Ch. 2771..2780

Chapter 2771 Thomas‘ alluring, husky voice rang next to Yannie‘s ear, and her ear grew warm as his breath fanned the side of her face. She bit her lip and shrunk. Her mind drifted to how not long ago, she was locked outside of the door while listening to his...and Denise‘s moans of pleasure.

Instinctively, she bit her lip and moved away, creating a gap between them.

Thomas‘s brow furrowed once more when he noticed this. He tried to pull her back to him by wounding his arms around her. “Why are you moving away? Is there anything you‘re not telling me?”

That was the only reason why Yannie kept on distancing herself from him after he woke up from his unconsciousness.

She bit her lip. After a moment of silence, she pushed Thomas away. “Nothing. I‘m not hiding anything from you. You think too much.”

With that sentence, the elevator reached the first floor, and the door opened. Yannie hastily walked out of the elevator, much to Thomas‘ confusion as he chased after her.

“Yannie!”

However, Yannie did not look back and just left.

Thomas thought Yannie was just having a tantrum and she would not walk too far before he could chase after her. Moreover, she knew better than anyone how weak he was that she would not just leave him alone.

She would always put him first, after all.

Little did he expect for Yannie to not wait for him like usual—not today. She walked straight to the street and hailed a taxi, leaving without Thomas. She did not once look his way.

Thomas frowned helplessly as he watched the taxi leave. He took out his phone. After a moment of hesitation, he called Luna.

Yannie‘s behavior was far too odd. She had been purposely avoiding him after he woke up. Other people might not know the reason for the changes Yannie had, but Luna would surely know about it.

Shortly, the call got through. Luna had just sent Denise away and had not talked with Gwen before she received a call from Thomas. She looked at the name on the phone and hesitated to answer.

In the end, she accepted the call, knowing the reason before Thomas himself even spoke. Even so, she asked patiently, “Can I help you?” “Something‘s wrong.” Thomas took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “Yannie‘s hiding something from me. I‘m sure you know what it is.” Luna said nothing as she grasped her phone tightly. With a hoarse voice, she replied, “What makes you think I know about it?”

“You‘re the one she trusts the most in the city other than her mother. She‘s a thoughtful girl. She‘ll never tell her mother about her relationship because she‘s afraid that her mother will be worried, so if anything is bothering her, you‘re the person she‘ll talk to.” After that, Thomas furrowed his brow and spoke, “Luna, Yannie has been avoiding me ever since I woke up. Did something happen when I was unconscious? Does it have something to do with Denise? I hope you can tell me the truth.”

Chapter 2772 As Luna grasped the phone tightly in her hand, her eyebrows were pressed into a firm line. She had assumed that Thomas would come find her because of Yannie but never expected it to be so soon.

It had been less than 24 hours after the incident happened, and she had been busy dealing with Denise and her family. There was no time for her to think about how to explain it to

Thomas if he asked.

The moment was here, yet she could only bite her lip and made it up as it went. “Why do you think so? Yannie... Is there anything wrong with her?” Thomas furrowed his brow slightly upon hearing Luna hesitating. He grasped his phone tighter and replied in a deep voice, “Something‘s wrong with her. Luna, I know you and Yannie are best friends. The only one she trusted other than her mother is you. So, I‘d like to ask what‘s going on. Previously...”

He closed his eyes and thought back to the time when Tina and Denise had drugged him when they were at Howard Mansion. “Was it...” He hesitated and said the thing he was unwilling to accept, “Was it Denise who helped me detoxify the substance, and not Yannie?”

It shocked Luna to see how sensitive and clear Thomas‘ mind was. Her jaw hung open widely, yet not a sound came out of her even though she thought of saying something.

Perhaps she had underestimated Thomas. He was Joshua‘s cousin, so he must have the same alertness and sensitivity as Joshua did. He could presume the problem based on Yannie‘s attitude and her words.

“I‘m right, aren‘t I?” Thomas took a deep breath after not getting any response from Luna.

With his hoarse voice, he said, “I slept with Denise. Yannie wants me to remain calm and not be upset. She wants to be in the best condition to handle the issue between my family and the Hughes family, so she pretends that nothing happened.

