“Mrs. Winters, happy birthday. I wish you many happy returns.”Adina walked up to Mrs. Winters, smiled, and handed her the birthday gift.A servant at the side accepted the gift and placed it on the table in the middle of the banquet hall. It did not take long for the table to be stacked with at least one hundred birthday gifts.Mrs. Winters nodded. “Duke, why don’t you introduce us?”Adina was worried that Duke would say that they were a couple. She was not planning on announcing their relationship yet.So, she spoke first. “Mrs. Winters, I’m Adina Daugherty.”Mrs. Winters frowned. “Adina Daugherty… Why does this name sound a little familiar?”“Addy, why are you here?”Dew walked over and acted surprised.She had initially gone to sit down in the lounge, but when she saw Duke bring Adina over to send her birthday wishes, she felt extremely jealous.Anyway, Mrs. Winters was there, so Duke would not dare to chase her out. Therefore, she came out and showed off her presence aga
Dew narrowed her eyes. “What are you planning to do?”“Nothing. I just want to have a casual chat with you. See you on the balcony once the party is almost over.”Adina waved at Dew before she held her wine glass and went to the second floor.The four children were playing with an extremely difficult puzzle on the second floor, and they were getting along harmoniously.A few minutes after she accompanied the kids, the banquet downstairs officially started, so she stood up and walked downstairs.All the guests had arrived. There were about seventy guests, and every corner of the living room was full of guests who chatted in groups. Duke was also talking to a few business clients.Adina instantly spotted him.This man would always be the most dazzling person in the crowd no matter where he was.Naturally, the most beautiful woman of Sea City would also be the most dazzling person in the crowd no matter where she was.As soon as she went downstairs, men came over and hit on her.
Everyone in the banquet hall looked at Adina.“My sister is excellent at playing the piano.” Dew smiled faintly and said, “Addy, everyone wants to hear you play. Come on and play a song.”Adina curled her lips into a sneer. “I don’t know how to play.”Dew broke into a sinister smile.Adina really could not play the piano anymore. It was reasonable, since five years ago, Adina had been locked away for eight months. After that, she brought the kids overseas. She had been busy taking care of the kids and earning money every day. How could she have the time to practice the piano?Once you abandoned a skill for five years, you would be unfamiliar with it if you wanted to pick it up again.Knowing how to play piano and playing it well were two different things.She would definitely beat Adina this time!Dew suppressed her pride before she added, “Addy, don’t be humble. We all know how well you played the piano when we took piano lessons together.”“I haven’t played it in many years,
“Ms. Adina is gorgeous, and she can even play the piano so well. She’s truly impressive!” Argh! Dew secretly growled.How could this happen?Why would that b*tch, Adina, be in the limelight again?That was not her intention.However, no matter how regretful Dew was, she could not change the men’s sight in the banquet hall.When a woman looked gorgeous, she could attract the attention of countless men. If she was talented, she would become popular.After Adina got down from the stage, some men went over to hit on her.But Duke got to her first.There was a different kind of gaze in his black eyes. “Why didn’t I know that you could play the piano?”“You’ve never asked, have you?” Adina replied indifferently.Did she have to tell everyone that she could play the piano? Besides, she was not very close to Duke.Duke looked at her side profile and slowly asked, “I heard from Dew just now that you learned piano with her when you were young?”Adina nodded. “You can say that.”
Duke recalled that whenever he got near this woman previously, she would look just as frightened.Was she afraid of him, or was she afraid of him getting close to her?He pursed his gorgeous lips tightly. Just as he was about to speak, his phone vibrated in his pocket.He released Adina’s shoulder and spoke in a low and soft tone, “The banquet hall is a little noisy. You can go to the balcony and get some fresh air.”After he said that, he brought his phone to a quiet place to answer it.A strange accent came from the other end of the line. “Hi, Mr. Winters. I’m Catherine. I wonder if you’ve heard about me.”Duke raised his head indifferently. “Hi, Ms. Catherine.”His mother lived in Ascrialia, and she had a quiet life. Ms. Catherine would always go to the manor and keep his mother company.In the beginning, he thought that Ms. Catherine had ulterior motives. But later, he discovered that Catherine was a psychologist with a background in social studies. She frequently visited h
“There’s nobody else here, so just say whatever you want to say. Don’t beat around the bush.” Dew smiled coldly. “As I said before, as long as you leave Sea City, I can give you anything. That still holds true, so you better take that chance.”“I finally understand why you’re so afraid of me being in Sea City.” Adina twirled her red wine glass and sounded lazy. “When I returned, you resorted to all kinds of schemes to make me disappear. I always thought that you were afraid of me stealing the position of the Daugherty family’s heir, but it turns out, that’s not the case.”Dew became tense.She stared at Adina who sat across from her. She gritted her teeth and said, “Didn’t you come back this time to take everything from the Daugherty family? I won’t give up.”“Haha!”Adina chuckled.She put down her glass of wine before she leaned forward menacingly.Her voice became extremely cold. “Compared to the mistress of the Winters family, the heir of the Daugherty family is worthless. D
Dew’s lips became completely pale.She had never been afraid of Adina. She was just terrified of Duke.That man was ruthless and cold-hearted. He showed no mercy to his enemies. If he discovered that she had deceived him for four years, he would kill her.“Adina, help me.”Dew grabbed Adina’s hand and begged her in a low voice.Her dreams of becoming the mistress of the Winters family were broken. Now she just wanted to stay alive and retain the Daugherty family’s wealth and prosperity.“Duke still doesn’t know about the kids,” Adina said indifferently.Dew sighed in relief. As long as Duke still did not know, there were still countless possibilities.She tried to ask, “So, besides you, who else knows about this?”Adina was aware of what Dew was planning. She scoffed and said, “Are you going to kill everyone who knows about this so that you can keep it a secret forever?”Dew was stunned.“I’ve already written an email, and a DNA report is attached to it. If something happens
Duke frowned. “Mother, when I met her, I didn’t know that she was my sons’ aunt.“Now that you know, you should give it up, yes?” Mabel said coldly. “Dew, the second daughter of the Daugherty’s family, gave you a pair of twins, but you want to marry the eldest daughter of the same family instead? If this news were to spread, people will mock us!”“I love Adina, and it has nothing to do with her being the eldest daughter of the Daugherty family.” Duke said plainly, “I will not break up with her just because she’s from the Daugherty family.”Adina, who was bringing her two children downstairs, was caught off guard when she heard what Duke said. She was both surprised and shocked. There were mixed emotions in her gaze. ‘Duke and I are dating, but we’re not together because we’re in love. ‘But now, he’s saying that he loves me right in front of Mrs. Winters. He even said that he would never want to break up with me…’The wall that she had built around her heart crumbled a little.