Chapter 2 The Little Punk’s Run Off Again
Madeline could care less about the wealth and possessions of the Quincy family or the Grant family. To her, they were nothing at all!
However, at the very beginning of her ordeal, she had sworn that as long as she was still alive, she would return and have her revenge on Angie!
She would not let Gordon’s murderer go unpunished, neither would she allow those who had framed and vilified her to get off scot-free. She refused to bear the burden of their wrongdoing while they feathered their nests at her expense.
At this point, her assistant Albert respectfully reminded her, “Ms. Grant, Mr. Quincy’s car is already at the foot of the hill. We should go now.”
Madeline’s eyes glittered coldly. She put her sunglasses back on and paid her last respects to Gordon, murmuring, “I have to go now, Gordon. I’ll visit again next time!”
That “next time” would be Angie’s death anniversary!
She made her way carefully down the hill, mindful not to make a misstep in her high heels. “Is everything in place for the charity dinner?!”
“Yes, I’ve already blacklisted Ms. Angie from the Global Charity Banquet! She’s done many charitable things in Gordon’s name, and she’s been dubbed Imperia’s charitable princess, right? Well, she won’t even be able to get through the door to attend the dinner. That ought to show her true colors; let’s see how she’s going to marry into the Quincy family after such a disgrace!”
Madeline nodded in approval. “Well done, Albert. Be sure to keep an eye on Thomas; don’t let him run away and cause trouble.”
Thomas was Madeline’s son and a hell-raising young rascal of the first order.
“Yes, Ms. Grant.”
As the saying went, it was truly a small world after all. While the two of them were making their way down the hill, they unexpectedly ran into Noah and his entourage.
Noah was surrounded by black-garbed bodyguards, but Madeline caught a glimpse of his tall, handsome figure. He was dressed completely in black as well, his dark eyes still as keen and sharp as those of a hawk. Even his simplest gesture seemed to radiate disdain, like a monarch giving orders from on high.
In the intervening five years, he had matured and grown even aristocratically arrogant in bearing. He was definitely not someone to cross.
Under his leadership, the Quinton Corporation had emerged relatively unscathed from its dire straits. In fact, in just those five short years, the entire company had rapidly expanded into the third-largest economic entity in the world. Its market value had soared a dozen times over, making the Quincy family fabulously wealthy and giants of industry in the nation of Tiberos.
Following discreetly behind him was Angie, whom Madeline had also not seen all this while!
Angie was wearing an expensive one-of-a-kind black couture dress. She had taken great care with her makeup, so she was looking particularly radiant today. With a sorrowful expression, she followed Noah, looking for all the world like a helpless, timid young fledgling. The intervening years appeared to have treated her kindly.
Madeline brushed past the entire entourage, ignoring them. She did not even spare Noah a glance. However, from behind her sunglasses, she raked Angie’s face with a frosty stare and smiled derisively.
At that very moment, Angie was blissfully imagining the good life she would have after she became Mrs. Noah Quincy!
She was feeling particularly happy because she had finally managed to dispose of Noah’s young brat of a son, and on the anniversary of Gordon and Madeline’s death, no less. It was very satisfying to contemplate.
However, the instant Madeline brushed past her, she suddenly felt a sense of imminent danger!
She had never come across a woman who radiated such untouchable elegance and beauty before, so she could not help slanting an envious glance at Madeline. Somehow, she felt uneasy, although she found it impossible to pinpoint the source of this feeling.
The feeling only grew stronger when the group arrived at Gordon’s grave, and she saw the fresh bouquet of lilies that had been placed there.
Noah drew himself up amid the gusting winds and stared at the bouquet, his brows lifting. “Who’s been here?!”
Angie’s thoughts immediately went to the mysterious woman she had seen earlier. However, upon looking around, the woman had already disappeared.
What was her relationship to the Quincy family?! Why had she come to pay her respects to Gordon?!
No, it couldn’t be. Angie told herself she was making a mountain out of a molehill; the people who had stood in her way were all dead now. There was no way they could come back from the grave and pose a threat to her.
It was at this moment that someone discovered something was amiss. The person in question was Wayne Hudson, Noah’s assistant.
As he glanced around worriedly, he became aware that young Colton was missing. Colton was Noah’s son and had come with them on this cemetery visit. Frantically, he alerted Noah. “Sir, Colton seems to have disappeared.”
Noah froze in his tracks, his expression hardening. He swept a cold gaze over the people with him and snapped, “What do you mean?”
“Colton was definitely still with us just now, sir. It’s my fault; I wasn’t alert enough…”
Angie knew exactly where Colton was, of course. However, she feigned an anxious expression as if she had only just discovered the little brat had gone missing. She worked herself into such a state that she looked as if she might cry from panic.
She made a show of searching frantically everywhere. “How can this have happened? He was right here just now! How could he just disappear like that?”
“Hurry up and search for him now!” Noah ordered frostily.
“Yes, sir.”
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