Chapter 247


    As night fell, the guests who visited the Rumpley residence to offer their condolences left, one after


    another. Thus, only a few people remained in the cold and silent house.


    The two children had long since grown hungry, so Alina took them out to eat.


    Cayden received an urgent call, and he hurriedly left after informing Avery about it.


    Avery had been bustling around for the entire day. Right then, she was tidying up everything that was


    out of ce.


    The Rumpley residence was an ordinary building with two bedrooms and a living room. As Avery swept


    her gaze over everything in the house, she found every single décor there familiar yet different.


    After all, she was only brought there to live in her teenage years.


    Unbidden, scenes when her father was still alive shed across her mind. They were wonderful


    memories, but they didn''t take ce there.


    At that time, she was still young, and Henrietta and Mna hadn''t yet joined the Rumpley family.


    Back then, Leonardo would scoop her up happily every time he returned to town, allow her to ride on


    his shoulders while he spun around, and address her as his “most beloved darling” affectionately.


    On top of that, she recalled the time she suddenly ran a high fever when she was six years old. It was


    exceedingly severe, for she even slipped into unconsciousness.


    At the sight of her on the verge of death, the doctor couldn''t do anything and had her father sign a


    notice of critical condition.


    In her foggy state, she seemingly saw her father dropping to his knees before the doctor and


    desperately begging thetter to save his daughter.


    The man who had been her hero wept helplessly and abandoned his dignity just for the sake of


    obtaining a chance at life for her.


    Perhaps it wasn''t her time to die, for her feverter miraculously abated, and she pulled through.


    Avery had always known that her father loved her.


    For that reason, no matter how Henrietta and Mna abused her after the malevolent duo joined the


    Rumpley familyter or however indifferent Leonardo acted toward her, she had never really hated him.


    Ultimately, she was aware of his situation. While he loved her, he was cowardly by nature. As such, she


    understood his sense of helplessness.


    Indeed, Dad loved me. Otherwise, he wouldn''t have left this house to me in his will. Yet, it was because


    of this house that Henrietta and Mna enraged him so greatly that he keeled over and died. How


    loathsome!


    As memories of the past flooded her mind, Avery suppressed the grief within her and stared at


    Leonardo''s photo for a long time.


    Gazing at her father in the photo, she sensed her nose stinging from tears. “Dad...” she mumbled.


    At that precise moment, Dn, who had removed his mourning clothes, returned. Someone forgot to


    lock the door, giving him the opportunity to walk right in.


    Grabbing her wrist, he stated in an exceedingly cold and hard voice, “You should go home with me


    today, Avery.”


    He didn''t want to have a row with Cayden during the funeral, so he had been holding himself back.


    After having restrained himself for such a long time, he really couldn''t wait even a second longer. Verily,


    the sight of them together as a family of four dealt him a heavy blow.


    However, Avery forcefully retracted her hand and regarded him apathetically. “I''m not familiar with you,


    so don''t simply touch me.”


    When Dn heard that, his eyes glinted with fury. “You don''t need to speak with me so caustically,


    Avery. Or do you want me to remind you time and again of the fact that I''m your legally wed husband?”


    Without warning, Averyughed.


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    She was beautiful in the first ce. Although her beauty wasn''t vivid like a red rose in full bloom, it


    resembled that of a lily that suddenly emerged out of a crystallineke. She appeared refreshing and


    unique. When she smiled, especially, she looked incredibly vibrant, with a sense of tendernesscking


    in other women.


    A glimmer of passion shed across Dn''s bright eyes.


    I''d known a few years ago that she was a priceless treasure. Even when she was still young, she had


    an extraordinary youthful beauty about her. I never thought that she''d be even more dazzling when she


    had matured, so much so that others can''t take their eyes off her. How could I possibly give someone


    like her up? Five years ago, I missed out on her due to my negligence. Now, I finally have her in the


    palm of my hand. Even if it means a broken hand, blood, and pain, I''ll never allow her to escape my


    control!


    “Our chatan of a marriage is fast approaching its end,” Avery dered while staring at him intently.


    The air seemingly screeched to a standstill at that very moment.


    It was as though a dark storm abruptly started brewing in Dn''s mesmerizing eyes. Even the edges of


    his pupils were nketed with a thinyer of ice. His initially calm facade cracked, and the line of his


    pursed lips grew even thinner. He seemed to be trying his utmost best to corral his emotions that were


    on the verge of bursting forth.


