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My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1401

“Betsy, wake up! Look at me!” Tiffany rushed over and knelt in the puddle of blood. She held Betsy up and frantically shook her, but unfortunately, she was already gone. Her blood was still spurting from her limp and battered body.

In fact, Sarah had been truly ruthless. If the knife was any longer than it was, the carpet beneath Betsy would have had several holes in it.

“Betsy!” Tiffany shrieked miserably as she continued shaking the limp body vigorously. However, Betsy no longer responded. Her lifeless eyes were directed at the ceiling, while her blood continued spurting like a fountain.

Tiffany looked down at her shaky hands that were covered with her daughter’s blood.

It was only then did she accept the reality that her daughter had been killed!

“Betsy! Who killed her? Who killed my daughter?” She turned around abruptly and glared at Sarah who was still clutching the knife.

It was her! She killed Betsy!

At that moment, Sarah was still in her murderous state. Her eyes were still bloodshot and her hand that was holding the knife was still trembling. Fresh blood was dripping from the tip of the knife, still she glared menacingly at Betsy.

Even when Tiffany gazed intently at her, Sarah shot back another piercing stare without the slightest trace of fear or guilt in her eyes for committing murder. Instead, she looked frightening and full of hostility.

In fact, she had wanted to kill Betsy a long time ago and just didn’t have the courage.

When Sophia had accidentally stabbed Betsy with the knife, the sight of her blood gave Sarah the push she needed.

These days, not only did Betsy constantly pester Harry by stalking him, she even snuck into the film crew and drugged him. However, he couldn’t do anything because of the relationship between Cooper and the Adams Family. In fact, Harry was worried that he would make things difficult for Michael if he retaliated against Betsy. As such, he never took any action against her and treated her as just another diehard fan.

The last time, Betsy was forced to squat in the snow for half a day by Bailey as a form of punishment. Despite that, she did not learn her lesson at all.

Instead, she became worse. When she couldn’t physically harass Harry, she would shamelessly send her masturbation videos and nude photos to him.

As it happened, Sarah caught her red-handed several times.

After harassing Harry, she turned her focus to Sarah. She stalked Sarah, deliberately crashed her car, caused trouble at her workplace, and even tried to kidnap her. On top of that, she often called her to harass her and used the Adams family’s name to obstruct her work.

And on this day, she went too far and kidnapped Hope.

Needless to say, this person’s behavior had reached a point of no return.

Furthermore, Sarah even used the Winston Family’s name to intimidate her, but to no avail.

She had planned to kill Betsy for a long time.

Just then, Sophia frantically went to the bathroom and brought Hope out.

Hope kept his indifferent expression on when he came out and saw his cool and awesome father, his domineering, elegant and invincible godfather, and about twenty to thirty powerful guards with firearms. In addition, Cooper and Linus were there as well with the Mitchell and Winston family. His thoughts raced in his little head as he analyzed the strengths of his side and the opponent’s side, and contemplated between playing it cool or crying in his father’s arms.

After a couple of seconds of silence, Hope burst out in tears and cried painfully while he hugged Harry’s leg. “Daddy!”

Upon hearing his son’s cries, anger and heartache appeared on Harry’s handsome face as he caressed Hope’s tiny face. Undeniably, his eldest son had a cold attitude and more often than not, had an unfriendly face that was inherited from his grandfather. Harry rarely saw him cry. In fact, the last time he cried was on his first day of kindergarten.

This was also the first time Harry had seen him cry in such a helpless and frightened manner.

“There, there. Don’t cry.” Harry rubbed his face and it instantly became smeared with the mixture of his tears and the lipstick stain that Betsy had left.

Sophia hurriedly carried Hope away.

Meanwhile, Harry walked toward the bloodied Sarah. The person who had a small frame and was much shorter than him was still trembling, the knife remained clutched in her hand. Through the thin fabric of her shirt, the muscles in her arms were still visibly tense.

At that moment, Harry’s hand found hers that still had the knife in it before he whispered in her ear, “It’s okay, I’m here now…”

Despite that, Sarah’s tensed up muscles seemed to have a mind of its own, whereas her body was still slightly shuddering from her emotions.

When she and Tiffany stared at each other across the room, two pairs of scarlet eyes conveyed their hatred for each other.

With the painful loss of her beloved daughter, Tiffany mourned as her delicate body shivered helplessly. In an instant, she turned from a stunning beauty into an ordinary mother. The despair and anger of losing her descendant almost made her lose her mind.

She glared viciously at Sarah and the knife in her hand that was covered in Betsy’s blood.

After the fight, Sarah’s voice became a little hoarse. When she met Tiffany’s death glare, she snarled, “What are you looking at, b*tch? Keep looking and I’ll chop you up too!”

Despite that, Harry did not stop her.

When he first heard the news, his first thought was also to chop up Betsy.

He couldn’t tolerate her any longer.

In fact, he put up with her every time she harassed him. Since the Adams family and the Michel family were family friends and Michael wanted very badly to marry into the powerful Michel family, he let Betsy off the hook time and time again in order to help his good friend successfully marry into the family.

When Betsy was up to no good, he would approach Tiffany, but she didn’t seem to care much.

In fact, Betsy’s values and character were influenced by Tiffany. However Tiffany acted, Betsy would act the same way. In the past, Tiffany was a ‘professional’ mistress and wrecked countless homes. To her, there was nothing more satisfying than stealing a married man.

As such, not only did she discourage Betsy, she even supported her!

When she harassed Sarah, Sarah had always held back in fear of implicating Sophia.

However, Betsy had started to target Hope.

Surely, her action completely destroyed Harry’s last shred of tolerance for her. Before arriving, he had already spoken to Michael and told him that he might become an obstacle for Michael to marry into a wealthy family.

Since Tiffany had always told Betsy while she was growing up that it was a skill to be able to steal a married man, she should have also told Betsy what would happen if she failed.

On their way over, Harry had decided that he was going to rip Betsy into pieces, and his team of lawyers were already on standby.

As Harry held Sarah’s hand, she felt a sense of security in an instant, and it was only then did she slowly release the knife. It fell into Harry’s hand.

Then, Harry shot a warning glare at Tiffany, who was holding her daughter’s bloody corpse, before snarling at her, “B*tch, this is our last warning to you. If anyone from the Adams Family tries to intrude on the Winston Family again, what happened to your daughter will happen to you too!”

Meanwhile, Tiffany remained silent and motionless as she held her daughter. Just then, the corners of her lips curled up into a sinister smile, but two streams of tears were flowing down her face.

Pointing the knife with Betsy’s blood at her, Harry warned, “Next time, I’ll chop you and that brat up.” As he spoke, he pointed the knife at Bailey as well, who was watching the whole thing.

Just like that, Bailey, an innocent bystander, was caught in the crossfire.

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As soon as Cooper came in, he was instantly overwhelmed by what he saw.

In fact, he already warned Tiffany long before that something terrible would happen to her daughter if she didn’t control her.

As expected, things had gone terribly wrong.

Tiffany was in her forties and only had one daughter. Now, her only child was lying motionlessly on the ground. Cooper couldn’t help but to be reminded of back then when he held his daughter in the same way. The feeling of desperation, helplessness, and heartbreak was still fresh in his memory.

“Quickly, get a doctor here!”

Soon, doctors came and took away Betsy, who had been stabbed into a messy pile of flesh. Tiffany staggered as she followed closely behind them.

In fact, Tiffany was a good friend of Cooper’s. At this point in time, she had just lost her only descendant, so this was surely a huge blow to her. Cooper couldn’t leave her, so he followed her to examine the situation and take care of her along the way.

After Cooper and Tiffany left, Sarah seemed to have let go of her anger before she leapt into Harry’s arms, ignoring the fact that she was soaked in blood.

“Holy sh*t, I was scared to death!”

As Harry held and comforted her, he led her out the door while the people of Winston and Adams Family stayed behind to clear the area.

When Sophia stared at the blood on the floor, she knew that she was the one who had killed Betsy, and Sarah was just taking the blame for her.

Even though she had stabbed Betsy by accident and Harry would have still killed Betsy when he arrived, she still felt uneasy to let someone else take the blame for her. In fact, Hope might have been injured along the way too.

When Michael held her hand, he realized it was also covered in blood. “What happened?”

Sophia gazed at Cooper as he hurried away, then shook her head and remained silent before going home with Michael.

Before they left, Michael realized Bailey was still there surveying the murder scene in the room.

As Bailey stared at the blood that was all over the place, Michael seemed to have caught a sinister glow in his eyes.

