{"id":2769,"date":"2026-09-28T19:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/capture-your-heart-230\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:50:20","slug":"capture-your-heart-230","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/capture-your-heart-230\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 230"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 230<br \/>\nCapture Your Heart novel Chapter 230<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where should I go?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll leave a note for your mom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then he grabs a pen and a piece of paper to scribble words. &#8220;Your kid is at my place. Room 903.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then he plasters the note onto the door. &#8220;Come to my room to wait for your mom, okay?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Esme goes to the 9th floor with Troy. After stepping into his room, she asks, &#8220;Did you rent the room, either?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No. I bought it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It must have cost you lots of money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not much. Don&#8217;t you also live here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we rented it\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Troy frowns and sighs, &#8220;You must have suffered a lot with your mom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not really, but my mom has suffered a lot. She works hard to make me live a happy life like my classmates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you know William?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Doesn&#8217;t he help you and your mom?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has helped us. He&#8217;s nice to me, but my mom doesn&#8217;t like him\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Esme starts to get sleepy, and Troy tucks her in and pats her back gently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re like my dad\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s dumbfounded and asks, &#8220;Why?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because my dad used to tuck me in like this in my dreams\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Troy&#8217;s heart tightens again.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s twelve o&#8217;clock at night, but Karin and William fail to find Esme. William suddenly says, &#8220;Is she at Troy&#8217;s?&#8221; Karin shakes her head as she doesn&#8217;t think Troy will steal her child. &#8220;He&#8217;s not a bad guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think so. What if he&#8217;s curious about Esme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You mean he&#8217;ll bring her to take a DNA test?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Drive me home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She has tried to persuade herself that Troy has nothing to do with Esme&#8217;s missing. But she can&#8217;t find her daughter anywhere. Maybe Troy has taken her away.<\/p>\n<p>William drives Karin to her home and wants to keep her company, but Karin refuses. &#8220;Thank you for looking for Esme with me. It&#8217;s too late, and you should go home to have a rest.&#8221; William knows what she means and says, &#8220;Okay. Remember to call me if you find Esme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then she hastily rushes to her home as she thinks she&#8217;ll find Esme waiting at the door, but she finds no Esme but a note. After reading it, her face darkens\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Her tears streaming down her face as she&#8217;s afraid Troy would bring Esme to take a DNA test. If he knows Esme is his daughter, he&#8217;ll grab her away.<\/p>\n<p>She quickly runs into the lift and rushes to the 9th floor. Taking a deep breath, she knocks hard on the door of Room 903. She&#8217;s too nervous to notice the doorbell.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the door is opened, she takes in her daughter&#8217;s sleeping face. Before Troy could explain anything, he is slapped in his face.<\/p>\n<p>Then Karin rushes into the living room and holds Esme tight in her arms, leaving Troy&#8217;s room. Suddenly, Troy grabs her by the arm, but she shoots him a glare and walks away, not giving him a chance to say anything.<\/p>\n<p>After returning her home, she wakes up Esme and questions angrily, &#8220;Why were you at his place?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Esme is scared by her mother&#8217;s anger and weeps, &#8220;I was afraid to go home\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How dared you go to his place? What has he done to you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He took me to KFC\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And he took me to his home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She opens the door and gently rubs Esme&#8217;s hands. &#8220;Esme, don&#8217;t ever talk to that guy, okay?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She nods, not understanding the reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t go with him anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t answer his questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No matter what Karin says, Esme will nod. Young as she is, she&#8217;s aware that mom is the only one she can depend on.<\/p>\n<p>After three days, Karin runs into Troy again in the evening, not knowing whether it&#8217;s a coincidence or not.<\/p>\n<p>Karin walks over to him calmly, but she feels that Troy won&#8217;t let go of her easily.<\/p>\n<p>Troy proposes, &#8220;Let&#8217;s have a talk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have nothing to talk about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Karin wants to press the button of the lift, but he stops her. &#8220;Just a small talk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Step aside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She glares at him but quickly shifts her eyes away. Does she have an illusion? She just notices gentleness in his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who&#8217;s your daughter&#8217;s father?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to repeat my answer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;William? But why doesn&#8217;t your daughter know about it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Karin answers calmly, &#8220;My daughter is too young to know the truth. 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