"You're crazy and unbelievable Adam, how can you ask for such a thing?" Racheal was in outrage.
"Yes I am crazy! I want it back, you don't deserve it. I regretted risking my life to save yours!" Monica's face turned beet red with rage, her eyes bulging in disbelief. "How dare you, Adam! You are ungrateful, manipulative...!" She spluttered, her words trailing off as she struggled to contain her fury. "Your daughter is the manipulative one here, I want my kidney back, I want it back! And I also want the 10 million dollars and I'll leave your family for good." As the celebrant and her family weren't present in the party, most of the guests had already gathered around witnessing the whole scenario and their whispers filled the air. "Well Rachael didn't beg you to donate your kidney for her, you did that out of your own free will. Father say something. This scum needs to rot in jail." Robin said in fury. Mr. Luther glared wickedly at Adam, but Adam didn't even flinch, he was done being the scared and respectful son in-law, he had had enough. "Fine! I'll give you everything you request tomorrow and you'll be divorce instantly." Luther accepted the terms. "What?" The whole family exclaimed in shock. Monica walked to her husband. "Luther, how can you accept such a thing? You know your daughter will die from this." She whispered into his ears. "I know what I'm doing Monica." He replied firmly. "Then my work here is done, I'm leaving to see my mom and I'll return tomorrow, make sure you keep to your words!" Adam said immediately walking away. "Alright everyone should return to the party, tomorrow the real drama will begin." Mr. Luther said. And everyone obeyed his order. 'You're going to regret your decision Adam. I've tolerated you enough and you dare try to harm my daughters, you'll regret it ten fold' Mr. Luther's expression darkened. Adam went to his room and packed his belongings and changed his clothes. He immediately left the mansion as all the guests were staring at him leaving. Racheal watched him exit the door, she couldn't tell but she felt sad and bad seeing him leaving. She didn't know the reason why, she was certain she didn't have any feelings or whatsoever for Adam but she still felt sad. Adam walked on the lonely streets with his bag, he didn't have a dime on him to pay for his transportation to the hospital his mother was admitted to. She had been there for three years, and good money was what she needed to get fully better. But unfortunately he was too broke to even afford $750, what's the essence to marry into a rich family. More than that, he regretted not going to work today in order to please his ungrateful wife at her birthday party. Adam started realizing he had been a fool for three years trying to impress a woman. She wasn't worth it. Few hours of walking he arrived at the hospital. He hastened to his mother's ward, his heart racing with anticipation. As he entered, he was met with a sight that made his blood run cold. His mother lay motionless on the bed, her body swollen and distorted, a far cry from the vibrant woman he had last seen. Adam's initial thought was that she was sleeping, but as he drew closer, he realized something was terribly wrong. "M-mother? What's happening? Mum!" he stuttered, his voice trembling as he rushed to her side. He gently tapped her cheek, hoping for a response, but her stillness was unsettling. Just then, the doctor entered the room, his expression somber. "She's in a deep coma, Mr. Adam. I'm glad you're here. I was about to call you," the doctor said, his words dripping with empathy. "Coma? What's happening? And why is her body swollen?" Adam asked, his voice laced with fear, as beads of sweat trickled down his forehead. The doctor's expression turned grave, his words cutting deep. "You're responsible for this, Mr. Adam. I explicitly told you to bring $750 for an immediate operation to stabilize her condition, but you failed to act. Now, her situation has deteriorated drastically. The disease is ravaging her organs, and time is running out." Adam's mind reeled as the doctor's words hung in the air. "What do you mean? Are you saying she won't survive?" The doctor's nod was almost imperceptible. "She can still be saved, but the surgery will now cost $2.5 million. And even then, her chances of survival are only 50%." Adam's head spun as the staggering amount echoed in his mind. "$2.5 million? How can I possibly come up with that kind of money?" His heart raced with desperation. "It's your fault, if you had obeyed and brought the money earlier we would have prevented this from happening." "Doctor, can't you please save her. I promise I'll pay you tomorrow, I'm going