âEven if I get out of here, you canât change the fact that my mother established Daugherty Corporation.â
Adinaâs gentle tone and calm expression was a stark contrast to Aaronâs anger. A few secretaries in the corridor were so shocked that they dared not breathe heavily. The atmosphere froze, and the situation was tense.
Adina took a step forward, and there was a light flash in her cold eyes. âDad, you really wonât accept me?â
Aaron gritted his teeth and said, âFrom the moment you set that fire four years ago, i no longer acknowledged you as my daughter.â âWhat if I told you that I didnât set the fire?â
âEven if you didnât start it, the fire was set because of you.â Aaronâs eyes were ruthless and profound.
âYou shouldnât have come back alive.â
âOkay, I understand now.â
Adina smiled brightly.
Since their father-daughter relationship had progressed to such a point, any so-called affection had also disappeared.
So, she did not need to fear anything now.
âDad, Adina, please donât quarrel.â Dew rushed over in a new pair of high heels. She begged them like she was the middle person. âThe shareholder meeting is about to start. The men are waiting in the meeting room. Dad, Adina, if you quarrel now, the outsiders are going to laugh at us. Itâll ruin the harmony in our family too. Why do you want to do this?â
Adina suddenly cast a fierce gaze at Dew. Is it worth killing me just for my shares?â she asked coldly.
Dew was stunned before she widened her eyes and shook her head. âAdina, I donât know what youâre sayingâ¦â âIt doesnât matter even if you donât know it. You just need to remember one thing. If I find the evidence, Iâll send you to jail with my own hands.â Adina whispered into Dewâs ear before she walked toward the meeting room.
Dew clenched her fists tightly. Aaron looked furious too. âHow could I have such a rebellious daughter?â âDad, Adina must have noticed something. She wonât spare me,â Dew said in a sobbing tone.â I tried to kill her yesterday, but George discovered it. He said that if I tried to hurt Adina again, he wouldnât acknowledge me as his mother anymore. Dad, George is so smart. Will he soon realize that Iâm actually not his mother? Iâm doomed. Everythingâs over. I shouldnât have lied
four years ago⦠âItâs fine if iâm doomed, but the Daugherty family would be affected too. Dad, Iâve sinned against the Daugherty family.â Compared with Adinaâs coldness and aggression, Dewâs gentle and weak tears made Aaron feel like a father again.
He held Dewâs shoulders, took a deep breath, and said, âIt has nothing to do with you. I have to bear some responsibility for the lie too. In the worst-case scenario, Iâll confess to the Winters family.â Dew was shocked. âDad, what would you tell them?â âIâd say I forced you to be the mother of those kids. You have nothing to do with anything,â Aaron said. âBut things havenât progressed to that point, so I wouldnât be so silly as to make such a confession.â
Dewâs heart sank
No matter who George and Haroldâs mother was, it would not change the fact that the young masters were the grandsons of the Daugherty family.