At the Daugherty Corporation, Aaron and Ruby could do nothing except watch helplessly as the company stock price plummeted quickly.“Duke, Daugherty Corporation is unable to withstand such a blow. Please go easy on us.”Aaron could no longer pretend not to care. If this continued, Daugherty Corporation would only end in one way: collapsing into bankruptcy.Duke’s lips curled into an ice-cold, malicious smile. “So, are you all still denying it?”Ruby supported herself on the desk while her entire body shivered.As her pale lips trembled, she pleaded, “Duke, no matter what, Dew has taken care of Georgie and Hal for four years. Her hard work deserves some credit. Please spare us. Spare the Daugherty family.”The smile on Duke’s face disappeared at that instant.He arose menacingly, his eyes twinkling like a pair of eagle eyes, “That is to say, you two were also aware of that matter? That incident from four years back?”He sent out an aura that fell upon Ruby with staggering weight
“Duke, you can come to me if you have any problem, just do not touch my mother!” Dew yelled until she almost lost her voice, “If you approach the Daugherty Corporation and my parents again, I’ll—”She looked into the car. A four-year-old child lay in the back seat.She had just lost her control and pushed George. His head knocked on a stone at the roadside, then he passed out instantly.She was frightened. She wanted to get far away because she was worried that if something happened to George, Duke would look for her once more.However, the shares in her hands were now worthless due to the Daugherty Corporation stock price drop. She did not even have the money to leave the country!“George is now in my hands. If you dare to lay your hands on my mother and the Daugherty Corporation, I will let you never see George again in this life!”After Dew finished speaking angrily, she immediately hung up.After finishing her words, she regretted it again.She had never intended to harm Ge
Alden pulled open the car’s back seat and sat in it.He held the computer and continued tapping on the keyboard, whispering, “I’ve locked on to Dew’s location, and she is together with George.”Adina clenched her jaw. “Alden, fasten your seat belt.”The car accelerated out of the mansion as she stepped on the gas.Four years ago, she was not able to protect George and Harold well, which later turned into a nightmare that haunted her ever since.Now, she must protect her son.In the past, if Dew dared to hurt George, she would have wanted her to pay the blood debt with blood.However, she no longer wanted things to get to that point.Adina stepped on the gas pedal to the bottom. She ran a string of red lights before finally driving out of the downtown area, and the car sped up to the red dot on the locator.She was closer to the red dot.She grew closer and closer.Fifteen minutes later, the car arrived at the beach. The seawater over here carried the strong stench of fish wh
“Duke, I know it’s you!” Dew stood inside and talked to herself. “I was wrong four years ago. I made a serious mistake. I should not have pretended to be the children’s mother! Even though I lied to you, I gave the two children my heart and soul over these four years, and I never did anything to harm George and Harold. Why do you have to do this to me? Why are you doing this to Daugherty Corporation?”Adina, who was standing outside, instantly froze when she heard it.So Duke was aware of the issue with the children?When did he know about it?Before she could think about it, she heard Dew’s voice growing more agitated.“I’ve been waiting for you for the past four years, giving the Winters family four years of my youth, and this is how you treat me? You never put me in your eyes! You never wanted to marry me! The Daugherty family has never benefited from the Winters family either, so why are you treating me like this?” Dew roared, “I guess you just want to kill me, huh? If you wan
“Will you really do whatever I ask you to do?” Dew smirked, and her eyes shone with a cunning, sinister light in the dark. Adina nodded coolly. “With the condition of you letting George go.”“Sure. As long as you do as I say, I will let George go, and I promise you that he will not be hurt.” Dew ruffled George’s hair and chuckled. “I’m not so evil as to want you to die. I just want you to maim your face. Then, I’ll return George to you.”She raked her eyes over Adina’s face. Her gaze was like a knife that desperately wanted to tear off Adina’s skin from her face. Adina had always been the most beautiful girl in class and in school. Wherever she went, Dew’s pride would always be trampled by Adina. Whenever her friends and the people around her spoke about the siblings, they would always say that Adina was prettier and more dignified. Even if Adina did not show up in the same place as Dew, someone around her would still say that while Dew was beautiful, Adina was more beautif
She took out a knife from nowhere before she pointed it at George’s chin.Adina’s hand immediately froze.She was preparing to subdue Dew when she was not paying attention. She was not expecting Dew to have a weapon.It looked like she had to ruin her face first tonight before she came up with another solution.Adina saw that George’s eyes were still opened wide, so she turned around.She raised the knife, and when she was about to stab her face, a dazzling white light suddenly shone in her direction; it came from a car. The person inside kicked the car door open, and a tall and straight figure quickly walked in from the entrance of the factory. As soon as he entered, the temperature in the surroundings plummeted.An invisible net seemed to spread out in the air, which suppressed Dew so much that she could not breathe.She grabbed George tightly while she kept moving backward. “Don’t come over! Duke Winters, don’t come over. Your son is in my hands!”Duke stood beside Adina.
This was the moment!Duke immediately went forward, and he stretched out his right hand toward George like an arrow that was released from a string.His gaze was cold and ruthless, and he moved very swiftly.His right arm was stretched out in a perfect arc in the air before he strongly grabbed George’s collar from the back and pulled him over.Dew was completely stunned.Then, she immediately snapped out of a daze.She crawled to the black weapon, and she instantly grabbed it with her hand.“Stop moving! Don’t move!”Dew sat on the floor while raising the gun high.George nestled in Duke’s arms while breathing heavily. As if he survived a disaster, he raised his head and looked at Adina who still stood at the entrance of the factory. Suddenly, he had a strong sense of foreboding.At that moment!Swish!A bullet was shot in the direction where Adina was.In a split second, Duke did not even have the time to think. He held the boy in his arms tightly while he speedily move
Did Duke even bring other people over?Wait, the footsteps sounded slightly familiar… It was Alden!Alden was coming!The gunshots must have shocked Alden, so he was coming over to check out the situation.Adina instantly widened her eyes!If Alden came, it meant Dew would gain another advantage over her again!She wanted to shout to let Alden leave immediately.But she was afraid of triggering Dew.Dew focused on staring at Adina now. She did not notice the footsteps outside.Adina closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she had already regained her calm. “Dew Daugherty, don’t you just want to ruin my face? It’s just a face, and I don’t really care about it. Don’t hurt others over it. Let Duke and George leave this place first!”She spoke while moving backward, blocking the entrance.Coincidentally, the footsteps stopped, and Alden appeared at the entrance.His small figure was shielded by Adina.Dew did not notice anything strange. She kept smiling crazily, and