“That‘s not all. She even pretended to be the person who helped me and told me she was by my side all the time. Am I right?”

As Luna listened to Thomas‘ affirmative tone, she paused. After a moment of silence, she answered, “Yes.”

She knew it was impossible to hide it from Thomas, and with him guessing right, it was useless for her to continue lying. The smart man was never going to believe her just because she made up a story. Thus, she tried to calm Thomas‘ emotions after a deep breath. “Joshua said your father‘s condition is quite severe. Before you are completely in control of the Howard Group and your family‘s wealth, you shouldn’t be sidetracked on this issue, so-”

“So all of you asked Yannie to endure and asked her to admit that she was with me all the time? “he cut her off coldly. “Is this Joshua and your idea?”

Luna was at loss for words. After a while, she answered, “You can say that. We-”

“Do you really think of Yannie as your friend? As part of the family?” Thomas furrowed his brow as his voice raised. “Yannie cares a great deal about this! You know it tortured her, but you had her pretending that it didn‘t. You even asked her to pretend she was the one who slept with me! “Have you ever thought how sad Yannie would be? Luna, I never thought that you‘d be such a cruel person.” He closed his eyes. “If this happened to Joshua, would you have done the same as Yannie did?”

Chapter 2773 Luna held her phone as she fell silent for a good while. It was not long until she exhaled deeply and answered, “I would.”

She took another deep breath and said plainly, “Thomas, maybe you don‘t know me that well yet. In the past, I hated Joshua so badly, but it was because of my son that I took it all in strides and went back to Joshua.

“The misunderstanding got cleared in the end and we knew that we fell into a trap, but even if it wasn‘t a misunderstanding and Joshua was really a scumbag, I would still tolerate everything for the sake of my children.

“To me, being sad and uncomfortable because of someone important is just temporary, and it‘ll pass. “Maybe you‘re right. Joshua and I were wrong on this matter; we shouldn‘t have used our thoughts to decide what Yannie should do. Nonetheless, she cares about you. She hopes that you can settle your matter peacefully and that incident will not affect you. She just can‘t get past the hurdle in her heart and pretend that nothing happened.”

Thomas furrowed his brow vehemently. His fingers were turning white because of how hard he gripped his phone. Yannie’s troubled expression appeared in his mind, and he recalled how Yannie blurted out that she would leave him in the future.

Suddenly, his vision turned black. His legs turned soft as he felt himself falling.

At that moment, a pair of hands reached out and grabbed onto him steadily. He furrowed his brow vehemently at the sudden support...and the familiar scent.

He looked back

Yannie was supporting him from behind with a helpless expression and furrowed eyebrows. “I thought you could take care of yourself.”

To be frank, she did not go too far. After getting in the taxi, she was still worried about Thomas even though she was upset. Thomas was a patient with a weak body, after all, and she could not allow herself to leave him like that.

Thus, she requested the driver to stop her at a corner, and she secretly sneaked back to the hospital.

To her amazement, Thomas was still there. He stood in the same spot she left him and called Luna. Therefore, she heard the entire conversation he had with Luna.

She was sad and also touched at the same time. Originally, she wanted to leave, but she saw him nearly falling down. Her body acted faster than her brain. Before she knew it, she dashed out to support Thomas from falling. Thomas was thrilled to see Yannie appearing out of nowhere. He did not even think about explaining it to Luna and hung up the phone immediately.

“Yannie!” He was overwhelmed with warmth upon seeing Yannie return. He embraced her so tightly that he was about to stick her body to his. “I knew you wouldn‘t leave me!”

As he held her tightly and dearly, he continued, “Did you come back because you decided not to leave me? Please don‘t ever leave me, okay? Denise, she...

“It‘s my fault. I apologize. I‘ll do anything you want, but just...”

It took him a good few seconds before he responded, his voice humble and husky, “Just don‘t ever leave me. Don‘t leave Riley. Riley and I...need you in our lives. Promise me, okay?”

Listening to Thomas‘ pleas, Yannie‘s heart melted. She bit her lip and slowly struggled her way out of Thomas‘ arms. She stared right into his eyes.

