《Please Let Me Go》 Chapter 1 Why Don’t You Kiss My Lips? Chapter 1 Why Don¡¯t You Kiss My Lips? It was night. Thunder was rumbling and lightning was shing outside the window amidst the heavy downpour. The woman who was sleeping soundly on a bed was suddenly lifted up. A pair of powerful big hands was pulling her underwear down deftly without any presage. An unexpected attack was then Adide Swift awoke due to the excruciating pain at her lower body part and she let out an exmation instinctively. The familiar body smell and the ruthless aura made her fully awake at once. ¡°Antonio Baron!¡± There was rage in her voice. She writhed madly and struggled to escape from the man¡¯s suppression. Yet Antonio ignored herpletely. He bit her cor bone and neck like a wild animal, leaving bruises on her, yet did not kiss her lips. Adide was scared of thunder therefore she slept with the lights on. She could see Antonio¡¯s libidinous look very clearly. His eyes were flooded with lust yet the disgust in them did not show any sign of decline. With a rush of indignation, and not knowing why, she suddenly put her arm around his neck and approached him, wanting to kiss his lips. As expected, she was given a hard push before she could even touch him, and she fell back onto the bed once again. ¡°Adide Swift, how dare you!¡± he bawled. ¡°Antonio Baron, you¡¯ve lost your cherry to me, even if you want to keep your first kiss for rissa Swift, do you think you¡¯re still pure?¡± She raised her head. It was the first time she stared boldly into a man¡¯s eyes without any fear. It had already been two years. She had had enough. She had had enough of Antonio¡¯s giving her the cold shoulder. Antonio snorted. ¡°So what if I do want to keep it?¡± He pulled out a napkin to wipe his body and rolled it in disgust, tossed it randomly onto the floor looking like a merciless demon. Adide felt her body so painful as if being torn to pieces from the torture. She lied on the bed in exhaustion and tears flowed down her cheeks silently. She sneered. ¡°It was her that you want to marry in the first ce, wasn¡¯t it? If I wasn¡¯t there, you two will be living happily ever after together, right?¡± ¡°So what? Since you knew how you get to marry me back then, you should be prepared to get tortured. You deserve it all.¡± Having said that, Antonio once again stooped down and stared at her with brooding eyes. Adide¡¯s chest tightened and she knew she had irritated him once more. She quickly backed up feeling slightly afraid. ¡°No, I don¡¯t want it. Since you don¡¯t love me, even if it means death, I won¡¯t want to get humiliated and tortured by you anymore!¡± She broke the wedding photo frame on the bedside cab to pieces and picked up one of the broken pieces. She ced it on her neck and stared at Antonio determinedly. Yet how could she match him. Without even realizing, there was a sharp pain on her palm and a deep cut was left. Blood gushed out of the wound and dripped onto the snowy mattress, leaving stains like blooming flowers. The room was full of blood smell. With a crash, the ss piece dropped straight onto the ground and broke into pieces, so did Adide¡¯s heart. Rage upied Antonio¡¯s handsome face and he suddenly pinched her chin. ¡°You dare want to die? Let me tell you, forget about it!¡± He roared fiercely and seized her by the throat. ¡°I can see that you still T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. don¡¯t understand, then let me tell you straight away. The reason I married you is to nicely torture you, make you wish you weren¡¯t born. How¡¯s that sound? Adide. Are you happy now? Even if you want to die, you have to go through me!¡± ¡°The reason you marry me¡­is just to torture me?¡± Adide raised her head and looked at Antonio in a daze. The vigor in her eyes suddenly disappeared. Antonio pursed his lips and stared at her with brooding eyes. ¡°You deserve it, Adide¡­¡± ¡°You¡­¡± Adide waspletely startled. She knew he did not like her, but she did not expect the dislike would reach to the level of hatred, even to a great extent¡­Did he hate her for ruining the chance for him to be with rissa? But back then¡­ However, Antonio would not stay there for any longer. He picked up his pajamas and put it on, turned around and glimpsed at her frigidly. His voice was as cold as the night. ¡°The debt you owed me, I¡¯ll make you pay them one by one!¡± He did not know why he lost his temper all of a sudden either, yet when he saw her grasping that sharp ss piece, his heart inexplicably ached, no, not ached, it was rage. Yes, it was rage. He hated that woman too much that he could not bear to let her die that smoothly! He had nned and endured it for such a long time, he would only be satisfied when he got to torture her slowly bit by bit. The moment Adide watched him left, a chill had diffused from her heart to other parts of her body, and she felt like she was trapped in an ice cave. It turned out what supported their two years of marriage was Antonio¡¯s hatred towards her. She had no idea why Antonio would overreact, yet there was one thing she knew at least, that was he would not love her, and he would not love her till the day he died. It was just at the blink of an eye that the feelings she once had for Antonio hadpletely gone. The man she had thought of for decades had shattered her love for him within just two years. She let out a wry smile yet boiling tears kept on flowing out of her eyes. After Antonio left, there was only her being alone in the room and a deadly silence had prevailed across the huge and empty room. A phone suddenly rang and the crispy sound echoed in the room. She went over to pick up the phone and heard the words said by the person at the end of the phone. ¡°Mrs. Baron, you¡¯ve forgotten to take the body checkup reportst time. I have to congratte you that you¡¯re pregnant!¡± Chapter 2 Beg Me Chapter 2 Beg Me Adide¡¯s mind wentpletely nk at once and her ears were humming. She was befuddled and there was only one message left in her mind. She was pregnant. She did not know whether to cry or smile. The child hade at a bad timing. She had not slept for the whole night. Her mind was full of Antonio¡¯s look and words when he left. He would definitely not let her keep the child¡­She caressed her tummy and made a decision that she would not dare to think of before. When the dawn broke, she hurried to the hospital, got the checkup Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. report and staggered all the way to the exit. She could not even manage to apologize after bumping into someone. rissa Swift watched her despondent back and wondered the reason her dear sister came to the hospital. She picked up a document that was dropped onto the ground and her eyes gleamed when she saw the words ¡°divorce agreement¡±. That document was exactly dropped by Adide when she bumped into her. She could not help but let out a smile and walked into the hospital to inquire about Adide¡¯s purpose to the hospital. Adide had no idea about all these. She was figuring how to let Antonio consent to the divorce as the only way to keep the child was to leave him. One hourter, the door was mmed open and Antonio walked in with a gloomy look. ¡°You¡¯re pregnant?¡± He released rissa without notice and his voice became deep at once. He had forced Adide to take contraceptive pills every time he made love with her, if she was really pregnant¡­His eyes were locked onto her and he hated himself for not being able to read her mind. Adide could not figure out how he managed to know about that that sooner. She could only look at him in a daze and asked with a bit of anxiety, ¡°How did you know¡­¡± At that moment, she covered her tummy with both hands and stared at him in rm. Her defensive mode had made Antonio grew even angrier and he remembered rissa¡¯s words. ¡°Antonio, what¡¯s happened between you and sis? Why does sis want to divorce you when she¡¯s pregnant?¡± ¡°Antonio, Channing Darnell has returned to the country few days ago, and I¡¯ve even seen him meeting sis, right below the Pearl¡¯s Hotel.¡± Channing Darnell was Adide¡¯s ex-boyfriend. Adide was shocked as she had not heard someone mentioning the name in front of her for a very long time. She was in a down mood due to Antonio¡¯s indifference few years back and Channing had showed up during that time. He seemed energetic, positive, cheerful and enthusiastic, yet she had not expected that they were all pretended¡­Of course, it did not matter at all, what was important was what happened between her and Channing was spread all over the ce and everyone knew about that. She wondered why rissa mentioned him out of the blue and she had a bad hunch. As expected, an inexplicable anger rose in Antonio when he heard that name and he mercilessly tossed her onto the bed. ¡°Pregnant? Divorce? Adide Swift, are you challenging my tolerance limit?¡± His voice was full of rage that could not be suppressed. Hended a punch on the bed beside her and the whole bed was trembling. ¡°Tell me, have you gone pregnant of Darnell¡¯s child?¡± ¡°I have no idea what are you talking about!¡± Adide retorted slightly hysterically. ¡°The child is yours. Can you not know about that?¡± The pain she felt in her heart did not cease. She had gone pregnant with his child yet he thought she had cuckolded him. ¡°Oh? If the child¡¯s mine, why do you want to divorce me?¡± He grabbed her shirt and madly tore her shirt apart. ¡°No! Antonio! I¡¯m pregnant! You¡¯re gonna hurt the child!¡± Adide knew Antonio who had gone mad would torture her as usual. She had surrendered no matter how he tortured her, yet the child would not be able to endure such torturing! Staring at Adide who was still struggling with all her strength, there was no sympathy in Antonio¡¯s eyes. The rage in his eyes burnt even more fiercely instead and his action had gone more reckless. He extended his long hand and grabbed her like grabbing a small chick, tearing her shirt apart at once. Adide suddenly ceased her struggling and said difficultly almost in tears, ¡°Antonio, let¡¯s divorce.¡± The man¡¯s movement stopped at once yet with just a moment, he regained his mind. He stared at the woman below her in slight disbelief. The woman who had chased after him for seven years had actually wanted to divorce him for another man¡¯s child? ¡°Divorce?¡± He sneered and got up. He backed up and supported himself with the study desk behind him, his hand actually trembled a bit. ¡°Sure. If you want to divorce, then beg me.¡± Adide had always been stubborn. When she was fond of him back then, she would notment a word no matter what he did, and after marrying him for two years, she had not surrendered no matter how he tortured her. He deemed that he had known her personality very well that she would not beg him no matter what. Yet he could not expect that Adide had actually risen up slowly and there was a light of hope in her dead and calm eyes. She grasped the nket under her and after a moment of shivering, she choked. ¡°I beg you, please spare my child¡­¡± Adide knew Antonio was pressurizing her. She was unwilling to expose her weakness to him when she loved him, now that she did not love him anymore, what should she be afraid of? That child hade to her when she was desperate of the one person she cared of, and she had to protect it no matter what. Antonio was livid. With inexplicable rage, he grabbed a mug from the desk, squeezed it and tossed it hard towards the side of the bed. ¡°It won¡¯t happen, Adide. I won¡¯t let you off that easily.¡± He looked ferocious and after finishing, he staggered and turned around, leaving the room. It had been two years Antonio kept on torturing her. He was always curious to see what it would look like when the utmost stubborn woman had bowed before him. Now that he had seen that, he realized he was not happy at all. Watching him left, Adide took a deep breath, as if a load had been taken off her mind. However, at the same time, she felt an excruciating pain in her heart. To decide not to love a man she had loved for seven years atst hurt as if her own flesh had been cut. ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay. Mommy¡¯s gonna protect you¡­¡± She covered her tummy and murmured. Yet as she spoke, her tears flowed down without her control. She jerked the nket over and covered herself tightly as if to feel secured. Without knowing how long had passed, she heard somemotions downstairs and walked out of the room in despondence. As she just reached the end of the staircase, she saw someone who she refused to see the most. Chapter 3 Break One of His Legs Chapter 3 Break One of His Legs Theer turned out to be Channing Darnell! He was wearing a neat suit and a pair of leather shoes, yet the inexplicable treacherous look on his face could not be concealed. Adide had not seen that face for four years, and she felt disgusted seeing it again. Yet her heart started to leap and she wondered why he was here. She then raised her head and looked towards rissa. Seeing hercent look, she finally understood. It was her who brought Channing here. Was rissa, her dear sister from another mother who shared the same father with her thinking that setting traps for her was not enough, and she wanted to doom her to death? ¡°Adide Swift, you kept on saying you have nothing to do with Channing Darnell, but now he¡¯sing to beg me to let you go so you two can be together, what can you say for yourself?¡± Antonio bawled. Adide was flooded with anxiety. Antonio could still let her off with only rissa¡¯s words, now that Channing had been here and if he wanted to say something that was disadvantageous to her, she would be doomed! Her mind raced. ¡°After four years of not meeting each other, Mr. Darnell seems to be more and more energetic.¡± She abruptly suppressed the uneasiness she felt and spoke. She sounded awkward and courteous, and secretly wanted to trick him. She could not bear to just wait for her doom without doing anything! Yet Channing quickly responded. He smiled tteringly and said, ¡°Are you still mad at me? Adide. I really have something to do back in Canada, but now I¡¯m here to fetch you.¡± Anger sparked inside Adide. He had colluded with rissa as expected! She wrinkled her eyebrows. Seeing Channing¡¯s detestable look, she could only forcibly suppress the disgust she felt and pretended to speak gently. ¡°I want to go with you too, yet I¡¯m Mr. Baron¡¯s woman. If I go with you just like that, Mr. Baron would lose his face.¡± She turned and looked towards Antonio. ¡°Antonio, it¡¯s my fault regarding this, and I have to pay the price. So why don¡¯t you break one of Mr. Darnell¡¯s hands?¡± She had made her stance clear. If she did hook up with Channing, why would she put the person she loved in danger? She turned towards Channel and smiled, yet the smile made the man shivered. Antonio was obviously surprised that she would say that, even rissa was taken aback. Fear was all over Channing¡¯s face, and he trembled while staring at Antonio¡¯s gloomy look with a slightly pale face. Adide ignored him and once again turned towards Antonio. She frowned. That was herst gamble-- -she was gambling whether Antonio would believe her or not. God knows she only pretended to be calm and she was already filled with apprehension. rissa¡¯s move was cruel enough. If she had said something wrong, she would be doomed forever. Meanwhile, Antonio was watching Adide like watching fun and an intrigued look suddenly appeared T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. on his face. He suddenly felt that Adide¡¯s eyes had changed, from na?ve to deep, even he could no longer read them. ¡°Since my dear wife has said so, I can¡¯t possibly decline, right?¡± He smiled like a cunning fox and locked his eyes on Channing. Channing was backing up in fear yet a bunch of strong bodyguards had blocked his way behind him. He could not escape and he could only bite the bullet and listen to the rest of his words. Antonio then said with an icy look, ¡°Break one of his legs.¡± Having heard his words, two bodyguards immediately grabbed Channing while another approached him with a mace one step at a time. Channing would never have conceived that and he panicked. ¡°What are you doing? This is illegal!¡± He then struggled hard and there was intense horror in his eyes. ¡°Illegal? Is it?¡± Antonio shoved his hands into his pockets and slowly took some steps forward. He looked at Channing and said, ¡°Is money more powerful orw? I believe Mr. Darnell knows more about that than me?¡± Channing could only shiver without being able to speak a word. Money is invincible and he knew that better than anyone. His face became cadaverous as he knew how great the power of the Baron family was. Not to mention breaking his leg, it was not impossible to take his life without notice. With a moment of thought, he grabbed the leg of Antonio¡¯s pants and said, ¡°Mr. Baron, please let me off. I have nothing to do with Adide, I only do it because of someone¡¯s order!¡± ¡°Order?¡± Antonio¡¯s eyes turned gloomy and without even letting him speak once more, rissa suddenly shrilled in pain, covered her tummy and squatted down. Her face turned pale and she ced one of her hands on the tea table while trembling in agony. Chapter 4 I’m Pregnant Too Chapter 4 I¡¯m Pregnant Too ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Antonio turned around and wrinkled his eyebrows. The care he disyed by immediately extending his hand to hold her up ced a big contrast against the aloofness when he treated Adide. ¡°My stomach hurts¡­¡± Tears flowed out of rissa¡¯s eyes due to pain and her pitiful look made people¡¯s heart ached. Antonio frowned and unintentionally glimpsed at Adide. After a moment of hesitation, he still carried rissa up and headed towards the outside. Watching Antonio and rissa left, Adide shot a re towards Channing who was still kneeling there. She was wearing a bitter smile, yet there was a sharp pain in her heart. But luckily, she was saved by the bell. Channing was then dragged away by someone but she did not care about that. The living room became empty and lifeless once again. Watching the people in front of her leaving one by one, she finally copsed onto the couch. She ced her hand on her tummy and caressed it. There was a brimming soft light in her eyes. ¡°Mommy would protect you. Mommy would not let anyone harm you, even if it¡¯s your dad.¡± Her voice was gentle but determined. Although only half the day had passed by, her heart had be stronger than ever before. A mother¡¯s love towards her child was indeed powerful. Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. Yet reality did not give Adide much chance to rx. Within an hour, Antonio had made a call back to notify her to go to the hospital. rissa was lying on the bed with a cadaverous face like a fragile doll. She who had been adored before made people wanted to protect her even more. Yet what shocked Adide was rissa¡¯s checkup report. It turned out that rissa had be pregnant for two months! Besides that, the report said that she had a severe anemia too. Adide was in a deep shock. She could tell who was the child¡¯s father without even thinking, and the reason Antonio asked her toe to the hospital would definitely not be to just inform her that rissa was pregnant. ¡°Because of you hitting her, you¡¯ve hurt the baby and since rissa is anemic, every blood bank in City H is out of blood. If I¡¯m not wrong, your blood type is also Rh-negative, right?¡± As expected, Antonio wanted her to be rissa¡¯s blood bank! Adide backed up until she reached the bed behind her. She felt that she was suddenly drained of energy and could only stand upright by grasping the handle of the bed. Her instinct told her to run away yet a doctor who was holding a patient file suddenly entered the ward. ¡°Mr. Baron, have you made up your mind? Miss Swift¡¯s situation is really bad right now. If there¡¯s no blood transfusion, the child could be in danger too.¡± The doctor said with a serious tone of voice and Antonio seized Adide¡¯s hand. ¡°Take her blood. Her blood type¡¯s Rh-negative too.¡± Adide¡¯s face went pale yet no matter how she struggled, she could not get his hand off. ¡°Antonio Baron! You¡¯re crazy! I¡¯m pregnant too!¡± ¡°Oh?¡± Antonio stared at her coldly and a disdainful smile showed up on his face. ¡°So what? Who knows who that child belongs to? Yet the child in rissa¡¯s tummy is undoubtedly mine.¡± ¡°Channing Darnell has said he was ordered! I¡¯m innocent. I beg you, Antonio. It¡¯s really your child!¡± Adide screamed hysterically and her tears flowed out. ¡°Let¡¯s not say whether or not Darnell only bluffed it to keep his leg. Even if it¡¯s true, it doesn¡¯t mean you didn¡¯t mess with someone else. Not to mention rissa¡¯s life would be in danger if she¡¯s not transfused with blood now. I suppose you as her elder sister won¡¯t be that cruel to see your sister die?¡± Adide¡¯s heart dropped as he spoke. She initially thought as long as she proved her innocence, he would let her off. It turned out that her image towards him had been a debauched woman and it was useless to speak for herself no matter what. She could no longer speak as if her energy had been smile slowly broke out on the lips of rissa who was lying on the bed. Chapter 5 I Don’t Need Anyone to Teach Me How to Do It Chapter 5 I Don¡¯t Need Anyone to Teach Me How to Do It Of course, she knew whom did the baby in Adide¡¯s belly belong to. This bitch, she didn¡¯t expect that Adide was pregnant sooner than her. She couldn¡¯t let her give birth to this baby. On the other side, Antonio dragged Adide to the door of theboratory and shoved her to two doctors standing at the door. ¡°Drag her in and take her blood sample!¡± As she watched a huge needle prate her skin and blood started to gush into the syringe, Adide finally couldn¡¯t hold on to her sanity anymore as she fainted after her vision was ovee by darkness. She had a terrible nightmare while she lost her consciousness. In her dream, a small child was crying for his mother and imploring for his mother to save him. However, she could only watch the child getting dragged away from her and the distance between them kept increasing. Even though she had screamed with all her might, nothing could change her fate. When she was consumed by her deepest fears, all of a sudden, she woke up without any warning. There was nothing white surrounding her, and there was no smell of antiseptics at all. It turned out that she had been moved to her bedroom while she was still unconscious. She hurriedly checked her arms and her belly first things first. When she realized that her belly was unaffected and looked as the same as before, she finally heaved a huge sigh of relief. However, how did she get back here? How could it be possible that Antonio had decided to let her go? At that moment, a huge crashing sound broke the silence, and Adide looked up to see Da, the maid right in front of her eyes. Da impatiently hurled the tes and cutleries in her hands towards Adide whileining, ¡°You¡¯re really useless for passing out while the doctor is just taking your blood sample. I can¡¯t believe that you can still lie here safe and soundly while bearing other people¡¯s child as you let the young master¡¯s actual child face danger!¡± She ended herints and immediately went out of the room without even paying any attention to Adide¡¯s weakened state. She couldn¡¯t even muster enough energy to feed herself food. It turned out that she had fainted while her blood sample was being taken¡­ Adide continued to widen her eyes in astonishment as she watched Da disappear from her field of vision. Da was the nanny who was responsible of taking care of Antonio from the days he was still a child, and she was very respected in the family. In the end, she was no different from the other elders in the family. They just wanted to see Antonio¡¯s descendant being born healthily. However, for some reason, she seemed to never take a liking to Adide. In contrast, she was very fond of rissa, as evident by her disy of passion and enthusiasm every time rissa visited her. It was as if she wished that rissa was the youngdy instead of Adide. Adide¡¯s expression darkened as she thought about how Da had been treating her. With the way things were, it seemed like she would ultimately lose her footing in this family. Suddenly, as if a thought had struck her, she anxiously rummaged around her room, as if she was searching for something¡­ She picked up her mobile phone and sent a message to someone. Only by doing that, she felt a little more reassured. She stared at the screen of her mobile phone, unable to snap out of her reverie. Just as Adide was staring at her phone, rissa was clutching Antonio¡¯s sleeves in the hospital. ¡°Antonio, just let me die. If you insist to let Adide transfuse blood for me, it is very likely that Adide would lose her life¡­¡± Her demeanour made people feel sympathetic towards her. Coupled with her seemingly kind and big words, whoever had listened to her saying that would definitely shed tears. The doctor who intently listened to her let out a sigh, ¡°s, Ms. rissa, you are way too kind. Actually, blood transfusion won¡¯t kill anyone. Your sister will be fine. There is just one thing that needs attention, that is she has to get rid of the baby in her belly, otherwise her life would be in danger. s¡­¡± Before anybody could say anything, rissa¡¯s mother, Flora, couldn¡¯t take it anymore as she mbered forward and grabbed Antonio by his arm. ¡°Antonio, you must save rissa¡¯s life. She is still young and she is too kind to deserve this fate. Furthermore, it¡¯s your child she is bearing, unlike that woman¡­¡± Her lips trembled slightly, and a fierce look appeared in her eyes, ¡°Antonio, it¡¯s not that I¡¯m a heartless woman. That child does not belong to you, so you should just get rid of him. If he lives, it will be the root of all troubles in the future!¡± Antonio was seated by rissa¡¯s bed, and her expression was very grave. Nobody could be sure that he had actually captured what everyone was saying, but at Flora¡¯sst sentence, his fists became clenched unknowingly. ¡°Antonio, do you hear me? With your status in society, you would be aughing stock if you keep another man¡¯s children in your family¡­¡± Seeing that he was still unresponsive, Flora couldn¡¯t help but nudge him slightly. ¡°I understand what you are trying to say!