It looked like excitement and pleasure…

With Betsy’s death, Tiffany must be devastated from her loss. Sure enough, the biggest beneficiary was Bailey at this moment.

Even though the root cause of this matter wasn’t him and his excitement seemed normal from his perspective, Michael couldn’t help but shudder at the sight of that look on a fifteen-year-old’s face.

In his hands, he was still holding the three apricot seeds that were given to him by Carmen.

When they got home, Sophia couldn’t sit still. Meanwhile, Harry was worried about Sarah and had sent her to the hospital. Luckily, she only had minor injuries after fighting with Betsy and Hope was unharmed. He was smart enough to know that he was going to be kidnapped and he wouldn’t be able to escape, so he pretended to be submissive. The only thing he suffered from was being kissed in the face and being covered in lipstick.

Soon, Linus received an update: Betsy was pronounced dead.

In reality, she had long been stabbed to death by Sarah. Sending her to the hospital was just a last attempt at saving her life.

At once, Tiffany broke down at the loss of her beloved daughter. As her best good and because he empathized with her, Cooper stayed at the hospital with Tiffany.

Cooper knew and understood what Tiffany was feeling right now. Even though Betsy deserved it, Tiffany still lost her daughter—her only child.

On the other hand, Sophia was restless and had no appetite at all. Michael assumed she was just frightened from watching Sarah kill a person, so he specially had vegetarian dishes made for dinner.

That evening, there were fewer people at their residence. Justin had gone abroad for a meeting while Celine had brought her daughter to stay at the Fletcher residence. Meanwhile, Carmen had gone to play with the other kids next door and Cooper was keeping Tiffany company. As for Linus, he was busy with work at the office.

Sophia was gazing at the table full of vegetarian dishes and still couldn’t eat. Staring blankly at her food, she poked at it with her fork.

“Alright, stop thinking about it. It had nothing to do with you. Here, have some vegetables,” Michael scooped a spoonful of vegetables and placed it on her plate. Still, Sophia thought it was tasteless and couldn’t even swallow.

After hesitating for a moment, she decided to tell Michael the whole story of what happened today.

“… I wasn’t trying to kill her at all. I just wanted to use the knife to restrain her, and I didn’t know…”

She didn’t know how the knife had ended up in Betsy. She didn’t know if Betsy had accidentally crashed into her or if she had subconsciously stabbed her.

Either way, she was also responsible for her death even though if she hadn’t killed her today, Harry would have.

Betsy lost her life. She had killed someone, and she couldn’t possibly pretend to forget about it.

Upon hearing the whole story, Michael was very calm and did not show any expression.

When Sophia was done speaking, he comforted her, “It’s okay, it was my fault. I should have gone with you guys.”

In fact, he was also home at that time. When Sophia and Sarah went out, he had left not long after. When he arrived at the filming set, he received the news and rushed over to the scene immediately.

If he had been more attentive and asked, the women wouldn’t have had to experience this.

Furthermore, Hope was his godson. He, as a godfather, should have done something.

These things should have been done by the men.

In fact, the reason Michael and Harry rushed over was to kill Betsy. To hell with the Adams Family! They were only tolerant toward the Adam Family on Cooper’s account. Now, they had crossed the line and the young-looking father-in-law was at his limits too.

In fact, Cooper was a person who knew right from wrong. Even if Michael knew he was going to offend him, he would still willingly help Harry to kill Betsy.

Michael had also been worried that the child would be frightened and had informed Sophia in advance to protect the child. To his surprise, the both of them had killed Betsy themselves.

If anything, that saved some time and lessened the risks.

Upon seeing Sophia’s frown, Michael tried to persuade her. “Come on, you have to eat something. Even if you didn’t kill her, she was still going to die today.”

Of course, Sophia knew that, but she still felt grim about it. After all, Tiffany was Cooper’s good friend, and she had lost her daughter… No, she still had a child in her belly.

Her daughter deserved to die anyway!

Thinking about it this way, Sophia felt better.

Kidnapping Hope was already a violation of the law, so their actions could be considered self-defense.

At the end of the day, however, she still killed someone. As such, she ate more vegetarian dishes to feel better about not having any animals harmed for this meal of hers. At that moment, the little twinge in her heart was almost gone.

Sean and Stanley had heard the news and came over to visit Sarah in the evening, and Sophia tagged along.

Sarah had been medicated while Hope’s face had been cleaned.

As a matter of fact, the child seemed to be used to this and was emotionally stable. He was doing his homework calmly as usual.

As a successor of the Winston Family, he was already prepared to deal with the devastations of a storm at any time.

Harry also knew that Sophia was the one who stabbed Betsy first, but this didn’t matter anymore because he would be taking the blame for everything.

After all, he was supposed to be the one who stabbed her.

“Old friend, I’m afraid you won’t be marrying into a rich family soon.”

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Harry sighed as he patted Michael’s shoulder with immense regret.

Michael was already in his forties, yet he was still living together with Sophia illegally as their remarriage kept being delayed. Originally, he was expected to marry into the big and powerful Michel Family. However, now that Harry had slaughtered his father-in-law’s lover’s daughter in one fell swoop, his dream of marrying into a powerful family was shattered.

Just then, Michael pushed Harry’s hand off his shoulder and comforted him. “Don’t worry, I’m also rich and powerful.”

Naturally, Michael knew the Adams Family was not going to let this go easily. Not only would they not let go of the Winston’s, but they might also smear his name. After all, Sophia was the one who had stabbed Betsy first.

Then again, Michael and Harry had been working together for many years. In Bayside City, they were the mafias whereas the Adams family were newcomers. As such, they weren’t afraid of the Adams Family at all. Now, it all depended on Cooper’s stance…

After all, Sophia was involved in this as well. Would Cooper want his little darling to pay for what she did?

No, that was out of the question. Betsy deserved what happened to her.

Harry and the Winston Family were fearless. To them, this was just another small matter. For the most part, that person had it coming to be killed by Madam Winston for kidnapping the young master of the Winston family.

Frankly, they even held a feast to celebrate and congratulate Madam little kitten on her first kill.

At first, the Winston Family did not approve of Sarah. She was short and cute, which didn’t match Harry’s domineering aura at all.

In the underworld, they were all about ruthlessness.

However, Sarah’s sweet face couldn’t look ruthless at all even if she tried.

But this time, she successfully won over the entire Winston Family when she tore apart the insurance lady from the Adams Family.

At last, their Madam Winston finally became ruthless!

While the Winston Family were in a celebratory mood, Tiffany, on the other hand, was devastated.

She had been in a daze ever since she watched the doctors fail to resuscitate her daughter, whose corpse would soon be transferred to the morgue.

Just a few hours ago, my daughter was still alive. How could she be gone just like that?

Truthfully, she couldn’t accept the fact that her daughter who was alive and well, and who she had raised for over twenty years, was gone.

Tiffany looked at Betsy’s corpse, whose skin was ghastly pale from the excessive loss of blood. It was only after she was cleaned up did Tiffany clearly see the wounds that were littered all over the body. Every slash was deep, and each of them seemed to have stabbed Tiffany in the heart.

Her daughter—her only daughter—had been so brutally tortured and killed.

She loved Harry, and all she wanted was to be with him!

She didn’t harm anyone. All she did was invite Harry’s son over as a guest.

How could they kill her?

“That’s enough.” Cooper hurriedly held Tiffany and let the hospital staff take Betsy’s body away.

Undoubtedly, he deeply regretted Betsy’s death even though she had brought it upon herself. Despite that, he knew better than to make any remarks.

“Tiffany, she’s gone. Don’t be too sad. You need to take care of your body.”

Don’t be too sad… How could she not be sad?

Tiffany was smiling bitterly when her vision blurred, and she passed out.

Amidst the haziness, she seemed to hear someone speaking…

“Ms. Tiffany is three months pregnant. It looks like she suffered an emotional shock and fainted. No worries, all she needs is plenty of rest. Older mothers are not advised to do anything strenuous…”

“Ms. Betsy’s body is still in the morgue.”

“The police are gone.”

“I’ve already gone to the Winston Family to apologize. Harry is a sensible person and they agreed to not hold the Adams Family accountable.”

Upon hearing Harry’s name, Tiffany, who was lying in the hospital bed, fought hard to open her eyes and listened to Bailey and Cooper’s conversation by the door of the ward.

“I’ll leave Tiffany to you for the time being. I have just reached an agreement with the Winston Family. We’ll leave this incident behind us and Betsy’s death will not affect anything. I won’t make things difficult for you either,” Bailey said to Cooper.

