Abel was going to kick Adam again, but Benjamin stopped him.
“Calm down, Abel. Are you planning on killing him? No matter what he did, he’s still your cousin!”
“He’s not my cousin, he’s a genuine b*stard! If he’s my cousin, he wouldn’t have set me up and imprisoned my wife!”
Abel’s eyes were bloodshot from anger. He shoved Benjamin away and kicked Adam again.
Adam flew backward and hit the sofa. Abel took a step forward and grabbed him by the collar.
Adam could not fight back, and his speech was disabled. Soon, he was beaten to within an inch of his life.
“I’d kill him if I could!” Abel said murderously.
“That’s enough,” Emmeline said. “You can beat him to release your anger, but you can’t kill him!”
“He would’ve been dead by now if he weren’t my cousin!” Abel said. “No one would dare to arrest me even if I kill him anyway!”
Adam was lying on the floor. His blood-stained mouth twitched slightly.
“Emma, restore his speech. He looks like he wants to say something,” Benjamin said.
“Mm.” Emmeline and Abel were thinking of the same thing.
Adam’s face was already smeared with blood. What did he have to say?
Emmeline took a silver needle and stabbed a certain spot on Adam’s chest.
“Cough cough! Cough cough!” The first thing Adam did was cough violently.
He spat out another mouthful of blood. Abel probably broke a few ribs.
Emmeline was worried his condition might deteriorate, and she wanted to administer first aid.
Abel grabbed her wrist. “Don’t worry. He won’t die!”
“It’s probably better to take him to the police station than die in our hands!” Emmeline said.
“What can the police do? He bribed everyone there.” Abel smirked.
“…”
“I won’t let him die. If I wanted him dead, he would have been dead by now!”
Adam said in between deep breaths, “Abel! You should know Grandfather’s grudge against the Adelmar clan, right? Have you ever considered what Grandfather would do to Emma if he knew she’s from the Adelmar clan?”
Abel narrowed his gaze. “You seem to know quite a lot, Adam.”
“I’ve always suspected that Emma is from the Adelmar clan, but I’ve never told Grandfather,” Adam said.
“Should I be grateful to you for that?” Abel snorted.
“You don’t have to be grateful to me. All you need to know is Grandfather would never let you marry someone from the Adelmar clan!” Adam said.
“…”
That was something Abel had already known. If Oscar knew that Emmeline was from the Adelmar clan, he would not have agreed to the marriage.
Even though Abel was not afraid of Adam’s threat, he would rather not stir trouble with his grandfather.
“Let me go, and I promise I won’t tell Grandfather,” Adam said.
Abel smirked. “Your words pose no threat to me. You should know that I’m not afraid of Oscar Ryker!”
“But what about your parents? I’m sure if Grandfather tells your parents to convince you to divorce Emma and keep the children, you’ll be caught in a dilemma!”
“…”
“You wouldn’t want Grandfather to disown your parents, right? Not at such an age, too! Their reputation will be ruined, and you’ll have to hand Ryker Group to me. Are you sure you want that to happen?”
“Adam, your words don’t mean anything to me.” Abel picked Adam up by his collar and slapped his face. “Even if I leave the family, I can still provide a comfortable life for my parents, my wife, and my children!”
“So you’re not to forgive me then?” Adam’s face turned ashen.
“I haven’t thought of what I want to do with you,” Abel said. “If you were anyone else, I wouldn’t mind letting you sleep with the fishes!”
