All Chapters of My Adopted Sons Became My Daughter's Bullies: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Bella's POVThe year my daughter, Adeline Vale, was born, I decided I wasn't going to leave her future to chance.She had always been gentle and soft-hearted, so I carefully chose four boys to adopt and raise alongside her. They would grow up with her, protect her, and make sure no one could ever take advantage of her.For ten years, I poured everything I had into them. I raised each of them to be sharp, capable, and ruthless when the situation demanded it.And my efforts paid off. With four older brothers watching over her, my daughter had grown up safe and sheltered. At least, that was what I'd believed.That was until the day I received her frantic call. "Mom, please… Help me. They cornered me in the bathroom. They're trying to rip my clothes off…"By the time I reached the school, I found Adeline huddled in the corner of a bathroom stall. Half of her uniform blouse had been torn open, and she was clutching the ruined fabric against herself with shaking hands.Outside the bat

Bella's POVAs I passed Marielle, I stopped. She instinctively shrank closer to Caspian, refusing to meet my eyes.I studied her delicate, wounded expression and found the whole performance almost laughable."Since the four of you are so fond of teaching people lessons…" I turned to Evander, my voice as casual as if I were discussing the weather. "Be at the office at 9:00 am tomorrow. You'll hand over every project you're currently managing."Then, we'll see how much authority you have left once the Vale family stops handing it to you."I didn't spare their darkening expressions another glance. With my arm around Adeline, I walked straight out of the bathroom.We had barely made it down the hall when Zet's dismissive voice drifted after us. "Forget it, Evander. She's bluffing. Give her three days. She'll be begging us to come back and clean up the mess."My heels struck the polished marble floor in crisp, steady beats as Adeline and I walked away....Adeline spent the entire

Bella's POVLess than five minutes later, more than a dozen security guards filed through the front door. They wasted no time on explanations. They went straight upstairs and started clearing out the rooms.For the first time, Evander's carefully composed expression cracked. He shot to his feet. "Don't you dare touch anything!"Not one of the guards even looked at him. They kept working, sweeping Caspian's watch cases, Stellan's laptop bag, and stacks of Marielle's newly purchased clothes into heavy-duty trash bags.Evander moved to stop them. The head of security calmly pushed him aside with one arm, sending him stumbling back several steps.Caspian's face darkened with fury. He pointed straight at me. "Mom, have you lost your mind? Adeline throws one spoiled-rich-girl tantrum, and you're kicking your own sons out of the house?""My sons?" I accepted a sanitizing wipe from Oliver and slowly cleaned my fingers. "Don't flatter yourselves."The room went silent."I chose to call

Bella's POVWhen one of Adeline's classmates called me, she sounded close to tears."Ms. Vale, you need to get here! Marielle set Adeline up outside the auditorium, and now Evander and the others are working with the school administration to punish her in front of the entire student body!"My driver ran three red lights on the way there. By the time I reached the Grand Hall, the auditorium was packed. I headed for the rear entrance, only to find the corridor blocked by several guards wearing Vale Group security uniforms."Ms. Vale, Mr. Vale gave us strict instructions that no one is to interrupt today's proceedings." The head of security kept his eyes lowered respectfully. His arm, however, remained firmly across my path.I almost laughed.How impressive. They were using security guards paid by my company to keep me out of a building sponsored by my company.I didn't bother forcing my way through. Instead, I turned around and headed upstairs to the control room. I shoved the doo

Bella's POVRonan looked up at me. The man whose name could make an entire boardroom nervous now regarded me with nothing but absolute respect. "You've been out of the game for ten years. All this time, we've been waiting for one word from you."David rose to his feet, removed his suit jacket, and carefully laid it over the chair beside me before gesturing for me to sit. "Just say the word. Whatever you want done, we'll handle it."Evander finally seemed to recover from the shock. He pushed his glasses back up his nose, but his hand wasn't quite steady. His voice trembled despite his attempt to control it. "Mom… What is going on? How do you know Mr. Ashbourne and the others?"In Evander's version of the world, I was nothing more than a wealthy woman who'd been fortunate enough to inherit the Vale family fortune.He believed the family's success over the past ten years had rested entirely on the shoulders of four brilliant young executives fighting their way through the corporate w