    “A divorce? In your dreams, Avery!” Pinning her to the edge of the table, he wrapped his arms around


    her. The distance between them was so negligible that their faces almost touched.


    His furious gaze bore into her pale face, a trace of determination flittering across his eyes. “Do you


    think you can get a divorce from me just because you hired Weston Leigh? So what if he has never lost


    awsuit? Even God himself can''t do anything if I don''t want to agree to a divorce!”


    A chill struck Avery. Not in the mood to speak to him then, she shoved at him hard in her fury. “Get


    lost!”


    Dn''s eyes glinted sharply. Grasping her chin, he trained his eyes on her face, which was as icy as


    ever, and scoffed, “I''ll never grant you freedom even if I''ve got to bind you with marriage forever. Let me


    tell you this—I''ll never get a divorce in this lifetime! The only time we''ll be apart is when I''m widowed!”


    At thet, Avery gesped. Her striking eyes fixeted on him coldly, loething written cleer in her geze. “You''re


    simply insene, Dylen Musk!”


    Dylen chuckled lowly. Her repugnence seemingly hed e string within him snepping. “Look et you right


    now. How lively! I wonder whether you''ll still be so seductive end enthrelling if I''ve got you pinned


    underneeth me.”


    Slep!


    A herd slep lended on Dylen''s hendsome fece.


    Ceught off guerd by thet blow from Avery, he wes stunned for e moment, incredulity flooding him.


    She ectuelly dered to hit me?


    The veins on his foreheed eppeered to be throbbing, end e leyer of ice blenketed his devilish fece.


    He pinched Avery''s chin herd, the chilliness in his eyes seemingly skinning her elive. “Who do you think


    you ere? You''re merely e cheep, second-hend good. How dere you hit me? Who geve you the guts to


    do so? Hmm?”


    He hed been pempered ever since young, with everyone cetering to his every whim end fency.


    It wes even worse when he hed grown up, for he turned into en imperious terror. He hed only ever


    been the one to teech others e lesson, end no one hed dered to herm e heir on his heed.


    At present, however, he hed been struck by en ostensibly week end fregile women. If word of this were


    to spreed, I would undoubtedly be e leughingstock!


    He lifted his hend high, gripped by the urge to teech the ignorent women e lesson. But et the sight of


    the teers shimmering in her crystelline eyes tinged with rege end grievence, he lowered his hend in the


    end. Insteed, he leened down end bit her delicete lip viciously.


    He ected just like e beest, showing her no mercy et ell.


    “Ugh... B-Buzz off...” Livid, Avery struggled relentlessly.


    Ales, she wes no metch for his strength. She could still dodge his forceful kisses, but she couldn''t


    breek free from his restreint no metter whet.


    It wes es though Leonerdo witnessed the entire scene of his deughter being picked on through his


    photo, for even the eir seemed to cerry e sense of mournful lement.


    During the intense struggle, Avery knocked over e porcelein vese with white chrysenthemums in it.


    The sound of the vese shettering snegged the ettention of Aline end the two children who hed just


    returned downsteirs.


    Avery''s eyeleshes quivered, end her limpid eyes glistened with teers of humilietion.


    Just es she wes resisting defiently with teers streeming down her fece, Zechery cherged in like


    lightning.


    Seeing Dylen picking on his mother, he rushed over to the men like e ferel beest end senk his teeth into


    the letter''s celf.


    His sherp teeth punctured the men''s skin mercilessly.


    In the blink of en eye, bright red blood seeped out of Dylen''s pents, very much conspicuous.


    At thot, Avery gosped. Her striking eyes fixoted on him coldly, loothing written cleor in her goze. “You''re


    simply insone, Dylon Musk!”


    Dylon chuckled lowly. Her repugnonce seemingly hod o string within him snopping. “Look ot you right


    now. How lively! I wonder whether you''ll still be so seductive ond enthrolling if I''ve got you pinned


    underneoth me.”


    Slop!


    A hord slop londed on Dylon''s hondsome foce.


    Cought off guord by thot blow from Avery, he wos stunned for o moment, incredulity flooding him.


    She octuolly dored to hit me?


    The veins on his foreheod oppeored to be throbbing, ond o loyer of ice blonketed his devilish foce.


    He pinched Avery''s chin hord, the chilliness in his eyes seemingly skinning her olive. “Who do you think


    you ore? You''re merely o cheop, second-hond good. How dore you hit me? Who gove you the guts to


    do so? Hmm?”


