Chapter 148

"Alex!" From outside the door, Alex came in with his assistant. As soon as he stepped in, he saw Charlotte charging towards him in a state of disarray. Alex frowned and instinctively dodged Charlotte. "Alex, they bullied me." Charlotte cried, clinging to Alex's arm. "She hit me, she knew that I'm your fiancee but still, she hit me." Charlotte pointed at Zhou Meiqi, who was leaning on Dane, clearly tattling. Zhou Meiqi sat upright and smiled at Alex. "So you can't win a fight and you call your boyfriend to help?" Ignoring Zhou Meiqi, Alex's gaze rested on Madeleine. Instinctively shaking off Charlotte's hand, Alex moved forward. "Why are you in the hospital?" Madeleine lowered her head, remaining silent. Grabbing Madeleine's wrist, Alex took a quick look to ensure she wasn't injured, then heaved a sigh of relief. Charlotte had returned to the Pinebrook, and Alex assumed Madeleine would be in Sanya tonight, no noticing the signs. With Charlotte's personality, it was certain that she would do something to harm Madeleine. "Did she hurt you?" Alex asked in a low voice when he saw that Madeleine remained silent. "Chris...they hurt Chris." Madeleine instinctively dodged Alex and hid behind Beckett. Beckett's face was grim as he glared menacingly at Alex. Clinton, that kind of fool, didn't even make it into his sights, but Alex was different. He still needed to be wary of Alex. Alex was his equal in the business world, was ahead of him when it came to Madeleine, and the fact that Alex had a blood connection with Chris made Beckett so jealous he wanted to kill him. Only then did Alex realize that the person Beckett was holding was Chris. "Chris," Alex reached out to take her. "My son is sleeping," Beckett warned Alex. "......" Alex furrowed his brows, his face not looking so good. Beckett had escalated to stealing his son away? "Alex!" Charlotte, teary and stamping her foot, glared at Alex. "I am your fiancée." Zhuang Xingyan's gaze became gloomy as well. Both men that they, the sisters, desired, only had eyes for Madeleine. Ha... It was certain that they had to remove her. But, it wasn't the time yet. Beckett was currently locking horns with Stanton, at a deadlock. She couldn't clash with Beckett at this moment, she had to play along with him, find a way to help him, and gain his favor first. "Charlotte, stop fooling around. You're in the wrong here. You bullied Maddy in Yarrin, and she's already shown you mercy. Yet after being incarcerated, you've shown no signs of remorse, and even hurt her again after getting out, even accidentally harming the child." Jenny opened her mouth with teary eyes, reprimanding Charlotte. "Sis..." Charlotte didn't dare to provoke Jenny, for everyone in the Merritt family was afraid of her. Because she would threaten to commit suicide. "Alex, I don’t know what sort of trick this little vixen played on Beckett, making him oppose both the Simpson family and the Merritt family, and even tarnishing Charlotte’s reputation, causing our family to lose face." Zhuang's mother hastily intervened, asking Alex to stand up for their family. The Zhuang and Simpson family are now in a relationship where if one prospers, so does the other, and if one suffers, so does the other. Alex should act, not just for his own sake, but also for the sake of Mr. Simpson. "Alex is here too... Beckett... for the sake of Alex's face, let Charlotte apologize to Maddy. Let her issue a public apology, what do you think?" Jenny stepped forward, her voice choking up as she looked at Beckett. "Apology? What I want is for her to confess all her crimes and then get out of Pinebrook." Beckett's tone was firm. He must make Charlotte leave Pinebrook and never show up in front of him again. "Beckett, I should be the one to decide what happens to Charlotte, aren’t you overstepping your bounds?" Alex looked at Beckett with a dark face. Clearly, he wanted to go head-to-head with Beckett. "Chris is my Simpson family's child and also our bloodline. Since he cannot be properly protected in Pinebrook, I have the right to take him back to Yarrin." Alex spoke again, his voice solemn. Su Maddy looked up at Alex in panic, her voice hoarse, "Chris is mine.... You promised you wouldn't take Chris away from me." "Have you been able to protect him? All you do every day is trail around after Beckett. Chris needs people to accompany him now, and since you can't provide that, you should hand him over to me." Alex was angry. Su Maddy felt jealous and instinctively hid behind Beckett. Currently, Su Maddy seemed to rely a lot on Beckett. In Alex's view, Beckett was not a good person at all, but a cunning fox that had grown wise with the passage of a thousand years. Men knew men best. Madeleine out of sheer naivety, chose Beckett over him. At least, Alex truly had feelings for Madeleine. What did Beckett have? All he had was exploitation! "Alex, we will take good care of Chris, you can't take Chris away." Dane was somewhat anxious. "Your care? Taking the child to the hospital is the result of your care?" Alex said, frowning. Zhou Meiqi narrowed her eyes, her woman's intuition told her that these relationships seemed a bit complicated. Did Madeleine and Alex have Chris? Oh wow, this was something. Pitting the two lead wolves of the domestic business circle against each other... Her abilities must be more than just her appearance, right? "Reuben, I'll pay, go sign up Alex for an ophthalmology appointment," Zhou Meiqi pulled on the comedy-watching Reuben, asking him to register an appointment. "I'm not in charge of this, I'm on duty in the emergency room today," Reuben said blandly. "Besides, the doctors have finished for today, registration will need to wait until tomorrow." With a gloomy face, Alex turned back and glanced at Zhou Meiqi. He knew Zhou Meiqi, having met her a few years ago at a business banquet of the Korean family in M country. This woman is a legend, and apparently, not easy to provoke. "Alex, your girlfriend injured my boyfriend and my child. But instead of scolding your girlfriend at the first place, you intend to take the child away. What are you up to?" Zhou Meiqi showed no mercy to Alex, directly confronting him. He was clearly trying to use the child to control Madeleine. "My family matters are none of Mrs. Han's business, are they?" Alex purposefully addressed Zhou Meiqi as Mrs. Han, as a reference to her deceased husband. "Don't you know that my house is by the sea?" Zhou Meiqi was so angry with Alex that she stood up, ready to argue. Dane quickly grabbed Zhou Meiqi. Alex, indeed was not easy to mess with. "Maddy, Mr. Beach, thank you for taking care of Chris. I will take my boss... home first, she's tired." Dane dragged Zhou Meiqi outwards. "Why are you dragging me? I insist on meddling in these affairs today whether you like it or not!" Zhou Meiqi rolled up her sleeves. Dane took a deep breath, picked up Zhou Meiqi, and carried her away. "Alex, what a blind man you are to fancy Charlotte..." Zhou Meiqi's scolding was heard from down the corridor. Alex rubbed his forehead and looked back at Madeleine. "Take Chris and come back with me." "No..." Madeleine was so scared that she hid behind Beckett. She didn't want to go with Alex. "Madeleine, don't make me repeat myself." Alex's patience was running thin. "Mr. George, can't you understand what I'm saying? Not only do you need to go to an ophthalmologist, but it seems you need to see an ENT specialist as well?" Beckett gently patted Chris, narrowing his eyebrows to warn Alex to keep his voice down so as not to scare Chris. Alex took a deep breath, suppressing all his anger at the sound of Chris's crying. For the sake of his child, he endured. "Beckett, I'm Chris's father, hand him to me." Alex demanded his child back from Beckett. "As far as I recall, Mr. Beach is quite interested in the mountain city development zone mining project." Alex turned back and smiled at Stanton. "Mr. Beach, my grandfather said that this project can't be monopolized by the Simpson family alone. He hopes to cooperate with the Beach family, but it also depends on your sincerity."