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Valeria returned to her room and discovered that her son was nowhere to be found. 

“Gone?” She silently gasped. 

The first thing she thought of was Lawrence! 

“Could it be that Lawrence took my child away?” she wondered in shock. 

Valeria couldn’t help but tremble all over and was about to go out and find Hackett. 

Just then, the nanny, Julia, passed by the door, and Valeria grabbed her. She asked, “Where’s Alex? Where did he go?” 

Julia replied, “Oh, Mr. James took Mr. Alex away early in the morning. They’re probably having breakfast now.” 

Upon hearing this, Valeria breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the father and son were together. 

She replied in relief, “Alright, I understand. You can go about your business.” 

So, she returned to her room to get ready, and as she entered the bathroom, she was startled by her reflection in the mirror. 

Her fair skin was covered in countless hickey marks left by the man. 

“Damn it! This man has gone too far! How am I going to explain this if Alex sees it later!” Valeria cursed in silence. 

In the dining room, Hackett was carefully feeding his son. The little one was eating happily. 

After a while, Valeria walked into the dining room and saw this heartwarming scene, which helped to calm her anger. 

She asked, “Are you two the only ones having breakfast?” 

Hackett, with a smile on his lips, glanced at her. “Do you even know what time it is?” 

It was nearly 11 o’clock, almost time for lunch. 

Valeria asked again, “So, which meal are you feeding him?” 

“Lunch. After he finishes eating, I’m taking him to Stellar Park. You should eat something too; we might not have time once we’re out,” Hackett said while wiping the child’s mouth. 

Valeria nodded, looked at the nanny, Julia Khan, and said, “Please make me a bowl of spaghetti.” 

“Of course,” Julia replied. 

Witnessing this scene, she felt quite content. However, she knew that protecting this happiness was not easy. 

Suddenly, Julia’s and Kaden’s voices came from outside. 

Julia greeted, “Mr. Hardin, you’re back.” 

Kaden asked, “Where’s Elsie?” 

Julia replied, “She’s in her room. She hasn’t come out. We’ve been serving her breakfast in her room.” 

“I see. You can go about your business,” Kaden responded. 

Then, Valeria heard the hurried footsteps of Kaden as he left. 

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Valeria frowned and immmbled, “He didn’t come back all night. Who knows where he’s been hanging around, and now he’s in a bad mood…” 

Hackett interrupted her before she could finish her sentence, saying, “I’ve already deleted all the video backups. He certainly wouldn’t be happy about that.” 

“What? So fast?” Valeria gasped in surprise. 

Valeria was genuinely surprised. She knew it wouldn’t be difficult for Hackett, but she didn’t expect it to be this fast. 

The man chuckled softly, “His hiding places were just too amateur. He had no idea about these things, so it was easy to find them.” 

Valeria replied, “Now he doesn’t have anything to threaten the Maddox family with.” 

“Yes, I plan to have him kicked out of the family tonight,” Hackett stated with such indifference as if he were discussing something unimportant. 

Meanwhile, Kaden returned to the room and found Elsie lying on the bed like a dead dog, motionless, with a look of despair on her face. 

“Get up!” Kaden ordered. 

He walked over and pulled back the blanket. Elsie sat up, a mixture of disgust and fear on her face. 

Right now, she felt both repulsion and fear towards this man, and it was a feeling that was indescribable, making her 

nauseous. 

“I’m asking you, what have you done? Do you think that deleting those videos is going to work? Do you think I don’t have backups?” Kaden cursed. 

“Videos?” Elsie thought, looking utterly confused, unable to grasp what the man was talking about. 

Frustrated by her lack of response, Kaden shouted, “Let me tell you! Videos can’t be deleted! I’ve already uploaded them on the internet abroad! You’ll never escape my control in your lifetime!” 

Kaden was angry because someone had hacked his computer and phone, deleting all the video backups. 

Now, he had nothing left to threaten Elsie with! 

“I didn’t… you…” Elsie stammered, scared by his current demeanor. She kept shrinking back, terrified of being abused again. 

However, Kaden grabbed her by the ankle and pulled her closer to him, warning, “Is this how badly you want to escape from me? What does it matter if the videos are in my possession? As long as you behave, I would never upload my wife’s videos.” 

Elsie knew Kaden well enough. Judging from his agitated demeanor, she wondered if Kaden had already achieved his goal. She thought, “Could Hackett have successfully deleted the videos?” 

Elsie questioned, “So, are you so furious because you don’t have any backups?” 

Kaden was momentarily stunned before he replied hurriedly, “Of course I do! Do you think I’m that stupid? I’ve got video backups everywhere.” 

The moment he uttered those words, Elsie suddenly burst into laughter. She laughed so freely as if she had finally been liberated. 

“Kaden Hardin, you’re finished. You’ve completely lost your grip on the videos. You can’t threaten me anymore,” Elsie replied. 

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“I said I have them!” Kaden–yelled, raising his arm in anger and delivering a slap to Elsie’s face. 

But Elsie didn’t feel any pain; she felt liberated from the nightmare she had been living in. 

“Kaden, I’m not afraid of you anymore. Hackett won’t allow you to have any backups,” Elsie replied. 

Elsie believed in Hackett’s technical skills. She thought that Hackett would never leave any backups. 

Kaden paused for a moment, enraged, and suddenly grabbed her by the throat, choking her. “So! Is it because you let Hackett hack into my computer and phone to find that video?” Kaden questioned. 

“So what if I did? Do you really think you can enter the family’s company and inherit the family’s wealth? What kind of dream are you living in?” Elsie replied. All this while, she had laughed as if she were already divorced. 

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“Elsie, you’re ruthless!” Kaden cursed, choking her and almost killing her. 

Elsie’s face gradually turned red. She kept struggling and coughing as she gasped, “Let go of me… Let go of me…” 

At this moment, the nanny, Julia, came to knock on the door and said, “Mr. Hardin, Ms. Maddox, Mr. Maddox has returned and wants to see both of you.” 

Kaden quickly released his grip on Elsie’s throat. Elsie fell onto the bed, coughing and catching her breath. She had almost been strangled to death a moment ago. 

Elsie quickly got up and opened the door, and dashed out. Julia, who stood outside, was shocked by the scene as she had no idea what had just happened. 

Meanwhile, the man in th 

room remained frozen. He knew his fate was sealed and thought, “I haven’t done anything yet. Do I have to be kicked out of the Maddox family without gaining anything? I’ve spent so much time and effort into getting into the Maddox family. I cannot 

cept being kicked out without receiving anything!” 

“Mr. Hardin, Mr. Hardin? Mr. Maddox wants to see you in his study,” Julia kindly reminded once more. 

Kaden yelled, “I got it! Now get lost!” 

Julia was startled and turned and ran. She had never seen Kaden become so violent before.