Boiling water flew at Sophia and splashed all over her chest. The water was so hot that she jumped, and her palm missed Melody’s face. “Who threw hot water at me?!”Sophia was fuming. When she looked down, she saw Alden holding an empty glass. The moment she saw him, she threw all caution to the wind and ran over to grab him by the collar. Then, she swung her hand at him. Adina grabbed her hand midwing, even if it felt as if her bone was about to be crushed. “Abusing my kids while I’m not around, Sophia? It’s been years since we last met, but you’re as uncivilized as ever.”Adina flung her hand away and bent down to hug Alden and Melody. Sophia was so angry that she felt as if she was about to combust. She pointed at Melody and roared, “Your daughter slapped my son! Either let me slap her, or do it yourself!”Adina looked over and saw the palm print on Leo’s face. But Melody never took the first step to hurt others. “Mommy, it’s not Mel’s fault,” Alden said. “Leo c
Adina went to Xavier Corporation to insert the chip she developed into the company’s products. This way, the data in the chip could be inserted into the programmes of the products. Adina and her children sat in the backseat of the car while waiting to arrive at their destination. “Alden, play with your sister in the waiting room later. Once I’m done, we’ll go back home together, okay?”Alden nodded. “I won’t let anyone hurt Mel, Mommy. Don’t worry. You can just go to work.”“Good boy.”Adina stroked his hair and kissed her daughter’s cheek. The girl’s pretty face was soft, just like cotton candy. Adina could not resist pinching it. “Mommy, why are you bullying Mel again?!” Alden quickly stopped her. Adina felt a little guilty. “Well… Mel is just too cute, you know? I couldn’t resist…”Suddenly, the car came to a screeching halt. The three people in the backseat were all thrown forward. There was a loud noise from the front of the car. “I’m sorry, Miss Adina. I seem
Adina was absolutely certain that the man they met was Duke Winters. But why did he deny it?She recalled everything that had happened a moment ago, and her expression turned dark. Did Duke Winters think that she used Melody to approach him?Could he be any more narcissistic?Adina rolled her eyes in an extremely unlady-like fashion. Then, she looked down at her daughter, only to notice that Mel’s eyes were still fixed on Duke’s car. “Mel, do you know him?” she asked with surprise.But her daughter did not give her any response. It was only when the car vanished that Mel looked away and hugged Adina’s neck. Adina checked the driver’s hand and said guiltily, “I’m sorry. When Mel gets worked up, she sometimes bites. I’ll bring you to the hospital to get it treated…”The driver waved his hand in dismissal and said, “It’s normal for children to bite people. My son often bites me too. This is nothing. Miss Adina, you should get back into the car.”Adina sighed. She had b
The door of the meeting room opened, and a woman in a white suit walked in slowly. She had long black hair falling behind her back and light makeup. Her eyes were long, same as her eyebrows, and her lips were red. “Isn’t your corporation getting arrogant? How could you make your business partner wait for thirty minutes—”Dew turned her head around while mocking the woman, but her voice died away halfway through her sentence. The woman’s eyebrows, eyes, and other features were the exact same as her sister’s!But didn’t Adina die four years ago?She might not have burned alive, but she had jumped into the river and drowned!Why then… Why was she standing in front of her?“A-Are you a human, or a ghost?” Dew’s voice quivered, and her face drained of blood. Even though she did not personally kill Adina, she had engineered her downfall and had nightmares over the past four years of her sister turning into a ghost and coming back to take revenge!“Would you prefer if I were a h
Adina’s return made Dew forget her purpose for coming to Xavier Corporation, and she left the company in a panic. Alden followed Dew's figure as she passed by the first floor’s waiting room. She was his mother’s half-sister and the person who, four years ago, had forced his mother to go to another country. ‘Dew Daugherty, the heiress of the Daugherty family, huh? ‘Hah!’ Alden scoffed. He turned to the computer in the waiting room and walked over to it. Melody was reading a picture book on the carpet and did not notice that her brother had left. She was completely immersed in her own world. Alden turned on the computer. It was a little low in specs, but it was still capable of doing what Alden needed it to do. He started typing away on the keyboard, and the screen turned blue. Rows of code appeared. His mother was an expert programmer, while he was an expert at deciphering already written code. In other words, he was a hacker. He easily hacked into Daugherty Corporat
Spring mornings were quite cold, so Adina asked Madam Xavier to take care of her children before she went to the cemetery. When she was about to leave, Alden called after her. “Mommy, you have to be careful outside today.”The boy had a frown on his face, and his eyes were full of worry. For some reason, he had a bad feeling. Adina smiled at him. “It’s fine. I’ll come back the moment I’m done.”She did not tell Alden that she was going to the cemetery. The two deceased twins were the greatest secret she kept from her children. She did not want Alden to know that he had two brothers who passed away right after they were born. Adina took the car Madam Xavier gave her and headed to the cemetery. It was located at the most rural suburbs in Sea City, and it took Adina more than an hour to reach it. Right after she got out of the car, she saw Dew walking toward her in a long, black dress. “Adina, you’re finally here…”The sad look on Dew’s face was absolutely fake in Adina
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