Aggressive Wife

Chapter 405

Chapter 405 Heroic Dad

After half an hour, Madeline returned to the cabin just to find the chatty Thomas, in addition to Colton and Andy.

"It's all Daddy's fault. If he showed up a bit later, we would know who the liaison is." Thomas slapped his thigh in an act to express his disappointment. But he misjudged his force and lost his bearings.

Madeline immediately helped Thomas sit down and checked his forehead. She then turned to Andy. "What happened to him?"

"I'm fine, Mommy. I must be so hungry that I had a dizzy spell," Thomas spoke before Andy. Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.

Madeline knew not to trust Thomas. She continued to seek answers on Andy's face. "Light concussion. He needs to avoid any heavy labor now."

"Tell me what happened, Thomas Grant!"

Thomas tried to concoct something but Colton interrupted him. "It's my fault. I pushed Thomas yesterday and his head hit the cabinet."

"Why didn't you tell me? Do you know how dire the situation could be if you fainted in the ocean?" The thought of this filled Madeline with dread.

The guilt Colton felt was overwhelming. Colton clearly heard a loud thud yesterday but Thomas insisted that he was fine. He even forbade Colton from telling their parents, in case it affected their operation. That was why he was beside himself this morning.

"Give him an earful, Mommy. If Uncle Dylan hadn't noticed that something was wrong with Thomas, Daddy wouldn't have jumped the gun." Mackenzie changed into something casual and walked in.

Thomas was about to retort but her glare shut him up.

Half an hour ago, Colton claimed that he saw a pink dolphin and asked all the guards at the stern to look for it. Then, he lured Thomas and Mackenzie to where he was, before pretending that he injected them with a tranquilizer. Colton blew the whistle after the deed. A few individuals emerged from the water and climbed onboard via the ladder Colton placed down. They put oxygen masks on Thomas and Mackenzie before dragging them underwater. Only the woman who talked to Colton and her underlings were there. Which only meant that the mastermind remained behind the scene.

However, these incompetent kidnappers still alerted the guards. To make sure the whole act was convincing enough, Colton had to go to the other side to draw the guards' attention. Thanks to this opening, Thomas and Mackenzie were safely transported to the enemy's submarine. They were so close to seeing the mastermind but the kidnappers were too rough in their handling of bodies. They simply threw Thomas into the submarine and his head hit the ground, the force of which was strong enough to knock him out cold. After the incident with Madeline in the bathroom, Dylan made sure everyone carried a life monitor with them. Back then, Noah had assembled a group to tail behind the submarine in secret. But when Thomas's life monitor released the danger signal, Noah halted the operation immediately and intercepted the submarine.

"Thomas, do not ever joke with your freaking life!" Madeline was trembling out of fury.

Normally, Madeline would never allow her children to go on a risky mission like this. But Thomas and Mackenzie insisted. Besides, she also knew that she might not be long for this world, due to the medications she would be taking. She needed to ensure that her kids could fend for themselves. That was why she greenlit the whole operation. What she didn't expect was that Thomas would hide his injury from her. And worse, she knew something was afoot this morning. Yet, she let it slide. She let Thomas walk away. She couldn't forgive herself.

Thomas stopped finding another excuse when he noticed how worried sick his mother was. He hugged Madeline. "Sorry, Mommy. I won't do this again."

Thomas had been apologizing a lot lately. Madeline began to doubt his sincerity.

"I'm at fault too, Mommy. Punish me." The brothers stood together and held hands. They looked at Madeline apologetically.

"Mommy, make them fish. Uncle Dylan said he almost caught some fish but those people scared them away." Mackenzie tried to offer a solution.

That said, she was the one who had a real scare. Thomas and she agreed to glean some information from inside the submarine. But when they were there, Thomas would never wake up. It was never like any of the fear she experienced before. It broke her. Teary-faced, she contacted her father. Noah's submarine was just right behind the enemy submarine. And when he received the distress signal from Mackenzie, he intercepted the submarine by force. When Noah saw the unconscious Thomas and Mackenzie who sobbed incessantly, he beat those abductors into a pulp.

"Go fish then. No parasols for you. If you run off, you'll never travel with us again," commanded Madeline coldly. Andy then took Thomas and Colton out. He looked at Thomas all defeated, and told him not to get into trouble again. Thomas could only shrug. Patience was required for fishing. It was torture for someone who couldn't sit still like Thomas. But with Colton by his side, maybe Thomas would behave for once.

"Calm down, Mommy. Look. Thomas is his usual self now." Mackenzie fetched a glass of water to Madeline.

Madeline ruffled her daughter's hair affectionately. "You did the right thing, Mackenzie. You must have been so scared inside."

"I was. But then I wasn't because Daddy was there." Mackenzie listened to her mother's heartbeat in Madeline's embrace.

After Trenton invaded the base, Madeline made the safety of her triplets her utmost priority. Regardless of Thomas's insistence, Madeline would never make any compromises in this regard. The fact that her mother actually allowed her to partake in this dangerous mission only piqued her curiosity. So after one dinner, Mackenzie hid inside Madeline's wardrobe. Then, Mackenzie overheard that Madeline might lose her life to her medications. Therefore, she wanted to make sure her children are sufficiently independent before she left. After Mackenzie snuck back to her room, she cried into her pillow. She didn't tell anyone. Because she knew that Thomas would confront her mother if he knew.