Deep down, Cooper felt responsible for this incident.

Betsy had been harassing Harry for a long time, yet Harry had never once taken any action because he was Michael’s close friend and neighbor, whereas the Adams Family and Michel Family were family friends. Moreover, Harry respected Cooper, which was why he let Betsy get away with what she did over and over again. Otherwise, he would have chopped her up himself long ago.

Furthermore, he had advised Tiffany and Bailey many times to restrain Betsy. Unfortunately, Betsy never once took Bailey seriously while Tiffany condoned her behavior. Ultimately, this was their family affair, and Cooper could only do so much without straining any of the relationships.

At that moment, Cooper thought that he should have been more assertive then. If he had been, perhaps this situation would not have happened.

“I’m also responsible for this incident. As for the Winston Family, I’ll be sure to put in a good word for you,” Cooper replied.

The Adams Family were considered outsiders. Although they were a world-renowned insurance giant and they were powerful abroad, even more so than the Winston Family, the latter ruled the underworld in Bayside City. In fact, it was Betsy herself who started this mess, so she deserved what happened to her. Meanwhile, Bailey was worried that the Winston Family would take their anger out on the Adams Group.

If the insurance industry wanted to survive, they had to be on good terms with the underworld. If the mafias started any trouble at all, the insurance company would be losing money to the point of bankruptcy.

Therefore, immediately after the incident, the first thing Bailey did was go to the Winston’s to apologize and vowed to restrain Tiffany to prevent similar incidents from happening again. Cooper didn’t want the two families to be against each other either, and he thought that Bailey’s approach was wise.

As the two were discussing, they realized Tiffany had woken and was sitting up on the hospital bed, quietly watching them.

Her green eyes shone brightly as if resentment had lit them up.

Turning around, Cooper saw that she was awake and hurried to her side. “You’re awake? You need to lie down, you’re pregnant. You need to be careful and take care of the baby.”

Instead, Tiffany stared straight at Bailey, who was standing at the doorway.

Bailey was fifteen. He was dressed in a black formal suit and looked like he had just come from a business meeting. His green eyes, identical to Tiffany’s, were also staring back at her.

With a smirk, Tiffany sneered, “So, you’re saying that my daughter’s death was her own fault, while the Winston Family is innocent? You even approached the Winston Family and thanked them for getting rid of your competitor?”

Other than the Winston Family, the person who would be happy about Betsy’s death was this brat before her.

With an indifferent expression, Bailey spoke in a business-like tone. “Tiffany, I’m deeply sorry about Betsy’s death, but the Adams family’s business in Cethos cannot be affected by her death. I’ve appeased the Winston’s, and they have promised they wouldn’t—”

“Hahaha!”

At once, Tiffany interrupted Bailey with a miserable and sarcastic laugh.

“In other words, you won’t be avenging my daughter’s death, and instead, you’re going to beg the murderers for mercy?”

With a perpetually emotionless face, Bailey kept his true thoughts as usual in the deepest corners of his tender fifteen-year-old mind. Nodding, he answered, “Yes. While you were unconscious, I had a video conference with the board of directors and the elder’s council. They have unanimously agreed to drop the charges for Betsy’s death in exchange for the Winston Family’s forgiveness.”

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“Besides…”

Tiffany could see Bailey’s lips subtly curving upward into a smug smile as he continued, “Due to your unstable emotion, your poor health condition, the fact that you are having an advanced maternal age pregnancy and have just undergone a great hit, we’re concerned that you will be affected by your emotions and lead to suboptimal business decision making. As such, more than two third shareholders in the shareholders meeting just now have voted to temporarily revoke your management rights in the company. We’ll restore your position after you’re physically and emotionally recovered to ensure that you’ll be able to work competently.”

Cooper remained silent sitting beside her. Though this was disgusting and cruel news to Tiffany, he thought it was best for her to take a break at this moment especially after the major incident. On top of her pregnancy at an advanced maternal age, she had suffered a severe blow and could lose her child anytime. Moreover, she might not be able to hold herself back from seeking revenge against the Winstons.

In Bayside City, the Adams Family was no match for Winston Family, the local tycoon. The Adams would be greatly undermined if the Winstons gained the upper hand; even if the Winstons failed to prevail, Cethos would not allow them to be defeated and might directly interfere by imposing sanctions against Adams Family.

One was an insurance company from overseas while the other was the local ruler of the underworld who maintained the order of Bayside City’s underworld. Cethos would certainly preserve the latter.

With that, Cooper quickly cooed, “It’s okay, Tiffany. Lie down. Your health is of utmost importance and you can still go back to the company after you’ve recovered.”

However, Tiffany merely put on a bitter, vile, and hateful smile.

“Bailey, so you’re implying that I’m not allowed to seek revenge for my daughter, and you’re even revoking my authority!”

The Winstons had helped Bailey to get rid of Betsy and caused a huge blow to Tiffany. Then, Bailey had grasped the opportunity to quickly call for an urgent shareholders meeting and revoked her authority. True enough, this was Bailey’s typical approach. This fifteen-year-old young lad was extremely scheming and vicious, and he was an expert in exploiting opportunities and twisting the knife in one’s wound.

Tiffany even suspected that this was a trap set up by Bailey and the Winstons.

Besides suffering a huge blow from Betsy’s death, even her recent pregnancy, which she intended to keep a secret, was made known to Bailey. As such, Tiffany was in a precarious situation.

In contrast to Tiffany’s distress and madness, Bailey remained calm and clear-headed.

“Tiffany, I understand how you feel, but I have to take into consideration Adams Family and Adams Group as a whole too. Betsy has got only herself to blame for her death, and the Winstons are already kind enough for not holding you accountable. In fact, you hold the greatest responsibility for Betsy’s incident. If you had listened to me earlier and kept her within bounds, she would not have been so bold to go after Harry’s son.”

“Then, Adams Family and Adams Group would not have to pay for the consequences of your incompetence in disciplining your child. If you insist on demanding an explanation for Betsy’s death, please make a clean break with Adams Family and the group, and use your personal wealth to hire a lawyer for legal advice. The group and the family too will make an announcement as soon as possible to declare that we’re no longer connected to you anymore, and that we will not bear the consequence of your actions.”

Nodding at the side, Cooper admired Bailey’s composure.

He had totally put aside his personal emotions and acted in the best interest of the company and the overall situation to reduce the damage to a minimum. His decision and judgement were precise to stop loss before it was too late. Besides, his thoughts were logical and coherent.

Though he was indeed rubbing salt into the wound, he presented it in an imposing manner.

However, Tiffany had a totally different point of view.

Bailey did not do this for the sake of the family and the company. He merely wanted to take this opportunity to permanently cast her out from her position of power in Adams Group.

After speaking those words, Bailey turned around as he was ready to leave. “I’ll make a move first. The trouble that Betsy stirred up has caused a big mess in the company, and I still have to go back to the company to give an explanation to numerous officers from the Cethosian government. After all, the last people who were as arrogant as Betsy are still on the snow mountain, and it is hard to even retrieve their bodies.”

Obviously, he was referring to the twins from the Yard Family. It was confirmed that the two had perished but it was an arduous task to retrieve their bodies, which had yet to be brought back until now.

The twins had abducted a child of the Fletchers while Betsy had abducted a child of the Winstons.

While the Fletchers were a military family and owned military power, neither were the Winstons an impotent group.

After exiting the ward, Bailey turned around and looked in Tiffany’s direction.

She thought no one knew how the child was conceived, but in fact, Bailey was aware of everything.

She wanted to deliver the child in secret.

There was probably no one else on the earth, including Bailey Adams, who would desire the child to be born except Tiffany herself.

There were only a few lineages left from the Adams’ direct family branch. The lineage of Blade had suffered a setback upon losing their only son, and their only offspring, Lola, was left to fend for herself. Now, Tiffany had lost her only daughter. The current situation was a golden opportunity for Bailey, and he would certainly not let it go.

Walking out from the hospital, Bailey got into the car and made a call after pondering for a moment.

“Hi, is this Lucile?”

On the other end of the line, Sophia couldn’t believe her ears and looked at the number again to confirm it was Bailey.

This is strange. Bailey actually called me?

“Hey Bailey, who are you looking for? Carmen is not around today. She went to Winston’s.”

Having no intention to beat around the bush, Bailey got straight to the point. “Don’t you wish to know how Tiffany got pregnant with her child?”

Meanwhile, in the hospital, Tiffany finally realized that her current situation was fraught with danger.

