“Be gentle?”
“If I’m gentle, you’ll never learn your lesson. This morning, when I was playing cards, your counselor called again, asking where you were hanging out this time.” Her words were stern, but Malaya only had this one son, and spoiling him was just a nature.
Seeing Sean’s ears red and swollen again, she immediately felt sorry for him and let go of him.
Sean dropped the bottle, reeking of alcohol, and leaned on her shoulder, whining and crying, “Mommy, why does Mikaela be with someone else? She broke up with me.”
“I want to go to the internet bar. Een getting drunk at the bar can’t make me forget her. Can you give me five hundred bucks?”
Malaya really wanted to slap some sense into him. What’s so great about a poor girl with deep scheming? In her opinion, it’s better that they broke up! Her son, Sean, would naturally marry a wealthy girl from a good family in the future.
“Alright, alright, it’s no big deal. I’ll give you five hundred bucks, you can go to the internet cafe, but no staying up late, and definitely no drinking! You’re only nineteen, still a child, and growing.”
As soon as he heard there was five hundred bucks for him, Sean forgot about crying and happily ignored his mother’s instructions.
Pretending to be obedient, he nodded, “Okay, mommy, I promise I’ll just play for a bit at the internet cafe and be back before closing time.”
Today was the national finals of Arena of Valor. The game would be broadcast live on major media platforms, and the winning team would represent Chulae to participate in the world championship in Metshire.
If they defeated Metshire, they would win a prize of five million dollars!
Sean’s team had been eliminated in the provincial competition, but that didn’t stop him from watching other teams’ matches.
The team participating in the national competition this year was the team that won the world championship four years ago-PGM!
It was the team of the legendary ace “PeachThief,” and since then, Chulae had been devoid of championships for four consecutive years.
This time, the ace was making a comeback. It remained to be seen if they could win the championship again.
What was even more intriguing was whether the top player “PeachThief” would appear. She had mocked Metshire opponents in front of the whole world, which many considered arrogant. People wanted to see her suffer the consequences.
Unfortunately, she turned out to be just as she had promised during the award ceremony, coming only for the prize money. After receiving the money, she disappeared without a trace.
As Sean got the money and was about to leave, he inadvertently noticed the bloodstains on the floor beside the sofa.
His heart sank, and he pointed, “What’s that? Who’s back there?”
“Come out!”
There were still other people in the living room?
Malaya was shocked. She had been in the house for so long and hadn’t noticed at all?
It had been discovered!
Nora, hiding behind the sofa, couldn’t help but stick out her tongue, looking guilty as she emerged. Her white dress was covered in horrifying bloodstains.
This battered look, as if she had suffered “serious injuries,” astonished Malaya, who exclaimed in surprise.
“Oh my, Nora! What’s wrong with you? Don’t scare mommy. Are you injured?” Malaya, in a fluster, prompted George, who had just walked in, to furrow his brows deeply and cast a displeased look, beginning to rebuke. “It’s late at night, and neither of you are sleeping. What’s with all the shouting?”
“Father,” Sean, as soon as he saw him, instinctively wanted to run away like a mouse encountering a cat. But unfortunately, he didn’t dare.
Malaya looked back lazily, casting a disdainful glance at the reaching man, her attitude much cooler than before. “Oh, you’re back.”
Malaya knew the reason he came back. He came back only because Jane reconciled with Vincent after he became the CEO of the Foley Group. In other words, George was dumped by Jane.
And Jane’s excuse was quite reasonable-she wrote a five-hundred-word post on her personal page describing the process of her miscarriage, focusing on how Nora pushed her, making her the object of public pity.
As for Nora, she transformed from a pure and talented kind-hearted goddess to a representaion of a cunning and ruthless seductress.
While Nora was speaking, she looked at the man behind the sofa with the corner of her eye, subtly biting her lip as if making a certain decision.
“Father, actually I…” Instead of hiding, it’s better to come clean.
However, just as Nora was about to bring the man out in front of everyone, there was a muffled “bang.”
The man’s body, due to excessive blood loss, was now suffering from insufficient blood supply to the brain, causing him to faint.
He couldn’t sit still and suddenly fell in front of the three of them.
“This…”
“Who is he?”
“How could it be him?”
Three people, three different reactions.
Sean was simply curious, Malaya was shocked, and George, who had taken a step back in fear, had only recently been beaten up by this person. Although the bruising on his face had disappeared, the bones still ached vaguely.
This is asking for trouble!
Who brought this jinx home?
Seeing her father’s strange expression, Nora looked at the man on the ground in surprise, her almond eyes glistening.
She lightly parted her red lips and asked softly, “Father, do you know him?”
George nodded, looking at the man with a fierce gaze, gnashing his teeth. “Know him? How could I not know him? I’d recognize him even if he turned into ashes!”
From his tone, it seemed that there was some enmity between the two?
But hadn’t George just arrived in Onistead? George snorted, pointing to the bruise on his face. “This was caused by him. This person is not a good man. It’s best to throw him out now!”
The injury on her father’s face was caused by this man?
The day George came home, his face was swollen the next day and he stayed at home for three whole days receiving intravenous fluids, without going to the hospital. When she asked what happened, her father said it was an accidental fall.
Turns out, he was beaten.
Upon careful thought, Nora couldn’t help but feel that something was fishy. The man’s photo and her father’s explanation suggested that he was probably Cheyenne’s man!
Nora felt like crying in that moment. Why did she have to pick him up?
“Alright, I’ll contact the steward and the servants now to kick him out.”
If only she hadn’t brought him back!
Just as the servants were about to throw him out, the man woke up, his pair of frigid deep-set eyes locking onto George, revealing a faint smile.
“Long time no see, Mr. Lawerence.”