A black car was parked at the entrance of the apartment compound.
James got into the car.
The car sped along the road and stopped at a hotel.
James entered the hotel and arrived at a luxurious presidential suite.
He knocked on the door.
After a while, the door opened. Queenie stood before him.
James went in.
Queenie looked around and shut the door.
"Dad, have you given Natalie the drugs I gave you?" Queenie stared at James.
There was a look of panic in James's eyes.
Queenie was anxious.
She took a step forward. "Dad, you didn't give it to Natalie, did you?"
James' hands trembled. "Queenie, let's just forget about it."
"Forget it?" Queenie suddenly raised her voice. "Are you my father or not?!"
James' hands trembled harder.
Queenie seemed to have gone a little mad. "Didn't I tell you how I was treated? When I was abroad, I was gang- r*ped by so many men. It was all because of Natalie. She did this to me, yet you still feel reluctant to make a move. Are you still my father?"
James's eyes became damp.
He really couldn't bear to do it...
"Queenie, Natalie won't do this to you in the future. She will never treat you like this again. I beg you, please just let Natalie go."
Hearing James pleading on behalf of Natalie, Queenie became more agitated.
"What are you thinking? You want me to let her go? Then why didn't she let me go back then?"
James was trembling violently.
That night, he saw Queenie for the first time.
She told him about all the inhumane treatment that she'd suffered.
With gritted teeth, Queenie told him that it was all because of Natalie.
She wanted to get revenge on Natalie.
James knew what Natalie and Queenie's personalities were like.
If Natalie had really treated Queenie like that, Queenie must have done something wrong.
But even so, Queenie was his biological daughter.
When he found out how much pain and suffering Queenie had gone through, it was impossible for James not to hate Natalie, even a little bit.
However, that trace of hatred dissipated completely when he saw Natalie's tears and panic that morning.
How could he do what Queenie asked him to?
She had asked him to poison Natalie.
But James did not do that.
Queenie called James over every night to repeatedly tell him about the pain she had suffered, so that he could be ruthless enough to carry out the plan.
However, James still lacked the heart to do it.
"Queenie, I'll get Natalie to apologize to you. I'll get her to kneel down and apologize to you, so you don't need to kill her," James said to Queenie in a choked voice.
Queenie was about to lose it.
She glared at James.
She had not expected that she would have such an idiotic father.
She'd been through such hardships, but he was still trying to plead for Natalie.
She had been sure that after James knew what she had been through, he would kill Natalie for her.
But now...
There was a flash of hatred in Queenie's eyes.
If she had known this would happen, she would not have told James that it was poison.
"Dad, are you really not going to poison Natalie?" Queenie asked.
James seemed to be in extreme pain.
Although he did not speak a word, his attitude said it all.
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