old and working either locally or overseas.

The subway has many routings and even more stations. With each station packed with countless people, bumping into the woman is near impossible. Lindsay only made her way to Trident Group with a straightened back because she was convinced that everything would be fine.

On the top floor of the Trident Group building, Lindsay followed Xavier into the CEO's office.

“Mr. Moore...”

Before Lindsay could finish her sentence, the children leaped to their feet and rushed over to embrace the woman. “Mrs. Hayward!”

“My goodness! How big you two have grown!” exclaimed Lindsay while wrapping her arms tightly around the children. “Let me take a good look at you. You guys just keep getting more good-looking, don't you?”

Lindsay did not have any children of her own but did watch the two grow up.

Every year, they would spend some time with her and Grover.

After signing a document, Cayden lifted his head. “If you guys like Mrs. Hayward so much, you should go stay with her for two days,” suggested the man in a softer-than-usual tone.

Lindsay was playing with the kids when Cayden's words caught her off guard. Did I hear that right? Mr. Moore wants the children to stay with me for two days?

“I thought you guys always wanted to take the subway,” uttered Cayden with his head lowered again, focusing on another document he had just picked up.

There were a lot of things Lindsay did not understand that day, but what was clear to her was that she was going to take the children to the subway.

“Can we really go?” inquired Zachary after turning to his father.