"Wow! Steak!"
Zoe's excitement stood in contrast to the frown on Joseph's face.
"Miss Zoe and Mr. Joseph, here is the steak. Please enjoy yourself."
A maid brought the freshly cooked steak to Zoe.
However, Joseph stopped Zoe from eating and looked at the maid, saying, "We want to go out to eat
steak. This is medium-cooked. Zoe likes medium-well, and the steak must be airlifted from abroad."
"Joseph, I...."
"Shut up!"
Joseph glared at Zoe.
Although Zoe really wanted to eat, she flinched at the sight of Joseph's gaze. However, her eyes were
still fixed on the steak, which made her mouth water.
Joseph wanted Zoe to eat steak, but they couldn't eat here.
The maid didn't get angry. Instead, she smiled and said, "Mr. Joseph, the steak was just flown in from
abroad. It's very fresh. As for the medium-well steak you mentioned, I'll ask them to make it now.
Please wait a moment."
Then the maid took the steak out.
"Hey, my steak!"
Zoe wished she could snatch the steak from the maid, but Joseph grabbed her arm.
"Joseph, my steak!"
"We still have no idea how Mommy is doing. You can only use food to stall them now. I'll go get
something."
Joseph was a little worried about Zoe.
She was so innocent that Joseph didn't know if she could hold off those people.
Hearing this, Zoe frowned and said, "You mean that no matter what they bring, I should say that I'm not
satisfied and ask them to cook again?"
"That's right! You're really a smart girl!"
Joseph praised, but Zoe pulled a long face.
"Joseph, you're a bad guy! You know that I like food, but you actually asked me to deliberately find fault
with those delicacies. You're the worst person in the world!"
Joseph felt uncomfortable and distressed when hearing Zoe's complaint.
"I promise you that if you can resist their temptation three times, I'll treat you to KFC and Dexter three
times. Is it okay?"
Because Zoe was in poor health, both Samuel and Nicole forbade her from eating junk food. And they
would ration if Zoe must eat. Now that Joseph promised to treat her delicious food, Zoe smiled happily
and stretched out her little finger.
"Let's make a pinky promise."
Joseph looked at the chubby little hand and stretched out his finger without hesitation.
"Now we make a pinky promise! Whoever breaks the promise will become a dog!"
When their fingers entwined, Zoe smiled even more happily, but Joseph was slightly sad.
'Lucas isn't here, and I even don't know if Mommy is alright. I must take Zoe out of here! I don't want
Mommy to worry about us.'
Joseph thought to himself and comforted Zoe before he went out of the window.
Zoe said worriedly, "Joseph, this place is so high. Be careful."
"I know. Remember not to let them in until I come back. You can say that you don't want steak anymore
and exchange it for something else. Just try to stall them for as long as you can."
Joseph enjoined Zoe again.
Zoe nodded and said, "I know. I can resist if I don't see the delicious food."
"Good girl!"
Joseph smiled at Zoe and climbed out of the window.
There were bodyguards downstairs.
Joseph didn't know that Vincent actually sent so many people to watch over him and Zoe. Many of
those bodyguards were from the base. Joseph had seen them when Vincent had put him to a special
training.
Joseph bit his lower lip and carefully went to the kitchen.
The people in the kitchen were busy. As the maid had said, the steaks were indeed flown in by private
jets and were very fresh. Now the maid was instructing other servants to cook the steak.
As they were occupied with cooking, Joseph slipped in and quickly hid under the table.
His eyes lit up when he saw the thing at hand. He secretly packed it in a cloth bag and tied it with a
rope. Then he used a pulley to transport the bag to the window of the room in which he was kept.
Zoe was shocked and ran over, discovering that a bag was hanging in front of the window by a rope
connected to another room.
She frowned slightly, opened the window, and drag the bag in with all her strength.
Joseph poked his head out and saw Zoe carrying the bag inside. Then he smiled happily and gave Zoe
a thumbs-up.
After receiving Joseph's praise, Zoe regained her spirits and even took off her coat to take the bag in.
With Zoe's help, Joseph was even more confident.
He had been trained in the training base, so he knew how to avoid those people and surveillance
cameras. Besides, he was small that he could move around the back of the kitchen freely.
Bags of things were transported along the rope to their room.
Not long after, Zoe was tired and broke out in a sweat. But in her opinion, everything was funny and
interesting, so she became more and more energetic.
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came from outside.
Zoe quickly held her breath.
There was a knock on the door and the maid's voice sounded.
