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.

only stare in

house was

had originally been standing in the living room, but now that one wall of the house was gone, they were both visible from

try and discover the perpetrator of

at the parquet

Kingsley! Someone’s trying to kill me!” He grabbed Kingsley’s wrist and fled for the

scrambled out when the entire villa collapsed

sit on the ground. Despair engulfed him in a massive wave. He had lost everything!

responsible for this outrage? Who on earth was so eager to drive him into his grave? Could it be

was spinning. Gradually, however, despair and hopelessness overcame

that very moment, Madeline

of her car with

inferno, she hopped down

made her feel much better, even though she

Madeline! As you

Enchanteur Bar, sitting quietly

pink evening gown, she looked thoroughly out of place in the

by

in a spot that he was sure to pass on his way to the private rooms, hoping that she might find an opportunity to waylay

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

grandchild would certainly not be invited

ill-judged stupidity

family being

to Noah! She had no choice but to find another way around

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

her

sort of entertainment were things

knew better than anyone why these men were trying to approach her. They

beautiful! How utterly

corner of the lounge before Noah’s arrival, trying her best

though she 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

us ordinary folks

large head, large ears,

pore.

refused to look at him. Noah would

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