Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)



"Mom, what are you talking about? You're lying to me! I am a child of the noble Clements family! Not a b*stard of some f*cking jacka*s!" "It's not real; it's not!"

"He is a murderer! I must avenge Dad! Avenge..."

Mason was losing his mind as he kept squirming, screaming, talking to himself. "No, I'm a Clements, a flesh and blood of the Clements family!" The two scuffled, fighting over the gun in the blink of an eye. On the other side, Hallie supported Penny; the two were obviously fear- stricken, sobbing as they shouted and flailed. The massive mansion was enveloped in gloominess in the silent night.

A loud bang, and a scream lacerated the night the next second. "Ah..."

Following that, deadly silence!

Penny slowly opened her eyes to see Steve curled up on the ground, moaning in pain. Across him, Mason's face was covered in blood, his hand, midair, shaking non-stop. The gun was thrown far away from them. As her vision expanded, the group of people standing at the door magnified. As the blood drained from her face, Penny slumped to the ground.

Frederick? Ga-Gary? When have they all come?!

No! She was done for!

"Mom!"

Hallie instinctively grabbed her mother as she screamed, fearful, shedding floods of tears. "Mom, don't scare me!"

The glass called silence shattered in a flash, and everyone regained their senses. Mason was the first to speak up as he jerked two steps back, pointing his hand at Steve.

"Uncle Gary, Frederick, he's the one who killed Dad! I saw it with my own eyes! He's a murderer, and he wants to slander me and kill me! Catch him, catch him!"

"Shut up, Mason!"

Propping herself up, Penny roared with trembling lips, shedding floods of tears, "Shut the hell up!"

Just then, Steve was pressing his bleeding arm when the police officers in uniform came in and handcuffed him. At the same time, another office took out leg cuffs to cuff his legs. They'd obviously come prepared, treating Steve a felon. The piercing sound of the chains was particularly harsh against the massive mansion and the silent night. On the other hand, the evidence technicians had got to working, sealing the gun in an evidence bag and taking fingerprints, footprints, and blood samples.

Watching a group of strangers crossing the barricade tape, Penny, Hallie, and Mason's faces changed a few times.

Hallie immediately panicked when she saw them sealing the stairs off. "Hey, what are you guys doing?! This is my home! My room is upstairs!" How could she go upstairs if they sealed the area off?! Her money and items were still up there!noveldrama

Just then, a couple of officers stopped her, and a middle-aged man in plain clothes with a work badge hung around his neck went up to her.

"I'm sorry, Miss. This place is now suspected of major kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder. This is the first crime scene, so we have the right to seal off the area to collect evidence! We will collect the evidence as fast as possible and unseal the area. But before that, please don't obstruct us from handling the case, and don't enter, touch, or take anything from there without permission, or we will charge and legally detain you for obstructing justice and tampering with evidence.

The man waved his hand, and several officers sealed off other areas. They got down to work, but Hallie dared not approach the crime scene anymore.

Meanwhile, Gary whispered to a man in a suit, and an officer handed the suspect to a few men in black as he waved his hand and checked the time. "Okay! You guys have half an hour! Seal the mansion off and take evidence outside first!"

As everyone exited, the front door

closed, and the guards in black all retreated. Following that, with

Carson's support, Christian, wh

was livid with rage, walked slowly toward the group with the help of a walking stick.

"You're alive? How is it possible?!"

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Steve growled in pain as his eyes bulged, obviously shocked and unwilling to admit defeat! His actions caused his handcuffs and legcuffs to rattle.

With a glance from Frederick, Chet, who had been pinning Steve down, pressed his hand on Steve's wounded arm, leading him to break out in a cold sweat on his forehead from the pain.

"Aargh... No..."

Penny, who was equally incredulous, was also dumbstruck. "Hubby... You..."

Even Hallie and Mason could not hide their shock. "Dad? Aren't you..."

"Dad, you're okay!"

As the walking stick made a loud thump every time it hit the ground, the veins of the hand holding it bulged. Christian roared, "Don't call me that!"

He swept his bloodshot eyes across the room and landed on Penny. "Why? Have I not treated you well? Why are you doing this?"

Although only the Clements and those involved were left, it still felt like a public trial.

Shaking her head incessantly, Penny staggered a step forward, wanting to grab her husband's hand. "Christian, I-"

However, Christian flung her hand away and said with a cold, mournful, and profound tone. "Everything is now laid in the open; what else do you want to say?"

Shocked, Penny's face turned pale, and a bad feeling welled up in her heart. She moved her lips for a long time but only shed floods of tears. Meanwhile, sensing something, Hallie came forward.

"Dad, don't do this, please! Don't let people deceive you; don't listen to their nonsense! Mom cares a lot about you! She must have a good reason!" Pushing Hallie away, Christian closed his eyes this time and said with a heavy heart, "Lawyer Clark!

Lawyer McGowan!"

Then, two men came forward with their briefcases, "Mr. Christian..."

"From now on, my marriage with Penny will be dissolved! Liquidate all the assets and debts; Besides her private property, she will be given thirty million alimony! The Clements family had split; none of my spouse children, and, or siblings have the е right to succeed in all the assets, companies, and stock under my name. From the day I die, it will all be gifted to my eldest grandson, Clinton Clements. He can only officially assume all of it when he's 25 and has settled down. Before that day comes, my eldest son, Frederick, will manage on his behalf. If an accident occurs, the next eldest grandson in line will supersede. If none, it will all be donated to the Clements Group Charitable Foundation for charitable causes!"

Everyone stirred at Christian's announcement.

"Dad, what about me?"