Chapter 449
Chapter 449
Adam was quiet for a while before he let out a deep sigh. "Ultimately, we're just too weak to seem like a threat to the Colemans. That's why Kendall has been suffering their belittling," he muttered.
"If Kendall refuses to get a divorce with Master Dylan, are they going to stay like that forever, Adam?" Charlotte felt her head and her heart aching at the thought of her daughter's matter. Her adopted daughter's love life had already been a huge mess, and her biological daughter's marriage was also full of roadblocks. "Let's see how things go. We should stop bringing up the divorce in front of Kendall. I believe she and Master Dylan have their own plans, so we'd only hurt them by bringing such things up. Master Dylan's love for Kendall is genuine, and this isn't his fault. He has tried his best," Adam replied.
Charlotte nodded in agreement, but she felt worried upon the mention of her son-in-law's name. "It's fortunate that Kendall initiated to come home with us. Otherwise, we'd never know how things might end up. I'm afraid Master Dylan might go overboard with his actions," she said. Adam didn't say anything, but he was afraid as well. "Well, anyway, I'm not going to allow Kendall to go back to the Colemans until Old Madam Coleman comes over and apologizes to her. It doesn't matter how great Master Dylan is—that doesn't change the fact that my daughter was wronged!" Charlotte continued. Adam grunted to show agreement with his wife's words.
Kendall didn't know what her parents had been discussing at home. She turned to look at Amelia after ending her phone call with her mother. "My mom said that there's a lot of reporters waiting outside my house, so it seems like I won't be able to go home today. I'll have to sleep at yours tonight, Amy," she uttered. Amelia replied while driving, "Sure. It's not as if we've never slept together." The girls were on the way to a hot spring resort in the countryside.
"Kelly is such a tattletale. I can't believe she spread the news to the whole town." Amelia was growing increasingly hateful of Kelly. Kendall had her phone in her hands, and she looked at it now and then to
see if she had received a new message from Dylan. I wonder what he's doing now.
"She's just a pawn that's being used by others. We're archenemies. It'd be shocking if she kept her mouth shut after knowing something had happened to me." Kendall had accepted the situation she was in. After all, it was Tilly's intention to let the whole world know about her being chased out of the house. The news would've spread even if Kelly didn't do it. With Kelly around, she simply saved Tilly the effort of getting more people to spread the news. The news was bound to spread as long as no one from the Colemans came out to make a formal statement.
"Say, why can't people just get along with one another?" Amelia let out a sigh. She wasn't a fan of such intricate and manipulative human conflicts—she felt like she couldn't live in such a calculated and cunning environment.
Kendall stayed silent for a while before replying, "That's just how the world is. It's always about one's personal benefits, and people will do whatever it takes to get their hands on it."
After hearing Kendall's response, Amelia couldn't help but breathe an inward sigh as she thought, Everyone seems to be chasing after these benefits. Why can't they just live like me?
"I'm pretty envious of you, Amelia," Kendall uttered. The Taylor Family was simple, and Amelia was the youngest child who received all the love and care from her family. Even if she had to go on dates that her parents arranged for her, all her dates were from relatively simple families that didn't see the need to scheme against one another. Amelia wasn't the sort of person who could survive in such a manipulative environment. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.
"Do you regret it?" Amelia asked.
Kendall smiled as she turned her head to look out at the streets. "No," she replied. Dylan had warned her about this a long time ago—marrying him would come with a lot of stress and other issues. She knew that someone would always be prepared to plot against her, use her, harm her, and so on. It was stressful being Dylan's wife.
"Kendall." Amelia's pupils shrank with fear as she cried out all of a sudden. "The car behind us looks like it belongs to Frank." Amelia had been called to Mendelson Residence almost every day for the past few days, so she was familiar with Frank's car. Kendall turned her head around to see a series of luxury cars trailing along behind Amelia's. The car in the lead was Frank's private car, and with Kendall's good eyesight, she could even see Frank sitting in the car.
Frank had gotten people to stalk Amelia this whole time. Now that they were on the way to the outskirts of town, the roads weren't as congested as they were in the city. Furthermore, Frank's line of cars was a grand sight, and everyone in Orapolis could recognize his cars, so they naturally steered away from him.
Amelia stepped on the gas to speed her car up. "Drive safe, Amelia. We don't have to be afraid of him, and I don't think we can get rid of him, anyway," Kendall uttered. Frank had followed them intentionally, and he had so many people with him—there was no escape for them. "That b*stard. I wish he'd get struck by lightning right now," Amelia hissed. "He caused you so much trouble, and he's chasing after us now. How shameless can he be?! He's just too rude and evil!" Amelia continued to speed as she cursed.
The faster Amelia went, the faster Frank's cars went. Amelia's car was no match for Frank's, and Frank's procession of cars quickly overtook her before blocking her way and forcing her to stop. She had no choice but to step on the brakes. "What do we do now, Kendall?" Amelia didn't know any self-
defense skills. The Mendelsons' guards were extremely good in combat, and Kendall probably wouldn't be able to fight all of them, either.
"Do you have any weapons in your car?" Kendall asked.
"No," Amelia said. I'm going to leave a cleaver in my car if we manage to escape from Frank and get home safe today, she thought. The next time he blocks my way, I'm going to pull the cleaver out and chop his tires off! Well, of course, I wouldn't dare to kill him!
"Well, I guess we'll have to fight with our bare hands," Kendall replied.
"But I can't fight," Amelia cried. "I'm the one that Frank is coming for, so he won't do anything to you. You can follow behind me, and you can tell me if they're coming from my back. Let me do all the fighting," Kendall uttered. It had been a while since she last practiced her skills, so she figured she could use the Mendelsons' bodyguards as practice. The bodyguards came down from their cars with metal rods in their hands.
Kendall frowned at the sight of this. "We have to get out, Amy. Otherwise, they'll break all of your car's windows and force us to get out," she said. If we take the initiative to get out first, at least we can still save Amelia's car and prevent Amelia from getting injured. Kendall was the first to get out, and Amelia followed soon after that. When Frank saw Kendall getting out of the car, he got out as well.
With a single gesture, Frank got all his bodyguards' movements to come to a halt. The few bodyguards who didn't have metal rods with them surrounded Amelia and Kendall. Frank's gaze was on Kendall the whole time as he walked toward the two ladies. Kendall glared back at him. If I can find a way to hold Frank hostage and gain control over him, then we'll get a chance to escape, she thought.
However, Frank was a sly man, and he knew how good Kendall was at fighting. So, he halted his footsteps a few yards away from her. "Kendall," he uttered in his deep voice. "I know all about what happened. Since the Colemans don't want to take you in, you can get a divorce with Dylan. I'll marry you immediately. The Colemans may not want you, but we Mendelsons do. I can give you whatever Dylan can. Our baby's still waiting for you to come back to us," he uttered. Then, he thought, There's no news of Kendall getting pregnant, even after being married to Dylan for so long. This can only mean one thing—I'm the only one who can impregnate her.