Chapter 2

My heart ached when I saw that Sweeny’s face had turned red from crying.

Just then, Raivo dipped his head before me.

As he stroked the child’s face, he wept bitterly.

“Noah, even if you hate me, you can’t drive a wedge between us! You can’t use a child in that way! Sweeny’s so young. He calls you ‘Daddy’ over and over again. How could you abuse him behind our backs?”

As he spoke, he pulled up the child’s shirt and revealed his back, which was covered in red welts.

Laina’s eyes widened. When she looked at me again, her face changed.

“Noah, I kindly sent the child to you so you could get some practice in! I trusted you but you dared to whip him?

“You don’t have to be so vicious just because you can’t have me!”

The child’s back was covered with welts and bruises from top to bottom as though he had been whipped. It was terrifying to look at.

Laina could not bear to think about how miserably her son must have been in these past few years.

She did not know that those were not marks from being whipped. Those were marks from back massages that we had to do to get rid of the child’s fever.

A few days earlier, Sweeny caught a chill and had a high fever. Due to his unique constitution, he could not take fever medication.

The doctor recommended physical therapy.

That night, the entire team of nutritionists were all whipped and driven out of the mansion.

If she only knew how her presence humiliated me and Sweeny on this day, a hundred lifetimes of rage would not be enough to soothe it.

When I saw that the men I had brought along with me were at the door, I could not be bothered to play along any longer. I pointed at Laina and Raivo and shouted, “Take these two down and teach them a lesson according to the Miller family rules!”

Laina’s face turned bright red with rage.

She struggled to pull free from the bodyguards who grabbed her.

She snapped at me, “Noah, do you really think I’ll keep you around if you act crazy like this? I’ll kick you out of the Miller family house right now!”

I let out a chuckle. “Go ahead and try!”

These bodyguards were all handpicked from the best. With them here, nothing could harm Sweeny and me.

Raivo saw that he was losing control of the situation. He realized that the bodyguards would not harm the child in his arms. Raivo’s eyes darted about, then he immediately clamped his hand around the child’s neck and threatened, “If you don’t stop right now, I’ll strangle him to death!”

Sweeny struggled desperately in his grip. He was breathing heavily, and his face turned blue.

Even his cries gradually grew fainter.

I yanked the dagger from my pocket and lunged at him.

He let out a shriek and immediately let go.

I rushed over and held Sweeny, trying to make sure he was breathing.

“Sweeny? Sweeny?

“Don’t be afraid. Daddy’s here, okay?”

I watched as the child convulsed uncontrollably and gasped for air.

I quickly pulled out his asthma inhaler. Just as I held it to his mouth, Raivo grabbed me.

He went berserk and began hitting me. He punched and kicked me.

“You not only abused my child but now, you’re also trying to murder him? You absolute monster!”

Laina’s face went deathly pale as she screamed, “Noah, how dare you?!”

Just in time, the inhaler had found its way to Sweeny’s mouth.

Almost immediately, his convulsions and labored breathing subsided.

Only then did the two of them grudgingly fall silent.

However, Sweeny had fainted from shock.

He urgently needed an IV.

I ordered the bodyguards to hold the two of them back, then I ran off carrying Sweeny on my back.

Laina’s furious shouts exploded behind me.

“Noah, you’ve caused enough trouble! How dare you leave? From now on, you’re no longer my husband!”

“No one wants you, anyway!” I snapped.

She sneered and continued, “You’re just being stubborn right now! I don’t want you any longer. Let’s see who in their right mind would take you, you worthless piece of trash!”

I did not want to waste my time arguing with her, so I gathered my men.

“Back to the old mansion!” I ordered.