“What?”
Leo’s words scared Emilie so much that her face paled.
Albi thought Leo was joking, so he growled in anger, “Are you physically threatening her?”
Leo paused for a second and then scoffed, “Do I look like in the mood to joke with you?”
“If I say it, I mean it.”
Leo looked at Emilie seriously and said, “Haven’t you been bullying Alina because she’s weak and sick? Fine, I think I should let you suffer the pain of losing an organ.”
“Whoa…”
Albi’s face finally changed when he heard what Leo said. Emilie was so scared that she fell to the ground and couldn’t stop shivering.
Leo seemed really mean it.
“Let’s get started!”
The next moment, Leo’s eyes turned frigid.
He motioned Nadine to walk toward Emilie.
He would never do these things by himself, because he had plenty of people who could do it for him.
“No, please… Help!”
Emilie’s face was as pale as paper. She turned back and ran without hesitation.
Nadine threw out a dagger.
Swoosh!
The dagger shot right into the wall next to Emilie’s cheek.
She could almost see her face being reflected by the blade.
Thud!
In desperation, Emilie collapsed to the ground with smelly yellow fluid under her dress.
She wetted herself.
“Don’t sell me, please don’t sell me… I swear I would never do this again!”
Emilie covered her face and wailed. She had really been scared out of herself this time.
“Dad, get the money now! Or they’ll start to harvest my organs!” Emilie said as she looked at Albi. She was pleading with tears and mucus flowing down.
Albi’s face twitched when he thought of the number. She looked at Ernie and asked, “can I take the bonus of our family group next month in advance?”
Ernie answered coldly and diplomatically, “I’m afraid not. I can only give you the bonus when they pay me. There’s no way that I could give it to you in advance.”
Albi’s face immediately turned ashen. He turned over and looked at Alina. “Alina, Emilie is your sister no matter what she did. Can’t you just let her off this time?”
Emilie nodded and even knelt down. “Alina, I know this is all my fault. I can let you bully me in the future. I can bark like a dog for you!”
“Woof! Woof! Woof!”
Emilie said as she got on the floor on all fours and started to bark like a dog.
“Pfff…”
Seeing Emilie’s absurd reaction, Alina couldn’t help bursting into laughter.
Seeing Alina laughing, Emilie barked even louder. She even raised one of her legs to imitate a peeing dog.
However, the next moment, the smile on Alina’s face suddenly disappeared.
“Go to hell.”
Emilie’s expression froze on her face, and she was too stunned to say anything.
Seeing that, Albi knew Alina would never let them off easy today. He could only grit his teeth and take out the title deed. “These are the deeds of my two villas. They should be enough to cover the 20 million.”
The owners of the two shops took the deeds over and left without looking back.
“Now get out of her, you stupid fool.”
Albi felt too humiliated to stay here longer. He took Emilie and left the yard of the Palmer family.
He just lost two deeds, which meant they would have to live in hotels before receiving their family’s bonus paycheck next month.
All of Emilie’s friends also felt anxious.
They had also mistreated Alina before.
Just as they were about to leave, Alina stopped them. “Aren’t you going to stay to celebrate my birthday? Today’s my birthday too.”
Those people forced ugly smiles when they heard that. They had no choice but to answer, “Yeah… We’d be glad if you want us here.”
Leo stood by and watched, nodding with satisfaction from time to time.
Not only had he let Alina take that step, but also had he made her ambitious.
While the others celebrated Alina’s birthday, Alina walked to Leo and expressed her sincere gratitude.
“Thank you, Mr. Tang!”
Alina had regained her innocent and kind smile, as if nothing had happened.
This made Leo much more relieved, because he had felt a bit concerned that Alina would end up like Kate.
Alina was still the same as before. She was kind and pure, but it depended on who she was with now.
“Music Maestro is here!”
The housekeeper announced in excitement outside of the house.
“What? Music Maestro is here too?”
Ernie went out in a hurry to welcome her.
He saw Music Maestro, who was dressed in white, walking over gracefully.
“Miss Music Maestro, what a great honor for us. What brings you here?”
Ernie was being as humble as he could. At the same time, Kasper and Louie were already stunned.
Music Maestro nodded at Leo and the medical saint with a smile, and then she bowed to them as greetings.
She beamed, “Mr. Palmer, I am here because I heard it’s your daughter’s birthday today. I hope I’m not intruding.”
“No, not at all!”
Ernie felt relieved when he knew the reason for Music Maestro’s presence. He was more than excited that Music Maestro could be here for Alina’s birthday.
Few people could invite Music Maestro to a birthday party for celebration.
Alina felt breathtaking when she looked at Music Maestro.
It was the first time she had seen such a perfect woman.
Alina felt so outshone by her feminine temperament.
“It’s Music Maestro.”
“Can you believe this? I never knew I could see her in person someday!”
I loved her so much!”
The men and women who stayed to celebrate Alina’s birthday were all flushed with excitement.
Music Maestro played a smile birthday song for Alina using the piano of the Palmer family. Then she left.
When she got to the door, she bowed slightly to Leo.
Only then did the crowd realize that Music Maestro was not here for the Palmer family; she was here because of Leo.
Ernie looked at Leo with more respectful eyes.
Louie was wearing a serious expression.
He felt great pressure from Leo.
“Thank you, Mr. Cohen!”
After the birthday party, Alina walked Leo out and expressed her gratitude again.
Leo accepted her gratitude and grinned, “I accept your thanks. The Alina standing before me at this moment is different from how she used to be.”
Alina shook her head. “No, I’m still who I am.”
“Hmm?”
Leo’s brows were knitted in confusion.
Alina said severely, “You’re still the man I want to be with, and I don’t care if you’re married or not, but I also swear that I’ll never make you embarrassed.”
Leo paused and then beamed. He later left with medical saint and Nadine.
“Did you get anything?”
Leo asked with thoughtful eyes in the car.
The night view of Hopkins Metropolis was much more splendid than that of Emerdale, yet Leo knew what was behind this could be much darker.
Nadine understood that Leo was asking about the one behind the abduction of Lydia.
Nadine shook her head and answered, “Not all of them, but we’ve found something interesting.”
“What is it?”
Leo narrowed his eyes.
“The Hudson family.”
Nadine slowly uttered the name which Leo had forgotten for a long time.
Leo changed his colors immediately. “I thought the Hudson had collapsed.”
Nadine shook her head and looked serious. “The Hudson family has collapsed, but only Ewan and Benedict were dead. Other family members changed their name and are still staying in Hopkins Metropolis.”
After a pause, Nadine added, “I don’t know if you remember that name.”
“Benedict’s brother, Marcel Hudson.”