¡± As if he was getting more and more irritated by her, Antonio suddenly stood up and eyed her disdainfully. For some reason, he felt a strange sensation while looking at Flora. Flora wasn¡¯t sure if she had offended him based on his expression. She froze with her arm hanging in mid-air. ¡°Antonio, I¡ªI¡¯m just giving you this piece of advice for your own good. I am just trying to make sure your lineage lives on¡­¡± ¡°Enough. I don¡¯t need anyone to teach me how to do this.¡± It seemed like she still wanted to say something, but Antonio was going to hear any of that. He turned around and marched towards the exit of the room. ¡°Mum, why did you spout so much nonsense? Antonio is really enraged now¡­¡± When he was finally gone, rissa instructed her mother to close the door of the ward before lightly tugging at her sleeve and lodged herint. Flora didn¡¯t look sorry at all. ¡°rissa, you don¡¯t know my real intentions. If I don¡¯t y the role of the bad person here, who would reprise my role? I just want to provoke him with some cruel words so that he would be enraged. Just wait and see, soon Adide¡¯s baby will be no more!¡±T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 6 I Won’t Allow You to Have This Child Chapter 6 I Won¡¯t Allow You to Have This Child In the Baron family house, Adide was in a daze for a long time. Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Bang!¡± Suddenly, her reverie was broken by a sudden intrusion of someone from the outside. To her surprise, Antonio had returned. His face was a sight of terror and a solemn expression was hanging on his face. His presence alone intimidated her a lot. ¡°¡­¡± Adide subconsciously shrunk back as she ced her hand defensively on her belly. ¡°Did you have a good rest here?¡± Antonio let out a snort, and in an instant Adide felt her whole frame freeze. ¡°What do you want?¡± Knowing that Antonio wouldn¡¯t let her off the hook that easily, she watched him inching towards her slowly, and her heart almost jumped out of her ribcage. Despite that, because she had just fainted not long ago, there was not an ounce of energy left in her body. She could only watch him approached him without being able to do anything. ¡°Let you go?¡± Antonio suddenly grabbed Adide¡¯s wrist and bellowed, ¡°You useless thing, how dare you fainted in the hospital just now? If it were not for the fact that rissa needs your blood, I should have destroyed you a long time ago!¡± Antonio continued to ramble on ruthlessly, ¡°You better hope that rissa¡¯s impending baby is fine, otherwise, nothing you do would be able to repay your debt!¡± ¡°I¡ªBut¡­¡± Destroy her? Pay back her debt? Adide felt her heart fall to the bottom of an abyss. She was still wrapping her head around the fact that these exact words were actually spouted by Antonio. ¡°But, the child in my belly also belongs to you.¡± Adide muttered as she stared at her belly. She couldn¡¯t understand why Antonio had chosen not to believe her. Was she that tiny and insignificant in his eyes? ¡°Mine?¡± Antonioughed coldly, ¡°Even if that child is mine too, who do you think that I would ce more importance on? Between your child or rissa¡¯s child.¡± ¡°You¡­¡± Adide was on the brink of despair as her pupils contracted greatly. She met Antonio¡¯s eyes and said vehemently, ¡°You are really pushing me to the brink of death!¡± Her words were like a sharp knife piercing Antonio¡¯s heart. He felt something inside him tremble. This was the second time that Adide was using death to threaten him, but for some reason, it was still very disturbing for him. She wanted to die? No way! ¡°Push you to the brink of death? So what?¡± He was ovee with fury as he howled while he pinched Adide¡¯s chin, ¡°Bring up death again, and I would really skin you after your death and make sure you would never enjoy peace in your afterlife!¡± However, Adide no longer put up any resistance. She just stared straight into Antonio¡¯s eyes. For whatever reason, while taking in Adide¡¯s stubborn disposition, Antonio could only feel his anger surging like the volcano. It was erupting non-stop. Was this woman nning to oppose him using the same way every time? Did she really think that she could win over him? All of a sudden, his hand which was grabbing Adide¡¯s chin suddenly lost all its strength. He had let go for some reason. ¡°I can let you off the hook.¡± A cruel smile was ying around his lips as he said that. This atrocious expression really frightened Adide. ¡°Are you for real?¡± She asked doubtfully. She could no longer trust this man. He must have something up his sleeve which was devastating to her. ¡°However, you have to abort your child in your belly. From now on, you can¡¯t go anywhere anymore. You can only stay put and stand by. If rissa needs your blood, you have to go to the hospital immediately to donate your blood!¡± As expected, his remaining words plunged her into the depths of hell instantly. Adide widened her eyes incredulously, and tears broke free of her eyes as she gaped at Antonio hopelessly. ¡°No way!¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have a word in this!¡± Antonio suddenly strangled her, ¡°You can¡¯t have this child no matter what!¡± He made sure that there was no further room of discussion about this matter. Shortly after, Adide felt her heart slowly wither away. Just as Antonio was clutching Adide and was about to drag her to the hospital, a new voice sounded out of nowhere, ¡°Stop right there!¡± Chapter 7 How Dare You? Chapter 7 How Dare You? A hoarse and powerful voice pierced through the air and immediately captured their attention. Antonio who was ovee with anger subconsciously let go of Adide as he looked in the direction of the source of that powerful voice. ¡°Grandma, why are you here?¡± A trace of doubt crossed his face. In response to Antonio suddenly letting go of her, Adide who was already weak in the first ce plopped to the floor like a cotton bud. She heaved a sigh of relief as if she had been hoping for this to happen all along. All of a sudden, Antonio¡¯s face was swept over by a vague expression. The olddy whose name was Hermosa was standing at the door and she was approaching them with the help of her cane and helped Adide up to her feet. She examined Adide¡¯s lethargic face and shook her head sympathetically, ¡°My dear, you have suffered a lot!¡± She then turned around and faced Antonio, ¡°You ungrateful child, you are able to marry such a nice wife thanks to the Baron family yet you are squandering this opportunity!¡± The olddy was reprimanding Antonio vehemently as she helped Adide to the side safely. At the same time, she was hammering her cane on Antonio¡¯s body to make her opinion clear. ¡°Grandma!¡± Antonio¡¯s expression was pretty hideous at the moment, but even he wouldn¡¯t dare to refute his grandmother. He didn¡¯t shy away from her beatings at all. He just stood rooted to the spot as Hermosa continued to whip her cane at him. While he was being beaten up, he slightly cocked his head and eyed Adide. Did this woman learn how to be calctive? She even knew to implore someone else to help with her situation. Adide only felt a disgusting shudder swept through her body. She immediately hugged her knees and curled up into a ball. She was shivering with fear. She had known long ago that she could never hide everything from Antonio, and he would definitely be angry after learning about this fact. However, there was nothing that Adide could do since she was never someone important in the family. The only one willing to side with her was only the grandmother. ¡°Why are you ring at her?¡± When she saw Antonio¡¯s gaze and Adide¡¯s shrunken figure, Hermosa hammered her cane at Antonio¡¯s body once again. ¡°Let me warn you, putting aside the fact that Adide is pregnant now, even if she isn¡¯t pregnant, I will still skin you alive if you dare to harm her in any way!¡± ¡°You are really sinful. Not only you didn¡¯t take care of your own wife well, you even pay attention on those messy girls out there. You are really an embarrassment to the Baron family!¡± Hermosa continued to berate Antonio while hitting him with her cane. Both Antonio and Adide knew who Hermosa was referring to and they knew that she was never fond of rissa in the first ce. In an instant, Antonio¡¯s expression became uglier than earlier. Hermosa was just not trying to scare him with his empty threats; she was actually hitting Antonio¡¯s body without reservation. Part of his skin was already bruised because of her beating but Hermosa seemed like she was not nning to let up. Antonio continued to stay there motionless without uttering a word as he continued to endure her beating with a grave expression. He was being brought up by Hermosa since he was young, so she had contributed to his sess of today. Therefore, it was only natural that he always had immense respect for Hermosa. That was why he never dared to oppose her no matter what she had done. Finally, Adide couldn¡¯t stand the sight anymore as she mbered forward to stop Hermosa. ¡°Grandma, stop hitting him. He will always be fine, but what if you are injured¡­¡± Seeing that Adide was imploring her, Hermosa paused slightly before deciding to stop her actions. She let out a helpless sigh after that. ¡°My dear, it is precisely because of your softness that this ungrateful child has be more and more outrageous. If I don¡¯t teach him a lesson now, he would never learn of his mistakes!¡± However, Adide shook her head animatedly, ¡°That¡¯s not true, he has been treating me very well. It was my fault for provoking his anger¡­¡± As she said that, a bitter smile appeared at the corner of her lips. Wasn¡¯t she right about this? He was always nice towards her and he was always an image of excellence and kindness in her heart. Or else, she would never fall heads over heels for him for so many years. ¡°Don¡¯t try to spout such fake words!¡± When she finished her sentence, Antonio cut her off abruptly and coldly. ¡°Trying to be so hard-headed again?¡± Hermosa was immediately enraged once again. She red at Antonio and her gaze sessfully rendered him speechless, not daring to argue with her anymore. Hermosa was in their presence for a long time, but in the end, this was still Antonio and Adide¡¯s T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. house. She couldn¡¯t help but let out a sigh and gave Adide a piece of advice. If Antonio were to bully Adide, she were to inform Hermosa of such happenings. She would swoop over immediately to teach him a lesson. Adide replied with a bitter smile but she knew very well that there would be no next time after this. This would be thest time Antonio would endure like this. He wouldn¡¯t let her gain the upper hand like this again ever again. As long as she could preserve the child in her belly, Adide wouldn¡¯t care about anything else. On the other hand, Antonio continued to stand rooted to the spot without even making a sound. Finally, Hermosa made sure once again that her thoughts were clear. If something were to happen to the child in Adide¡¯s stomach, she even imed that she also didn¡¯t want to continue living anymore. She finally left after casting a re at Antonio. However, as soon as Hermosa left, Antonio abruptly pushed Adide and she stumbled onto the sofa. ¡°How dare you tell grandma about this?¡± Chapter 8 A Display of Power Chapter 8 A Disy of Power ¡°I¡­ Antonio, listen to me.¡± Adide covered her belly protectively, afraid that the enraged Antonio would suddenly kick her. She licked her chapped lips while begging with a cracked voice. She knew very well that Hermosa could only save her this once time. Once Hermosa was not around her anymore, her situation would return to its original misery. At the moment, she was like a pitiful existence, and Hermosa was her only hope. ¡°You want me to listen to you?¡± He replied with a sneer. Antonio¡¯s gaze swept over Adide¡¯s belly which was covered by her hands. He was fixating his gaze on her hand so intently as if her bony fingers were being put under a microscope. Her protective stance only angered him even more as he suddenly grabbed her hand covering her belly and asked fiercely, ¡°What, are you really that protective of this illegitimate child?¡± ¡°He¡¯s not an illegitimate child. Antonio, he¡¯s our child.¡± One of Adide¡¯s hand was perched on top of the sofa while her other hand was being squeezed by him. She almost felt like her bones were going to shatter into pieces, but what rendered her hopeless the most was his very expression at the moment which looked like he was going to devour her at any moment. She still couldn¡¯t understand her mistakes. Was it so wrong to love all of him? Was it wrong to marry him? The more she thought about this, the more wronged she felt, and tears started to trickle down her cheeks as she couldn¡¯t hold them back anymore. She was crying again! He was tired of dealing with this kind of wailing women. At least he would still spare his efforts to console rissa, but when she saw Adide¡¯s saddened face, it was as if the impatient inner beast within him had awakened. He roared, ¡°Stop crying!¡± At the same time, he actually had a sense of empathy for some reason, and even he wouldn¡¯t know who he was harbouring such feelings for. At that moment, Adide said, ¡°Antonio! Have you forgotten Hermosa¡¯s words just now?¡± Adide gnashed her teeth and swiftly retrieved her hand from his grip while he was in a daze momentarily. She was no longer hesitant as she said coldly, ¡°It¡¯s fine if you hit me. But if the child in my belly is gone, I will definitely let Hermosa know about this! By that time, let¡¯s see if she could ept this news in stride.¡± ¡°You!¡± Antonio raised his hands up looking like he was going to p her across her cheeks, but suddenly, his palm curled into a fist and he chose to vent his anger by punching the edges of the sofa. ¡°You bitch, you are really a scheming bitch. To add fuel to the fire, grandma is actually siding with you.¡± Antonio could only feel his anger surging once again after he heard her words. Adide stopped talking at this point as her goal had been met. There was no point in further provoking him after this, since it would do nobody any good. She only needed to leave some private space and time for Antonio to cool his head down. If he could even mull over what Hermosa had said, then there would be hope for her and her impending child. In the end, Hermosa was still a very important figure in his heart. He continued to gaze at her while remaining silent. Ever so slightly, Antonio finally regained his warning, deep down in his heart he understood that he had toply with his grandmother since she was already at an advanced age at the moment. This despicable woman, did she really think that she could do whatever she wanted by bringing someone whom he cherished into the fray? Antonio took long strides and stopped in front of Adide. Her pitiful expression would only invite his beating sooner orter. He grabbed Adide¡¯s face and warned her in a serious tone, ¡°Do you think that I will be intimidated by you if you mention grandma? Adide, I will make it clear now, I will definitely let you feel pangs of regretter on for threatening me today!¡± Of course, she believed his words. In the past, she had thought that he was the best, but reality had painted her another entirely different image. Not only this man never loved her, he even hated her a lot. ¡°Antonio, just let me go, alright? If you never love me, then¡­ I¡¯ll stop loving you as well!¡± At present, Adide could only feel very stressful about everything. The fairy tale in her mind would never turn into reality. After everything that had happened, she could only feel an endless exhaustion. She even wanted to die so that she didn¡¯t have to face this heartless and cold man anymore. At the mention of her not loving him anymore, Antonio somehow felt his heart twitch inexplicably. He couldn¡¯t figure out what was going on in his head, but his heart began to race when he realized that Adide had decided ¡°not to love him anymore.¡± He removed his hand which was holding her chin and a flustered look could be seen on his face. At that moment, Adide didn¡¯t notice his strange expression. She caressed her belly and felt the T¨ºxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org. warmth radiating from within. This new life was giving her hope at the moment. She must stay strong for her child¡¯s sake! ¡°You are dreaming if you really think that I will just let you go like that. Since you¡¯ve already married me, I will always be the one calling the shots here. You are always my pawn in this game.¡± Adide mistakenly thought that he was calling her his wife due to all the plethora of emotions coursing through her. However, when she raised her head and met his eyes, all she could see were endless venom. He was probablying up with something to ruin her life again! As Adide entertained such thought in her mind, a sour bitterness welled up from within her. Antonio examined her face and saw that she had a sense of resignation on her face. He then shed a smile satisfactory, thinking that this was how Adide should behave in front of him. The corner of his lips lifted into a charming smile as he said, ¡°Adide, if you listen to me and abort the child, I will really let you go this time.¡± ¡°No thanks.¡± She replied faintly while making clear her intentions of not wanting to continue this scuffle. She couldn¡¯t pass out again no matter what since there was a possibility that Antonio would immediately send her to do the abortion if she passed out again! Her priority at the moment was to keep herself healthy. She couldn¡¯t count on Da either. Adide turned around and started walking towards the kitchen. A few seconds psed before Antonio realized that she had actually left him hanging here. What tricks was sheing up with now? Antonio frowned. In his impression, Adide only knew how to follow him from behind. She always watched his broad back from afar. The next morning, Adide woke up to the absence of Antonio in the house. Surprisingly, Da was humming some kind of melody while cooking the breakfast. ¡°Da, is Hermosaing overter?¡± Adide was wearing a loose-fitting pyjamas and her had was tied up into a ponytail. She looked like a middle-school student at the moment. Da eyed her from the corner of her eyes and replied with exasperation, ¡°No, we are having another guestter, but there isn¡¯t any extra food for you. You need to cook yourself.¡± The dining table was full of various dishes, and Adide was sure that even if a football team suddenly arrived, they would have enough food too. Nevertheless, Adide knew very well that Da was always biased towards her, so she only nodded without saying anything while strutting in the kitchen. The sink area was littered with all types of leftovers and all the tes and pots were left unwashed. Da smiled in her direction, ¡°Oh, I¡¯m really sorry, we don¡¯t have the habit of washing up all the utensils before a meal. Why not you wait the young master finish his meal first before cooking for yourself?¡± Although her words were apologetic, she never intended to sound sorry at all. Before Adide could answer, Antonio flung open the door and rissa was behind him! He carefully helped her to walk properly while dangling some of her luggage with his other hand, ¡°Da, put rissa¡¯s stuff into my room.¡± ¡°Antonio, isn¡¯t that inappropriate?¡± rissa drooped her head shyly. Antonio thumbed her nose and replied, ¡°You foolish girl, you are going to take care of your pregnant body here from now on!¡± Chapter 9 The Birth of a ‘Great Actress’ Chapter 9 The Birth of a ¡®Great Actress¡¯ Not wanting to witness them showing off their love, she turned around and was about to go back to her room. At that moment, rissa smiled and walked closer to Adide and held her hand intimately, ¡°Adide, you haven¡¯t had your breakfast right? Shall we eat together?¡± ¡°No thanks, Da didn¡¯t leave a lot of food behind.¡± Adide retracted her hands and subconsciously took a few steps back. ¡°Are you implying that I¡¯ve snatched away the things that should belong to you?¡± Adide sighed and tried to get ustomed to rissa who was no pushover. In order not to worsen her own image in Antonio¡¯s heart as a petty woman, she could only nod and maintain the good rapport between the three of them! At the dining table, rissa wanted to disy the reliable side of her so she kept sending food to Adide¡¯s te while scooping some porridge for Antonia. She was deliberately pretending to be humble as she continued to tter Adide. Adide on the other hand couldn¡¯t continue to be hypocritical, so when she saw that Antonio was not in a good mood, she decided to return to her room after just eating a few mouthfuls of the dishes. Fortunately, Antonio departed to thepany to work shortly after. She leaned against the window and watched his car slowly disappear into the distance, and the loneliness in her eyes were more and more amplified. Despite vowing not to be affected by Antonio¡¯s actions, when he really brought rissa home and was seen scooping up some nutritious food to her te, she still could feel her heart ache. Adide caressed her belly and felt grateful and reassured as long as this little guy still existed. She picked up the ¡°Notre Dame de Paris¡± book from the night table by her bed and settled herself of her room, and coincidentally she was basking in the warm glow as the light shone on where she was sitting. The warmth was really invigorating. Adide didn¡¯t want her thoughts to wander to things rted to Antonio and rissa, so she held the book eagerly as if it was a precious thing and continued where she had stoppedst time. In an instant, she was immediately pulled into the story. ¡°This room is not bad, and it is bright enough. Da, I¡¯ll choose this room.¡± Adide was immersed in her books without even noticing that rissa and Da was already scouring in her room. Da nodded in approval and she immediately strode towards Adide and poked her with obvious Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. reluctance while announcing coldly, ¡°Ms. rissa wants this room, I think you should go stay in another room.¡± ¡°No way, this room belongs to Antonio and me.¡± rissa let out a chuckle while sitting on the bed, ¡°Antonio told me that I need to bask in sunlight from time to time and eat more nutritious food since my body is weak, unlike you who is as strong as a bull even though you are pregnant. Based on my observation, this room is exposed to the most amount of sunlight, so you shouldn¡¯t be so petty and should just empty it for me.¡± She kept rambling about this but Adide didn¡¯t care much as cast a nce in her direction. She shut her book loudly while insisting, ¡°I have told you that I won¡¯t let you have this room!¡± Seeing that she wasn¡¯t going to change her mind, rissa was finally enraged! She forcefully pushed back her surging anger and said in a gentle tone to Da, ¡°Da, you haven¡¯t seen your grandchildren for a long time, right? There won¡¯t be anything here that needs your attention today, so I think you should pay them a visit.¡± As she said that, rissa produced a few red bank notes and her cheeks were somewhat flushed, ¡°Da, you can keep this. This is my way of thanking your for taking care of Antonio for such a long time, and now you also need to watch after me too. I really feel embarrassed to let you do that, so please buy some things for your grandchildren. This is the least I can do.¡± Da was mildly shocked by her actions. Although Adide would never simply lose her temper and she was much better than other youngdies from other wealthy families, she never gave her any money, and she definitely wasn¡¯t as friendly as rissa. She was a little flustered at the moment, ¡°Ms. rissa, the young master has been treating me very well, and it is my pleasure to take care of him. I ¡ªI¡ªI can¡¯t take these money, no way!¡± ¡°Da, are you feeling disdainful towards me because I¡¯m not Antonio¡¯s real wife? Are you reluctant to take my money because of that?¡± When Da heard this, she could no longer maintain her reservation. She immediately kept the money and disappeared like the wind. After making sure that Da was finally gone, rissa let her anger boil over as she swept everything on Adide¡¯s desk to the floor while howling rudely, ¡°Adide, who do you think you are? You will do as I say!¡± ¡°Does Antonio know that you¡¯re such a hot-tempered bitch?¡± Adide red at her coldly while thinking that those items rissa had toppled over were just her cosmetic products which she rarely used normally. Since she was pregnant now, it was better for her just to cut them off entirely. ¡°Stop bringing up Antonio¡¯s name in front of me, do you think that you¡¯re worthy to even mention his name? If Antonio really care about you, do you think that he would still allow me to move into this house? Adide, how can you be so naive and simple even after all those years?¡± rissa was pointing at Adide while her chest heaving because of anger. ¡°rissa, you¡¯ve sessfully moved into the Baron family¡¯s residence, but this room still belongs to Antonio and me. I will neverpromise!¡± Adide was determined in her effort and decided to defend thisst standing space that contained Antonio¡¯s and her memories. She would never let rissa invade into this space! ¡°Alright, alright! Adide, you are really something!¡± rissa was starting to stammer as her face was now distorted because of anger. Apanied by a loud sound, rissa threw Adide¡¯s nket and sheets to the floor. Her fierce look right now was a far cry from her normal image as a pregnant woman. Adide wanted to stop her, but she was shocked by rissa¡¯s grotesque expression. ¡°Adide, you are a bitch! Why do you want to take away what belongs to me?¡± As rissa continued to curse at Adide, she smashed every item visible to her eyes all on the floor. Every ss container and bottle was broken into pieces and the shards were scattered on the floor. ¡°rissa, if you don¡¯t get out of here now, I will tell Antonio about your antics. If he knows that you are just a shrew, what do you think his reaction would be?¡± Adide was really afraid that rissa would destroy all of her books and her precious collection, so she immediately stood in her way to give her a warning. rissa snorted coldly, ¡°Do you think that Antonio would believe your words? Da has been sent away by me, so nobody would believe your words.¡± Adide finally understood the reason rissa had given Da some money. She red at rissa ruthlessly as rissa was also ring at her with murderous eyes. While they were at a deadlock, Antonio¡¯s voice suddenly sounded from somewhere far away downstairs. ¡°Are you still not nning to leave yet? Do you really want me to tell Antonio about this?