You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife

Chapter 339: Broken Soul

“Adam….” Arabella mumbled as her heart was thumping so fast.

Her breathing became unstable as she was already trembling. The terrible feeling of losing her son

again, made her knees soften.

“Adam…” She snapped back to her senses and ran out to find her son.

“Adam!” She went to the master bedroom quickly to check him there and Bill.

She felt Bill was tricking her again.

Maybe he brought Adam away from her again.

He left her there so she could not easily follow them.

Or maybe it was all Bill’s plan.

Her expression dropped realizing the whole scheme of Bill.

How could she be so gullible not to decipher immediately Bill’s plan?

She hated herself for thinking about that while she was running toward his room.

“Bill!” She knocked on the door panickily shouting. “Bill opened up!” She called him again even if she

was hesitant if the man was still inside the room.

She didn’t have the hint to surrender even though her nervousness was already eating her up. “Bill!

Please open the door! Please don’t do it to me!” She was already crying. Just thinking of losing Adam

again, her tears were already pouring like rain.

“Bi…” She had no sign of stopping as she had gone hysterical when the door opened.

Bill appeared in front of him with a doubtful look.

He was frowning like he didn’t like her screaming.

“What’s wrong? Why are you so loud?” His frown went deeper as he sounded like he got disturbed

terribly by her noise.

Arabella felt an overwhelming relief seeing him.

She was imagining too much.

She felt a bit guilty for thinking badly about him earlier.

“Adam… I can’t find Adam. And…” She was catching her breath before she continued. “His bag was

not inside his room.” She added trying to stabilize her breathing and her knees.

“What?!” Bill was furious.

He couldn’t believe the words he heard as he quickly strode towards Adam’s room to confirm the

situation.

Arabella followed quickly.

It was already dark outside and she was sure that her son would ask her permission if ever he wanted

to stroll outside.

It was dark outside and most dangers happened at night.

Upon seeing Adam’s room was empty, Bill ran off.

He went outside and got his phone.

“Ginger, have you happened to see Adam there?” Bill was calling danger in a hurry.

“No… I’m sor…” Ginger answered but wasn’t finished.

Bill already dropped the call.

“Adam!” Bill shouted while hurriedly walking.

“Adam!” Arabella also shouted on the opposite side.

“Bill, Arabella!” Ginger was quick to reach their villa with her men holding torches. “We will help,”

Ginger announced and ordered her men.

Then she called her brother Victor, “Victor, Adam is not here. Is he with you?” Ginger’s tone was

annoyed like she could not forgive him if he had the boy.

“Adam? I’m milking the cows in the lab. I’m not with him.” Victor frowned.

As a man who knew the farm very well, he got worried then he dropped the call.

They all went in different directions to find the lost boy.

Earlier, Adam cleaned up himself.

When he got 5, he already limits his mom to taking care of him.

He already did all the things that he could do on his own.

Now, he felt very fresh.

The stinky mud was not on his body anymore and he felt proud of it.

He wanted to boast about it to his mom so he got out but surprisingly, he saw his mom and his dad in

the living room.

They were fighting.

He wanted to stop them but he could not move.

His heart was breaking and their words were making him sad.

Adam heard everything.

They tricked him.

His mom and dad were not okay.

They faked everything.

Adam’s tears rolled down as he heaved repeatedly.

The little boy was disheartened knowing that he was just being played by his parents.

He was disappointed because he thought he was like a normal kid with a complete family.

A responsible father, a loving mother, and him, a genius kid.

But why he could not laugh at the fact now?

He thought he mastered the art of healing himself.

He was doing it for a long time with his father and mother who had different issues with each other.

He thought he already accepted their indifferences but still, he was still hoping that they would love

each other as a normal couple.

Disheartened, Adam grabbed his back and went away.

At this time, he didn’t know where to go.

He carried a flashlight but he was not sure where he was going.

He was lost.

Even though he wanted to come back, he could not find the way.

There are lots of trees around him and the road was rocky.

