It was already 5:00 pm when they came back from the Jones family.Along the way, Harold was the most excited. He simply could not stop talking.“Grandpa Dillon said I’m talented in painting. He even said that my drawings are good enough to shine even in a national children’s drawing competition.“Grandpa Dillon said he can teach me painting every weekend. Mommy, can you take me there every week?”Adina stroked his head and said, “Painting is very boring. It’s not something you’ll find yourself doing long, just because of a momentary spark of interest. Can you keep at it?”Harold nodded. “Mommy, I will keep drawing every day, just like Mel.”“Awesome.” Adina gently smiled and said, “I’ll take you to the market to buy professional painting tools and drawing papers tomorrow. Get some rest first today.”“Thank you, Mommy!”Harold happily took Melody to play.Meanwhile, Adina put on her apron and went to the kitchen. Duke had made her breakfast, so she should prepare dinner.There
After she said that, she glanced at Duke.Duke pursed his lips, turned on the laptop in the study room, and projected a surveillance video on the wall.The surveillance covered a room. It looked like a hotel room, but it barely passed as one, because the lighting was very dim, and the window was very small. It looked a little cramped.A man’s figure appeared under the dim light.He had a white bathrobe loosely wrapped around him while holding a cigarette with his fingers. He emitted a lazy and decadent aura.Catherine’s pupils contracted. “Earl…” As soon as she said that, two scantily clad women appeared in the surveillance. They walked over and leaned on Earl on each side while they touched his body. They even kissed him.Catherine was stunned. “Adina Daugherty, don’t go too far!”Adina chuckled. “I’m going too far? How far am I going? Earl Winters nearly killed my husband, while you removed my husband’s memories. We just made Earl lose his freedom. You see, how am I going to
When Duke returned to the master bedroom, his eyes were still squeezed shut.Adina massaged his forehead using an essential oil while quietly accompanying him.Finally, when it was 11:00 pm, he slowly opened his eyes.“Addy, I remembered everything. Memories of every day from my early childhood, to when I was about three years old, to the day I was abducted a month ago, to the day I came back.” Duke held Adina’s hand. “I finally know how we met.”Adina touched the back of his head. “Does your head still hurt?”The man shook his head. “After my memories have been sorted out, my brain feels relieved like it never has felt before.”“That’s great.” Adina felt happy for him. “You should handle those gangsters of Winters Corporation as soon as possible. I still feel uneasy.”Earl’s gaze in the surveillance today in particular still haunted her.She always felt that Earl would not easily surrender to his fate.“Addy, the matters of Winters Corporation are very trivial. I now want to
“Jump!”The robotic voice had been heard over and over again. Adina wanted to resist, but she was unable to fight back.Besides, her right cheek was very painful. She felt as if she was being slapped strongly. On top of the slaps, she felt as if her face was being sliced open.If jumping down could relieve her pain, she was willing to jump.Adina held the cold fence and leaped over with a flip.“Addy!”Duke was totally scared out of his wits.He swung his hand and grabbed Adina who almost fell down into his arms.“Addy, don’t scare me!”He lifted her, walked into the room, and locked the window of the balcony.When the room became warm again, Adina suddenly shivered.She slowly looked at Duke. “What happened… just now?”Duke stared at her and softly said, “You suddenly rushed to the balcony and nearly jumped down just now.”“I… jumped?”Adina was utterly dumbfounded.She tried to recall what happened just now, but her mind was completely blank.She did not remember what
When the doctor peeled the gauze off, the wounds were already recovered, so more dressing was unnecessary.Adina looked at the wounds in the mirror. They did not look as disgusting as she imagined, but the wound on the left cheek recovered much better.She gently touched her right cheek. It did not sting like the night before.She asked, “My right cheek gets into sudden pangs of pain, but this won’t happen to my left cheek. What is going on?”The doctor carefully examined the wound. “The trauma on the right is bigger and deeper. It’s recovering, so you will feel stinging pain. You must not scratch it with your hand so that the wound won’t be infected again.”“Is there no way to get rid of the pain?” Adina asked again.The situation last night seemed to happen after her right cheek was in stinging pain and her mind went blank.Duke also said, “Can you prescribe some painkillers?”The doctor advised them solemnly, “Painkillers are usually taken after a major illness or surgery. F
[No wonder Duke would have an affair. This face looks so disgusting. It’s not Duke’s fault for wanting a divorce.][Oh yeah, what about the divorce between Adina and Duke that happened some time ago? Why is there suddenly no further information?][Duke was already having affairs when she was not disfigured previously. Now her face is so ugly. I think this settles their divorce.][Men are visual animals. They will not accept a disfigured wife.]When Adina read the strange comments online, she chuckled before she shut down her phone.She did not understand why such a trivial matter could become a hot topic online when she was not even a popular celebrity.It looked like she had to put on a mask like Duke when she went out.Duke controlled the steering wheel while he asked her, “What happened?”“The netizens said my face is disfigured, and I was despised by my husband, so I’m abandoned and divorced,” Adina purposely said in a joking tone.Unexpectedly, this man said in a serious
All the four kids in the room looked at each other at a loss.Harold’s eyes became teary. He sniffed and said, “I thought Mommy was just mildly injured. Why would this happen?”“Mommy must be very sad…” Melody gloomily said. She was a girl who loved to be pretty and loved to dress up, and so did Mommy.If her face was ruined, she would be so sad that she cried every day. Mommy should have also cried. It was just that she did not cry in front of the four of them.“No matter what has happened to Mommy, she is still our Mommy,” Alden indifferently said, “Don’t act like this in front of Mommy, or she will think we despise her.”Harold quickly wiped his tears off. “Okay, I will not cry. I want to wait for Mommy to come back happily.”George pursed his lips before he softly said, “Mel, don’t you have toys for makeup?”Melody nodded. “Yes, Grandma bought it for me.”Grandma bought all the toys that girls loved, and she had a special dollhouse.George fell into contemplative silence
Melody followed. “Mommy, did we hide very well this time? You and Daddy could not find us!”George and Alden also walked out from behind the curtains.Adina subconsciously chuckled.In the past, George and Alden disdained playing this kind of peekaboo game that children liked to play, but they actually played with Harold and Melody today. It looked like kids were easily assimilated among each other.When Adina was about to speak, she suddenly became stunned.When the light outside the window shone on their faces, there were a total of scars on the four faces.They were clearly red lipstick marks. With the eyeshadow and foundation as finish-off, they looked like very deep wounds.“Mommy, Mel put this makeup on for us,” Harold proudly said, “Georgie said this makeup is called Scar Makeup. It’s very popular on the internet now. Does it look good?”Adina’s eyes suddenly became watery.The kids must have seen the online news, so they put two scars on their faces.How fortunate she