Love’s Cruel Stroke

Chapter 49 It Must Be Shirley

The four muscular men pushed the wheelchair along as they walked out. However, as soon as they opened the door, more than ten security guards walked toward them in the corridor.

“Who are you?” The security team captain approached them with a baton in his hand.

The muscular man in the lead said calmly, “This here is our young mistress. She fell and hurt her foot, so we’re taking her home.”

Rachel wanted to say something, but she was gagged, so she couldn’t even say a word.

She wanted to struggle to get attention, but she found her entire body drained of energy, and she couldn’t even move her fingers.

This is my only chance!

She turned over in an attempt to roll off the wheelchair, but the man pinned her down by the shoulder.

The man remained calm. “If there’s nothing else, we’ll leave now.”

The security team captain really couldn’t see anything unusual, so he let them pass.

Rachel’s heart fell right into the abyss of despair.

“Stop.” Just then, a child’s low and chilly voice rang out.

Dmitri walked out from behind a security guard. He had gotten the security guards to come over, but these useless fellows couldn’t even do their job properly, so he could only make an appearance himself.

He walked over coldly and reached out so that he could take the hat off Rachel’s head.

The muscular man grabbed his hand right away and said coolly, “Kid, our mistress is a prestigious woman. You can’t just touch her like that.”

Dmitri raised his head and gave the man a cold glare.

The look in his eyes was chilly, for he had managed to replicate a large portion of Jordan’s essence. The big muscular man was so frightened by Dmitri’s glare that he let go of the boy.

Dmitri immediately snatched the hat off Rachel’s head.

A woman with her mouth gagged appeared in front of everyone’s eyes. The situation was as clear as day.

When light filled Rachel’s vision once again, a child entered her line of sight.

She forced her eyes to open wide so that she could look at the child, mumbling, “Casper…”

Why is Casper here?

Dmitri didn’t even spare her a look as he said to the security guards coolly, “This is kidnapping. Do as you see fit.”

With that, he walked away, leaving only a silhouette behind.

Rachel immediately came to her senses. That wasn’t Casper’s voice. But why did this child look so much like Casper?

Before she could ponder on it, the security guards were already engaged in a fight with the four men.

Even though the men were tall, they weren’t armed. With the help of their batons, the security guards managed to tie up the men effortlessly.

Just then, Caleb hurried over. “Rachel, what on earth happened?”

Rachel didn’t have the strength to speak, so she could only shake her head powerlessly. Soon, the security team captain hastily explained the situation.

“It must be Shirley!” Caleb was so furious that his face went red. “She plotted against you time and again. Does she think the Sinclairs are just for show? Rachel, I’ll take you to the hospital first. This time, I won’t let the Yates Family off the hook!”

Caleb helped Rachel into his car, then sped off in the direction of the hospital.

Fortunately, the drug only caused her to feel dizzy, and she would recover after taking some medicine. As she lay on the hospital bed, she couldn’t help recalling that child’s face.

If it weren’t for that child, she must’ve been dead by now.

That child saved me.

…

At the Yates Residence, Shirley was angrily smashing objects on the ground.

“Those good-for-nothings!”

She was so furious that her chest was heaving, and she had the urge to smash every single item in the room.

Why?! Why did my plan fail again?!

It was just a woman; how hard could it be to kill a single woman?

“Come now, Shirl, don’t get too worked up.” Miranda walked over and patted her on the back. “They were in the Sinclair Group building this time, so with the security guards everywhere, it must be difficult to make a move. It’s not their fault. Now let’s figure out how to silence those four men in case they spill the beans about the Yates Family.”

Shirley humphed. “They’re welcome to do that if they want their children dead!”

When she hired those men, she had already controlled their children beforehand, so these men wouldn’t dare to say anything they shouldn’t.

She said coldly, “This wretched Rachel is just too stubborn to die, so we’ll have to employ different measures. I’m really scared that she would discover the existence of those two children; I would be done for when that happens.”

“Let’s not panic now. Avoid the Ford Residence for the time being, and don’t go near Ford Inc. either,” Miranda said slowly. “You mustn’t let Rachel catch on to your relationship with the Fords…”

Shirley nodded, and she was about to speak when her phone began to vibrate.

She peered at the incoming call displayed on the screen. Dmitri?

Immediately, she was overjoyed.

Out of all the members of the Ford Family, Dmitri was the nicest to her, but in all those years, he had never voluntarily called her up before!

Hence, she was deeply moved as she answered the call.

“Mom, I just arrived in Seaview City last night. Are you available to meet right now?”

Shirley hastily nodded. “Dmitri, I’m really happy that you called. I’ll go to the Ford Residence to see you right now.”

She hung up and went to change her clothes.

Miranda reminded her, saying, “Shirl, Dmitri is the future heir of the Fords. You must get a death grip on this child. On the off chance that the incident all those years ago gets leaked out, as long as Dmitri is here, no one would do anything to you. Do you understand?”

Shirley nodded. “Don’t worry, Mom. Dmitri respects me a lot, and he listens to everything I say. He has never rebelled against me before.”

She put on a new dress, then drove to the Ford Residence.

She was mother to the two young masters of the Ford Family, so she would pay a visit to the Ford Residence once every few days. Hence, the servants at the villa were all familiar with her.

“Miss Yates.”

As soon as she got out of the car, the servants all greeted her respectfully.

Shirley thoroughly enjoyed this sort of treatment. Sadly, only these servants knew that she was the real mother of the young masters. If only the entire world knew that she had birthed two children to the Fords…

Shirley sighed, then trotted into the villa. She knew that Jordan wouldn’t be home during the day, so she was especially comfortable, sitting on the couch in the living room as if she owned the place.

Just then, Dmitri appeared at the stairs. Shirley plastered her habitual faked smile on her face. “Dmitri, come and let me have a good look at you. I haven’t seen you in a month or so, and you seem to have lost weight. You’re probably not used to the food overseas…”

She walked over and reached out, intending to touch Dmitri’s face.

Dmitri dodged her without showing any hospitality, and he stood on the stairs, maintaining his line of vision on the same level as Shirley’s.

He tensed his jaws as he said coldly, “Mom, I have a few questions for you. Please be honest with me.”

Shirley’s heart skipped a beat.

She knew that Dmitri didn’t like her at all, but Dmitri had an excellent upbringing, so he was always very respectful toward his mother. He had never talked to her in that tone before.

But now Dmitri’s tone was cold, and the look in his eyes was even colder. He looked just like Jordan.

She gulped nervously. “What do you want to ask about, Dmitri?”

“Mom, are you trying to kill Rachel?”