to receive $10 million" The doctor laughed, "you think I'm stupid? there's no way you can afford such amount. just give up and keep that money for your mother's funeral, she's not worth saving after all." Adem fell to the ground as tears ran down his eyes, he covered his face with his hands. "I swear I did have the money, but I gave it to my wife for her birthday. I'm such a fool! I was so blind…so stupid!" Adam cried bitterly. "You had the money and you gave it to your wife? For a birthday? Is that more important than your mother's health? This is absolutely foolishness of the highest order, you're a simp Mr. Adam and now your mother has to suffer from your actions. Mind you we need to begin this surgery in the next 24 hours or else there won't be anything else to save. Excuse me." The doctor said before leaving. Adam remained on the floor and regretted his actions. He chose to follow his heart instead of his brain, if anything happened to his mother he would never forgive himself. A glimpse of hope came to Adam when he remembered the Odias are going to offer him $10 million tomorrow morning, at least he could still meet up to save his mother's life. He now has more reasons to be happy that he divorced Racheal. The next morning Adam rushed his way down to the Odia mansion, he didn't bother taking his bath or brushing his teeth. All his thoughts were about saving his mother. Adam arrived at the mansion and he saw the entire Odia family outside, it was like they were waiting for him. And not just them, the police was also present. "That's him officer, the man who tried to rape my daughter and also threatened to kill her." Mr. Luther pointed at Adam. "What are you saying?" Adam, who was lost on the accusations, gestured. The officer signaled the other police officers and they went towards Adam and held his arms. "You're under arrest!" They said, "What? But I didn't do anything, Mr. Luther, how could you do such a thing? Please my mother needs my help, she'll die if I delay any longer. You betrayed me!" Adam exclaimed. "This is what you get for disobeying my orders, take him away officer!" Mr. Luther said without remorse. Rhea and her mother Monica were overjoyed, they all mocked Adam as the cops forcefully handcuffed him. Racheal remained silent, her eyes met with Adam and she could see the anger in him. "You and your mother are nothing but dead weight to society," Monica sneered. "You're useless, and it's better if you both just disappear!" Adam's eyes widened in shock and hurt as he turned to Mr. Luther, his voice trembling with betrayal. "I trusted you, respected you... how could you sink so low? You disgust me. All of you, I swear I'll never forgive you. I'll make you pay for this, I'll have my revenge! Even if it's the last thing I do, I'll make you all pay, Odias!" Adam's voice rose to a deafening roar, but his words were cut short as the police pinned him down, their batons striking him with brutal force. He struggled in vain, but they eventually dragged him away, tossing him into the back of their van like a rag doll. The chief officer then walked up to Mr. Luther. "You know what to do, officer, make him sign the divorce papers and get rid of him." Mr. Luther ordered with a whispering voice. "Consider it done Mr. Luther.”Latest Chapter
Chapter 723
Adam hesitated.Not from unwillingness — that had never been the problem. But he had carefully preserved her purity for a reason. His second cultivation breakthrough required it, a condition built into the method itself that couldn’t be worked around. Abandoning that now meant setting back a timeline he had already calculated down to the year.But the alternative was watching her die in front of him.Then something surfaced through the noise of the moment — a memory, sharp and sudden.“The phoenix blood herb.”He said it aloud without meaning to, pulling the small case from his side and opening it. The herb lay within, its faint luminescence unchanged, radiating the dense, layered energy it had taken years to accumulate. He had nearly handed it to a masked stranger at a lakeside. Now it might save Tessa’s life.The phoenix blood herb was among the rarest materials in existence for a reason. Its energy didn’t simply enhance cultivation — it cleansed. It moved through the body like a re
Chapter 722
