Dew did not expect Adina to suddenly turn back, much less grab her neck. “W-What are you doing?! Let go!”Her face drained of color. Adina slowly tightened her grip and said coldly, “We didn’t discuss you bringing other people.”“I did not!” Dew denied it. However, when the bodyguards of the Daugherty family saw that Dew was captured, they rushed over and surrounded them. Adina took a quick glance. ‘Nearly twenty people.’The Daugherty family had sent so many people to kill her? They had to be thinking that she was immune to bullets or something. Even though she had learned Taekwondo to protect herself while she was abroad, there was no way that she could fight against twenty bodyguards. Adina moved behind Dew and locked her neck with her arm. “I’ve just come back, and you’re already so eager to kill me. Are you that scared that I’ll steal the position of heiress from you?” she asked coldly.The pain of her neck being locked was so great that Dew nearly fainted. “Ad
Adina found herself in Riverview Pavilion, a recreational space in the suburbs. It was mostly used by the upper-class society and government officials for relaxation. Everyone who visited it was rich or had a noble status. A group of people was fishing by the river at that moment. Trent Sunderland cast a glance at Duke’s bucket and said indignantly, “Say, Duke, what’s going on? Why are the fish all heading to your bait? We’re yet to catch a single fish!”Duke continued to sit calmly by the bank. He was dressed in casual clothes, so when the spring sun shone on him and a light breeze blew at him, he looked even more handsome than usual. The group was lucky that there were no women around, or they would have started screeching at the sight of him. Trent clicked his tongue. “Gosh darn it, why are you so annoyingly hot? You’re not allowed to come to my house again!”His sister was just fifteen years old, and she was absolutely enamored with Duke. It would only get worse if sh
Duke immediately gave off a dreary aura. He held the wet bills between his fingers as a sneer formed on his lips. This was the first time someone had shoved money into his hands. This woman really did not know what was good for her!If it were not because they had seen each other the day before, he would not have put his jacket around her shoulders!Duke chuckled coldly. When he looked up, he saw his friends surrounding Adina at the top of the stairs. His gaze turned even colder, and he walked up the stairs swiftly. Despite being surrounded by eight men, Adina did not appear distressed or troubled. She surveyed all the men surrounding her. Trent Sunderland, the second son of the Sunderlan family. Eilam Walker, heir of the Walker family. The eldest young master of the Caddel family. All of them were the upper-class of the upper-class. Four years ago… No. Five years ago, before the accident, she had met all of them before. However, all of them thought that she
Adina searched the whole residential area with the boy but found no cat. In the end, she realized that she might have been deceived. She stared at the boy coldly. “Are you really here to look for a cat?”Harold’s heart trembled under her stare. He was not a boy who liked lying, but if he did not lie, he would not have a proper excuse to stay with the woman. He pursed his lips and said nothing. Adina knew that she had guessed right, and she asked, “What’s your name? Where do you live? I’ll send you home.”Suddenly, Harold felt sad. He had come so far and taken such a huge risk to see her, but she wanted to send him back before even spending half an hour with him!He was so sad that tears began to collect in his eyes. “I don’t want to go back!”He stared at Adina stubbornly, and the sadness in his eyes nearly turned into tears that gushed out of his eyes. In an instant, Adina felt as if someone had seized her heart, and her breath caught in her throat. She had two chi
A spark flashed in Adina’s eyes. At the moment she heard Harold’s name, she deduced that he would be a member of the Winters family, but she did not expect that he would be Duke’s son. The boy appeared to be around the same age as Alden. He should also be four years old. But when she was in Sea City four years ago, she hadn’t heard anything about Duke getting married. “I don’t know how you learned about my son, but take that information to your grave.” Duke warned her. “If I find that you’ve leaked anything to the public, I won’t spare you, nor your daughter.”Adina let out a bark of laughter in anger. She did not care about him threatening her, but this man should not have used Melody to threaten her!She glared at him and smirked coldly. “Mr. Winters, even though your family can do anything it wants and no one dares to offend you, I’ll make you understand what regret means if you so much as touch my daughter.”‘Threats, huh? I know how to make them, too.’Adina glared a
When Duke looked at Dew, his gaze was cold and mocking. If Dew really liked children, he would not have minded marrying her for the twin’s sakes. But he often saw her staring at Harold with a cold and ruthless gaze. If the boy was forced to spend more time with her, he would probably end up even more stubborn and rebellious. Duke could not understand why he would have slept with a scheming woman like her five years ago. She had come to him the day after the twins were born and made it clear that she wanted to become Mrs. Winters through them. Meanwhile, he had looked for her for eight months because of that one night. If he had known that she was like this, he would have never entered the room that night. “Duke, I’m Harold’s mother. Everything I do is for his good. I don’t care for anything else…” Dew pleaded with him. “Won’t you give me a chance to live together with my child?”“I’m going to hire a private teacher for Harold, and it won’t be convenient for you to stay
When Sophia saw the disappointment in Mdm. Xavier’s eyes, her heart ran cold. She was the granddaughter who bore the same last name as her grandmother. She was a true Xavier, but her grandmother was intent on protecting an outsider!Why was she the one getting chased out when she was a Xavier?!Sophia hissed in exasperation. “Grandmother, if you insist on protecting Adina, then you might as well disown me!”“You’re already married to the Gardners. You’re Mrs. Gardner now, so you shouldn’t visit this family so often anymore,” Mdm. Xavier said mercilessly. “Send Mrs. Gardner and Young Master Gardner back,” she told the servants.Sophia was so angry that her face turned red. She had given an ultimatum in order to gain her grandmother’s favor, but her grandmother did not fall for it. She felt as if she had been slapped in the face. At that moment, Richard parked his car before the porch. As if she had seen her savior, Sophia grabbed Leo and ran to him. “Dad, Grandmother wants
Adina stared at the necklace in her hands. The crystal seemed to be shining with a brilliant light coming from within it. She could tell at first glance that it was a priceless family heirloom that was passed down through generations. The necklace was worth cities, and perhaps could not even be bought with money. Yet, her grandmother had given it to her just like that. Adina felt touched. “Thank you, Grandmother.”She put the necklace away. After a moment, she asked, “Grandmother, will the Daugherties come to tomorrow’s banquet?”“The Daugherties are just a bunch of ungrateful wolves! If I had invited them, it’d be the same as bringing mud to decorate our mansion.” Mdm. Xavier’s eyes lit up with ice-cold fury. “They did everything they could to kill you in the past, so the best way to humiliate them is to ensure that you live a much better life now away from them!”Adina took Mdm. Xavier’s hand and squeezed it tightly. She felt calm at that moment. ......Night fell, and th