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James stopped suddenly.
The boy in his arms rubbed his ears and said, “Dad, did I just hear Rory’s voice?”
James narrowed his eyes, then fixed his gaze on Tiffany’s position, scrutinizing things over there.
Derek had a bad feeling in his heart. He took a step to stand in front of Tiffany and said carefully. “Mr. Efron, it’s just my daughter. She is being disobedient, and my wife is disciplining her.”
But the next second, the boy in James‘ arms suddenly struggled. The boy then pointed at the exposed arm of his sister, right under Tiffany. The little girl was still shouting.
“Dad, that’s Rory’s bracelet!”
Derek’s face turned pale in an instant.
Tiffany immediately panicked and snapped, “Mr. Efron, your son must have made a mistake. How could that rotten piece of… Ahh!”
Before she could finish her words, James kicked her in the chest.
Tiffany curled up on the ground, holding her chest, and let out a shrill
scream.
“Dad!”
After breaking free from Tiffany, the little girl immediately got up, stumbled into James‘ arms, and burst into tears.
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James saw his daughter’s swollen face and the marks on her body.
James, who doted on his daughter, immediately began to sob. He took off his suit and wrapped it around his shivering daughter, hugging her tightly in his arms.
The well–trained bodyguard behind James rushed forward. He clamped. down on Tiffany and broke the hand that tortured the little girl.
Screams were heard all over the place.
James comforted his daughter.
He then stepped on Tiffany’s head with a cold look on his face. His eyes filled with anger, and his voice grated like ice. “How dare you touch my daughter? Who do you think you are?”
Tiffany’s face was rubbed against the floor, and she was trembling with fear. “Mr. Efron, I didn’t know she was your daughter. I’m sorry, please forgive me…”
But James ignored her pleas for mercy and pressed harder.
His daughter suddenly pulled at the corner of his clothes.
“Dad, hurry up and save Mom. They have locked her in the cold storage.”
Hearing this, the faces of those persons in charge turned pale. All of them were trembling and dared not speak.
Derek’s legs went limp, and he collapsed to the ground, shaking as if he had been struck by lightning as he muttered, “Impossible! How could Claire be Mrs. Efron? She should have been mine…”
James ignored him. After handing his daughter to his assistant, he turned around and ordered his bodyguards. “Don’t let anyone present today go anywhere. Keep an eye on them. I’ll go check on my wife, then I’ll deal
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with all of them!”
After saying that, he rushed into the cold storage without looking back.
When James saw me curled up in the corner, dying, his breath stopped, and his hands began to shake violently.
He held me in his arms, trembling as he said in a hoarse and choked voice, “Honey, I’m sorry for being late. You suffered because of me.”
Feeling the familiar breath and warm embrace, my almost frozen body gradually regained its senses.
I opened my eyes with difficulty and said breathlessly, “Honey, it hurts.”
James wiped the dirt off my body without a hint of disgust. He then carefully carried me to the lounge. The private doctor hurried over to examine my body and bandage my wounds.
The two children cried and threw themselves into my arms.
The boy raised his fist. His young face was full of anger. “Mom, those bad guys dared to bully you and Rory. I will never let them go.”
I smiled weakly and patted his head.
The world thought that James only had a son.
But I gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
However, due to the internal strife within the Efron Group at that time, kidnapping and extortion often occurred. James, who doted on his daughter, was forced to hide his daughter’s existence from the world to protect her.
James‘ eyes darkened. He gently stroked my face and whispered, “I have those scumbags under control. I will avenge you, honey. Don’t be afraid.”
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I leaned into his arms and nodded gently.
