Waylen nodded reluctantly.
The Kitchen
Leilani washed an onion. When she prepared to put it on the cutting board and cut it down, she glanced over the trash in which a cake was placed and was thinking about whether to make a better cake.
Suddenly, she heard noises. Therefore, Leilani got out of the kitchen and met Robert, asking, “What’s going on?”
Robert looked weird. He hesitated for a while and then said, “Mr. Bamford doesn’t believe that Mrs. Bamford had not prepared a gift for him, so he ferreted around in the bedroom.”
“Ferreted around? Would he find the watch that I was going to give him as a birthday gift?” Leilani thought to herself.
Leilani hurriedly went into the bathroom to wash her hands and then quickly walked upstairs.
The door of the bedroom opened. Clothes and accessories were here and there. Looking at Waylen at a distance, Leilani found that he held a black box.
Waylen realized that Leilani was here, so he raised his hands with a black box, asking, “What’s this? You cheated me that you didn’t prepare the gift for me.”
“You just said you didn’t like the watch,” Leilani said hesitantly.
Waylen became cheerful and strode to Leilani, “Who told you that I don’t like the watch?”
“When we were in the car, you had told me.”
“Because it isn’t the watch you give me.”
Leilani lowered her head, smiling, “Don’t mind that I give you the same gift as others?”
“I don’t mind as long as it is from you,” Waylen answered and immediately took his watch off.
Then he gave the watch that Leilani bought to Leilani, saying, “Could you please help me wear it?”
At first, Leilani was worried that it would be meaningless if she gave the same watch to Waylen. However, Waylen only cared about whether to prepare the gift for him or not. Probably, that’s the difference between men and women.
When Leilani helped Waylen wear the watch, Waylen found there was a button on one side of the watch and clicked it. Then Leilani’s voice came out, “Waylen Bamford, I don’t know how to prove I love you. I love you ’till the end of time…”
Leilani recorded “I love you” in 83 languages.
Leilani was a little embarrassed and then turned off the switch.
Waylen touched her face, saying, “I almost miss such a good gift.”
Leilani was joyful. She now understood that Waylen just wanted her love.
“Mrs. Bamford, the noodle has been done. Shall I put it on the dish?” Robert rushed up and asked. When he arrived, he happened to see that Waylen and Leilani held each other, which made him embarrassed.
“Don’t have to,” Waylen glared at Robert and then took Leilani away.
“Don’t have to? Where are we going?” Leilani didn’t know what Waylen wanted to do, but she had to follow him.
“I had prepared a gift for you,” Waylen answered with a smile.
“It is your birthday. Why do you send me a gift?”
“You will know the reason soon.”
Waylen didn’t take a driver. On the contrary, he sat on the driver’s seat and drove by himself. Leilani was pregnant, so Waylen drove slowly with opened windows. As soon as the gentle wind blew, they felt extremely comfortable.
Soon, they stopped in front of a big castle.
When a maid heard the voice, she rushed out of the castle, shouting, “Hello, Mr. Bamford. Mrs. Bamford.”
A maid had opened the car door for Leilani.
Bamford’s Castle
“Why does Waylen take me here? The gift is in the castle?” Leilani asked herself. With these questions in her mind, she followed Waylen to the study room.
Waylen was more excited than Leilani. He can’t wait to open the door and hold Leilani’s hands tight, walking to the desk.
The study room was decorated in Chinese style with a bookshelf that had hollow rectangular lattice. On the bookshelf, there were various books and antiques.
Waylen got a square and brown wooden box on the right grid. It was classic and carved with a dragon, smelling like sandalwood. There was a buckle on the box but unlocked.
“What’s this?” Leilani gave a glance over the box and then looked at Waylen, asking.
“According to the size of the box, is it a bracelet?” Leilani thought to herself.
“Open it,” Waylen didn’t answer her directly, but he was sure that the woman would like it.
Leilani became more curious and nervous. After taking a deep breath, she finally opened the box.
“What’s this?” Leilani had a close look, but she couldn’t figure out what it was. It was empty.
“It is just a box. Why does Waylen take me here?” Leilani said to herself.
Seeing that, Waylen became angry. He grabbed the box and threw it on the desk, shouting, “Call all servants over here.”
Robert became serious. He called several servants over here and lined up in two rows. They lowered his head as if something doom was coming.
They knew Waylen was outraged. If they did something wrong, they would probably be dead.
“Who came to the study room and touched the thing?”
Waylen knew the defense policy of the castle was always strict. With the infrared monitors, as soon as a suspicious person was found, the alarm would sound. However, the alarm didn’t sound, and nothing was moved. Therefore, Waylen presumed that the suspected person must be the maids.
It was quiet in the study room. No one dared to say a word or raise the head. Since people in the study room were afraid that they would be dead, they all held their breath.
“Say it! Who did touch the things in the bookshelf? I don’t want to see the monitor. Tell me. Who. Otherwise, if I find the truth, you all will be punished.”
No one answered, still. Even if someone touched, the man wouldn’t admit now.
“Get wh.i.p.s,” Waylen requested seriously.
Several bodyguards got wh.i.p.s, respectively. As soon as Waylen gave an order, they started to shake their wh.i.p.s violently. The whip made the servants’ clothes broken, and their skin hurt.
Some servants had fainted. Some servants kept mourning.
“All right. If it is not very important, let the servants go,” looking at the servants who got severe injuries, Leilani held Waylen’s hands, saying.
“Mr. Bamford, it is not our fault,” a servant knelt and crawled to Waylen, saying, “We didn’t take the thing in the box away. It is you who asked us to give it to Miss. Summer.”
“Give it to Miss. Summer?”
“You told us that, Miss. Summer didn’t feel good, so you decided to give it to her. It is not our fault. You can ask Miss. Summer. We had given the medicine to her.”
“Have I ever asked you to give it to her?” Waylen became very angry.
Then he strode to the desk and opened the drawer. He found there was the same wooden box in the drawer, but the color was less bright than the box in the bookshelf.
Leilani recognized the wooden box, which was for keeping ergotamine.
“What’s going on?” Leilani walked to Waylen and picked the wooden box up, “Miss. Summer didn’t use it?”
Waylen was angry. He grabbed the wooden box, threw it out. The wooden box smashed to bits, and a small plastic bag fell out. It was a white powder.
“That is to say that Diana didn’t eat ergotamine? But she looks very well today. Is it help from the hospital?” Leilani asked herself.
“What do you want to give me?” Leilani tried to divert Waylen’s attention and made a look at Robert, showing that the servants should leave; otherwise, one of them would be dead.
The study room was in a mess. All servants were beaten, and there was blood on the ground.
Waylen’s eyes were full of blood. He turned to Leilani, saying, “It’s the thing you want to have the most.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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