Deep into the night, Adina sat on the balcony, holding the diamond ring tightly in her hand.‘This is the ring Duke put on my finger when I got married that day. Luckily, I didn’t throw it into the trash can on impulse.’‘The sea blue ring has become the only thing that I can remember Duke with.‘Where’s the ring that I gave him?’Adina was sobbing really hard. She looked bleak and pitiful under the moonlight. She had never been a crybaby, and she seldom cried in the past four years, but today, she had burst into tears three and four times.Even though her eyes were no longer bloodshot, tears were still streaming down her face. For the first time in her life, she was lost. She did not know what to do next. ‘If I don’t still have to look out for my four children, I would definitely bring the evil Earl down with me… ‘But they are my Achilles heels. They are the soft spots that I have embraced wholeheartedly… ‘Whenever I think about them, I feel as if my heart has been stab
Adina turned her body sideways and asked calmly, “Are you free to talk?”“What leverage can you use to negotiate with me?” Earl sneered. “Forget about using my identity. Let me warn you again: if my identity is exposed, the psychologist will be the first to die. And… the least obedient among the four children will be next in line.” Adina clenched her fist. She almost threw it at him. Threatening her with her children was a quick way to break her composure. ‘Luckily, I’ve sent them overseas. I don’t have to worry about them.’She took a deep breath. “It’s precisely because I don’t have leverage that I want to talk to you. You don’t want to have a ticking time bomb living in the house, do you?”Earl took a glance at Adina, strode into the bedroom, and sat down on the bed.He crossed his legs, looking like a gangster. Before this, he had been forced to learn how Duke acted. However, now that his identity has been exposed, he has become even more comfortable. He took out an
Earl took a glance at Adina’s back. ‘Ever since I was born, I have remained in the shadows. The one thing that I yearned the most is light. ‘I want to be the chairman of Winters Corporation, not its shares or assets… ‘If I’m able to make her trust me more just by transferring some shares, it will be a good deal…’ “If you were to be compliant and play your part as Mdm. Winters, you would profit from it as well.” Earl smiled and said coldly, “I’ll have my assistant transfer the shares to your name. Are you happy now?”Adina clenched her fist and slowly relaxed. She pursed her lips and said, “This has nothing to do with my happiness. I only did this for you to have a clear conscience. You must give what you owe Duke to the children as compensation.”After she finished speaking, she turned and headed straight to the washroom indifferently.Earl’s gaze turned cold again.‘So, she’s not doing it for the children, but does not want Duke to lose out?‘Hmph! Why is she still concer
“They are getting a divorce after only being married for less than a month. What on earth has happened during this period?”“Some people have speculated that a third person came between them. Is that really the truth? Our reporter will interview them and get the truth.” “......” As she looked at the news, the corner of Adina’s lips curled up a little. These journalists did not let her down indeed. “Addy, is it true what the news said?” Mabel’s hands were shaking. “Even if you want to get a divorce, can’t you wait just a little longer?” Adina said with an apathetic look on her face. “He will have his own children one day. I’m just fighting for my children’s rights in advance. Divorce or not, it doesn’t mean much to me.” Her husband’s name on her marriage certificate was Duke Winters, not Earl Winters. Getting a divorce with Earl did not mean much indeed. Mabel was about to say something else when Adina’s phone vibrated. She answered it and smiled indifferently. “Okay, I
All of Catherine’s dignity was trampled on the ground. Her tears fell, and she could not stop them She sobbed and said, “Earl, you will regret this. You will regret the choice you made today.” She gave Earl a deep look. She kept looking back at Earl as she walked toward the door of the CEO’s office. As she reached the door, she raised her hand and wiped her tears off. She could be humble and yearning in front of Earl, but in the eyes of others, she would always be the woman who was on the pedestal and inviolable. Catherine walked out of the CEO’s office with her chin up and stepped into the elevator. The moment she left, the secretaries started to discuss among themselves. “They haven’t even announced their divorce yet, and the mistress is openly entering and exiting Mr. Winters’ office.” “Although this mistress is a foreign woman, she is obviously not as beautiful as Mdm. Winters. I wonder how Mr. Winters could be so blind. “He cheated after getting married for only
“Let’s go over and interview them!” Dozens of reporters broke through the security guards’ defensive line and surrounded the two women, whose lives were intertwined, in the lobby. Adina sat on the carpet, tears welling up in her eyes. She looked at Catherine, who was standing in front of her. Her voice choked and quivered. “If you and Duke truly love each other, I will step back and let you be together. Please just stop messing with me. Please leave my children alone.” As she said that, the expressions of the reporters who surrounded them changed. Their suspicions had actually turned out true. It had been years since they had witnessed a fight between a legitimate wife and a mistress. The reporters snapped photos of Catherine’s face in excitement. Catherine was dumbfounded at the entire situation. She remained stupefied for quite a long moment. Her face was quickly recognized by reporters. “Excuse me, are you Miss Catherine? The famous psychiatrist from overseas?” “
The news on the internet was escalating. The short video of Adina and Catherine arguing in the lobby went viral. The photo of the CEO of Winters Corporation standing in front of Catherine, shielding her from the journalists, had been shared more than a billion times. The number of comments was growing at a rate of thousands per second. “Oh damn! So it’s true that they are getting a divorce because someone came between them!” “His wife has fallen to the floor, yet Duke actually protected his mistress first. His mistress is his true love indeed.” “Adina is the most beautiful woman in Sea City. How is she not better than her? Why did her husband kick her out after getting married for just a month?” “Maybe her personality was too imposing, that’s why her husband chose to find another woman.” “Those who are blaming it on the victim should take some time off. Cheaters deserve to die! Homewreckers deserve to die! No matter what his wife has done wrong, it shouldn’t be a reason
“Thank you, Mr. Jones. I can take care of it myself.” Adina hung up immediately. She drove back to LaStar Technology Corporation. Instead of taking care of work, she logged on to the Dark Net using an offshore account. There were all kinds of people on the Dark Net. Most of them were very capable. She found a few organizations that were involved in both legal and illegal businesses. She spent a fortune to hire them to help search for Duke. There were only a few places where it was possible to make someone vanish from the face of the earth. Whether he was alive or dead, she had to find out Duke’s whereabouts. Adina had a busy afternoon at the office. She was finally ready to go home. She actually felt reluctant to go back to the Winters family’s mansion. Without Duke, without four kids, it was just another building to her. But she still needed to deal with Earl, so she had to go back. Adina dawdled in the office for a while before she drove back to the Winters family’s