“Adam… you are the genius, Adam. You can do this.” He muttered trying to boost his confidence.

“Ahhh!” Adam’s loud voice echoed in the night.

Meanwhile, Bill got a horse.

“Bill, I’m going. Please don’t leave me here.” She was very anxious.

She had experienced last night how dangerous was out there.

“You can’t help.” Bill sounded. His tone was impatient like he was angry at her again.

Arabella blocked herself in front of him and his horse.

The horse abruptly halted.

It made a loud sound before it screeched. “What ah!!!” Bill wanted to curse her for being so hard-

headed.

If he didn’t pull the rope on time, Arabella would be in great danger.

“Let me join you. Please…” Arabella said beggingly.

Bill frowned.

He was annoyed but he nodded.

Arabella was always stubborn and she didn’t even notice that she was wasting his time.

With the thought of Adam, Bill agreed.

Obviously, they didn’t have time to argue.

Bill rode the horse thinking of possible directions where Adam could go.

The farm’s servants were scattered on a vast land.

Bill went in the only direction where he could not see some torches.

“Adam!” Arabella kept on shouting her son’s name along with her restless heartbeat.

She kept on shouting but she didn’t get any reply.

“Adam!” Bill shouted loud but still there was no reply from the little boy.

At the night, they could hear many crickets and mixed insects and animal sounds.

It made her worried for Adam.

She knew her son was brave but somehow, he was still a kid.

Everything on this farm was new to Adam.

How could he possibly survive out there?

And what about if there are wild animals again?

What if they attacked Adam?

She could not imagine what would her son’s trauma if he could survive.

Arabella quickly shook her head to get rid of her thoughts.

She was aware that she had to stay positive for her son and she prayed a lot.

“Adam!” Bill shouted again.

His loud voice echoed in the dark.

“Adam!” Arabella shouted too. “Bill… stop. Wait!” She shouted seeing the skin of mangoes peeled on

the ground.

Arabella’s memory was still fresh in her of how Adam loved to eat the sweet mangoes yesterday.

She knew her son.

Even without him saying anything she could already tell if he likes something or not and that yesterday,

Adam was so fond of eating the ripe huge mangoes freshly picked yesterday.

“Mommy is the best mango I ever tasted!” Adam exclaimed putting all the giant mangoes in his mouth

after she peeled them. Because of eating too many mangoes yesterday, caused his stomach to ache.

Now, it seemed her little boy didn’t learn his lesson.

The chubby Adam seemed to carry a lot of mangoes while he was on the run.

Bill maneuvered the horse to walk slowly following the yellow skins of mango on the ground.

“Adam!” They both shouted at the same time.

“Adam, my son!” Arabella shouted again.

“Mom?” Suddenly, they heard the little boy’s voice somewhere near them. Instantly, Arabella felt a

quick relief.

His voice was music to her ears and her heart was starting to jump for joy.

Bill suddenly stopped and got out of the horse.

She followed.

“Adam! Where are you? Mom and Dad are here! Keep on talking.” She ordered hysterically.

Though she felt great relief, there her nervousness was still not fading.

It seemed Adam was somewhere out there.

He seemed near but his voice was a little shallow.

“Adam! Dad is here! Keep on talking.” Bill ran in a direction but he quickly went back realizing there

was no trace of Adam there.

Arabella opened all her senses to hear her son again.

Her heart was so restless when Adam was not heard anymore.

The relief she felt earlier completely faded and was replaced by intense worries.

“Adam! Please talk to us! Please!” She shouted along with her tears.

She sounded begging.

Bill looked from side to side checking his son.

“Mom? Dad?” Adam’s weak voice echoed.

“Son!” Bill and Arabella answered at the same time.

“Why do you guys always have to fight?” Adam asked.

His tone was not good.

Bill and Arabella stopped moving.

They looked at each other then that was the only time they realized their mistake.

That was the only time they found out the reason why Adam left them.

He heard them and it was all because of them.

His parents, the two adults who were supposed to provide Adam with a happy family.

