“He wants to use acid to destroy my face, I just fight back, is that okay?”Her voice was cold, she wanted to take her hand away but couldn't.Bruno held her wrist tightly, his expression still stern. “He hurts someone, he should be punished, but if you hurt him, you will be like him. Don't forget, this is a bar, even if you clear the scene, there are still workers staring at you, all of them are witnesses."Bertha was a little startled, the corner of her mouth curled into a cold smile.“But I acted, how do you want to handle it?”Bruno was stunned for a long time before speaking. “I can pretend I didn't see it and I'll help you clean up the scene, but you can't hit him anymore. Derek is just a servant now, he's your pet. You don't need to cause trouble for yourself because of him."His words surprised Bertha.“If Derek hadn't protected me, I'd be the one injured right now, I'd probably have my face destroyed. How can you say such words?”Bruno was speechless.Bertha forcefully shook
But if anyone can't sleep, they can still play games.Occasionally, police would come to Bertha's room. They kindly asked her if she wanted to have a late-night snack. They could help her order delicious food from a nearby five-star hotel.The only bad thing: because of the control request, her cell phone was confiscated by the police.Bertha was lying on the small bed, she was bored, thinking over everything that had happened that day.While in the bar, she also noticed that Archie was nowhere to be seen, but since Derek had let Liam follow him, there was no big deal with him.But, what happened tonight was so strange, she remembered she met a man basically like Archie described. If that person wanted to do something, besides throwing acid, he would do more, right?Or, because Derek suddenly appeared with his subordinates, did he temporarily interrupt the plan?What is the next step that the other side will take?She thought, then fell asleep.—Tomorrow morning.After Derek woke up
Derek's eyelashes trembled slightly, he tried to hide the intense pain behind him, his expression was icy, and his dark eyes were deep.He asked in a low voice. “Where's Archie?”"I found it. He explains that he saw the man who had harmed Bertha earlier, but he did not catch up with him. I don't have any evidence, so I let him return to the beach villa first. Until then, he will report this matter to Miss. Bertha.”Derek spoke with difficulty. “Please continue to monitor Archie, once he takes any action, you immediately notify me. As for the Police Department, you, in the name of the National Investigation Department, asked them to release Bertha. If Bertha wants to interrogate the man who threw acid last night, then ask them to cooperate fully.”"Yes."Derek wanted to continue speaking, but his arms on the bed shook, and his whole body became weak.Seeing his condition, Liam felt something was wrong again. “Boss, even if you are injected with special medicine, sulfuric acid will only
Liam stood there obediently, rubbing the wound on his cheek.Derek lay on the bed, he closed his eyes, and pain appeared between his eyebrows.It wasn't until Tommy walked in that he broke this quiet atmosphere.Seeing Liam also here, Tommy was a bit surprised. He asked as he put the breakfast on the table. “Liam, when did you arrive?”Liam doesn't talk.Tommy walked up to him and looked. As soon as he saw Liam's face, he was startled.“What's wrong with your face? Why are you injured? Who hit you?”Tommy couldn't believe it and looked at Derek, who had a weak expression on his face, he basically couldn't hit Liam.Liam controlled the anger in his heart. He pulled out a tissue from the hospital bedside table, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said uncomfortably. “No, I beat myself.”Tommy gulped, not understanding why Liam was hitting himself.Tommy felt scared, so he helped Derek open the porridge box.Derek sat up, he suddenly looked at Liam. “What are you standing t
Allen opened several other surveillance cameras there was only the back of the other person, he was wearing a mask, dark glasses covered his face, and his face was completely invisible. Allen guessed that this person had a large physique.This man is not only arrogant, he is also very familiar with the police department's surveillance equipment. Are there spies in the police department?Allen was angry, but Bertha laughed.This man was very similar to the one she met last night in the hallway of the Color Bar.Furthermore, with this action, he was indeed deliberately provoking her.She took off this person's mask again.After leaving the monitoring room, Bertha went straight to the door.As for Saint's autopsy report, she was no longer interested, and she led Tyrone and Casey away from the police station.Donald stood outside to welcome her.Seeing Donald, she suddenly thought of someone still in the hospital. “Why are you here, how is Derek?”"Mr. Derek's okay. His injury last night
Derek nodded, the corners of his lips curling up slightly. "Okay."Bertha turned and walked toward the door.As soon as she turned around, Derek couldn't stand the fishy taste that suddenly rose in his chest. He quickly covered his mouth with his hand and silently vomited a mouthful of blood.Bertha is sharp, she hears very small noises.She just walked to the door but turned around to look back.Derek was on the hospital bed with his head bowed, his left hand still under the blanket, his right hand holding a spoon to eat porridge.His eyelids drooped, his long curled eyelashes trembled, and he did not look at her.Bertha frowned, not hearing, she opened the door and walked out.Except for Tommy who stayed at the hospital, the other bodyguards quietly followed her."You don't need to follow me, go home first and wait for me."“Huh, Mistress?”Donald didn't stop her but saw her going in the opposite direction.Bertha quietly went to the doctor to treat Derek.Walking to the office door
