Chapter 582

Adina waved at them, and the children, who were sweating heavily from playing, immediately gathered.
Then, they obediently said goodbye to the Xavier family members.

When Adina stopped her car in front of the Winters family‘s mansion, she noticed that Mrs. Winters was
sitting in the pavilion absentmindedly. Her eyes were dull and lifeless.

Adina asked Mr. Brown to get the kids ready for a shower before she walked toward the pavilion.

“Mom,” Adina said, but Mrs. Winters did not respond at all. Adina raised her voice and called out to her
again.

“Oh, Addy, you‘re back.” Mrs. Winters snapped out of her daze and flashed Adina a smile. “How did the
children settle in with the Xavier family?”

“They had fun.” Adina paused for a while before she softly said,“ Mom, do you have Duke‘s new
contact number?”

Mrs. Winters‘ face became stiff all of a sudden.

It seemed like she did not expect Adina to ask about that. She paused for a moment before she said,
“Duke‘s business trip is in a European suburb. There‘s no signal tower there, so his phone can‘t receive
any calls or messages.”

“It‘s okay. I‘m not contacting him now. I just want to save his number …” Adina smiled and said, “In
case he comes back and calls me, but I don‘t know who it is.”

Mrs. Winters suddenly sighed. “Addy, my son has wronged you.”



Adina slowly stopped smiling. “Mom, why do you say so?”

“He couldn‘t toast to the guests with you during your wedding, and he went on a business trip on the
first day of your marriage. Hasn‘t he wronged you?” Mrs. Winters‘ gaze was dodgy. “When he returns
from his trip, I‘ll definitely ask him to keep you company for much longer. It‘d be best if you could go on
a honeymoon together and add a few more children to the Winters family,”

The second she talked about having kids, Adina could no longer continue the conversation.

That night, when she gave birth to the kids four years ago, had been extremely dangerous, and it had
caused her a lot of trauma. She never wanted to get pregnant and give birth anymore.

“Mom, please carry on with your tasks. I‘ll go inside and check on the kids.”

Adina interrupted Mrs. Winters before she turned around and left the pavilion.

As soon as she entered the living room, she halted in her steps. She had intended to ask Mrs. Winters
for Duke‘s contact number. Why did the subject change abruptly?

Did Mrs. Winters not have Duke‘s contact number either?

Adina sat on the couch and pursed her lips.

She had no idea if she was overthinking the matter. She just felt that after the wedding, Duke had
totally changed. Now, Mrs. Winters seemed different as well.

What went wrong?

She massaged her forehead while all kinds of thoughts filled her mind.

Alden had just stepped out of the shower. He stood near the staircase on the second floor, and he
could see Adina frowning.



In a daze, he remembered that he had seemingly caught his mom frowning and looking gloomy when
he passed by her study yesterday.

Based on his understanding of his mom, something must be on her mind!

Alden pursed his pink lips and attempted to walk downstairs .

Right then, his smartwatch vibrated. He tapped on it and took a look. It was a text message from K.

[Sir Daugherty, hurry up and come online. Do you want to accept a $500,000,000 order?]

When Alden looked downstairs, he saw that Adina had entered the kitchen to boil some water. He
turned around, went back to his room, and switched on the laptop that was hidden under his bed.

Recently, he had been spending two hours every night establishing his hacking studio. It was beginning
to take shape.

However, the studio was new, and they were not trusted by others, so they had not received any big
orders.

In the few seconds that he took to switch on his laptop, K sent him a few more messages in a frenzy.




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