Abusive Wife

Chapter 52

The golden dagger flew past Bruno, almost nicking his ear in the process. When he realized what had happened, he was so terrified he almost wet

himself!

The dagger had a folded strip of paper attached to it. Bruno waited for a

moment to be sure that no more weapons would come flying at him before he slowly detached the strip of paper and unfolded it.

Written in a small, elegant script was a

message.

“Daddy dearest, why do you and Mom insist on mistreating my son? He’s your grandchild after all, and he’s just a little boy still. How can you treat him like that? I can’t understand it at all, so I have no choice but to return and sort this matter out with the two of you.”

When Bruno read this, his brow knitted tightly together. This had to be a malicious prank. However, when he saw that the signature was Madeline’s, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat!

Madeline? How could this be? She had been dead for ages; how could she possibly come back from the grave after so many years?

The thought of it made Bruno’s scalp prickled, and he felt an icy hand clutch at his heart.

“Kingsley! Kingsley!”

“I’m here, Mr. Bruno sir, what’s the matter?” Kingsley, the Grant family’s butler, came hurrying over. He noticed that his master’s face was as white as a sheet as if something had frightened him badly and hastily moved to support

him.

“It’s Madeline! She’s come back!”

“Sir, do you mean Ms. Madeline? She died five years ago, though, didn’t she?” Kingsley was puzzled and assumed that Bruno had become confused in a moment of senility. Patiently, he corrected his master, attempting to help him upstairs so he could lie down and

rest.

At this moment, something shattered the wall of the villa. Glass and tiles went flying everywhere.

Bruno scarcely had time to take in what was happening before the grappling hook that had been hurled through the wall tightened. In an instant, the entire wall was ripped out of the Grant

residence.

could only stare

house was

the living room, but now that one wall of the house was gone, they were both visible

involuntarily took a step forward to try and discover the perpetrator of this outrage, but his

flames licked hungrily at the parquet flooring, which immediately

so terrified his legs turned to jelly. “Run for it, Kingsley! Someone’s trying to kill me!” He grabbed Kingsley’s wrist and fled for the back

barely scrambled out when the entire villa collapsed

inferno, and his legs gave way. He collapsed limply to sit on the ground. Despair engulfed him in a massive wave. He

him into his grave? Could it

Gradually, however, despair and hopelessness overcame

that very

well, sitting atop the roof of her car with

inferno, she hopped down and got into

‘accomplished! Let’s go and celebrate.” The simple act of taking revenge had made her feel much better, even though she had let Bruno off this time. The darkness in her heart had lightened considerably

Madeline! As

in the Enchanteur Bar, sitting quietly in a corner

looked thoroughly out of place in the gaudy, glitzy surroundings, like

soiled by

be here today, so she had taken particular care in dressing up. She was now seated in a spot that he was sure to pass

to blame for all this. If Bruno had not behaved like a pig- headed fool and kidnapped Colton, she would not have needed to take such a risk and put her scheme into action much earlier than

would certainly not be invited

ill-judged stupidity had

being blacklisted

She had no choice but to find another way around the situation. As long as she became

o’clock. There were still ten minutes to go, but he was

however, making her feel

this sort

previously until she grew tired of them. She knew better than anyone why these men were trying to approach her. They were

beautiful! How

before Noah’s arrival, trying her best

was wearing a black mask and a hat to hide her face, someone still recognized her eventually. “Ooh look, isn’t that Imperia’s very own charitable princess over there? Who would have thought even princesses come out to

as us ordinary folks

with a large head, large ears, and an equally large rotund

pore.

head down and refused to look at him. Noah would be arriving soon; she did not wish to stir up

a significant number of people, who flocked over to see what was