Chapter 120
Chapter 120
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Alexa didn’t know how she got back to Starise House. She only remembered when she came in, Riley was sitting on the living room sofa next to Valerie, holding her arm, discussing something. Her head went blank,
Clayton sat opposite, taking a call from Jade. Seeing Riley’s stiff expression, he looked up at her. “Alexa.”
Feeling the terrifying killing intent radiating from her, Clayton quickly stood and instinctively shielded Valerie.
“Step aside,” Alexa’s voice was icy cold.
“Please sit down. Let’s talk calmly…”
“I said, step aside!” Alexa shouted harshly.
Clayton’s pupils shrank as he stepped aside.
Riley had never seen her mother act like this before. She immediately let go of Valerie and sat upright.
Valerie stood up slowly. “I know you don’t like Audrey or me. You want Clayton’s wife to support his career!”
“Clayton or Riley, you just use them to save face. But have you ever done anything for them… ah!” Alexa suddenly raised her hand and slapped Valerie.
Valerie covered her face sharply but didn’t feel the expected pain. She cautiously opened her eyes and saw Clayton’s cold face gripping Alexa’s wrist.
“I divorced Audrey because you hit her. Are you going to use the same trick again?”
Alexa looked up, her gaze sharp and cold. She stared at Clayton with a pale face, expressionless.
Clayton felt strangely guilty but didn’t let go of Alexa’s hand. “As long as you don’t keep hitting people, you’re still the one I respect the most.”
Alexa sneered coldly and jerked her hand away from Clayton. “I don’t just want to hit her. I want to skin her alive, tear out her tendons! Slice her flesh piece by piece, see what kind of beast she really is!”
“Clayton…” Valerie quickly hid behind Clayton, clutching his shirt in fear.,
Riley couldn’t stand it anymore and stood up angrily. “Grandpa and Grandma are high officials. Does that mean you can just hit people? You think I embarrass you? I think having a mom like you is embarrassing!”
“Riley!” Clayton snapped, turning around.
Riley stiffened her neck and glared at Alexa. “If you want a son, go have one. You don’t like me, and I don
She grabbed Valerie’s arm firmly. “I’m going to live with Valerie and them. I’ll go to Second Uncle’s house!”
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ou either!”
Clayton scolded her a few more times before Riley finally shut up. When he looked back, he saw utter disappointment and sorrow on Alexa’s face. “Riley’s still young and thoughtless. Don’t take it to heart…”
Alexa looked coldly at Riley and nodded bitterly. “Go live with whoever you think is better. Whether you get humiliated by thugs or sold off to Myanmar as a laborer, it’s your own fault!”
She raised her hand and threw the printed call records hard in Clayton’s face. “Clayton, you can’t tell people at all. You bring all kinds of demons home! You’ll get what you deserve one day!”
Alexa gave Valerie a fierce glare. “I won’t let you off!” After saying that, she turned and left.
Just as she was about to walk out, Wyatt pushed the door open.
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Remembering how badly his boss had scolded him earlier, he was angry and, without saying a word, shoved Alexa. “What’s wrong with you?”
Alexa was caught off guard, fell down, and her eyes shattered completely. “Wyatt, I want a divorce!”
“I haven’t even blamed you yet, and you’re already making a scene!”
Alexa stood up, held her head high, and faced Wyatt. “How do you want to blame me? Hit me? Do you dare?”
Wyatt was forced to step back, irritated all over, raised his hand, then sulkily put it down.
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“You don’t dare?” Alexa gritted her teeth and sneered, “Your dad is done for. If you lay a finger on me, I swear I’ll beat you back to your original form!”
Clayton caught up after seeing the call records. “Where’s Alexa?”
“Don’t bother with her. It’s menopause. She’s losing her mind!” Wyatt irritably walked inside.
Inside, he saw Valerie looking pale as if someone had sucked the life out of her, barely standing.
“What happened?” He looked at Riley, who said nothing, then looked back at Clayton. “What’s going on?”
Clayton glanced at Valerie and handed Wyatt the call records. The last call was thirty minutes long and circled in red. Someone had been on the phone with Riley before the incident.
Wyatt’s face darkened and a chill spread around him. He took out his phone and dialed the number.
Soon, the ringtone echoed in the living room. He slowly looked up, staring at Valerie in disbelief.
Valerie trembled and hid behind Clayton.
Riley, fearing her father would be like her mother and hurt Valerie, immediately stood in front of her. “Don’t blame Valerie! I asked her to help me!”
Wyatt hung up the phone, and silence returned to the room. His eyes were red and sharp as he glared at Clayton. “You knew all along?”
Clayton pressed his lips and said helplessly, “Alexa just got the call records. I just found out too.”
“So, you plan to protect her?” Wyatt pointed at Valerie.
“Dad! Vally was only trying to help me. It was my fault the plan failed, not hers!” Riley’s eyes instantly reddened. “It was my idea. I wanted grandpa to come back sooner because I worried about his health. Vally called me to tell me to give up!”
Wyatt nodded. “So that’s why you defended Valerie in front of your mom too.”
“I’m not wrong! She’s always wanted a boy and never cared about my feelings! She forced me to study use she thought my grades embarrassed her! She doesn’t like me, and I don’t like her!”
“Good! Very good!” Wyatt sneered. “You’re an idiot, not worthy to be our daughter!” He turned and walked out. He regretted losing his temper with his
wife.
He should’ve listened to his wife earlier. After Clayton and Valerie got their marriage certificate, he should have cut ties with them. Then their daughter wouldn’t be influenced by Valerie or do such stupid and poisonous things that backfired!
“Brother…”
“Don’t call me brother!” Wyatt pushed Clayton aside. “You don’t know how powerful Audrey is! Mistaking a pearl for a fake, you brought this curse on the Patel family!”
Wyatt slammed the door hard and drove straight to his father–in–law’s house.
Clayton stood dumbfounded in the yard, replaying his brother’s last words in his head. He thought, ‘Mistaking a pearl for a fake? Not knowing how
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powerful Audrey is? I have lived with her for a year–who else knows Audrey better than me?‘
“Clayton…” Valerie timidly followed him out. “I’m sorry. I should have told you earlier.”
Clayton stared at her expressionlessly. “Were you encouraging her or stopping her?”
“I…”
“Tell the truth, or if your brother sues you,
I won’t care!”
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