Chapter 1264
Mrs. Fulton finally figured it all out.
Despite the fact that she had never met Adrian in person, the man now beside her daughter was way too average to be Adrian.
At this moment, another imposing man walked out from the crowd. At first glance, one could tell that this was the real Adrian.
When Mrs. Hammond saw Adrian, she was instantly speechless as she muttered to herself, "The picture published in the news was exactly of this man, what the hell is all this about?" He was quite uneasy about the whole plan until meeting Adrian outside the hotel that day.
Not until the news was officially published did the weight on her mind lift off.
"Bodyguards? Raquel, now, beg your pardon, do prey tell, who the hell, and I mean seriously this time, is the real Adrian?"
Mrs. Fulton was so infuriated that she was edging on fury, yet she had to, for her own reputation's sake, hold it back. But it was clear that her daughter was made a fool by Raquel. If it really were Adrian, she could totally let him a
divorce.
But what a clown's play was this? Adrian's bodyguard?
The daughter of the Commander in Chief of the Fripdence was having an affair with a bodyguard?
It was not that she felt ashamed, but how to explain it to Alexzander?
Mrs. Hammond, Raquel, was in trouble for a moment. Adrian stood right across from her with a playful and mocking expression on his face.
The daughter and bodyguard were also looking, hand in hand, and the top-ranking officials of City A were also watching.
If whatever nonsense this was could not be handled properly, she would wake up to be the biggest laughing stock of City A.
"Mom, I think that Phoenix, a bodyguard, is very ambitious. I want to try things out with him."
When first finding out about the scam, Jazlynn was quite enraged yet it subsided and even turned into real emotions for the bodyguard in a few days. At the side, the bodyguard, Phoenix, lowered his head and said nothing.
"Shut up. Marrying a bodyguard? Are you out of your bloody mind now, ah?" Mrs. Fulton shouted in a low voice and gnashed her teeth in anger.
Mrs. Hammond was so embarrassed that a cold sweat broke off on her back.
Aleigha tiptoed on the outer rim of the crowd for a while before getting bored. There was no way Mrs. Hammond would make things clear anyway.
She picked up a cup of wine and caught a glimpse of a black figure from the corner of her eyes. She looked up and saw Aubrie standing not far away, watching the show with great interest. She suddenly came to a realization. Aubrie must have also played an important role in all this.
And she was now watching the whole thing going down? Quite kinky fetish.
After thinking for a while, she walked to Jaidyn's side and whispered in his ear. Upon hearing her words, Jaidyn looked at Aleigha as if he was looking at a cunning fox. Aleigha was made uncomfortable by his gaze. She slightly hammered on his shoulder and said, "What are you looking at? Hurry up!"
Jaidyn shook his head with a wry smile and walked out of the villa silently.
The air in the hall was quite tense since Mrs. Hammond could make no proper explanation.
Her gown was drenched in sweat and countless pairs of cold eyes were shooting at her.
"Cat got your tongue, Mrs. Hammond? Well, I would, however, with great pleasure, remind you how Alexzander has always been in utter support to whatever you do!"
"And this is your unique and splendid way of paying back the favor? Setting my precious girl up with a bodyguard?"
"And a bodyguard who works for Adrian? You are not going to tell me that's a sheer and utmostly unfortunate coincidence that you could in no way foresee, are you?"
Mrs. Fulton blurted out the harsh words right at Mrs. Hammond, leaving no room for her to explain and minding not a bit about her esteem.
"You have to let me explain, it truly is, however it might seem otherwise, a coincidence!"
"Coincidence? More like a trap you've dug up for my Jazlynn!"
"And throwing this banquet, to do what? So you could rub it in on us in front of everybody, is it? Now, Jazlynn, run along, we don't need to be standing here while this vile woman smears muck all over us!" "Mom, I want to be with Phoenix." Hearing Jazlynn's refusal, Mrs. Fulton took hold of her.
However, she flung her hands and hid behind
Phoenix.
Mrs. Fulton was so angry that her head almost exploded. She put her hand on her chest and sobbed.
"Jazlynn, I don't love you. I was bribed and deliberately approached you. It has nothing to do with the president."
"But about the news, that has nothing to do with me. I'm sorry."
Phoenix turned around and looked at Aubrie with guilt in his eyes. After a moment, he walked towards Adrian.
"President."
Adrian glanced at Phoenix and replied indifferently. Then, he turned around and walked out.
"Adrian, you're the one who designed this, aren't you?"
Mrs. Hammond suddenly raised her voice and asked, as if she had just realized something. Adrian stopped and turned to look at her. "You sent people to approach and laced my drink." "You used my clients again and again, with the sole purpose that I could accept Jazlynn." "And so that you and Valentino could benefit from all of it without so much as moving a finger."
"And I don't even want to mention
about what you've done to aid Lennon, who hurt my Aleigha and got her in the hospital. So if I were you, I'd consider myself lucky to have ended up with such a trivial 'gift so to speak. If, mark myword, this was to happen again, the consequences will, mind you, be much more hideous."
Mrs. Hammond could only feel her leg going numb as she collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Not taking it too well, I see? And let me tell you how the whole story stormed through the city and went virus. For that, you have Aubrie to thank, who personally selected the reporter that pulled this."
"You like what you are hearing?"
Jaidyn said as he lifted a man up, walking in. The man was wearing old-fashioned square gold-rimmed glasses, rather stout and short.
Panic could be seen in his eyes. As soon as he saw the crowd, he hurriedly lowered his head and dared not look at them.
Aubrie was enjoying the scene with joy overflowing in her heart, gloating at whoever dared to compete with her for Adrian. Before she had her fun watching the scene, she heard her name being called.
Her body stiffened as she knew that it wasn't a good idea to stay here for too long. She stood up to leave but was blocked by Jaidyn's men. She was then brought forward.
Mrs. Fulton had long heard of and known of this b*stard child, the consequence of Alexzander's lust in City A.
She originally did want to seek her out herself and it was quite beyond her expectation that she would be brought forward to her.
The more she looked at the girl, the more violent the fire inside her burnt. What Alexzander did might have passed by years ago yet it didn't mean the sorrow and pain it@nflicted on her could be so easily erased.
Aubrie was sent to the front of Mrs. Fulton, waiting for what she might say to her with her big watery eyes wide open.
The fury in her heart soared as she looked at this woman who was no match to her own mother yet she got to enjoy all the luxury of life just because she was a lady of some family. Whereas she had to be so painstakingly careful with every single step she took to win Alxzander's favor.
She couldn't live with it!
"You despicable wh*re, how dare you glare at me?" Mrs. Fulton slapped her right across the face, venting out her long-accumulated anger.
She had finally gotten this chance.
"How dare you hit me?" Aubrie was also angry. During these years, she had also been forbearing.
This woman already had taken away her father, and now she wanted to take away her Adrian?
"How dare I? You should be grateful I'm not having your hair all pulled down for what your fox of a mother had done!"
"And it's exactly as the saying goes, like mother, like daughter. You are just as much as a piece of dirty, vile trash as your mother!" Aleigha was quite intrigued by the pandemoniac in front of her. She sipped the tea on the table as she watched the show go down. Adrian walked over silently and sat beside her. He pulled her gown down a bit to cover up her thighs.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.
"This is the reporter who wrote the article. I'll leave him here for you to deal with."
Jaidyn couldn't wait to disappear as soon as possible. He had nothing to do with it, after all. All he wanted to do was to watch from aside.