A Crazy One-night Stand

Bill arranged for someone to take Alina's blood sample. Soon, the results from the lab were out. Bill exclaimed when he saw the results, "Alina, you're already so thin! How could you lose any more weight? Such a strong laxative has hurt your gastric lining. You must not take it again. I'll give you some medicine to ease your pain. You have to be on a simple diet and take the medications as prescribed to recover."

Hearing Bill's words, Wilson's face darkened. He even had the urge to strangle Silvia. In addition, how could Alina be so ignorant? Why didn't she see a doctor when she was suffering from diarrhoea?

Alina tugged on Wilson's sleeve and gestured for him to be silent. She turned to Bill with a smile. "I didn't know that it would have such strong side effects on my body. I won't take that laxative in the future! Thank you, we'll take our leave first." After that, she was ready to leave with Wilson.

Wilson reached out and brushed away the hair on her forehead, revealing the wound caused by her fall this morning.

She immediately turned away instinctively as to not let Wilson inspect her wound.

However, Wilson held her head still.

Alina explained dryly, "Well, I accidentally walked into the wall this morning! It's just a scratch!"

"She's really careless. Bill, take a look at her wound!" Wilson agreed coldly. He seemed to have a love-hate relationship with this woman.

He loved her for her understanding. Although Alina went through a lot of suffering, she kept everything to herself because she did not want him to be caught between her and his family.

On the other hand, he was displeased that Alina never took care of herself.

When she had diarrhoea, she did not see a doctor. Even when she was hurt, she never thought about it.

It was obvious that the wound was left untreated. Alina did not even put a band-aid over the wound.

When Bill saw it, he continued nagging, "Alina, how could you be so careless? Come on, sit down. I'll disinfect the wound for you!"

On their way back home to the Scott Family villa,

Wilson said softly to Alina, "If I have to leave for any business in the future, you don't have to stay at Scott's house. You can live in our apartment!"

Alina smiled. "I'm not staying at the villa against my will! I just accidentally scratched myself!"

Wilson smiled bitterly. "I know what happened at the villa during my absence."

Alina fell silent. She was worried if she accidentally let something slip, it would only make Wilson angrier. Then, Wilson would blame Silvia and his mother. Alina did not want to cause a rift between Wilson and his family. However, she would not plead for Silvia's and Sophie's sake. She wasn't that much of a saint.

This was a family matter, and Scumbag would naturally find a way to get along with them.

"Silly girl!" Wilson muttered and changed the subject. "Do you like snow?"

"Yes, I like it!" Alina's eyes became bright. Generally, women loved the pure beauty and romantic atmosphere of falling snow.

Wilson smiled and asked, "Aren't you afraid of the cold?"

Alina shook her head. "No, I'm not afraid. By the way, it's not cold at all when snow is falling. The weather becomes cold only when the snow is starting to melt."

"Well, I'll finish my work tomorrow. We'll go to Snow City the day after tomorrow to enjoy the snowy landscape!" Wilson said with a smile.

Alina nodded vigorously, pleasantly surprised. "That's great!"

"But you have to listen to Bill's instructions. Take good care of yourself. Don't go anywhere tomorrow, I'll bring you back to the apartment first thing tomorrow morning so that you can rest," Wilson said.

If he was around, Alina would be safe at Scott's house. However, if he wasn't there, she might be bullied by his family again. It would be better for Alina to rest at the apartment.

"Okay!" Alina nodded obediently. It would be nice to move back into the apartment. She didn't have much to do tomorrow, so it was perfect for her to read up on some gardening books.

Since she decided to run her own landscaping company, she should also have a thorough understanding of plants in addition to business management.

Looking at Alina being submissive for a change, Wilson's eyes were full of tenderness.

The next day, Wilson was busy with his work while Alina occupied herself with books at the apartment.

After a long while, she could finally feel at ease. She didn't have to worry about meeting Sophie and Silvia as she did at Scott's house.

On the contrary, Lucas's family were in chaos.

When they arrived at Rainee's family home, the Kirkland family were weeping miserably.

Rainee's elderly parents were beside themselves with grief while Kason's wife and daughter were crying their eyes out.

It was not as if funerals were rare in the Kirkland family. As one of the strongest mob families, death was a daily occurrence. Those who died were usually members of the mob and not part of the Kirkland family. Just from how frequently deaths occurred, the Kirkland family were numb to news like these.

However, Kason Kirkland was the only male descendant of his generation. How could they not be heartbroken?

Kason's wife, Zara Gray, was in tears as she clung to her daughter, who was only three years old.

She was a woman with no status. Although she married into the Kirkland family, she had always been despised by her parents-in-law. After she gave birth to a daughter, she was even more neglected.

Now that her husband was dead, Zara couldn't even imagine how hard her life would be in the days ahead.

Rainee gave Zara a glance and said in disgust. "Aren't you pregnant? Why are you on your knees? Go and get a chair for her!"

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Zara shot her a grateful look.