After Betsy died, Tiffany was admitted to the hospital. Due to the huge blow and her advanced maternal age pregnancy, her condition was unpleasant and could have a miscarriage anytime. Hence, she had to stay in bed and get sufficient rest.

This was the perfect timing for Bailey to come after her. He would definitely take the chance to kill her and completely wipe out her lineage.

Feeling bitter, Tiffany subconsciously stroked her abdomen.

I shouldn’t have forced myself to conceive this child.

She was clearly aware of the risk associated with giving birth to this child at her age. Nevertheless, she had ignored the objection of the others and insisted on becoming pregnant.

Now that Betsy had died, this baby became her only child.

However, she knew that Bailey would not allow this child to be born!

Thinking of the child in her belly, Tiffany was reminded of Betsy’s horrific death. Blood boiling, she gnashed her teeth as she was filled with hatred and rage. With that, she could feel her abdomen throb with pain.

All of a sudden, she grabbed Cooper’s arm who was sitting beside her as if she was clutching at a straw.

“Cooper, my daughter has died just like that. You can’t just sit on your hands!”

Though the Winston Family was powerful in Bayside City, Adams Family was not a pushover either.

Tiffany was determined to take revenge on behalf of Betsy even at the cost of sacrificing the entire Cethos market.

It would be a piece of cake to defeat the Winstons if Cooper was willing to assist her.

Nonetheless, Cooper furrowed his brow as he completely disagreed with Tiffany’s idea. “Tiffany, Betsy has already passed away. It was her fault after all. She shouldn’t have gone after a kid. Please stop thinking about taking revenge. Just take good care of yourself and the baby.”

Staring at Cooper in shock and disappointment, Tiffany felt as if she had never known him.

Even Cooper sided with the Winstons!

Did her daughter deserve death then?

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Feeling hateful and disgusted, Tiffany smiled coldly as she had finally seen his true colors.

She could vividly remember seeing Sarah and Sophia at the scene when she opened the door.

Cooper’s daughter too contributed to Betsy’s death, so of course he would side with his daughter!

Tiffany felt like her infatuation with him for the past twenty years had been for nothing.

Cooper was just another heartless man!

She had devoted her heart to him, but he did not care for her at all!

Tiffany was already in deep water herself, let alone be able to seek revenge for Betsy. Bailey had seized the chance to sabotage her and had probably gotten rid of her confidants. Being in an isolated and helpless state, she might even have a miscarriage anytime now.

Cooper was the only person in Bayside City who could help her.

Though Cooper was an outsider, he was aware of the internal dispute within the Adams Family.

Now that Tiffany had lost her daughter, he would certainly not sit on his hands. “Tiffany, I’ll arrange a safe location for you and send some men to protect you. Deliver the baby safely and take good care of yourself, and only then you can repossess your power.”

With that, Cooper left in a hurry. It was dinner time, and his two darlings were still waiting for him at home to have dinner together.

He was indeed kind and kept his word to send some men to look after Tiffany. He was sure that Bailey would go after her.

As a friend and an outsider, that was the most that he could do, and he had already fulfilled his responsibility as a friend.

As for the incident of Betsy abducting Hope, if it hadn’t been for Cooper who mediated in between, and Bailey who had been wise enough to go meet the Winstons in person to apologize, the Winstons would definitely not have let the matter drop just like that.

This time, Betsy had only herself to blame. The Winstons had pulled strings with the related officers and effortlessly, it had been ruled that they were acting in self-defense. The Adams Family was unaffected by Betsy’s death at all while their insurance company operated as usual. They had even made a fuss about Betsy’s death and demanded compensation from the Winstons.

Sharp-witted, Bailey had taken the opportunity to eliminate Tiffany after Betsy’s death and had profited from Betsy’s misfortune. On the other hand, Tiffany had lost everything overnight and had to live under Cooper’s protection.

Cooper’s implication had been very clear. He would not meddle with the Adams Family’s internal dispute, but he was determined to protect Tiffany’s unborn child.

By rights, Bailey shouldn’t be so unsensible to provoke Cooper at this moment.

However, he actually had the nerve to do so. He was determined to not let the child be born.

Meanwhile, at The Imperial…

“No more dogs in this house!”

Cooper had been busy helping Tiffany to settle down these few days. When he went home, he was surprised to see another bunch of Huskies. Stanley had sent all his ex-wife’s dogs to Sophia’s place, and so there were six more Huskies in the house all of a sudden. Together with the three existing Huskies, they became a nona-Cereberus.

The house was all taken up by the dogs!

Sophia mumbled resentfully, “I’ll keep just one pup and will send the others away once they’ve grown up.”

Nevertheless, Cooper still rebuked her sternly, “I’m not going to let you keep any more dogs. We already have many at home.”

Sophia pouted her lips.

Indeed, they already had many dogs. There were a bunch of black dogs in their mansion at Riverdale in addition to the six dogs at their current place. Well, you just need extra dog bowls for the new dogs. That’s no big deal.

Though Cooper blew a fuse every time, he would still gladly walk the dogs the next day. He had even placed the new pups in Carmen’s stroller which she used when she was younger and took them out for a walk.

Walking the dogs, Cooper felt as if he was walking his grandchildren.

Actually, Cooper was a loving person. Though he looked grim in normal days, he loved cats and dogs, and he loved children even more. He would occasionally visit the temple to pray to the god of childbirth for Sophia to have another child.

Sophia was aware that Cooper had put Tiffany under protection, and Tiffany would have born her second child the next time Sophia met her.

A child whose father was unknown.

Sophia knew she shouldn’t stay put anymore as things would become even more complicated if she continued sitting back.

One day, she finally grabbed the chance to ask Cooper after he came home from walking the new puppies. “Dad, do you know who is the father of Tiffany’s unborn child?”

Cooper knew Sophia had participated in the incident the other day too, but he acted dumb and had not talked about Betsy’s death with Sophia at all.

This was Cooper’s first time hearing Sophia bringing up Tiffany and Betsy at home. “I’m not sure either,” he answered.

Then, he exhorted Sophia earnestly, “Tiffany lost her husband when she was only in her twenties, and now she has lost her only daughter in her forties. Don’t meddle with her affairs anymore in the future, alright?”

All the while, Cooper had merely deemed Tiffany as a friend and a business partner. Ever since Annabel left, there were only three kinds of women in this world to Cooper—the living ones, the dead ones, and Annabel. Obviously, Tiffany belonged to the category of the living ones.

He was not interested in her, but neither did he want to see Sophia driving her into a corner because of Betsy.

As such, he said those words as a reminder to Sophia.

Sure enough, Sophia stopped asking thereafter.

It seemed like Cooper was totally unconcerned of the identity of the unborn child’s father. To him, there was no difference no matter who the father was. He only wished to protect his old friend’s only child. After all, Tiffany had rendered him great assistance in the past.

Nevertheless, Sophia knew there must be something fishy about Tiffany’s unborn child, though she was aware that Bailey didn’t make the call to remind her out of kindness, but to make use of her to get rid of Tiffany’s child. The child was Tiffany’s final hope, and it would definitely be a huge blow to her if the child was killed. What was more, she might never be able to turn the corner anymore.

Bailey recognized that since Cooper was determined to keep the child, anyone who went after the child would get on his nerves, except Sophia.

On the other hand, since Sophia was already aware of the child’s origin, she would certainly not allow the child to be born. Even if Cooper attempted to stop her, she would not back out.

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1406

Finally, Sophia secretly met up with Tiffany.

It had been a month since Betsy passed away, and Tiffany seemed to have recovered from the grief of losing her daughter. Protected by Cooper and her confidants, she stayed in a bungalow in the outskirts of town for recuperation.

At four months pregnant, Tiffany’s belly had not started showing yet. Looking in the pink, she appeared to be in good spirits and was hopeful about the future.

She would be able to turn the corner as long as the child was safely born.

Meanwhile, Sophia had revealed her motive straight away.

“Abort this child.”

She stared deadly at Tiffany’s belly while saying that. It was as if she could look through the skin and see the 4-month-old fetus gradually being formed. His small, tender limbs were no different from other ordinary fetuses.

The blood flowing in this child was from Tiffany and Cooper.

He was an offspring of the lineage of the Adams Family and Michel Family, and he would be born as the successor to his parents’ wealth. This child who came along to Cooper in his autumn years would become an opportunity to help Tiffany soar again.

Tiffany had chased after Cooper for twenty years yet he remained moved, so he would not possibly have a child with her.

