It was extremely quiet in the room.
Maxwell looked at Madelyn, and then looked at his right hand which he had not put down. For a moment, he was stunned.
He looked at Madelyn's face which had become red and swollen in an instant. His heart trembled and his somewhat dry lips quivered uncontrollably. His right hand was trembling violently.
The pain in his palm became more and more intense, and he felt so painful all over in an instant. He obviously slapped her, but he seemed to have slapped his own heart.
It had been so many years. This... was the first time that he had beaten her.
Lucho opened his eyes wide. He looked at his father and mother in horror and was totally dumbfounded. The atmosphere was weird.
He had seen Maxwell get angry and beat someone before. When Isaac was young, he didn't like Issac and always found fault with him.
He remembered that he once broke an ancient vase that Maxwell liked very much. He deliberately broke it, but he shifted the blame onto Isaac. Although Isaac denied that he didn't do this, Maxwell beat him.
That day, Isaac knelt in the living room, and everyone in the family was looking at him. Maxwell took a whip and hit him as if he was hitting a beast. At first, Isaac was able to bear it, but he was too young at that time and it really hurt too much. Later, he couldn't stand it. He rolled in the living room in pain. His clothes were torn into countless holes, and the bloodstains on his body looked scary.
At that time, Isaac was almost beaten to death. He recovered after lying on bed for a month.
Later, Maxwell beat Isaac again and again. Although he was not as fierce as he was at that time, he had never been softhearted in front of Issac.
At that time, he always watched Isaac be beaten. Although Isaac was almost beaten to death, he didn't say a word. He just watched it aside and felt very happy in heart. He even wanted Maxwell to beat Issac to death. In that case, his mother wouldn't be angry anymore.
But what about this time?
Once again, he saw Maxwell beat someone. However, he beat his mother. Why did he feel completely different?
He was so shocked. He couldn't believe what he had seen and even thought that he was dreaming.
Maxwell... was a man who didn't like to smile and talk much, but he was very imposing. Although he had such a temperament, he had never beaten his mother.
He was flustered and his heart ached for Madelyn.
After a long while, he said in a trembling voice, "Mom?"
Madelyn's head was buzzing. For a short while, she felt that she could not hear anything. She couldn't even see clearly.
Her face hurt, but her heart ached more severely.
After feeling a little better, she chuckled.
She looked at Maxwell with extremely cold eyes, "Did you... slap me?"
Maxwell's back stiffened, and his expression looked very unnatural. He looked at Madelyn whose hair was a little messy and said, "I..."
"What?" Madelyn laughed. She said mockingly, "Do I deserve to be slapped by you?"
"Well, you said that you do this for the good of the Bai family and Lucho, and you say so every time. But Maxwell, if you really want to do good for the Bai family and Lucho, you are not allowed to let that illegitimate b*stard work in Bai Company! Do you hear me?"
"You!"
Madelyn sneered, "Just shut up! I'm here to tell you that if you dare to allow Isaac to work in Bai Company, I will definitely not let you go!"
She said the last sentence fiercely, and she was crazy, as if she didn't care bout anything.
Lucho shuddered, "Mom..."
Maxwell was shocked.
At this moment, Madelyn was really strange. She was so strange that he almost couldn't recognize her. Her hair was messy and her face was swollen. But when she said these words, her tone was...
He had never seen such an expression on her face. She was almost crazy. He was startled, and he suddenly became unfamiliar with her.
Was this woman really his wife who had accompanied him for decades?
Madelyn smiled. After glancing at Lucho, she smiled and said to him, "Son, don't worry. I will accompany you!"
After that, she looked at Maxwell again, but there was no smile on her face. She said indifferently, "Maxwell, remember what I said. Otherwise... I will die in front of you! Or... I will kill you!"
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