“Just mind your own business.”
Peter returned languidly.
Hearing him say that, Zac bristled, “I’ve always been in charge, if not, I would have told a few of them about you.”
The reason why he has kept it hidden until now is really because he listened to Peter too much.
“If one day they know I’m hiding it from them, I guess it’s too much to eat.”
Zac raised a hand to gather the hood of his down jacket and let out a sigh.
“We’ll talk about that later.”
“What about tomorrow, the Soto family will announce Adriana’s identity to the public, do you think she will go back to the Soto family?”
Speaking of Adriana, Peter’s eyes darkened for a few moments and he was silent.
“The Alston family has been feuding with the Soto family for two generations, and how I feel that if Adriana goes back to the Soto family, there really won’t be any results between you and her.”
As he said that, he suddenly realized that there was no one beside him.
Zac stopped in his tracks and looked back to see Peter standing in the same place.
That a cold face and did not see the angry look, but more than a few melancholy sadness.
“I … big brother, I said not say what is wrong?”
Zac scratched his head and looked confused.
Peter gave him a look, faintly withdrew his gaze, and walked past him.
The two of them went together to the parlor in the atrium, and after waiting inside for a while, Ben finally came over, bowed respectfully, and said, “Young master, the old master wants you to go to his bedroom.”
“Hmm.”
Peter nodded and walked outside as he instructed, “Take Zac to rest.”
“Yes, young master.”
Ben slightly jawed, then smiled at Zac, “Mr. Cobb, it’s hard for you to accompany the young master to run, I’ll take you to rest for a while.”
“Okay, let’s go. Really a little sleepy.”
…
Old Mr. Alston bedroom.
Peter stood by the bed and looked at Leroy lying on the bed.
“It’s late at night, what are you doing here if you’re not at home sleeping?”
Old Mr. Alston, draped in a heavy coat, leaned against the bed and looked at him sideways.
Habitually, he picked up the pair of walnuts on the table and played with them in his hands.
Peter glanced at the person waiting on the side, signaled a look, and that person walked out of the room and closed the door.
“Ten years ago, you were the one who placed Ben with me, including finding someone to have a baby, which Ben also picked. Finding Adriana, was that your intention?”
He is used to being straightforward and fearless, even in the face of the imperious people in charge of The Alston family.
Old Mr. Alston was playing with the walnuts, his eyelids lifted slightly, and the shining eyes fell on him.
After a moment’s pause, he continued to play with the walnuts and withdrew his gaze with a sigh, “So many years have passed, what is the point of suddenly mentioning this?”
“Isn’t it?”
Peter continued to press the issue.
“Alas, you are now grown up and out of control. I can still move, if I can’t move one day, you won’t even give me food?”
The steeply stern voice was rather unpleasant.
But Peter didn’t care, “You already knew that Adriana was from the Soto family?”
There is a deliberate avoidance of the topic and the fact that the Soto family’s double death decades ago was directly related to The Alston family.
Peter knew about these things but never gave them much thought.
It wasn’t until the day he learned that Adriana was from the Soto family that he realized it wasn’t that simple.
“Hmm.”
Old Mr. Alston knew he couldn’t hide, so he admitted it.
“So, getting Adriana to bear my child was also a means for you to engineer revenge against the Soto family?”
“What tactics? Do you know what he the Soto family did to me The Alston family back then?”
Old Mr. Alston, who had been calm and collected, was angered by Peter’s remark and glared at him with some irritation and fire.
“To say so is to admit it.”
Peter sulked, smiled to himself, and turned to walk out of the room.
He came over today only to ask for proof of one thing, this thing the old man admitted, all the things ringing together, then do not need to ask more.
In the gazebo of The Alston family compound, he stood alone beside the plum tree, enjoying the garden full of blooming bewitching plum blossoms, the flowers standing against the wind with a natural pride, defying the wind and cold.
That toughness made Peter feel that he was not even as good as a winter plum.
Clutching a cigarette in his hand, holding his lips, taking a drag, his lips exhaling a faint smoke ring, and then blown away by the wind.
At this time Zac has fallen asleep, Peter is not good to disturb him again.
We took a car in the garage and left The Alston family’s old house.
…
Meanwhile, in the hospital.
Adriana was lying on the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling with her eyes open, unblinking, as if she were a person who had lost her life.
The door to the room pushed open and a man walked in, pulled out the escort chair and sat down.
“Adri, I know you’re in a bad mood, but some things are the end and the beginning. You’re about to have a brand new life, and no one will bully you. You just need to be yourself.”
Harlee was heartbroken to see Adriana’s heartbroken face.
“Get out.”
Adriana’s thin lips lightly opened and said only two words.
“Since you’re injured, there’s no need for you to contribute to the banquet tomorrow, grandpa will personally handle it. Originally, he planned to announce something at the banquet, and since you’re not going, he’s not going to announce it to the public. It’s good that you know.”
The mystery caught Adriana’s attention and she inclined her head, asking, “What secret?”
“Just … forget it, you don’t need to know, take good care of yourself. aaren and Giovanny are here with you, I’ll go back first. There are still some things at hand that I need to take care of.”
Harlee got up and looked at her with a warm smile.
Reaching out, he ruffled her hair, turned around and walked away.
So the buried secret was never told to Adriana, not knowing whether it was really unimportant or intentionally concealed.
Adriana was in a terrible mood.
What happened within a few hours turned her life upside down, and the results were too much for her to accept.
So much so that the pain in her body is now drilling, only to remind her that everything is not a dream, if it is really happening.
A few hours later, the Soto family banquet began.
All the people there were rich and famous, but there was no one from The Alston family.
Adriana was also absent due to injury.
At the party, Old Mr. Soto announced the true identity of Adriana in front of the media, saying that she was not dead, but had gone abroad to study and would return to the Soto family in a few days to take over the Soto family company and become the manager.
Once the news broke, it was a shock to all sides.
Waverly exploded into a frenzy, with various news stories accompanied by eye-catching headlines making their way into the top news recommendations.
In just two hours, it has already become the number one on the Twitter Trend list.
Former YA Law Firm Ms. Hale is actually the Soto’s granddaughter”, “Peter’s baby’s mom is actually the Soto’s granddaughter”, “The Soto and Alston Group have been feuding for a long time, where should Adriana go? Adriana, who died in the sea five years ago, has returned to become the Soto’s granddaughter! …
News such as this dominates the recommendations page of news software, obviously.
Adriana took her phone, swiped the news, glanced at it, and tossed it aside, not bothering to look at it again.