Chapter 2774 “I can‘t promise you that now,” Yannie replied. She took a deep breath, her eyes filled with despair and helplessness when she gazed into Thomas‘ eyes. “Perhaps you wouldn‘t be able to digest it all if you were in my stead. I‘m sorry.

After a deep sigh, she curled up her lips into a bitter smile. “I can‘t lie to you nor lie to myself.”

She thought Thomas would get mad, feel helpless, and despair with her after what she said. However, that was not what happened. Instead, Thomas curled up his lips and smiled, gazing into her eyes with his frail ones, “Alright, I respect your wishes. As long as...”

After a short pause, he continued looking at her with a smile. “As long as you stay with me, that‘s enough. If there comes a time you want to leave me and Riley, I hope you can tell me. Don‘t just go without saying goodbye. I won‘t force you to stay.”

After all, he was a fool to have fallen into Tina and Denise‘s trap. Therefore, he had no right to stop Yannie, no matter what decision she made.

It was as she had said. Thinking from her perspective, Thomas could not possibly pretend nothing happened and continue to be with him. He could accept Yannie leaving him because of that incident, as long as she was not sad or upset. Clearly, Yannie did not expect to receive that answer from Thomas. She was stunned and did not know what to say.

“Let‘s go.” Thomas curled up his lips and walked over to her to hold her hand. “Let‘s head back to the hospital together with me. I‘m feeling a little dizzy.” Yannie snapped out of her daze not long after as she quickly held Thomas‘ hand. “Alright.” After that, they got into the car hand–in–hand to head back to the hospital where Thomas got treated.

Meanwhile, far away in the hospital, Dan was standing by the window looking at Thomas and Yannie leaving together hand–in–hand. He furrowed his brow vehemently.

“Mom.” He looked back angrily at Tina. “That guy manages to coax that woman. Is there any news from Denise?”

Tina sat on the chair as she scrolled through her call log on the phone with a frown. There were several call histories where she called Denise, but Denise did not pick up any of the calls.

‘Did something happen to her? The maids at home did tell me Denise managed to complete her task. The maids even heard the voices of Denise and Thomas when they were in the room together. Yannie heard it too,‘ she thought.

After getting the maid‘s report, Tina was momentarily pleased. She thought that since Denise had succeeded, Thomas and Yannie were over for sure. As long as Denise was pregnant with Thomas‘ child, she would get more benefits when Denise became Thomas‘ wife. Her life would be secure, even if the old geezer could not defeat Thomas and let Thomas take the bigger proportion of the family‘s wealth. However, it had been nearly ten hours since the incident. Not only did they lose contact with

Denise, but Thomas and Yannie miraculously got back together, much to Tina‘s chagrin. When Tina stayed quiet, Dan looked at the ward his father was staying in while feeling annoyed and anxious. “Mom, do you think Denise betrayed us?”

His father was talking with Mr. Zink in the room. “Do you really think the old geezer will sue Thomas for causing intentional injury? Why am I getting a feeling that he‘s not doing that?” Tina stared at Dan coldly. “His imbecile son shot him. He won‘t let him off the hook.” She furrowed her brow and walked toward Senior Howard‘s ward.

To be honest, she was not that certain herself. The old geezer was quite weird after waking up today. “Senior Howard.” When Tina was just at the door, she heard Mr. Zink‘s voice from the ward.” Are you sure you want to transform everything under your name to your eldest son Thomas Howard, and not leaving a dim to your wife, Tina Chevy, and your son, Dan Howard?” Tina‘s eyelids blew wide open in shock. ‘What? That old geezer—! Followingly, Senior Howard replied, despite being physically ailing, “Yes, I‘m sure. Just write that down.”

Chapter 2775 Tina quivered as she stood outside the door eavesdropping on the conversation between Senior Howard and Mr. Zink.

‘That old geezer! He wants to give everything to that bastard!‘

After all these years she spent time together with him, she and her precious son ended with nothing!

She clenched her fists tightly and angrily.

‘Why? Why did that old geezer leave everything to Thomas in the end? Is it just because he‘s Eanne‘s son? Because Eanne was the one who helped him become rich? What about the twenty years I spent with him? Are my twenty years incomparable to the few years Eanne spent with him?‘

“Alright, Mr. Howard. Is there anything else you‘d like to add?” asked Mr. Zink again. “Give it a good thought.”

