Chapter 916 Harold finally registered what he had done. He straightened up obediently, lowered his head, and said, âIâm sorry, Mommy. I didnât do it on purpose, and Iâll never do it again.â Adina pursed her crimson lips.
Why did she suddenly get angry just now? She was usually not the kind of person who enjoys getting angry. 1 Moreover, the toe that got stepped on had stopped hurting. She crouched down and gently said, âItâs okay, Hal. Mommy was just kidding with you just now.â
Harold did not dare to relax at all. His mommy just now did not seem like she was kidding at all.
He cautiously said, âMommy, I havenât finished my homework for the winter holiday. Iâll go do that first.â
âGo ahead.â
Adina patted his head.
George and Alden exchanged looks, then the two of them each took Melody by the hand and walked back to their room.
When they reached the door, George said in a low voice, âAl, why do I feel like Mommyâs still acting strange?â âDonât think about it too much,â Alden said through pursed lips, âEarlâs people are all under Daddyâs control. In three days, the remote controls will all be destroyed, and then Mommy will truly be free.â
In fact, it did not take three days. In two and a half daysâ time, Duke had seized over a hundred of the remote controls.
He destroyed them all in front of Adina and threw them into the trash can. Once all the remote controls were rendered useless, the weight on Adinaâs mind finally fell off.
She leaned into Dukeâs arms, and softly said, âI donât have to worry about anyone issuing me any orders from now on, right?â âIt wonât happen again.â Duke stroked her hair. âArdenâs wife and kid are in my hands, he wouldnât dare hide anything.â Adina found a comfortable position and burrowed herself into his chest. This decent man, for her sake, did not hesitate to use dirty means and dragged an innocent woman and boy into this mess. But this did not make her think he was despicable at all.
For her sake, time and again, his boundaries had been pushed and his principles discarded.
Being married to him was her one greatest fortune in her life.
When the bioâchip issue had been resolved, Adina was finally able to go to work by herself. During this period, LaStar Technology Corporationâs portfolio was being managed by Duke. He made all the major decisions, while Serene handled the minor ones. Half a monthâs worth of documents were piled up on her desk. Adina spent the whole morning looking through project files that had yet to be archived.
It had to be said that Duke was very proficient when it came to managing a company. Many of the more complicated and troublesome cases were handled quite easily thanks to his methods. After she had gone through more than a dozen of the project files, she felt that her business management abilities had risen to a new level.