CHAPTER 502: CHAPTER 502: JUST HAPPENED TO MEET

Ava Sterling saw Poe Vaughn making a phone call, knowing that he was going to call the little one’s uncle or parents.

At that moment, she remembered something—her call to the police.

Ava hurriedly said, "Poe Vaughn, I called the police earlier, the police..."

Upon hearing her words, Poe Vaughn glanced at her with a gaze that was very thin. And when that thin gaze fell on Ava Sterling’s face, she instantly fell silent.

It was very awkward.

That look clearly told her that things weren’t over.

Ava Sterling: "..."

Her heart trembled, Ava clasped her hands together, silently lowering her head like a child who had done something wrong.

However, this was just an appearance.

In Ava Sterling’s heart, she did nothing wrong. Even if it meant letting a two or three-year-old child give a kiss, what’s the problem?

Kids, if they kiss you, it means they like you. If they don’t like you, they won’t even get close.

Furthermore, from another perspective, a child getting close to her is a good thing; it represents good fortune.

She didn’t think there was an issue.

However, in this person’s eyes, there was a problem, and he was angry, clearly unable to accept it.

What could Ava Sterling do?

Even though Ava Sterling wanted to put her hands on her hips, glare, and assert she wasn’t wrong, and it was this person who was wrong for minding a two or three-year-old child.

But, this person was her current benefactor, someone she was striving to please.

Could she make him angry? Could she let him lose his temper?

She naturally couldn’t.

So, even though she felt aggrieved, unhappy, she had to suppress it, put on a look of having done something wrong to calm him down.

It was truly frustrating.

He made her lose her temper completely.

Poe Vaughn looked at this person who clearly looked guilty, his gaze becoming even darker.

She didn’t feel at all that she was wrong, the one at fault was him.

Sylvie Ainsworth’s small child stood there, his small chubby hand still holding onto Poe Vaughn’s pants. He alternated his gaze between Poe Vaughn and Ava Sterling, looking altogether confused.

No one paid him any attention, these two adults were in their own world, and didn’t pull him in at all.

Why wasn’t Uncle Poe responding to him? Why was the sister not talking?

The little one was very perplexed.

Poe Vaughn looked at Ava Sterling, listening to the dial tone on the phone. Soon, the phone connected, and Ethan Ainsworth’s voice came through: "Hello~"

He was in a good mood; you could hear it from his greeting.

But there wasn’t really good news. The fact that this person called Ethan Ainsworth so quickly made Ethan very curious why this person would call him again so soon.

Poe Vaughn listened to the voice on the phone and moved his gaze from Ava Sterling to the little child watching them: "Sylvie is with me, have his parents contact me."

With that said, he hung up the phone.

Ethan Ainsworth was stunned.

Sylvie is with him? What does that mean? How did his little Sylvie end up with this person?

Ethan Ainsworth completely forgot Poe Vaughn’s words and hurried to call him back.

He had to ask clearly about the situation before doing anything else.

Just as Poe Vaughn took down the phone, it rang again. He looked at the caller ID and hung up.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently on another call, please try again later..."

A mechanical female voice came through the phone, and Ethan Ainsworth’s face darkened.

This person hung up on him.

He didn’t care, he would keep dialing until it was answered.

Ethan Ainsworth quickly hit redial, and the previously quiet phone rang again. Poe Vaughn continued to hang up.

And Ethan Ainsworth kept calling.

At this moment, Poe Vaughn didn’t hang up again, letting the phone ring while he looked at the confused little child.

Clearly, the repeated ringing of Poe Vaughn’s phone puzzled the little guy greatly; he didn’t know what was going on.

And at this moment, Ava Sterling also reacted. She blinked, looked at Poe Vaughn’s expression, then at his phone. What was going on? Who had upset him enough not to answer the phone?

Ethan Ainsworth, after several unanswered calls, knew he couldn’t outlast Poe Vaughn. However, he was so angry that he opened the message app and quickly typed out a message for Poe Vaughn.

Poe Vaughn’s phone quickly buzzed and then went silent.

He didn’t read the sent message but instead spoke directly to the little one: "Which hotel are they at."

His gaze was very dark, appeared very cold, completely emotionless.

The little one blinked and then said, "Mommy and Daddy are at..."

"Poe?"

A voice came from a distance, interrupting the little one.

Poe Vaughn paused and looked over.

A group of people was coming from their left front, leading them was Vincent Donovan.

Yes, Vincent Donovan.

It wasn’t someone else, it was the uncle that the little Sylvie had mentioned.

Seeing Vincent Donovan, the little guy’s eyes lit up, then he immediately released Poe Vaughn’s trousers and happily ran towards Vincent Donovan: "Uncle~"

Ava Sterling was stunned, then said with surprise: "Dr. Donovan..."

Yes, who else but Dr. Donovan?

When she was injured earlier, it was thanks to Dr. Donovan, otherwise, who knew when she would have recovered.

But... Poe?

Ava Sterling’s heart skipped a beat, and she immediately looked at Poe Vaughn.

Poe Vaughn looked at Vincent Donovan, his dark gaze was slightly better than before.

But just slightly.

Vincent Donovan was also quite surprised to see Poe Vaughn, and even more surprised that he hadn’t expected Poe Vaughn to be here.

This time, he was on Saipan Island primarily to handle some matters, and since his sister and brother-in-law were also here, they came together.

About half an hour ago, the babysitter was anxiously searching for something near the hotel when he saw her and asked what had happened. She told him that Sylvie was missing.

Sylvie loved to play, sometimes being very obedient, other times mischievous, always giving adults both a headache and joy.

Upon hearing she was missing, he didn’t hesitate, asked about the situation, and quickly called contacts at the local police station for help finding her.

Just after his call, before long, he received another call saying someone had reported seeing a child about twenty minutes prior.

The police described the child’s height and appearance, and he could confirm it was Sylvie.

Thus, he quickly came with the babysitter and the police to find the child.

Unexpectedly, upon arrival at the beach, he saw familiar faces.

Vincent Donovan was truly surprised.

Little Sylvie immediately dashed to Vincent Donovan’s legs, hugged them, happily saying, "Uncle, I saw Uncle Poe and the pretty sister~"

The little one was eager to share, rushing to speak as soon as he reached Vincent Donovan’s legs, pointing at Poe Vaughn and Ava Sterling.

Vincent Donovan bent down to hold the little guy, followed the little one’s pointing hand to first Poe Vaughn, then Ava Sterling, and he chuckled.

He picked up the little guy, turned to explain to the police behind him, and thanked them. The police left not long after, and Vincent Donovan walked over to Poe Vaughn and Ava Sterling.

As Ava Sterling watched Vincent Donovan come over, she blinked, especially as she viewed the familiar and affectionate big and small pair, her mind quickly recalling what the little one had said just now. Instantly, an idea formed in her mind, and she immediately looked at Poe Vaughn.