His Domineering Lover

Darien's eyes flashed. The smile on her face instantly disappeared.

"Let's put the matter of Aubrie aside for the time being. You know clearly that I own the Oceanshade but you go out of your way to make trouble for it. Now Maximo's got cornered up by you. So tell me, you really wanna do it like this, huh?"

Aleigha's face was full of understanding. She smiled and said, "It turns out that the big BOSS behind Oceanshade is you."

"If I had known this, I might've set the entry line of the project even higher."

"You!" Darien slammed the table and stood up, glaring at Aleigha.

"Calm down, cousin. It's not like this is the first time you've walked right up into the trap."

"Well just turn a blind eye to it. Like you said, we are a family, right?"

"Talking about how we treat our family, Adrian might seem cold on the outside yet he does treat his family sincerely." "As for you, who has mercilessly put three bullets in Adrian, well, that's another story." "And if that story went sideways, even a little bit, you'd be steering the wheel for the Xiao family."

"Anyway, all in all, you suffered a minor setback, right? No need to come whimpering and sobbing to me."

"Especially now that there's certainly a ton of things you need to be attending to, such as your fiance."

"Pretty sure you wouldn't be able to get away with Caroline's death, would you? Her mother must be seeking revenge feverishly."

Aleigha made Darien speechless, and his face was so angry that it was twitching yet he just couldn't find a word to retort.

"You are still here? Well, it's past lunchtime. You can order yourself something if you feel like it, it's my treat."

"Aleigha, you made me do it."

Darien finally tore off his masquerade. His eyes were filled with a somber and cold light.

His knuckles paled because of the clenching.

"Well, since that's the way you wanna play along, we'll see who's the last one standing." "You've hurt Adrian, my Adrian, that's something I'll always keep on your tab, mark my words." "Even if you don't make trouble for me, I'll be coming for you. This is not done."

"Alright, alright. You're a sharp-tongued girl. Since that's the case, let's just wait and see."

Darien slammed the door and left angrily. Only then did the secretary come in timidly. "Madam, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Don't let this kind of person in ever again.

I might retch at his presence."

"By the way, get someone on Maximo. There's definitely some crumb left behind."

After a busy day, when she returned to the Xiao Family's home, she was surprised to see Caroline's mother at the front gate.

Seeing Aleigha, she rushed over quickly and took her hand. "Miss Gardner,

"Please help me. This is for you. I'm leaving. Please."

The woman left anxiously, looking around as she walked, as if she was avoiding someone.

Aleigha lowered her head and looked at the thing in her hands. It was an old cell phone.

She tried to work it a little bit but found the battery was dead.

Back in the room, Aleigha found a matching charger. After washing up, she had the time to sit down and look at the things on her phone. Caroline was a very irritable person. She was prone to think herself scheming yet was nothing but a simple-minded fool.

There were a lot of selfies on her phone, and there was only a rather blurry video.

It was shot the night before her death during her meeting with Aubrie.

Aleigha watched it, copied it on her computer, and made an anonymous report to the police.

On the morning of the second day, the news that Aubrie had been caught spread like wildfire.

Due to lack of evidence, she was not sued and paid a large sum of bail to be extradited back home.

Now that another piece of solid evidence had come to light, no matter how much she or her family was willing to pay, there was no way out for her. She was going down for sure.

Aleigha asked for a long-term leave from school since she was so caught up with the company's business.

When she returned to the company, Jaidyn appeared downstairs the company building.

"What's up, Mr. Galloway?"

Jaidyn lit a cigarette and took two continuous puffs before opening his mouth.

"Aleigha, do you still remember the boy from the Landry family?"

"Lennon? He seemed to have vanished. Why, you found him?"Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Jaidyn nodded. "He found a relative of his mother in Country E, who was said to be a Duke."

"A rather rich one who had no offsprings and passed away last month, leaving all his property to Lennon."

"Since Lennon had returned with

what he got from our duke, it would

not be good for Adrian. After all, he

was the mastermind behind

everything that had happened to

Adrian's factory."

"Darien has also made contact with him. In the next few days, you should go to my villa and stay."

"Can I choose to go to Tanner's place? After all, you are..."

"Aleigha, how can I possibly like a woman like you? You think too much. Even Tanner can't protect you."

Aleigha shrugged her shoulders and nodded helplessly. "Alright then, since you leave me no choice."

Things were definitely not as simple as Jaidyn thought. The factory was very strict with confidentiality measures.

How could such a grave accident suddenly take place? Adrian was basically torn apart from the world, standing on his own.

Back here, Aleigha had to deal with Darien, Lennon who had just made his comeback, and Alexzander who had been lurking in the dark.

Being cornered by three forces, which were likely to join hands sooner than later, what Alegiha had coming up against her was much worse than Adrian's. Fortunately, she had the help of Jaidyn.

"Isn't a man like you supposed to have a whole army of bodyguards or something? You are not telling me you are protecting me yourself, are you?" After Aleigha finished her work and had a little rest, she looked up and saw Jaidyn sitting on the sofa reading a book.

"The thing about a constant bodyguard at your side is that he will falter, one way or the other."

"But that's not the case with me, I don't falter, I don't panic, and I don't make mistakes."

"You're so arrogant!"

When it was time to get off work, Jaidyn drove

Aleigha back to his house. At the same time, he brought two servants of the Xiao family and her daily necessities with him.

Aleigha remembered the days he

spent with Jaidyn back in the days

abroad And as she thought, she

realized that despite his sharp

tongue, Jaidyn was a ratherO gentleman.

"Your parents are all abroad?"

Jaidyn nodded. "My mother likes the plains and rivers in Country G."

"They live at the source of the biggest river in the country."

Aleigha lightly curled up on the sofa, and Jaidyn sat on the carpet. The crackling sounds of firewood burning could be heard from the fireplace.

Jaidyn was very quiet. He would

never take the initiative to take unless asked to. Their conversation wenton that way until Aleigha fell asleep on the sofa.

Then he got up and covered her with a blanket.

Aleigha spent a whole week with Jaidyn until Adrian hastened back on the weekend.

As soon as Adrian arrived, Alexzander called him, as if he was waiting for Adrian's return.

After hanging up the phone, Adrian was silent for a moment before she said, "Alexzander invited me to his house for a gathering."

"Don't know what he's up to this time."

"We'll know when we get there. It's pretty clear he's been waiting for you."

"And since he knows you are back, the other two do too. We'd better keep our eyes wide open."

"I'll send you to Jaidyn's place. I'll go myself. That's the only way I can rest assured."