Chapter 1710

She looked at Carter in disbelief. She saw him holding a gun with a cold expression. His face looked frigid, like he had on an emotionless poker face.

His elegant and noble image in front of others was completely reversed at this moment.

Right now, he looked like a cold-blooded and cruel duke of the night. He had a dark aura emitting from his body.

He clearly wanted to prevent Jeremy from taking Shirley away just now, so that was why he had fired the gun.

‘Did he do that for me?’

Shirley’s heart started racing.

Carter held the gun and walked toward Jeremy.

“No one can take anything away from my manor in front of me. It doesn’t matter if this is Glendale.”

‘Anything.’

This description caused Shirley’s initially gleeful heart to plunge into the abyss.

Right.

How would he care about her?

He had been using her this entire time. Their relationship was like that of a master and a servant.

“Jeremy, let her go,” Carter requested, his eyes looking icy.

However, Jeremy’s eyes looked colder than Carter’s. “Don’t think I’ll let her go if I don’t get the anti-

toxoid test reagent.”

After he said that, a slight change appeared on Carter’s emotionless face.

“Jeremy, are you sure?”

“I’m very sure. You guys are the ones who are not sure.”

Jeremy said and dragged Shirley away even harder.

“Jeremy, you’re making me feel that you’re a challenging person to deal with,” Carter said this profound statement suddenly.

Jeremy could sense the profoundness in Carter’s statement, and he also realized that this man might take action against him. As such, Jeremy was prepared.

However, at this moment, two sets of frantic and messy footsteps could be heard from upstairs.

“Jeremy!”

Adam’s voice could be heard soon after.

Jeremy’s leaving footsteps and Carter’s act of pulling the trigger abruptly stopped.

Thud, thud, thud. Adam quickly came downstairs, followed by Cathy.

Jeremy finally understood why he had failed to get through to Cathy and Adam. They had been trapped here.

Jeremy looked askance at Shirley, his eyes filled with disdain. “You’re even taking action against your brother. Shirley Brown, you’re truly despicable.”

Shirley smiled when Jeremy ridiculed her.

“Of course. If not, how else would I develop such poison to use on humans?”

“Shirley!”

“You’re in a lot of pain, right? You’ve experienced that kind of pain before, but now, it’s your wife’s turn.”

Shirley chuckled as if she was mocking Jeremy.

“Is this time different from before? She’s feeling a weight on her chest, having breathing difficulties, and experiencing chills all over her body, right?” Shirley accurately stated Madeline’s current symptoms.

Jeremy’s grip tightened, and he wanted so badly to crush this evil woman into pieces.

Shirley gritted her teeth and frowned in pain. However, she soon curled her red lips into a smirk again.

“Jeremy, do you want to know what the poison will do to the woman you love the most at the final stage?”