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
Adina smiled gratefully at her father.She said, “The one billion is an investment that I acquired, and it has nothing to do with the petrochemical project.”“It’s not up to you to say whether it has something to do with it,” said Jasmine aggressively. “One billion dollars is not a small amount. No more than ten companies in Sea City can spend one billion dollars to invest in projects like these. Why don’t you tell us who made such a large investment?”One billion dollars indeed wasn’t a small amount. Although shares were worth billions, who would sell the shares for cash? “Fortunately, I carry all the documents of the resort project with me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to defend myself.” Adina shook her head with a smile. She took a document from her bag and put it in front of Mr. Jones. “This is the project investment contract. I haven’t had time to file it yet. Grandpa, you can have a look and decide if anything is wrong there.”Mr. Jones picked up the document. He seemed st
Under the cold gaze of Mr. Jones and Dillon, she swallowed her pride. “Addy, I’m very sorry.”“That is quite alright. I will not take it to heart,” said Adina, waving her hand generously. “I still have too many things to deal with, so I’ll leave first.”She turned around on her high heels and left the study.Dillon chased after her. “Addy, won’t you stay for at least a meal?”“I already ate dinner. In fact, I rushed here right after finishing my meal. It hasn’t even had time to digest yet.” Adina smiled at her father. “Dad, you don’t need to see me out. I can go.”Dillon took two more steps forward as he did not want to part with his daughter. Although he had reunited with her, he didn’t get too many chances to actually spend time with her. He had never had the chance to shower her with fatherly affection.“Addy, please wait a minute,” said Dillon. “I bought something for you. Take it back with you.”Adina wanted to refuse politely. But Dillon had already gone to his room. He re
As soon as Duke reached home, a package was delivered. Duke glanced at the address of the sender and signed the package. Then, he entered the mansion with Adina in his arms.Adina watched him open the package, revealing a small box. He opened the box. There was a golden-black earring inside.Duke disassembled the earring and found the complicated transistor routing. “Duke, give me an hour,” said Adina. I’ll try and see what it is.”Duke nodded. He knew that Adina was good at hacking, so she would definitely crack this thing and find out what it was for.Adina took the earring into the study and connected it to the computer. Her frown got deeper, the more she studied it. This thing was a bit beyond her skill.An hour later, Adina came out of the study with a solemn face. Duke stopped his work and turned to look at her. “How is it? Did you find anything out?”“This is a communicator, and it only has a program for issuing orders. It doesn’t have the original program of the chi
“Your mommy is very busy,” said Duke gently. “Al, I will send you something later. Have a look and tell me if you can break the code.”Alden nodded. “Okay, Daddy.”After hanging up, Duke sent Alden the program used to issue orders, which was extracted by Adina.He had worked with his son before and knew how extraordinary his skills were.Adina’s talent was mainly in programming, while Alden had an incredible talent in breaking into information systems.In the Winters family’s mansion, Alden received an email.George leaned over to look. “What did Daddy send you?”Alden opened the email and frowned. “It’s a program code. Daddy asked me to try to break it.”He took the phone upstairs, took out the notebook from under the bed, and sat on the carpet with the notebook in his arms. George stood behind him, watching his brother try to break into the code.The sound of his fingers clacking on the keyboard filled the room. As he continued, his face turned solemn.After half an hour,