Fan Husband 15

Chapter 15 

Garrett gave her a stern look. “Adele, no matter how much you 

hate Mandy, you shouldn’t do this. It’s not like you.” 

“Garrett…” Amanda called out, close to tears. 

Garrett warned Adelaide and then bent down to pick up 

Amanda. “I’ll take Mandy back to her room.” 

As soon as he left, Jeanette slapped Adelaide. “I should’ve 

slapped you downstairs! Adelaide, you’d better pray Mandy is 

okay, or I’ll never forgive you!” 

“Mom, calm down.” Spencer stepped forward, shielding 

Adelaide. “Go check on Mandy.” 

Jeanette snorted coldly and left. 

Spencer turned and reached to touch her slapped face. “Does it 

hurt?” 

Adelaide turned away, avoiding the touch. “She hit the wall 

herself.” 

Spencer said, “How she hurt herself doesn’t matter. Did you see 

what really happened?” 

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“Doesn’t matter?” Adelaide stared at him. “You’re nuts too!” 

With that, she pushed him away and rushed out. 

She ran straight out of the Pierce’s place. Her face was cold, but 

tears poured down. 

Honestly, Amanda’s trick was clumsy. But no matter how clumsy it was, everyone believed her. 

Because Amanda was the sick one. Since the Pierce family 

knew about what happened between Amanda and Garrett, they thought Adelaide hated Amanda, so lashing out seemed 

normal. 

But how could Garrett do this? 

At that moment, Adelaide felt like she was drowning in ice 

water, her heart frozen numb. 

She drove out of the villa cluster, and her phone rang again. 

She didn’t want to answer and figured it was the Pierce family 

or Garrett. But to her surprise, it was Reginald again. 

Remembering that Reginald was now her boss, Adelaide held back her emotions and answered the call. “Mr. Thorton,” she 

greeted. 

Reginald’s tone, no longer teasing, was a bit heavy. “Pull over at 

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the next intersection” 

Hearing this, Adelaide paused for a second and then quickly 

looked back. 

“I’m behind you. Don’t get distracted.” 

Adelaide hung up, feeling her sadness fade away because of 

Reginald’s sternness. 

After pulling over, she got out of the car and Nathan 

approached. 

“Ms. Pierce, please get in the car behind. I’ll drive your car back 

to the Sterling Estates.” 

Adelaide glanced at the Rolls–Royce, and Nathan continued, 

“Ms. Pierce, when you drove out, Mr. Pierce sent someone to 

follow you. If we stay here any longer, we’ll be discovered.” 

Hearing this, Adelaide widened her eyes in surprise. Then she 

nodded calmly. “Thank you, Mr. Hurst.” 

Without hesitation, she picked up her handbag and calmly got 

into the Rolls–Royce. 

Reginald was sitting with his legs crossed, looking relaxed. 

Adelaide greeted, “Mr. Thorton.” 

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There was a light on the roof. When Reginald glanced over, he sharply noticed the slap mark on her face. 

The next second, he reached out, pinched her chin, and turned 

her left face toward him. 

“Mr. Thorton…” Adelaide tried to break free, but his face was 

already close. His eyes were darkened, and she couldn’t help but 

hold her breath. 

“What a hard slap. Did your stepfather or stepmother do this?” 

His voice was clearly cold. 

It didn’t feel like he was just concerned about her. It seemed that if she told him who did it, he would settle the score right away. 

She had only ever felt secure with Teresa. She never thought 

another guy would make her feel this way. 

On second thought, Garrett had never made her feel this secure. 

The more she thought about it, the more Garrett seemed like a 

jerk. 

Adelaide pulled away his hand, sat up straight, and said, 

“Thanks for caring, Mr. Thorton. I’m fine. Can I ask which client 

we’re meeting?” 

“Let’s meet the client another day!”