“Bruno, I slept very well last night. When I heard that you wanted to leave the city, not knowing when you would return, not knowing why... I always felt empty in my heart.” Bertha's delicate eyelids frowned slightly, her slender hands gently hugged her chest, looking heartbroken.Her voice was so soft and her sad gesture made Bruno unable to control himself.“Stupid girl, you certainly have feelings for me but don't worry too much. Regarding the matter of the secret investigation department over there, I have handled it quite well. For the time being, I can stay in the city for a while longer."Knowing that he was not leaving for the time being, Bertha was very happy. “That's great, just in time for Calista to come to town, we can happily hang out together for a few days.”Bruno also smiled and said. “That's right, but let her play alone, I just want to hang out with friends more like now.”Bertha laughed at her but said nothing.Bruno looked at her, suddenly he remembered something,
A roar rang out through clenched teeth.Bertha was startled, she knelt on the ground on the spot.“Eldest brother, I really know it's wrong, I knelt, and you still don't forgive me?”The man on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds, he suppressed his anger and spoke. “How many times has this been brought to the police station? I didn't calculate before. This time there were a lot of employees at the bar, but you hit someone. Bertha, you are truly courageous. If that person was forced by you to take a risk and you were injured, what would you do?Bertha mumbled something in her mouth, she was a bit dissatisfied. When she raised her head and saw Venn shaking his head, the intention was to tell her not to add fuel to the fire.She spoke softly. “I was wrong, next time I won't be like that again.”Fawn sighed, he didn't know what to say, he paused for two seconds then he changed into a cold tone again. “If you have knelt, then please kneel for an hour, Venn will supervise
"You're still not sleeping?"Bertha saw her husband enter the room as she stepped out of the bathroom, he looked tired after so much fun they had had today. After having lunch with Venn and Mica, Shane took them to a nearby park and Clement enthusiastically agreed. They spent the rest of the afternoon there, both he and Bertha played hide and seek with her son and they had a small picnic there. Clement was so happy when his dad finally promised to give him a dog for his fifth birthday after Shane and Bertha saw how adorable their son was playing with the dog in the park. After having dinner at another restaurant where many women squealed over their adorable sons, they finally went home. Clement finally fell asleep five minutes before they got home, much to his parents' delight.Shane hummed, put the phone down on the bedside drawer, and hugged his wife, who was standing in front of her dressing table. She smelled like soap and vanilla as he buried his face in the crook of her neck,
Five years later.Shane woke up when he felt someone snuggling into his chest, arms wrapped protectively around his neck. He opened one of his eyes and chuckled at seeing his five-year-old son practically hugging him. He looked at the clock and sighed slightly when he realized it was still seven o'clock in the morning. The smell of freshly brewed coffee and stewed chicken entered his nose when he heard loud voices outside the room. That immediately brought a bright smile to his face, looking at the sleeping boy as he stroked his dark hair and chuckled when he heard his son grumble at him.“Clement, wake up.” He whispered into his ear and the boy only responded with a growl.Shane removed his hand from his neck. “Your mother is home.”Hearing that, the boy immediately opened his eyes and looked at him with big eyes that were inherited from his father. Shane held back his laughter as he looked at his sleeping son and smiled proudly because he could see how great the resemblance was bet
Bertha was stunned, she and Shane glanced at each other, and neither of them understood what Susanna meant."I've always been Shane's fiancee, I've never changed, what rumors have you heard?"Susanna's face was cold: "Not long ago at the royal banquet organized by the Princess of Country H, you were so dominant on stage that you certainly didn't pay attention to the audience below. At that time, I was also present at the party.”Bertha's expression stiffened.If Susanna was present at the party, she would surely have known about her wedding to Bruno, no wonder her attitude towards Bertha was not good."That happened for a reason..."She wanted to explain but Susanna looked at her coldly. She walked over and pulled Shane's arm: "Come alone with me, I have something to tell you." Shane was dragged away.Bertha looked at the backs of the two people chatting in the corner, her eyelashes drooped, a bit lonely.Liam noticed her feelings, and he immediately went to comfort her: "Miss Bertha
