“Don’t say what in front of me?”A cold voice suddenly came out of nowhere behind them.The few secretaries who were in the pantry were so terrified that their hands shook, and their faces instantly turned white.Miss Clark slowly turned back and saw Adina standing against the door frame with a faint smile on her face.“Mdm. Winters, n-nothing happened.” Miss Clark hurriedly handed over the coffee to Adina. “Mdm. Winters, please drink the coffee.”Adina picked up the coffee and said with a cool expression, “I just heard you guys say that Mr. Winters is having an affair with a foreign woman?”“M-Mdm. Winters, you heard it wrong!” Miss Clark was frightened out of her wits. “We were talking about gossip in the entertainment industry. It has nothing to do with Mr. Winters.”Adina looked up, and her gaze was fixed on the secretary in the black suit behind her. “You did say what I just quoted from you. Please come with me to the CEO’s office.”The secretary in the black suit trembled
Adina raised her head slightly and looked up.She could see the unreadable emotions hovering in Earl’s dark eyes.It seemed that this trick was somewhat working.She could bring out the host personality in him if she persisted.“Duke, get on with what you are doing. I’m accompanying the kids back home. I hope you’ll be home early tonight.”Adina carried the thermos box and stepped out of the office.As soon as she went out, Earl lit a cigarette.Amid the smoke, his expression darkened, and he grew visibly furious.His brows were furrowed as he paused. He had not touched a woman in almost a month since he became Earl.Adina must have somehow tempted him and brought out long-repressed desires, since he had been abstinent for so long.He raised his hand and was about to ask the assistant outside to arrange a woman for him.This was his newly arranged assistant, who was also his henchman.Jake Wilson, the previous assistant, had already been transferred to the regional corporat
When she was about to take a closer look, the four children rushed in from outside.“Mommy, since you do not have to work today, let’s go to the theme park, okay?”“Mommy, I want to go to the theme park, too.”Alden looked up and gently said, “Mommy, since Mel wants to go, then let’s go.”George nodded. “I’ll move today’s afternoon work to tomorrow then.”Adina came up with a thought in her head. “How about inviting your dad to go to the theme park with us?”After she said that, the children quieted down.Although the children did not understand what was going on between the adults, they were all perceptive enough to see that their father seemed to be different from before.George paused and said, “Daddy is quite busy with work. Will he be willing to come along?”Alden pursed his lips. “Mommy, it’s fine for just the five of us to go to the theme park.”“Yes, I think Daddy is a little creepy.” Harold pouted, saying, “I don’t want Daddy to join us.”“Am I the only one who want
An hour later, six people disembarked from their car outside the amusement park.“Daddy, pick me up!” Melody held up her arms and clutched Earl’s neck.Her soft body smooshed up against his chest made him feel a touch of warmth in his desolate heart.Although she was not his biological daughter, they were still blood relatives. She could even be his next of kin to some extent.There was nothing strange about an uncle spoiling his niece. Earl carried Melody and walked in front.Adina followed behind, an unreadable expression in her eyes.Before they left the house, she had spoken with Mr. Brown and deduced that, in Duke’s twenty-odd years of life, his greatest trauma had been the death of his father.She did not know how the late Mr. Winters died, but she should be able to help Duke’s primary identity regain control by reminding him that his father loved him. “Hal, why aren’t you with Daddy?” Adina asked with a smile. “Your daddy just looks a little meaner now, but he still
A familiar figure suddenly appeared before him.“Mr. Winters, what a coincidence.” Catherine had a broad smile as she approached. “I never thought I’d run into you here in this playground.”She bent down to greet the children. “Hello, children. I am Aunt Catherine. Do any of you remember me?”“I do!” Harold said first. “Last time when daddy was in the hospital, you came to visit him.”“That’s right.” Catherine petted Harold’s head, then she looked toward Adina, held her hand out to her, and said, “Ms. Daugherty, I’m so glad to see you again.”Adina gave Catherine a cold look. She still remembered that night very clearly.If it were not for Catherine’s meddling, Duke would have caught Earley.At the thought of Earley, Adina wondered if the man had been caught yet or if he had vanished again.While she was contemplating, she heard the man beside her huff impatiently, “What are you doing here?”“I heard this is the largest amusement park in Sea City, so I came to have some fun on
“Daddy, I want some cotton candy.”Melody’s cute voice broke through the strange atmosphere.Earl looked down and scooped the little girl into his arms. “Come on, let’s go get some cotton candy.”Adina’s gaze was unreadable. “Don’t you care about Earley? Why aren’t you saddened by his death?”“He’s in a better place, why should I be sad about that?” Catherine stared at the back of Earl’s figure, a smile slowly forming on her lips. “Mr. Winters seems to enjoy being a father.”Adina smiled coolly. “A father’s love is innate.”Catherine suppressed a sneer. “A father’s love may be innate, but that’s not the same for the love between a man and a woman. Mr. Winters hasn’t spared you a single glance during the whole time I’ve been here.”Adina’s expression turned to ice.If she had been doubtful then, she was absolutely certain at this point that there was something between Catherine and Duke.But when they met at the bar that day, things got so hostile between them that they were al
But if they had followed through with it until the end, everything that she had done would be for nothing.A man who was touched by other women was like rubbish to her. She was already being nice by not just dumping him.The only reason she was still standing here and asking him such a humble question was because of the kids… When Earl saw her smile, his heart tensed up.He remembered that he went to his mother to avoid being killed, and he met Catherine.At that time, Catherine was just eighteen years old, the age when a girl was the most innocent, idealistic, and fertile…He was always a sinner, and women around him were usually the cheap sluts who had slept with different men. Meanwhile, Catherine was an innocent girl.When such an innocent girl seduced him, he totally could not control himself, so… Catherine and him had been fooling around together for a long time. But he dared not admit it to Adina at this time.From her eyes, he saw her heart, and it was on the verge
When Adina saw his back rapidly disappearing, she slowly pursed her lips.Unsure if it was her imagination, she always felt that this man’s emotions would go out of control whenever she mentioned Earley Wynters.Earley Wynters, Duke Winters… Duke Winters, Earley Wynters.She repeatedly mumbled these two names.“Mommy, why did Daddy leave?”Melody ran over, sounding like she was close to tears.Adina kept away her thoughts before she bowed down and lifted Melody up. “Daddy needs to work. I’ll play with you.”“No…” The little girl cried willfully. “I just want Daddy! If Daddy is not around, I don’t want to play either. Waa…” Adina sighed.What a spoiled girl.Before they got married, Duke did anything that Melody asked for. Even if she asked the moon, he could also take it down and give it to her.But after they got married, Duke suddenly did not come home for a month, and when he did come home, he did not pamper Melody in the way he used to.No one could bear such a level