The source of the unborn child’s gene was unknown. However, according to Bailey’s intelligence, the child was Cooper’s.

Sophia stared fiercely at Tiffany’s belly with a combination of disgust, hatred and jealousy in her eyes.

She failed to conceive a child, yet this old woman had succeeded.

What was worse, that was her father’s child!

If the child was born, Sophia would have a brother. The thought of it already ticked her off. She found it rather acceptable if Anna was her little brother’s mother because after all, Cooper and Anna loved each other.

But what the heck was Tiffany’s child?

He was merely a tool used by Tiffany to tie Cooper up and to return to the Adams Family.

Stunned, Tiffany had not expected Sophia to be aware of the truth.

Nevertheless, she continued acting dumb. “Abort this child? Why should I?”

Sophia did not beat around the bush either and cut straight to the point.

“I dislike the child in your stomach, and I won’t allow him to be born. If you refuse to give him up voluntarily, I’ll help you to get rid of him in person.”

With that, she stood up and left without saying a word more to Tiffany.

Leaving aside how Tiffany obtained Cooper’s gene, Sophia would definitely not allow the child to be born into this world. Things would only get more complicated if she was to dig into it.

She was well aware of Tiffany’s personality. If the child was born, he might grow up to be a second Betsy and would even rob her of Cooper’s heritage and favor.

At the thought of Cooper being the father to Tiffany’s child, Sophia felt disgusted as if she had swallowed a dead fly as she could picture someone like Betsy sticking around Cooper and calling him ‘dad’.

Watching Sophia taking her leave resolutely, Tiffany pondered who could have leaked out the news.

It seems like Sophia knows something.

She had conducted everything in utmost secrecy, and by right, no one would be aware of it besides that few people.

Truth was, her unborn child belonged to Cooper.

She had frozen her ovum twenty years ago, whereas Jordan had provided the sperm. He had stolen Cooper’s sperm from the cryobank at which Cooper had stored at a younger age.

Cooper’s gene had been given by Jordan to Tiffany as a present.

Tiffany knew Jordan wouldn’t be this kind and merely made use of her to destroy Cooper and Anna’s relationship.

Obviously, Jordan knew Anna was two-timing him, but because he was crazily in love with her, he still gritted his teeth hoping that she would change her mind though he knew she had betrayed him.

If a child of Cooper and Tiffany was born at this moment, Anna would certainly give up on Cooper.

On the other hand, Tiffany would achieve her motive too by making use of this child to approach Cooper. Cooper was already in his forties and he loved children. As such, he would surely dote on this child and Tiffany.

There was a Cethosian saying which went, ‘if you truly loved someone, you would love everything related to them’. Now that Tiffany was pregnant with Cooper’s child, it was likely that she would become even more important to Cooper.

However, Tiffany dared not to tell Cooper because she couldn’t guarantee that Cooper wouldn’t ask her to abort the child upon knowing the truth.

Even if Cooper had no intention of doing so, many others would have—for instance, Sophia and Linus because the birth of this child would pose a threat to them. So, Tiffany didn’t dare to reveal the truth. As long as the child was born into this world, there would be no reason for Cooper to not love him and protect him, and with that, Cooper would naturally care more for Tiffany too.

Likewise, Sophia would not bring up the matter to Cooper too regardless of how the secret was made known to her because she shared the same concern as Tiffany—she couldn’t predict Cooper’s reaction.

While Sophia was worried that Cooper would want to keep this child, Tiffany was worried that Cooper would want to abort this child.

Hence, Sophia wished to get rid of the child before Cooper became aware of the truth, whereas Tiffany too wanted to give birth to this child before Cooper discovered it.

Sure enough, Sophia did not mention anything to Cooper after coming home.

She was certain that Cooper would agree to keep this child due to various reasons.

She was displeased and didn’t like how things looked at the moment.

Sophia had always been the apple of her father’s eyes. Nevertheless, she was selfish and wicked. Besides detesting Betsy, she hated Tiffany who had raised Betsy to become who she was, and she hated the child of Tiffany and Cooper even more.

Though the child was innocent, Sophia was dying to kill the child in person as the evil side of her expanded infinitely.

She had always been a beautiful lady with dark personalities.

“Mommy!”

Dressed in a new outfit, Carmen suddenly popped out from nowhere. Giving off a sweet aura, the little girl looked extremely adorable with her kitten ears headband.

Displaying her new dress, she asked, “Look at me. Am I pretty?”

Sophia gazed at her from head to toe and praised, “Absolutely. My darling looks gorgeous!”

Carmen nodded in contentment. “Daddy got this dress specially for me. Grandpa and I are going to shoot again tomorrow. Mommy, you have to come visit us, okay?”

It was only then that Sophia was reminded that the shooting for ‘My Grandpa In Shining Armor’ had not ended yet. Earlier on, they had agreed to be cast in several episodes, and the shooting and broadcasting of the show had been proceeding on and off. Aired on the military channel, the show had received high popularity.

Although Carmen was supposed to concentrate on school, every year, she would still make some cameo appearances occasionally. For instance, she had taken up a cameo role in ‘I Am The Village Chief (Season 5)’, and she would make a cameo appearance in the series together with her father.

In fact, Michael too had not expected the village romance series produced by an amateur filming crew, in which he played a cameo role on a whim back then, to achieve such outstanding results today. It had broken the box office records and became one of the most conventional themes. The series was a great hit and even the fifth season was in production now.

Previously, Michael would play a cameo role in every season and now, Carmen would be joining him.

Carmen’s happiest moment was every time when she knew she was going to appear on the TV again.

Having starred in ‘I Am The Village Chief (Season 5)’ and ‘My Grandpa In Shining Armor’ recently, Carmen felt she was the luckiest child to have both her father and grandfather taking turns to appear on-screen with her.

It would be perfect if Sophia could star in ‘Where Are We Going, Mom?’ with her.

“Mommy, I’ll be staying with the filming crew for a few days. Don’t miss me, okay? I’m going to earn some money and buy you candies.”

Looking at Carmen’s joyful appearance, Sophia had mixed feelings.

Every child was a darling to their parents.

Her child was precious, and so was Tiffany’s child.

Not only did she just kill Betsy, but she was even going after Tiffany’s unborn child now.

Sophia felt as though she was a demon.

How then was she different from people like Jordan?

There would be a reckoning…

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1407

Wearing a matching outfit with Carmen, Michael looked at Carmen delightedly as she chattered like a joyful lark. However, he turned around to find Sophia wearing a long face.

“Are you okay?” Michael asked concernedly.

Sophia forced a rueful smile and said, “I’m fine.”

She had not brought up the matter to Michael because she didn’t want him to become aware of it, nor did she want Carmen and the other family members to discover it.

However, she had told Sean about it.

“Are you sure you want to do this?”

Sean furrowed his brows upon hearing her plan.

Sophia would always come to Sean whenever she had a problem. He was like a walking encyclopedia for emotional issues. He would be able to provide extraordinary solutions and clear analysis for all kinds of troubles including relationship disputes, psychological issues or even irregular menstruation. Even so, there was no progress between him and Stanley yet.

“Yes, I’ve made up my mind,” Sophia answered determinedly.

Sean heaved a sigh. It seemed like neither were there other solutions at the moment.

Actually, it was better to get rid of the child earlier since things might get more complicated if the child was born. Sean even provided Sophia with counselling services.

“It’s okay. The Cethosian Law does not acknowledge fetal rights. Technically speaking, it is still a fetus now. Killing a fetus does not count as murder. I’ll help you.”

The plan to destroy Tiffany’s unborn child became much easier with Sean’s assistance. At least, Sophia had overcome the emotional hurdle.

In order to eliminate all feelings of guilt, that very night, Sophia traveled to Reverie Mountain where Daniel Levine was to offer incense, donate some money, and fast. Thereafter, she quickly went home to get down to business.

However, she had not expected Tiffany to have made a move before her.

Rushing back from Reverie Mountain, she spotted Carmen playing in the yard even before she entered the house. “The old lady with big boobs is here again. She’s crying to Grandpa in the house and Grandpa sent me out,” Carmen muttered in a displeased manner.

The old lady with big boobs?

Tiffany the b*tch has come to our place!

The door was closed. Sophia gently pushed it open and heard Tiffany wailing miserably in the living room.

“Cooper, I know you detest this child, but he is my only offspring now. Your daughter has already killed Betsy. Are you going to kill my second child now?”

Tiffany had actually confessed to Cooper first to gain the upper hand!

