CHAPTER 157: CHAPTER 158: AN EYE FOR AN EYE

"That depends on whether the answer you give me is satisfactory."

"..."

"Put your clothes on!"

Adrian Desmond found her nakedness unsightly. He told her to get dressed. The woman shivered as she put on her clothes, then knelt at Adrian’s feet, shoulders hunched, looking terrified of him.

Seeing such an expression on that mesmerizing face made Adrian very uncomfortable. The Sienna Johnson he knew would never be so weak and useless, even if locked in a snake house.

Adrian leaned back onto the sofa and said, "Speak."

The woman raised her eyes, stealing a glance at him, only to be met with his cold, deep gaze. Startled, she quickly lowered her head.

"Are you going to talk or not?" Adrian glanced at his wristwatch impatiently.

Ice-cold daggers seemed to shoot from his dark eyes, and the woman froze on the spot, her heart clenching.

"I’ll talk, I’ll talk. I’ll tell you everything!"

The man called Walter Klein, who had questioned her earlier, had already gone to investigate her background. Even if she didn’t speak, with his methods, he would be able to find out. When that happened, she wouldn’t even know how she died.

The woman gritted her teeth and said, "It was Jule who made me do it!"

Jule?

How could Jule be involved in this?

Adrian was shocked inwardly but didn’t let it show on his face. "You know Jule?"

"Jule and I were together for a while," the woman said frankly. "I used to be his mistress!"

What a piece of work Jule is, trying to shove a woman he’d slept with onto me! Adrian scoffed inwardly. I have a thing about cleanliness, especially with women. I won’t touch a woman another man has been with. Everyone in our circle knows this, yet Jule still dared to pull such a stunt? I don’t think I’ve done anything to wrong Jule. I slept with Melanie Carpenter and got her pregnant. For the sake of my friendship with Jule and my familial ties with Melanie, I even considered letting them be together. Jule was incompetent; he couldn’t handle Melanie Carpenter and yet dared to blame me for it!

"It’s all because of that Melanie Carpenter. I originally looked a lot like her, so Jule treated me as her substitute and doted on me..."

Once the woman started talking, her hesitations disappeared, revealing everything to Adrian.

"...Melanie Carpenter got pregnant with his child. He wanted to marry her, but she refused. Jule then asked me to go to Kandara for plastic surgery, posing as Mai to seduce you."

"He asked you to seduce me?" Adrian’s eyes were mocking, his expression still ice-cold and grim.

"Yes."

That idiot! Did he really think finding an identical woman could fool me? And then Melanie Carpenter would marry him? No wonder Melanie Carpenter looks down on him. What a fool!

"...Jule said if I could find a way to break you two apart, he would give me 150 thousand dollars."

Hearing this, Adrian glanced at the woman disdainfully. The real Sienna Johnson couldn’t change my mind back then, let alone this imposter.

But times had changed. If the real Sienna were here before me now, I would agree in a heartbeat. As long as she brought our son back to me, I would forgive anything.

Adrian’s heart was steeped in bitter regret, with no one to whom he could confide.

"...Jule also said that you’re handsome and rich, so if I could make you fall for me, I’d be set for life." The woman looked at Adrian’s face. He’s clearly a formidable man, not someone a woman like me could ever hope to manipulate. Any thought of trying to make him fall for me is gone.

"Sixth Master, I’ve told you everything I know. Please let me go. I’ll go to Kandara immediately, get plastic surgery to look exactly like Melanie Carpenter, and then I’ll become a call girl just to spite Jule to death!"

Adrian finally took a proper look at the woman before him. He found her somewhat interesting, and his voice wasn’t as cold as before when he asked, "What’s your name?"

"Amy Field."

"Miss Field, let’s make a deal!" An idea sparked in Adrian’s mind.

Amy Field looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What do you want me to do, Sixth Master?"

"If you can marry Jule’s father and become his stepmother, I’ll give you 1.5 million dollars!"

An eye for an eye. Since Jule is so "concerned" about my personal life, as a "good friend," it’s only right to return the favor. He used this woman to pose as a fake "Mai" for me, so I’ll give him a "stepmother"!

"Become Jule’s stepmother?" Amy Field’s mouth twitched. Displacing the current wife and taking her place? That’s an incredibly difficult task.

1.5 million dollars was a lot of money, and Amy Field really wanted it. However, the task Adrian Desmond had given her wouldn’t be easy to accomplish.

"Is there a problem?" Adrian asked coldly.

Amy Field felt her scalp tingle under Adrian’s stare. Lacking confidence, she said, "Well, I don’t think I can do it. It’s too difficult. If you wanted me to become Jule’s father’s mistress, I could certainly try for that. But becoming his stepmother... that’s..."

"I’m giving you this task because I have ways to ensure your success. Just don’t get any clever ideas or try to pull any tricks."

Since Adrian Desmond had said so, Amy Field was naturally happy to earn the 1.5 million dollars. She smiled fawningly. "Sixth Master, I’ll do whatever you say. If you ask me to go through fire and water, I won’t even bat an eyelid."

Adrian scanned the woman before him, his gaze icy and devoid of warmth.

I don’t believe a word she says. However, I do believe she can get this done.

...

Melanie Carpenter gave birth to a son!

Mr. Lucas, the Housekeeper, visited her on Adrian Desmond’s behalf, but Adrian himself never appeared.

Melanie Carpenter stared angrily at the slick and worldly Mr. Lucas, questioning him aggressively, "Busy? What on earth is Sixth Brother so busy with that he doesn’t even have time to come see me?"

Mr. Lucas smiled and explained, "Sixth Master has encountered some business troubles recently, so he’s been rather busy. I haven’t seen him for several days myself."

Melanie Carpenter scoffed. "You don’t need to lie to me. I know what Sixth Master is busy with. He’s still busy looking for that wretched woman!"

Mr. Lucas lowered his head, hiding the shock on his face. Melanie Carpenter is a well-bred lady; how could such a word come from her mouth?

"But Sixth Brother can forget about ever seeing her again in this lifetime. She won’t be coming back..." Melanie Carpenter laughed maliciously, thinking about the phone call she had mistakenly answered.

That woman is so proud. If she knew Adrian "deceived" her, how could she possibly return to his side? By now, that woman must hate Adrian to death.

The baby wailed, and Melanie Carpenter felt nothing but irritation. She didn’t want to even look at the child. "Take him out! He’s so annoying!"