Supreme Mars novel Chapter 205

Seeing the priceless stone was cast away, Caroline cried out loud with tearful eyes, “Mom, what are you doing?”

 

“How dare you!”

 

Nadine was rendered outrageous with murderous hatred burning her blood all over. A sharp dagger slipped onto her palm secretly.

 

Leo turned to be solemn while glaring at Rebecca.

 

It was the first time he had ever been triggered into the urge to kill Rebecca.

 

“I gotta kill her!” Nadine huffed with hoarse voice. She was about to rush over to Rebecca while speaking.

 

“Stop!”

 

Leo shouted loud and looked at her coldly.

 

“But she insulted you!”

 

Though driven by hatred, Nadine still withdrew the dagger under the chilling gaze of Leo. She glared at Rebecca and her family with bloodshot eyes.

 

Though they were all threatened by the sudden bloodthirsty look of Nadine, they still maintained disdainful smile on the face as they saw Nadine control herself.

 

Rebecca postured and stared at Leo in a more disdainful way, “You wanna make a goddamn stone the wedding gift for Caroline? Are you kidding me?”

 

After a short pause, she continued, “Listen! You are not allowed to step into the wedding hall unless you offer a hundred thousand as gift.”

 

Caroline, who had been standing still in silence, suddenly rushed in front of Rebecca. She bent over to dig the dirty soil on the ground with bare hands, trying to look for the stone.

 

“Caroline, what are you doing?”

 

The Fords were all stunned. Rebecca rushed to her front, irritated.

 

She slapped Caroline hard, “Stop! How could you embarrass yourself just because of a stone! Remember! Now you are Mrs. Hudson!”

 

But Caroline didn’t even seem to feel the slap. She kept looking for the stone.

 

“Where is it? Where?!”

 

Her fair hands were stained dirty and even got cut by some sharp gravel. Blood oozed down her hands. But she still kept digging.

 

Tears streamed down from her bloodshot eyes. She gritted to stop herself from crying loud.

 

Everyone present were shocked, including both Leo and Nadine. They stared at Caroline, startled. What was happening at this moment totally went beyond their expectations.

 

Leo and Caroline had once fallen into great feud in the old days, during which her hostility had grown so strong that she even wanna kill him. But now, all her enmity had gone.

 

Standing beside, Benedict felt like his face had gone twisted out of anger. He glared at Caroline with cruelty burning in his eyes, on the surface of which blood streaks started to crawl up.

 

But he still managed to hold it back for the long-term plan of his family.

 

“Where is it? Where? I can’t find it!”

 

Overwhelmed with depression, she kept digging while murmuring to herself.

 

At this moment, someone lay his hand on her shoulder. She couldn’t help giving out a shiver.

 

Feeling stiff all over, she struggled to turn around, only to find that Leo was shaking his head with a composed face, “Stop. You can’t find it.”

 

The yard was covered with weed and gravel all over. It was like looking for a needle in a bottle of hay after Rebecca cast the stone away.

 

However, Rebecca shook her head to insist. Silent still, she bent over to rummage again.

 

Sighing slightly, Leo didn’t intend to persuade. He slowly walked over to Benedict.

 

His heavy steps thumped loud around the yard. Every time his feet hit the ground, it sounded like a huge hammer smashing onto their hearts.

 

Though with panic lingering in his mind, Benedict still remained composure on the surface.

He squinted at Leo while he was walking to the front.

 

He knew he had no room to flinch back. Otherwise, it would be quite humiliating.

 

“I had nothing to say to her. But I have something to tell you.”

 

Leo finally reached his front. A cruel and chilling look flashed in his eyes while he was squinting.

 

Under his gaze, Benedict felt like his heartbeat had lost control. Cold sweat oozed from his forehead. Even his legs started to tremble slightly.

 

Leo paused for seconds and then let out his words coldly, “Be nice to her.”

 

After that, he left the yard with Nadine.

 

As soon as Leo walked away, Benedict felt like fleeing away from the edge of death. He couldn’t help gasping. His shirt was drenched by nervous sweat. He looked like a guy being rescued from the ocean.

 

His eyes still bore horror. If Leo stayed for one more second, he would be likely to faint out of panic.

 

Only he himself caught the whisper Leo added after saying ‘Be nice to her’.

