Chapter 232
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She, Venn, and Tommy held a meeting to arrange plans for tomorrow. They talked for several hours.
After settling things, she rubbed her temples.
Now she just has to wait until tomorrow.
After taking a shower, she returned to the bedroom. Perhaps because she was too tired, she fell asleep after just lying in bed for a few minutes.
But her sleep was not peaceful.
She dreamed and saw an extremely strange dream, around her was a sky-high sea of fire, and everything was burning fiercely, emitting terrifying explosions.
A tall man was standing in the middle of a sea of fire, his whole body was covered in blood and covered in wounds, but his face and temperament were still handsome and extremely arrogant.
Even though the man had his back turned to her, his back was very familiar.
It wasn't until the person staggered back that the firelight illuminated that handsome face.
Is it Derek?
His face was covered in blood, even the corners of his mouth were constantly leaking fresh blood.
Those black eyes were filled with pain and suffering.
Looking at the blood stains on his body, it seemed like he had just gone through a battle, his whole body weakly knelt on the ground.
"Bertha, Bertha..."
Bertha suddenly woke up from her dream. Only then did she realize it was all just a nightmare?
She took out her phone to check the time. It was only two in the morning and she was awake.
She sat blankly on the bed, her mind still replaying the images from earlier.
In the dream, she met Derek's cold eyes, it was both desperate and dissatisfied, and he kept calling her name.
Why is everything so real?
Right now her emotions are not okay, she can't sleep, so she picks up the phone to call Derek.
The phone has a signal, but no one picks up.
Why didn't he answer her phone calls?
Bertha became more and more panicked. Because no one picked up the phone, the call was automatically disconnected and she continued calling.
She called a fourth time, and finally, someone picked up her call.
On the other end of the line, a low, pleasant voice rang out, as if she hadn't heard it for a long time. "What's up?"
It was Derek's voice.
Bertha breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly she looked angry again. "Why don't you answer my phone?"
His voice sounded a bit sleepy and tired. "I'm sleeping, it's so late, haven't you gone to rest yet? Did something happen?"
"Nothing, I can't sleep. I can't sleep."
"So... you want me to stay up with you?"
"Um."
Bertha softly said "Um", she remembered the nightmare from earlier and gave him an order. "I repeat once again, you can't go anywhere these two days. The phone ringer must be set at the highest level. As long as it's my phone calling, you must answer the phone at any time."
Derek on the other end of the line was silent for a moment, his tone becoming gentle. "I see, so are you sleepy now?"
"I'm not sleepy yet."
"So do you want me to tell you a story?"
"Are not."
"So are you hungry? Send me your accommodation address, I'll order you some late-night food?"
"I'm not hungry."
Derek. "..."
Bertha is the one ruining the conversation topic, there's no way to talk to her.
Bertha really couldn't sleep. Finally, she heard Derek tell a story.
Derek went online to search for jokes, then he started telling her.
Because he wasn't good at telling stories, the atmosphere between the two of them quickly became tense. Under Derek's deep, hypnotic voice, Bertha gradually fell asleep without even realizing it.
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Tomorrow.
Bertha's side began working according to the pre-arranged plan.
As for Boniface, he stayed all day in the restaurant he managed, never going out.
Seeing that it was very late, Bertha felt a bit impatient, so she sent Venn to persuade him to go out.
Bertha waited another half hour, Boniface and Venn went out, but he did not expect that as soon as he stepped out of the restaurant door, someone knocked him unconscious.
When Boniface woke up, he discovered that his hands and feet were tied to a chair, his mouth was taped, and there was a table in front of him.
The surroundings were dark like he was in a room built in the basement.
He completely fell into a state of panic, struggling, his mouth uttering incomprehensible sounds.
The door of the basement room opened, and he saw a woman walking towards him, she was extremely beautiful, and her sharp eyes attracted the other person, she was so beautiful that she looked like an elf.
Seeing the woman, Boniface was momentarily surprised, then he stopped struggling and stopped screaming.
Seeing his reaction, Bertha gave a cold smile. "It seems like you've been looking at my photos a lot lately. Haven't seen you in many years. I'm probably a lot more beautiful so you can immediately recognize me as soon as you look at me, right?"
She walked over to the table placed opposite Boniface, sat down in the chair, and at the same time gestured with her eyes to Tommy.
Tommy walked over and took off the tape that was stuck to his mouth.
Boniface's beard stuck to the tape, and when he removed it, it hurt so much that he rolled his eyes.
He adjusted his emotions, rolling his eyes angrily at Bertha. "After all, I am your biological fourth uncle. But you told Venn to trick me out and kidnap me. Is this how you treat the adults in the house?"
Bertha rested her chin and smiled coldly.
"Fourth uncle, this is not the first time you have seen me behave impolitely like this, moreover, my attitude is very good. You are the adult in the family, but you do unethical things, it enough that I no longer respect you."
Boniface narrowed his eyes. "I'm immoral? I've never cared about family problems before, I'm just a lazy idle person living day to day. What's immoral?"
"Fourth Uncle, please look at this."
Bertha turned to signal Tommy, who quickly brought Bruno's statement to show him.
"Fourth uncle, I won't make things difficult for you today. Please see if Bruno's statements are related to you?"