¡± Adide frowned as she was trying to avoid any meaningless scuffle with this person. As long as rissa didn¡¯t go overboard with her actions, Adide thought that she could continue to put up with her. At that moment, rissa didn¡¯t immediately leave, but instead she hastily poured some of the remnants of the cosmetic products on the floor on her shirt, and before Adide could react, she broke into a wail, ¡°Adide, I¡¯m in the wrong here. I admit that I have smashed everything in the room!¡± ¡°Adide, please hit me, but don¡¯t touch the child in my belly!¡± Antonio was already outside the room at that moment, and the moment he opened the door, rissa immediately bumped into him. She looked up at him with teary eyes and at the sight of Antonio, she immediately began crying as if she had been wronged greatly. Antonio stumbled upon the mess in the room, and he couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°What is going on?¡± ¡°Adide is trying to kill my child!¡± Chapter 10 The Winner of Oscar Best Actress Award Chapter 10 The Winner of Oscar Best Actress Award ¡°What did you say?¡± Antonio¡¯s brows furrowed greatly. He was only able to understand some fragments of rissa¡¯sints, but after taking in the messy room and Adide¡¯s furious expression, he could guess what was going on. ¡°Sob¡­ Antonio, I want to go home!¡± rissa was glued to Antonio¡¯s huge frame like an octopus and she sounded like she had just experienced something very unfortunate. She was screaming in between her wails. Antonio shot a sharp gaze at Adide. Adide was stunned as she still couldn¡¯t wrap her head around rissa¡¯s act at the moment. She stared at Antonio and said helplessly, ¡°I didn¡¯t do any of that.¡± ¡°rissa, you can stop crying now. This is your home, where else could you go?¡± Antonio had to try hard to pluck rissa off his body beforeforting her calmly. ¡°Really?¡± rissa raised her head and asked with her big watery eyes in between sobs. Antonio nodded simply. rissa finally stopped crying and began to exin, ¡°Antonio, I was just induced by my pregnancy. Besides, ording to a show I watched, it¡¯s good for a pregnant woman to bask in sunlight, but Adide only thought that I was trying to take away this room. She had said that the reason you guys are not getting along was because of me, and she also said¡­¡± ¡°What did she say?¡± ¡°She also said that once the child in my belly is gone, you will return to her side.¡± Adide¡¯s body shuddered visibly, not expecting that rissa would be such a good liar. She shook her head vehemently while Antonio was slowly inching closer towards her. There were no words that could perfectly describe the storm brewing on his face. ¡°It¡¯s not like what she has said.¡± Adide couldn¡¯t exin herself clearly, and one of her hands was caressing her belly while the other was tugging at Antonio¡¯s jacket. Antonio suddenly flung Adide to one side, and she lost her bnce and crashed onto the bed. Behind Antonio, she could see that rissa was revealing a smirk on her face. Adide gnashed her teeth hard, thinking that Antonio would never believe her again no matter what she said! rissa felt like she was done enjoying the scene in front of her. Then, she carefully inched towards Antonio and pretended to be virtuous, ¡°Antonio, Adide is right. It¡¯s all my fault and your shirt is dirtied by me too. Take it off, I will wash it for you.¡± Antonioplied with her while his gaze stopped at rissa¡¯s chest. A tter of numerous colour had hardened and was an obvious stain on her white shirt. ¡°You, wash her clothes.¡± Antonio didn¡¯t hesitate to pull Adide up from the bed while dishing out an order to her. ¡°No!¡± ¡°There¡¯s no need for that!¡± Adide and rissa both spoke at the same time. Antonio was even more furious as he said, ¡°Look at your sister, Adide. Why are both of you so different when you both have the same father? If I were him, I would be suspicious about the fact that you are my daughter.¡± Antonio¡¯s words deeply hurt Adide. She had never been suspicious about her mother, but she had to admit that his words had hurt her deeply. Adide drooped her head and her eyes werepletely wet because of her overflowing tears. She couldn¡¯t even see Antonio clearly now but she still nodded, ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll wash it.¡± Her voice was trembling and her brain was in aplete mess. She had tried to persuade herself not to harbour any hopes towards this man, but in the end she still couldn¡¯t really do that. She had to wait until the moment hended a hard p on her to reaffirm the fact that he never really loved her. Adide raised her head once again and she also wiped away her tears. She bravely met Antonio¡¯s eyes and began, ¡°rissa is bearing your child, and I¡¯m bearing your child too, but why you can¡¯t believe me? Since you covet this room so much, I will move out for your sake!¡± She was lowering her stance in front of rissa, and it was also a sign of sumbing to fate. Antonio was her husband, and she was bearing his child too. However, what could that fact help her in this This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. situation?¡± ¡°Adide, I¡ªI didn¡¯t know what mistake I have made. Although getting some sunlight is good for pregnant woman, but you are also pregnant too in hindsight. I never wanted to take away your room in the first ce.¡± She drooped her head bitterly and she resembled a pitiful woman who had just been bullied. After sniffing slightly, she continued, ¡°Adide, no matter who is your child¡¯s father, I am still your younger sister. I never wanted to hurt you, so can you not try to hurt my child?¡± rissa¡¯s words shot straight through Antonio¡¯s heart, and before he could fly into a rage, Adide suddenly chuckled, ¡°Do you actually believe her? Right, she is right all along. I wanted to hurt her and her child in the first ce. You can call the police to get me arrested. Let alone this room, I will give up everything to her. Come on.¡± At that moment, Antonio¡¯s heart was burning like crazy, and his breath was getting more and more ragged. He couldn¡¯t understand this sensation at all. He instinctivelyshed out and held Adide¡¯s hand. Adide looked at him with utter shock in her eyes. That¡¯s right, it had been a long time since he had held her hand. Her hand used to be fleshy in the past, but now it was skeletal at best. He could enclose her tiny and fragile handpletely within his palm. He looked into Adide¡¯s confused eyes and immediately retracted his hand. After letting out a cough, he said mockingly, ¡°Nobody wants to move into a room you have been staying in previously. This room is in such a mess.¡± After finishing his sentence, without paying any heed to both of them who were shocked beyond words, he led rissa out of the room. ¡°rissa, there are other rooms with better lighting. Let me show you.¡± Antonio¡¯s gentle voice could be heard in the corridor. Adide could only feel an immense sourness assaulting her nose. Her tears finally broke free of her eyes. At that moment, Antonio¡¯s phone rang. He took it out and his face immediately became serious, ¡°Where is Da? Ask her to bring you there.¡± rissa recalled that she had just sent Da away. She mumbled a response and asked tentatively, ¡°Da said that she wanted to see her grandchildren, so I have allowed her to go home on my own volition. You wouldn¡¯t me me, would you?¡± Antonio recalled that Da hadn¡¯t been home for a long time because of his matters. Since she had been taking care of his life at home for many years, Antonio actually showed an apologetic expression as he replied, ¡°No, you have done a good job.¡± After that, he turned around and disappeared into his study to answer the call. rissa who was still rooted to the spot watched Antonio moved away and cursed secretly, ¡°Adide is really a bitch. She didn¡¯t forget to mention that thing about the child. Antonio might find out the truth sooner orter.¡± Earlier on, Adide had actually went along with her act and admitted to have intentions of hurting rissa, yet Antonio didn¡¯t even hit her as punishment. He instead decided to let her keep the room. At the thought of Adide, rissa¡¯s face distorted with anger. rissa was really resentful towards her. In the end, it was still that old hag¡¯s fault. If it were not for her, Adide would have be her ¡°portable blood bank¡± now. She stomped the floor and vowed to herself, ¡°There is still a lot of time left. One day, I will make sure you suffer at my hands.¡± She then headed to a room next to Adide¡¯s hesitantly. Although this room wasn¡¯t basked in as much sunlight coupled with the absence of a balcony and a arm-chair, it was still a decent room. rissa could onlypromise with it and stayed there for the time being. Chapter 11 The Hatred is Growing Chapter 11 The Hatred is Growing The next day morning, Adide heard rissa making a loud noise vaguely outside. Adide had witnessed rissa¡¯s movie-king like acting skills. She turned over and was about to continue sleeping. ¡°Antonio, I feel bad. I couldn¡¯t even stand firm!¡± Adide jumped up reflexively. She knew that rissa was saying this to have her ¡°donate blood¡±. Adide didn¡¯t even put on her shoes. She rushed out of her bed and was about to lock the door. Unexpectedly, Antonio turned the doorknob at the same time. The moment he opened the door, he saw Adide stood at the door in panic. She didn¡¯t put on her shoes and her hands held the doorknob. He expression froze abruptly. He asked though he already knew the answer, ¡°What are you doing!¡± Adide¡¯s body trembled. She spoke as she shivered, ¡°Antonio, Antonio. Please don¡¯t make me donate my blood. I beg you.¡± She could only plead with him. Hearing that, Antonio¡¯s expression darkened, ¡°Since you heard it, thene out right now.¡± Antonio grabbed her wrist. Thetter, as expected, kept retreating. He frowned and his look was as cold as ice, ¡°That¡¯s your sister. How can you be so indifferent!¡± Adide was going to exin, but another noise came from the inside. However, the person who spoke changed. Da had a feeling for the baby in rissa¡¯s belly, which was considered to be the legitimate baby of Antonio. Along with the money she received yesterday, Da nowpletely changed her side to help rissa, ¡°Master, pleasee! Ms. rissa passed out.¡± ¡°Go!¡± Da¡¯s words tugged thest string of Antonio¡¯s heart. He no longer wasted time on Adide and stepped behind the door, taking away Adide¡¯s hand from the doorknob. Regardless of whether she agreed or not, he dragged her all the way to rissa¡¯s room. At this moment, the family doctors and the nurses were already waiting next to rissa¡¯s bed. The new nurse walked fast to Adide. Seeing thetter was not willing to donate blood, sheforted, ¡°Hi, an adult can donate 200-400ml of blood each time. We will only take 200ml, which will not have any affect on you.¡± ¡°No! Antonio, don¡¯t. I am also carrying your baby!¡± Adide didn¡¯t give up pleading. Antonio didn¡¯t even hesitate. His hand on her applied even more forces. A word came out of his mouth coldly, ¡°Now!¡± The needle in the nurse¡¯s hand just prated through Adide¡¯s skin and some blood oozed out. Her eyes widened and after a moment, she fell down straightly. When she woke up again, she found herself already back into the room. She didn¡¯t know whether 200ml of blood was taken from her. She raised her arm and saw the white bandage. She recalled carefully, but she found her memory lost after seeing the blood. She swallowed the saliva and the dry taste spread in her mouth. It wasn¡¯t until now that she realized that she didn¡¯t brush her teeth or wash her face. It was lucky that she didn¡¯t feel very weak. Adide got off her bed with her teeth gritted. She went into the bathroom to tidy herself. If not the white bandage on her arm, perhaps she would think that she just had a nightmare. She wanted to drink some water, but there was no drinking water upstairs. She could only go downstairs for water with her cup in hands. Antonio and rissa were eating. rissa saw Adide with her sharp eyes. The former immediately pretended to copse into Antonio¡¯s arms weakly, ¡°Antonio, I am still dizzy!¡± Since Antonio didn¡¯t take Adide¡¯s blood, he felt guilty towards rissa. He asked Da to buy anything that could replenish blood for a pregnant woman. As he heard that rissa was dizzy, he asked nervously, ¡°How are you feeling? Do I need to call the doctors back?¡± What could the doctors do? She couldn¡¯t do anything even though she held intense hatred in her heart. ¡°No need. It¡¯s too troublesome. It¡¯s all my fault. My body is so weak. I¡¯d better eat more supplement.¡± Her sensible words made Antonio quite happy. He especially picked some food that could replenish All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. blood for her to eat. ¡°Bang!¡± The ss cup in Adide¡¯s hand fell on the ground. Seeing Antonio pick food for rissa, Adide had already felt extremely tortured. Today, she saw rissa leaning in his arms again, and he picked food for her to eat. The two¡¯s faces were upied with happy smiles. She had never felt herself to be so redundant! Adide looked at them nkly. Meanwhile, they were looking at her as well. rissa got up from Antonio¡¯s arms and she said in a soft voice, ¡°Adide, you¡¯re awake. It¡¯s all my fault. My body bes so bad after being pregnant. I am so sorry to make you pass out too. Come and eat with us.¡± Adide¡¯s face went pale. Her throat felt like being filled with lead. She couldn¡¯t make any sound no matter how she tried. She tried her best to hold her tears and shook her head! Antonio snorted, ¡°What makes a trash qualified to eat!¡± Trash? Didn¡¯t he already make her donate blood to rissa? Adide didn¡¯t want to argue with him anymore. She knelt down to pick up the sses on the floor. ¡°Ah!¡± Adide was thinking about Antonio and her hands were picking up the broken sses. No wonder her hand was stabbed by the sses. She took a cold breath as a long and deep wound was cut open at her index finger. She hurriedly put her finger into the mouth. Antonio clearly saw the wound on her hand, he yelled agitatedly, ¡°Da, Da. What¡¯ going on with you? Didn¡¯t you see Adide¡¯s ss dropped on the ground? Didn¡¯t you know how to clean that up? Are you blind?¡± Antonio¡¯s angry rebuke made Da bent down to clean carefully, but she hated Adide even more. It was rare for Antonio to be so mad at her normally, but this time was because Adide who embarrassed her. Da had cursed Adide¡¯s ancestors for many times. rissa walked to them at the appropriate time. She first held Adide up and said to Da with a smile, ¡°Da, Adide broke the cup carelessly. Sorry to trouble you. Please clean the floor thoroughly so that nobody will step on the sses.¡± Her words showed her status as a real hostess in the house and also helped not to embarrass Da. Da, thedy from a vige, now liked rissa even more and she hoped rissa to be Antonio¡¯s wife. ¡°I am sorry. I don¡¯t feel well. I am going back.¡± Adide got rid of rissa¡¯s hand and scurried back to her room. ¡°Come back to eat. Leave her alone!¡± After Adide¡¯s interlude, Antonio had lost his interest in caring rissa. What upied his mind now was Adide¡¯s cut hand and the cup that was broken by her. She must be thirsty ande downstairs for water? Antonio thought disorderly. His brain was like being tangled with a ball of string, which was entirely chaotic. rissa looked at Antonio who kept frowning. She knew that Antonio must be thing that bitch. Just now, the needle had already stabbed into Adide¡¯s vein, but Antonio still carried her back to the room when she passed out and didn¡¯t make her donate blood anymore. rissa¡¯s grabbed her leg furiously. She said in her heart: Adide, I hate you! Chapter 12 Its Good to Have a Strong Background Chapter 12 It''s Good to Have a Strong Background Adide cleaned the room. Da had already be rissa¡¯s supporter, chasing behind rissa all the time. Now she looked more like a dog instead of a human. Nevertheless, in this way, Adide didn¡¯t have to worry. In order to maintain her figure as a reasonable and virtuous woman, rissa would still be polite to Adide. Now she could feel happy as long as she touched her belly. This was probably the connection between the mother and the son. Adide liked this feeling very much. Da didn¡¯t prepare food for her deliberately. She would walk to the supermarket to buy lots of milk and supplement. As long as she told others that she was pregnant and paid some money, there would always be some kind people who helped her carry the stuffs to the cab. After they finished eating, Adide would make her own food and wash the dishes. Her life was very content and happy. After the meals, she would make herself a cup of hot milk, and she felt that she looked fatter in front of the mirror. This day Antonio woke up early and went to thepany and Da went to buy stuffs. There were only Adide and rissa in the house. After heating up the milk, Adide didn¡¯t want to talk to rissa at all, so she went back to the room in a hurry. Before she drank the milk, the door was knocked. She knew who it was without guessing. When there was nobody, the two¡¯s daily routine was quarreling and throwing things around. The doctor said the first three months of pregnancy was especially important. A careless move might lead to miscarriage. The baby was the only hope that she kept being strong. She was toozy to argue with the person outside. Adide thought the person outside would understand the silence and leave when she lost interest. However, Adide really underestimated her sister¡¯s skill as a shrew. She heard the ear-piercing yelling from outside, ¡°Adide, I know you are in there. How dare you keep staying in Antonio¡¯s house with an illegitimate child in your belly.¡± ¡°How dare you stay here after cheating on him.¡± ¡°Adide, your bitch-like mother gave birth to a little bitch like you. Now you are pregnant with an illegitimate child.¡± Her mother was treated unjustly. Adide always believed in this. Adide could withstand the insults on her, but she could not ept someone else to curse her mother and the child in her belly. Adide sat up from the sofa and walked to the bedside table, searching within. She then picked up a red book and walked to the door. She opened the door and showed the red book. ¡°rissa, first of all, I am Antonio¡¯s legitimate spouse and you¡¯re just a mistress. Whether or not the child in your belly is Antonio¡¯s remains to be investigated. Even if it is, the baby is illegitimate. Second, this is my house. Atst, my mother and the child in my belly are innocent.¡± Her pale face became red after saying all those words, but her eyes were so clear that rissa could neverpare with her. ¡°Innocent? If so, why would dad bring you to do the DNA test back then, instead of suspecting me?¡± rissa¡¯s face was full of blushed rage the moment she saw the marriage certificate. ¡°You!¡± This is the disgrace in Adide¡¯s life as well as thergest wound. Being doubted by her biological father was such a great pain. Although she told herself that it was nothing and rissa would only use those mean measures to uncover her wound, yet she still couldn¡¯t look straight into this ridiculous past every time when she heard about it. Seeing this, rissa said with a smile, ¡°What? Nothing to say? As the saying goes: there¡¯s no wave without the wind. It¡¯s your mother who¡¯s bitching and now so is her daughter¡ª Stealing someone else¡¯s husband and walk tall.¡± ¡°You!¡± ¡°What you? Bitch. You¡¯re just an illegitimate child who¡¯s pregnant with another illegitimate child!¡± p! Adide threw away the marriage certificate and pped on rissa¡¯s left face. The thick powder on her face dropped along with the wind as though the white snow falling to the ground and sticking to Adide¡¯s palm. ¡°How dare you beat me!¡± Before she responded, she was pped. The move was so fast and forceful that her left face reddened immediately. This p was really powerful. Adide sniffed and warned her seriously, ¡°This p is just a reminder for you. It will not be that simple next time.¡± rissa was used to the Adide who was soft and good-tempered and now she couldn¡¯t believe what just happened. After a while, rissa recovered from the shock and felt the burning on her face. It wasn¡¯t until now that she realized that she was actually beaten by Adide! When would she be bullied normally? No matter at home, at school or when marrying, Adide would suck all the insults and be submissive to her. The feeling of pain made her break out! ¡°You bastard! How dare you beat me!¡± She even saved the word ¡°bitch¡±, rissa directly poked the most painful spot of Adide¡¯s heart and raised her hand. Adide closed her eyes subconsciously, knowing that she couldn¡¯t dodge the p. A few seconds had passed, she didn¡¯t feel the pain on her face as she had imagined. Adide opened her eyes confusedly. This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. p! But the other side of rissa¡¯s face reddened at the moment. Chapter13 Hermosa Manfred’s Authority Hermosa Manfred¡¯s Authority Have to say that Hermosa Manfred¡¯s word was powerful. rissa Swift directly skipped the step to plead with Antonio Baron. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, grandma?¡± Antonio frowned and asked impatiently, but he didn¡¯t hold rissa nor say anything to let her stay. rissa sighed and was reluctant to give in to Hermosa. In her mind, she cursed both Hermosa Manfred and Adide Swift again and again. Finally, she pretended to be tender and said to Antonio, ¡°Antonio, it¡¯s my fault. I went to see my sister, however, her mood was bad and shouted at me that my child was a bastard. I got angry to hit her, then grandma came in and refused to hear my exnation. It¡¯s all my fault, I will leave now.¡± She walked towards the iron gate but her slow pace betrayed her. ¡°Grandma, you must have misunderstood rissa. Doesn¡¯t the woman sow discord?¡± After hearing Antonio defending for rissa, Hermosa got speechless and angry, then she hit his back with her crutch. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Antonio moved and dodged Hermosa¡¯s next hit. ¡°You¡¯re good-for-nothing. You married Adide but doesn¡¯t cherish her, and you even fool around with the bad woman. I am old but neither blind nor deaf. You get me so angry.¡± Hermosa was really angry. After taking a few breaths, she said again, ¡°Well, I will stay here for a few days. You dare to bully Adide again.¡± Antonio never dared to have any objections to Hermosa''s decision. He nodded and walked to patiently Hermosa warned before leaving, ¡°Treat Adide well, otherwise my crutch won¡¯t let you go.¡± Adide got nervous because she hadn¡¯t slept with Antonio for a long time. But this time it¡¯s not her who asked Hermosa toe here. Antonio nced at her coldly, hummed and then enter the bathroom. This eased the awkwardness between them. Adide took a long breath and began slowly adjusting her mood. ¡°Adide, where is my bathrobe?¡± Adide heard Antonio¡¯s disgruntled voice from the bathroom after sitting by the bed for a little while. As they hadn¡¯t slept together for a long time, his bathrobe had been This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. packed by Adide. ¡°Wait a minute, I will give it to you soon.¡± Adide said nervously. When Antonio stepped out of the bathroom, Adide stood up immediately. Afraid that Antonio would misunderstand, she exined in a low voice, ¡°Antonio, I didn¡¯t ask grandma toe.¡± Antonio looked at her and went directly to bed. Adide thought Antonio didn¡¯t believe. She also went to bed, holding his arm tightly with her hands and exining, ¡°It¡¯s really not me.¡± Antonio turned and looked into her big innocent eyes. Her pyjama is lovely and a little faded with cartoon doll patterns on it. He smelled a tantalizing aroma from her and immediately got ignited. He got up and pressed against her. Adide screamed. They hadn¡¯t have sex for a long time. Besides, she was even pregnant. She was afraid that Antonio would force her to have sex. Panic could be seen on her wless face, ¡°Antonio, please, don¡¯t do that!¡± ¡°Not?¡± Antonio snickered, reached out and hooked Adide''s chin, "Yes or no depends on you?" Then he flirted with her which surprised her. She screamed in a hurry without considering whether it¡¯s shameful , ¡°Grandma, grandma.¡± Unexpectedly, Hermosa was still waiting outside the door. ¡°Bad boy, I will embarrass you if you dare to bully Adide.¡± Upon hearing Adide¡¯s yelling, she immediately knocked the door with her crutch and shouted loudly. The two people in the room obviously didn''t expect Hermosa would still be there. Adide''s face instantly turned red like a cooked crab. Distracted by this episode, Antonio lost interest, turned over and went asleep alone. Not having heard more sounds except even breathing, Hermosa went back to her own bedroom with satisfaction. Managed to sleep with Antonio, Adide turned over and over again and failed to go asleep. Turning over to look at Antonio, the expression on his face was so soft with his eyes closed tightly and his mouth squeezed. In such a sleepless night, Adide began to reminisce endlessly about the past. Once she told herself not to care about Antonio and not to love him, but now looking at this harmless face, she still can''t help reminiscing about the past. Once is a word so far away, no one could go back to the past nor reach the future. She didn''t know when she started to keep an eye on Antonio. She remembered that she passed through nearly the whole campus just to peek him. She pulled Hanna Battle to run in everywhere of the campus just to run into him. Her favorite ss was PE, not because she liked sports but she could overlook the yground from her ssroom. When Antonio had PE sses, it¡¯s her happiest moment. As their PE teacher was the same one, their PE sses were staggered. So she could always see him when he had PE sses. She could easily found him among more than fifty people and then she couldn¡¯t move her eyes after that. She saw Antonio having long jump, doing radio gymnastics and ying basketball. However, she didn¡¯t know him liking her sister. If she knew that in the beginning, she couldn¡¯t love him anyway. Once Hanna said, ¡°Adide, just confess if you like him! Write him a love letter, give him gifts, encounter with him, aren¡¯t you afraid that he won¡¯t like you?¡± She did write love letters which she didn¡¯t send him and were still ced in the books. She did make confessions but she did it when encountering with him and he couldn¡¯t hear that. As for gifts, she also sent but she asked others to send and not to tell him who did. ¡°If I knew I can marry Antonio in the past, I should be very happy.