Terry pulled open the drawer and tossed a stack of accounts on the table. “This is the Black Party’s accounts. There are many problematic areas in the accounts. Find ten of the problems and you win.”Adina took the accounts and sat on the other end of the office table. She studied the accounts carefully.When LaStar Technology Corporation was set up in the beginning, it did not hire an accountant. Therefore, Adina was in charge of the company’s finances. It was not a difficult task for her to understand the accounts.Moreover, the accounts had not been done by a professional. Auguste’s relative or confidant must have been the one who prepared them. There were many errors in the accounts.Before Adina finished studying a third of the accounts, she had found at least ten errors.She brought the accounts to Terry and pointed at the first page. She said, “The accounts are not prepared according to the standards. There is a mistake in the first row…”Terry listened to her attentively.
Adina stared at him at a loss. Then, she spoke again, “I’m a married woman. I can’t be yours. Please raise another request. I just want to see your face.”“I don’t mind that you’re a married woman. You can be my lover.”Terry pressed his lips against her earlobe and spoke softly.Adina’s entire body shuddered.The local people were very open-minded. Without any legal restraints, married women could submit to other powerful men, and it was a common phenomenon. However, Adina regarded such a culture with disdain. Yet, Terry had proposed that she be his lover. He could not possibly be Duke!The man she loved could not possibly be so shameless.Adina quickly took a step back. “I’m sorry. I don’t want to see your face anymore.”Before she retreated, Terry grabbed her waist again. “Do you think I’m a panda in a zoo that you can come and see whenever you want?”Terry exerted some force and pulled Adina into his arms.He smelled her familiar scent, which made his heart flutter
Terry asked her helplessly.He had seen women crying before. Isabelle often cried before him, but he only found her disgusting.However, when Adina cried before him, her tears moved his heart, and he felt as if he was dying from suffocation.When he asked her again, Adina cried even harder.She had dealt with Earl in Sea City for a very long time and had never cried whenever she was in danger. She had traveled a long way to Hestia Border and often ended up with disappointment in her search for Duke, which led to sleepless nights. Still, she managed to hold back her tears.But right then, she could no longer hold them back.Her husband did not seem to recognize her…“Don’t you know who I am?” Adina sobbed as she asked. Her voice trembled slightly with a tinge of hope.Terry tensed up. Louis had mentioned that the woman’s last name was Daugherty. But they had no idea what her first name was. He pursed his lips and said, “Don’t cry. Didn’t you say that you wanted to see my f
“Boss, something bad is happening! The Rebellious Party has sneaked into the border and created trouble!”A bodyguard came in and reported the matter to Terry with a sense of great urgency.Terry’s expression changed. He turned to Adina and said, “Leave this place now.”Right after he spoke, he pulled open the drawer, took out two black guns, and put them on his waistband. He quickly went downstairs with the bodyguard. Soon, Adina heard the sound of a car driving away. She stood by the window and saw the car disappearing from her sight. She felt restless.Duke was the CEO of Winters Corporation. He should be working in Sea City and ruling the commercial arena. Even if he failed his business or negotiations, he would at most file for bankruptcy. How did he end up in this place? Why did he become the Black Party’s leader and the first to face dangerous events as if he was guarding something in a hail of bullets?She felt that Duke was above all this.Adina looked around his stu
“There’s a very long scar on his face that stretches from the corner of his eye to his lip. The scar takes up half of his face. Even so, I recognize him. He looks exactly like your dad.”“What?!” Flint was extremely shocked. “Addy, I don’t understand what you mean.”Harold widened his eyes. “Mommy, you mean Terry’s our daddy?”“How can this be possible?!” said Karl who had been sitting next to them. “Duke’s a businessman. Meanwhile, Terry’s a soldier, and I guess he came from the special force…”George pursed his lips and said, ‘When I saw Terry yesterday, I found his voice to be very similar to Dad’s. At that time, I mistook him for my daddy. But it was clear that he didn’t recognize me and AI. Hence, we didn’t give it a second thought.”Alden said, “If he’s truly our dad, he would have recognized us as his children and looked for us!”Adina supported her head with her hand and feebly said, “Your father could have lost his memory…”“What?!” Melody widened her eyes. “Daddy doesn
“What? Aren’t you aware of it?”Jasmine pretended to be very shocked to hear his answer.The Winters family had kept the incident well-hidden and news reports had not revealed anything about Adina’s disappearance.If Jasmine had not coincidentally overheard Mabel talking with a private detective, she would not have known that the Mdm. Winters had gone missing.Besides, not only had Adina vanished, but her four children had also gone missing. Mabel had been looking for them with the help of a private detective. Still, they had not found any clues. Jasmine was calling Flint to inform him that the woman he had his eyes on had run off with another man immediately after she got married. “Mrs. Winters is looking for Adina in private. Unfortunately, she’s clueless about her whereabouts,” Jasmine said regretfully. “I’m aware of your close relationship with her so I thought you ran off with her.”“Jasmine, whether Adina has run off with another man or not, it has nothing to do with
Such a place was not meant for Adina, Duke, and their children. It was all because of Earl!Whenever Adina thought of him, she would purse her lips even more tightly. She had run away and gone missing in the middle of the night. She wondered how pissed off Earl had been.Would he be able to guess that she and her children had traveled to Hestia Border? If he found that they were there, would he come and look for them?That thought flashed in Adina’s mind. Regardless, what mattered most to her was finding out Terry’s true identity.A peaceful night passed by…When dawn came, the darkness and crimes vanished under the bright light.Adina woke up early in the morning and prepared breakfast. After that, she changed her clothes and left the house.She drove to the edge of Hestia Border. The place was now more heavily guarded than it was a few days ago. The number of guards on patrol had increased by three or four times. Everyone was wielding weapons. Their eyes were filled with
Adina squinted her eyes and looked up at the second floor.Two bodyguards armed with weapons stood at the master bedroom’s entrance. They were filled with murderous intent. “Thanks for tipping me off.”Adina smiled at Louis and headed to the second floor.The bodyguards at the entrance let her in as Louis personally escorted her into the mansion. The bodyguards at the master bedroom door carried out a routine body search before letting her in. The master bedroom was specious. After she entered through the door, she was greeted by a small parlor, and the bed was just beyond a partition.The moment she stepped in, she heard a woman’s voice. “You arrived here at the right time. Bring me a syringe. I can’t feed him the medicine with a spoon.”Adina’s heart sunk.Was Terry so severely wounded to the extent that he needed someone to feed him medicine?She walked in at a faster pace. She skirted around the partition and saw the man lying in bed. He was as pale as sheets, and his he