It seemed like Sophia had to burn her bridges now to go after Tiffany’s unborn child.

A cold shiver ran down Sophia’s spine but the next second, she boiled with rage.

What a shameless b*tch!

Tiffany was kneeling in front of Cooper in the living room. Holding tightly onto his thigh, she cried her eyes out in despair as she begged Cooper in a low voice while sobbing incessantly.

“I’m already forty-something this year. I’ve taken out all my frozen ovum from the bank and this is the only one that was fertilized successfully. Cooper, do you know how much I’ve suffered to get this child? And do you know how risky it was for me to conceive this child?”

“You know you’re the only one in my heart and I’ve been waiting for you all these years! Though I was married a few times, I didn’t want to bear children for any other men because my only wish is for you to be the father of my next child. I had no choice but to turn to this last resort after waiting for so many years.”

“How could you be so heartless? Your daughter already killed my daughter, yet you want to kill our child next? He is innocent!”

Sure enough, Cooper was put in a difficult position upon knowing the truth about Tiffany’s pregnancy.

His greatest worry had eventually come to pass.

His genes had fallen into the hands of Jordan, and Jordan had actually given it to Tiffany.

And now, Tiffany was pregnant with his child.

Back then, Jordan had sent someone who perfectly imitated Annabel to seduce Cooper, and Cooper had been acting along with the woman to lure her into exposing information about Annabel. In order to put on a seamless act, he even had to sleep with the woman.

Cooper had been extra vigilant every night to prevent the impostor from getting pregnant with his child. He would use hypnotic fragrance together with a high-tech instrument which could manipulate human’s brain waves to induce hallucination upon the impostor. As such, the impostor thought she had already slept with Cooper and even pretended to have conceived his child so that she could threaten him.

Cooper would definitely not harm children. Every child was an angel and innocent, but how could he accept that Tiffany was pregnant with his child?

What would Anna think of this child?

As a result of technological advancement, the development of organ transplantation, test tube babies, and even clones had gradually emerged. Such technologies constantly challenged human’s ethical principles and so, there would always be a group of scholars protesting outside the headquarter of Michel Group from time to time. They would remonstrate against issues such as the company’s overly innovative robots, their engagement in cloning technology research, and their unduly advancement in artificial intelligence technology which was causing the degeneration of the human race.

Cooper had not expected the repercussions to hit him this soon.

He wasn’t the one who got her pregnant, but the child was indeed his.

Was he really going to kill his own child?

No, he couldn’t bear to. Though the child was still a fetus now, he was part of him.

Later, this fetus would grow into a child of Cooper’s.

Moreover, it was a fact that Sophia had killed Betsy. Even if Cooper could find thousands of excuses to run away from his responsibility, the fact would not change.

Meanwhile, Theo and his three children stayed away from the living room as they had no intention to meddle with Cooper’s affairs, though they still peeked at him out of curiosity. On the other hand, the bunch of dogs had actually gathered around to watch the scene. Subconsciously, Cooper glanced toward Sophia who had just entered the house and Linus who had rushed back home too.

The two siblings stared at Cooper with mixed emotions as they awaited his response.

Looking downward at Tiffany who was crying in despair and thereafter gazing toward Sophia and Linus, Cooper felt extremely conflicted.

Sophia and Linus would undoubtedly still be his most precious children, but Tiffany’s unborn baby was his child too. How could he bear to annihilate the child when he was already a four-month-old fetus?

Tiffany was still weeping. “Bailey won’t allow my child to be born. Cooper, I’ve once had the thought of using this child to tie you down. However, now that Betsy is gone, I’ve lost all my kin. All I want is this child and nothing else.”

“I need this child. He is my only hope to stay alive and I can’t afford to lose him! For the sake of our many years of friendship, please, I’m begging you to save my child and I.”

Feeling extremely afflicted, Cooper closed his eyes.

He knew whatever he said now would be useless because he couldn’t possibly ignore the child after he was born. After all, the child was his offspring too, just like Sophia and Linus. Though it was not a fruit of love between him and the woman he loved, it did not change the fact that the child belonged to him. He couldn’t remain apathetic.

Tiffany’s sobbing mixed with the sound of Celine munching on sunflower seeds and watermelon was making the atmosphere in the living room become increasingly bizarre.

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1408

“Welcome home.”

Michael came home early today and saw that Sophia had arrived home too. “How was the trip to the temple on the mountain?” he asked.

Michael walked up to hold Sophia’s hands but realized that her hands were extraordinarily cold.

He wrapped his big hands around hers, hoping to bring her warmth.

He could totally understand Sophia’s feelings.

Back then when he first found out that Quinton was his younger brother, he couldn’t accept it too even though it wasn’t Theo’s fault. At that time, Tanya had abducted Theo back to her drug nest and tortured and insulted him in every way possible. She even drugged and r*ped him in order to make him surrender. Theo could have gritted his teeth and fought back, but he had chosen to endure so that his identity would not be exposed.

So, he played along, pretending to have no power to resist and surrendered. At the same time, he secretly passed on information about the drug nest and arranged tactical plans. With that, he eventually demolished the drug nest and put an end to the turmoil in Golden Triangle which had lasted for a few decades. Now, the citizens in that area stayed away from drugs and were living a peaceful life.

Theo was not to be blamed for the incident which happened at that time. Nevertheless, Michael’s feeling upon discovering the existence of a younger brother was indeed indescribable.

And now, Sophia was going through exactly what he had experienced before.

However, Cooper’s case was more exceptional than Quinton’s.

Who would have expected Tiffany to have gotten Cooper’s gene and used it for herself?

Michael had never seen such a shameless woman.

In fact, his father-in-law was the most distressed because he was innocent. He had merely stored his sperm, yet it had been stolen. Now, someone was pregnant with his child and had come to pester him.

“Everything will be fine,” Michael cooed at Sophia in a low voice.

With a complicated look, he glanced toward Cooper.

According to his understanding toward his father-in-law, it was very likely that…

“Get well soon, Tiffany. We’ll talk about the rest later on.”

Eventually, Cooper heaved a sigh and said, “I’ll protect you and the child.”

With that, Cooper plodded up the stairs and went into his room. Wiping off her tears, Tiffany stood up, thereafter staggered toward the door under her bodyguard’s support.

She seemed to not have noticed Sophia when she passed by her at the entrance. Sobbing and sniffing, Tiffany got into the car and left under the bodyguards’ extensive protection.

Nevertheless, Sophia knew that Tiffany was extremely elated.

She would be able to tie Cooper down once the child was born.

This b*tch has indeed gone all-in. She even forced herself to conceive a child at this age.

At that moment, Sophia’s thoughts were extremely dark and evil.

Michael too had noticed that her hands were getting increasingly cold.

Michael shared Sophia’s stance and they were of the same opinion.

This child can never come to this world.

It was not just a matter of a fight over Cooper’s heritage and love. If that was the case, Michael would be pleased to see his father-in-law having more children, especially daughters, because then he would not devote all his attention to Sophia all the time, and Michael would be less pressured as his son-in-law.

But the problem was that the child’s mother was Tiffany, who was someone as wicked as Quinton. After the child was born, she would surely strive for more wealth on behalf of him, and might even go after Sophia and Linus.

At the moment, the family was pretty harmonious. Though there were often some minor disputes between Michael and Cooper, generally, the home environment was very decent. Cooper treated his son well, Linus and Sophia were close with each other, and there were neither intrigues nor conflicts of interest within the family. However, things would be different once Tiffany’s child was born.

Since Cooper is soft-hearted and can’t bear to get rid of the child himself, as his son-in-law, I should give him a hand!

And so, Michael secretly made a call to Anna.

The call had caught Anna off guard because she rarely crossed paths with Michael and only knew him mainly through his movies. She was aware of this son-in-law’s backgrounds and achievements. As a mother-in-law, she was extremely satisfied with him.

Anna remained silent for a moment after Michael had finished narrating, and then answered, “I believe Cooper will handle this matter well.”

“What if he fails?” Michael asked.

Smiling faintly, Anna said, “Then he doesn’t deserve my love.”

With that, Michael was rendered speechless.

Then, they made some small talk before hanging up.

He wondered how his father-in-law would settle the issue this time. In fact, many relationship issues between men and women were self-induced as a result of their indecisiveness and ambivalence, and there was no one else to blame.

If there were any ambiguities at all, then the cause would either be that the love between the two wasn’t genuine, or that one party was deliberately running away from problems. An illustration was that there would always be an ignorant man behind every bad relationship between his mother and wife.

