Chapter 4:
I couldn’t bear to embarrass my mother, so I helped her to the room to rest. I saw that the master bedroom had been replaced with Luna’s things.
Thelped holos
The revealing lace nightgown, the head–to–head photos of her and her father filled the room. I held back my sadness and helped my mother into the guest room. Let her lie down and rest for a while.
She smiled at me and said, “Quinni is so good.“}
When I returned to the banquet hall, I found that Richard was gone. I turned around and suddenly heard a familiar voice in the shadows of the courtyard, “Richard, you openly brought Afro to the Lawrence Family banquet. Aren’t you afraid that your wife be angry and turn against you?”
“Last time, Afro brought people to beat your wife. You are spoiling her too much.
I paused and moved towards the dark. There was a lot of noise all around, but Richard’s deep voice still came through clearly, “Afro is my life. We have a different kind of relationship and I am spoiling her.“}}
“What kind of relationship do you have with her? Isn’t it just a few times of sleeping together?“>
“You don’t understand, she saved me when she was ten years old. I promised her to marry her.”
My friend was stunned for a moment, “So, the girl that saved you when you were kidnapped as a child is her? You even gave her the amulet, but I didn’t expect that your benefactor was Afro.”
Richard hummed softly, followed by a long silence. It was like a thunder in turned out to be him, it was him.
Richard walked out of the shadows and I quickly turned and en looked up.
my
I looked at Richard’s figure in the dark in shock. It
the hall. I stepped into the hall and my pupils suddenly dilated when I
I saw two servants holding my mother down and kneeling in front of Luna. My mother struggled and shouted, “My pocket watch, that was given to me by my father!“>
Luna held up the pocket watch frivolously and the silver watch chain hung on her face. grab me? Husband, look at the back of my hand, I just spent two hours maintaining it.”
My father looked at my mother with disgust, “Why are you becoming more and more ignorant?
likes a watch like this. What’s wrong with you cannot give it to her to play with?”
just a broken watch, then how could you
Luna’s 50th birthday. It’s rare that she
A surge of anger surged me up. I strode over and pushed the two servants away, “Take your dirty hands and let go of my mother.“}
I snatched my mother’s pocket watch, put it in her hand and hugged her tightly, “Mom, it’s okay. It’s okay. No one will take your watch.”
My mother hugged the pocket watch tightly to her heart as she was sobbing. Meanwhile, my tears couldn’t help falling. It dropped little by little on my arm.
My mother wiped my tears in panic, “Don’t cry, my dear.“}
My father’s face darkened and he slapped me on the head, “You rebellious girl, why don’t you give the watch to Luna? She has worked hard for our family for 20 years and you treat her like this?“}
I stumbled back and saw Richard walking into the hall. Suddenly, there was a scream behind me, “Ah, Richard, save me!“}
I steadied myself and saw that Afro was rolling down the stairs. Just then, she was standing behind me, but I didn’t touch her at all. Richard’s face suddenly changed and he ran over and picked up Afro.
“Richard, don’t blame her. She will be fine once she vents her anger.” Afro looked pale and timidly at me. Richard picked her up in distress, looking at me coldly.
He said in decisive tone, Quinni Lawrence, am I too tolerant to you, you dare to attack Afro?“>
I was hoarse and helpless to defend, “Richard, I didn’t.“}
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“Enough, I saw it with my own eyes, but you still don’t admit it?”
“If you hadn’t humiliated Afro last time, how could Afro run to our house to beat you. You even bit back and called the police. Quinni, why are you so cruel now?”
I stared at Richard blankly. It turned out that it was my fault to be beaten. In his heart, although I said a hundred words, it wouldn’t comparable to Afro’s one word.
My silence fell into Richard’s eyes as guilty acquiescence. His pupils slowly shrank and a fierce look flashed on his face. “Security, lock my wife in the basement. Without my order, you are not allowed to let her out.”
The security held my arms with their mountain–like bodies, but I struggled furiously. My father stepped forward and advised, “Richard, Quinni was just out of control for a moment, you…”
Richard coldly spoke, “Dad, Quinni is now Hyes Family. You can trust this matter to me. All you have to do is just to focus on your new project. You don’t need to worry about her.”
After he said that, he walked out with Afro in his arms. Afro turned her head and looked at me in disdain and mockery.
e.”
All the guests whispered, “Afro Cartier is Mr. Hyes‘ Achilles‘ heel. You should be polite when you meet her in the future.”
“That’s right, Mr. Hyes used to be very nice to Mrs. Hyes, but he didn’t expect to meet Afro Cartier and be so mean to her to lock her in the basement.”
The security held me out, while my mother was pulling my feet. She cried heartbreakingly, “Don’t take Quinni away, my Quinni…“!
The servants surrounded my mother and pressed her down. My tears flowed down. Through my tearful eyes, I saw my mother lying on the