Senior Howard said again after remaining silent for a long time, “There are two mansions in South Hill of this city and a company...”

“Do you want to transfer those to Mr. Thomas Howard too?” Mr. Zink asked.

Tina could not bear to listen any further. She bit her lip angrily and left the door with her fists clenched tightly. ‘It‘s all wrong! It‘s all wrong!‘

She had been with that old geezer for so many years, and he had listened to everything she said and did as she pleased. He even sent Thomas away when she requested it. It never crossed her mind that he would suddenly think Thomas was better at such an age!

Was it because Thomas was better than Dan? Was that why he disliked her and her son?

No. She would never let him have his way! She would make everything in the family hers and Dan‘s! Thomas could spare himself the trouble from thinking he could get anything!

What Tina did not know was that after she left the door, Senior Howard sighed in the ward. “I secretly bought the mansions and the company. Give those to Tina and Dan. They had accompanied me for so many years. Even if they didn‘t achieve anything, they sacrificed their time, too.”

He closed his eyes. “Give those two mansions and the company to them. Although it‘s just a small company, it‘s enough to provide for them. Tina can have one mansion, and the other can go to Dan. That‘ll be enough for the rest of their lives.”

Mr. Zink lowered his head and recorded everything. He curled up his lips and smiled. “Senior Howard, I see that you‘re still physically capable. Is your injury severe this time? Why did you suddenly decide to write your will?”

Senior Howard smiled and opened his eyes to look at Mr. Zink. “What do you think?”

Mr Zink remained silent for a while. After that, he laughed. “Is there anything else you‘d like to say?”

Senior furrowed his brow and thought. “I do.”

He took out a name card and passed it to Mr. Zink. “Give this person a copy of the things I told you, and my will...”

Mr. Zink‘s eyebrows furrowed as he looked at the name card in his hand.

He nodded. “Alright. I‘ll do it tonight.”

Senior Howard sighed and nodded. “Alright. That‘s all.”

Mr. Zink nodded and chatted a while more before leaving the ward. However, as soon as he left the ward, two muscular guys stopped him before he could make it to the elevator.

“Mr. Zink.” Tina crossed her arms and walked out from behind the two muscular guys. She gave him a cold look. “Leaving so soon? I have something that I‘d like to ask you.”

Chapter 2776

Just like that, Mr. Zink was brought to a storeroom at the end of the hallway by Tina and Dan.

What did the old geezer say?” Dan pressed Mr. Zink onto a chair with a remote expression.” Spill, and my mother and I will spare your life. Otherwise...”

He smirked. “You know the drill.”

This was the first time Mr. Zink had such an encounter. He was so scared that he stuttered,” What...do you guys want?”

“Tell us everything that old geezer told you!”

Dan and Tina were so fierce and cold blooded that they terrified Mr. Zink. He knew if he did not tell the truth, they would never let him go easily. Therefore, without any choice, he repeated the conversation between him and Senior Howard to them.

Nonetheless, he did not tell them everything. He did not tell them about the recording, nor did he tell them that Senior Howard had left two mansions and a company for them.

Once Mr. Zink finished, the mother–and–son pair exchanged looks with each other. Their eyes were filled with despair and anger. In the end, they threatened Mr. Zink with his family and his reputation, and they disallowed him to draft out the will.

Only when Mr. Zink promised to follow their instructions did they escort him out of the hospital.

“That old geezer!” Once Mr. Zink left, Dan slammed his hand angrily on the table. His eyes were filled with anger. “We‘ve accompanied him for so many years, and now he wants to give everything to that bastard Thomas!”

Tina squinted and looked at the scene outside the window. Her tone was cold as she declared,” I think it‘s about time we deal with that old geezer. We can‘t let him live.”

She added, “Even if we used the safety of Mr. Zink‘s family to threaten him, the old geezer will suspect something if the time drags on for too long. Who knows if he‘ll change to other lawyers? We have to shut him up before his will is drafted.”

This evidently took Dan by surprise as he stared at his mother in shock. “Mom... What... do you mean? A–Are you going to kill that old geezer?”

