Chapter 1278 - 1218: If He Can’t Have It, He’ll Destroy It

A small patch of light, and the rest is boundless darkness.

Sienna Johnson took another small step forward, standing at the door, looking afar, only darkness was there, she couldn’t see what was inside the darkness.

The fear of the unknown is even more terrifying, more capable of shattering one’s mental defenses.

It was extremely quiet around, except for her own breathing, Sienna Johnson couldn’t hear any sound. She was inside the Imperial Mausoleum, the only living person here. If she really heard any sound, she would be scared.

She didn’t know what Abyanabad’s Imperial Mausoleum looked like, but she knew that Orienta’s Imperial Mausoleum had many traps set up to prevent tomb raiding, causing many grave robbers to perish.

Without absolute certainty, Sienna was afraid to rush in carelessly; she still wanted to live.

Sienna stood for a while, then retreated, closed the door, and locked it tightly from the inside. Without locking the door, she couldn’t sleep peacefully, fearing something might suddenly break in.

So far, the only thing that could suddenly break in was the Night Owl.

...

After returning to Abyanabad, Adrian Desmond immediately went to see Ward Penney.

Ward Penney happened to be out, went horseback riding.

Ward Penney’s elder wife, Alda, received Adrian.

In Abyanabad, especially among the big families, to prevent wealth from being diluted and harming family interests, close relatives generally married. Alda was Ward Penney’s cousin, four years older than him.

"I heard you became a father again, congratulations," Alda said.

"Thank you." Adrian took a sip of the tea in front of him, patiently waiting for Ward Penney, who was on his way.

Alda was elegant and dignified, managing Ward Penney’s inner household very well, leaving him completely without worries. Everyone envied Ward Penney, except for Adrian.

Marrying a wife is not for her to manage the household; if it were for managing the household, Adolph could completely handle this job.

"We are all very sorry about your wife’s situation, Ward Penney has been helping to find her," Alda comforted.

Back then, Adrian was such a glamorous figure, with his outstanding looks, many women wanted to marry him, a cousin from his family pestered him for a long time, Adrian was extremely annoyed and directly threw her into Tiger Park, she was almost bitten to death by a tiger.

Since then, although those women still admired Adrian, they no longer dared to pester him.

At that time, those who admired Adrian envied Melanie Carpenter for finding a good man, not only with such good conditions, but also devoted to her, who knew later a woman from Orienta appeared.

That woman from Orienta was the one Adrian truly loved.

"Adrian, are you hungry? Shall I prepare some snacks and fruits for you? Ward Penney doesn’t know when he will be back," Alda asked.

"Thank you, I’m not hungry. He said he was on his way back, should be here soon."

Seeing Adrian’s cold attitude, Alda didn’t continue the conversation, just silently accompanied him, waiting for Ward Penney to arrive.

About half an hour later, Ward Penney arrived leisurely in his riding attire, he saw Adrian and greeted him with a smile.

"Come, let’s go to the study."

Alda looked at Ward Penney gently and said, "Look at you, all sweaty, take a bath and change clothes before going."

"Adrian isn’t a beauty, why should I bathe and dress to meet him?"

"..."

"Come, let’s go to my study."

Adrian stood up and followed Ward Penney to the study.

The servant served tea, Ward Penney sent him away, and someone guarded outside the study, ensuring their conversation wouldn’t be overheard.

"Back so soon? Have things been settled?"

"No."

Ward Penney raised his eyebrows, "Oh?"

"My sister just gave birth to a little princess, Kiya likes the little princess very much, so there’s no way to return to Abyanabad now." So, Adrian didn’t even try to persuade her, he just came back.

"Adrian, it’s because you haven’t paid enough attention to this matter," Ward Penney pointed out bluntly.

Adrian smiled bitterly and explained, "Kiya’s condition is for my sister to return to the Imperial Palace with him, but my sister is unwilling. At that moment, my sister gave birth to the little princess, so things were delayed."

Paige Desmond is very happy now, Adrian couldn’t selfishly force his sister to return to the Imperial Palace.

Ward Penney, who had rushed back from riding, was utterly disappointed with Adrian. He took a sip of warm tea, moistened his throat, feeling deeply disheartened with Adrian.

Since marrying that woman from Orienta, Adrian has become more and more indecisive, which actually is a very bad sign, at least for someone of Adrian’s status and standing.

"So you don’t plan to find your woman?"

"Of course, I will find her." Adrian would never give up.

"How will you find her?"

Ward Penney’s question left Adrian speechless; if Adrian knew, he wouldn’t be sitting there having tea and chatting with Ward Penney, he would have already gone to get Sienna Johnson out.

Adrian’s face was one of defeat, his expression turned discouraged.

Ward Penney put down the teacup, looked at Adrian, and analyzed the current situation for him, "The world is so big, finding someone who is hiding is very difficult.

Back then, your wife ran away pregnant, how many years did you search? If Owen Hunter’s son hadn’t been beaten by your daughter, you probably wouldn’t have found her by now."

..."

"Adrian, you are too passive now."

"How can I be proactive?" Adrian asked.

"Of course, be proactive, let Kiya come back and continue to be Sultan, without the protection of Abyanabad’s Royal family, it would be much easier for us to deal with Night Owl.

By then, we’ll capture Night Owl, interrogate him strictly, isn’t that better than searching aimlessly?"

Adrian lowered his head, looking at the ring on his ring finger, gently rotating the ring, he slowly said, "If it were that simple, I would have killed him long ago."

"..."

"Night Owl has no weaknesses at all, he’s not even afraid of death. Severe punishment may work on others but not on Night Owl. If I capture him and force him to reveal Sienna Johnson’s whereabouts, it’s completely impossible!"

"Everyone has weaknesses!" Ward Penney didn’t believe that there was anyone in this world without weaknesses.

"Night Owl doesn’t! Night Owl has eliminated all his weaknesses completely." Adrian’s determined tone carried a sense of helplessness.

"Should we let him roam free like this?"

"Sienna Johnson is smart; she will protect herself well," Adrian optimistically said.

Ward Penney asked incredulously, "Don’t tell me you want your woman to save herself?"

"If she can escape from me, why shouldn’t she escape from Night Owl?"

Ward Penney: ...

"Your goal is easier to achieve. I think extracting Sienna Johnson’s whereabouts from Night Owl would be extremely difficult. Without absolute confidence, I don’t dare to lightly move against Night Owl..."

"..."

"Night Owl is a madman; I’m afraid if I push him, he will kill my woman and take her with him!"

Based on Adrian’s understanding of Night Owl, this was something the man was definitely capable of doing—destroy what he can’t get!

"Night Owl is unscrupulous, and I fear."

Fear of losing Sienna Johnson, and regretting it for life.