Mommy Alert! The CEO Daddy Won't Stop Courting-Chapter 670: The Blood-Stained Wooden Man…
Bella Sutton was yearning for the future, yearning for the day when Adrian would make it so she couldn’t get out of bed, her entire body softened involuntarily.
From the moment she saw Adrian at the age of ten, Bella Sutton wanted to become Adrian’s woman. She had loved Adrian for many years and fantasized about him for just as long.
Even though she had found temporary solace with the clone, she always knew it was just a substitute for Adrian, not what she truly wanted.
And the man in front of her, this celestial, handsome man, decisive and domineering, looking down upon all others, was truly the one Bella Sutton desired.
Bella reached out, embraced Adrian’s neck, her eyes half-closed with emotions, and spoke tenderly and bashfully: "Adrian, I love you..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
At this moment, Bella Sutton was only thinking, yearning, for the sweet and loving life she would share with Adrian. She was completely intoxicated by Adrian’s allure, forgetting to maintain her disguise as Melody Parker.
The shyness on her face, and the unconcealed love in her eyes, suddenly became unbearably disgusting...
Adrian’s inner irritation and aversion grew stronger, his mania was on the verge of erupting.
He desperately suppressed the approaching outburst of mania, pulling Bella Sutton off him, "Melody, I’m leaving. Take care of yourself while I’m gone."
Bella nodded, "Mm, Adrian, I’ll wait for you to come back."
And so Adrian left the palace, without arousing any suspicion from Bella Sutton.
Because Bella Sutton was always yearning, yearning for the day when everything in Whitehill was settled, and she could return to River City with Adrian...
After leaving the palace, Adrian didn’t immediately depart for M Country. Instead, he went directly to a hotel Locke had already arranged.
Upon entering the hotel, Adrian resisted the pending outburst of mania, collapsing onto the sofa.
Seeing Adrian’s pale complexion, his forehead covered in sweat, Locke immediately approached with concern, asking, "President, you..."
Adrian waved him off, after a long moment two words escaped his throat, "It’s fine!"
He knew he was on the brink of a manic episode.
Because of that woman in the palace, the one impersonating Melody.
But now, he didn’t have the medication to suppress his mania, and the only thing that could cure it, Melody, was in danger. Adrian couldn’t allow himself to fall ill at such a time, he had to endure.
Mania could be considered a psychological disorder.
It was a psychological illness Adrian suffered from since childhood, rejecting and despising any woman who touched him, driving him into madness and rage because of them.
All these years, only Melody Parker was his salvation, the only medicine that could heal him.
Now that Melody was in danger, Adrian couldn’t afford to fall ill.
He was battling the demons within him, determined to save Melody in the best possible form, knowing his Melody was waiting for him to rescue her.
After more than half an hour, the sweat beads on Adrian’s face became fewer, and his complexion gradually returned to normal.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door of the hotel room Adrian was staying in.
Upon hearing the knock, Locke went to check, shortly returning with Ralph Carter, "President, Ralph says he has something important to discuss with you."
Adrian looked at Ralph, a man who bore a striking resemblance to Barrett Carter, almost identical.
Seeing this man reminded Adrian of Barrett, the bodyguard who lost his life to save Melody when she was poisoned.
Thinking of Barrett’s death made Melody feel guilty and remorseful for a long time, unable to move on to this day.
He remembered what Barrett had left for Benjamin to hand over to Melody.
Although that item never reached Melody, it still made Adrian uneasy, it was something he particularly minded...
It happened on a night after Adrian regained his memory.
That evening, Benjamin behaved unusually.
He suddenly appeared at the door of Adrian and Melody’s bedroom, pacing back and forth, his little hands raising and lowering, repeating the motions over and over.
When Adrian came out of the study after finishing his work, he noticed this scene.
He walked over to Benjamin, gently patting his little head, and asked softly, "What’s wrong, sweetheart? Are you looking for mommy?"
Suddenly hearing Adrian’s voice, Benjamin seemed startled.
He quickly hid the item behind him, glaring at Adrian, "Daddy, why do you walk without making any sound?"
Adrian smiled indulgently, "Sweetheart, it’s not that daddy walks without a sound, it’s just that your mind is preoccupied, and you didn’t hear me coming, right?"
Being bluntly pointed out like that, Benjamin felt a bit embarrassed.
He glared with his obsidian-like eyes, righteously stating, "Even if I was distracted, daddy shouldn’t sneak up on me like that!"
Adrian patted Benjamin’s head again, kindly admitting his mistake, "Okay, it’s daddy’s fault. I shouldn’t have come out at that moment, nor should I have scared you."
After saying this, Adrian looked at Benjamin again, gently asking, "Now can you tell daddy, did you encounter something troubling? Maybe if you tell daddy, I might be able to help you solve it?"
After listening to Adrian, Benjamin considered it seriously.
Then he looked at Adrian maturely, seriously and solemnly saying, "Then daddy, let’s go to your study, I have something to show you."
Adrian nodded, "Okay."
Father and son entered the study, and Benjamin brought out the item he had hidden behind him, "Daddy, this is something Barrett gave me when he was dying. He said he made it with his own hands for me to give to mommy. But..."
Benjamin paused, then continued, "Because mommy was poisoned before, and you lost your memory, I never dared to tell mommy about it, fearing she would be more sad and upset. Now that everything is over, and I promised Barrett..."
As Benjamin spoke, Adrian had already taken the item entrusted to him by Barrett before his death, meant for Melody.
It was a wooden doll, a doll stained with blood, carved in the likeness of Melody.
Seeing this incredibly lifelike doll, carved personally by Barrett and stained with his blood, what wasn’t there for Adrian to understand?