Tina looked back at her son and sneered, “What do you think? Are you just going to watch Thomas inherit everything?”

Dan bit his lip and looked troubled. “But...”

His voice trembled, “But that old geezer... He‘s my father! I heard that you‘ll receive divine judgment for hurting and killing your own father...”

Tina sneered and was disappointed with her cowardly imbecile son. “You treat him as a father, but has he treated you as his own? If he truly cares for you, why doesn‘t he leave anything for you?”

Dan‘s face flushed pale and said nothing.

“If there‘s truly such judgment in this world, those women you raped and all those aborted children of yours will come looking for you by now.”

Upon receiving no response from her son, Tina snorted coldly and indifferently added, “Do you seriously think I don‘t know all the things you did? It was I who cleaned up after your mess and troubles. Think about why those women never come and bother you.

“You‘re not afraid of judgment when you toyed with women and force them to have abortions, but it concerns you when it comes to killing that old geezer?”

Chapter 2777

After scolding Dan, Tine left the storeroom. As she was at the end of the hallway, she tried calling Denise again.

Like before, she thought no one would pick up the phone. However, the call strangely got through this time.

Finally, there was a place for Tina to vent her anger.

“Denise, why didn‘t you pick up my calls? The maid in the mansion had told me that everything went as planned. Why—”

“This is Steven.”

A low, deep male voice rang out before Tina could continue. “Denise is asleep. I‘ll be keeping her phone from now on. Mrs. Howard, I already know everything that happened today.”

He paused for a while before continuing to talk remotely, “Denise is my sister, not a tool for you to use to fight for your games. She‘ll no longer contact you or be related to you from now on. I also hope that you‘ll never contact her anymore. She‘s a pure–hearted girl that‘ll trust everything you say, so I‘ll never let her contact you people anymore.”

After that, Steven hung up the phone.

As Tina listened to the busy dial tone from her phone, she squinted her eyes. ‘So Steven had stuck his nose in this matter. That explains it.‘

No wonder Denise did not contact her even after the plan succeeded.

Tina paused and thought for a while. After that, she made another call. This time, the person she called was Kate.

Truth be told, she had another plan today. To avoid attention, she looked for Kate to help her.

“Hello.” The call got through.

“Did you succeed, Ms. Miller?” asked Tina hastily. “Is Riley–”

“No.” Kate‘s voice was cold. “When we got to the hospital, the child was gone.”

Tina was disappointed to hear that, her eyebrows furrowed at the news. However, she was relentless. “Are you pulling my leg now, Ms. Miller? Isn‘t the doctor of the kid a member of your medical organization? With that doctor around, how could that child go missing? She‘s just a few months old, and she can‘t run off on her own.”

The child was her last resort to fight with Thomas. Originally, she thought Denise had succeeded, so she did not need to lay her hand on the child.

The current predicament, however, made her turn to her last resort.

Her surprise was imminent when she was informed the child was gone.

“Well, of course the child can‘t walk on her own, but someone else can carry her,” Kate answered without caring much about it. “Aunt Tina, I‘ll find out who took the child away as soon as I‘m free, but you know I‘m currently very busy. I still don‘t know how to settle Steven yet, so please stop bugging me about this.”

After that, Kate hung up the phone apathetically.

Tina furrowed her brow vehemently as she listened to the busy dial tone on the phone. Before her plan took place today, Kate had always been very supportive to the point that she was the one who arranged for the doctor from her family‘s medical organization to treat Riley so they could monitor the infant all the time.

Tina would have never thought about using Riley to threaten Thomas and Yannie had Kate not brought it up. However…

Tina closed her eyes. It seemed that even Kate knew that the person the old geezer cared about the most was Thomas.

She needed to prioritize killing the old geezer into her agenda. It could not be delayed any longer.

After Kate hung up the phone, she cocked up her head and looked at Steven who was sitting in the chair in front of her. “Happy?”

Chapter 2778

Steven lowered his head and toyed with Denise‘s phone. He raised his head and looked at Kate‘s face with an indifferent expression. “I‘m doing this for your own good; Tina and Dan can never outdo Thomas. Furthermore, he has Joshua helping him now.”  He curled up his lips into a smile and added, “I don‘t know Joshua that well, but I‘m sure you do. If you truly help Tina to hurt Thomas‘ daughter, which is the child Joshua used to take care of...I‘m sure you know what the consequences will be.”