Rainee sneered and turned to help her elderly parents up. She tried to comfort them, "Father, Mother, you two are getting old. Don't tire yourself out by crying."

As soon as Rainee comforted them, her mother cried even more sadly. In tears, she wailed, "Rainee, this is retribution for our sins..."

"Shut up!" Before she could finish her sentence, she was rebuked by her husband, Rainee's father.

He was in his 70s, but his mind was still active. His imposing aura was evident in the bright look of his eyes.

He scolded, "Old woman, all of this happened because of your incessant nagging. Now look, your grandson is dead. Are you finally satisfied?"

Upon hearing that, Rainee's mother was so angry that she almost fainted, her chest trembling violently.

Rainee quickly supported her mother and said reproachfully, "Father, that's enough!"

Rainee's mother panted angrily and pointed a finger at her husband. "Even if I am to die here today, I will say this to your face. This is retribution. You have done too many evil things. Why did you occupy the docks and disregard legal business opportunities? Over the years, how many people have died by your hands?"

She turned to Rainee and held her hands. "Rainee, you are now the daughter-in-law of the Scott Family. If there's nothing important, don't come back here. You might be affected by the bad luck involving the Kirkland family!" "Old woman, you deserve a beating!" Rainee's father reached out to give his wife a good smack.

Rainee stopped him in a hurry. "Father, calm down. Everyone is watching. Kason is already dead, let him rest in peace."

"Alas!" He heaved a long sigh.

How could he not be heartbroken, sending off his young grandson?

Furthermore, Kason was the only male descendant of the third generation!

Rainee helped her brother and sister-in-law up. She turned to her brother, Callum Kirkland. "Callum, we are all grieved that Kason is gone, but now is not the time to be sad. I don't think this incident that happened to Kason is merely an accident."

Callum sighed, his eyes full of hatred. He replied, "I'm already looking into it."

"Do you have any suspects?" Rainee probed further.

At that moment, Caitlin nudged Lucas and gestured for him to speak up.

Lucas immediately chimed in, "Could it be Wilson's doing?"

Callum's eyes narrowed and he gritted his teeth. "If I find out that Wilson is involved, I'll avenge Kason's death, skin Wilson alive, and hang his body up at the docks as a public spectacle."

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Lucas continued, "It's such a coincidence. Could it be by chance that Kason met with a car accident when Wilson happened to go on an overseas business trip?"

Rainee pretended to sigh with sorrow. "Well, it may be pure coincidence. However, I'm reminded of Kason's death whenever I thought of what happened 22 years ago!"

Callum's eyes turned scarlet red. He smashed his fist on Kason's coffin, and the cover sunk in by the impact. Callum was behind the incident 22 years ago, so he knew exactly what had happened.

"Father, don't do this!" Zara wailed anxiously. She stood up from her chair, tears streaking down her face when she saw her father-in-law angrily smash her husband's coffin.

At this moment, a servant entered the room in a hurry. "Mr. Callum, according to our investigation, Wilson did go overseas on a business trip for a few days. He met up with the governor of the state while he was there. He just returned today. As soon as he returned, he first went to the Scott family villa, and then he went to the Lanthem Hospital. This is the report. Please have a look, Mr. Callum."

After the servant finished speaking, he handed Callum a file.

Callum took the file with a stern expression and opened it immediately.

Rainee and Lucas craned their necks to see what was inside.

Callum took out some photos of Wilson from the file.

One photo showed Wilson shaking hands with the governor, another was of him boarding the plane, and yet another showed him with Alina when he brought her to Lanthem Hospital.

"It's really not him!" Callum gritted his teeth as he came to a conclusion.

Rainee did not believe him. "Callum, don't be fooled by Wilson. He is not an ordinary person and he has many means to carry out a plan like this. Otherwise, he would not have usurped Lucas's position as president of Scott Group." They came here in a hurry today to stir up the Kirkland family's hatred against Wilson.

Regardless of whether it was Wilson who killed Kason or not, they needed to pin the blame on him.

With the tumbling prices of Scott Group, they couldn't sell off the shares at all and the deadline for the collateral deposit is getting nearer. Their only solution was to remove Wilson from the president's position of Scott Group and replace him with Lucas. Then, they could pay up the deposit using money from the Scott Group.

In addition, they could use assets and cash from Scott Group to buy even more shares.

The share prices of Scott Group had crashed to their lowest level in five years. It was definitely a good time to buy back in, but they didn't have more liquidity to enter the stock market.

At first, Rainee was a little sad about Kason's death. After all, he was her only nephew.

However, after listening to Caitlin and Lucas's plan, any hint of sadness had long since been forgotten.

The most important thing right now was to acquire more money and to obtain the president's position in Scott Group.

Seeing that Callum wasn't convinced, she added, "Callum, you should send someone to investigate further!"

Lucas also pointed at the photo. "Uncle Callum, the technology in Metro is very advanced nowadays. It's really not difficult to combine a few photos. If Wilson had already planned for Kason's demise, he would have had these photos prepared beforehand!"

Upon hearing this, Callum's eyes narrowed again.