"That depends on whether the answer you give is satisfactory."
"..."
"Put your clothes on!"
Adrian Desmond found her nakedness unsightly. He told her to get dressed. The woman shivered as she put on her clothes, then knelt at Adrian’s feet, shoulders hunched, looking terrified of him.
Seeing such an expression on that srizing face made Adrian very uncomfortable. The Sienna Johnson he knew would never be so weak and useless, even if locked in a snake house.
Adrian leaned back onto the sofa and said, "Speak."
The woman raised her eyes, stealing a glance at him, only to be t with his cold, deep gaze. Startled, she quickly lowered her head.
"Are you going to talk or not?" Adrian glanced at his wristwatch impatiently.
Ice-cold daggers seed to shoot from his dark eyes, and the woman froze on the spot, her heart clenching.
"I’ll talk, I’ll talk. I’ll tell you everything!"
The man called Walter Klein, who had questioned her earlier, had already gone to investigate her background. Even if she didn’t speak, with his thods, he would be able to find out. When that happened, she wouldn’t even know how she died.
The woman gritted her teeth and said, "It was Jule who made do it!"
Jule?
How could Jule be involved in this?
Adrian was shocked inwardly but didn’t let it show on his face. "You know Jule?"
"Jule and I were together for a while," the woman said frankly. "I used to be his mistress!"
What a piece of work Jule is, trying to shove a woman he’d slept with onto ! Adrian scoffed inwardly. I have a thing about cleanliness, especially with won. I won’t touch a woman another man has been with. Everyone in our circle knows this, yet Jule still dared to pull such a stunt? I don’t think I’ve done anything to wrong Jule. I slept with lanie Carpenter and got her pregnant. For the sake of my friendship with Jule and my familial ties with lanie, I even considered letting them be together. Jule was incompetent; he couldn’t handle lanie Carpenter and yet dared to bla for it!
"It’s all because of that lanie Carpenter. I originally looked a lot like her, so Jule treated as her substitute and doted on ..."
Once the woman started talking, her hesitations disappeared, revealing everything to Adrian.
"...lanie Carpenter got pregnant with his child. He wanted to marry her, but she refused. Jule then asked to go to Kandara for plastic surgery, posing as Mai to seduce you."
"He asked you to seduce ?" Adrian’s eyes were mocking, his expression still ice-cold and grim.
"Yes."
That idiot! Did he really think finding an identical woman could fool ? And then lanie Carpenter would marry him? No wonder lanie Carpenter looks down on him. What a fool!
"...Jule said if I could find a way to break you two apart, he would give 150 thousand dollars."
Hearing this, Adrian glanced at the woman disdainfully. The real Sienna Johnson couldn’t change my mind back then, let alone this imposter.
But tis had changed. If the real Sienna were here before now, I would agree in a heartbeat. As long as she brought our son back to , I would forgive anything.
Adrian’s heart was steeped in bitter regret, with no one to whom he could confide.
"...Jule also said that you’re handso and rich, so if I could make you fall for , I’d be set for life." The woman looked at Adrian’s face. He’s clearly a formidable man, not soone a woman like could ever hope to manipulate. Any thought of trying to make him fall for is gone.
"Sixth Master, I’ve told you everything I know. Please let go. I’ll go to Kandara imdiately, get plastic surgery to look exactly like lanie Carpenter, and then I’ll beco a call girl just to spite Jule to death!"
Adrian finally took a proper look at the woman before him. He found her sowhat interesting, and his voice wasn’t as cold as before when he asked, "What’s your na?"
"Amy Field."
"Miss Field, let’s make a deal!" An idea sparked in Adrian’s mind.
Amy Field looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What do you want to do, Sixth Master?"
"If you can marry Jule’s father and beco his stepmother, I’ll give you 1.5 million dollars!"
An eye for an eye. Since Jule is so "concerned" about my personal life, as a "good friend," it’s only right to return the favor. He used this woman to pose as a fake "Mai" for , so I’ll give him a "stepmother"!
"Beco Jule’s stepmother?" Amy Field’s mouth twitched. Displacing the current wife and taking her place? That’s an incredibly difficult task.
1.5 million dollars was a lot of money, and Amy Field really wanted it. However, the task Adrian Desmond had given her wouldn’t be easy to accomplish.
"Is there a problem?" Adrian asked coldly.
Amy Field felt her scalp tingle under Adrian’s stare. Lacking confidence, she said, "Well, I don’t think I can do it. It’s too difficult. If you wanted to beco Jule’s father’s mistress, I could certainly try for that. But becoming his stepmother... that’s..."
"I’m giving you this task because I have ways to ensure your success. Just don’t get any clever ideas or try to pull any tricks."
Since Adrian Desmond had said so, Amy Field was naturally happy to earn the 1.5 million dollars. She smiled fawningly. "Sixth Master, I’ll do whatever you say. If you ask to go through fire and water, I won’t even bat an eyelid."
Adrian scanned the woman before him, his gaze icy and devoid of warmth.
I don’t believe a word she says. However, I do believe she can get this done.
...
lanie Carpenter gave birth to a son!
Mr. Lucas, the Housekeeper, visited her on Adrian Desmond’s behalf, but Adrian himself never appeared.
lanie Carpenter stared angrily at the slick and worldly Mr. Lucas, questioning him aggressively, "Busy? What on earth is Sixth Brother so busy with that he doesn’t even have ti to co see ?"
Mr. Lucas smiled and explained, "Sixth Master has encountered so business troubles recently, so he’s been rather busy. I haven’t seen him for several days myself."
lanie Carpenter scoffed. "You don’t need to lie to . I know what Sixth Master is busy with. He’s still busy looking for that wretched woman!"
Mr. Lucas lowered his head, hiding the shock on his face. lanie Carpenter is a well-bred lady; how could such a word co from her mouth?
"But Sixth Brother can forget about ever seeing her again in this lifeti. She won’t be coming back..." lanie Carpenter laughed maliciously, thinking about the phone call she had mistakenly answered.
That woman is so proud. If she knew Adrian "deceived" her, how could she possibly return to his side? By now, that woman must hate Adrian to death.
The baby wailed, and lanie Carpenter felt nothing but irritation. She didn’t want to even look at the child. "Take him out! He’s so annoying!"
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