Chapter 18
The Wells parents were pinned down in chairs by bodyguards, looking scared shitless.
Adrian stood over them, his stare cold enough to freeze hell.
“Where is Riley Wells?” He ground the words out through clenched teeth.
Her mom’s lips were shaking as she tried to act tough: “That little brat took the money and ran! Thirty million, every penny! She’s been trouble since she was little, and now she’s gotten too big for her britches–doesn’t even respect her own parents…”
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!” Adrian slammed his fist on the table so hard the whole room shook. “You don’t get to talk about my wife like that!”
Right then, his assistant burst through the door and handed Adrian a thick stack of papers.
“Boss, I found everything.”
Adrian flipped through the files, and with every page he read, his face got darker and darker.
Riley had been dumped in some backwater town since birth.
For over twenty years, her parents never visited her once–didn’t even send money for food. She had to survive on whatever scraps her grandparents had saved up.
When she was five, Riley got sick with a fever that hit 104 degrees.
Her grandma called all night begging for help, and her mom just hung up.
Doctors said if they’d been ten minutes later, she would’ve died…
Ivy got fancy birthday parties every year while Riley didn’t even have a decent winter coat…
“Perfect! Just fucking perfect…” Adrian’s voice was so scary it made everyone’s skin crawl.
He threw the files right in the Wells parents‘ faces. 15
“How the hell do people like you even exist?!”
Her dad got paper cuts on his face but kept making excuses:
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“We gave birth to her and raised her all these years–isn’t that enough?!”
“Raised her?” Adrian grabbed her dad by the shirt collar.
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“Every piece of clothing she wore before eighteen was hand–me–downs from neighbors! What did you marriage bullshit?”
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He let go with a shove and barked at his bodyguards: “Lock them in the basement and ‘TAKE CARE OF THEM. When they’re ready to tell the truth, then you can let them out.”
“Adrian Kane! You wouldn’t DARE!” Her mom started screaming. “We’re Riley’s parents!”
Adrian let out this cold laugh: “Oh, NOW you remember you’re her parents?”
Just as the bodyguards were dragging them away, the study door got smashed open.
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Ivy came charging in white as a ghost: “Adrian! Have you lost your fucking mind? Let my parents go!”
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Adrian stared at her coldly” “Finally done with the act? Ivy Wells.”
Ivy went totally stiff, then completely lost it:
“YES! I’m Ivy Wells! So WHAT? That little bitch never should’ve married you anyway! She’s just some hick from nowhere–why should she get to…”
SMACK!
He slapped her so hard across the face she stumbled backward, holding her cheek in total shock.
“That slap was for your sister.” Adrian’s eyes were murderous.
“You Wells family people are all fucking disgusting!”
Ivy suddenly started laughing like a maniac:
“HAHAHA… Adrian, what’s with this fake caring act? How did you treat her for three years? Made her sleep in the guest home, even threw her in a freezing lake for Elena!”
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Her eyes went vicious: “Cut the bullshit, Adrian! You think you loved my sister? She left and you didn’t even NOTICE! You don’t know jack shit about her!”
Adrian’s breath caught, like someone had just punched him in the chest.
“Where is she?” His voice was raw and desperate.
Ivy wiped the blood from her mouth and smiled nastily: “You’ll never find her. Ever.”
Adrian grabbed her throat, but when he saw her face turning purple, he suddenly let go.
It was the exact same face as Riley’s.
“Get out.” He turned away, his voice exhausted and cold. “Don’t let me see you again.”
Ivy was sprawled on the floor gasping for air, but still laughing: “You deserve this… Adrian…”
Adrian didn’t turn around.
His phone suddenly buzzed with a text from an unknown number-
[Mr. Kane, found a lead. Miss Wells bought a ticket to Savannah two weeks ago.]
Adrian’s eyes went wide.
[Book me the next flight out. NOW.]
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