Maeve’s eyes glazed over. She did not believe what John and Melinda, her adoptive parents, had said. It was impossible!
However, John and Melinda had explained everything very clearly and didn’t fear that Maeve would ask others. Maeve started to suspect if everything was true.
Maeve thought she relied on herself to get everything she had. Even if her biological parents were not good, as long as Maeve didn’t admit it, it would just be fine.
Maeve thought she would regard herself as an orphan.
“My son, why are you still standing there? Don’t you remember what I have taught you?”
John sneered and turned his phone to Maeve’s face. He laughed, “If you dare to resist, the video will be sent to everyone tomorrow!”
“It’s illegal!”
Maeve came back to her senses and struggled desperately. She had just hit on Mark and would marry into a rich family. Maeve would let them ruin her life!
“Illegal?”
Melinda burst into laughter. They had done lots of illegal things and didn’t fear at all.
Melinda and John wouldn’t be afraid to do one more illegal thing.
Besides, even if John and Melinda lived their lives diligently, they were still so poor. They believed all of it was caused by Maeve!
“As long as you let me go, I can give you money.”
Maeve realized why her adoptive parents had not come to her for so many years and someone must have sent news to them this time so that they could find Maeve.
Maeve understood her adoptive parents. As long as they could get money, they would do anything.
“I do owe you. Please let me go this time. I’m willing to make up for it.”
Maeve thought of a good idea.
“How are you going to make it up?”
Melinda didn’t care about Maeve anymore because she thought Maeve was just a bitch. But Melinda thought her family had suffered so much and Maeve should pay for what Maeve had done.
If Maeve was really willing to offer enough money, they could let her go.
“Tell me, how much do you want? I’ll pay.”
Maeve looked down to hide the hatred in her eyes. If she had not escaped from this family, her life would have been worse.
It was impossible for Maeve’s adoptive parents to let her go to college because they were afraid that Maeve would be out of control.
Maeve thought that her adoptive parents were short-sighted. As long as she fooled them until she was pregnant, Mark would definitely deal with them.
Melinda asked in doubt, “You seem to be very rich?”
Melinda tipped John a wink.
The client gave them Maeve’s address. They came to Maeve’s house and found that it was a villa in a very elegant neighborhood.
Maeve’s adoptive parents believed that Maeve must become someone’s mistress so that she could afford such a good house.
“I don’t. But my boyfriend is rich.”
Maeve heaved a sigh of relief. As long as they were willing to negotiate, it meant that she had the chance to escape.
“He is the heir of the Langdon Group.”
Maeve brought her adoptive parents into the master bedroom and opened the wardrobe. Inside were a few sets of exquisite handmade suits.
“You must have received the information from someone. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to find where I am.”
Maeve guessed that someone had sent a message to her adoptive parents, and this person was probably Marina.
Maeve underestimated Marina and Maeve’s weakness was found at the critical moment.
However, Maeve would not give up easily. She wanted to show Marina how much she could do.
The court couldn’t find any evidence. The conspiracy couldn’t defeat Maeve either.
Maeve thought she would marry the heir of the Langdon family one day. At that time, Marina would just be the daughter of a nouveau riche.
“How did you know?”
Melinda had suffered a loss from Maeve, so she was very cautious. However, her question coincidentally exposed this fact.
“Yes, I know. I also know that you have gained benefits.”
Maeve sat up and casually played with her nails, but she was actually very nervous.
“Maeve, you were the one who did that. Otherwise, your mother and I wouldn’t have treated you like this.”
John sat on the sofa, stared at Maeve, and meditated.
The client only told them Maeve’s hiding place but did not say anything. They received a large sum of money, and if they could get more from Maeve, it would be double.
John was homeless all these years, and he deeply knew how important money was.
However, Maeve was too cunning, and John thought his family should not easily believe in her.
“I will buy you a house in Jin City and give you three million.”
Maeve thought for a while. “I can only do this now.”
Maeve did not have any money or house, but if she did not show that she could give her adoptive parents something valuable, she would die miserably.
“OK.”
With the money, Melinda thought she could find a good wife for his son. Besides, Maeve was a mistress, if they really did something to Maeve, Melinda was afraid that Maeve’s lover would let Melinda and her family pay a price.
Thinking about it, John agreed.
However, John was not stupid, and he had stripped off Maeve’s clothes to record the video to threaten Maeve.
Maeve’s clothes were in disarray, and her heart was filled with hatred. Maeve tried to think of a way to send her adoptive parents away. In at most a month, she would get the result.
The private detective recorded the video but Marina could not hear the conversation in it. Marina looked at it and found that Maeve was clever. Maeve and her adoptive parents seemed to have reached an agreement.
In the original book, the female protagonist was quite smart. Unexpectedly, after Marina got into the book, Ryder was not trapped but Shawn fell for it.
Thinking of Shawn who was unconscious, Marina gritted her teeth.
The private detective did not continue filming and the video ended here. Marina was just about to put down the phone when the phone suddenly rang.
“Mrs. Langdon, this is Kenny. Is the boss with you now?”
Kenny couldn’t keep calm at the moment, and his voice sounded a little anxious.
Marina wondered, “Boss, Ryder?”
“No, he went out in the morning.”
This was the first time that Ryder’s assistant couldn’t find Ryder and called Marina.
“Mrs. Langdon, if the boss contacts you, please tell me.”
Kenny sweated in anxiety. Kayden had just brought Mark to hold a press conference. At the press conference, Kayden made it very clear that Mark was the only heir to the Langdon family.
Only Mark was qualified to inherit the Langdon Group, and Ryder could just temporarily run the business.
Mark wanted to finish his education, so Kayden asked Ryder to manage the company. In the Langdon family, illegitimate children had no right of inheritance, let alone an illegitimate child with a bad character.
“What?”
Marina was shocked. She didn’t expect Kayden to be so ruthless. What he said expressed the information that Mark fell to the ground at the party because he was poisoned but not he was sick.
With the news, everyone would think Ryder was the one who poisoned Mark.