“Mel!”Adina’s pupils shrank, and she quickly rushed to catch Melody.But she was still a second too late. The girl’s head slammed against the nightstand, and she instantly fell unconscious.Adina cradled the child. She was beyond furious.When Adina looked up, Earl had drawn a handgun from his waist.“Adina, she may be your daughter, but she is only a tool for me to control you. If that tool tries to bite me, then she’s just asking for death!”The barrel of the gun was pointed right between Melody’s brows.Adina’s anger surged like a tidal wave.She took deep breaths nonstop and kept convincing herself to calm down so that she would not end up charging at Earl. Adina closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were calm and sober. “Earl, let my child go, and I will leave with you. Otherwise…”She reached behind her waist and took out a bright dagger. “Otherwise, my corpse is the only thing you’re going to get.”Earl’s eyes darkened. “How many knives are you h
She gave Mabel a cold look before she hurried to follow Earl.As soon as she reached the courtyard, she caught a distinct scent.She looked around coldly, and she noticed several people hidden among the greenery.If she could notice them, then naturally, Earl could as well.He reached behind and grabbed Adina’s arm, and his tone was cold as he said, “You asked Duke to come here?”Adina pursed her lips.She knew Duke would follow her. She had depended her life on it…She whispered, “Now that I’m in your hands, what can he do? Get in the car, let’s go.”Her obedient act made Earl think as though she was really willing to leave everything behind and travel the world with him…But this illusion completely disappeared when he saw the blood on her neck.‘She just won’t behave.’He shoved her into the passenger seat and bent over to pat her down. After he was sure there were no more knives, Earl tied her hands together.“Be good. Once we get on the airplane, I’ll untie you.”Earl
Duke personally checked Earl’s corpse. He was dead.He bent over to brush over Earl’s face and closed his sullen eyes. “Find somewhere to bury him.”After Duke said this, he held Adina and got into the car behind them.He whispered softly to her, “Addy, it’s not your fault, it was my bullet that killed him. I did it…”When he was Terry North, he killed almost every day. Murder was nothing to him.Although he had killed Earl on Cairstanian soil, Earl’s crimes were so reprehensible that, even if they took it to the court of law, Duke would not be sentenced.“Addy, it’s alright now, everything is alright now…”Duke held her and quietly pacified her.Adina eventually calmed down.She watched as the bodyguards in front slowly carried Earl out of the car. His body was completely covered in blood.The devil who caused her life such turmoil had finally breathed his last. He finally disappeared. “The news about Earl’s death has to remain confidential,” Adina said hoarsely, “All hi
He was about to get up when the bodyguard kicked his knee, and he crumbled onto the floor.“I’ll ask you again. Do you want to live?” Duke cocked the gun. Arden’s eyes were red. “Despicable! How could there be such a despicable person as you!”Duke sneered. He should have been more despicable and cruel sooner, then Addy would not have suffered so much.Duke raised his hand and fired a blank shot. He frowned impatiently. “I’ll give you another ten seconds to think about it and not a second more.”Arden bit his cheek hard.He did not fear his own death, but his wife and child… They were innocent, they did not even know that he was in this kind of business…He closed his eyes in despair. “Say it. What do you want me to do?”“You will make me a list of names of all of Earl’s subordinates in Sea City. As long as the list is complete, your wife and child may continue to live their ordinary lives.”Arden silently lowered his head.Once this list was handed over, more than a hundred
Duke soon came in from outside.His complexion was cold, and his eyes fell indifferently on Mabel’s face.Mabel guiltily avoided his eyes. Her lips trembled as she said, “I, I’m not feeling very well. I’ll go upstairs first.”“You don’t want to know where Earl is?” This one sentence from Duke was all it took to stop Mabel in her tracks.In a soft voice, he said, “George, take your siblings upstairs to play.”George understood that the adults wanted to talk, so he obediently took his siblings upstairs, hand-in-hand.Mabel clutched her chest and slowly asked, “Duke, what did you do to your brother…?”“It’s not what I did to him, it’s that he chose the path of no return,” Duke said in a low voice, “He’s dead. I personally sent him to hell.”“What…?”Mabel’s eyes suddenly went wide, and her whole body collapsed onto the sofa.Duke did not sympathize with her. He continued on, “If I had sent him to court, even a lifetime of sentences would not be enough. Killing him with a bullet
She raised her hand and forcefully shoved Mabel away.Mabel had not expected Adina to do that. Caught off guard, her whole body collapsed onto the carpet.“I stopped considering you a mother-in-law in my heart from the moment you decided to cover for Earl. Regardless, you are still the children’s grandmother, so I will always respect you.” Adina stared down her nose at Mabel. “But, no matter what, you should not have sent Melody into Earl’s hands. If something had really happened to her, I probably wouldn’t have held back from sending you to meet Earl.”Her face was indifferent, yet her words carried a ruthless determination behind them.“Duke, did you hear that? This is the wife you married, and she wants to kill your mother!” Mabel looked at Duke. Her voice was hoarse. “This witch will only throw our family into chaos. She killed your brother, and now she wants to kill me—”Duke coldly said, “The Winters family has always been chaotic. It doesn’t make a difference whether Addy i
Harold finally registered what he had done.He straightened up obediently, lowered his head, and said, “I’m sorry, Mommy. I didn’t do it on purpose, and I’ll never do it again.”Adina pursed her crimson lips.Why did she suddenly get angry just now? She was usually not the kind of person who enjoys getting angry.Moreover, the toe that got stepped on had stopped hurting.She crouched down and gently said, “It’s okay, Hal. Mommy was just kidding with you just now.”Harold did not dare to relax at all. His mommy just now did not seem like she was kidding at all.He cautiously said, “Mommy, I haven’t finished my homework for the winter holiday. I’ll go do that first.”“Go ahead.”Adina patted his head.George and Alden exchanged looks, then the two of them each took Melody by the hand and walked back to their room.When they reached the door, George said in a low voice, “Al, why do I feel like Mommy’s still acting strange?”“Don’t think about it too much,” Alden said through p
“Ms. Daugherty, everyone is here. We may start the meeting.”Serene knocked on the door and softly said.Adina nodded. She closed the folder, got up, and walked to the meeting room.She had been absent from the company for over half a month, and she could only understand the recent situation in the company only after having a meeting.As LaStar Technology Corporation developed over half a year, they became a large internet company. The executives alone were enough to fill up the large meeting room. Compared to the beginning, where they only had four staff members, the number of people they had in the room—around forty people—was spectacular.“Ms. Daugherty, this is the financial statement of the company this month. The overall profit is $16,800,000…” “Ms. Daugherty, the three biggest projects in this season have started, and they made very good progress…” “A week ago, a foreign crocodile investor contacted our company. They proposed a new concept, which is bio-intelligent tech