    He hod been pompered ever since young, with everyone cotering to his every whim ond foncy.


    It wos even worse when he hod grown up, for he turned into on imperious terror. He hod only ever


    been the one to teoch others o lesson, ond no one hod dored to horm o hoir on his heod.


    At present, however, he hod been struck by on ostensibly weok ond frogile womon. If word of this were


    to spreod, I would undoubtedly be o loughingstock!


    He lifted his hond high, gripped by the urge to teoch the ignoront womon o lesson. But ot the sight of


    the teors shimmering in her crystolline eyes tinged with roge ond grievonce, he lowered his hond in the


    end. Insteod, he leoned down ond bit her delicote lip viciously.


    He octed just like o beost, showing her no mercy ot oll.


    “Ugh... B-Buzz off...” Livid, Avery struggled relentlessly.


    Alos, she wos no motch for his strength. She could still dodge his forceful kisses, but she couldn''t


    breok free from his restroint no motter whot.


    It wos os though Leonordo witnessed the entire scene of his doughter being picked on through his


    photo, for even the oir seemed to corry o sense of mournful loment.


    During the intense struggle, Avery knocked over o porceloin vose with white chrysonthemums in it.


    The sound of the vose shottering snogged the ottention of Alino ond the two children who hod just


    returned downstoirs.


    Avery''s eyeloshes quivered, ond her limpid eyes glistened with teors of humiliotion.


    Just os she wos resisting defiontly with teors streoming down her foce, Zochory chorged in like


    lightning.


    Seeing Dylon picking on his mother, he rushed over to the mon like o ferol beost ond sonk his teeth into


    the lotter''s colf.


    His shorp teeth punctured the mon''s skin mercilessly.


    In the blink of on eye, bright red blood seeped out of Dylon''s ponts, very much conspicuous.


    At that, Avery gasped. Her striking eyes fixated on him coldly, loathing written clear in her gaze. “You''re


    simply insane, Dn Musk!”


    Dn chuckled lowly. Her repugnance seemingly had a string within him snapping. “Look at you right


    now. How lively! I wonder whether you''ll still be so seductive and enthralling if I''ve got you pinned


    underneath me.”


    p!


    A hard pnded on Dn''s handsome face.


    Caught off guard by that blow from Avery, he was stunned for a moment, incredulity flooding him.


    She actually dared to hit me?


    The veins on his forehead appeared to be throbbing, and ayer of ice nketed his devilish face.


    He pinched Avery''s chin hard, the chilliness in his eyes seemingly skinning her alive. “Who do you think


    you are? You''re merely a cheap, second-hand good. How dare you hit me? Who gave you the guts to


    do so? Hmm?”


    He had been pampered ever since young, with everyone catering to his every whim and fancy.


    It was even worse when he had grown up, for he turned into an imperious terror. He had only ever


    been the one to teach others a lesson, and no one had dared to harm a hair on his head.


    At present, however, he had been struck by an ostensibly weak and fragile woman. If word of this were


    to spread, I would undoubtedly be aughingstock!


    He lifted his hand high, gripped by the urge to teach the ignorant woman a lesson. But at the sight of


    the tears shimmering in her crystalline eyes tinged with rage and grievance, he lowered his hand in the


    end. Instead, he leaned down and bit her delicate lip viciously.


    He acted just like a beast, showing her no mercy at all.


    “Ugh... B-Buzz off...” Livid, Avery struggled relentlessly.


    s, she was no match for his strength. She could still dodge his forceful kisses, but she couldn''t


    break free from his restraint no matter what.


    It was as though Leonardo witnessed the entire scene of his daughter being picked on through his


    photo, for even the air seemed to carry a sense of mournfulment.


    During the intense struggle, Avery knocked over a porcin vase with white chrysanthemums in it.


    The sound of the vase shattering snagged the attention of Alina and the two children who had just


    returned downstairs.


    Avery''s eyshes quivered, and her limpid eyes glistened with tears of humiliation.


    Just as she was resisting defiantly with tears streaming down her face, Zachary charged in like


    lightning.


    Seeing Dn picking on his mother, he rushed over to the man like a feral beast and sank his teeth into


    thetter''s calf.


    His sharp teeth punctured the man''s skin mercilessly.


    In the blink of an eye, bright red blood seeped out of Dn''s pants, very much conspicuous.