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.

stare in

was

room, but now that one wall

perpetrator of this outrage, but his path was immediately

the parquet flooring, which immediately blazed

to jelly. “Run for it, Kingsley! Someone’s trying

collapsed with a thunderous

stared wide-eyed at the raging inferno, and his legs gave way. He collapsed limply to sit on the ground. Despair engulfed him

drive him into his grave? Could it be that Madeline had actually returned?

was spinning. Gradually, however, despair and hopelessness

that very moment,

of

blazing inferno, she hopped down and

‘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

Ms. Madeline! As you

in the Enchanteur Bar, sitting quietly

a pastel pink evening gown, she looked thoroughly out of place

soiled by the cares of the

Noah would 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 on his

the one 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

his own grandchild would certainly not be invited to the birthday

stupidity had

being blacklisted from Colton’s birthday

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

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

however, making her feel extremely

sort of entertainment were things she

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

beautiful! How

had settled herself in the corner of the lounge before Noah’s arrival, trying her best to keep a low profile and not draw

was wearing a black mask and a hat to hide her face, someone still recognized her eventually. “Ooh look, isn’t that Imperia’s

us ordinary

man with a large head, large ears, and

pore.

would be arriving soon; she

significant number of people, who flocked over to see what was going on.