The sudden death of Adrienne caught everyone off guard. Her sixteen-year-old daughter nearly collapsed on the spot from sheer shock. She hugged her mother’s body and shook the latter desperately, crying, “Mom…? What’s wrong…? Don’t scare me…!” Jaxson, too, was on the verge of collapse. He wanted to step forward to investigate, but his second brother Kaeden stopped him. Jaxson looked back at Kaeden with a shocked look. Instantly, he growled, “Kaeden, why are you stopping me? Something’s happened to Adrienne!”Kaeden roared with a dark face, “Look at how she died! Do you remember how that assailant’s leader committed suicide by taking poison?!”“Suicide...” Jaxson was horrified. He blurted out in a tone of shock, “Y-You… Are you saying that Adrienne committed suicide by taking poison?”Kaeden pointed to the corpse and demanded coldly, “Is there any other possibilities other than suicide?!”Jarvis immediately rushed forward and picked up Charlie’s third aunt. He said to everyone,
As he thought of that, Charlie asked Jarvis, “Mr. Yant, did you pay attention to the Acker family’s reaction? Can you tell me who she is?”Jarvis thought about it and said quickly, “There was a man, I think it was her husband. The younger man called the other man Kaeden. I heard her call the woman’s name. I think it was Adrienne.”When Charlie heard this, he immediately understood that this dead woman was his third aunt. After all, the only ones who were younger than Kaeden were his third uncle Jaxson and youngest aunt Lulu.The dead woman’s identity was initially Charlie’s biggest fear. He feared that the dead woman might be his youngest aunt Lulu. It would mean that the Acker family had been infiltrated from within, and that was an unacceptable situation. Therefore, he was slightly relieved to hear that the dead woman was his third aunt.However, that relief wasn’t much. After all, third aunt Adrienne had been married to his third uncle Jaxon for at least a decade. Why would his
Charlie understood Kathleen’s concern. His identity would certainly be the Acker family’s focus, especially after today’s crisis and contact.With the Acker family’s strength, it was only a matter of time before they learned about his identity. They simply had to follow the clues to investigate and start with either Quinn or Kathleen.The Acker family would definitely figure out who he was through their investigations, so Charlie must intimidate them from looking into him. His goal wasn’t to dampen the family’s ability to investigate him, rather, he wanted to scare them from daring to attempt it. With that in mind, he instructed Kathleen, “After you get the Ackers to safety, make sure you tell them… Oh, no. Make sure you warn them not to investigate my identity in any way. Tell them I’m a man of honor, and that I don’t like to be known. I don’t like anyone sniffing into my origins, either. Otherwise, the consequences they will face will be at their own risk.” Kathleen hesitated f
This was the lowest point in life for the Acker family. Everyone was drowning in sadness and grief. Charlie’s third uncle Jaxson was the most devastated.He couldn’t understand why his wife turned out to be a member of the enemy. His perception of family and love was collapsing at this very moment.Meanwhile, his daughter was still overwhelmed by the sudden death of her mother. Her youngest aunt, Lulu, held her in her arms and comforted her.Kaeden, who was most similar to Keith, was clenching his fists and trembling violently.After a long silence, he announced to his family, “Think about it carefully. It’s been nearly one or two decades since our whole family gathered outside. Almost everyone in the family is here except for Dominic…”Keith nodded softly and said emotionally, “When we came here, we even took two planes just in case something happened to the whole family. We’re really too careless this time…”Holly wept and wailed remorsefully, “It’s all my fault…! I was the one
Kaeden’s words startled Charlie. Charlie had always wanted to find out about his parents’ murder back then, but he had always failed to find any concrete clues until now.When he heard Kaeden mentioning his mother, he cheered up immediately. He was also waiting for the members of the Acker family to follow up and reveal some inside stories to him.However, Lord Acker’s subsequent words dashed Charlie’s hopes. He said in a serious tone, “No clues have been found about your sister and brother-in-law’s murder. I thought that it was the Rothschild family who was responsible for it at first, but there is no evidence to prove that the Rothschild family is directly related to this incident even after so long. You said that this matter might be related to your sister’s murder, but I do not understand why they are still not giving up after so long! Who on earth did your sister and brother-in-law offend back then? Why are they still deliberately planning to kill our whole family even after
Therefore, they immediately recognized Kathleen as soon as she entered the door.Upon entering the door, Kathleen said very politely to the old man, “Lord Acker, I am Kathleen Fox from the Fox family. I was entrusted by my benefactor to come over to help you this time. My benefactor said that you could call and contact your subordinates to come over for support first, and after determining an absolutely safe place, I will arrange for my men to escort you all the way there.”Kaeden asked in surprise, “Miss Fox, who is this benefactor that you’re talking about?! Is it the benefactor who saved us just now?!”Kathleen nodded and said, “Yes, it’s him.”Having said that, Kathleen then said again, “My benefactor asked me to come over and help deal with the scene and so, I brought my men over here urgently. Now that the outside has already been dealt with, you can also prepare to leave.”Lord Acker asked in a very polite tone, “Young girl, I would like to seize this opportunity to ask...
Ashley’s foresight was unparalleled in the entire Acker family.While designing the plans to build Ark Building, she had spent a lot of money to make the top floor indestructible.The top floor of Ark Building was made out of bulletproof glass of extremely high standards, and the passages and elevator shafts that led to the roof and downstairs were all equipped with physical partitions that were as strong as that of bank vaults. Once all the physical partitions were closed, the entire top floor could be described as impregnable. The impregnable design made it impossible for any individual weapon to enter the top floor from the roof, downstairs, or through the window. No one could enter unless the opponent dared to launch a gunship attack in New York City. Furthermore, Ark Building was located in the center of Manhattan and it was the most prosperous area in the whole of New York, and possibly even in the entire United States. In addition, after the 9/11 incident, the United State
Christian even found that the old man’s palm had been poked, and several points on his palm were already deeply sunken in. Even his skin was broken due to the constant poking, and the ballpoint pen’s ink had penetrated into his skin, forming a mark similar to that of an old tattoo.Although Christian could not see what was written on the palm of his father’s hand, he could also guess that his father must have written something there himself to constantly remind himself of his own words. Just as Christian was feeling distressed, he could not help but quietly lean toward his father’s side. When Lord Acker poked his pam with the ballpoint pen again and peeked at the words on his palm, Christian could clearly see the three sentences written on his palm.“It has been twenty years since Ashley and Curtis have passed away.”“I owe a debt of gratitude to Charlie’s fiancée for her life-saving grace.”“Charlie has not yet returned.”Christian felt a lump in his throat when he saw those th