Lord Hades realized his mistake the moment he saw Adam’s expression. He should have told Sasha to send word earlier. He should have had a contingency that didn’t depend on timing he couldn’t control.There was no time for regret. He pulled the military knife from his belt in one motion and drove it hard into Adam’s abdomen.“Watch out!” Tessa’s warning came half a second too late.The blade connected — and rang out with a sharp metallic clang, like steel striking stone. No blood. No puncture. Adam didn’t even step back.The grin forming on Lord Hades’ face died before it finished.His eyes dropped to the knife, then rose slowly to Adam’s face. What looked back at him wasn’t anger. It was something quieter, and far worse.Adam exhaled slowly. Then he released his spiritual energy — not as a strike, not as a show of force, but as something deliberate and final, a single concentrated pulse directed inward at the man standing before him.Lord Hades’ eyes went wide. His legs gave out benea
Chapter 721
“Yes! You can stop me for now, but you can’t stop me forever. If you dare to touch me, I’ll kill myself!” Tessa shouted, her voice trembling yet defiant. Her chest heaved as she tried to summon the last fragments of courage she had left.“It’s too late,” Lord Hades countered, his eyes cold and merciless. “You’ve been poisoned with Blossom. If we don’t consummate, your blood vessels will rupture—and you’ll die.”Tessa’s face turned pale, yet her voice remained steady. “Then let them burst. I’d rather die on my own terms than submit to you.”“That’s not an option,” Lord Hades growled, his body tense with desire and frustration. “I can’t bear the thought of losing you like this. Accept your fate, Tessa.”Before she could respond, he lunged toward her. Every step he took radiated power, his cultivation giving him speed and strength beyond normal comprehension. Tessa screamed and flailed, desperately trying to push him away, but her arms were too weak. Each movement she made seemed futile
Chapter 720
“This is how you treat someone you claim to like?” Tessa’s voice cracked at the edges. She was close to breaking, and she knew it, and she hated that he could see it. This wasn’t the first time her appearance had made her a target. There had been a time when she had taken quiet pride in her looks. Now she wished she could shed them entirely. They had brought her nothing but this — men who saw her as something to be acquired rather than a person to be known.Lord Hades shifted uncomfortably, something almost like shame crossing his face before his conviction reasserted itself. “I know how this looks, Ms. Armand. I know it’s despicable. But I needed to act — I couldn’t keep waiting, watching you stay in his orbit and never have a real chance. If I can have you, truly have you, I believe I can make you understand what I feel. The body and the heart aren’t so separate as people pretend.”“You are shameless,” Tessa said. Her whole body was trembling — not just from the fear of what the dru
Chapter 719
That selfish desire had been the root of everything that followed.When Lord Hades first uncovered information about Adam’s mother during his intelligence work, he made a quiet decision: he said nothing. He buried the findings, then eliminated the small number of subordinates who had been involved in uncovering them. Clean, efficient, untraceable. He had told himself at the time that he was simply keeping options open. He knew, even then, that he was lying to himself.Then Gunther released word that Adam was dead.Hades had felt something lift from his chest that he hadn’t realized was there. Without Adam, the obstacle simply ceased to exist. Tessa would need protection, guidance, someone capable of keeping her safe in a world that would immediately begin circling her the moment his Supreme General’s shadow no longer fell over her. He had already begun thinking through the details when the news arrived that Gunther had taken her.He hadn’t hesitated. He went after her himself, walked
Chapter 718
“I’ll let you go this time,” Adam said. “But hear me — if it happens again, I will kill you.”He didn’t wait for her response. He turned and moved, crossing the terrain at a pace that shouldn’t have been possible. The mountain slopes that would have taken an ordinary person an hour to navigate he scaled in minutes, his silhouette cutting upward along the rock face and vanishing over the ridge.Sasha stood at the lakeside and stared after him long after he had disappeared from view. The shock didn’t settle quickly. She had seen strong men before — warriors, cultivators, people who operated well beyond normal human limits. But what she had just witnessed felt like something categorically different. Something that didn’t belong in the same conversation as ordinary strength.She stayed there for a while, not quite ready to move.Storm City was ringed by mountains — not dramatic peaks but dense, tightly packed ranges that pressed in around the city from every direction. Hollow Reach Mounta
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