¡± The sudden thought made Adide time. Before thinking about it clearly, she stretched out, and at this moment Antonio woke up suddenly and grabbed her hand. Chapter 14 Make a Little Progress Chapter 14 Make a Little Progress Adide felt her heartbeat seemed to stop. Looking at Antonio with big eyes in disbelief, she obviously didn''t expect him to wake up so timely. Antonio turned over and pressed against her. Looking at her with his deep eyes for a while, Antonio lowered his head and kissed her. ¡°He kissed me?¡± This thought shed in her mind, her eyes were as big as copper bells because she couldn''t believe it. ¡°Stupid woman, I said it many times, close your eyes when I kiss you.¡± ¡°Oh!¡± After hearing his word, she closed eyes idly ordingly. Soon she felt humid and hot. His lips was tender as imagined. With his tongue opened her teeth, the two people quickly got entangled. Adide let out a groan uncontrobly, then her face blushed as being roasted. After a lingering deep kiss, Antonio''s teeth gently bit on her lower lip, and slowly applied force until the person felt pain and screamed, her eyes seemed to shed tears. She didn''t understand what he meant. It was fine just now. What''s wrong? But it was sote, so she didn¡¯t want to call grandma again. She looked at Antonio aggrievedly, which satisfied Antonio very much. He let her lips go and whispered quietly, "This is a punishment for you being restless. Be careful that I will...you." Antonio omitted that word, but Adide immediately understood what he meant. While her little face was flushed, she nodded hard, indicating that she did not dare to. After getting Adide¡¯s answer, Antonio really didn¡¯t continue bullying her. Adide patted her chest, after ensuring that Antonio was not really angry and would not wake up suddenly, she also gradually fell asleep. Next morning, Da didn¡¯t dare to y tricks because of Hermosa. She ced a cup of hot milk before Adide¡¯s breakfast. As seeing Adide walked downstairs, she said respectfully, ¡°Mrs. Baron, breakfast is ready.¡± Adide hadn¡¯t adapted to her sudden change. After everyone arrived, Hermosa specially asked her aboutst night. Adide blushed uncontrobly when she thought of the scene of being kissed by Antonio. Fully noticed the series of her reactions, Hermosa was filled with joy thinking his grandchildren finally understood. ¡°Adide, Antonio is too thin, give him more food!¡± Adide would put food for Antonio long ago. Gradually she forgot the habit when their rtionship got bad and Antonio even would feel ufortable even sitting with her. After hearing Hermosa¡¯s word, Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. she immediately kept putting food into Antonio¡¯s bowl like a kid who did something wrong. Soon the bowl was full. Antonio couldn¡¯t eat that much so he pushed his bowl aside and helped himself. His behavior upset Hermosa, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Adide put food into your bowl because she cares for you. Eat up!¡± ¡°No!¡± Antonio rarely lost his temper like this. ¡°Grandma, it¡¯s fine, fine, he doesn¡¯t need to eat up.¡± Adide was afraid that grandma got more angry with him. ¡°Eat!¡± Hermosa¡¯s angry look even scared Antonio, he red at Adide and moved the bowl back reluctantly. A bite of vegetables! A bite of spinach! A bite of carrots! There is also arge piece of cauliflower. One can not imagine that even a person like Antonio would be fussy about food. Usually he would ask Da to cook his favorite food, but today grandma and Da got up early and bought some fresh vegetables in order to change his fussy habit. Of course Adide knew that he didn¡¯t like the food she put, but how could she miss the chance to embarrass Antonio? Adide couldn¡¯t helpughing when putting the food he disliked into his bowl, especially when he pushed them aside but Hermosa required him to eat up. Although she tried hard not tough, Adide¡¯s shoulders shook. In order not to let Antonio know her tricks, she pretended to be serious when putting food into his bowl. This time, she put his favorite food into his bowl and said in a trembling voice, ¡°Antonio, help yourself.¡± ¡°Hum!¡± Antonio thought she wasn¡¯t that bad. He put the piece of meat she gave into his mouth and ate it loudly. Obviously he regarded the meat as Adide. ¡°Grandma, you seem to lose weight, eat more.¡± She knew Hermosa had hyperlipidemia and Hermosa always couldn¡¯t lower it. The shredded pork with mushrooms on the table was also ced in front of the elderly, but keeping eating vegetables and avoiding eating meat made her almost like a rabbit. Adide put a piece of meat into the water to have a rinse and said embarrassedly, ¡°Grandma, doctor asked you to eat less meat as you have hyperlipidemia. Less doesn¡¯t mean absolutely not. Giving a rinse will make the meat contain less oil. I think eating a piece of meat is not a big problem.¡± Hermosa was also greedy. She nodded with a smile after hearing Adide¡¯s word, ¡°Yes, you are so considerate.¡± ¡°Hum, hypocritical.¡± Antonio was also d that Adide treated Hermosa well but he didn¡¯t want to reveal. Instead, he deliberately mocked Adide whatever she did. To embarrass her made him happy but he didn¡¯t know why. After hearing this word, Adide wasn¡¯t angry and even said with a smile, ¡°Yes, my fault. I forget to put food into your bowl. I remember your favorite food is fat,e on, eat some.¡± She picked up a piece of oily fat from the dishes. Antonio almost wanted to curse out, he didn¡¯t like fat at all. He thought she must be deliberate. He red at her but unexpectedly she ignored it and asked instead, ¡°Is it not enough?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s enough.¡± Antonio gritted his teeth and said three words. Looking at the fat in his bowl, he thought it¡¯s like the most difficult clients. He put the fat into his mouth slowly with a grim face and swallowed it at once without chewing. Then he drank lots of water. After breakfast, they returned the bedroom and Antonio locked the door and said with a blink, ¡°Good job, Adide.¡± Adideughed embarrassedly, ¡°Grandma asked me to put food for you, anything wrong?¡± ¡°Like ying tricks? I will keep youpany.¡± Antonioughed coldly and also added, ¡°Let¡¯s see how long grandma will protect you.¡± Adide thought that Antonio would settle scores with her, but unexpectedly he simply put out a few ruthless words. Could it be that the sun came out from the west? Not having allowed Adide to think over carefully, Antonio had turned around already which indicated that he was going out. Chapter 15 She Was Such A Beauty Chapter 15 She Was Such A Beauty ¡°Where are you going?¡± Adide suddenly expected he could talk to her more, if it can better their rtionship, and then aged Granny¡¯sing and effort for them would be meaningful. Antonio gave her a look and didn¡¯t speak. Then his phone rang and the expression on his face softened because of the call. Adide even didn¡¯t have to guess who it was, and she lowered her eyes, returning to her room silently. Sure enough, she shouldn¡¯t have any illusion about their rtionship. It was solely because of Granny that he had to sleep in one bed with her and even eat the food she helped for him. And a call from rissa would instantly bring their rtionship back as before. ¡°Adide, now, there is nothing more important than taking good care of Granny and the baby in your belly. Just stop thinking about Antonio and that woman!¡± Adide tapped her face and warned herself. When she was in a self-pitying mood, Antonio came back, with his leather shoes clicking on the floor. She jumped up from the sofa and walked to the door, seeing him moving towards her room with a cold face. ¡°Dress yourself properly, we¡¯re out.¡± Looking at her dowdy appearance, he can¡¯t help rubbing his eyebrows with his index finger. The discontent look on his face didn¡¯t escape Adide¡¯s eyes. With her hands on her hips, she asked in an exasperated voice, ¡°Do you think I¡¯m very unseemly now?¡± Antonio raised his eyebrows and didn¡¯t answer her. She then lowered her head and looked at her dress. She was wearing a nightgown with cartoon pictures on it. She became more careful since she got pregnant. In fear that trousers with stic at the waist would be bad for her baby, she had to give up those beautiful pajamas. So she found out the nightdress that she intended to throw away. It was not exactly a nightdress but simply a longer version T-shirt. But it wasfortable to wear, and it was also why Adide didn¡¯t throw it. She also stopped using skin care products since pregnancy, so it was understandable that her skin status was not as good as before. Adide rumbled discontentedly. But he had no patience to take herints and sighed to himself, ¡°Just hurry!¡± ¡°Oh.¡± She said unwillingly and immediately turned back to her room. In therge closet, there was no one piece of clothes that she can wear, all designed with the waistline exactly around her waist. She shouted at the door, ¡°No suitable clothes. Where are we going?¡± ¡°Attend the party!¡± he said impatiently and looked down at the watch, ¡°Forget it,e out, and I¡¯ll take you to buy one.¡± And she walked out, still wearing her dowdy nightdress. Antonio just can¡¯t have a good face for her. No one would go out in pajamas to buy clothes? He can¡¯t understand and he didn¡¯t want to, just turning around and moving. They drove to the city¡¯srgest shopping mall, where there were various boutiques of famous brands. Shop assistants were well trained there and they wouldn¡¯t slight customers on words or services because of the way they dressed. They were very clear that people shopping there all were stinking rich, and even if one or two dressed poorly, they were just being low-profile. Antonio led her straight to the clothes section on the second floor. They walked into a store. His face was like carved sculpture with distinctive features. His charming eyes closely stared at the person beside him, which seemed to darken all the others. The light blue shirt without any creases seemed to be intentionally unbuttoned at the top two buttons, adding more charms to the meticulous suit. ¡°Heavens, he¡¯s so cute!¡± We can¡¯t me the girls for being lost in his attractive look. It was just that his dashing and good-looking face can¡¯t let people overlook it. On the country, Adide looked ordinary like an ugly duckling beside him. ¡°Good afternoon,dy and sir, wee to AS shop. Would you like to buy man¡¯s clothes ordy¡¯s clothes?¡± the first to respond was a woman in a suit with a light make-up, and a small card on her chest Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. showed her position. Manager, Alia Ss. ¡°Lady¡¯s clothes.¡± Antonio simply spat out two words. ¡°Okay, follow me, please.¡± Other shop assistants also got back to their mind. They followed behind Antonio, wandering what the woman beside him had done to be paired with such a charming man, since she was so ordinary. The manager saw that Adide¡¯s figure was well-proportioned, with a slight bulge at the belly alone, but she didn¡¯t bother to cover it. Alia wisely chose a pale blue sleeveless dress for her, which can perfectly show her slender arms. Although it was a V-neck dress, its neckline was cleverly designed to only show women¡¯s corbone, which not only highlighted Adide¡¯s beautiful body shape, but also avoided being vulgar. One of the most sessful details about this dress was its design of the waistline, which was decorated with a belt to freely control the tightness, while it fit well starting from her shoulders. At the crotch ce of the dress was embroidered with golden flowers, echoing with the falling flowers scattered at the skirt. And particrly, the color of this dress went perfectly in line with the shirt Antonio wore. Antonio didn¡¯t have much response, because he knew that Adide can always win people¡¯s sight wherever she was. But it was indeed unbelievable for the shop assistants¡¯ eyes that Adide now was a pretty Swan after changing while a moment ago she was still Cindere. She didn¡¯t take off her new dress, and they came to the shoes section on the third floor. The whole showed abundant shoes for man and women, but they didn¡¯t have much time to choose carefully, so they walked into a shoes store arbitrarily. Antonio pursed and said, ¡°Done quickly.¡± ¡°Fine!¡± Adide had a rough look around the store and stopped her sight on a pair of white sneakers which lookedfortable to wear. Antonio¡¯s face clouded, and he said, ¡°Sneakers? Are you serious?¡± She stuck out her tongue, ¡°Can¡¯t I just have a look on it?¡± ¡°Miss, please help us find a pair of high-heeled shoes matching the dress. The size of the shoes should be 37.5, with the right one having insole while the left one not.¡± Hearing this, Adide was shocked. She didn¡¯t expect that he remembered the size of her feet. Antonioughed at her first before she opened her mouth, ¡°Anyone could remember such a weird size.¡± And he often made fun of Adide for this. But Adide was a little angry that heughed at her in front of so many people, so she turned around and ignored him. He loved to see her losing her temper in a cute way, and he put on a smile. Shepletely changed into another person in high heels, as the old saying goes, fine feathers make fine birds. Antonio felt relieved that they were in a women¡¯s shoes store, or hepletely had reasons to believe that Adide would attract a crowd of onlookers, because she did stand out in the crowd. He nodded in satisfaction, and Adide gave him a sweet smile. Lovely as their tacit interaction was, they didn¡¯t notice a woman at the opposite shoes store was staring at them with malicious eyes. Chapter 16 Crisis Chapter 16 Crisis As expected, as Antonio and Adide took their first step into the banquet hall, they got onlookers from all directions. ¡°Wow, beautiful.¡± ¡°Oh my goodness, she¡¯s gorgeous!¡± ¡°No way, even the man beside her is so good-looking!¡± ¡°You don¡¯t know that? They are the Barons!¡± The lively banquet became unusually quiet because of their arrival, several celebrities giving them a way out timely, and whispers were asionally heard when they walked through the crowd. Antonio feltfortable about it. He felt more proud and satisfied with the praise for Adide than for himself. However, just when he was feeling good he saw two men smoking cigar behind were staring at Adide with their lewd eyes. He controlled himself not to bite them, but he gave them a murderous look. He gritted his teeth and took off his coat, putting it on Adide, ¡°You must feel cold. Put it on.¡± When Adide was about to reject, she saw there seemed to be fire in his eyes, and then she swallowed and said, ¡°Thank you, my darling!¡± He felt pleased that she can listen to him in proper asions. A secret smile shed across his face. He finally relieved when finding the two men were out of sight. ¡°Good evening, Mr Antonio. My boss heard a lot about you but he has been suffering from ack of opportunity to meet you. This time, he would like to talk to you.¡± Subconsciously, he didn¡¯t want to step away from Adide, because he knew few of these so called celebrities were gentlemen. He can¡¯t bear it when thinking that these men would stare at Adide in an obscene way. Adide at this moment was holding his arm, acting as if they were deeply in love, and she also wanted to take this opportunity to ease the tension between them, ¡°You could go, Antonio. I¡¯ll wait here for you.¡± After telling her to take care of herself, he left unwillingly. Adide looked more dazzling under the gorgeous light in the lobby. However, rissa was standing in a corner, ring at her maliciously, as if going to kill her with eyes. And the man standing beside rissa was surprisingly Channing Darnell! They whispered a while, and then Channing walked towards Adide but he returned back, seemingly unsure of something, and said, ¡°rissa, only for once, and after this you go your way and I¡¯ll go mine. Never pester me again, you hear that?!¡± rissa smiled obsequiously and patted his chest, saying, ¡°You can trust me, Channing.¡± He pped her hand away in disgust. But rissa didn¡¯t mind at all. She smiled again and took out some papers in a bag, waving in her hand, ¡°Channing, I sincerely mean it. You see, I have brought the thing you want.¡± ¡°You¡¯d better.¡± Then he walked towards Adide after saying this. Adide worried that Antonio can¡¯t find her if she moved around, but when stood alone under the brilliant light, those single men kept staying around her. Even though she had made it clear that she was married, there were still a plenty of shameless men inviting her to a drink. Helplessly, she had to hide herself in a corner, but her sight didn¡¯t move away from the ce where she had stayed before in case Antonio woulde back to find her. Meanwhile, Channing found her in the corner, and he made himself prepared. Three! Two! One! ¡°Adide! Adide!¡± He cried out her name in a loud voice that resounded through the hall, sessfully drawing everyone¡¯s attention in the hall. Channing¡¯s cries waked her up from her concentrative waiting for Antonio. She shuddered at the sound and thought it was Channing again? She turned around, finding Channing standing near her and people around her gathering over. She blushed instantly. ¡°Adide, I¡¯m your Channing!¡± he cried with tears welling up in his eyes. People around all sympathized with him. He stepped nearer to Adide, but Adide stepped back against the wall hurriedly with fear, furrowing, ¡°Channing, what do you want?¡± Channing suddenly hugged her and she was scared to scream out. Then he loosened her and looked at her pitifully, ¡°Adide, I came back!¡± ¡°I know. We metst time. What do you want from me?¡± Adide tried to calm herself down. His purpose was to humiliate her and Antonio, so she must calm down. She can¡¯t let that scumbag make it. Channing immediately changed his face and suddenly knelt on his knees, with tears streaming down his face, ¡°Adide, I¡¯ve got money. I¡¯ve really got money. Don¡¯t abandon me!¡± His words instantly initiated discussions among people around. ¡°I can¡¯t believe that I thought she was a good woman just now.¡± ¡°Yes, you¡¯re right. I¡¯m surprised she dumped her boyfriend for being Mrs Baron.¡± ¡°Hear, hear. How shameless she is. Master Antonio must be blind to marry her.¡± They soon made up a triangle story about Adide, Channing and Antonio with their simple brain. Seeing his words worked, Channing wiped his tears and acted again, ¡°I can¡¯t allow you say anything bad about her. It¡¯s my fault. I was so useless before, which gave Antonio chances. But now I¡¯ve got money. I can take her and our child back.¡± ¡°Their child?¡± ¡°She got pregnant?¡± ¡°Heavens, but Master Antonio announced nothing about that!¡± The crowd was in a uproar at the big news. They totally ignored the moral principle that people had no duty to report their family affairs to others, all pointing fingers at Adide in disgust. ¡°No, no. it¡¯s not true.¡± Her exnation was so weak and that was all her exnation. But looking at Channing, as if an Oscar actor, he held Adide¡¯s leg and cried, ¡°Adide, don¡¯t abandon me. You¡¯re having our baby. How can I watch my beloved run into the arm of others?¡± ¡°Channing, I¡¯m having Antonio¡¯s child. You are talking nonsense.¡± she didn¡¯t expect that Channing would y the game again, ¡°Channing, have you forgotten how you behaved in front of Antoniost time?¡± ¡°No. I admit I was cowardst time because I had nothing. But now I¡¯m rich. Can you let me take care of you and child?¡± This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. And she finally understood that Channing was determined to humiliate her, and her anxiety and helplessness were nothing to others. She was looking for that familiar figure in the crowd and she also didn¡¯t know how to exin when she saw Antonio. But now the discussions among people and Channing¡¯s libelous words made her feel she was going to break down. She could hardly face it alone, and she extremely wished Antonio could take her away. ¡°Adide, I won¡¯t allow him take away a thing from me. I love you and our baby!¡± his remarks were more and more horrible. ¡°No, nonsense.¡± She could do nothing but give her weak exnation and wait for Antonio¡¯sing. Chapter 17 The Disrupted Banquet Chapter 17 The Disrupted Banquet Soon, several people with cameras and microphones rushed in from the crowd. They were reporters. Adide was disappointed to see those officious reporters instead of Antonio to wife and her ex-boyfriend had not cut off their rtionspletely. She was even pregnant with her ex- boyfriend''s child. This would definitely be the headline tomorrow! Several reporters were eager to get into action and smiled with excitement. An unknown reporter was the first toe to Adide. She asked sharply, "Hello, Mrs. Baron. Do you have any rebuttal to this gentleman''s words?" "Hello, Mrs. Baron. Is your rtionship with this gentleman really like he said it is?" " Mrs. Baron. Are you really cuckolding Master Antonio?" "Hello!" "Mrs. Baron!" After the first person spoke, other reporters all followed and asked question. As more and more people asked questions, their questions were more and more shameful. "Channing, what the hell do you want? I have nothing to do with you anymore." Unable to exin to these people, Adide could only try to find a breach from Channing. But Channing smiled, "Adide, you can''t forget our love because of money." At this time, Antonio burst in from the crowd. He kicked Channing away, making no effort to repress his fury, "She and her baby are all mine. Stop talking nonsense, or you will be sorry." Hearing this, Channing was nervous and shocked. The aura of Antonio scared him. He looked up at the woman in the crowd, gritted his teeth, and insisted, "Adide''s child is mine." Antonio clenched his fists. Before he could beat Channing, he heard Channing shout bravely, "Antonio, even if you beat me to death, you can''t deny that Adide''s child is mine." The two handsome men fought for a woman and quarreled fiercely. Master Antonio even threatened Channing not to touch Adide. This kind of thing was rare in TV dramas, let alone it was the famous Master Antonio¡¯s wife who was thought to flirt with another man. It would definitely be the headline. The reporters kept taking pictures. "Get lost! Stop shooting." Antonio was extremely angry now. How could these reporters dare to continue to shoot? They hastily turned their cameras off and were afraid that Master Antonio would smash themter. "Antonio, you are afraid? You are also afraid of losing face? If you''re afraid, give me back my Adide!" Every word of Channing''s angered Antonio. He clenched his fists and then loosened them. "Antonio, Adide and the child in her belly are both mine." Channing seemed really not afraid of death as he continued to anger Antonio. Antonio narrowed his eyes. Even the people around him couldn''t help but shiver. He was really angry. "Very good. You are not afraid of death this time." Antonio pointed at him and said word by word, his face bing gloomier. Then, he beckoned a group of people, "Break his legs." "Yes." With obscure origins, these men all were wearing ck suits and ck leather shoes. They really looked like gangsters. Channing shrank his neck. Just as he wanted to beg for mercy, rissa in the crowd raised the document in her hand. Channing gritted his teeth and thought to himself that anyway he was going to die. He could not let go of Adide. "I''m not afraid, Antonio. She''s carrying my baby. It''s mine!" Antonio didn''t expect Channing to be so brave today. Antonio kicked him several times before leaving. He grabbed Adide and left. "Antonio, I don''t know why he''s here." Adide''s hand was red with his grabbing. But she didn''t care about that right now. Antonio gritted his teeth and asked, "Why didn''t you wait for me in the same ce?" Before he left, he had told her not to run around. But when he came back, he saw the corner not far away surrounded by people. But Adide, who should have stayed here, was gone. This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. He almost thought Adide had been abducted. If he hadn''t heard the reporters mention his name, he would have left the hall. "I..." Adide did not know what to exin. She was like a child who had done something wrong, and lowered her head to be reprimanded. Back in the car, Antonio did not say a word, his face darkened. Adide tried to exin several times. But he just red at her. Then, she did not dare to speak. When they got home, he still grabbed her back to the room without saying a word. Antonio couldn''t suppress his anger anymore. He ruthlessly pressed Adide on the bed. Before she could react, he roughly kissed her on her lips. Adide could only utter a murmur. He seemed not to vent his spleen, ruthlessly bit on her lips with sharp teeth. The kiss was unlike the yful onest night. This time, Antonio really bit through her lips. It was only when Antonio noticed that her mouth was bleeding that he left her lips. "Don''t you like I kiss you? Come on!" he said angrily. "I... I didn''t! Antonio, I really don''t know why Channing was here and why he said those words. Antonio, please believe me. The baby is really yours." Adide ignored the pain on her lips. She was really afraid that Antonio would listen to Channing''s words and mention the abortion again. She took Antonio''s hand while pleading bitterly. The blood on her lips flowed out again. Antonio quickly kissed her again and ruthlessly sucked the blood from her lips into his mouth. He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her and slowly left her lips after a long time. Then, Adide was in a stupor, and Antonio warned her fiercely, "Adide, you and your child can only be mine in this life! Otherwise, I will make you miserable!" Hearing these words, Adide was scared and widened her eyes. She nodded without any hesitation. Getting her affirmative answer, Antonio left the room in pleasure. Aftering to the study, Antonioy on the armchair. He was upset and lit a cigarette. His eyes were cold and filled with anger. In ordance with his understanding of Channing, this person did not have the guts to do this. The cigarette gradually burned out. Until he felt hot, Antonio hurriedly threw the cigarette into the ashtray. Afterwards, he took out his cell phone and dialed the familiar phone number. "Mr. Antonio, what can I do for you?" Listening to the voiceing from the other end of the phone, Antonio nodded. He said in a cold voice, "Well, help me find out why Channing dared toe to the banquet today to make trouble." "Okay, Mr. Antonio." The person