Chapter 44 On Adeline''s Birthday, Her Ex-fiancé Wanted to Give Her a Surprise
Chapter 44 On Adeline''s Birthday, Her Ex-fiancé Wanted to Give Her a Surprise
Adeline stared at the stone that Vi threw on the ground. Her heart was aching as if it was pulled
by something.
That stone was found by Logan when he was working. It was obtained legally by the side of the
archaeological pile, and it meant a lot to Logan.
Moreover, he was a nerd who couldn''t engrave. He had learned for a long time before engraving on
it stroke by stroke by saying, "Adeline, I want to be with you for the rest of my life."
The engraving of the words wasn''t nicely done, but the heart of doing that was very rare.
Vi threw the stone to her in front of Curtis, how could she not understand what she was trying to
mean?
Vi had no good intention at all, but an attempt to provoke the rtionship between her and her
husband!
Adeline took a deep breath, knowing very clearly what she should do and what she shouldn''t do at
that moment!
She bent down to pick up the stone and threw the stone into the trash can in front of Curtis. Then,
she headed to clean up the living room as if nothing had happened.
She rolled up her sleeves and started to clean up the wine sses on the coffee table, looking as if
nothing had happened.
But Curtis wasn''t stupid!
He could see that Adeline was pretending to be calm. He clenched his fists and his expression
became cold instantly, "Leave it! Let Steffen deals with it."
Adeline was startled by the coldness in Curtis''s voice. She looked at him nkly.
Curtis also knew that he had frightened his wife, so he changed his tone a little and exined,
"There is a cleaner whoes to clean the house regrly. It''s such a mess. I don''t want you to get
too tired, so go back to your room and get some rest."
Curtis was telling the truth.
Even though he was angry that she still cared about that broken stone, he still couldn''t bear her
being too tired.
"Uncle Curtis, I..." Adeline could sense that Curtis was in a bad mood, probably because she was
concerned about the stone that Logan gave her.
She wanted to exin, but after calling out "Uncle Curtis" smoothly, Curtis''s face darkened even
more.
Steffen stood in front of Adeline in time and said politely, "Mrs. Riley, you should go back to your
room now. Leave this to me. Trust me. I have been with Mr. Riley for so many years. I know how to
deal with it. It will be best for you to go back to your room now."
Adeline understood what Steffen was trying to say, so she went back to her room.
With a click, the door closed, and Curtis''s expression turnedpletely cold, a horrifying sense was
lingering around his body. He couldn''t restrain himself anymore.
He pushed the wheelchair to the side of the trash can, took a look at the stone inside, and
happened to see that line of lettering which was so displeasing!
"He wants to spend the rest of his life with Adeline?"
"What a joke?"
"Adeline can only be with him for the rest of his life?"
Curtis''s veins on his hands which were gripping the wheelchair were bulging. When he closed his
eyes, the anomaly of Adeline in the car that day appeared in his mind.
It turned out that someone was selling carved jade on the side of the road that day, and that
reminded Adeline about Logan!
Thinking of that damned worthless stone!
Curtis''s heart was aching, and he wished he could dismantle that stone.
But he couldn''t. He looked at Steffen with an annoyed face, "You! Dispose of everything that others
have touched except this broken stone!"
After a pause, he added, "This stone, leave it to Mrs. Riley to handle it herself."
"Okay." After Steffen finished his sentence, the phone rang.
He steps away to answer the phone.
Curtis sat on the spot, looking at the closed door, his face looked terribly gloomy.
When Steffen returned to the living room, Curtis looked at him and asked, "It is said that husband
and wife shouldn''t let the conflict stays overnight. Do I need to go into the room now?"
His expression was saying, "If you dare to say "no", I''ll kill you!"
Steffen''s expression froze, and he smiled helplessly, "Mr. Riley, you can''t go in now."
As soon as thest word fell, he received a sharp stare.
Steffen touched his neck and quickly exined, "James from the public rtions department just
called and said that the partners we met at noon are now under treatment in the hospital. The blood
test report shows that they are all infected with thetest epidemic virus. I suggest that you better
iste yourself from your wife..."
Steffen''s voice was getting soft gradually as he spoke.
Curtis answered with "Got it" with a sullen face, and then he went to the guest room.
Steffen sighed. Then, he contacted the cleaning team which he was familiar with to quickly tidied up
the living room.
After the cleaning and disinfecting were done, Steffen closed the door and left.