"Miss Zoe and Mr. Joseph, the steak is ready."
"I don't want steak anymore. I want to eat egg tarts. You go and make me egg tarts."
Zoe hurriedly said.
The maid frowned, but still said respectfully, "What about you, Mr. Joseph? Your steak is ready too."
"He doesn't want either. Joseph, am I right?"
After Zoe finished speaking, she mimicked Joseph's voice and answered, "Yes."
Hearing this, the woman said with respect, "Alright. I'll ask them to make egg tarts for you."
"Hurry up. I also want mousse cake. And it will be best if you can buy me some delicious fruit."
"Alright."
Then the sound of footsteps receded.
"Zoe, you're awesome! You can definitely be an actress in the future!" Zoe said to herself after spinning
around joyfully and giving herself a thumbs-up.
After a while, Joseph came back.
"Joseph, I did it. I put that woman off. I even mimicked your voice and tricked her. I...."
Joseph shushed her.
He covered Zoe's mouth with his hand since her voice was getting louder and louder. Then he opened
the door a crack and looked outside.
There were four men guarding outside the room, while a dozen of bodyguards was standing in the
large living room downstairs.
Joseph frowned slightly.
"Joseph, what are you looking at? I want to see it too."
Zoe anxiously tugged at Joseph's clothes.
Joseph looked down and said after pondering for a while, "Zoe, can you skate?"
"Yes! Lucas has taught me that. When I was in the hospital, I was very bored. Mommy didn't allow me
to go outside, so Lucas gave me a game, which was figure skating. It was so beautiful."
Joseph thought that Zoe was truly naïve.
"I'm not talking about the game. I'm talking about the reality. Have you even went skating?"
"No, but I have a good sense of balance. I used to walk on the horizontal bar in the backyard of the
hospital. Mommy and my brother didn't know about this, so you can't tell them. This is a secret between
us."
"Alright. Shall we skate now?"
Zoe's eyes light up upon hearing Joseph's suggestion.
"How do we do that?"
"Listen to me. You do as I teach you, okay?"
Joseph looked at Zoe. Though he was worried, he still decided to carry out his plan since they were
running out of time.
Zoe happily said, "OK! I'll follow your instructions!"
Seeing that she was in such high spirits, Joseph felt a little nervous. He didn't know if he was doing the
right thing, but he had no time to think about it now.
"You pretend to have a stomachache. When I open the door, you hold my hand and don't let go. Do
you understand?"
"Yes!"
At present, Zoe already forgot her principle of being an honest person. All she thought about was to
play with Joseph then.
Joseph nodded to her, and then Zoe held her stomach and wailed.
"My stomach hurts. I'm going to die! Help! Help! I want to go to the hospital!"
Zoe cried with tears rolling down her cheeks. If Joseph hadn't known the truth, he would have thought
that she really had a bellyache.
The bodyguards outside hesitated after hearing Zoe's shout. Just then, Joseph also cried out.
"Zoe, what's wrong with you? Why are your lips purple? Help!"
As he spoke, he kicked on the door repeatedly.
Those bodyguards finally felt a little uneasy.
'They're Mr. Vincent's son and niece. If something really happens to them, we'll be in deep trouble.'
Thinking of this, the bodyguards hurriedly opened the door.
At this moment, Joseph poured out the peanut oil that had been prepared in advance.
"Zoe, hold my hand tightly. Let's go skating."
At the same time, Joseph extended his small hand towards Zoe.
Though Zoe was confused, she was very cooperative and reached out her hand.
When their hands met, Joseph pulled her forward and stepped on the peanut oil. As for the bodyguards
who came in, they lost their balance and fell down because they were unprepared. Meanwhile, Joseph
took Zoe to hurtle through the crowd of bodyguards, just like a flexible fish.
"Wow! So exciting!"
This was the first time Zoe had skated. She was so excited that she couldn't control herself. She
screamed happily, attracting the attention of the bodyguards.
"Go! Catch them!"
The leader of the bodyguards panicked as he saw Zoe and Joseph run away.
Joseph showed his superb skating skills and quickly dashed away with Zoe. In the meantime, he
detonated the things that he had set up in the windows of other rooms before.
There was a loud bang and a flame of fire, accompanied with a blast of hot air. Joseph hurriedly carried
Zoe and climbed up the banisters, sliding downstairs.
However, Zoe was frightened by the explosion and asked, "Joseph, is that a bomb? You actually have
a bomb?"
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