It was hard to imagine such words coming from someone usually so cold and indifferent as my bodyguard.
I grabbed Beatrix’s hand. Yes, her scars had indeed healed a lot.
“Alright, hand it over!”
Seeing I was refreshed. Caspian took a deep breath and got straight to the point.
Yes, we still had more important things to do.
- 9.
I placed the two pills securely in his hand.
“You guessed right! Genevieve has spent a fortune hiring a master from who knows where, and now she’s trying all sorts of rituals to bring her grandson back to life!”
We turned to look at the large screen hanging in the center of the room.
At that moment!
“Rebirth: Reviving a Stillborn” was prominently displayed in the upper left corner of the screen, and the live streaming room had already attracted over a million viewers.
And the number was rapidly increasing, quickly reaching the top of the live stream rankings.
I looked at Jasper.
“Luckily, you remembered the exact location of every camera. And topics like this, which violate human ethics, naturally attract a lot of attention. It didn’t even cost much.”
I nodded.
“Are you ready?” my father asked, gripping
“If I had known it would turn out like this, back
“It’s all in the past, Father!”
shoulder tightly, trying to give me strength.
I shouldn’t have…”
I tried to comfort my father, wanting him to focus on the present and look forward.
“If I had insisted on not marrying back then, I’m sure you would’ve respected my wishes.”
Since I made this mistake, let me
for it myself.
A month ago, after Caspian told me the child couldn’t come to full term, I sneaked into Adeline’s room while Genevieve was away.
Then we made a deal.
A deal between life and death.
Adeline knew well why Genevieve treated her so well.
As manipulative as she was, she wasn’t blind. Seeing how Declan treated me, she knew she might end up like me one day.
So,
I used my bargaining chip to trade Adeline’s life for mine.
- 10.
With a sudden brake, the SUV was surrounded and stopped by a group of journalists and cameramen with microphones.
Jasper had invited them. He said people like Genevieve and Declan should have their evil deeds exposed and condemned by the world. The bigger the commotion, the better.
“Mr. Gu, is it true that Gu’s Group plans to acquire Star Media?”
“Mr. Gu, was it your doing behind the sudden plunge in Star Media’s stock price today?”
“Mr. Gu, rumors say your childhood sweetheart, the wife of Star Media’s president, has passed away. Is that true?”
III. Qu…
“Mr. Gu..”
Questions came one after another, with reporters scrambling.
“Mr. Gu, who are those two women in the live stream room? Has the only heir of Nora’s family, Miss Nora, really passed away?”
Amidst the bustling, silence fell with the question.
Everyone awaited an answer…
“I’m not dead, I’ve just been reborn!”
I got out of the SUV, and all eyes fell on me!
Surprise, joy, shock, curiosity, speculation… all kinds of expressions were evident.
My father followed closely behind me.
“Since all my media friends are so concerned about the affairs of Nora’s family, follow me!”
With a tap of his cane, my father opened a path for us through the crowd.
They followed us into the old Nora family residence, where I’d lived for ten years.
Revisiting the old place, it no longer brought the joy it did a decade ago.
The building was the same, but the people were not!
“You little brat, you’re still alive?”
Genevieve’s first words upon seeing me were to curse me!
Ignoring her obstruction, I threw open the doors. Flashlights burst like a storm, turning the once solemn Nora family residence into a press
conference venue.
However, the focus of this press conference was not Genevieve or Declan.
- 11.
“Look, everyone! That person’s belly is bulging!”
A reporter shouted!
At this point, all cameras focused on the two people lying in the center of the hall–one was Adeline, the other an unknown baby.
And that unknown baby wasn’t alone; he came with his mother.
Yes! The other was his mother.
A pregnant woman not yet full term, chosen by Genevieve to be bound here because her unborn child shared a compatible fate with the deceased little master of Declan’s family.
Genevieve intended to use a womb swap, blood for blood, to give her family a successor.
I tore off the tubes connecting the two and had Caspian feed them the pills.
At the critical moment, the dozen strong bodyguards Jasper brought blocked the Declan family.