There were never any ambiguities between him and Sophia even though they had been separated in the past, and they had encountered exes who seeked to stir up trouble too.

It would be disappointing if Cooper still remained indecisive this time round. This kind of matters must be handled in a firm and accurate manner, or else the consequences would be dire. Irene Weber was the perfect example. Back then, Michael failed to settle with her as soon as possible and it had nearly caused Sophia to be harmed.

No one had an idea about how Cooper would handle this matter. Nevertheless, Cooper seemed to have not changed since Tiffany’s visit. He worked from home every day and would stay in his study room until late night. After dinner, he would spend some time with the family watching TV, fight over the TV remote control, and have a chat with Theo. Besides, he would sternly exhort Sophia to quickly get rid of the dogs at home, yet still joyfully walked the dogs the next morning.

On the other hand, Sophia had been racking her brains thinking of ways to get rid of Tiffany’s unborn child.

Cooper was determined to keep Tiffany’s unborn child, and Tiffany too had been extra vigilant since this was her only chance to turn the corner. As such, it was not an easy task to kill the child.

Michael watched as Sophia diligently prepared a proposal.

Plan A: Drug her. The pros are simple execution and high effectiveness whereas the cons is that we might get caught.

Plan B: Lure her out and beat her up.

Plan C: Hire an assassin. P.S. Quinton will not take up the task but he can be the middleman to refer other assassins to us. He’ll earn a 20% commission.

Plan D: Bribe Tiffany’s private doctor to cause a medical accident.

Michael became speechless.

She actually placed the proposal blatantly on the bedside table. Isn’t she afraid of being exposed?

Sophia had secretly taken action too besides writing the proposal.

Tiffany stayed in a bungalow arranged by Cooper in the outskirts of town. He had sent a dozen staff including chauffeurs, chefs, servants, and bodyguards to look after Tiffany. As such, Tiffany was well-protected, and her diets were strictly controlled.

It was indeed arduous to defeat her. Since Cooper was having Tiffany’s back, the child would definitely be safe unless Tiffany decided to give up the child.

Cheesed off, Sophia even wrote curses about Tiffany’s child in her room and placed her writings at the common area visible to Cooper.

Though Cooper knew Sophia detested the child, he pretended to not have seen the curses.

Failing to cause Tiffany to have a miscarriage, Sophia complained about having chest tightness these few days so Michael accompanied her to the hospital for a checkup, and they dropped by to visit the gyenecologist.

She was experiencing breast swelling but was still not pregnant. Truth was, her health had been severely affected in the early years and it was already a great blessing to have been able to conceive her first child.

Upon recognizing that it was hard for Sophia to get pregnant, both Sophia and Michael were disappointed. However, they did not expect that they would bump into Tiffany, who was here for a prenatal checkup, as they walked out from the hospital distraughtly.

Tiffany’s face was glowing. Looking at Tiffany’s belly which had barely increased in size, Sophia became extremely jealous at that instant. Not only is she pregnant, but she is even pregnant with twins!

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1409

Tiffany was four months pregnant, but her belly had not started showing yet. Arriving at the hospital under the bodyguards’ careful protection, Tiffany was extra vigilant and did not greet Sophia and Michael even after she saw them. Any ordinary antagonist would have taken the opportunity to jeer at Sophia at such a moment.

However, Tiffany did not even spare Sophia a glance after bumping into her although she knew Sophia was looking for every possible chance to kill her unborn child. Well, I guess that’s the difference between a normal antagonist and the ultimate boss, Michael marveled inwardly.

In fact, he had been looking for opportunities to harm Tiffany the past few days too but to no avail because Tiffany was extremely cautious. Besides, Copper had given her the highest level of protection, and Michael couldn’t even seize a good timing to lay a hand on Tiffany though the hospital where she went for prenatal checkups was actually under his management. My old father-in-law is totally acting against his usual calm and rational persona!

Michael knew there was not much time left for him. How could he leave with a peace of mind if even Cooper was unreliable? He had originally intended to leave Sophia and Carmen in Cooper’s hand.

Regarding that, Cooper had also made his statement. If Michael as Sophia’s husband who was thirteen years older than her was able to take care of the two ladies for a lifetime, then him as the father who was eighteen years older than Sophia would be able to do the same too. However, Michael became perplexed at this moment. For the first time in his life, he started doubting Cooper who had always been powerful.

Meanwhile, Sophia was still annoyed after leaving the hospital, and she was cursing Tiffany non-stop on the way back. “Look at that old woman. She’s so arrogant! What’s so great about being pregnant? Just you wait, I’m going to do IVF and I’ll get a pair of twins too!”

Michael furrowed his brows. Earlier on, he had already learned about the process of IVF. It was indeed grueling and torturing from the stage of fertilization to conception and labor. He couldn’t even bear to let Sophia suffer the process though she was only in her late twenties. Yet, that old woman was seeking all these troubles when she was almost fifty years old. Does she really love Cooper so much?

Moreover, it had probably not been easy for her to get pregnant at this age, and she might miscarry anytime when Sophia started taking action.

During the weekend, Sophia secretly asked Lucy out again to the bar where they usually went. Recently, two of them would meet up for a drink from time to time. There weren’t many customers at midnight. The bunny girl on the stage was singing out of tune while several drunk men lay disorderly over the tables. There were only very few who remained sober.

After two glasses of wine, Sophia gradually lost control over her emotions. “Who is that old woman to bear my dad’s child? My dad’s totally out of her league!”

Sipping her wine quietly, Lucy did not chime in and only spoke up after Sophia finished ranting. “According to my understanding of your father, he’ll definitely not do so. He must have some other plans.”

Sophia smirked and remained silent. Cooper was a calm and rational man in her opinion. Putting aside the way he treated his children and Carmen, Cooper was almost like a robot. Nonetheless, this matter concerned his offspring. Would he treat that child the same way he treated Sophia?

Back then when Virs-18 hit the country, Sophia was on the verge of death. In order to accumulate merit on behalf of Sophia so that she could quickly regain consciousness, Cooper had desperately released the cure and caused the money which he had invested over the years to go down the drain. That was the day when Cooper was the least calm and rational throughout his life.

In fact, Sophia too had reckoned that Cooper might have some other plans, but she still couldn’t stand seeing Tiffany being this arrogant.

Sophia’s car was parked at the same old spot outside the bar. Sitting shotgun, Michael was scrolling through his phone while occasionally lifting his head to glance at the parking lot across the street, where Lucy’s car was parked.

It was still the same original model. Actually, this ex-girlfriend of his was a nostalgic person. She had been using this car for many years, and she was already using it when Michael started dating her. The car had gone under repair several times, and it was amazing that she was still using this old manual car after so many years.

In the past, Michael could always see Dana sitting in the car waiting for Lucy. But alas, now that Lucy was engaged to that toad, Dana was unlikely to appear anymore. Michael felt sorry for his ex-girlfriend for marrying such an ugly man. He couldn’t imagine making out with someone who had a face as hideous as his.

Michael kept glancing toward Lucy’s car. It was dark inside the car and it seemed like no one was in there, but Michael knew there was someone in the car. Perhaps he was staring at the car so frequently that even the person in the car had noticed him. The car door was opened all of a sudden, thereafter a man in black suit who looked like a bodyguard got out of the car and came to knock on Michael’s car window.

“Hey dude, let’s get a drink!”

Holding a bag of peanuts and Cokes, the man took off his obstructive sunglasses and revealed his face. It was Dana!

Michael had no idea why Dana was here, and they had started drinking even before Michael could realize. Sitting outside the bar, two of them had some snacks and Coke but dared not to take alcohol because they still had to drive later.

Michael did not ask Dana where she had been. Silently sipping his Coke, Michael looked toward the bar. While they were drinking, Dana gave a burp out of the blue and said, “Just stay out of Cooper’s affairs.”

Michael put down his can of Coke and asked in astonishment, “Even you’re aware of that?” Has the news about Cooper’s child traveled so far already? Even Dana who popped out from nowhere knows about that.

Smiling smugly, Dana did not answer the question.

Suddenly, Michael recalled that on the day of Lucy’s engagement, Sophia came home and said that she had seen Dana at the ceremony, and that Dana was standing beside Jordaine’s son, Moore. At that time, Michael thought Sophia was drunk.

Ever since Dana’s incident, the Winstons had not revealed her whereabouts. Even Harry had not answered Michael when he asked him, and so Michael actually thought Dana had died. But she turned out to be alive!

