His Domineering Lover

Aleigha's brows creased into a frown but she didn't rashly went after the figure.

After returning to the Gardner family, as expected, Laura was back. Lainey and her daughter were also there.

However, compared with Laura, they were completely ignored.

The mother and daughter sat on a sofa in the hall, Emilia's eyes empty, motionless.

Lainey looked at the child in Marcos's hands, and a vicious and cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Grandpa, I'm back."

As soon as Aleigha entered the door, she put on a smile on her face and put on a standard lamb-like pose.

"Aleigha, come here, is it cold outside?" Charlotte was very happy to see her back home.

The whole family looked all warm and cheerful while Lainey and Emilia looked like two soulless corpses, sitting aside motionless.

At dinnertime.

"Marcos, don't you think it'd be better for both Emilia and the whole family if we were to send her abroad for a while?" "After Adrian cancels the engagement, we can get her back here to finish the marriage."

Lainey was in dire straits every day. Now that her daughter was a complete mess if Adrian were to go back on his words.

Then Emilia's whole life would be ruined. She was about to have the baby in no more than a few months.

By then, not a single man would want her anymore, much less Adrian.

"Why, you're still counting on Adrian? Even if Adrian is to end the engagement, he won't want Emilia. Might as well save yourself the hassle."

Charlotte's sarcasm was a common thing in the family. Lainey simply ignored it.

"Dad, what do you think?" Lainey looked at Dustin.

Dustin was calm and composed. He lifted his gaze at Lainey. "I don't care about your business."

"I couldn't care less about what you wanna do."

"But if you dare to make another mess in this family, that will be your last day in this family."

Lainey was overjoyed and quickly nodded. "Dad, don't worry, I won't, I definitely won't."

With the old man's words, Lainey had already made a plan.

Aleigha didn't say a word the whole time. Looking at the joy on Lainey's face, she sneered in her heart. They were still thinking that Adrian was a dumba*s that would take whatever was thrown at him?

She didn't stay at the Gardner house tonight because she had to hurry back to finish the report for Adrian.

She stayed up all night until the next afternoon before she finished the report.

Aleigha washed up and changed into a new set of clothes before rushing to the company.

Just out of the school, a gray figure caught Aleigha's attention again.

This time, the figure did not leave for a long time. Aleigha plucked up the courage to go up.

As soon as she got close, the man wanted to leave.

"Is there something you want from me? Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

Only when she approached did Aleigha see clearly that it was a middle-aged man with disheveled hair and a dirty face. However, it was almost impossible to tell what he looked like. Hearing Aleigha's words, the man paused for a

second.

Because they were at the entrance of the alley at the corner of the street, there were quite a few people coming and going. The man just stayed for a moment and continued to walk into the alley. "Hey, I'm talking to you. What do you want?"

That person walked so fast that Aleigha had to run to catch up with him.

The man didn't stop until they both reached the end of the alley.

Aleigha was panting as she ran, gasping for air.

"Miss Aleigha, you were just born when I served Miranda."

Aleigha's eyes became cold, and she stared at the person in front of her with her cold eyes.

"What do you want from me?"

The man hunched and suddenly knelt down in front of Aleigha. "Miss Aleigha, your mother, your mother didn't pass away from her illness."

"Nonsense. Three years ago, I saw with my own eyes that my mother died in the hospital because of her illness. Who the hell are you and how dare you say this to me?"

Aleigha was fuming with anger. This person was clearly talking nonsense.

"Miss Aleigha, your mother has always been in good health. She did suffer from a certain disease, but was it really enough to kill her?"

"She came back here three years ago and she died right after she went back."

"Didn't you even have any doubt about it? Not even once? I went to the countryside to look for you but they told me you were back here already."

"I waited outside the Gardner villa yesterday for you because I only know how you looked like when you were a child."

"I was afraid I would come up to the wrong person so I waited till today."

Her mother did say she was going to be away for a few days. Back then, Aleigha was still in school and didn't know what it was all about. When her mother returned home, she died in less than two months.

"What evidence do you have to prove that there was something wrong with my mother's death?" Aleigha calmed down.

"The hospital's records must have been tampered with, and the cause of death is definitely not true. Miss Aleigha, the killer is Lainey." "Maybe, everyone in the Gardner family knows it."

Aleigha's heart was as cold as ice. The Gardner family again!

"Why are you hiding then?"

The man sighed, sobbed in a low voice, and replied intermittently, "I... I once had a home."

"But I... godd*mn it! I ran into Lainey, that vicious vixen! She... she dragged me out of my own home."

"And they set me up, set my whole family up! My daughter, mind you, my six-year-old daughter... she..."

"She died in a so-called car accident, if you know what I mean, miss, and her mother was also in the car... Later I was framed for a burglary."

"And I stayed behind bars for three years! Three whole years for something I didn't even do at all!"

"What did Lainey and her daughter say?" Aleigha's eyes were cold, and she clenched her fists.

At this moment, the hatred in her heart had already drowned out all her emotions.

"They said that your mother had a part of Gardner's property and an enormous property with an unknown origin."

"And that if your mother dies, your father will be the one to inherit the money."

"You are only here talking with me because you want money, money that you don't dare to ask Lainey and Marcos for because you are nothing but a coward." "You've been all sneaky only to find out if I can give you the money you want."

"So you might as well just cut to the chase, how much do you want?"

The man was bewildered. After all, he had underestimated this girl. Since he had been exposed, he did not need to cover it up.

"Yes, I do want money from you. But not a word coming out of my mouth is false!"

"If you give me the money I want, I will keep the secret for you. And if need be, I shall testify against them for you!"

Aleigha sneered mockingly, "Tell me where to find you and I'll deliver the money myself."

The man was no fool, he said with a smile that was almost kind on his face, "Miss Aleigha, I don't quite reckon that would be a proper way to solve this. If you were to tell Mr. Xiao about this, it's quite likely I'll end up with nothing."

"Okay, then come with me to the bank." Aleigha was fed up with such a greedy person.

Even if he was telling the truth, she did not want to give him a penny.

Who could say for sure what this person's role amidst all this was?

The two of them entered the bank one after the other. The requirements of that person were not much, only one million.

As soon as Aleigha walked out of the alley, she dialed a number on the phone inside her pocket.

Adrian would be there soon enough.

After entering the bank, the man waited outside. Aleigha pretended to go to get the money and checked the time from time to time.

They didn't walk out of the bank until she saw Adrian's car parked across from the road.

"I couldn't withdraw too much 'cause I didn't make an appointment. You'll have to make do with this."

Aleigha gave the bag containing the money to that person, who looked most dissatisfied. "Miss Aleigha, you can make an appointment right now."