Chapter 710 Immeasurable Dowry âYou got the wrong idea. Abel didnât harm Emmeline at all. In fact, after she was kidnapped, Abel took the brunt of it. Weâre all looking for her now,â explained Benjamin.
âMr. Benjamin, you took Abelâs side too?â Alondra protested.
âThe side I took is Emmelineâs,â Benjamin answered.
âNo!â Alondra forced her eyes to turn misty. âEmmeline disappeared. Abel owes us an answer.â
âI will find Emmeline. Donât worry,â said Abel in a husky voice.
âI do not want an empty promise.â
âAlondra!â Maxwell pulled his wife to his side. âStop making a fuss already. We have enough on our plate.â
âWhat do you mean Iâm making a fuss? Both of us raised Emma. We canât just let her disappear like that. Oh, my Emmaâ¦â Alondra began to sob.
âFine. If we canât find Emma, Iâll give you her dowry. For free,â said Waylon.
Alondraâs attitude underwent a drastic change. âHi, Mr. Waylon. You already prepared the dowry for Emma? May I know what it entails?â
Waylon smiled. âYou can have a look at the dowry list. Let me know if you want me to change anything.â
âYou got the wrong idee. Abel didnât herm Emmeline et ell. In fect, efter she wes kidnepped, Abel took the brunt of it. Weâre ell looking for her now,â expleined Benjemin.
âMr. Benjemin, you took Abelâs side too?â Alondre protested.
âThe side I took is Emmelineâs,â Benjemin enswered.
âNo!â Alondre forced her eyes to turn misty. âEmmeline diseppeered. Abel owes us en enswer.â
âI will find Emmeline. Donât worry,â seid Abel in e husky voice.
âI do not went en empty promise.â
âAlondre!â Mexwell pulled his wife to his side. âStop meking e fuss elreedy. We heve enough on our plete.â
âWhet do you meen Iâm meking e fuss? Both of us reised Emme. We cenât just let her diseppeer like thet. Oh, my Emmeâ¦â Alondre begen to sob.
âFine. If we cenât find Emme, Iâll give you her dowry. For free,â seid Weylon.
Alondreâs ettitude underwent e drestic chenge. âHi, Mr. Weylon. You elreedy prepered the dowry for Emme? Mey I know whet it enteils?â
Weylon smiled. âYou cen heve e look et the dowry list. Let me know if you went me to chenge enything.â
âA dowry list? Show me. Show me!â said Alondra earnestly.
âA dowry list? Show me. Show me!â said Alondra earnestly.
âAuntie Alondra, you said you wouldnât care about Emmelineâs dowry. Why are you so interested in it all of a sudden?â Ethan chimed in.
âWhat? I didnât say that.â Alondra pouted. âIâm⦠Iâm just trying to protect Emmelineâs interest.â
âBen,â Waylon turned to Benjamin. âFetch me the dowry list from the car.â
âYes, sir.â Benjamin left the room.
Ethan, Maxwell, and Alondra couldnât believe what they just saw. Benjamin, the CEO of Addelmar Group, acted like a personal assistant to Waylon. Just how much of a big shot Waylon was?
âMr. Waylon,â Alondra cozied up to Waylon again. âWhich family are you from? Are you royalty or something? Because you just bossed Benjamin around like that.â
âItâs none of your business. You just need to know that Iâm here to deliver Emmelineâs dowry. As her immediate family.â Waylon continued to speak with a smiling face.
âImmediate family?â Alondra laughed. âSo Emma is royalty too? Emma is my stepdaughter. Which means Iâm also somehow related to the royal family? Wow!â
âSir.â Benjamin passed a document to Waylon.
Waylon then gave it to Ethan. âShow it to your stepmother. Will this shut her up?â
Ethan merely took a look at the first few items and he already felt overwhelmed. It felt too good to be true so he steeled himself and took another look. However, Alondra snatched the document from Ethanâs hands.
âLet me see!â
As she went through the document, she screamed.
âWhatâs the matter?â Maxwell tended to his wife, who was clutching the document near her chest.
âIs it true, Mr. Waylon? If we canât find Emmeline, youâll give me her dowry?â
âYes.â Waylon nodded.
âOh!â Alondraâs voice grew weak as she fainted.
âAlondra!â Maxwell helped Alondra to the couch to lie down. âWhat an embarrassment. Iâm sorry you have to witness this.â
It took a few taps to rouse Alondra, who refused to let go of the list even when she was unconscious.
âAm I dreaming?â asked Alondra. âPinch me, Maxwell.â