She hurriedly explained, “Cornell, Audrey disrespected my grandma, and she did something shameless in this house. I only helped you teach her a lesson.”
After saying this, she subconsciously leaned closer to Sariah. She was still trembling.
Cornell raised his eyebrows and said indifferently, “Oh, you helped me teach her a lesson? I should thank you then.”
Tessa was relieved to hear this. She knew Cornell would never take Audrey seriously. After all, Audrey was nothing in his eyes.
Besides, Sariah was on her side. This boosted her confidence.
Suddenly, a creepy smile appeared on Cornell’s face.
“Okay. Let’s deal with it one by one.”
Before Tessa could figure out what Cornell meant, she saw him turn to the maids on the floor. Then he ordered coldly, “Break their hands.”
He spoke very calmly, but his tone was enough to make people feel scared.
As soon as the bodyguards on standby outside the door heard this, they immediately came in, grabbed the maids one after another, and broke their hands ruthlessly.
Their faces were expressionless. And the way they did it, it was as if they were only breaking a piece of firewood.
“ARI”
The room was filled with the maids’ painful screams.
The bodyguards’ method was so ruthless that even Audrey couldn’t help but look away. She couldn’t afford to watch them.
But she didn’t pity them at all. These wicked people were cunning.
They had been helping Sariah, and she didn’t know how many people had suffered at their hands. They only deserved such retribution.
At this moment, Sariah could no longer suppress her anger. With a flushed face, she thumped the table with her hand and shouted, “You…
How dare you!”
She was so angry that she coughed violently. She couldn’t say anything more.
The bodyguards had already dragged those maids out of the room.
Cornell ignored Sariah. He didn’t care about her attitude at all. His focus was on Tessa currently. He stared at her coldly.
Even the atmosphere in the room seemed to have drastically dropped because of his cold gaze.
Tessa lowered her head. She couldn’t afford to meet Cornell’s gaze.
Finally, she understood what he meant by his words.
Since Cornell had finished dealing with the maids, she was next.
She thought Cornell was crazy.
Tessa was so scared that she immediately hid behind Sariah. She thought Sariah could be her shield because no matter how arrogant Cornell was, he wouldn’t dare to hurt Sariah.
If he dared to beat Sariah, and the news about it spread outside, he would be criticized by the public as an ungrateful person.
At this moment, Sariah stopped coughing. Her face darkened, and she looked terrible at the moment.
Cornell dared to disable her maids in front of her. He even attempted to hurt her granddaughter.
Sariah found Cornell’s arrogance very unacceptable.
Sariah looked at Cornell and said solemnly, “Cornell, Tessa is your cousin! Are you going to hurt her because of that woman?”
“Yes, I never forget that she is my cousin.”
Cornell didn’t refute Sariah.
Sariah felt a little relieved. She opened her mouth and was about to continue her words.
But before she could speak, Cornell stared at Tessa with piercing eyes and said coldly, “I will give you two options. First, I will also break your hands. Second, slap yourself until your face is red and swollen. Your choice.”
For Cornell, he was already kind enough to give Tessa a choice.
Otherwise, Tessa would end up like those wicked maids.
Tessa was too dumbfounded to react for a while.
Then she grabbed Sariah’s arm tightly and cried fearfully, “Grandma, please help me.”
Sariah was so angry that she almost fainted. She thought Cornell was going too far.
She threw a teacup at Cornell and scolded, “You bastard! How dare you disrespect your elder!”
The teacup broke into pieces, and the tea inside splashed onto Cornell’s feet.
Cornell lowered his head and looked at his feet. His eyes also caught sight of the wooden bracelet on the floor. Then he looked up and stared at the bruise on Audrey’s forehead.
Something seemed to dawn on him.
His eyes turned cold. He looked at the bodyguards and ordered, “Go tell my grandfather and great-grandfather that Mrs. Lloyd is suffering from dementia. She can’t recognize anyone. She must be sent to a sanatorium right away.”
“Cornell, How dare you!” Sariah shouted furiously.
Sariah was only in her early sixties. In fact, she was eight years younger than Luciana’s father. This was her time to enjoy herself.
She was not sick at all. How could she let Cornell lock her up in the sanatorium? How could he make such a decision within the Lloyd residence?
Sariah snapped, “Your wife disrespected me and broke my favorite vase.
So I taught her a lesson. What is wrong with it?”
Hearing that, Cornell chuckled.
“”Audrey is my wife, so I naturally dote on her. I allow her to do whatever she wants. Even if she smashes the entire place, I won’t stop her.”
As soon as he said this, Sariah and Tessa panicked. The expression on their faces drastically changed.
They had assumed Audrey was nothing to Cornell. They didn’t expect him to value Audrey this much.
How could it be possible? Wasn’t Cecilia the woman Cornell Loved?
Tessa was in utter disbelief.
She had seen how Cornell spoiled Cecilia all these years. He was always there for Cecilia. In fact, she was even envious of Cecilia because she thought Cornell doted on Cecilia.
Hearing his words, Audrey also raised her head and looked at Cornell.
At this moment, she could see his sharp and angular side face under the Light. He looked delicate and handsome.
Her heartbeat went so fast that she quickly looked away.
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