She grew up with her grandfather, but Payne James preferred to stay with his parents.
Once, grandfather made a joke, saying that: I will give you two a task. Whoever can get the old pen carried by Uncle Don all the time will win and the reward is the jade from my study room.
Later, she won and got the jade, she felt very delightful. She was born in a very wealthy family, so she had seen many jades before, but her grandpaâs jade was very different from the others. Its color was extremely pure. If she held the jade under the sun, the sunlight would go through the entire jade and glittered. Girls liked glittering things, and she wasnât an exception as a little girl.
Payne wanted to take it from her when he saw the jade. She refused and pushed Payne slightly, but Payne fell onto the ground.
The housekeeper that took care of Payne saw this scene and was pissed off, so she said to the little Grace, âYouâre really a parentless child, so uneducated, and even pushed the master to the floor!â
She was shocked⦠Parentless?
She asked back immediately, âI have parents, why would you say that I am parentless?â
The housekeeper was stunned as well, then she said, âArenât you growing up with the old master? I donât see how close you are with your parents⦠Oh, it was actually my fault. I saw the young master falling to the ground and I am too worried about his situation. Grace, please donât tell the old master, will you? It was my fault, and I would apologize to you.â
She was young at that time, thus, she believed the housekeeperâs words.
But now, at this moment, Grace felt her right foot burnt by actual fire because Sam said that âthe sole of my daughterâs right foot has a moleâ. It hurt so painfully that she couldnât stand it anymore.
âJust, just because of a mole on the foot, you think that wasnât your daughter? What other proofs do you have besides that black mole to prove that Wallis wasnât your daughter?â
Only the mole of the foot wasnât enough to prove her thoughts⦠Many people in this world had a mole on their foot.
As soon as Sam opened his mouth and was about to talk, a noise sounded suddenly.
âWho is it?â Sam tightened his body and looked around warily. His cloudy eyes moved around, scanning across every inch of the surrounding. Although he didnât catch anything, yet this sudden noise put pressure on Sam.
Sam changed his expression and was afraid that things might go wrong: âNo more talking!⦠If I canât live, you will not either! Die⦠with Wallis!â
As he finished his words, his murderous look was unfolded completely!
A sharp flick knife approached Grace!
âStop!â
Gloria realized that she couldnât hide any longer. She didnât expect the old man to be so vigilant. If there was anything unusual to him, he became alerted and was going to kill Grace without hesitation.
She put her hands on the back and sent her location to Caden with the phone.
After that, she hurriedly threw it to the corner⦠If the old man saw the phone, he would definitely find out that she had sent Caden her location.
âGloria?â Grace shouted, âRun!â
âDonât be stupid.â Gloria shook her head, âI could not escape the punishment of the boss if I run away now.â
âSorry⦠for dragging you into this.â
âSilly girl, I chased all the way here myself. If I want to run away, I wouldnât have come.â
âYou are Gloria! You work for Mr. Shaw!â Sam yelled, âItâs none of your business at all. Why would you come here to die for this nasty woman? Donât blame me then!â
âHeh, itâs so nice of you. You are just concerned that I overheard your nasty story, thatâs why you want to kill me, right?â
Samâs face was pale and red. He said, âSince you two are going to the hell with me today, itâs fine if you overheard it!â
âYouâre insane! The grudge of your family even implicates the others, and you are blaming everything on others so shamelessly!â
âI totally believe that Wallis is your daughter!â
âAt that time, she wanted to make Grace lose her virginity, but it backfired and harmed herself instead.
Today you want to blame Grace again for your murder⦠Even you and Wallis are not biologically related, but I feel like you two are more related than you thought! Both selfish and cold-blooded!â
âShut up!â
âWhy should I? If you can do it, then I can also talk about it. Heh.â
Gloriaâs radical speech reproached Sam bitterly. Grace calmed herself down gradually⦠As if she thought of something, Grace looked at Gloria, who kept stimulating Samâ Gloria was buying time!
Graceâs gaze moved to the iron gateâ¦
â¦
Inside the car, Caden received the message sent by Gloria and he hurriedly opened it. A location popped out of the screen, his heart shrank instantly. The ominous feeling grew stronger and stronger!
There wasnât a single word except the location⦠The two women were in a bad situation.
Caden drove the car as fast as he could. He only hoped the car could go faster, faster to reach the target location!
It was an old warehouse, neither far away nor close to the city.
