Adina always addressed Mabel as Mrs. Winters. Today, she took the initiative to call her “Mother”.Mabel felt as if a huge weight was off her heart.If Duke and Adina accepted her as their mother, it meant that they had forgiven the past.“Oh… Addy, don’t you worry. Leave your children with me. I will take care of them,” she said happily.“Mommy, I don’t want to live away from you!” Harold lunged at Adina and wrapped his arms around her neck. He cried, “Mommy, I want to stay with you. Please, I beg you!”Melody tugged on Adina’s sleeve and said, “Mommy, I’ve never lived away from you. Please don’t move out… please!”Even though George and Alden were quiet, it was clear that they shared their sibling’s wish. They looked very reluctant.Alden, especially, looked hesitant. He and Melody had never been away from their mother. Even when Adina was at her busiest, she had taken them along with her.The Jones Corporation resort project seemed fine for now. He knew that the situation th
Melody was about to cry. “Will Mommy never like me again?”Alden hugged his sister. “Mommy is not angry. I think she has something to do. That’s why she was impatient.”“The succession contest to Jones Corporation is important to Mommy,” George said. “Mommy must have a strong reason to move out. Stop making trouble, Harold.” Harold clenched his fist. He did not want to part with his mother. “I know I made a mistake. I’ll go and apologize to Mommy.”Alden pursed his lips. “Let Mommy calm down first.”“Your daddy and mommy are just moving to live near the project site. They aren’t leaving for another country. When you miss you miss them, I can take you there any time. It’s not a big deal.” Mrs. Winters smiled. “Hal, don’t cry. You’re making Mel cry as well. Wipe your tears.”Harold nodded and wiped his tears. Melody also calmed down.The door of the master bedroom opened. Adina stood at the railing. “Didn’t you all agree to help me pack? Why didn’t you come up?”Harold ran upsta
There was another Winters family’s mansion near the resort project site.It was a large mansion with a sea view located on the hillside. It was a well-kept mansion, so the yard was full of plants and flowers.When the car stopped, Adina turned to look at Duke’s chest. She said in a low voice, “Should we call a doctor?”“It’s just a minor injury, so don’t worry.” Duke stroked her hair. “Rest today. Some programmers will come tomorrow. We will see if they can destroy the chip in your body.”Adina was about to say something, but she remained quiet. She was in this line of work, so she knew very well that there was no way to destroy the chip without getting the original program data.However, she did not want Duke to feel disappointed. She might as well try it. What else could she do?At seven the next morning, there was some commotion. Adina got dressed and went downstairs. She saw Duke talking to three or four programmers.She sat beside Duke and answered the programmers’ question
His sharp gaze fell on the maid. “Be honest with me. Who is the supplier of the biochip purchased by Elder Maurice?”“I don’t know. How could I possibly know that? I am just a maid” The maid shook her head and shivered. “I only heard from the lady that Elder Maurice has at least three or four suppliers for weapons, food, petroleum, and chips because he is afraid of being monopolized by one supplier.”Duke narrowed his eyes. It was indeed something Elder Maurice would do. If he had three or four suppliers at the ready, failure on one front would not have a damaging effect on him.He said coldly, “If you can’t name the chip supplier today, I’ll put this little thing into your body.”He was holding a small crystal chip. The maid turned pale with fright.She knew what it was. When the young lady she worked for wanted to control someone, she would order her to put this thing into that person’s veins. The person would completely change. They turned completely obedient in the end.When
The windows were smashed, and the cold wind drifted in. Adina hugged Duke tightly. “It’s so cold,” she mumbled.Duke carried her to another room, next to the master bedroom. He put her down on the bed. “Addy,” he said in surprise. “You aren’t…”He realized Addy remembered everything. This time, she wasn’t violent and hysterical. She did not try to break free from him like she usually did when this happened. “Duke, I remember what just happened.” Adina was also startled. “A man’s voice rang in my mind and ordered me to smash the French windows. It used to be a robotic female voice. But this time, it was a man’s. The voice sounded familiar.”Duke frowned. He had read many reports on biochips and had a thorough understanding by now. The program of the chip had a function that let the robot send out orders.But this time, it was a man’s voice, which meant it wasn’t a robot giving the order. It was a person.‘Isabelle is dead. Who else could it be?’ wondered Duke.Buzz!Right the
Duke said softly, “Addy, don’t be afraid. Now that we know it is Earl, everything will be easier. You just wait patiently.”He called Blake and told him to find the carrier.Blake called back after an hour. “Boss, I found it! It was an earring. That was the transmitter.”“Send it over as fast as you can,” Duke ordered.However, even the fastest channel would take at least two days.Adina stayed in the mansion and did not go anywhere for the next two days. Duke stayed with her.She leaned on the couch and read a book. Duke was in the kitchen, cooking.Adina smiled watching him trying to cook.The man, who had never cooked, was learning to do it for her. Although he was an amateur at it, she loved the food he made for her.“Jones Corporation discovered a rare large oil field.”News about Jones Corporation was reported on TV, which attracted Adina’s attention.“It is a rare oil field that has not been seen in the Sea City for a hundred years. The amount of exploitation is huge.
“Wait a minute, Addy. I’ll drive you after I finish washing the dishes.”Duke wore an apron. He put the empty dishes into the sink and washed them.Adina sat at the dining table and held her chin in her hands. She looked at the man in admiration.His fingers were slender, and his back was broad and sturdy. He was tall. She wanted to spend a romantic night with him.After moving in, they had barely spent any passionate moment together. They slept in separate rooms. They didn’t even dare to kiss. At most, they hugged. They were afraid. Especially Adina. They were afraid of triggering the orders from the biochip like it had happened before.Duke turned around and met her gaze. He smirked. “Don’t look at me like that. If I didn’t know better, I would think you were insinuating something else.”Adina blushed and quickly looked away.Duke was already trying very hard to control himself. If she looked at him like that every time, he might just lose it and give in to his desires.Duk
’This b*tch has two scars on her face, but why is she still so beautiful?’“Grandpa, Dad, Aunt Zhenny,” Adina greeted everyone in the room. “Adina!” said Daniel.“Even I, an illegitimate daughter or “my kind” as you so eloquently put it, know that I must greet my elders and relatives who are older than me when I enter the room. Why doesn’t Jasmine seem to know about this?” Adina smiled. “Jasmine has the guidance of Aunt Zhenny, but she is still so improper. If she was left to grow up and fend for herself like me, I wonder what she will turn into.”Zhenny’s face turned icy. ‘This b*tch turned the same thing I just said on my daughter. Was she listening at the door? What a scheming b*tch!’“Don’t be angry, Aunt Zhenny.” Adina smiled sweetly. “Even though Jasmine is ignorant, she is still my cousin. I’ll ask her to pay more attention to her etiquette in the future. I will look out for her.”“No one asked you to do that. You’re just an illegitimate daughter! You have no right to ed