Shadows of Destiny: A Tale of Liberation

Chapter 500

Adie behaved this time. He knew Renee was furious, so he listened to her orders obediently.

Adie got down on his knees at once and held out his hands cooperatively. He faced Renee's anger calmly. "Mommy,

go ahead. You should calm down after hitting me. Don't stay angry. Anger is bad for your health. It's okay for me to

be in pain.’

’You're still being slick, aren't you?"

Renee got furious and hit Adie's palm with the ruler. She questioned with a stern tone, "Do you know what you did

wrong yet?"

It was a painful hit. A red mark immediately emerged on Adie's tender skin. Even so, Adie remained strong.

Although his eyes were full of tears, he did not cry out. He raised his chin and said stubbornly, ’I didn't do wrong.

What's wrong with protecting Mommy?"

"Adie!" Renee was so angry that she hit Adie with the ruler again, harder than the previous time.

Renee had no other choice as the little one was getting more and more disobedient each day. She could barely

control him anymore. She had to teach him a hard lesson before he got himself into more trouble.

With this in mind, Renee hit Adie several times and said harsher than ever, ’ You won’t admit your mistake, will you?

I'll punish you until you admit your mistake!’

"Boo-hoo!" Adie was just a child after all. Finally, he could not hold back anymore and finally cried out. However, he

remained stubborn as he cried. ’ Mommy, go ahead and hit me. Even if you beat me to death, I don't think I'm

wrong. I just want to protect you. I don't want Bad Daddy to hurt you!" Renee froze. "What... What do you mean by

Bad Daddy?"

Adie wiped his tears and stared at Renee with a pitiful look, "Mommy, you don't have to hide anything from me.

Abby and I know everything! Daddy Liam isn't our real daddy! It's the big bad Stefan!"

Renee panicked. She had never mentioned Stefan’s name in front of the two little ones!

’I have a recorder in the study and heard every meeting you had with Daddy Liam..."

"I know Stefan is our real daddy. I know that he mistreated you and broke your heart. He has hurt you..."

'You’ve been working so hard all these years, taking care of us, dealing with Azure Group, and staying up all night in

the lab doing experiments. You did all that in order to defeat him early. It's so that we can return home as soon as

possible and live in peace, right?"

The little one sobbed and revealed everything.

"What..." Renee could not imagine how much Adie and Abby had gone through at the tender age of four. She did

not want her children to grow up in hatred, so she explained, "I worked hard not because of him. I just want to give

you a better life. I want to revive our family and bring the Everheart family back to glory..."

'The Everheart family used to be very powerful and admirable. Your grandparents, especially your great-

grandfather were incredible people, so you should..."

’I know, so I want to contribute too!"

Little Adie said with a proud expression, "Mommy has been working so hard. I want to help share the burden, so I

went to Bad Daddy's company and got the important document that Mommy and Daddy Liam mentioned...

"Important document?"

Renee had just begun educating Adie with love. So how did the topic change so drastically?!

Chapter 501

Renee had previously mentioned to Liam about wanting to see H Group's design for the G6 Chip phone. After all,

this phone was important to H Group. The revolutionary new phone would stir the entire technology industry. Once

launched, it must only succeed and not fail.

Renee wanted to see what H Group had done with the phone design apart from using the G6 Chip provided by KCL

Group as the core selling point. She wondered if there were any other revolutionary designs.

However, high-level business secrets as such were usually well-protected. Stealing it was no small feat. Had Adie

really brought her the design?!

If he had, it would be a real relief for her. She must hug the little one and kiss him a few times.

Adie opened his briefcase and took out the document he had sneakily slipped in earlier. He handed it to Renee with

a proud look on his face." Mommy, I'm great, aren't I? You're welcome!"

Renee's eyes immediately lit up. She could not wait to see the document. Unfortunately, it was not the cell phone

design she wanted. Instead, it was a list of companies.

Renee frowned and studied the document carefully. There were many companies on the list, almost all of which

were competitors of H Group. Interestingly, almost all of them had a fatal weakness.

Some companies had problems with their products. Some had problematic owners, while some had tax issues. In

short, if Stefan wanted to deal with any of them, all he had to do was to send their dirty laundry to the police.

"Tsk. This guy is ruthless. He has a lot of enemies. No wonder he got into trouble!"

Renee had a good time examining the document. At the same time, she also wondered if one of the companies on

the list had chosen to retaliate after Stefan drove them to desperation. However, there were many companies on

the list. Which one could it be?

Liam came back while Renee was still staring at the documents. Liam blamed himself for failing to catch Briar

earlier. When he saw Adie well and alive, he was so emotional that tears came to his eyes.

"Adie... Is it really you? Am I seeing things?!"

Adie felt bored and beamed as he saw Liam, whom he had not seen in a long time. "Daddy Liam, I’m glad to see

you again. Thank you for taking care of Mommy lately. Sorry for the trouble. I'll take care of her from now on.

"Oh, haha. Little one, just look at you! You've grown a lot, and you're acting like a bigger man than me!"

Liam came forward and picked up Adie with love and pride in his eyes.

Liam had always played a godfather role as he watched Adie and Abby grow up together. He felt a great sense of

achievement seeing the child he had raised behaving so well and responsibly.

Adie's face resembled Stefan's a lot, but Liam did not mind at all. He loved Adie with all his heart!

"Stop praising him. I just punished him by hitting his palm. He's still defiant and makes me so angry."

Renee could not help but shake her head. Then, she turned to Liam helplessly. "Adie has always listened to you.

Quickly talk to him. Tell him not to run around on his own and trust a dangerous woman blindly. Also, don't just go

along stealing other people's stuff."

"You have to make him understand that even if he's powerful, he's just a child. His safety is my top priority."

Renee had told Adie this many times, but Adie would not listen. Adie thought girls should be protected and

disagreed with her.

Young children often need someone like a father to teach them rules and reasons. Whenever this happened, Renee

had no choice but to turn to Liam.

'Oh, Adie. Your mom is right. You...