"But do you believe in love at first sight? From the moment you walked into my cell, from the first moment I saw you, I was fascinated, I liked you. So I always pretended stupid, thinking that by doing so, I could stay by your side forever.""Raise a cute little girl to be your friend, raise her until she's white, then you'll 'eat' me, so I can completely become your girl. Isn't that good?"Liam: "..."This time, everything was roasted from Liam's neck to his cheeks, and his heart beat fast: "Do you know what you're talking about?""Of course, I know. I'm almost twenty years old, I'm not the naive type, I understand the trivial things between men and women."“…”Very good. It turns out he was a naive person before. The person who was deceived was also you?Is he a fool?Liam seemed crazy, his whole body wasn't feeling very well."Liam, what do you think?"Aimee's tone was weak, her watery eyes looked at him expectantly, as if she would be heartbroken if rejected.Liam raised his eyebr
He sadly turned away, his handsome face contorted as if to say 'I feel sorry for me, please come comfort me'.Shane's serious and angry appearance is also very adorable. Bertha held back her laughter, she gently stood on tiptoe and kissed his thin lips, she used a gentle voice to comfort him."Be good, I remember your preferences very clearly. From now on, I only care about you, forget about everyone else, okay?" Shane's face turned hot: "It's what you said."Bertha quickly nodded, the two hugged each other tightly as they watched the plane carrying Bruno slowly take off into the sky.---Sitting in the car outside the airport, hearing the sound of the plane taking off, Liam pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a drag.Cigarette smoke rose, and Lealia quietly observed his expression, she noticed that he was not in a good mood.“Liam, don't you want him to go?”Liam took a drag of his cigarette and said: “When he was in the dungeon in country H, he beat me one hund
Venn patted her shoulder: "Bertha, don't overthink. In short, this matter has been resolved well.""Yes." Bertha nodded.Leaving the court lobby, Bertha saw a man leaning against a luxury car. His familiar handsome figure made her anxious heart immediately look for a place to return.It's Shane.She immediately ran to him, her small hands slid into his open black jacket, and she felt his warm body around his waist.“When did you wake up? Is there discomfort elsewhere? Taking the opportunity that my second brother is still in S city, I will ask him to cure your illness."As soon as he met and heard her enthusiastic concern, Shane patted her head with satisfaction, he used his jacket to wrap around her fragile body and he hugged her tightly.“Maybe as soon as you arrived at the courthouse, I regained consciousness. Rest assured, your second brother's medical skills will not leave any disease on my body.”Bertha was a little less worried.Shane leaned close to her ear and said in a deep,
Shane understood clearly what Bruno wanted to ask, and he smiled slightly: "In the past half a year, because of you, I got sick, and almost died many times, but I also caused you the same pain and severity, I punished you almost to death. But since you gave me the antiviral medicine, my body has completely recovered, and our previous resentment seems to have passed.”Bruno was a bit taken aback.However, Shane said the same thing Bertha said earlier. He said the same thing Bertha did at the time.They are both ruthless bloodthirsty men, incompatible opponents, and mortal enemies. How could Shane let Bruno go so easily?Bruno propped himself up, he leaned against the headboard: "You know, I gave you the antiviral medicine because of Bertha. I didn't want to save you, I wished you would die.""I know."Shane's eyes were calm, and his expression was also calm: "This matter, you wanted to satisfy her, but she opened fire and shot you. Besides satisfying your death wish, she also wants to
Taking into account the eldest princess's stubborn personality for many years, when threatened by others, will she obediently compromise?But compared to this, she was even more worried about Mica.“Did Mica bring the photo here herself? Where is she?"Venn thought for a moment: "Just now she said she was going to the bathroom, she will return to the break room to join us in a moment."---On this side of the room, the eldest princess was angry, throwing things fiercely.Gaye Harold was afraid that she would damage his public property, so he quickly ordered someone to clean up the flower vases and teacups in the room and gave her soft pillows on the sofa.The princess took the pillow, struggled wildly, and tore the pillow into pieces, feathers flying all over the room.Gaye Harold helplessly supported his forehead.Okay, he had to pay for the pillow again, because he underestimated Lance Hilda's destructive power.Guy Haro stood to the side and cleared his throat. His voice was low an
Attorney Terry raised his hand to speak, then he looked at Bertha: "Miss Bertha, don't be afraid, what happened on the wedding day at the cathedral?"The Griselda House Lawyers Association seems to have planned very well. Just wait for Bertha to read everything on the paper they gave her, and then they'll give the judge Liam's injury assessment along with a bunch of evidence.At this moment, all eyes were on Bertha. Bertha bowed her head as if thinking about something."Miss Bertha. You can talk now.”Lawyer Terry called her and quickly pulled back her thoughts. His eyes contained a reminder: "Don't be afraid, rest assured, the judge is always fair and just, he will be your boss."Bertha looked at him, of course, she understood the meaning in his eyes.He's saying, put all the responsibility on Bruno, let Bruno shoulder it all, let him be named...After all, Bruno is dead, this is only for the living to see, and waiting for this to end will not have any effect on people's lives.But…