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    Before she could reach David, he suddenly lifted his cane and poked it into her chest.


    "You wretch!"


    Adeline cried out in pain, immediately clutching the area where David had just struck her. With a grunt, she knelt before David.


    She looked at David sorrowfully, overwhelmed by his chilling aura. Her swollen face made her look even uglier, and the dried bloodstains at the corner of her lips highlighted the sinister horror of her face. Yet, her eyes radiated with a stubborn viciousness.


    "Do you really think I am so foolish that I would believe your lies?" David asked.


    "Dad..." Celine took a step forward. Don''t listen to what they say. I''ve worked so hard for the Pierce family all these years."


    "Dad?" David chuckled sarcastically.


    Celine took another step forward, looking pitiful. "Dad, I''ve managed Pierce Corporation diligently all these years, and I''ve never been disloyal to you. You''re the only father I acknowledge."


    "Really? You''ve taken control of Pierce Corporation, yet you''re ungrateful and dared to conspire with outsiders to harm my son and transfer the Pierce family''s funds to the Ellis family! I must havemitted heinous sins in my past life for you to call me father."


    David choked up momentarily, then steadied his breath and chuckled maliciously. "Today, I''ll show you what happens to your father."


    "Dad!" Celine took another step forward, her eyes shing with coldness.


    "Do you really think the members of the Pierce family are blind and foolish? Every man in our family is top-notch. You''re too naive to think you can y tricks on us."


    David snorted. "Since you''ve worked so hard for 20 years, I''ll let you rest and enjoy the prosperity of our family."


    "You like living in my son''s mansion, don''t you? Very well, I''ll grant your wish and get you an even better and more special mansion."


    David''s tone was filled with malice.


    "Take these two women back to my ce and let them recuperate," David ordered, and two tall bodyguards immediately came in, heading straight for Adeline and Celine.Content held by N?velDrama.Org.


    "Wait!" Celine threatened, "David, aren''t you afraid the Pierce family will cease to exist in Nocturnia?"


    "That''s why I''m making sure you live


    well to see the prosperity of the Pierce family," As said, as if he were a predator savoring the excitement of slowly bleeding his prey out.


    "As, who do you think you are to do this?" Celine shook off the guard''s hand and red at As.


    "Who am I?" As asked coldly.


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    "Since the day you harmed my parents, you were destined to end up like this. You owe me not just the lives of my three closest rtives but also those who died unjustly at your hands. Who are you to question me like this?"


    Adeline, seeing that the situation was hopeless, immediately kneeled before David.


    She begged, "David, I was wrong. Please spare us. I will make sure the Ellis family returns everything to the Pierce family. I''ll go back with you, so please spare my daughter."


    "It''s toote. Do you think there''s still


    an Ellis family? Do you want them to return everything? Can you make them? David sneered with disdain, "You really overestimate yourself."


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    "David, you old bastard!" Adeline, infuriated and humiliated, suddenly lunged at David. Her movement was so swift that it didn''t match a woman''s speed in her seventies.


    But David was even quicker. He raised his cane and viciously struck her down.