In other words, the person whom Sophia suspected as Dana that night was indeed her. Is her current condition so abject that she needs to work under Moore? That’s impossible! She must have approached Moore as an undercover agent.

Lost in thought, Michael reckoned Dana had actually perceived something but remained silent. It seemed like she had gotten back together with Lucy again and was helping Lucy to deal with Jordan, and the first step of her plan was to lurk around Moore.

Moore was one of the most capable sons whom Jordan loved the most. As such, Moore and his mother must have participated in many schemes of Jordan. For instance, Jordaine must have contributed to stealing Cooper’s frozen sperm.

Just as Michael’s thoughts were running wild, Dana stood up and said, “My bladder is having some issue and I’ve been urinating quite frequently.”

With that, she swayed to the nearby bushes to pee. It was already midnight anyway and there was barely anyone in this remote area. A few drunkards too had come out from the bar to pee in the bushes. That explained the extraordinarily lush greenery outside the bars.

Meanwhile, Michael was roasting Dana inwardly. How can a girl just pull down her pants and pee by the roadside?

He secretly peeked at her, wondering if she would squat down. However, little did he expect to see Dana unzipping her pants and pulling out a penis. Instantly, Michael was knocked down with a feather as he stared at the huge pecker with his eyes wide open.

What a long, thick, scary d*ck!

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1410

Dana’s masculine mien was revealed the moment he showed his penis. The drunkards who were peeking at him in a teasing manner thinking he looked rather feminine, were instantly stunned that they even peed on their pants.

Oh my goodness, this is horrifying! We shouldn’t have judged the book by its cover! This man has such a sweet appearance yet his d*ck is so freaking huge! No girls would be able to handle this!

Scared out of their wits, the drunkards had all run off the next second.

In fact, any other guys would be too embarrassed to take off their pants and show their penis in front of Dana.

Dana realized that Michael was still staring at him after he had finished peeing, and so he turned around and displayed his penis to Michael. “Surprise! It’s so awesome and powerful, isn’t it? I underwent the operation overseas. Though it’s not an original one, it’s quite handy to use,” Dana exclaimed proudly.

Rendered speechless, Michael nodded silently as he felt sorry for his ex-girlfriend.

Well, it’s indeed awesome and powerful… Michael thought to himself as he was green with envy.

Moments later, Sophia and Lucy walked out from the bar feeling tipsy. Meanwhile, Dana had already gone back to the car and so Sophia had not met him.

At that instance, Michael stared at Lucy with a totally different look.

A few days had passed, yet Michael still had not recovered from the shock of the tremendous penis.

Oh my Lord!

On the other hand, Quinton became aware of Dana’s huge artificial penis and had specially visited Dana to take a look at it. Then he immediately went to borrow money from Michael and had even accepted the task to help Sophia kill Tiffany’s child.

It seemed like Quinton wanted to save some money to get one too.

Before Michael could recover from Dana’s episode, he received another shocking news—Tiffany miscarried!

This was extremely great news to Sophia.

However, it was the total opposite to Quinton. Currently, he was as poor as a church mouse. As a tutor in a university, he had yet to pass his probation and was barely scraping by with his modest salary. Yet, he would need millions to instal a gear like Dana’s, and he even had to look for a man-made penis on his own.

While Michael refused to lend him money, he could not take on other assassination tasks too lest Michael raked him over the coals. Just as he was elated to receive Sophia’s assignment, the target victim had already miscarried even before Sophia paid him his commission.

Sigh.

Upon receiving the news, Sophia quickly rushed to the hospital to check the scene out. According to her surface understanding of Tiffany, the woman might have deliberately put up a bluff to pretend to miscarry. Then, she would show up with her newborn child a few months later after Sophia had let down her guard, and Cooper would suddenly have another child again.

“Ouch—”

Tiffany’s miserable wail emerged from the ward. Meanwhile, Sophia disguised herself as a nurse and sneaked into the emergency room.

There was blood all over Tiffany’s body and her bleeding had not stopped ever since she was pushed into the emergency room. There were blood stains everywhere—the floor, the operating table, and even the doctor’s scrubs.

Still, Sophia thought the scene could have been faked, so she walked up to Tiffany and lifted her patient gown to take a look while the other staff were in a chaos.

Sure enough, Tiffany was bleeding.

Lying on the operation table, she wailed and screamed in despair as her blood-stained hand clung tightly onto the doctor’s white coat.

“Please save my children! Please!”

“Cooper, save my children!”

At last, her energy was depleted as her hands hung down weakly, thereafter she went into a coma as a result of excessive bleeding.

The intense operation was still ongoing. Sophia looked at Tiffany apathetically as the latter miscarried. Amidst the mixture of blood and water, Sophia could see two fetuses which were almost fully formed being extracted from Tiffany’s body; it was a pair of twins.

Sophia was not the one who caused the miscarriage this time because all her previous plans did not work out. According to the doctor, the miscarriage was due to Tiffany’s weak health status. She had merely taken a short walk and miscarried. After all, she was in her forties and it was strenuous to bear a child at that age.

After this miscarriage, Tiffany would not be able to conceive a child anymore.

In fact, her pregnancy would have failed anyway, and the risk had become even higher because she was having a pair of twins. She might even lose her life.

Meanwhile, Cooper was waiting anxiously outside the operating room. He was caught between feeling depressed and relieved upon knowing Tiffany had lost her children.

On the other hand, Sophia had sneaked out from the ward and went back home. Lying on the bed, her mind was filled with the image of the fetuses extracted from Tiffany’s body and Tiffany’s dreadful wail.

Filled with complicated, indescribable emotions, Sophia felt as if she was the culprit even though she wasn’t the one who had caused the miscarriage.

Later, Michael came back home to find Sophia lying on the bed dressed in a nurse uniform. He quickly closed the door and rubbed his hands as he approached Sophia excitedly.

We’ve been married for so long, yet this woman is still seducing me in uniforms!

For the next few days, the scene of Tiffany’s miscarriage kept lingering in Sophia’s mind while Michael was constantly haunted by the thought of Dana’s huge penis.

Struggling with their own issues, none of them had realized that Cooper had been staying out quite often.

Upon her miscarriage, Tiffany seened to have lost her will to live. She was extremely depressed and didn’t have much appetite. Because of that, Cooper had attempted to counsel her several times and even stayed by her side at the hospital for a few days.

Besides, he had promised to protect Tiffany and help her retrieve her power in the Adams Family after she had fully recovered.

Indeed, she had supported him greatly when he first entered the Michel Family, and so he couldn’t turn his back on her at this moment.

Though Tiffany had miscarried, Cooper still cared for Tiffany and often came home late, which annoyed Sophia.

However, at the same time, Sophia was distressed whenever she was reminded of the dead fetuses and Tiffany’s miserable cry on the operating table.

For that reason, Sophia had abstained from meat in her diet for several days, and the whole family had followed suit.

Actually, Quinton was the most distressed person of all. After seeing Dana’s artificial penis, he had been desperately wanting to get one of those powerful ‘weapons’ which everyone else would marvel at. But alas, Michael refused to lend him money, nor did Sophia entertain him as she was fasting those few days.

Cooper and Linus were loaded, but Quinton was too embarrassed to go to them.

While Theo was penniless, Celine was too feeble-minded to manage money, so Justin was the one holding the purse strings. He had been holding a grudge against Quinton ever since Quinton caused his wife to lose her sound mind. Not only was he unwilling to lend money to Quinton, he even wished to beat him up. As such, Quinton could only turn to Nate in the end.

Though Nate was only fifteen years old, he already had a net worth of over ten million. Besides the money given by his family and relatives during festival celebrations, he himself had earned some money, and Justin too had given him some shares in the company. As such, Nate actually had a great deal of savings and was rich.

He had gladly agreed to Quinton’s request with one condition, which was that Quinton had to help him teach the green-eyed goblin a lesson and snatch back Carmen’s three apricot seeds.

The three apricot seeds were like three needles pricking Michael and Nate, causing them affliction. So, they had to take the seeds back!

Sure enough, Quinton readily agreed.

Actually, Quinton was a traditional person. Even eunuchs in the ancient times would bring along their most precious belongings before they died. Quinton had lost his most precious belonging ever since Stanley shot it down, and he desperately wanted to get a penis back so that he wouldn’t have to die with a physical defect.

Hence, every time when Bailey came to play sports at Bayside University, Nate would call Quinton over to bully him together.

Funnily enough, not only did they fail to snatch back the three apricot seeds, but Quinton had even become Bailey’s personal bodyguard after a few encounters.