Antonio called was his secretary. He thought for a moment, "Also, figure out who found the reporters who attended the banquet tonight. I don''t want to see any news about me and Adide and that man tonight in the news tomorrow or even "Okay." With a beeping sound, Antonio hung up. The study was quiet once again. Chapter 18 Indecisive Antonio Chapter 18 Indecisive Antonio The session of things made Antonio, who was tough in other people''s eyes, also a bit exhausted. He fell asleep soon after lying on the chair. Suddenly, his phone rang. He immediately sat up and picked up his phone and tapped the answer button, "Hello! This is Antonio." "Mr. Antonio, it''s me. I found out that the person who instructed Channing was rissa!" Koby''s voice came out of the receiver. Antonio could not help but frown. He knew a little about rissa''s character. He had thought that her small tricks were harmless. So, he did not pay too much All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. attention to it. "Mr. Antonio, is there anything else I can do for you?" "Mr. Antonio¡­" On the other end of the phone, Koby asked twice. Without getting an answer, he knew that Antonio might be thinking about something. So, Koby patiently waited for Antonio''s next instructions. It seemed that he should go to warn that woman. Antonio narrowed his eyes. Once he remembered Adide who was innocent was surrounded by those people, he felt distressed. "Why haven''t you hung up the phone?" After a long silence, Koby apologized and hung up, "Sorry, Mr. Antonio, then goodbye." "Adide!" He softly murmured her name. He unconsciously went to her room door. The person inside had alreadyy on the bed and fallen asleep. Da was sweeping the floor while muttering about something. As she turned around and saw Antonio, Da was startled and stoppedining. She nodded to Antonio lightly to show her respect, "Master Antonio." "You leave first." Antonio shushed her with a forefinger to the lips. Da nodded and tiptoed out of the room. The garbage she swept was still piled in front of the bathroom. Antonio looked at his wedding room carefully. There was a sign on the window. The rocking chair swing on the balcony was swayed by the wind blowing in from the window. That was chosen by Adide. He had only put a reclining sofa there before. He saw a double bed of European style as he entered. The wooden patterns were beautiful. There was only one person lying on the bed. On the other side of the bed was Adide''s dressing table, which was empty. Antonio approached and saw that it was covered with dust. He thought for a moment. It seemed that rissa had thrown all these things on the ground before she left home. He couldn''t remember the exact time. He recalled it carefully. rissa seemed to have told him that it was Adide who overturned the dresser. What had he done? He seemed to have listened to rissa''s words and asked Adide to help rissa wash clothes. So, it was him who allowed rissa to be so arrogant. Antonio was a little guilty and didn''t dare to see Adide. He walked around the room again. The wardrobe was so empty. In addition to his suits, there were only her jeans and dresses. No wonder she did not have suitable dressst time. There was no dress in her wardrobe. Antonio was about to go to the bathroom to wash and sleep with Adide. His nightgown was lying t on the shelf in the bathroom! The toothpaste was also prepared and was ced on the mouthwash cup. There was a brand-new towel. He nced at the floor. Sure enough, he saw his slippers by the wall. She had gotten her toiletries ready again? Antonio took a deep breath, remembering that she had done the same when they just got married. Antonio suppressed his excitement and came out after a quick shower. At this time, Adide turned over suddenly. The quilt was all pressed by her now. Antonio''s eyes were full of affection that he had never noticed. He gently took Adide to the other side, and then tucked the quilt around her. Adide was lying on the bed quietly. She closed her eyes and Antonio couldn''t see the light in her eyes. A shadow of a smile touched her mouth. Antonio looked at her andughed unconsciously. Knowing that she was asleep, he still asked, "What are you dreaming about? Why are you so happy?" The response to him was just the woman''s deeper smile. She looked nice and had dimples when she smiled. Antonio could not help touching her charming lips. Adide frowned in displeasure. Antonio hurriedly withdrew his hand. If there was a mirror, Antonio must be able to see his scarlet face. He was like a child who did something wrong. His heart beat fast. When Antonio recalled the scene that Adide was bullied before, he felt he was an asshole. Many times, he knew it was rissa''s fault. But for the sake of his vanity, he deliberately let others bully her to make her beg him. He wanted to touch Adide''s hair, hold her with pity, and love her more. Just as he was about to touch her hair, Antonio suddenly sat up. He gasped. What was he doing? Was he sympathizing with this woman? His brother, who was always good to him, died because of this vicious woman. How could he fall in love with his enemy? How could he let his brother turn in his grave? He married her to torture her! Yes, that was right. He wanted to torture her and make her miserable. He did not fall in love with this woman! Antonio rushed to the bathroom and put his head ruthlessly into the cold water. He gradually regained a clear head. This woman was good at manipting people. He could not be fooled! Antonio pped his face. He did not stop until his fair face turned red. Aftering out of the bathroom, he did not dare to look at Adide and left the room in a hurry. In Adide''s dream, she could not see everything clearly. There was just a child with short hair and his voice came from not far away, "Mom ¡­ mom ..." Adide followed the voice. The child kept a distance from her. As she ran, the child shouted, "Mom, mom,e after me." "Baby, mommy ising!" The woman in the bed revealed a smile because of the dream. The next day, Adide and Antonio received the news that the Baron family was going to hold a family dinner. Hermosa Manfred, Antonio''s grandmother, also returned home yesterday and specifically instructed Da that Adide must be present. When they were having breakfast, they also received a call from Hermosa, who instructed Antonio once again that this was a family dinner and Adide had to be there. "Okay, I know!" Antonio impatiently temporized. He had heard Da say this in the morning and did not expect that Hermosa still did not trust him and called him again. He nced at Adide who was humble and then he casually said to his grandmother, "I know, grandma. She will be well dressed. Don''t worry. OK, goodbye." After that, he put his cell phone back on the desk after the other party hung up. Chapter 19 There Are Conflicts Again Chapter 19 There Are Conflicts Again "The family dinner is in three days. Da should have told you about it. Grandma specially called to say this. You need to prepare for it." Antonio was very filial to his grandmother. As long as he could do it, he would never let Hermosa down. He looked at Adide and spoke in amanding tone. Adide nodded. When she got up in the morning, she saw Antonio''s toothbrush in the mouthwash, and his towel was also wet. She guessed that Antonio had slept in her roomst night. But when she had opened her eyes, she did not see Antonio. Adide was a bit regretted and guilty. If she had gone to bedtest night, she would have known whether Antonio had returned to the room to sleep. She stamped her feet in anger. Antonio put on a long face on the table, which made Adide dare not ask him about the matter ofst night. Even when she was eating, Adide was in a daze. She put her chopsticks in her mouth. But there was no food on them! It was rare that Antonio didn''t go to thepany today. Adide went back to her room to read a book for a while. But she couldn''t read it. Thinking of the family dinner three dayster, she was afraid that Antonio would anger Hermosa. Throwing the book in the rocking chair, Adide felt it necessary to talk to Antonio. When they had breakfast just now, although she was thinking about whether Antonio had slept in the roomst night, she was also paying attention to Antonio. It could be seen that he did not eat much because of his grandmother''s phone call. Adide went downstairs to cook his favorite soup and served it to the study while it was hot. She knocked on the door of the study. "Come in." She remembered that Antonio didn''t like peopleing in without knocking. So, with one hand holding the soup bowl, she knocked the door three times with the other hand. Hearing his words, Adide opened the door. Antonio looked up at her, and lowered his head again to sort his papers. "Antonio, you seem not to have eaten much. I''ve cooked your favorite soup. Eat it while it''s warm." Adide put the bowl on his desk and sat opposite him. Antonio smelled the familiar smell of the soup in the bowl and suddenly felt hungry. Thinking of Adide''s baby, his face also softened, "You are pregnant now. Just let Da do it." Adide had not heard him care about her for a long time. She was very happy. If it was not for her baby in her belly, she would have jumped up and circled around several times. She nodded with a bright smile. Adide was a woman who would forget all other people''s mistakes and be very tolerant as long as others were a bit kind to her. It was precisely because of this that she was always bullied by rissa. But she still believed in love, "Antonio, I didn''t know that you like rissa. So, I''m sorry." Antonio looked up in confusion. Adide lowered her head and grabbed the corner of her clothes, "Antonio, I don''t care about what happened between you and rissa. I just want my child to be born safely now." She thought that the person Antonio liked was rissa. Because she was the other woman between them, she felt guilty. Now, she figured it out. As long as her baby could be safe, it was OK for her to give Antonio to rissa. No. it should be said that she returned Antonio to rissa. Anyway, Antonio was not hers. It was enough for her to have the baby. Adide thought that she was nning for Antonio. She did not see Antonio''s face as cold as ice, "Antonio, even if you marry rissa after divorce, it doesn''t matter. I''m not going to use the baby to stop you." "Is that what you''re here to tell me?" ''Tell me that I''m not as important as a child that you''ve only been carrying for a few months?'' Adide did not realize Antonio''s cold tone when he spoke this. She had always been careless and did not notice anything wrong with Antonio. She kept lowering her head, "Yes. Don''t worry. I will exin to grandmother clearly as well." "Is that so? Then you are really thoughtful!" Antonio almost gritted his teeth as he said these words. Adide only wallowed in self-pity. She nodded, as if she was saying herst words, "Brother has left us. You are now the only son in the Baron family. Don''t anger grandma and others." Hermosa had wanted a great-grandson for a long time. Otherwise, she would not have forced Antonio to marry a girl by the chance of marriage. Besides, she liked Adide very much. But Antonio angered Hermosa for rissa. They always quarreled over the matter of Adide and rissa. The family banquet was supposed to be a party for the family to gather happily. If Antonio fell out with Hermosa again because of Adide, it would only be a joke. Brother was Bet Baron, Antonio''s elder brother. Adide''s original intention was to remind Antonio that he was the pir of the Baron family by mentioning his brother. He could not make grandmother angry for trifles. And what she said before was to pave the way for thest sentence. She could give up the position of the president''s wife. She also did not want any money from the Baron family for her children. She did this because she wanted to live with her child. Before she left the Baron family, she wanted to try her best to do something for grandmother and Antonio. Antonio, who was originally patient, dropped the ashtray beside his hand to the ground. The cigarette butts inside fell on the floor. Some of the ashes inside floated onto the clothes of them. But no one cared about how the clothes were. Antonio rushed to Adide and forced her to the corner of the wall. He narrowed his eyes slightly with anger, "You don''t deserve to mention my brother!" If it wasn''t for this woman, how could his brother have died? Adide was confused and did not know what she said was wrong. She thought that Antonio misunderstood that she did not respect his brother. So, she hurriedly exined, "Antonio, don''t misunderstand. I''m not disrespecting brother. I just¡­" Before she could finish speaking, Antonio smashed on the wall. His eyes were full of sadness and anger like a wounded beast, "Stop mentioning him. You do not deserve!" Tears poured down her cheeks, dripping like boiling water on his arm, and even more in his heart. Antonio became even angrier. He was the one who lost his brother and she was the one who did something wrong. Why was she crying? "Stop crying!" Hearing this, Adide shivered. She held back her tears but did not dare to offend Antonio, "I''m sorry. I''m sorry." "Also, I have warned you that you are mine and can only be mine in this life. You want to run away? If you dare, I will break your legs."This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. With that, Antonio kissed her before Adide collected herself. He felt that her lips were warm and soft. He never kissed her long enough. He left her lips and frowned, "Don¡¯t you ever forget my words." Antonio''s thumb rubbed against her lips. After a moment, he bit on her lips again. Chapter 20 The Crying Little Wildcat Chapter 20 The Crying Little Wildcat Antonio bit her lips mercilessly. Adide cried in pain and hurriedly whimpered, "Yes, I¡¯ll keep that in mind." Antonio was always helpless when she cried. He had tried to threaten her, yell at her, and scare her. But her tears were still streaming so fast. He couldn''t even kiss his wife? Seeing her crying terribly, as if she had suffered a lot, Antonio sighed, "You win!" "Come on, don''t cry." Antonio let her go and rarely wiped her tears for her. "Never say what you just said. Or¡­ !" Antonio raised his hand and made a gesture to hit her. But he was just scaring her. Adide sniffed. Without Antonio''s warning, she also dare not say again. She nced at the bowl which was broken just now and changed the topic, "I will go to sweep the broken ss." Antonio was silent. She knew that he acquiesced. Picking up the paper basket from the desk, Adide squatted on the ground and carefully picked the cigarette butts and broken ss on the ground up and threw them into the basket. As for the remaining ash, she had to run downstairs to get the broom and dustpan. After doing these things, she found that the soup in the bowl was also stained. There was a little ash floating on it. Adide was very sad. It took her a long while to make a bowl of soup. She had hoped that Antonio could drink it all. But now, her hours of effort were in vain. The more Adide thought about it, the sadder she felt. She didn''t want to waste it. But there was ash in the soup. She picked up the soup bowl and was hesitant. It was as if she and Antonio were in the same situation. She had a hard time getting pregnant with his child. But Antonio liked rissa. She was reluctant to give up on Antonio. But she also did not want to be with Antonio who loved someone else. She was now on the verge of a choice and did not know what to do. Antonio looked at her back. He suddenly felt that she was very lonely. She did not stand steadily. He could not bear it. In the past, his grandmother would also make soup. She had said that a good cup of soup would take a lot of time and effort. So, this girl should have been making it for a long time, right? ''She deserves it. Do you forget how brother died? She is a pest, a murderer!'' a dwarf''s vicious voice rang out in his mind. ''But, she''s nice!'' This dwarf''s voice was clearly vulnerable and he said softly. Sure enough, he got a rebuttal from another dwarf. Antonio sighed secretly and looked down at his watch. It was almost lunchtime. So, who was cooking when he heard the sound of the kitchen venttor at eight or nine o''clock? The answer was self- evident. He walked to Adide, who was looking at the soup with sigh. Antonio carefully saw the ash inside and remembered the scene he was angry just now. He pressed Adide''s arm and took her bowl with the other hand, "I''m hungry. Go and cook." Adide was puzzled, "But isn''t Da here?" "Stop talking nonsense! What you cook tastes unptable. You need to practice hard." "Alright!" Adide turned around and walked two steps away. Then, she turned back to pick up the soup bowl, "This soup is not clean. Let me go pour it." "Leave it. Hurry to go and cook." He shouted loudly again. Although Adide did not understand, she did not argue with Antonio. She was afraid that Antonio would be too hungry. So, she simply fried a few dishes in the kitchen and rushed to take them to the study. The man was still lowering his head and dealing with official business. Had anyone told him that he looked charming when he was serious? Adide thought to herself. Putting the food on the table, she sat in the chair and watched him go about his business. Antonio really forgot the time when he was busy. While he was dealing with the transnational cooperation projects on hisputer, he called Koby to exin other things. Adide was lying at the desk, her hands propping up on her cheeks. She was watching him work. The man was furious because she said something wrong a few seconds ago. But now, he worked hard as if nothing had happened. Adide was confused. How could he change his mood so quickly? If she was unhappy, she would not be able to concentrate on her work all day. After a long wait, Antonio finished his work at hand. He looked up and found that Adide was lying at the table and falling asleep. He felt funny and shook her to wake her up, "If you want to sleep, go back to your room." Adide rubbed her sleepy eyes. She shook her head while taking the meal to Antonio, "The meal is ready and eat it." When she took it to the study, the food was still hot. But now, it probably turned cold, "Well, you''ve been busy for too long. It''s getting cold. Let me reheat it." Antonio pulled her, "No need. You are too slow to cook. I''m already full." Adide asked, "Full?" She nced at the empty bowl on hisputer host and was shocked. She widened her eyes and opened her mouth wide. She patted her head, "No way! There was ash in it. Did you drink it all?" Of course, Antonio knew that there was ash. But it was funny to see her exaggerated appearance. He couldn''t help but want to tease her. He blinked, "I don''t know!" Adide muttered, as if something bad had happened, "My god! It''s empty. Why did you drink it?" "You are so slow that I''ve finished it!" Antonio shrugged and said leisurely. Adide opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. Suddenly, Antonio''s face sank. He covered his stomach, "I feel unwell!" "Should you go to the hospital?" Adide asked nervously. Before she could think of what to do, she had run to Antonio and helped him sit down on a chair. "It''s okay. Just reheat the food and bring it to me to eat." Adide nodded in a hurry and trotted downstairs with the food. This time, she did not dare to dy. She reheated the dishes while heating up the rice at the same time. She was afraid that it would make Antonio suffer from the stomach problem if she waste. When she returned to the study in a panic, Antonio was listening to the song with energy. His feet were ced on the desk and he sat in the chair, just like the boss of the underworld in a TV show. "You are¡­ okay?" Adide asked tentatively. Antonio nodded. Seeing the meal in Adide''s hand, he smelled and showed a disgusted expression, "You are too slow. It tastes foul. I will not eat!" Adide gritted her teeth. There were just three dishes and a soup. She heated them in two pots and rice cookers were insted. The total time taken was no more than 10 minutes. She was sure she was tricked by the man in front of her, "Are you tricking me?" Antonio looked up and suddenly put out a hand to push her to the wall. His eyes were charming and no one could tell from his expression what he was feeling. Adide froze and stood there. Feeling Antonio''s warm breath, she became nervous. "What do you want? You¡­" Antonio did not answer. He narrowed his eyes. His one hand supported the wall and the other hand Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. pinched her chin to make her head slightly raise. Adide only saw his handsome face getting closer and closer and almost touched her face. She could even feel his hot temperature and smell the smell of the shower gel. Chapter 21 Make Trouble Chapter 21 Make Trouble When Adide''s heart started to beat more and more quickly, Antonio suddenly let her go and snorted, "You''re too slow. Reflect on yourself." With that, he left the study room before Adide could react. Adide, who recovered from surprise, was sure that she had been fooled. She was so angry. But no one saw it. She gnashed the teeth in anger and said, "Antonio!" As she was about to rush down to get even with Antonio, the doorbell rang. "Ivy, why are you here?" Adide went downstairs and didn''t see Antonio. She heard the doorbell ring and immediately went to open the door. Unexpectedly, it was Ivy who had been serving Hermosa. Ivy raised the bag in her hand and looked at Adide with a smile, "Ms. Adide, Ms. Hermosa saw that you didn''t have a suitable dress a few days ago. So, she specially asked me to send it to you. You can try on it first. If it''s not suitable, I will ask someone to change it." Hearing this, Adide felt warm. Since her mother died, although she was ady in the Swift family, she did not get the attention of her family. Even though she married Antonio, she had never felt like this. Hermosa loved her as if she were her granddaughter. Adide didn''t know if it was because of her pregnancy. Now, she was not only sentimental, but also tearful. Ivy was the nurse chosen by Hermosa. She was careful and considerate. Seeing that Adide''s eyes were red, she caressed her head gently like a baby, "Ms. Adide, a woman is always sentimental when she is pregnant. Go and try on the dress. I''m waiting for your reply." Adide nodded. Antonio suddenly appeared behind her like a ghost. Adide just had looked around but did not see him. Now, he appeared on his own. Adide did not intend to talk to him. But Antonio heard their conversation and sneered, "How arrogant you are. You even ask Ivy to send you clothes in person. Others may think that I, Antonio, have abused my wife!" All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. Adide didn''t realize the jealousy in his words. She frowned and took Ivy''s arm, talking andughing upstairs, as if she didn''t see Antonio. "Hey, how dare you ignore me!" there was a trace of jealousy in his words. Even though Adide had expected that he would taunt her, she was also shocked by his words. She got goose bumps and shook. She hypnotized herself and thought to herself, "I misheard. I must have misheard." No wonder that Adide was so shocked. In her impression, Antonio either yelled at her angrily, or mocked her sourly, or put on a long face without speaking. He was seldom even affable to her. How could he be jealous? It was jealousy, right? He was like an aggrieved woman when he spoke just now. Adide returned to the room. The white dress suited her perfectly. She didn''t expect her grandmother would know her size. Adide was moved again. She talked to Ivy for a while and then sent her away with reluctance. Time flied. Antonio was good-tempered and didn''t bother Adide recently. They had respected each other like guests for three days. It was getting dark and the moon was rising. Their way forward was lit by many stars. Adide was wearing the white dress made for her by Hermosa and took the arm of Antonio, who was in a suit and leather shoes. They did not say a word but all smiled slightly. They were a good match at a nce. The door of the vi was open. Perhaps because rtives had not yete together, Hermosa was sitting on the sofa in the hall, constantly asking whether Adide hade. "Ms. Hermosa has been thinking about you guys for a long time." Ivy saw them and quickly came to take the gift from Antonio. Although it was a family dinner, the rtives hadn''t seen each other for a long time. If he came without taking anything, he would beughed at by others. Antonio never liked hypocritical manners before. Adide went to the sofa and greeted to the sitting rtives one by one. Hermosa took her hand affectionately and let her sit beside her. They exchanged pleasantries, and a hand was ced on Antonio''s arm. Hermosa put on a long face and asked nonchntly after looking up, "Who let youe?" rissa put down the things in her hand as she smiled flirtatiously, "Grandma, Adide is my sister and Antonio is my brother." She said and intentionally put her hand on her belly, "Besides, I am pregnant with Antonio''s child, who is also the Baron family''s child. So, I feel that I should attend the family dinner after careful consideration." Hermosa''s face was even gloomier. She hadn''t informed rissa at all. How did rissa know there was a family dinner tonight? Thinking of this, she red at Antonio, asking him if it was him who told rissa about it. Before Antonio could exin, Alvin Baron, his uncle, stood up. He acted like an elder and sternly criticized, "Antonio, what''s going on? Haven''t you married Adide? What is your rtionship with her sister?" Alvin was Antonio''s uncle, who was only the illegitimate son of Antonio''s grandfather. However, he had great ambition for the property of the Baron family. So, he had been gunning for Antonio all the time. Whenever Antonio made any mistake, he would take the opportunity to exaggerate it purposely. Antonio had always had a bad impression of him. He took rissa''s hand and did not speak. Seeing this, Alvin blushed with anger, "Hermosa, look, is this the proper attitude towards seniors?" Hermosa had intended to reprimand Antonio. But in front of this illegitimate son, she didn''t want outsiders tough at them, "Aren''t you just an illegitimate son? I believe Antonio and Adide can handle it." Adide''s hands were behind her. She clenched her fists and her nails almost sank into her palms. She kept smiling. After so many things, she had never been the silly girl. Was