Adeline waited in the room for a long time, but Curtis never came.
It was almost midnight before she walked out of the room to get a ss of water from the living
room.
As soon as the light was turned on, she was startled by a brand new scene in front of her.
The tea table, sofa, carpet, stereo, and some furnishings were reced and they were all new.
It looked like nothing had changed. The style was still exactly the same as before, but all the things
were new!
Adeline remembered that Logan had mentioned his Uncle Curtis before, saying that he was
paranoid, possessive, and territorial. He didn''t like others touching his stuff.
As long as others had touched it, he would throw it all away and rece it with a new one. Because
he wanted to own that thingpletely!
Adeline seemed to suddenly understand why Curtis was annoyed.
Because she was in a rtionship with Logan before, so that stone touched his raw nerve?
Adeline was full of doubts. She nced at the glimmer of lighting from the crack in the door of
the guest room. She was stunned for a while.
It turned out that Curtis didn''t leave, but he slept in the guest room.
She couldn''t help but wonder, "Does it mean that he wants to sleep in a separate room with me?"
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"No! No!"
She couldn''t let things happen as how Vi wished.
Adeline headed back to the room in frustration. When she passed by the trash can, she couldn''t
hold back her curiosity and took a look. She saw a stone inside.
It seemed that Curtis asked Steffen to deal with other garbage, but left that stone for her to deal
with.
Staring at those words on the stone, Adeline did nothing and went back to her room.
It was a long night and she couldn''t sleep.
What she didn''t know was that Curtis, who was in the guest room knew everything about it.
He yed the surveince in the living room today and got to know what happened the whole day.
When Adeline said that she never bought any clothing that was more than 70 dors for herself, he
felt very distressed. He immediately asked Steffen to show him all the brands of clothes worn by the
local socialites in Prodiff.
He looked at one brand after another and picked out one by one for Adeline. He was choosing
those clothes that fit her temperament.
After all the orders were ced, he requested the stores to deliver those clothes tomorrow.
After doing all of that, he checked the real-time monitoring again. He saw that Adeline was about to
knock on the door of his room, and his whole heart was lifted.
He was looking forward to it.
But when he saw that Adeline didn''t say anything eventually, and looked at the trash can a few
times when she passed by it, he felt that his heart was squeezed by a big hand.
How anticipated he was just now turned out to be how depressed he was now.
The night was so long. Adeline wasn''t the only one suffering from insomnia that night.
Curtis only fell asleep when it was almost dawn.
The next day, Adeline got up early to make breakfast and wanted to take the initiative to make it up
to him.
She knocked lightly on Curtis''s door, but no one answered. She got no choice but attended to work.
Along the way, Adeline was in a daze.
When she arrived at the school gate, Melissa rushed over and bumped into her. She took out a
present and handed it to her, "Adeline, happy birthday!"
Adeline froze for a moment, then she remembered her birthday was around the corner. She took
the gift and said, "Thank you."
"What''s wrong, Adeline? You don''t seem to be in a good mood."
Adeline sighed and told her what happened yesterday.
After hearing that, Melissa was angry and feeling annoyed, "Your mother and sister are too
shameless!"
Adeline seemed to have gotten used to it a long time ago, and said with a sad face, "This isn''t what
I''m worried about now."
Melissa immediately understood, and asked seriously, "Adeline, don''t you still have feelings toward
Logan?"
"I dare not and I can''t." Adeline smiled helplessly, "I know very well that Logan and I will never be
liked how we are in the past. I also know very well that I am now Curtis''s wife. Melissa, I have
worked very hard to stop thinking about Logan. But... We have been together for three years, and
those memories always pop up from time to time. I can''t control it."
"However, Adeline, Logan is not worth you doing it. He has been away for ten days. Has he ever
made a phone call to ask about you? Thest time you mistakenly called him, which was answered
by his junior, did he return your call? In my opinion, Logan is a scumbag who is good at ying your
emotional! Besides, today is your birthday, did he send you any blessings?"
Adeline was stunned for a moment. Then, she seemed to figure out something and said, "Melissa,
thank you for waking me up! Logan is very sloppy for his business trip this time! I think I justck the
sense of ritual without the formal breakup. After the breakup, I should all be fine."
Seeing that Adeline was no longer struggling because of Logan, Melissa walked with her into the
school while they were chatting andughing.
But no one expected that Logan would suddenly give Adeline such a big surprise on her birthday!