Chapter 38
Celine immediately headed back the way she came. She saw Melody panicking and grabbing Adam's arm. "Adam, Carly was abducted!"
"By whom?" Adam's expression shifted instantly,
"Grandma!" said Melody. "Grandma had some men take her away!"
What?
The air seemed to freeze around Adam upon hearing those words. It just so happened that Melody saw Celine, who was making her way to them.
Melody jabbed a finger in Celine's direction. "Celine! You must've been behind this!"
To Adam, she said, "Adam, someone gave Grandma a picture before this. It was a picture of you and Carly dancing at a pub. Grandma was furious when she saw it and had some men take Carly away, Celine's probably the person who gave Grandma the picture!"
Celine's gaze turned cold. Did someone give Mary a picture? Celine wasn't aware of that.
"Adam, Celine's a cruel woman! She knows Grandma adores her and will always have her back," said Melody, adding fuel to the fire. "She wants to take advantage of Carly's heart condition to get rid of Carly with Grandma's help!"
Melody had barely finished speaking when Celine felt Adam's cold gaze on her, and he strode over to her.
"Adam, I didn't...L" Celine denied.
Adam spat coldly, "You'd better pray that Carly's fine"
Carly was so terrified at Mary's outburst that she started trembling. Even so, she shook her head and said, "Sorry, but I can't do that I love Adam, and I want to be with him forever,"
Mary was so mad that she started to tremble out of rage. "Do you have no shame at all? I'll teach you a lesson in your parents' stead" '
Alfred had been standing beside Mary all the while. He handed her a whip. It was a tradition that ran in the Alvarez family.
Mary swung the whip at Carly, making the latter yelp in fear.
The whip made a loud and crisp sound, but it didn't land on Carly's body. It struck Adam instead.
Adam had barged into the study and hugged Carly so that she was entirely shielded in his arms. The whip struck him heavily across the back.