Alvin really doing it for her? Not really. Besides, she would be surprised if rissa did note to spoil their pleasure. Wasn''t she always pervasive? What she said to Antonio the day was also after careful consideration. As long as her child could be safe, it didn''t matter if they got a divorce. Although Antonio didn''t agree to her proposal in the end, Adide had already thought it through. It had nothing to do with her who was willing to have Antonio''s child. "Adide, do you agree?" Antonio raised his eyebrows and looked at her with frivolity in his eyes. Adide smiled, "Do as you want. I have no problem." Antonio should be relieved after listening to Adide''s words. He should be happy that Adide wasn''t shrewish and did not make a scene in front of his family and humiliate him. For no reason, listening to her words, Antonio was unhappy. Adide should be angry. Why was not she angry? Antonio gritted his teeth and chuckled, "Since Adide is fine with it, Alvin, do you have any other Alvin looked at Hermosa with resignation, and then at Adide who looked calm. He was extremely angry! He knew that Hermosa didn''t like him. But what about this woman? Was she a fool? How could she be so indifferent while seeing her sister and her husband getting together? He gritted his teeth and blessed with a smile, "Then congrattions on having more than one wife!" The rtives present all looked at Adide, who was not upset at all and peeled an apple for Hermosa. Chapter 22 Vicious Woman Chapter 22 Vicious Woman Hermosa had thought Antonio would haul in his horns in front of so many rtives. She let Antonio solve it because she thought Antonio would not let her down. But weren''t his words an indirect recognition of rissa? Hermosa looked at Adide, who would choose to be wronged to maintain Antonio''s image. The more Hermosa thought about it, the more she felt that she couldn''t hurt Adide. She pped hard on the sofa with her wrinkled hand, "You bastard, what are you talking about? Our family will never admit the illegitimate child in her belly!" the more she said, the angrier she got. Her chest heaved, "As long as I''m alive, I will never allow her to marry into our family! Not every illegitimate child or mistress can be a master." Hermosa''s words were not only sharp, but also hurt Alvin, who had to force a smile as he gritted his teeth, "Yes. Antonio, quickly apologize to your grandma." Seeing that Hermosa was really angry, Antonio regretted that he shouldn''t have gotten in a rage because of Adide and admitted rissa''s identity. Hermosa coughed. This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. "Grandma, please calm down. Let''s go back to room." Hermosa nodded in pleasure. Adide was gentle and kind. She could not understand why Antonio loved rissa. Hermosa was so angry that her headache and cough and other illnesses reappeared. She calmed down and went back to her room with Adide''s help. Hermosa was pissed off and left. So, the family dinner naturally ended unhappily. Many people had waited for a chance to show themselves. But now, it was all disrupted by rissa. So, they looked at rissa with hatred when leaving. But it did not matter to rissa. As long as she could drive Adide away and be Antonio''s wife, what she had done was worth it. Back in the room, Adide poured a cup of hot water for Hermosa. Looking at Adide''s sad expression, Hermosa was anxious. She could stop Antonio from divorcing Adide. But she could not control their feelings. In the matter of rtionship, it was better for them to work on their own. Hermosa touched Adide''s hand with pity, "Adide, it was Antonio''s fault. Grandma apologizes to you on his behalf." "No, grandma." Despite she was sad, considering that she couldn''t let Hermosa worry about everything for her, Adide softly pacified. Hermosa sighed and told her to talk with Antonio after returning home. Adide nodded and said yes and felt disturbed. She really had thought it over before she said that she was willing to give up Antonio. But seeing Antonio defend rissa, she still felt a little hurt. After Adide left, Hermosa asked Ivy to ask rissa to have a talk in the caf¨¦. The next day, Hermosa sat in the store opposite the caf¨¦ early in the morning. She and rissa agreed to meet at ten o''clock. Now, it was after twelve o''clock. She saw rissa walking around impatiently, and then talking to someone on the phone. It looked like she was in a bad mood. Hermosa just wanted to threw a wet nket over rissa. When it was almost time, Hermosa and Ivy slowly walked into the caf¨¦. Hermosa saw the impatient rissa at a nce and elegantly walked towards her. rissa then also saw her. She was no longer anxious and walked to greet Hermosa with a smile. Hermosa put on a long face. She asked Ivy to order something to drink and then looked at rissa without saying anything. It was rissa who could hardly retain herposure. Hermosa''s gaze made her hair stand on end. She asked, "Grandma, what is it that you asked me to meet today?" Hermosa paused for a few seconds and slowly said, "rissa, I''m not going to beat around the bush with you. You can have the baby. If the child is Antonio''s, he can stay in our family. But you''re never allowed to marry into our family!" rissa widened her eyes and gulped in shock, "Grandma, it is my child. Why can''t I raise him?" Hermosa sneered, "If you raise him yourself, our family will not pay any alimony. If the child stays in the Baron family, you will be given a sum of money, which is definitely enough for you and your mother to spend the rest of your life." "No, I am loath to part with my child. Grandma, you have also given birth to children. Can you watch others take your child away?" When Hermosa heard this, her face was even gloomier, "rissa, I don''t care how you seduce Antonio. Don''t be so ungrateful in front of me." rissa, who was originally crying and pretending to feel wronged, stopped acting. She gently wiped her tears with tissue paper and chuckled, "Grandma, Adide and I are all pregnant with Antonio''s child. Since she can marry into the Baron family, then I can also do it." While shocking at rissa''s fickleness, Hermosa looked away in disgust, "I don''t want to say it again. You want money, or want to argue with me?" Ivy added the right amount of sugar to the coffee and respectfully handed it to Hermosa. Hermosa gently took a sip and frowned, "It''s a bit bitter." "Ms. Hermosa, you can''t drink too sweet." Ivy strictly adhered to the medical advice. Hermosa was a little upset, but did not insist on adding sugar. She turned her head to look at rissa and impatiently asked, "Have you decided yet?" rissa touched her newly done nails and didn''t even look at Hermosa, "Grandma, what should I think about? Adide is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend Channing''s child. The one in my belly is the child of Antonio. I don''t understand why you always help outsiders. We are the real family!" Even Ivy could not stand to hear rissa''s words. She was from the countryside and was honest and worked hard. But she thought the same of Adide as Hermosa thought of Adide. Now, hearing that rissa was talking nonsense and discrediting Adide, she didn''t like rissa either. Before Hermosa spoke, she answered first, "Miss rissa, we all can see how Ms. Adide treats Mr. Antonio. Why are you talking nonsense while Ms. Hermosa is being patient with you?" "Hey, it is impossible to judge her heart from her face. If you do not believe it, you can go to figure it out yourself. That Channing was broken legs by Antoniost time. Because Antonio saw him flirt with Adide." Antonio indeed broke Channing''s legs. But ording to Antonio''s character, if Adide really cheated and was seen by him, how could he only beat the man? Hermosa did not allow rissa to nder Adide''s reputation. She stood up and looked down at rissa, "rissa, I try to have a calm and sensible talk with you. But you did not listen to me, right? I''m telling you, with me in this house, you will never be able to marry into the Baron family." rissa no longer pretended. She chuckled, "Old woman, let me tell you, I will one day marry into the Baron family. At that time, I and Antonio will also attend upon you when you are dying." "rissa!" Hermosa was so angry that she coughed. "Ms. Hermosa, calm down and don''t listen to her nonsense." Ivy helped Hermosa to sit down while mollifying her. "Hey, it looks like you are going to die. Will you die before I marry into the Baron family?" rissa kept irritating Hermosa. Hermosa widened her eyes, as if she couldn''t breathe smoothly and was almost die! Chapter 23 Two-faced Chapter 23 Two-faced rissa still wanted to marry Antonio. If Hermosa really died of anger, even if she exined that she did not do anything, Ivy would definitely tell Antonio what she had said today. Unwilling to ruin her image in Antonio''s mind, rissa left the caf¨¦ with her bag. When she got home, she told her mother what happened at the caf¨¦ today. Her mother immediately told her to call Antonio and told him that she was going to have an abortion. If Hermosa told Antonio about it in advance, it would make Antonio suspicious. rissa thought it made sense. After she waited for a while and tears were filled with her eyes, she took the opportunity to call Antonio immediately. The phone was answered after one ring. rissa cried, "Antonio, I''m sorry, I''m sorry. I can''t protect our baby anymore!" With that, she hung up before Antonio said anything. Antonio did not know what happened. But he could tell that there was something wrong with rissa''s tone. He hurriedly called back. rissa directly hung up. Antonio nervously made more than a dozen phone calls in session. Then, rissa slowly answered it. Her cry distressed Antonio. He asked in a hurry, "What''s wrong, rissa?" "Antonio, grandmother said I was a mistress, and destroyed your marriage with Adide. If ¡­ if I do not abort the child, she will¡­" Hearing this, Antonio''s face instantly darkened. He patientlyforted her, "It''s okay, rissa. Don''t do anything foolish. I''ll go talk to grandmother." "Antonio, I''m scared. Is it because of me that you and Adide don''t get along? If I lose my child, I might as well die." Antonio rubbed his brow, "Don''t talk nonsense. Stay at home and take good care of yourself and the baby. I''ll go talk to grandma." After heforted her for a long time, rissa stoppedmitting suicide. Although Hermosa did not like rissa, she had never forced rissa to abort the child. Why did she suddenly force rissa to do this? Could it be that someone had said something in front of Hermosa? Antonio narrowed his eyes and Adide''s face appeared in his mind. Adide! Antonio whispered her name and could not suppress his anger. He strode to Adide''s room and kicked the door open. Adide, who was reading in the room, stood up subconsciously. She saw the anger in Antonio''s eyes and swallowed, "Antonio, what''s the matter?" Antonio rushed to her and grabbed her wrist tightly. Adide felt her bones were breaking again. She timidly asked again, "Antonio, what''s the matter?" "What''s the matter? How dare you ask me this? What did you say to grandma?" Antonio was extremely angry. He had never expected that Adide would do harm to rissa through the hands of his grandmother. Adide was confused. What did she say to grandma? She didn''t say anything to grandma. She shook her head, "No, I didn''t say anything to grandma." If it was not that he didn''t beat women, Antonio really wanted to punch the woman, who was only pretending to be pathetic. His face became gloomier, "You are pretending to be innocent? Adide, rissa has told me everything. How dare you still pretend to be innocent?" Hearing this, Adide realized that rissa must have said something to Antonio. She quickly exined, "Antonio, I really didn''t say anything to grandma. rissa wronged me." Antonio grabbed her more tightly, "She wronged you? Adide, the baby in rissa''s belly is mine. No matter whether you really do not care or pretend to be generous, I will be responsible for her." He had thought that Adide was pitiful. Now, it seemed that these were all her means. She disguised herself so well that even Hermosa was fooled by her. Seeing that Adide didn''t speak, he paused for a while and added, "Adide, if you dare to hurt rissa and her baby again, I won''t be so easy on you." Hearing this, Adide sneered. She shook off Antonio''s hand, "Antonio, you only care about rissa? I am also pregnant with your child. But you don''t even give me a chance to exin? Am I so bad in your heart?" Adide had thought that if she was extremely disappointed, she would not be more disappointed. It turned out that she would only be more disappointed but not the most disappointed. Her heart hurt again, which could not be ignored. This time, it seemed that there was a meat grinder spinning inside, and she couldn''t breathe. "Alright. Then you can exin." Antonio suddenly realized that he had lost his mind after listening to rissa''s words. He thought that Adide had instigated his grandmother to force rissa. But he had never asked her if she had done this. He convicted her directly. Adide had dimples, which were partly hidden and partly visible, while sheughed happily. If ignoring the tears on her face, she was definitelyughing broadly. Herughter inexplicably let Antonio feel ufortable. He said loudly to cover up his weakness, "Just exin!" Adide looked at him, stopped smiling, and wiped her tears. She said slowly, "Yes. I deliberately cheated grandma to make trouble for rissa. I hate rissa. I just want her and her baby to die. By the way, and her mother. I curse all of them to be hit by a car!" Adide suddenly thought to herself wickedly that what Antonio would do if she admitted all this. The good feeling and guilt Antonio had for Adide were exhausted at this moment. He was furious. He raised his hand and was about to p Adide while Hermosa appeared at this time. Hermosa had intended to tell Antonio in person what rissa really looked like. She didn''t expect to see that Antonio was angry and Adide widened her eyes and stared at Antonio with her eyes filled with tears. "Stop it!" Hermosa hurriedly snapped. Antonio turned to look at her and released Adide reluctantly. Hermosa vaguely heard a few of their words when she went upstairs. Seeing their current expressions, Hermosa knew that Antonio had misunderstood Adide again. She stood between the two and looked at Antonio helplessly and angrily, "I went to meet rissa on my own. It had nothing to do with Adide." Hermosa paused, "Also, Antonio, trust me, rissa is a person of bad character." "Grandma, don''t speak for Adide. She has admitted it herself." Hermosa looked at them, who were all in a fit of anger. No matter how good-natured a person was, he would be angry if he was ndered by Antonio like this. Hermosa knew that it was not the right time to exin now. "Bastard, let me tell you, if something happens to Adide''s child, you''ll take all the responsibility. If you want to vent your anger and hit someone, juste at me." Hermosa huffed. It was fine as long as Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. Adide was okay now. They could talk about the matter of rissater after Antonio calmed down. Chapter 24 Everything Can Be Faked Chapter 24 Everything Can Be Faked Antonio, who was in a fit of anger, saw Hermosa protecting Adide several times and snorted coldly, "Adide, grandma is here today. For her sake, I won''t me you this time. Leave here if you dare do this kind of thing again." Before Adide could speak, Hermosa raised her cane and hit Antonio''s arm, "You bastard! I''m not dead yet. You dare to disobey me now?" Antonio felt that Hermosa was deceived by Adide. Hermosa didn''t know how rissa attracted Antonio. They had argued and quarreled several times for the sake of their respective defenders. Antonio was very obedient at first. But now, he would contradict Hermosa in words. It could be seen how protective they were. "Grandma..." Hermosa always called him "bastard" in front of Adide, which made Antonio feel shameless. Hermosa''s face turned ashen with outrage. So, Antonio stopped saying anything. People in the Baron family seemed to be cold, but were kind inside. It did not matter to Hermosa who was at such an age. Antonio usually had a cold face, for fear that others would think he was kind. At this time, they stared at each other and the atmosphere was awkward. "Grandma, I''m fine. Antonio didn''t bully me. Why did youe here alone at noon? Have you had lunch?" Adide pulled Hermosa aside. Their quarrel made Adide feel hurt. In particr, Antonio asked her to leave in front of Hermosa. She swallowed hard and only felt bitter as if she had eaten a bitter herb. "Ivy came with me. I just met with that woman. It is so annoying. Fortunately, it is you who married into our family." That woman naturally meant rissa. Hermosa directly said that she had met rissa in front of Antonio. She might intend to tell Antonio about her conversation with rissa by the chance of talking to Adide. Adide was not stupid. She peeked at Antonio, who was still angry, and supported Hermosa to sit on the bed. Then, she asked, "Grandma, what''s the matter? Did rissa anger you?" "I''m angry at the mention of this woman. I told her not to bother you guys. But she didn''t listen to me and scolded me in front of many people in the caf¨¦!" Adide and Hermosa echoed each other, roughly saying Hermosa''s chat content with rissa. Antonio, who was standing besides, became suspicious after listening to Hermosa''s words. He knew rissa well. After Adide said that she was pregnant, rissa immediately said that she was also pregnant. Besides, rissa said that she was anemic. Adide had twice failed to get blood transfusion because of blood phobia. But rissa was still energetic the next day. It could be seen that she was not only smart but also resourceful from the fact that she asked Channing to attack Adide at the banquet. This time, she didn''t say clearly that it was Adide who egged Hermosa on to force her to have an abortion. But her words made Antonio mistook Adide as the culprit! What about Adide? She never bothered rissa. What frightened Antonio most was that every time he was with rissa, he got angry with Adide easily! Could it be that¡­ He dared not think deeply. He was a little afraid of the answer. Thinking of that he had almost hit Adide impulsively and even asked her to leave, Antonio felt guilty. He looked up at Adide carefully, who was talking to Hermosa. Their eyes suddenly met. They just tacitly pretended not to see each other. "Adide, why are you still sitting there? Let Da cook!" Antonio ordered in displeasure, as if he could look more domineering while speaking with a gloomy face. However, it was this bluff which made him guiltier! Adide basically would not disobey his words. Even if he took rissa home, she did not care. Hermosa knew that Antonio had heard their conversation. She had thought that Antonio would apologize to Adide or cave in. But she didn''t expect that he had been ustomed to speaking and acting arbitrarily and couldn''t bear to apologize as a president. Hermosa couldn''t help but sigh how stubborn Antonio was. She also knew how sensible Adide was. It was because of Adide''s tolerance that the family was not in a mess. This was why she liked Adide and always favored Adide. "Behave yourself. Adide is your wife and not your secretary." Hermosa put on a long face and reprimanded in a cold voice. It was indeed his fault for scolding Adide without asking the reason. Antonio nodded. With Hermosa''s reminder and Adide''s forbearance, such farce abated. However, rissa would not give up easily. Where there is a first time, there is a second time. Hermosa would probablye to her next time. If she couldn''t get something to convince Hermosa, rissa was afraid she and Antonio would only be strangers. Unable to find a way out, rissa lost her temper with her mother, Flora Lyndon, at home and argued with the peddler outside. All day long, she was in an extreme bad mood. Seeing hering back, Flora came to greet her. Her face creased with mirth, "rissa, I have called my friend, Arya Lane, this afternoon. Her son works in the hospital." rissa nced at Flora and did not understand what she meant, "Does it matter to me what Arya''s son does? Can he help me fake it? What''s more, I am not pregnant. After ten months, I will also be exposed." rissa had thought that even if she didn''t get pregnant after sleeping with Antonio once, she could get Antonio drunk and sleep with him again. But she didn''t expect that Adide was pregnant. She had no choice but to say she was pregnant too. Now, Antonio did not sleep with her at all. How could she get pregnant? Besides, there was an old woman, who always made trouble and bothered her. That old woman, Hermosa, was at such an age and not afraid of death. There was nothing which could please her. rissa was so angry that she was going crazy. She did not understand why her mother could be so happy. "Hey, rissa, listen to me. I told Arya that you and your husband did not get along well. He wanted to marry his mistress. You had no choice but to pretend to be pregnant. But your husband found awyer and said that the child was not his. He wouldn''t believe the child was his unless you did a paternity test. Arya said that she could help you get a fake report." Flora pulled her and sat on the sofa. She told her daughter the good news she got from her high school ssmates. rissa was overjoyed to hear it, "I can do a paternity test before the baby is born?" "Yes. Arya heard from her son that the paternity test can be done at 6 weeks of pregnancy." The two looked at each other and smiled. Flora acted fast. After discussing with rissa, she immediately called Arya, who was warm-hearted. All content is ? N0velDrama.Org. Seeing them ying the martyr role, Arya said that she would help them contact her son. After hanging up within a few minutes, Arya called again and told them that it was done. Arya reminded them that if rissa was exposed, they could not implicate her son and let her son be sued. rissa and Flora were only interested in the fake report and happily agreed what Arya said. The day after she got the fake report, rissa called Hermosa for an appointment! Chapter 25 Arrange a Villa Chapter 25 Arrange a Vi Hermosa looked at the paternity test rissa handed her. The 99 percent of the simrity let her have to believe that this woman had carried Antonio¡¯s child. Hermosa did not like her, but the child in her belly was Antonio''s and her great-grandson, how could she sit idly by? After struggling for a while, Hermosa gave rissa a look. "I can ept the baby. I can also arrange a ce for you to have the baby." rissa immediately showed a smile on her face, but Hermosa¡¯s next words made her stop smiling, ¡°Don''t be happy. I said I will ept the baby, but I did not say I will ept you. Leave after you give birth to the baby. Don''t make me force you to leave. If you agree, I will do my promise, if you don''t, don''t me me." rissa knew Hermosa''s mind. Although she hated that, but still had a smile on her face, ¡°Grandma, I can do anything as long as I can have the baby born." As if to soften Hermosa''s heart, she reached out and touched her stomach, showing tenderness. Satisfied with her attitude, Hermosa nodded and asked someone to take her one of the vacant vi of the Baron family. rissa looked at the huge vi, showing a smile. Until others had left, she took out her mobile phone. The phone was soon answered, Adide''s voice sounded from the other end of the phone, ¡°What?" rissa was happy to hear her slightly disgusted tone, slightly narrowed her eyes, ¡°Sister, you and I are born of a father, why are you so indifferent to me?¡± "My mother did not give birth to sisters for me. Please don''t bother me in the future!" Adide didn''t want to hear her voice, but before she hung up the phone, the voice on the other end of the phone sounded again, ¡°Sister, how can you be so cruel? By the way, Grandma has epted my child and arranged me a vi just to let me take care of the fetus!" Adide could imagine rissa''s expression, but she still took a deep breath, ¡°rissa, I know you called me just to show off, but even if grandma epts you, you won''t live in other vis." rissa did not expect that she would say that. She was stunned andter said, ¡°Adide, as long as I give birth to Antonio''s child, I sure will marry into the Baron family." "Haha, are you too naive? rissa, as long as I live one day, I will not divorce Antonio. You will only have an illegal child!" Adide did not give her the opportunity to speak but hung up the phone. rissa stamped her feet angrily butter looked at her phone with a smile. ¡°What is it?¡± Antonio¡¯s voice came from the telephone. rissa shed tears at the instant and said in a crying tone, ¡°Antonio, grandma arranged me a vi, but this ce is so big, with only some part-time workers. I am afraid being here alone!" Antonio had been a little impatient, but when he heard rissa¡¯s crying tone, his voice became soft, ¡°Turn on the light at night, and you will not be afraid with light!" rissa bit her lip, ¡°But, I miss you, the baby misses you too. I am so afraid, Antonio,e to apany me, ok?" rissa knew Adide was there when Antonio picked up the phone. She was right. Antonio was in Adide¡¯s room, because two days ago his grandma said he should treat Adide better. Looking at rissa''s call, he subconsciously ran to the study. Adide stood quietly outside the door. She was heartbroken listening to his coaxing. After they talked for more than ten minutes, Antonio finally frowned and whispered, ¡°Ok, give me the address." He hung up the phone. As he just walked out of the room, he saw Adide standing at the door. He was stunned andter roared, ¡°You eavesdrop on my phone?" Adide raised her head and tried to put on a smiling face. She shook her head, ¡°I came to ask you to have a meal." "No, there''s business at thepany. I''ve got to get back to it." Because of guilty, he did not delve into Adide''s words, even did not dare to look into her eyes. And then he left with his coat on. Adide stood there in a daze. When rissa boasted in the phone, she felt rissa would not miss this opportunity to humiliate her, but she did not expect rissa would call Antonio. There had been a voice in her mind to tell her to listen to what they said! She had tried to stop that, but it was useless. She touched her stomach and told herself that it didn''t matter. Hermosa caught this scene. She gently wiped away Adide¡¯s tear. Adide didn¡¯t expect Hermosa would suddenly appear, so she lowered her head so that Hermosa could not see her red and swollen eyes. Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. Her action made let Hermosa more distressed, ¡°I am sorry for that!" Hermosa knew it was ridiculous to let rissa live in the vi, but it was Antonio¡¯s baby, she could not bear to let the baby live outside. So she was sorry for Adide. Adide shook her head and put up a smiling face, ¡°Grandma, I''m fine. I just miss my Mom." Then she helped Hermosa into her room. Hermosa took her hand and patted her gently, ¡°Good girl, I know you are sensible. Don¡¯t worry, I will not allow that boy and that woman bully you." Adide took a deep breath and looked at Hermosa, ¡°Grandma, I am fine. Antonio did not bully me." Hermosa was guilty to hear that. She promised to Adide she would not let Antonio and rissa bully her again and again. Chapter 26 A Fight Chapter 26 A Fight The day Alvin returned, it happened to be a family dinner. He had spent so much time abroad, and now he suddenly returned home and embarrassed Antonio at the family dinner. Antonio had to be wary of him, so in the past few days he and his secretary Koby kept a firm eye on Alvin''s every move. Also due to his scorn for his uncle, he basically rested at thepany these days, even though he had moved over to live with rissa. Fortunately, although Alvin kept an eye on the Baron Group, but after all, he did not understand the domestic market, plus he had no man in thepany, so he did nothing, which made Antonio relieved. rissa did not know that Antonio and his uncle were targeting each other in the business world. Since she asked Antonio to her vi, Antonio hardly ever came back. Even if he came back, he had just taken a shower and changed clothes, and he did not say more than ten words to her. And that olddy had note after she asked Antonio to move to the vi. Did she silently let Antonio go back to that bitch? This thought popped into rissa''s head and she quickly confirmed that it must be so, otherwise why didn''t Antonioe back? Even if he came, he didn''t even stay for half an hour before he left. "Hmph, bitch!" rissa narrowed her eyes and cursed in a hateful voice. Fortunately, only rissa was in the vi. Usually the hourly employee woulde to clean, but all rissa soon arrived at Baron''s house. And after Da opened the door for her, she didn''t inform Adide but let her go upstairs to find Adide. Perhaps some tacit agreement had formed between the two. Every time rissa came to Adide alone, she would secretly slip money to Da, who would also excuse herself to go out to buy food to give them time alone. This time, naturally, was no exception. Da smiled, took the money, untied the apron she was wearing and went out the door. Adide was upstairs reading a book, and whenever she was engrossed in it, she could not always hear the voices beside her. These days Antonio went out to live with rissa, she said she was happy, but her heart was empty, even the people who quarrel to find her own trouble were gone. She felt bored. She had to read books and pretend nothing was going on. "Adide!" rissa''s strong voice reached her ears and she unconsciously frowned. Antonio had already moved in with her, why did shee here specifically to be angry with herself? Despite her dissatisfaction, Adide still stood up good-naturedly. "What is it?" She asked. At that, rissa snorted like she had heard a joke and said, "What is it? Adide, why are you so shameless?" Adide alsoughed. In terms of shamelessness, she was really no match for this sister. "You are here specifically to scold me? Actually, it can be fixed on the phone, you know I don''t want to see your face." rissa was wearing a tight ck dress today, a pair of red high heels, carrying a cross body bag, of which the strap split her breasts on either side. She pointed at Adide and cursed, "There''s no point in you upying Antonio. Don''t you understand what Grandma meant by giving me the vi? Adide, if I were you I''d hurry up and get a divorce." "I know, it''s for the sake of Antonio¡¯s child in your belly!" Adide swept her eyes around her stomach and kindly warned. "By the way, rissa, you can live in that vi because of your belly. Look at you, tight skirt and crossbody bag, they are bad for the baby. In case the bag identally knocked the child off, you will get nothing." This sounded particrly harsh to rissa''s ears, and she shivered. In order not to let Adide see that she was weak-minded, her eyes were as widened as eggs. She pointed at Adide and cursed. "Adide, you bitch. Don''t curse me, I will definitely give birth to Antonio''s child." "That''s right, then go back to take care of you belly!" Adide said in a cold voice as she picked up the book on the sofa to remind rissa that she had to read a book and rissa could fuck off now. But she was here to cause trouble. "You think I want toe? The person that Antonio likes is me, it''s me. Even if you have the olddy to back you up and ask Antonio back, his heart won''t belong to you." After a pause, rissa''s eyes showed a fierce look. "Adide, as soon as the olddy is dead, Antonio will kick you out." Adide once again put down the book in her hand, "rissa, even if I''m at fault, why are you insulting Grandma?" "Grandma? That old thing, if it weren''t for her, do you think you''d still have the right to stand here and talk to me?" rissa took two steps forward, obviously more emotional at the mention of the olddy. "Get out, get the hell out!" Adide finally couldn''t resist pointing her index finger at the door and ring at her. "How dare you be mean to me?" rissa was about to hit Adide, but she heard the door open. "Bitch, it is great your mother died. That bitch stole the man from my mother." rissa''s reaction was extremely fast. When she heard the sound of the door opening, she knew it was Antonio returning, striding up to Adide and whispering in her ear. Her mother was Adide''s lifeline, and rissa would always make Adide explode every time she brought it up, sost time she hit rissa, so did this time. Adide yelled out like a madman and subconsciously pushed rissa hard. "Ah! Sister, I was wrong!" As Antonio had just set foot on the stairs, he saw rissa copsed in the doorway, crying while begging for mercy from Adide. He was still confused, but Adide came out and pped at rissa''s face! Seeing this, Antonio quickly rushed over and pulled Adide to a halt. He chided. "What are you doing! She''s a pregnant woman!" He was so busy these days. At the thought that he moved to live with rissa might hurt Adide, he took the time toe back to see Adide. Little did he know that this was what he would to see. Adide was pulled aside by him and slowly regained herposure. He saw her hitting rissa. Normally he would unconditionally believe rissa even if he didn''t see it, and her exination was in vain, so why waste her breath? Adide sneered, "See with your eyes. Is it against thew to teach my sister?" Adide''s dark eyes met Antonio''s stormy expression. She was stubborn, but she made Antonio unable to make a move on her. He said coldly. "Poisonous woman!" After saying that, he left without looking back and hugged rissa who was crying into tears. This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. Antonio took her back to the vi. Thinking of Adide''s expression, he considered she must have been so angry that she did it, so she didn''t believe him nor exined to him anymore? Antonio couldn''t tell the difference. He looked at rissa and warned, "Don''t go to Adide again!" The quiet vi rang with the sound of footsteps. The woman in bed with her clothes scattered rubbed her sleepy eyes and reached for the owner of the footsteps, "Antonio, are you going to the office so early?" The woman''s voice seemed pitiful. The happy times she had begged for were always so short. Antonio''srge palm covered the back of her hand, patting it twice before pulling it out, "rissa, thepany has been busytely." rissa pouted and looked at Antonio with dissatisfaction. Then the man said, "Be good, I''ll try to finish up with the business early thene back to keep youpany." Hearing that she was better and climbed up to kiss on his cheek, flirting with him in a flirtatious manner, "Okay, Antonio, I''ll wait for you at home then." He nodded, feeling the lingering warmth that still lingered on his cheek! As the saying goes, A child who cries gets milk, and a woman in coquetry gets the best! Adide would only pretend to be strong. Thinking about the woman at home, he unconsciously thought about leaving like that with rissa yesterday, would she be sad? Antonio shook his head to shake off all the thoughts about Adide in his head. He left, but rissa''s peaceful sleep did notst long. The ear-piercing ringing sounded one after another, rissa rolled over, but it was still ringing. She impatiently picked up the phone. Before she could speak, the voice rang out. "rissa, when are you going to give me back my stuff!" Chapter 27 Being Teased Chapter 27 Being Teased The voice of Channing came out of the receiver, rissa bit her lip and hesitated for a moment to speak out. "Oh, Channing, I have the stuff here. Don''t worry, I keep it well for you." His voice was clearly a bit impatient, but thinking that he would probably not get anything at this point by falling out with rissa, he had to politely reply whilementing that he had been caught doing something carelessly, "Well, rissa, give me back the stuff now!" "Oops, Channing, you called early in the morning. Don''t be in a hurry to ask for documents, have you had food yet? I haven''t had breakfast, let¡¯s go out and eat!" Channing lost his patience. His head was now full of the documents in rissa''s hand. And if someone got hold of them, then he would have to spend the rest of his life in jail. If it wasn''t for that, how could he risk offending Antonio and have a leg broken by his men? Channing felt his senseless right leg, how could he be in the mood to eat? In his anxiety, he sounded a bit impulsive. "rissa, do you not want to give me the documents?" At that, rissa smiled and didn''t say anything for a while. Channing asked anxiously. "rissa, say something. You''ve put me in this situation, do you want to backtrack?" "Channing, howe? If I want to give you back the documents, you have to meet with me. How about this, I know a breakfast ce near your house with a nice environment and a good taste, let''s meet there and talk." rissa took out the blue folder from under the sheets, containing exactly what Channing had in mind, and she thoughtfully ran her fingers over the file folder. "Don''t y any tricks!" There was nothing Channing could do. The stuff was in rissa''s hands and he had to do as she said. Soon, rissa dressed up carefully and locked her things in the cupboard to prevent the papers from being seen by the hourly employee. After everything was packed up, rissa went out contentedly. The two of them agreed to meet at a breakfast restaurant, which was a hundred meters away from Channing''s home. He had broken leg and could not drive. Thinking that it was not an honorable thing, he dragged the crippled leg to see rissa. He waited for a long time and rissa btedly walked to the seat opposite him, not feeling the least bit guilty about beingte, and with a straight face she beckoned the waiter toe and order breakfast. Channing had long been anxious. As the waiter left, he leaned forward slightly and asked, "rissa, where''s the stuff?" rissa slowly ced her handbag on the stool next to her, took off her sunsses and looked at him with a smile. This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. "Don''t worry Channing, eat something first!" "Where''s the stuff? I''m not here to have breakfast with you, so give me the stuff first." Seeing that he kept talking about documents, rissa was toozy to beat around the bush with him and she shrugged. "Channing, although I am heartbroken about your leg, but my purpose had not been achieved. Help me again, I ......" "Bang!" Channing was a man in the end, before rissa could finish her words, he pped his palm on the table in anger, and the dishes in front of him fell on the floor. He should have thought that the words of someone like rissa could not be trusted. After being teased, Channing finally lost his temper, "rissa, you bitch, you don¡¯t keep you words. I broke my leg for you, and you want me to fucking help you again?" The people around all looked at them, and Channing yelled again. "Eat your food. Keep watching, I''ll kill you!" At the sound of that, people lowered their heads from gazing at them. rissa was prepared for the scolding words, and she still smiled. "Channing, sit down and talk, don''t be so angry. I have a lot to lose from thest incident too! The truth is your words didn''t work. I promise, this is thest time. If you help me, I will definitely give you back your stuff!" "Damn bitch, my leg is broken and I am a cripple. It''s good that I didn''t ask you forpensation, and you still ask me to help?" Channing bent down and patted his senseless leg. The expletives were pouring out of his mouth as if he was disgusted with rissa. rissa shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands, indicating that there was nothing she could do about it. Her movepletely angered Channing, who limped over to her, pulled away the stool outside her, and squeezed her neck with hisrge palm, rather like dying with her. "rissa, you don''t want to befortable even if I''m not good. Be careful I tell Adide and Antonio about all the shit you did!" At that, rissa''s face went pale. Perhaps because she was pinched by Channing, her face was flushed and her eyes were all red, and she hastily begged for mercy. "Channing, I give you the documents, take it easy." After listening to rissa''s pleading words, he slowly calmed down. rissa then said. "Channing, I came out in a hurry and didn''t take the documents. Let''s make an appointment, I''ll bring them to you next time!" "Better, I''ll get you if you''re ying tricks!" Channing let go of his hand and limped out of the breakfast. Chapter 28 Pain in the Ass Chapter 28 Pain in the Ass rissa was unhappy in her heart. She made a call to Adide. "Sister, I wondered if you slept wellst night. Antonio went far. I asked him not to sleep with me in his arms, but he said he loved me and had to hold me to feel safe." Adide gritted her teeth and said. "Very good!" She hung up the phone in a hurry. She feltfortable to hear rissa''s words. It was one thing to know that Antonio and rissa were sleeping together, and it was another to hear her say it in person. She forced herself not to think about rissa''s words, but she couldn''t stop thinking about the images that came out of her mouth. Adide''s forehead slowly filled with fine beads of sweat. Her eyebrows wrinkled together from the pain. She covered her stomach with one hand while shouting, "Da, Da, my stomach, it hurts, it hurts!" Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. rissa¡¯s words stimted Adide. Adide felt the child as if to leave her. Da was not there. She shouted while no one toe. Adide grits teeth, picked up the mobile phone and made a call to Antonio. But he hung up. And when she called again, it was already off. Adide''s tears came out. She thought of Hanna her best friend so she made a call to her with trembling hands. "Hello, Adide." "Hanna, my stomach hurts so much, it hurts so much,e to my house!" With herst breath, she finished the sentence brokenly. Without too much strength to support herself, she passed out. The good thing is that when she got married Hanna came to her house, and there are not many people with the surname Gu in this area, saying which building Antonio lives in others quickly told her. When Hanna came to Adide, Da was ying with her phone on the first floor, not knowing exactly what she was doing, perhaps she was too involved to hear Adide''s cries for help. When the two went upstairs, Adide''s lower body was already bleeding. Both of them were terrified and carried Adide to her car. She then drove Adide to the hospital. The lights in the operating room were on for a whole hour. Hanna walked around in the long corridor. She still remembered Adide''s happy expression the day she married Antonio, but in just a few years, how did she get herself into this state? The doctor came out of the operating room and first reprimanded Hanna. How could a pregnant woman get angry and lose sleep in the early stages of pregnancy? After the lecture, he told Hanna that it was fortunate that she had been in good health, or she would probably not have been able to keep the baby. She was slightly relieved to hear that Adide and the baby were fine. Adide was pushed to the ward before she woke up. As Hanna looks at her bestie lying sickly on the bed with a pale face, she was furious and med Antonio for everything. Without waiting for Adide to wake up, she came to the Baron Group in a rage. The receptionist asked her who she was looking for. Hanna yelled out Antonio''s name. As the receptionist was to ask her if she had an appointment, Hanna unkindly tugged at the receptionist''s cor, "Appointment? I''m his wife''s best friend, where is he now?" The receptionist had never seen such a fierce woman, and she informed Hanna of Antonio''s office. Hanna rushed to Antonio''s office by elevator. Antonio''s office was not in the highest floor of thepany, but he had his own independent reception desk. Seeing Hannaing straight to Antonio''s office, Koby hurriedly stopped Hanna and said with a smile. "Hello, miss, this is a private office. Do you have an appointment?" Without saying a word, Hanna punched Koby on his face, and his sses fell to the floor, but Koby didn''t bother with the sses, he continued to reach out to stop Hanna and shouted at the office again. "Mr. Antonio, there''s a woman wants to see you." "Let her in." Just as Antonio''s words fell, Hanna kicked open the door, followed by Koby, whose left side of his face was puffed up with purple and blue, his hand still pulling on her clothes. "Koby, take half a day off, get a new pair of sses, go home and take the swelling off your face, go ahead." "Yes, Mr. Antonio!" After Koby left, Antonio frowned and listened to Hanna''s deafening roar. "Antonio, why are you so irresponsible. Why didn''t you treat Adide well since you have married her?" He thought it was Adide who hadined about his affairs with her best friend, so he had a worse impression upon Adide. He looked at Hanna and said in a cold voice. "It is my family affair, not your business!" Hanna was not soft and weak like Adide who was submissive. She had a fiery personality and said. "Bullshit, how is it none of my business. Adide is my best friend, her business is my business. You left her home alone and almost had a miscarriage!" Antonio frowned and grew more and more disgusted with Adide. She called her bestie instead of Da when something happened. Wasn''t this deliberately making her bestie think he was abusing her? How scheming. Antonio was angry and hepletely forgot that he had just hung up on Adide over and over again during the meeting. "Hmph, almost having a miscarriage means she did not have a miscarriage." Antonio''s harsh tone made Hanna want to hit him. Just then Alvin appeared. He had been listening outside for a long time. He pushed the door open and reprimanded. "What''s going on? Antonio, I heard that a girl came to you and not only threatened the receptionist but also beat up Koby!" As the saying goes, good things don''t go unnoticed and bad things spread a thousand miles. When Koby sneaked away, he was seen by the gossipy female staff, who made a big deal out of it. "Who are you?" Hanna asked in an unpleasant tone. The man smiled and nodded his head in greeting to her. "Hello, I''m Alvin, Antonio''s uncle!" "Oh, Uncle, then you should teach your nephew. He left Adide home alone, causing her to almost miscarry." Hanna didn''t know about Antonio''s previous conflict with his uncle, and foolishly thought he could help teach Antonio a lesson. She told Alvin all about Adide''s encounter and what the doctor had said. "Adide is pregnant now, you should make more time for her. Adide''s friend is kind, you talking to her like that makes othersugh at the Baron family¡¯sck of family education." On the surface he had the same sullen face as Antonio, but in his heart he wasughing, as long as he couldugh at Antonio, it was a happy thing, especially he could scold him as elder. Chapter 29 You Never Believe Me Chapter 29 You Never Believe Me Antonio wasn''t stupid enough to argue with his uncle in front of outsiders. So, he listened patiently to his uncle¡¯s discipline. The hatred for Adide in his heart increased. Hanna med Antonio a lot to Alvin. Not long after Adide married Hanna went abroad and returned a few days ago. Although the two usually chatted on social software, Adide never talked about her family affairs. She thought after Adide married the man of her dreams, she would live a happy life. No wonder she called Adide a few days ago when she came back and asked her to bring her husband to gather, Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. she always said that her husband was busy with his career. When she saw what happened to Adide today, her heart was in pain. Under the repeated assurances of his uncle, Hanna calmed down. Thinking that Adide was still in the hospital, she left the Baron Group. Antonio and Alvin stayed in the office. Alvin finally broke intoughter, and in the midst of hisughter, Antonio hated Adide more! When Hanna was back at the hospital, Adide had woken up. The two girlfriends looked at each other and hugged each other. "Hanna, I''m sorry to bother you!" The first thing they said when they met was an apology. Adide was overwhelmed with emotion, remembering that when she met Hanna, the first thing they said was "Sorry" because they bumped into each other. Hanna, however, heartily hugged her even tighter. "Damn girl, I haven''t seen you in a few years and you said sorry to me!" They had been so close that they ate from the same bowl and wore the same pants. Adide nodded with silence. The two talked a lot in the ward, including the embarrassing things they did to chase boy at school, or being punished for copying for not doing their homework. Adide was surprised to find out that she only had Antonio for her entire student years! After a while, Hanna said that she went to Antonio and beated up his secretary as well as that she gave his uncleint. Adide suddenly felt that something was not right, and she asked uncertainly, "Uncle? Is it called Alvin?" Hanna recalled carefully and it seemed to be the name, so she nodded. A hint of embarrassment visibly shed across Adide''s face. She was sensitive to it and asked. "Adide, what''s wrong?" Adide forced a smile. She never talked to Hanna about her family life after marriage, because she had a terrible life and she didn''t want her best friend to worry about herself. Besides, the man was chosen by herself. She had nothing toin, so it was normal for her best friend not to know the private affairs of Antonio''s family. And in front of outsiders, Antonio and Alvin were uncle and nephew. Although Hanna had made Antonio lose face in front of his uncle this time, she was to help her, so how could Adide me her best friend? The two looked like they had a lot to say and kept talking until they were discharged from the hospital and on the way home. Antonio, on the other hand, was not in such a good mood. As Alvin refuted his proposal at today''s board meeting, he happened to catch up with Adide''s bestie. When he got home from work, he found only Da was cooking. When he went to Adide''s room, she was not there. Da said she didn''t even know that Adide had signs of miscarriage. Her friend came to the house in a hurry and the two found out. Antonio sneered. He knew Adide was pretending. She made her look like a miscarriage, without telling him or Da. She called her best friend, trying to make him be med for being an unfaithful man and having no responsibility. What a snake''s heart! "Then I won''t keep you." Even though Hanna''s car drove slowly, the car stopped in the Baron family¡¯s vi half an hourter. Adide got off and reluctantly said goodbye. Hanna was sad and nodded. After calming down she knew that if she made such a scene, it would affect Adide and Antonio''s rtionship, so she lowered her head and said sheepishly. "Adide, I am sorry that I shouldn''t have been so impulsive and went to your husband!" "It''s okay, we''re good friends!" Adide stroked her head andforted her. "Let me know if your husband bullies you." Adide nodded. After saying goodbye, Hanna''s car slowly drove away from the Baron family. Adide walked home silently with her eyes downcast. Antonio was waiting for Adide in the living room. Seeing she was back, he asked, "Why didn''t you call me, aren''t you weak? Don''t say I didn''t take good care of you." If it was not that Da did not answer and that Antonio didn''t pick up the phone, would Adide have called her best friend whom she hadn''t seen in years? Would Adide bother her? Her eyes red at Antonio with deep hatred. "I won¡¯t!" "Good." Antonio grunted lightly and spat out a word from his mouth! Adide lowered her head, not looking at him, and asked coldly, "Is there anything else? I''m going to my room." "Adide, I hope you''ll keep your mouth shut in the future. Don''t tell grandma and your friends how badly I treat you. Making a show will only deepen my dislike for you." Antonio looked down at her. Adide looked up. He was standing opposite her. He had his beard sprouted, his hair was in disarray, and the button on his cor was missing. She was suddenly in a bit of a trance. Was this unkempt man the Antonio she liked? "Answer me!" Antonio got angry at the way she was looking at him thoughtfully, because he could see the dislike in her eyes! He looked down at himself. His shirt was clean and t, there were no dirty spots on his pants, and his shoes were spotless. He had no idea what Adide disliked. He shook his head, shaking off the thoughts rattling around in his head. Adide blinked, her face pale was not noticed by Antonio. "I hope you''ll take care of your mistress; I won''t have a miscarriage for a y without her interrupting." If rissa hadn''t provoked herself again and again, causing her to get too emotional, how would she have had a miscarriage? Antonio was stunned, what did this have to do with rissa? He thought to himself that Adide must be jealous about that he lived with rissa, so she deliberately said bad words about rissa. He himself hadn''t noticed since when he always subjectively convicted her no matter what Adide said. After saying that Adide went back to her room, and Antonio left in anger. Chapter 30 The Crisis Is Overwhelming Chapter 30 The Crisis Is Overwhelming Channing dragged his disabled leg and limped to the designated ce. Due to being teased by rissa again and again, the location to return the documents was chosen by Channing this time. He deliberately chose an abandoned factory. If rissa yed tricks again, he would kidnap her. After knowing his choice, rissa said it was not good, but she was happy. It would not be easy for Channing to get the documents back in the premise that he did not finish the work. Besides, he threatened her that he would Adide about everything she had done. This was the most intolerable point for her. She had been worried about how to trick Channing to an abandoned ce and to give him a lesson, but now Channing himself chose an abandoned factory. Both men gloated over their respective ideas. Channing looked down at the watch on his wrist, it was 2:30. That woman waste again. She had been alwayste for other¡¯s business. "Shit!" Channing couldn''t help but curse. rissa did not answer his phone, and now he had stomachache, so he decided to go to toilet first. Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. Fortunately, this factory¡¯s toilet was easy to be found. Channing with the fastest speed now ran to the toilet, which was the old style squatting toilet with spider web in to. He found one without webs and squatted down in a hurry. After that, when he was about to get up, he heard two strong men talking while walked in. "Brother, what if we chop the wrong person without a picture?" "This ce is so deserted that we will not make mistake. Besides, didn''t the bitch say, "Male, 5''7", cripple! If it was the wrong one, we still chop him, we got paid anyway." The man called ¡°brother¡± pped on the back of the other man¡¯s head. Male? 5''7"? A cripple? Wasn''t it himself they were looking for? He lifted his pants and shrunk into a corner where they couldn''t see him. The other man smiled and scratched his head. "Right, you are smart. Heck, it stinks!" Hearing that, Channing''s heart was in his throat. The man''s words made Channing''s forehead break out in sweat, fearing that they might find him here. The ¡°brother¡± said, "Damn, don''t toilets stink?" The two men left as soon as they finished using the toilet. The ¡°Brother¡± didn''t realize the fact that the toilet had been abandoned for a long time. Channing was scared in a cold sweat. When the two people left, he followed them quietly. Unfortunately this factory was an old closed building, or maybe it was to save trouble, there was only one gate. If he wanted to get out he had to go through the gate. The fence was full of moss and two meters high, so he could not get out across the wall. Channing went quietly to the gate and found a dozen people standing there. He could not fight with them. And he was anxious, but could not think of any way. Channing cursed rissa''s in heart. He could not find a way out, so he sighed and had to think of solution sitting in the corner, while vigntly watched out for those men looking for them. After a while, he decided to pretend to be a beggar. He found tiles on the ground, scraped holes in his shoes and clothes, and then rolled around in the dirt without regard for his image, not leaving every inch clean in his face or hair. He found a sack on the ground nearby and hurriedly stuffed rocks in it to make his limping feet look like they were dragging on the ground because he was pulling the sack. All along the way he was timid and afraid that he would be discovered, but luckily he did look like a beggar. Those people would not beat a beggar though they were paid. Luckily because work ethic, they subconsciously put away the iron bars in their hands upon seeing Channing, and one man stopped him. "Old man, have you seen a cripple?" Old man? He really did look like an old man now. Channing shook his head sheepishly, bracing himself against the rocks and heading out. Not to mention his sweat-soaked back, even his hands and feet were trembling for fear that he might be spotted by the men. At every step Channing felt countless eyes looking at him. He was so scared and when he was about a hundred meters away from the men, he was suddenly called. "Beggar, don''t run!" One man thought there was something wrong with his leg. He looked like a cripple, so he pulled out his own iron bar and shouted, followed by other men. Channing shuddered and hurriedly dropped the sack he was holding as he dragged his legs and ran as fast as he could. Within moments, he was caught. He was about to beg for mercy, but the men didn''t even listen to him and hit him with iron bars. He clutched his head with both hands in the mess. After a long time, he finally heard someone shout "The police are here!" The thugs left quickly. Then a man got out of a fancy car and he bent down and asked. "Those people escaped. Can you get up?" Channing gritted his teeth and staggered to his feet. That man was none other than Antonio''s uncle, Alvin, who pretended to be kind and asked the driver to help Channing to the car. "Little brother, do you want me to take you to the hospital?" He asked. The appearance of Channing at the moment was appalling. His blood mixed with the mud on his body. His head was fortunately protected, otherwise he would have fallen in a pool of blood now. The hatred in his heart was infinite. He wished to rissa''s home to break her bones all over her body immediately. At this moment, his mind was full of killing rissa, so how could he have the mind to go to the hospital? Gritting his teeth, he said thank you to the man who had sort of saved his life. "If you''re not busy, you can drop me off at the Baron family." He was afraid that rissa, knowing that the group of thugs missed to kill him, would move his documents elsewhere, and if he really killed her, he would have double crime and may be executed to death immediately. Knowing rissa''s weakness, he decided to first find Adide. Alvin raised eyebrow and agreed to help. Channing gave the driver the address of Baron''s house and the driver started the car slowly. Perhaps because he looked so wretched, Alvin thoughtfully handed him a pack of wet wipes. After thanking him, Channing wiped his face clean. Chapter 31 Bitch Theory Chapter 31 Bitch Theory When Channing arrived at the Baron¡¯s house, he didn''t ring the doorbell and just mmed the door roughly with his hand. Adide was sleeping in her room. She was a light sleeper, so she was waken. She frowned and got up with a jacket. Since almost miscarried, she knew Da could not be relied on. Antonio liked to be clean, so all the work at home was done by Da and Da''s monthly sry was ridiculously high. So, only she and Da were in the big vi. Da couldn''t help her at home, and she didn''t expect Da to do anything now. When Adide had just walked out of the room, Da had already opened the door. Since there was nothing she needed to do, Adide was about to go back to her room to continue to sleep. "Where''s Adide, I''m looking for Adide!" "Gosh. Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. Who are you!" Da eximed in shock, but it wasn''t her fault, Channing was covered in blood, everyone would be afraid of him. "Cut the crap and tell Adide toe see me! I''m Adide''s ex-boyfriend." Channing sat shamelessly on the couch, and he yelled like he was back in his own home. Adide heard this and shuddered. She looked down the stairs, "Ah!" She took two steps back and her hands clutched her cor, with a look of fear unconsciously running across her face. "Adide, I need to see you for something,e down or I''ll go up." Channing leapt up from the couch, not in the least bit like a badly injured person. "I''ming down!" Adide was afraid that he would go to her room, so she jogged to Channing. She had seen his bloody appearance upstairs, but she still backed up in shock. Channing saw this and his face went blue. "What? Afraid of me?" Adide averted her eyes from him. "Why do youe to me?" "Adide, I''m here today to admit my mistake, I want to expose rissa''s evil deeds to you." Channing knew she was scared and wasn''t getting any closer. He didn''t wait for Adide to chime in but told Adide all about the process of meeting Antonio and the banquet on his own. Adide was surprised. She knew Channing wanted to harm her, but she did not know rissa was behind him. Although she had wondered if it was rissa, she had no evidence. But why Channing came here and told her the truth? She had to be suspicious and cautious, "What do you want?" After a moment of hesitation, Channing told Adide all about his injuries and what had happened to him these days. Upon hearing, Adide understood that they had a civil unrest. Although all these were masterminded by rissa, Channing was also the one who directly hurt her. Adide sneered, "You deserve!" "Yes, I deserve it. Help me get back the evidence of my embezzlement of public funds or help me fill in that loophole, I will go with you to Antonio and tell him the truth, and by then Antonio will definitely Channing''s eyes glowed. He thought Adide would help him. Adide smiled. If she helped Channing, it sounded like it was good to her, but actually it was beneficial to Channing. ording to her understanding of Antonio, he wouldn''t believe anything she said now, so why would she spare an enemy to "kill" the other enemy. "Sorry, you know my rtionship with rissa. I don''t have the nerve to ask her for your evidence and I don''t have the money to help you, so I''m sorry I can''t help." The corners of Channing''s mouth twitched, he was still undeterred, "Adide, we were at least once boyfriend and girlfriend, help me out." For the love of what once was? But when he helped rissa bully her, he totally forgot they were once boyfriend and girlfriend. Adide simply wanted tough at these words, feigning indifference. "Sorry, I can¡¯t." Adide took a few more steps back. Channing continued to beg her, but Adide still had a sullen face and refused to help. He became angry and cursed, pointing at Adide''s nose. "Adide, you inhuman bitch. I was good to you, now you are unwilling to do me a small favor. You are as vicious as your sister. I will wait and see you are to be kicked out by Antonio. Shit! What a bitch!" Channing cursed and spat at Adide as he walked out. He went out and found Alvin''s car still parked on the road. He walked over to his car. "Little brother, you look like you''re not happy. Tell me what''s up and I''ll help you figure it out." Alvin looked at his gloomy face and said. Channing immediately sighed. "I misappropriated ten million from thepany before and now I can''t pay it back." At his words, Alvin gently patted his shoulder as he took out a bank card from his wallet. "Not a big deal, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem, take it. Here''s twenty million, pay it back, and the rest, go heal your wounds." Channing''s eyes immediately glowed, and the gloomy mood he had just felt was swept away. He took Alvin''s money while saying with great bravado. "I''ll call you brother if you don''t mind, and in the future I will do anything you require." "Ok, I happen to have no brothers, so I''ll take you as my brother." Channing received the money and giggled, but he didn''t see the unknown smile at the corner of Alvin''s mouth. Alvin took Channing to the money. Adide was angry because she had suffered so many unexined aggressions due to these two people. Yet he came to her. She was wronged by Antonio, and even almost was unable to keep the baby. But this man said that he was wrong easily and that he could go with her to Antonio''s to clear things up as long as she helped him pay back the money. What about the suffering she had? What about the pain of almost losing her baby? Adide''s fists tightened involuntarily, and she didn''t let go until the pain in her hands reached her brain. She felt that the hurt she had suffered was irreparable, so now she had to tell Antonio so that he would not misunderstand her and the baby. After taking two steps, even if she took Channing to talk about it he may not believe, would he believe what she said? Adide became suspicious and stopped her pace. She touched her belly and secretly sighed, as long as the baby was healthy, she was fine with aggravation. She had a sweet dream that she chased after her child, who was smiling sweetly and shouting. "Mama, Mama." She felt that it was worth doing anything for this child, for the beauty of her dreams. With that thought, she went back to her room andy down expecting to dream of her child again! Chapter 32 Unbridled Rage Chapter 32 Unbridled Rage The next day, Antonio returned home in a rage. He didn''t understand why Adide was still in contact with Channing, and when he thought that they met in his own vi, Antonio''s anger was unrestrained. When he got home, Da was nowhere to be found, so he went straight to the second floor. The door to Adide''s room was closed. When he pushed it open, Adide was lying on the bed, with even breathinging from her nose. He was angry, but the woman was still lying in bed sleeping like nothing was wrong? At the thought that Adide and Channing had sex in this bed, he could not hold back his anger. "Get up!" Antonio chided loudly. His voice managed to scare Adide awake. She sat up suddenly. Her eyes were as wide as copper bells. After seeing the man, she blinked. "Antonio?" She asked incredulously. "It''s me!" His voice still sounded like it hade up from an iceberg. Adide found he had a wrong expression and asked after hesitation. "What¡¯s wrong?" He grunted softly. "What¡¯s wrong?" Antonio''s shirt was unprecedentedly a bit rumpled and his hair was in a mess. Last time they met, they looked at each other coldly too. Adide had used to this mode of getting along. But normally, even if he was not in good mood, he would pay attention to his image. After living with rissa, he was unkempt like a poor wretch without a father or a mother. It caused his image in Adide''s mind to plummet. Adide shook off her thoughts of his outer image, frowned and recalled carefully. She didn''t seem to have done anything to annoy him since he left home after the fight two days ago. But when she met Antonio''s eyes, the unconcealed murderous aura in them told Adide that something was definitely wrong. Even if she thought about it, she didn''t know what she had done wrong to provoke him toe and raise hell even despite his image. "I don''t know!" Adide shook her head and asked again in a whisper. "Antonio, should you be with rissa? She did note with you?" Other than rissa making troubles again, Adide really couldn''t think of anything that had offended him. Hearing this, the man seemed to get even angrier. He came to the bed with one stride, grabbed Adide''s wrist and asked viciously, "You cheated on me at home!" After a pause, without giving Adide a chance to exin, he narrowed his eyes to reveal a murderous aura. "You''ve got nerve to dating another man in my house." Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. Adide froze, another man? And where did he hear the gossip? He continued, "Adide, why are you always tangled up with Channing? Is he really that good? Does he worth you take the risk to make merry in my bed?" "What are you talking about?" "No! Let go of me ... let go..." Not waiting for Adide to finish her words, Antonio covered her lips with his cold lips. He pressed her down his body and mped her chin with his hands, exhaling hot air that fell all over Adide''s face. "Did I ever tell you that you''re my woman!" "Are you that lonely? Lack of love?" With that, his other hand slowly slid towards her private parts. Adide was shocked, with tears instantly falling down. She pulled the restless hand and cried out, "Stop it, stop it, I''m pregnant, stop it." "You know you''re pregnant? Then why did you seduce your ex-boyfriend? Hmm? Did you help him? Did he appease your horny body?" His words became more and more unpleasant. Adide was furious, lifting her leg and hitting the man hard with her knee in his private part. He screamed, the pain spread from under him to his whole body in a sh. He had to get up from her body, the beads of sweat seeping out on his forehead proved that his pain was unbearable. "You dare kick me?" His words were questioning, but his voice was unusually cold. Adide stood up and looked stubbornly straight at him. "Antonio, since I married you, I haven''t done anything to damage the Baron family''s reputation, but you, keeping a mistress outside and living with her. How can you shamelessly question me?" She was obviously angry, but there was no greater grief than her broken heart. She had really saved up enough disappointment, "Even if that''s true, if you can keep a mistress, so why can''t I have a lover? Even if I got a lover, it was after you left the family. And I just learned it from you." "Antonio, did you ask from me? Did you ask from Da? Just hearing others say that I''m having an affair with Channingn, you convict me? Even a condemned man is given a chance to exin himself, have you ever given me one?" Adide looked at him with cold eyes. He could not say a word. Seeing this, Adide snickered. "Heh... you can''t talk anymore? You asked me if I remembered I was your woman, but do you remember? I''m yours, but you''re rissa''s. Even then I haven''tined, and you, don''t believe me again and again. You looked at me with your cold eyes every time. Am I your woman or your prisoner?" Herst words were almost a yell. She forced herself from falling tears, but the tears poured out like a waterfall as she remembered her past grievances. Antonio suddenly found that he had heard it all from someone else. When he tried to find Da for confirmation, she wasn''t there and he lost his mind in anger. She wiped her tears, it had been a long time since she had spoken so much to Antonio. "Antonio, I hate you, but I''m still going to tell the truth. I want to know if your heart is made of flesh or cast iron? I want to know if you''re going to feel guilty or not?" She sniffed her nose. Her dark eyes seemed like sharp swords piercing through Antonio''s heart, as if she really wanted to see what his heart was like. "I never contacted Channing. He ran over to me like crazy and told me something about why he appeared to you and me. You can ask Da for confirmation on that." "As for what exactly is, I''m afraid if I tell you, you''ll suspect I nder rissa, so you can find out for yourself or ask rissa." Antonio suddenly remembered that Koby had found out that the mastermind of the party disturbance was rissa, but he forget what he was thinking at that time. He also forgot to remind rissa to stop meddling in Adide''s affairs, so nothing else happened with her and Channing? Because of this result, he was inexplicably at peace. Could it be rted to rissa again? Antonio was in suspicion. He knew that no matter who was behind the provocation, Adide was innocent. And for the first time, he felt humiliated and left the room. Chapter 33 You Must Be Tough Chapter 33 You Must Be Tough Adide copsed on the edge of the bed all of a sudden. How did things get to this point? She had never thought of hurting anyone, but why were they never satisfied? First it was rissa, then it was Antonio, and finally it was Channing. While she was lying on the bed fully awake, here came Hanna¡¯s call. Adide took a deep breath, adjusted her mind, and slid to answer. "Hey! Adide, it''s Hanna!" The sweet female voice was like a pleasant oriole, chasing away Adide''s morning difort. She raised a fond smile and nodded habitually even without actually seeing Hanna in person, then asked well-temperedly, "I know, what''s up?¡±. Hanna hesitated for a moment and was unsure about how to tell her, "Adide, your husband isn''t home today right? Why don''t I pick you up at your house, so we can go out for a walk?" Adide pondered. She indeed had not hanged out with her friend for a long time. Moreover, staying at home was really boring. The most annoying thing was rissa and Antonio¡¯s quarrels from time to time exhausted her. Neither silence nor a tolerance could let these two stop ¡°attacking¡± her. On the contrary, they seemed to be more than happy to do so. If things continued like this, she assumed that she might suffer from a serious depression and need to see a psychotherapist in the end. She was way too depressed! However, the pain in her heart had nowhere to get released. Finally, she yelled at Antonio this morning, because she was almost pushed to the limit. She would suffocate herself if she did not break out. Adide nodded again, "Sure, we haven''t seen each other for a long time. You used to treat me for dinner, so let me be the host today." At her response, Hanna giggled with amusement, "Well, I''m going to eat you alive then, wait for me at home and I''lle get you." "Good." The phone hanged up on the other side. Adide regained her mood and went to the bathroom to wash herself up. Her eyes were red because of Antonio. After putting a towel with cold water on both eyes for a while, the redness and swelling gradually subsided. She patted her face and put a big smile on her face in the mirror. Her white T-shirts had a ¡°lucky girl" printed on it. The jeans bought a few months ago didn¡¯t fit at all. She did not dare to take a deep breath to force the pants on, and frustratedly put the jean back into the wardrobe and rummaged to dig out a light blue dress. Considering the baby in her tummy, she moved the stic of the skirt all the way up to her ribs so it woud not strangle the baby. When she went downstairs, Da was already back and cooking in the kitchen. Seeing her so formally dressed, she busily wiped her hands on the apron and ran out to ask. "Youngdy, I''m cooking dinner, are you going out?" She usually wore a faded nightgown at home, and one can hardly imagine she was wife to a wealthy man. Inparison, her outfit was much more formal today. With her hair tied up in a high ponytail and her bangs falling loose on her forehead, she looked very girlish. Besides, even though she was pregnant, her belly was showing her pregnancy, so probably no one would suspect it even if they were told that she was a teenager. "Yes. I am going out." She faintly replied while walking to the entrance and was about to change her sneakers. At the same time, she heard Da cursing at her when turning around, so she returned menacingly and blocked in front of Da''s face, "You''re just a babysitter hired by Antonio. We respect you considering how long you have been working in the family, so don''t mess up, or you will be dismissed at any time!" Da was stunned. Having never seen such a serious Adide, she trembled out of fear and lowered her head, and walked back to the kitchen, just like how her master did in the morning. This time, she dared not to whisper insults to Adide. They were all spoiled by her good temper! Adide thought angrily. When she was acting polite and nice, everyone treated her like a soft persimmon that could be pinched a little bit. They were forcing her to put on airs. The two friends seemed to have heart connection or something. The red BMW pulled up in front of her right after she came out for just two minutes. Adide smiled, got in the car and drove away. After a short time, the car stopped in front of a small restaurant near a school. Seeing the familiar street after getting off the car, Adide got stunned. This was their Alma Mater. Now it was pretty empty on the weekends. Adide looked back, and Hanna raised her eyebrows and asked, "Do you remember?" She nodded. "This ce holds my youth, how could I forget¡­" Hanna also nodded in agreement, "It''s not just you. It¡¯s the same for me!" Yes, this was where they spent their youth. Wearing the same uniform every day in that blue-white tops and dark blue pants, no matter how ugly it looked, it was still their purest memory. They partnered up at the beef noodle restaurant they visited the most and simultaneously ordered two bowls of beef noodles. Hanna mulled it over for a while, and said, "Adide, do you believe me?" She was puzzeled by her question, but till nodded. "Of course, silly, we''ve been best friends for over ten years, who else should I believe other than you?" "My brother got a girlfriend, a nurse at the city hospital." This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org. She wanted to make the beginning of the story¡¯s clear first, since it was kind of influencial. Adide was even more puzzled, "Well? What does that have to do with me trusting you?¡± Hanna hesitated for a long time. Although it was not her who did the bad thing, she still felt uneasy about exposing others. "This is what happened. The day before yesterday, my sister-inw came to visit and told me a secret of their hospital, saying that if my brother also became a doctor, he would be able to buy several suites in the city, and wouldn''t have to rely on my parents. My brother was upset hearing that, so she told me how their appraisal department in the hospital charged a lot of money privately." "Do you want to expose the man who corrupted the medical profession?" Adide sucked in a mouthful of noodles, wiped the oil from her mouth, and asked quietly. She shook her head, "It¡¯s not this matter. She talked about a woman who made a fake appraisal. Her husband had a mistress and wanted to divorce her, so she lied about being pregnant in order to keep her husband, but then the man''swyer showed her evidence of her own infidelity and asked her to prove that the child was actually her husband¡¯s, otherwise she had to sign the divorce papers. Out of no choices, she had to find someone to get her a fake appraisal." Thinking of how she was also a woman scourged as a mistress, Adide could not help sympathizing with her, "Ah, that''s too pitiful, if they found out, her husband will definitely divorce her, and the person whoever got her a fake appraisal certficate might face awsuit too." Hanna nodded approvingly, then said with discontents, "Bah, bah, you''ve confused me, the point is not whether that woman is pitiful or not, but that my sister- inw said that this woman''s name is rissa!" The noodles Adide had just put in her mouth got swallowed just like a slippery loach immediately, almost getting stuck in her throat. She coughed a few times, "No way, the situation doesn''t look like Ke Xin¡¯s either. What if they just have the same name." "I didn''t believe it at first, but my sister-inw said that this woman was smart and that her husband''s