Chapter - [ 28 ]

[ Adeline ]

"What?"

She shrieked after a moment of silence. I assumed she was processing my proposal in the moment.

I winced as her voice damaged my eardrums.

"Please, would you talk in a lower valume. I don't want to depend on the hearing aids because you keep assaulting my ears." I said.

"Have you gone completely insane? How can you propose something like this? I would give you my son so you can eliminate him from your path? NEVER!" She shouted on the top of her lungs.

I folded my arms and gave her a bored look though I was hurt by her words. I can never kill someone let alone a child for my ambitions.

"I am not like you, Addison. I can't hurt someone for my selfish motives. So, think twice before you talk to me or spit such shits again about me." I said in a cold tone.

She rose from her chair and leaned on the table.

"Arthur will deal you about this." She said with thinly pressed lips.

"Your husband's business is sinking, Addie. You can get rid off a looser like him as soon as you