Chapter 1064
Originally, everybody had been watching TV and chatting with each other. Cooper and Linus were talking
to each other quietly in English. Meanwhile, Annabel was energetically talking to Sophia about women’s
issues. Needless to say, Cooper heard everything Annabel said, including ‘waste of money’, ‘surrogate
mother’, and ‘find a mistress’. Although he was sick of listening to it, he said nothing. If anybody else
were to say that, he would have killed them a long time ago.
However, nobody could have expected Michael to p Annabel across the face as soon as he walked in.
That clear sound rang out across the room, and everybody in the living room was left frozen in shock. It
was the first time they witnessed a son-inw hitting his mother-inw!
As swift as lightning, he pped Annabel again before anybody could react. The second hit was much
harder than the first. As a result, Annabel lost her bnce, fell onto the sofa, and struggled to get up.
When she lifted her head again, her face was red and swollen.
Widening her eyes, it took her a long time to recover from the shock of being hit. On the other hand, he
looked menacing and ferocious, and his eyes were filled with rage. Pointing at her, he warned her
sternly. “I’m warning you right now. If you can’t watch what you say, I’ll make sure you can never say
another word again!”
At that moment, everybody in the living room finally came back to their senses. Sophia hurriedly got up,
put on her shoes, and ran toward Michael. Grabbing at the hand he was pointing toward Annabel, she
said, “Hubby, what’s going on? Why did you hit Mom?!”
Annabel seemed to have gone into shock from fright. She sat on the sofa in a daze, staring at Michael in
disbelief. It wasn’t until Cooper hurried over to hug her that she returned to her senses and finally let out
a loud wail. Burying her face in Cooper’s chest, she sobbed in fear.
Cooper hugged his beloved wife close. Touching her face, he saw that her face was swollen from the
p! Thus, he flew into a rage and roared in a thunderous voice, “Michael Fletcher! How dare you?! How
dare you hit your mother-inw?!”
When Michael heard the words ‘mother-inw’, a cold and cruel smile appeared on his enraged
expression. “Mother-inw? Haha. I call her ‘mother-inw’ out of respect. She is nothing but a wretched
woman!” Even with Cooper standing right in front of him, he didn’t seem inclined to be tolerant today. He
pointed at Annabel and said warningly, “You wretched woman! Listen well; how I raise my daughter is
none of your business! More than that, it has nothing to do with you whether my daughter causes me to
lose money or not! If you dare to say something rude again, I will kill you myself!”
Sophia waspletely taken aback by his words. The way Annabel spoke was hurtful and harsh, but
she simply considered Annabel’s words as nonsense—it entered one ear and went out the other. Hence,
she did not expect Michael to react so impulsively.
“Hubby, calm down…” She quickly stood between Annabel and Michael. When she grabbed his arm, she
could feel his arm trembling slightly. His blood was boiling with rage—he was furious. He had never been
as furious as he was now. “Mom’s words might be a little nasty, but she has good intentions! Please calm
down!”
Annabel shrank back into Cooper’s arms, crying loudly. As she sobbed, she incoherently mumbled, “I did
it for your sake… Coop, I didn’t mean to do it! I love Carmen too! She is my granddaughter…”
“Shut up!” Michael exploded in anger. She was so scared that she trembled in fear. Gripping Cooper
tightly, her wails turned into terrified sobs. She looked incredibly pitiful in her current state. Michael’s eyes
were still filled with rage. His slender and pale hands continued to point at Annabel. “I have not forgotten
the time you fed Carmen that so-called talisman drink. Your life is cheap, but Carmen’s status is several
hundred times nobler than yours! If anything happens to her, even ten of your wretched lives won’t be
enough to pay the price!”
Tears flowed down her face as she listened to him. As her husband, Cooper was so furious that he
trembled in anger. Standing up, he approached Michael swiftly. He raised his fist toward Michael.
Simrly, Michael raised his fist in response too.
“You b*stard! I’m going to teach you a lesson today!”
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“You old coot! I’ve been tolerating you for a long time now!”
It was a showdown between a raging dragon and a roaring tiger—one was fighting for his wife while the
other was fighting for his daughter. Both were livid and gritting their teeth; their eyes were scarlet with
rage. They wanted to get back at each other for all the past and current hatred for each other. When
Linus saw that the situation was getting out of hand, he rushed forward and stopped Cooper. Meanwhile,
Sophia and Roger grabbed Michael.
The situation in the living room was chaotic. It was a cacophony of sounds—Cooper was shouting,
Michael was roaring furiously, Sophia was screaming, Annabel was wailing, and there was also the
sound of tableware crashing to the ground and smashing to pieces. The entire Edwards Residence was
shrouded in a tragic atmosphere like those found in soap operas.
Cooper was forcefully held back by Linus. However, he continued to wave his fists about. “Michael
Fletcher! Do you really think you can marry my daughter?! Impossible! As long as I am alive, you will
never marry her!”
Michael was struggling against Roger’s grip. “Sophia and I are mutually in love! Since when do you have
a say in it?!”
Cooper’s eyes were crimson with hatred. “You knew about Linus from the beginning, didn’t you?! You’ve
been hiding it from us all along!”
In response, Michael was so furious that he burst outughing, but hisughter was bleak and
despairing. “That’s right! I knew since the beginning! Five years ago, I was searching everywhere for you
on Sophia’s behalf. Where were you?! Where were you when Sophia got into trouble?! I discovered that
Linus was Sophia’s brother five years ago. I wanted to let the siblings get to know each other. But… ask
your son yourself! Just what did he do?! Why don’t you ask him what he did?! What right does he have to
get to know her?! He’s not worthy of her!”
Upon hearing those words, Linus froze in shock. I see… Five years ago… Michael already knew… Five
years ago, he assisted the Phantom Wolf in kidnapping Sophia. He had not meant for it to happen and
later helped rescue her. However, he couldn’t just write off his involvement in that matter.
The scars from that time were forcefully ripped open again. Cooper’s mind was filled with the memory of
Sophia lying in his arms, covered incerations, and looking like she was about to die. There were too
many memories in his life that he did not dare to recall, and this was one of them. It was no less painful
than the time when Annabel died in his arms after being poisoned back then. All of a sudden, he let out a
hoarse, angry roar. “Michael Fletcher! I’m going to kill you! I’m going to kill you!”
He ran about the house, looking for a gun. Even Linus couldn’t hold him back. On the other hand, Sophia
was crying out of fright. She shouted tearfully, “Stop! Stop talking! Let’s just go! We won’te back
again!”
She and Roger worked together to drag the unwilling Michael outside. He was like an enraged beast,
trying to snap at everybody around him. After that, he grabbed her hand and quickly dragged her to the
garage.
When they entered the garage, she was crying sadly when she suddenly sensed a warm andrge wall
of flesh rushing toward her. The force of it was so strong that she staggered back slightly. Her back was
against the wall, and she thought that the flesh wall was going to crash into her. Suddenly, a pair ofrge
hands surrounded her and held the back of her head, preventing her from banging into the wall. Then,
she was enveloped in a warm and soft embrace.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry for scaring you…”
Sophia lifted her head nkly. Michael, who waspletely livid beyond words just now, had calmed
down at some point. His eyes were gentle, and he seemed like apletely different personpared
to the man who fought with Cooper just now…