 

“If not, you will suffer something worse than death!”

 

“Benedict, please forgive Caroline. She is being too nice.”

 

Rebecca hurried to rush over to add, looking worried, “Please, don’t withdraw the alliance.”

 

Both Jayden and Patricia were staring at Benedict with great worry. Now the Fords were living under the shelter of the Hudsons. If the Hudsons withdrew the alliance out of anger, the Fords would be floundering.

 

Benedict smiled, “Mr. and Mrs. Ford, don’t worry. I won’t go back on my promise because of that. I hate to be narrow-minded.”

 

Hearing that, the Fords were all feeling released.

 

They hurried to fawn on him.

 

“What a generous gentleman from a prestigious family!”

 

“Benedict, you must be the greatest fortune for Caroline!”

 

“Perfect match for her!”

 

Benedict didn’t give a fig about their ingratiation. He simply smiled to all, “Thank you for your recognition, everyone. But I do have a doubt to be solved, may I?”

 

“What is it about?”

 

Benedict smiled, “Let’s get inside to have a talk.”

 

But then the sky turned to be overcast. Then it started to rain.

 

As the rainy season came, pouring rain always raided unexpectedly.

 

So everyone stood under the eave to keep away from rain except for Caroline only, who was still looking for the stone in the rain.

 

“She…she will catch a cold…” said Rebecca worriedly while staring at her bending over in the rain.

 

A hateful look crawled up in Benedict’s eyes again, “Since she insists, just let her stay. No one shall ask her in.”

 

After saying that, he strode into the parlor while Caroline got drenched all over in the rain.

 

The Fords looked at each other, hesitating.

However, they all ignored Caroline because of what Benedict said.

 

Only Rebecca turned around to look at Caroline with doubt. She murmured to herself, “She still insists to get back the stone at all cost…is it actually a priceless one?”

 

Suddenly, Caroline exclaimed excitedly, “I find it!”

 

At this moment, she was holding a bloody red jade stone. The dirty muddy surface had been cleaned away as the rain rinsed it. The real look of the stone was now revealed.

 

The bloody red texture was rendered much clearer. It glowed brightly under the overcast rainy sky.

 

Rebecca was shocked with her eyes wide open. Now she firmly believed that it was a priceless piece.

 

Meanwhile, Benedict was having tea in the parlor. And he happened to ask if there was a powerful one among those business partners the Fords had once cooperated with.

 

The Fords all shook their heads while looking at each other, confused.

 

Only William stared at Benedict seriously. His eyes were bearing a trace of alert.

 

As expected, Benedict was up for something fishy for the marriage.

 

But William only knew one answer to his question—it was Leo, who once solved every problem alone all the way through.

 

But the rest of them would never believe that. How ridiculous!

 

“Okay…” Benedict seemed to be upset. But soon he wore a smile again, “I was just being curious. It’s getting late. I gotta go now.”

 

“Mr. Hudson, let me walk you out of the yard.”

 

Jayden took an umbrella to walk him out of the door.

 

When they passed by the yard, they saw Caroline had stopped digging. Instead, with a smile on the face, she was carefully holding a bloody red jade stone on her hands shedding blood.

 

Benedict cast a cold glimpse and huffed. Then he got into his car while escorted by Jayden.

 

“Caroline, I wanna take a look at the stone.”

 

At this moment, Rebecca, holding an umbrella, walked over to Caroline to request coldly.

 

“What do you want?”

 

Caroline hurried to hide the stone behind, looking alert.

 

Rebecca smiled awkwardly, “I just wanna say sorry to you. And I wanna take a look at the stone.”

 

“Really?”

 

Caroline handed her the stone, looking doubtful.

 

Rebecca took the stone into the parlor. Then she made a call.

 

“Hello, sir, it’s me, Rebecca.”

 

She was calling a famous jewelry appraiser in the city, “Sir, I have a jade stone. Would you mind appraising it for me?”

 

“I am sending you the picture right now.”

 

After saying that, she took a picture and waited for response.

 

Soon, her phone rang, from which the excited voice of the appraiser sounded.

 

“Mrs. Ford, that’s a Turquoise one in a million! It’s definitely worth more than ten million! That’s an incredible fortune!”

 

Hearing that, Rebecca couldn’t help gasping.