Despite her denial, Joanna was, in fact, swayed deep inside.However, she was not going to act on her feelings since there were too many things she could not change at that point—Jimmy murdering Abigail for example!‘The Drakes will no doubt be furious when they find out, and Father’s going to receive the brunt of their wrath when that happens.’***Adrian and his family sat down for dinner after they were done discussing the topic.Rue made a single bowl of chicken soup for Samantha, while an envious Adaline was only able to watch on.Samantha was clearly the one most well taken care of in the family at the moment. After all, she was carrying Adrian’s child.While they were having dinner, the sound of engine roars could be heard outside all of a sudden. Then, glaringly bright lights from several pairs of headlights shone into the house, lighting up the entire place. Despite their best efforts, Jewel Road’s security personnel had failed to stop the cars from entering Adrian’s co
After that, Jimmy turned toward Adrian and yelled, “You’d best realize the amount of trouble you’re in and let her go. Otherwise, I’ll break your legs!“You’ll never be worthy of the DuPont family of Northrive!”Jimmy made a gesture after saying all this, his face filled with glee as though he stood at the top of the world.What made everything even more laughable was the fact that Rosie was excited when she heard Jimmy’s speech. “Well said! That’s my Jim!”Jimmy seemed even more assured of himself when he heard this compliment. However, Rosie’s words left Samantha and Rue speechless.‘Patrick and his family are deeply engrossed in their own fantasy… Wait till they find out what’s about to happen to them…’Facing the DuPonts, Adrian, too, was extremely speechless. He gave Mya a call, asking her to meet him at his villa. ‘I’m going to make Jimmy pay for his actions today.’After hanging up the phone, Adrian turned toward Patrick and said, “I’m going to make this very clear to you
Jimmy covered his severely bruised face and cried, “My face! My face!!!”He cradled his face as blood and tears flowed down. He was shocked by the outcome. He thought that Adrian would not fight back.For a moment, he regretted his actions.Meanwhile, Rosie screamed like a madwoman when she saw Jimmy being slapped. “Aaaah! How dare you hit my son, you little b*stard! How dare you hit someone far superior to yourself!”Rosie charged at Adrian as she yelled. At the same time, she brought out a dagger she had packed into her handbag beforehand and tried to stab him. Based on this, one could tell just how cruel and wicked Rosie was.Upon seeing this scene, Adrian frowned and lost his patience with the woman. He grabbed Rosie by the back of her head before she could even reach him and kneed her in the stomach.“Argh!”Rosie instantly felt a jolt run through her entire body and her mouth opened in a scream. She then fell to her knees as she clutched her stomach, her eyes glazing over.
Rosie felt pressured after realizing the kind of man she was dealing with.Jimmy hurriedly added with an awkward smile on his face, “My mother’s right. This is all just a huge misunderstanding. We’ll be leaving now!”Jimmy ran toward Rosie and was just about to flee the scene when they suddenly saw a few vehicles from the Battle Warrior Department pulling into One Jewel Road, cutting off their escape route.Mya, who had long, slender legs, got out of the vehicle with more than a dozen men from the law enforcement team. Jimmy, Rosie, and Patrick were confused when they saw Mya, who was seen walking toward Adrian.“I’ve brought the information you requested, War Legate Draco.”“What?! Did she just say ‘War Legate Draco?!’”Rosie and her family looked stunned as they exchanged looks. Suddenly, Patrick started trembling!‘Th-That man is War Legate Draco?!’Patrick instantly took a few steps back from the shock he felt.Seeing this, Rosie anxiously asked, “Wh-Who’s War Legate Draco
With this sudden change, the tables had turned.Rosie and Patrick thought they would successfully take Joanna away that day, so neither of them was expecting such a thing to happen.“Father, help me! Help me!” Jimmy cried as he clutched at Patrick’s pants.Rosie’s legs had already given way, her face drenched with her tears as she felt helpless. With all of this new information coming to light, they could now prove that Jimmy had first forced himself on Abigail before proceeding to kill her.This caused Patrick to flip and kick Jimmy in the face.“How dare you murder someone!”After Jimmy hit the floor from being kicked, he got back up and continued to cry. Next to them, Rosie tried holding Patrick back and yelled, “Pat, you have to save him. He’s your only son. You have to!”Smack!!!Instead of doing as he was told, Patrick turned around and gave Rosie a massive slap in the face. “This is happening because of how much you’ve pampered him his whole life!”Now, it was Rosie’s t
Samantha had zero energy to handle company matters due to her pregnancy so she had Joanna temporarily take care of New Paraiso on her behalf.On top of that, she had Adrian help Joanna too, who ended up being rather busy over the past few days from working together with Joanna.That night, Adrian and Samantha were planning on getting some rest when somebody knocked on their door.“Adrian, Sam…” said Adaline from the other side of the door.Adrian opened the door to let her in, while Samantha looked at her and asked, “What’s the matter, Ada? Why are you here so late at night?”Adaline sat by their bedside and replied, “It’s going to be our university’s twentieth anniversary tomorrow so there will be a lot of performances taking place. They gave us invitation letters so that we can bring our parents.“Sam, since you’ve got a lot of time on your hands, would you like to go with me?”Adaline seemed hopeful as she looked at Samantha.Swallowston University was holding an event that
Adaline woke Adrian early the next morning since he promised to attend Swallowston University’s anniversary event.Samantha took a long time to get out of bed due to her pregnancy.Adaline was getting impatient but Rue refused to let Adaline wake her. She wanted Samantha to wake up naturally.Joanna had already done her makeup a long time ago and was ready to head out. Yet, it was not until nine in the morning that Samantha woke up and walked out of her room while rubbing her sleepy eyes.Adaline, who was getting rather anxious, said, “Sam, you’re finally up. You need to hurry or we’re going to be late!”At that moment, Samantha recalled what she had promised Adaline and said, “Sorry, Ada. I genuinely have no idea why I’ve been sleeping in so much recently. I’ll get ready right away!”Samantha rushed off to the bathroom to freshen herself up while Rue brought out a hearty breakfast she had prepared. She insisted that Samantha finished it all before leaving, which took another twe
Adrian said, “Let’s head inside.”He then walked toward the entrance while Joanna and Samantha tried to find out more about the situation. Yet, the moment they got there, a few youngsters stopped Adrian in his tracks. The leader of the crew furiously said, “Hey idiot, didn’t you see the signboard? No phones allowed.”The youngster pointed toward the signboard by the side.“Why should I hand over my phone?” Adrian curiously yet calmly looked the youngster in the face.Hearing this, the leader became even more furious and said, “Because I said so, you *sshole! No phones allowed. Anyone who refuses can f*ck right off!”The leading youngster seemed really enraged and ready to get into a fight. Yet, his angry remark only piqued Adrian’s interest in him.Just as Adrian was about to question the man, Joanna walked over and pulled Adrian to the side, whispering, “I just found out that the young man you’re going up against is Harvey Decker. His father’s the main person in charge of Swallo