You're Out, Daddy novel (Natasha and Kenneth)

Chapter 817 Stay Out Of It

Seeing no refusal from Anthony and even agreeing to it, the others cast him confused gazes.

Anthony kept his expression stoic, looking calm and confident.

However, from their understanding of Anthony, they were sure he would never give in without a fight.

Dropping their gaze, none of them said a word.

At that time, Kyle was still talking about Vermillion Base with Anthony. After asking some basic questions, Kyle put forward a few more proposals.

More than an hour had passed between their discussion.

Kyle looked at Anthony and said, “Let's go with that for now, and we'll talk again once I get there. All in all, you don't have to worry too much. I won't let anything happen to your mom, I swear.”

Anthony merely nodded.

Suddenly, the ringing of Kyle's phone interrupted their conversation.

Kyle picked up his phone, glanced at the number flashing across the screen, and immediately picked up the call.

“Hello?” After a short pause, he said, “Got it. I'll head over once I'm done talking with Anthony.”

Kyle arched his brow and turned to Anthony. “How does Anthony look like?” Kyle laughed and answered, “You'll know once you meet him.”

After another short silence, he said, “All right. I'll talk to you later.” The call ended at the heel of those words.

Anthony looked at him. “Are you leaving?”

Kyle nodded. “Yeah, Holden is rushing me.”

Anthony nodded. “All right, then. I won't keep you.”

Kyle narrowed his eyes at him. “Now you know how important you are to me? Even though it was only an hour, I still came over and met you first.”

Anthony raised his brow. “Are you sure it wasn't to satisfy your own curiosity?”

“Anthony, do you know how boring it is to talk with you?”

“Is it because the others don't expose you, but I do?” Anthony asked.

Kyle stared at him and conceded, “This is my first time meeting you, so I'm not going to be petty. We have more time to talk in the future.”

“If I'm not wrong, I think I heard the same words out of your mouth many times already,” Anthony exposed.

Kyle inhaled deeply, stamping down his rising irritation. “All right, I'm leaving. Catch you later.”

Anthony smiled and rose to his feet to send Kyle off.

It was dark and the breeze was blowing outside.

The helicopter's rotors spun slowly and were ready for departure.

Despite the short meeting, Anthony felt a sense of longing for Kyle, as though he had a brief reunion with an old friend.

Anthony pressed his lips into a line and uttered, “Safe trip.”

Kyle looked over his shoulder at him. “These are the nicest words I've heard from you throughout our meeting.”

Anthony burst out laughing.

Kyle swung his gaze to Denise and Benjamin beside Anthony.

He walked over to them and offered, “Time was a bit tight today, so we didn't get a chance to chat. Let's have a nice, long one when I head to your place later.”

Denise's lips curved into a small smile. “Sure.”

Benjamin nodded. “Yeah.”

“Till next time,” Kyle said.

Following behind him, Thalia noticed he was already bidding goodbye, so she went up to him. “Boss, do you need me to head over to Holden's side?”

Kyle looked over his shoulder and replied, “If you join Holden, what about the three of them?”

“They have others with them, right?” Thalia questioned.

Even though she knew Kyle wouldn't let her go, she still wanted to try her luck.

“I don't feel at ease by handing them over to someone else.” Seeing she opened her mouth to refute, he immediately cut her off. “They are Darknetz's future. Your mission here is very important. You must take them back to Darknetz safely.”

“But Boss—”

“Enough. I know what you want to say, but both Holden's side and here are equally important. Since I'll be there, I'll leave everything here to you,” Kyle ordered.

Seeing the finality on his face, Thalia complied, “Call me if anything happens.”

Kyle nodded.

With a gush of breeze, his windbreaker fluttered.

He looked down at the time displayed on his watch. “All right, it's getting late. I'm leaving.”

The others nodded.

Kyle cast one last glance and a knowing smile at Anthony before walking toward the helicopter.

Once he strapped into his seat, the helicopter's door slid close, and rotors spun at full speed, taking off slowly.

Sitting by the window, he waved at them one last time.

Anthony and the others stood on the ground and stared as Kyle's helicopter disappeared from view. A moment of silence later, Thalia asked, “What? You don't want him to leave?”

Anthony retracted his gaze from the dark sky and turned it to her. “Nothing of the sort. We'll meet sooner or later anyway.”

“Then what were you looking at?” Thalia questioned.

Anthony lowered his eyes. “I was just thinking what a shame it'll be if I'm no longer a friend of Kyle's one day.”

Thalia immediately understood his implication. “That's a choice you'll have to make.”

“How else can I choose? Kenneth Hamilton is my father! That's an unchangeable fact,” Anthony stated firmly.

After testing the waters, Anthony was certain the bad blood between Darknetz and his father was unresolvable.

Thus, he knew he have to make a choice one day.

Since he couldn't change his lineage, he didn't have a choice. His ending with Kyle was evident.

At the heel of his words, he left.

Thalia watched him leave with a frown marring her forehead.

She would be lying if she denied feeling bad for Anthony. It was cruel for a child to bear the blood feud of the previous generation, much less such a young child.

In fact, he was the one who had it the toughest as he was caught in the middle.

Thalia wouldn't know what to do either if she were in his shoes, let alone a small boy like him.

At that thought, she hurriedly chased after him.

“This is not an easy decision to make, but you can just leave it unresolved,” Thalia suggested.

“Leave it unresolved?”

“Let them fight it out while you stay out of it.” Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Anthony smiled resignedly. “No matter which one of them loses, it'll hit me hard all the same being stuck between the two of them. I can't stand and watch from the sidelines. Do you think I can stay out of their feud as long as I remain unbiased?”

All is fine if none of them gets hurt, but once one of them is harmed, I can't pretend not to see it. Moreover, Holden had sworn he would take his revenge against Dad. Regardless of my magnanimity, I can't just watch Holden take revenge against my father. My fear is I'll inevitably get dragged into a battlefield.

Although Anthony didn't express any of his thoughts, Thalia understood where he was coming from.

After spending so much time with him, she knew his thought patterns and was aware of his difficulty being stuck between the two men.

Thalia let out a resigned sigh. “What is your current plan then?”

“What plan can I have? I'm taking things one step at a time,” he answered.

Thalia pressed her lips into a line, not responding to his remark.

Then, Anthony's voice came from the front. “That's enough. It's getting late. Let's turn in for the night. We still have to search for the others tomorrow.”

Thalia was taken aback by his comment and raced up to him. “You still want to look for Magus?”