Kate furrowed her brow vehemently. She narrowed her eyes and said, “Yes, you‘re right, but that doesn‘t mean Tina and I don‘t have any chance of winning. If we really do something to the child, I know Thomas and Joshua will cave in.”

Steven merely squinted at this and said nothing.

Kate leaned back and switched to a more comfortable posture. She looked at Steven plainly.” Well, I kinda help you this time so Joshua and Thomas would be indebted to you, so you owe me one.”

She curled up her lips and raised her brow. “How are you going to repay me?”

Steven did not expect her to ask this question. He curled up his lips and glanced at her plainly.” I thought that not going through the things you lied to me is repaying you.”

Kate averted her gaze guiltily upon hearing this, not daring to make eye contact. “When did I ever lie to you?”

“Many times.” Steven stared at Kate frostily. “Should I list them down for you? You kept talking bad about Gwen in front of me and then went and told her how much I dislike her. I know everything.”

Kate‘s face turned pale instantly. She pursed her lips and wanted to say something but failed to say anything.

“I‘ll remember your kindness. I‘ll no doubt do my best to assist you should you ever face difficulties in the future. However, t I will never get back with you,” Steven said.

After that, he stood up and left. Kate remained in the chair as she watched Thomas leave. She bit her lip quietly. When the sound of the engine started from downstairs, she swiped everything on the table to the floor angrily. Cling! Clank! Crash!

Everything on the table fell to the floor. The glasses, decorations–everything was shattered into pieces.

Kate sat back in the chair as her gaze burned with malice.

Sooner or later, she was going to kill that bitch Gwen. She would have been Steven‘s wife had that whore not come to Saigen City!

Once again, she threw everything within her reach to the floor.

At that moment, her phone rang. It was an unknown number. She glanced at that number and sneered coldly. ‘How dare he call me now?‘

She answered the call coldly.

“Ms. Miller, I‘m in danger now! Can you please...”

Kate raised her brow coldly. “When are you going to kill Gwen?”

The man on the other side of the phone was stunned. After that, he lowered his voice, “I just went out. When I got her, I noticed Joshua‘s men were everywhere around the house. I–I think they know I‘m here now.

“Ms. Miller, could you...please get another place for me to stay?”

Kate curled up her lips and sneered. “I‘ll settle everything for you after you kill Gwen. For now ...settle it yourself, Malcolm. If you can‘t avoid and get caught by Joshua and Thomas‘ men, I have plenty of people to do the dirty work for me. I don‘t necessarily need you.”

Chapter 2779 Malcolm panicked on the other side of the phone as he heard what Kate said. “Ms. Miller. please...I beg you! Please save me!”

He was squatting among the bushes behind the street while wearing a thin trench coat. He looked at the people going in and out of the mansion he lived in as his gaze frantically darted around.

There was once a time he used to be a famous and influential person in Merchant City. After he conspired against Luna and Joshua, his family degenerated to the point he had to flee to Saigen City and became a no–name man.

He regretted it deeply, but most importantly, he was scared. At this moment, he finally knew what he did wrong. Other than Kate who did not give a shit about him, there was no one else he could get help from.

He bit his lip and spoke humbly, “Ms. Miller, I...I’ll do anything that you request, so please help me. I can‘t let Joshua and Thomas catch me. After all the things I did in the past...they‘ll kill me!”

Kate cackled upon hearing the evidently afraid Malcolm. “You know this would happen, so why did you do it? If you weren‘t cruel to them, they wouldn‘t have attempted to find you and kill you when you ran away here. You asked for this.”

Malcolm was stunned. After a while, he curled up his lips and smiled.

“That‘s right, I ask for this myself. However... Ms. Miller, I hope you think about it for yourself too. You also did many things to Joshua, Luke, and the others...so your ending won‘t be any better than mine.”

From their conversation and Kate‘s tone, Malcolm could tell Kate did not care about him at all. She never treated him as a partner. To her, he was not even worthy to be her subordinate or her dog.

