CHAPTER 256: CHAPTER 256: THIS IS THE UNGRATEFUL BRAT YOU RESCUED 17 YEARS AGO...

By the time everything that could be smashed was smashed to bits, Bella Sutton finally calmed down.

She stood there coldly, her gray pupils filled with a terrifying intent to destroy everything.

Daring to attack the Sutton family, death alone would not suffice!

However, that person better not be Adrian.

Standing amidst the chaos, Bella softly whispered to herself, "Adrian, if it really is you, how am I supposed to bear this?"

After saying this, she loudly retorted, "It can’t be! Adrian would never do this to me!"

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The happenings in Europe were too significant, naturally reaching the ears of Bella Sutton’s father and brothers, far away in Eland.

After international news reports and the attack on several Sutton family factories in Europe, James Sutton immediately ordered an investigation to find out who dared to challenge the Sutton family’s interests so recklessly.

Although James Sutton was not in Europe, his influence spanned the globe.

Therefore, finding out who made a move against him should not have been too difficult.

Yet, before his people could uncover the truth, he received a provocative message from Adrian Davies.

[Uncle, there’s no need to investigate further. I did it. It’s merely a warning! If your daughter can’t restrain her actions, what I do next won’t be so simple!]

Upon seeing this message, James Sutton’s sinister gray eyes suddenly turned sharp.

Adrian Davies? Was it really him?

Why would he become an enemy of Sutton?

Wasn’t he supposed to be with Nine...

Back when he was ten, Mr. Davies came seeking his help and he rescued the then ten-year-old Adrian Davies.

Over the years, because Nine liked him, and as the father who adored Nine more than anything, he allowed Nine to express her feelings towards him, thinking that one day Nine would marry him.

He actually destroyed his factories and got international enforcers to surround his company?

All these years, he had been residing quietly in Eland, leaving everything to Nine. What happened between Nine and Adrian Davies?

He didn’t reply to Adrian Davies’s message, instead directly initiating a video call with Bella Sutton.

In the video, with a seventy percent resemblance to Bella Sutton, a slightly overweight James Sutton dressed in a gray casual outfit was sitting authoritatively in front of the computer in his study.

As soon as the call connected, James Sutton, deeply furrowing his brows, sternly asked, "Nine, what’s going on in Europe? Weren’t you getting along well with Adrian Davies, how did you end up angering him? Hmm?"

Bella Sutton furrowed her brows slightly, angrily defending Adrian Davies, "Father, there’s no way this could be Adrian’s doing! Tell me, where did you hear this nonsense? I definitely won’t forgive that gossip-monger!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Just how long do you plan to defend him? Adrian Davies himself admitted to it!"

James Sutton looked at Bella Sutton and repeatedly asked, "Nine, tell your father, aren’t things between you two going well? How did you provoke that troublemaker?"

"Adrian himself admitted it?" Bella Sutton still couldn’t believe it, "How could this be possible?"

Seeing Bella Sutton’s stubborn disbelief, James Sutton, almost angrily disappointed, said, "How could it be possible? Do you think your father would lie to you? He personally sent a message to me, threatening me to control you! He’s no longer the child he was seventeen years ago, Nine, this is the man you’ve been defending all these years! Wake up!"

No matter how much she refused to believe it, her father wouldn’t lie to her.

The reality was right in front of her, and things were heading in the direction she dreaded most—it was indeed Adrian who had done all this!

Irene had gone to investigate, and although Bella Sutton had a sliver of doubt, she firmly suppressed it.

She wouldn’t allow herself to suspect Adrian Davies, especially whilst hoping for Irene’s investigation results, hoping that this incident had nothing to do with Adrian.

But the cruel truth gave her a harsh slap.

Before Irene’s investigation was complete, Adrian Davies had already gone ahead and threatened her father directly.

He told her to control her behavior?!

Bella Sutton lowered her head, her delicate face filled with loneliness and sorrow.

Her lips lifted slightly, a touch of deeply bitter self-mockery appearing on her charming yet sorrow-filled face.

Ha, how to control?

Was it to stay away from him forever or never to touch his woman again?

How could it be?

She was his benefactor!

She saved him. Without her, he would have been long dead!

But now, because of that woman, he could treat her like this!

It was only now that Bella Sutton truly realized that Adrian Davies was no longer the Adrian Davies she had rescued from the wolf’s den.

In the past, he regarded her as his benefactor, even though he didn’t like her, he often treated her with respect and tenderness.

But now?

Now, for the sake of a lowly woman, he could be so cold and indifferent towards her.

James Sutton naturally saw the heartbreak in Bella Sutton.

Seeing his daughter in such sorrow, he no longer had the heart to blame her.

After all, with so many sons, Nine was his only daughter.

Moreover, Bella’s temperament was most similar to his, so he had always doted on her.

As for Adrian Davies, James Sutton used to admire him.

For so many years, he was clearly aware of his daughter’s affections for Adrian Davies, and he was pleased by it.

But now he couldn’t have imagined that Adrian Davies would dare to strike against the Sutton family.

Looking at Bella Sutton, his voice low and authoritative, he spoke, "Nine, forget that ungrateful boy! From now on, he is an enemy of the Sutton family! The very fact that he dared to act against the Sutton family today means I won’t let him off!"

The Sutton family had deep roots and was once the royal dynasty of Wesley, holding a transcendent status in Europe and throughout the world.

For years, no one had dared to challenge the authority of the Sutton family.

This provocation by Adrian Davies, how could James Sutton swallow this insult.

"No! You can’t, Father!" Bella Sutton raised her head, her gray eyes looking straight at James Sutton, "Father, you can’t take action against Adrian!"

James Sutton’s gray eyes narrowed, looking at Bella Sutton, he opened his mouth: "Nine, you..."

"Father, I’m sorry, you love me the most, don’t you?"

Bella Sutton interrupted James Sutton, speaking with a spoiled air, "Father, you should understand your daughter. What I want must be mine, and the same goes for Adrian! You can’t harm Adrian, I want him, and no one else is worthy to be your son-in-law!"

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