Inside the warehouse, Gloria successfully infuriated Sam badly. The two yelled at each other and kept arguing. The sound of the brake rang out outside of the warehouse. It was so loud that even the people inside the warehouse could hear the sound of friction caused by the fierce interaction between the ground and the wheels.
Gloriaâs scarlet red lips curled up slowly, and she looked at Sam. After that, she turned around, strode to the corner and bent down to pick something up elegantly.
Sam looked carefully, âWhat did you do with your phone!â
âAre you blind? Havenât you already guessed what I did?â
âYou were just⦠buying time?â
âHeh.â
Sam finally realized that Gloria was buying time deliberately.
He had no more time to chat with Gloria, with the knife in his hand, he rushed toward Grace, who was still tied on the chair. He ground his teeth and yelled viciously: âYou wonât live if I die! Nasty girl!â
Gloriaâs expression changed at once, she didnât expect Sam would still want to continue his deed even when Caden had already been out there⦠Sam was going to die with Grace!
Without too much thinking, Gloria took action. She stepped forth the moment she saw Sam rushed to Grace, âDonât touch her!â
Gloriaâs makeup was messy now, but she had no time to think about that. All she knew was that she couldnât let Grace be stabbed by the knife.
Grace, as fast as lightening, caught Samâs arm that was holding the knife, âStop making more mistakes!â
âGo away!â Sam shook off Gloriaâs hand and kicked her in the stomach. A serious pain emerged from Gloriaâs stomach, she widened her eyes. She felt so painful that veins were shown on the back of her hand.
She exhaled heavilyâ¦. But she still clenched Samâ arm and would not let go.
Sam was annoyed, wanted to kick Gloria in the stomach again. Graceâs heart was racing fast, she leaned her body on the broken leg of the chair. With a loud noise, she fell on the ground with the chair, lying in between Gloria and Sam, whose kick landed on Graceâs shoulder.
âGrace, are youâ¦â Gloria was in a daze, âsilly?â
âGloria, youâre the silly one,â Grace said: âWe were strangers at the beginning, then I am your employee, and you are my boss. What kind of boss would bear a kick for the employee?â
âWell done. You two girls really have an intimate relationship. I will send you both to the hell so that you two can accompany each other!â Sam shouted loudly, the sharp knife stabbing toward Graceâs neck relentlessly!
Although they already had prepared for this moment mentally, yet they were so frightened that they both closed their eyes subconsciously. They had their eyes closed right before the knife stabbed into the neck.
Ticktock, ticktockâ¦
The warm liquid dripped down onto Graceâs face, she didnât feel the pain on her neck that she was supposed to feel. She opened her eyes with confusionâ¦
The next second!
Crack! She was so agitated that she clenched her teeth tightly!
âHolding the knife with your hand⦠Doesnât it hurt?â Grace stared dazedly at the hand that grabbed the sharp knife for her, with the blood dripping onto her face.
Caden looked pale, biting his thin lips heavily, his dark pupils gazed at Grace for a while until he reassured himself that the woman in front of him was indeed in one piece. He finally felt relived in his heart.
He turned his head around, glaring coldly at Sam, who looked pale. Before even yelling at Sam, the latter was already pale, voice came out of his dark lips, âI have to revenge for Wallis! Why can she live on while Wallis died because of her!â The stubborn old butler shouted angrily, his eyes were full of hatred for Grace, who was lying on the ground.
Gloria couldnât believe that someone could be so shameless even at a time and situation like this!
âWallisâs death was notâ¦â
Before Gloria finished her words, Sam shouted madly in a louder voice: âMr. Shaw, a life for a life! I feel sad for Wallisâ tragic death! Sir, you told me that you would seek justice for Wallisâ death! You can forget about what you said, but I, as a father, would never forget! If you canât do it, I will do it myself!â
Gloria was so burned up Sam. She couldnât imagine the existence of such an unreasonable person!
Are the old turning bad? Or the bad turning old?
She opened her mouth and was about to tell what she just heard, but Grace shook her head. Though Gloria didnât understand, she still chose to stay quiet temporarily.
âCaden, if I tell you that Wallis would be raped because of her own deeds, and her death wasâ¦â Grace suddenly raised her head and looked at Caden.
âShut up!â Sam cursed before she finished speaking: âHow dare you say that!â
âYou shut up!â Caden yelled at Sam coldly, then turning to Grace again: âyou, continue.â
âI didnât frame Wallis to death. She was suffocated to death by Sam.â As she said, she raised her head, asking Caden seriously: âWill you believe me? Will you believe that I am innocent?â
Her eyes turned to Cadenâs bloody handâ¦