“I knew you'd come, girl.”Rowan said as he laughed loudly, stretching the wound on his body. His expression was sinister and distorted with a hint of pain. His hoarse and mocking voice sounded like a ghost as it echoed in the empty secret room.Ninian looked at him coldly. After a while, she asked, “Are you done?”“Of course, not! I want to have the last laugh, too!” Rowan stared at her and smiled. “Are you here because you’re feeling sorry for your lover? Listen, if I want him alive, I will keep him alive. If I want him dead, I’ll make him kill himself! You better get on your knees and beg me. If you do, I’ll let him marry you. Or else you can watch him die!”When she heard this, she dug her fingernails into her palms under her sleeves. She forced herself to stay calm, and kept reminding herself, ‘Everett is currently locked up, and he can’t hurt himself. I must not get triggered by Rowan.’ She took a deep breath. She looked at him with an icy gaze and suddenly sneered, “Ar
Ninian’s eyes welled up immediately. She never would have guessed that Everett would try to bite his own tongue!Guilt slowly crept into her heart. She could not imagine what she would do if something bad happened to Everett as a result of her actions earlier.Duncan rushed over quickly with a towel in hand and forced Everett’s mouth open. There were already signs of bleeding within the mouth cavity.“Bite the towel, Everett!” Duncan said sharply. Everett continued to struggle and would not listen to any of the words.“Everett! Everett!” Ninian said anxiously while patting his face in an attempt to bring him back to consciousness. “Please listen to us, Everett. Open your mouth and bite the towel. Don’t worry, everything will be okay really soon!”Her words had an immediate effect. Despite being disoriented, Everett still obeyed and opened his mouth.Duncan quickly shoved the towel into his mouth. Ninian exhaled a sigh of relief. She even shed some tears of joy.Alden was w
When Rowan passes out, Everett could finally relax a little.“You can’t let him pass out as well,” Alden grumbled. “He has to stay awake and go meet Rowan in a normal state.”Only by convincing Rowan that the so-called chip is a hoax would they be able to completely destroy his psychological defences and reveal everything covered up behind the scenes.Otherwise, Everett would still have to endure some suffering.Both Duncan and Ninian fell silent after hearing that. Everett had already endured a lot while being tied up. How could he stand and face Rowan as if nothing had happened? It was an impossible idea. “We’ll talk about that later. Let’s take it slow for now,” Duncan lamented. “Everett has been through enough in these two days. I really can’t bring myself to force him to do it.”Also, it was not something that could not be forced. It was already difficult for a person under control to stay sane, let alone act unperturbed. “Where’s Everett’s laptop?” Alden asked. “He
“Oh no, I completely forgot about him...”Seeing the look on her face, Duncan hurriedly asked, “Who is it? Who’s still opposed to you and Everett getting together? Tell me, and I’ll give them a piece of my mind.”“You won’t be able to settle him, Duncan,” Ninian lamented. “That person is my dad.”“Your dad?”‘The business legend of the last generation, Duke Winters?’Duncan almost choked. Oh boy. He really could not deal with that man. Duncan immediately deflated. It was better for him to just leave Everett to deal with his father and mother-in-law when he got better.He decided to back out of this.Alden was nearly finished deciphering all the files acquired by Everett.The targeted location was a small town in Umerica.The other party had a professional team that specialized in researching this type of harmful chip in order to profit vastly. They were severely affected as a result of Adina’s incident, but they were not completely destroyed. Instead, they managed to s
Alden’s words immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the secret room. Duncan was the first to stand up and asked, “What other way?”Ninian showed her eagerness as well, and even Everett, who had always been stoic, looked over.“George, my eldest brother, just called,” Alden explained. “He said that my parents had been conducting a study for years.“Now that the preliminary research has been successful, perhaps we can actually extract the implanted chip inside Everett’s body.” As soon as his words were out, Duncan’s face flushed with excitement. “I didn’t hear it wrongly, did I? What did you say? Can we remove the implanted chip in Everett’s body?!”“Alden? Is that true?” Ninian’s eyes were filled with disbelief as well. Everett’s expressions were a lot calmer than those two, but there were still unconcealable emotions swirling in his eyes.But he still remained composed. “Alden just said there’s a possibility, so we can still try it, but don’t set your expectat
“Stop crying, Grapie. I’ll help you solve all of your problems. My little princess must be happy at all times!” While stroking Ninian’s soft long hair, he expressed his distress. Ninian responded with a little whimper and nodded. “All right, don’t cry. There are so many people watching.” Adina laughed gently. “You’ll end up with an ugly face if you don’t stop crying.”Only then did Ninian come back to her senses. ‘Oh right! There are so many people watching.’She emerged from Adina’s arms flushed, her face red, and she was slightly awkward to meet everyone.Standing at the side was Everett, who had tidied himself up nicely. “Mr. And Mrs. Winters!” He walked over and politely said.Duke turned to face the source of the sound, and his gentle gaze sharpened in an instant. While releasing a degree of pressure, he asked, “So you’re Everett?”“Yes, Mr. Winters,” Everett said calmly, matching his gaze.“I heard you involved Grapie in an accident last time, causing her to lose her sp
“Grapie.”Adina acted quickly to stop her before she shook her head at Ninian.Was this silly girl afraid that her father would kill Everett?Ninian felt anxious, but she did not move forward again. She kept staring at Duke and Everett, as if she would immediately rush forward as long as there was a conflict between them.When Duke saw that his beloved daughter already changed sides and was taking the side of another man, he felt jealous, and his expression only became colder.Everett broke out in cold sweat because of Duke’s aura, but he still straightened his back and refused to admit defeat.He raised his head and looked into Duke’s eyes. His gaze was firm and sincere.“Mr. Winters, I guarantee you that I will not let Ninian get hurt again.“Nobody can hurt her, including me.“What happened before is my fault, and you can punish me in any way you want. If this kind of situation happens again, I’m willing to pay with my life.”Every sentence of his was sincere. Although it
Duke’s cold and tough expression did not reveal any further emotions, but he gripped Adina’s hand with such strength that Adina felt the pain.She knew that he was feeling regretful and remorseful. The unbearable past used to be their nightmare.Luckily, they had already awoken from the nightmare, and everything was over.“I want to see Rowan,” Adina spoke.Everyone raised their heads and looked at her. Their eyes were filled with surprise and disagreement.Duke even frowned and refused it. “No.”Adina turned back and looked at him with a tender and determined gaze. “I’m fine. I won’t fear the past anymore. I want to meet Rowan because I want to understand some information about the group behind the smart chips. We’ve given our word that we would dig out all the darkness and break them into pieces completely.”Duke stared into her for a while before he compromised in the end. “I’ll go with you.”This time, Adina did not refuse him. She just nodded.Ninian looked askance at Eve