Chapter 704 The Dead Groom
Leonard''s POV:
The chicken soup spilled all over the floor and scalded Alina''s hand. I immediately regretted my
rash actions and felt guilty.
I didn''t want to get angry with Alina, but she tantly ignored my orders over and over again. Ever
since Alina hade back from the capital, she had be more withdrawn and difficult to
communicate with. This wasn''t the first time that she had ignored my orders.
Last time, she threw a fit when I tried to arrange a marriage for her and even flipped a table in front
of a group of elders.
I sighed helplessly. The anger in my heart quickly dissipated. I wanted to say something to ease the
tension, but I couldn''t bring myself to apologize.
The atmosphere quickly became awkward.
Alina looked at the shattered bowl on the ground for a few seconds, and then squatted down to
clean up the mess.
She was neither angry nor upset. Her silence made me feel terrible. I would rather she cry and get
angry at me than see her like this.
But she had always been like this. Whenever she felt wronged, she would swallow it and say that
she was fine.
"I didn''t mean to do that, Alina. But please don''t hide my illness. I need to know what''s going on with
my own body. You''re my daughter. If there''s something bothering you, just tell me," I said,
awkwardly scratching the back of my head. Seeing the scalded part of her hand, I wanted to
apologize, but I couldn''t get a word out. I was her father. How could a father apologize to his child?
Alina didn''t say a word and picked up the broken shards in silence.
"Don''t touch the broken bowl. Let the servants do it." I tried shouting to call the servants in, but no
one came.
My anger red up again. What was happening? Why was everyone ignoring me?
"I said, put it down. You might cut yourself," I warned Alina.
But she simply ignored me. She picked up all the shards and threw the debris into the trash can.
I couldn''t help but frown helplessly. What a stubborn child!
But it was my fault. It wasn''t wrong of her to ignore me.
I coughed and wanted to say something, but then someone knocked on the door.
Before I could respond, the uninvited guest outside opened the door.
Unhappy, I looked up and saw a woman in a ck cloak striding in.
I immediately recognized the woman. She was the one who kidnapped Sylvia!
There was no mistake. She had the long blue tassels on her sleeves. Sylvia''s captor wore the same
thing.
I immediately leaped out of bed and stepped in front of Alina protectively. "Who the hell are you?
Mow''d you get in here? Where''s Sylvia? Where did you take her?!"
Edwin should''ve strengthened the security before he left. How could this woman have gotten in so
easily a second time?
The woman didn''t say anything. She wasn''t even looking at me. Her eyes seemed to be fixed on the
person behind me.
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My heart tightened and I tried my best to stand my ground. "Don''t you dare hurt Alina!"
Since she had taken Sylvia away, I thought she was going to do the same thing to Alina.
Damn it! What the fuck was going on? Why was this crazy old bat so hell-bent on taking my two
beautiful daughters away from me?
"Let me tell you, whatever you came here for, you won''t seed!" I red at the woman in the
ck cloak and was on full alert. Although I wasn''t feeling well now, I had to put up a fight.
I tried to summon the guards, but again, nobody responded.
The woman in the ck cloakughed and waved her sleeve, revealing that she was carrying
something in her hands.
My eyes went wide in shock. She was holding a corpse!
The woman tossed the corpse in front of me casually. Almost instantly, the pungent smell of blood
flooded my nose.
When I recognized the corpse, my blood ran cold. It was Alina''s groom, Chet!