Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Chapter 72: Beat to Death

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Samantha paused for two seconds before continuing the rest of her sentence. “…I have conditions!”

Simon and Cynthia had already expected that Samantha would not hand over the one million so easily. Simon was not surprised and even spoke ahead of her, “You just want to see Corey, don’t you? Alright, I agree!”

He turned to the butler at one side. “Bring Corey out.”

The butler nodded. “Yes, Sir.”

They soon returned with Corey.

Samantha’s attention immediately went to Corey. Although she could see that his face was pale and his breathing was weak, her anxious heart managed to calm down slightly when she saw that there was no obvious injury on him.

When Corey saw Samantha, he called out weakly, “Sammy.”

He wanted to walk toward Samantha, but the butler grabbed his arm and prevented him from moving further.

Samantha’s gaze turned cold and she tapped her fingers lightly on the suitcase while she said sullenly, “Come here.”

Simon did not know whether he felt that victory was within his grasp or whether there was another reason, but he seemed quite magnanimous and gave the butler a look.

The butler understood and immediately released Corey’s arm.

Corey walked slowly toward Samantha, who asked him softly, “How are you feeling, Corey?”

Corey nodded with some difficulty, “I’m fine, Sammy.”

Those two sentences had already made Simon run out of patience. He began to urge, “We’ve given him to you, Samantha. Now give us the money!”

A hurt expression surfaced unknowingly in Corey’s eyes. Although he had been imprisoned by his parents the past few days and knew their attitude first hand, it stung really painfully when he heard such indifference from them.

When Samantha saw that, she raised her head and gently rubbed his head to comfort him. No one else could understand him better than her.

It was not too big a deal because there was a silver lining in letting him have a clear look at their true nature. At the very least, it would save him from continuously misplacing his affection and wasting time on people who did not deserve it. Worse still, he would just end up with scars all over him.

Samantha pulled Corey behind her and looked right at Simon’s greedily eager eyes again. “I have one more condition!”

After that, she took out a document from the bag she carried with her and threw it on the coffee table, cutting straight to the chase. “Sign this and this money is all yours!”

Simon and Cynthia looked at the document together, and saw the words written clearly on it: ‘Give up custody of Corey!’

Simon’s face turned dark and his expression became hostile. “What’s the meaning of this? You want Corey to sever ties to his own father?”

Father…

Samantha could not help but sneer, “You say that you’re Corey’s father, but what have you done for him as a father? Not caring for Corey is bad enough. You went so far as to bargain his life in exchange for money. Why do you think you have the right to call yourself a father in front of him?”

“You!” Simon was stunned by her rudeness and his face turned all shades of blue. There was nothing he could come up with to refute her.

Cynthia was unwilling to show weakness and immediately screamed, “You’re an unfilial child, Samantha, and now you’re dragging your brother along with you. What sins have I committed to get such a child as heartless as you!”

She cried and screamed while beating her chest and stomping her feet.

Samantha watched the charade coldly and expose the whole act without hesitation, “You’d look more convincing if you had shed a tear or two. All you do is scream and the corners of your eyes never even get wet. Do you really expect me to feel something with such terrible acting skills?”

“Samantha, you…” Cynthia’s entire face had turned red.

Samantha uncapped her pen and threw it onto the document. “Sign it. Let’s stop wasting each other’s time.”

Corey was not yet 18 and was severely ill with a heart disease. As a result, his parents Simon and Cynthia had custody of him and made every decision for him.

That was the reason they could sign for Corey and ask for him to be discharged from the hospital. They could take him away according to their own whims, irrespective of what the hospital said.

Simon and Cynthia knew that Corey was her weakness. As long as they had their grip on Corey, she had no choice but to obey. It was the same with that one million as it was with her previous marriage.

Their attitude would only get worse after they had gotten a taste of the good life!

In order to avoid any future troubles, she had to take over Corey’s custody. That way, her parents could no longer use Corey however they wanted to and would no longer be able to threaten her with him.

Simon was anxious, but he burst out laughing all of a sudden. “Well, well, Samantha. You’ve grown so much that you now dare to threaten us!”

His eyes became fiercely cold and he slammed the table before standing up. “Do you really think you and Corey can step out of this door if you don’t hand over the one million?”

Simon’s original plan was never to let Samantha take Corey away that day. The boy was far too useful as a means to threaten her, and Simon would definitely not let go of that advantage from his hands so easily!

With Samantha officially falling out with them, he did not bother to harp on about filial piety with her.

“Guys, come on in!”

Simon’s order prompted several well-built bodyguards to run in from the yard, surrounding Samantha and Corey in an instant.

Simon smiled triumphantly, “Be a good girl and hand over the one million. You can leave by yourself and let us take good care of Corey so you don’t need to worry about him.

“It’s either that, or I’ll pretend that I never had children and have you both beaten to death with sticks!”

In his eyes, their two lives—the two lives that belonged to his own daughter and son—were inferior even to ants.

He had no hesitation making remarks such as wanting to beat them to death with a stick.

Samantha curled her lips but her smile did not stretch across her face. There was no panic on her face at all and she looked extremely calm too. She raised her eyes at Simon and spoke as clearly as possible, “Do you really think I’ll come here alone to enter into this deal with you?”

She clapped her hands.

In the next second, more than a dozen burly men rushed in and surrounded her parents.

The sudden change stunned Simon and Cynthia for a bit. They really did not expect Samantha to have so many bodyguards!

Simon had lived long enough to be suspicious of what was going on. He asked, “Why do you have bodyguards?”

Samantha reacted as though he had asked an extremely hilarious question and chuckled. “You said it yourself, Dad. My life has been pretty lush ever since I got married to my rich businessman husband. Let me tell you the truth. My husband loves me very much and treats me very well. He was the one who gave me this one million. As for these bodyguards, he specially sent them to protect me because he was worried about my safety.

“And one more thing!”

She stood up from the sofa, walked slowly to Simon, and stared right at him. Her red lips parted open and she said, “My husband is waiting for me right now. If Corey and I do not get out of here safely in another five minutes, he’ll come in here right away. If that happens....I have no control over what he’ll do to you.”

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