At this rate, he did not need to please her anymore.

“I had only offended Joshua, Luna, and perhaps Thomas too, but you, Kate Miller? You offended Luke, Joshua, and everyone else. I‘m eager to see your ending.”

After that, he hung up the phone.

“You‘re right,” a deep yoice sounded from behind him when the phone was disconnected.

“This voice...‘ Malcolm felt chills all over his body. He looked up.

The man before him was none other than Joshua dressed in all black. There was snow on his shoulder which showed he had been standing there for a long time.

Malcolm had been monitoring the movement at the mansion. Never once had he thought about looking back

“JO...Joshua...” His face turned pale.

He stood up as his survival instinct kicked in.

He tried to run away, but after squatting in the snow for too long, his legs were stiff and cold. There was no escaping for him.  Thump! He fell into the snow.

“You shouldn‘t have come here,” Joshua said.

Looking at how rugged and pitiful Malcolm was, Joshua smirked and looked at the man from a condescending angle. “Kate is a cold–blooded person. After accompanying Luke for more than a year, she could still do such a cruel thing to him when she liked him so much. Do you think she‘d pity you and treasure you?”

His eyes gleamed as he ordered the people beside him, “Take him away.”

“Sir.” Lucas furrowed his brow. “He had just planned an accident to kill Ms. Larson. We can totally report him to the police!” Joshua waved his hand and left. “No. Don‘t send him to the police yet. I still need him.”

Chapter 2780 The sun rose into the sky from the east and woke up the earth. It was a brand new day. Denise woke up and looked at the ceiling when she opened her eyes. Everything that happened yesterday appeared right before her eyes like a movie. At that moment, someone knocked on her door.

Along with that came her mother‘s kind, tender votce. “Denise, are you awake? The first time we did after we woke up was to get you brother to bring you home. He told us you came back last night. How are you today?”

She had mixed feelings as she listened to her mother‘s soft and gentle voice. She could not help but remember the recording she heard from Luna and Gwen‘s hotel room.

They literally said to let her die. They said she was no longer useful to the family and that she was a disposable pawn. They even said they wanted to use her to beg for mercy with Joshua and Thomas and begged them not to stop the cooperation.

It was at this moment that she felt the dam breaking inside of her. She covered her mouth to stifle her sobs as tears formed.

Outside the door, her mother was still continuing to talk. Back in the past, she would often feel safe and happy to hear that voice. However, it became so unfamiliar and so fake.

She bit her lips and closed her eyes. This time, she swore that she would not be soft–hearted and would show no mercy. She wanted to seek justice for herself and do one last thing for her brother–the right thing! “Denise?” Since there was no response from the room, Mrs. Hughes mumbled, “She hasn‘t woken up? That can‘t be… Her biological clock has always been very routine since she was a child.”

As she mumbled to herself, Mrs. Hughes left the place. When she was sure her mother had left, she pulled the blanket over her body and wept quietly.

For the 20 years living in the family, she had always thought she was the real young miss of the family and she was proud of her identity. She always bragged to the others that she had a kind and understanding mother, an upright father, and a gentle brother. All of them treated her like a princess and loved her.

This ended yesterday. After the recording, she finally knew the only person who treated her as a family was Steven. The others only thought of her as a pawn.

Suddenly, her laptop beeped. The turn–on sound stopped Denise from crying. She opened up the blanket and looked at her monitor with amazement.

The laptop got turned on when no one else even touched it.

Not only was it turned on, but the mouse cursor was also moving. She got scared and nearly shrieked out of fear.

After a while, she managed to calm down. She climbed on her bed toward the laptop.

Suddenly, a chatting application was opened and logged in to an account. Subsequently, a chat room opened up.

Someone by the name of ‘Nigel‘ was messaging her.

(Nigel: Don‘t worry. I‘m not a bad person.)

(Nigel: Your phone is not with you, so this is the only way I can reach you.)

INigel: Let me introduce myself. I‘m the eldest son of Joshua Lynch and Luna, and my name is Nigel.)

Denise looked at the message in bewilderment. She walked over there carefully and replied to Nigel.

(Denise: You...) (Denise: What do you want?]