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

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

the perpetrator of this outrage, but his path was immediately blocked by a

hungrily at the parquet flooring, which

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

had barely scrambled out when the entire villa collapsed with a thunderous crash, and fire swallowed

his legs gave way. He collapsed limply to sit on the ground. Despair engulfed him in a massive wave. He had lost everything! His home was gone, just like that, destroyed by

so eager to drive him into his grave? Could it be

was spinning. Gradually, however, despair and hopelessness overcame

that very moment, Madeline

sitting atop the roof of

she hopped down and

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

Ms. Madeline! As you

in the Enchanteur Bar, sitting quietly in a corner of

Dressed in a pastel pink evening gown, she looked thoroughly

had been soiled by the cares of

dressing up. She was now seated in a spot that he was

kidnapped Colton, she would not have needed to take such

his own grandchild would certainly not be invited to the birthday party of a

stupidity

entire Grant family being

any chances she might have had to get closer to Noah! She had no choice but to find another way around the situation. As long as she became pregnant with Noah’s child, any hardship and humiliation she suffered now would not

had received stated that Noah would arrive at 8 o’clock. There were still ten minutes to go, but he was nowhere in sight. Quite a number

however, making her feel extremely

sort

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

How

Angie had settled herself in the corner of the lounge before Noah’s arrival, trying her best

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

as us ordinary

a large head, large ears, and an equally large

pore.

head down and refused to look at him. Noah would be

who flocked over to see what was going on. When they discovered Angie sitting there, the gossip mongers immediately