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Chapter 288 Bruno’s Defection
“Did mommy really say that?” Noah once again felt a vortex of emotion in his heart. So much time had
passed, and he really thought that Madeline had let go of the past. He really believed that Madeline
would slowly accept him.
He didn’t expect that Madeline actually did not see Colton as family.
Madeline was always a child-loving woman. There was no way she would not take in Colton. Was it his
fault that this was happening?
“Daddy, I don’t want to lose mommy. I want mommy to love me like she loves Thomas and Zeke.
Daddy, can you help me?” Colton buried himself in Noah’s embrace, and he was silently sobbing.
At this moment, Noah felt that he and his son were abandoned. It was indeed a pitiful feeling.
“Alright.”
Noah brought Colton to look for Madeline. When he found them, he saw Madeline adjusting
Mackenzie’s clothes, and Thomas was playing next to them, which incited some laughter.
Madeline was pinching Thomas' face when she turned and saw Noah and Colton. Her smile
immediately froze.
Noah felt his heart sink. He motioned for Colton to join them.
Then, he saw Colton go to where Madeline was and called her “mommy”. Madeline caressed his hair,
and although her smile was gentle, it lacked a little intimacy and enthusiasm like when she was with
Thomas and Mackenzie.
Noah had never noticed this, but after some keen observation, he realized that Colton had a hard time
becoming a part of them. It was as if he was an outsider who orbited around the three of them.
“Sir, Annalise wants to see you.” Wayne suddenly appeared.
Noah stopped looking so glum, “What’s the matter?”
He was in a bad mood at this moment. An unfortunate person was going to feel the full brunt of his
wrath soon.
“She claimed that she just wanted to involve you in some scandal that day in that restaurant. She never
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suspicious people who were in that vicinity.”
“Bring me to her,” Noah said to Wayne with a frosty expression.
After he was gone, Colton immediately threw himself at Madeline. He called out to Madeline excitedly,
“Mommy.”
He stole a few glances at Noah who was disappearing out of his sight. He thought, Daddy, this is as far
as I can help you. Please do your best and hope that mommy will forgive you soon.
“Colt, what are you looking at?” Madeline followed Colton’s gaze and saw that he was staring at Noah’s
back.
“Hey, where is daddy going off now?” Thomas asked as he chased after Noah. Mackenzie followed
him.
“Mommy, I think daddy was crying just now.” Colton lied without any remorse after seeing that Madeline
was contemplating to go after Noah.
Madeline raised her brow in surprise, “He was crying? What for?”
He would not just cry after getting scolded by her, would he?
“I don’t know either. I just heard him wanting to say sorry to you over and over again,” Colton always
had that mature and understanding look whenever he was with adults. Naturally, no one would bat an
eyelid even if he was lying.
“I even saw him drinking some alcohol. He always has stomach problems, and I don’t know…”
“Albert, look after Colt. I am going to see what’s going on,” Madeline handed Colton to Albert before
breaking out into a chase after both Thomas and Mackenzie.
Colton asked Albert to bring him to a small resting area. He had kept his toy laptop there.
The moment he turned on his laptop, he was back to his usual cool self who was a master in stock
trading.
“My dear grandson, see what have I brought you here?” Bruno suddenly appeared at the door. He was
dangling some kind of snack in his hand.
He was grinning ear to ear, and there were a lot of wrinkles around his eyes.
“Mr. Grant, please leave now,” Albert stood in the way cautiously.
Bruno glanced warily at Colton who was inside.
“Let him in.”
When he heard Colton’s voice, his eyes lit up. He immediately shot a look at Albert to beg for his
permission.
Albert had a hard time deciding that. Bruno always had a bad reputation. He wanted to warn Colton,
“Colton, he might do something bad to you…”
“Uncle Albert, don’t worry. Just let him in.” Colton had a relaxed expression on his face as he politely
asked Albert to give way.
Bruno came to where Colton was and gave him some snacks, “Taste this. Your mommy was a fan of
this when she was a child.”
“That’s because she could only eat what was left over by Angie. She was hungry,” Colton stated facts
with an indifferent expression.
Bruno felt a little awkward upon hearing that. He slapped himself twice and looked at Colton with an
earnest expression, “I was really blinded back then. Please forgive me, my dear grandson.”
“You have done a good job today. This is your reward,” Colton ignored his plea as he turned his laptop
monitor toward him.
There was a stock that had been bullish in the stock market.
“Two million dollars! I have earned two million dollars! Colt, you are really my lucky star!” Bruno was so
ecstatic that he was jumping all over the place.
“As long as you do your job properly, you will be rewarded accordingly,” Colton waved his hand to ask
him to leave.
Bruno didn’t dare to out stay his welcome, so he left merrily with his snacks still in his hands.
As he expected, only Madeline could protect his life, and only Colton could return him to the echelon of
the riches. He must maintain a good relationship with the two of them. He could not let anyone
sabotage their relationship!
After Bruno was gone, Albert had to ask Colton what was going on. He was confused about their
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“It’s just a coincidence,” Colton answered curtly.
Back then, when Bruno failed his attempt on Madeline's life, he was medically treated by Madeline
instead. Madeline did not pursue the matter after treating him. She just tossed him to the streets and
stopped caring for him.
Then, Bruno would experience the unfortunate fate of getting retaliated against by Suzette and James.
He almost died in a few encounters.
He once came to Madeline for help, but only Colton was in the villa.
He had kneeled down to beg for Colton’s help. Colton initially just wanted to ignore him, but Bruno
would not let go of his legs.
Colton then said, “If you want mommy to save you, you need to be someone useful to her.”
Then, in order to show his sincerity in his defection to Madeline’s side, he revealed to Colton Annalise’s
plan to target Noah in that restaurant. Colton then proceeded to spill the beans to Noah, which allowed
Noah to put his own plans into effect.
As a sign of gratitude, Colton had used Bruno’s remaining two thousand dollars worth of money to buy
a stock. He had earned Bruno a whooping two hundred thousand dollars.
Ever since then, Bruno had practically worshiped Colton. He also reaffirmed his allegiance to Madeline
and Colton ever since then.
When Colton asked him how to quickly improve the relationship between an awkward couple, Bruno
scratched his head and just said, “Jealousy, and guilt.”
Colton thought about what he had said and finally came up with a way to make Noah jealous and make
Madeline feel sorry for him. When he saw Madeline rushing toward Noah with a remorseful feeling,
Colton thought that Bruno’s suggestion had worked. This was why he had rewarded Bruno handsomely
just now.
Furthermore, Bruno was able to catch a model acting as a spy tonight, which reduced the risks of the
show getting ruined. That reward just now was really worth it.
“Noah, I’m telling the truth. You must believe me!” Suddenly, there was some commotion out there.
When Colton went out to check what was going on, he saw Noah was chasing after Madeline. Annalise
was sobbing behind them.
However, before Annalise could go after them, she was stopped by Thomas and Mackenzie.
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