Chapter 18: I Wonder How My Wife Offended You Two

The people who walking over from the distance were no others but Lainey’s father, Rooney, and Estelle, who Lainey did not want to see. 　　Estelle was wearing a brightly coloured print dress, and followed Rooney closely. Rooney lowered his head and said something to Estelle while walking. The two of them looked very intimate as they talked and laughed. 　　Lainey had occasionally seen this scene at home previously. But at that time, she was so stupid that she actually did not think that Rooney may be cheating. Instead, she thought that Estelle was being a serious and responsible housekeeper of the Warren family. 　　After Lainey had personally heard the sordid truth about Rooney and Estelle plotting against her, she thought that she was showing great disrespect to her mother if she took a more look at Estelle and Rooney. 　　“Lainey?” 　　Estelle found Lainey first and subconsciously tugged on Rooney. 　　“Lainey?” 　　Instead of being happy, Rooney looked weird when he discovered his daughter. Previously, Jayda went home and said Lainey had changed, but they didn’t believe her. Rooney only realized that something bad might be imminent until he was informed by the sanatorium that Alena had been transferred by Winfred. 　　Rooney wanted to get Alena’s whereabouts from Lainey, yet she refused to tell him. Moreover, she didn’t show any respect when she talked with him. She was just like another person! 　　Originally, Rooney thought, as the rumors went, Winfred’s temper was so bad that Lainey should live a miserable life. Maybe she had already been played to death. However, he actually saw Lainey come to such a high-class place as the Atlantis Hotel now! 　　“Dad.” 　　Lainey called reluctantly. After knowing that Rooney had betrayed her mother, Lainey was no longer willing to call the man in front of her Dad, but she had to call because of their blood relationship. 　　Suddenly, a slap was heard. 　　Lainey’s calling him did not make Rooney happy. Instead, he smacked Lainey hard with a stern face. “What are you doing!” Elvira shrieked and held Lainey, “How could you just come and hit her? Are you crazy?” 　　Beside them, Estelle sneered, “This lady, what does it have to do with you that our family is educating our child? Please be sensible, hurry up and get lost. Or even you will be beaten together.” After knowing that Jayda had been beaten by Lainey, Estelle had been finding an opportunity to revenge for her daughter. Today, she finally saw Rooney teach Lainey a lesson. How could she not be complacent? “What gives you the right to hit me?” Being slapped, Lainey no longer cared about the so-called blood kinship. She questioned and glared at Rooney with a cold face, eyes full of hatred. 　　Rooney’s hypocrisy disgusted her! “Lainey, I raised you for nothing! If it wasn’t for me, could you have married into the Sloan family? You don’t recognize me after you got married, do you? Tell me, where have you transferred your mother to?” 　　Rooney questioned viciously. 　　Alena must be found immediately! Otherwise, all the secrets would no longer be kept over time. “Don’t you know why I married into the Sloan family?” Lainey sneered, “You tricked me to marry Winfred, not only to get the Sloan family’s investment, but also wanted to have me killed by him. Am I right?” If Lainey hadn’t heard Rooney’s words in person, she would never believe that her own father would be so heartless, actually hoping with all his heart that his own daughter would be killed by someone else soon! Lainey couldn’t figure out why her existence upset Rooney so much that he even murdered her. “Well, Lainey, you must have misunderstood your father. There’s no such thing!” Estelle, who had been standing aside, came over and tried to appease Lainey with an artificial smile. The next moment, she was pushed away by Lainey. 　　“Take away your dirty hands! Don’t think I don’t know that you two have been hooking up behind my mother’s back for a long time! I feel sick to see you guys!” 　　Estelle’s look changed, and she stopped pretending. Abruptly, she pushed Elvira away and grabbed Lainey out from behind. 　　“Stinky girl, who do you think you’re? Huh?” “Murderers! They’re beating my friend!” Being pushed away by Estelle, Elvira lost her balance and fell to the floor. Seeing that Lainey was about to suffer, Elvira shouted loudly. 　　Vernon drove Winfred slowly out of the underground parking. From afar, he saw Lainey was grabbed, so he accelerated the speed and drove over. 　　Before the car stopped steadily, Winfred jumped out and strode over. With a cold face, he directly took Lainey back into his arms from the hands of Estelle. “I wonder how my wife has offended you two.” Winfred’s voice was cold and hard, shocking Estelle and Rooney, who only knew to bully the weak and fear the strong, at once. 　　“Who... Who are you?” 　　Rooney and Estelle had wanted to talk tough, but they were scared when they saw Winfred’s face. As a result, they couldn’t even speak fluently. 　　“Winfred Sloan!” 　　When Winfred told them his name, Rooney was instantly startled and almost blurted out, “You’re the guy who kills without batting an eye?!” As soon as Rooney uttered these words, he regretted it. Although Winfred didn’t have a high status in the Sloan family, his ruthlessness had been wide known. After all, he was a member of the Sloan family. If he protected Lainey, just a word of him could let Vicente withdraw the funds back. At that time, it would all be in vain. 　　“Oh... misunderstanding! It’s just a misunderstanding. Mr. Sloan, we were playing a joke with Lainey.” 　　Estelle reacted quickly. Even if she was scared half to death by Winfred’s face, she still explained sarcastically with a smile. 　　“Playing a joke?” 　　Winfred asked in reply coldly. He then lowered his head to look at Lainey in his arms, only to see her face red and swollen. The bright red slap mark was clearly visible. How could it be a joke? 　　“Vernon! You come and accompany this lady to play a joke as well!” 　　Vernon had already parked the car and come over now. Hearing Winfred’s order, Vernon quickly came up. 　　Seeing Vernon come in full fury, Estelle subconsciously wanted to hide behind Rooney. However, she was pulled back by Vernon the next moment. 　　“Ma’am, don’t hide! Let’s play a joke too!” 　　“Let go of me!” 　　“Don’t worry, I’ll let you go.” 　　Vernon smirked and immediately smacked Estelle twice. In an instant, her face swelled. 　　“Mr. Sloan, is that enough?” 　　After teaching Estelle a lesson, Vernon took out a wet tissue from his coat pocket to wipe his hands in disgust and respectfully waited for Winfred’s next order. 　　Instead of answering, Winfred lowered his head and asked Lainey. 　　“Lainey, what do you think?” 　　“Let’s go!” Taking a glance at Rooney, who had long been scared out of his wits, Lainey couldn’t help but despise this man from the bottom of her heart. She couldn’t believe that such a coward without responsibility was her father!