As they were staring at each other, they were like mocking each other.

They were still angry with each other.

No one uttered any word in response to Adam’s question.

They were both guilty.

“Why you can’t be like the loving parents? The one who takes care of each other and loves each

other?” Adam’s voice was weak but he managed to ask more questions about his parents.

After hearing the second question, Arabella and Bill were still unmoved.

They were staring at each other with guilt in their eyes.

Because of them, they hurt their son.

“Is it safe for me to believe that I am not also loved by my parents? Or I was made out of nothing?”

Adam sounded very disappointed.

His voice was sad.

He seemed to be helplessly crying.

Arabella could not feel her heart beating anymore.

It was very painful for her to hear Adam was in this kind of situation.

Bill looked at her seriously.

His sharp stare was like blaming her.

Arabella felt Bill was regretting bringing her back to Adam.

If he didn’t bring her to Adam that day, none of these would happen.

Adam would not hear them fighting and he would not think that he was just a product of his parent’s

mistake.

“Son, no! Adam, don’t ever think about that. I love you. Dad loves you. We love you son so much.” Her

eyes wanted to cry as she quickly pacified her son’s feelings.

“Adam, keep on talking. I will find you soon.” Bill ordered.

“No, dad. You promised me that you will not bully, mom! But you still bullied her.” Adam’s voice was

disappointed.

Bill halted. He looked at Arabella again. “Why can’t you love mom?” Adam asked. “Mom why can’t you

love dad?” He added.

His tone remained dispirited.

They stared at each other again.

They were guilty and they didn’t know what to answer.

“Adam, we will talk about this later. Now help us find you.” Bill’s tone was impatience.

Adam didn’t answer.

“Don’t use your temper here. Can’t you feel that your boy is very disappointed right now?” Arabella

nagged whispering at him.

“Don’t you teach me what to do! It’s your fault. I asked you to make this work for Adam but you choose

to be so stubborn.” Bill answered her coldly whispering.

“Why are you blaming me? Blame yourself because you are the one who is so complicated!” She

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“Ahhh!” Instantly, the bickering stopped.

Adam shouted like he was in danger.

Then a loud fall was heard after.

“Adam!” They both shouted in shock at the same time.

Bill followed his instinct and went in a direction of the fall.

Arabella followed.

“Adam! Son! Are you there?” Bill spotted a light in a pit.

He quickly ran toward it then he heaved a sigh.

Adam fell into a pit.

Earlier, he seemed to grab some bushes before he completely fell.

Instead of him asking for their help, the boy chose to release his frustrations towards his parents.

“Adam! Baby? Are you okay?” Arabella’s heart shattered seeing her son lying on the ground while he

carried his bag on his back.

Adam was not unconscious but he didn’t answer.

He seemed crying while his head was facing the ground.

It seemed his little body was not broken but his little heart.

He was a broken soul.

Seeing this, Arabella was blaming herself.

It pained her so much to see her cheerful son like this.

Arabella held on to the bushes.

She wanted to rescue her son on her own.

“Stop! What are you doing?” Bill hissed.

“I’m going to rescue my son.” She answered.

“No, you can’t do that. You will end up hurting yourself.” Bill uttered.

His tone was worried but tough.

“Don’t teach me what to do. I don’t care as long as I can be with him there. Can’t you see? Adam, your

son was alone there. If I have to jump or if I have to die just to be with him there. I will happily do that.”

Arabella argued.

Bill looked at her studying her carefully then he spoke. “Wait. We will go down together.”

Then he got a rope from his horse.

He tied it around a big tree and then made knots on it.

He pulled it then he tied it around his waist. “Just follow me.” He ordered then glided down.

Arabella was serious about studying what Bill was doing.

She carefully followed him.

Bill got down safely.

Arabella was excited to be with Adam but when she stepped on a rock, her toe slipped and twisted

badly.

The pain was unbearable, she immediately released the rope.

She closed her eyes to submit herself to the hard ground.