Chapter 117


    Madeline and Noah spoke simultaneously, and Dn covered his mouth to conceal shock and sprinted


    into the elevator at the speed of light.


    Hehe! Even their tempers were bing increasingly simr—the way they admonished him was the


    same.


    He should not have lingered there for too long, though. He''d better go tell Colt the good news!


    Only Noah and Madeline remained in the living room downstairs after Dn had left.


    For a brief moment, the atmosphere devolved into awkwardness.


    "It''s not at all funny, Noah, to make such a joke. Never, ever make such jokes again."


    "One day, you''ll know whether I''m kidding or not."


    "You..." Madeline was about to retort when her stomach growled, betraying her.


    "You must be hungry. I''ll make another omelet for you." With a loving smile on his face, Noah gave her


    a pat on the head before entering the elevator.


    Madeline''s heart was in shambles.


    …


    Meanwhile, Suzette returned from James'' ce early in the morning at the vi on the outskirts.


    Bruno hurled a ss at her as she stepped over the threshold, dangerously close to hitting the


    doorway.


    "What''s the matter, Bruno?" Suzette evaded the attack with the ss. She walked toward Bruno,


    carefully stepping over the pieces of broken ss on the floor.


    However, she unthinkingly maintained a certain distance from him due to her innate need for defense.


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    "Still remember to return? Where have you been the entire night?"


    "Where else can I go if not to settle our daughter''s affairs? Why are you losing your temper at such an


    early hour?" Suzette''s tone was somewhat coquettish.


    "How dare you bring up that bitch! She went on a date with Jerry yesterday and cut off all


    communications as soon as she left. She hadn''t answered the phone and hadn''t responded to text


    messages, and had been missing all night. Where the hell is she? You''d better hurry up and give her a


    call. I need her to exin what''s going on!"


    "The investment funds she promised yesterday have yet to arrive! Not even a penny!"


    Bruno was about to die of rage. He had given so much of his time and heart to raising her, but she


    turned out to be such an asshole. What a tragedy!


    He had been up all nightst night from excitement, believing that he would receive his investment fund


    immediately.


    "Don''t worry, Bruno. I''m going to call Angie right away." Suzette understood where Bruno wasing


    from. He was only worried because the investment funds hadn''t arrived yet.


    Angie is incredibly reckless. Even though she is having a st with Jerry, she still needs to take calls


    from home.


    Suzette immediately looked up Angie''s phone number and dialed it as soon as she had that thought.


    "Sorry, the number you dialed is not in service..."


    Suzette''s heart began to race as she listened to the recorded message on the phone.


    She was well aware that Angie''s phone would never be turned off. What was going on?


    "Did you get the phone call through her? What''s with the dithering?" Bruno inquired impatiently.


    Despite his flustered expression, he hoped Suzette could get the call through so she could help him


    ask when Jerry''s money would arrive!


    The Grant Corporation''s current financial crisis was worsening. He couldn''t wait any longer!


    "Her phone has been switched off... Angie never turns off her phone, Bruno. Do you think something


    happened?" Suzette muttered worriedly while holding the phone.


    "What? It''s been turned off? How could she have turned it off?! What does she mean by that? She


    doesn''t want to obtain the funds for me, does she?" When Bruno realized Angie had turned off the


    phone, he charged forward, snatching the phone from Suzette''s grasp.


    He was about to hurl the phone after hearing the clear intercept message, but luckily, Suzette was


    quick on her feet. She managed to stop him and get her phone back in one piece.


    James had purchased the phone for her. She couldn''t afford to let Bruno ruin it like that now that money


    was tight.


    Otherwise, James would be upset if he found out!


    "Don''t worry, Bruno. Perhaps Angie had been outte with Jerry the night before and had run out of


    battery. Oh, yes. I got Jerry''s phone number from Angie the other day. Do you want me to call him


    instead?"


    Suzette looked up at the flustered Bruno. She applied quick thinking. She quickly devised a new n to


    appease his rage.


    "You think you''re the only one with Jerry''s phone number? I''ve already called, and the phone is also


    turned off!" That cretin. Was he considering stealing his daughter from him upensated?


    With his teeth clenched in anger, Bruno thought furiously.


    "Hey? It connected! Jerry has turned on the phone, Bruno!"


    "Who is this? It''s still early in the morning. I''m still sleeping." When Suzette called for the third time,


    Jerry finally answered the phone irritably.


    "Jerry, it''s me. I''m Angie''s mother. Did I disrupt your sleep? I sincerely apologize..." Suzette made every


    effort to smile while on the phone.


    Bruno trotted up to her as soon as he heard the call had been answered. He motioned with his hands


    and eyes to Suzette to inquire about the investment fund.


    "Angie''s mother? Oh, Auntie Suzette, what''s the matter?" Jerry became so inebriatedst night that he


    passed out on the street. He spent the night sleeping on the street before being picked up by his family.


    He''d only just awoken and was still dazed.


    He sat up straight on his bed in a gesture of respect for Angie''s mother once he realized it was her.


    "It''s like this, Jerry. Angie didn''te homest night, and we couldn''t reach her on the phone. I''m


    wondering if she''s with you." Suzette inquired cautiously, her tone as gentle as she could be.


    "Angie? No, my butler told me yesterday that when they found me, I was the only one on the side of the


    road! Aunt Suzette, you need to speak with Angie about this. In any case, I''m her man. How could she


    abandon me on the side of the road in the middle of the night and go off by herself? Can she afford to


    make up for me if I turn into a popsicle?"


    Jerryined to Suzette with a hint of resentment as he scratched his head and remembered the


    event fromst night.


    "Huh? You mean Angie isn''t with you? So, where has she gone? Angie is very fond of you. She


    wouldn''t have left you alone on the side of the road in the middle of the night. Is there a


    misunderstanding here, Jerry? Perhaps something had happened to my Angie?"


    Suzette immediately voiced her concerns because she had bad intuition.


    "Don''t be worried, Auntie Suzette. I''ll go find her right away!" Right now, Jerry was fully alert. Yes, Angie


    did love him very much. She couldn''t possibly abandon him.


    Something had to have happened!


    With that in mind, he got up immediately, grabbed a shirt at random, and was ready to go. He soon


    discovered, however, that he was trapped inside the room. "Hey!" he eximed, "Who locked the door?


    Quickly unlock and open the door for me!"


    Suzette sensed something was wrong on the other end of the phone when Jerry mmed the door


    violently.


    Her heart grew cold in an instant.


    Jerry appeared to have been locked up once more, so Angie…


    When the vi''s door was abruptly opened from the outside, Suzette was deeply preupied with her


    worries.


    A stylish, elegant woman entered the room with several bodyguards surrounding her in a grandiose


    style.