Don’t Beg For My Mercy

Chapter 3

When I woke up, I saw Matteo standing by the bed. 

"Mr. Johnson, you're finally awake!"

"What happened? Why am I in the hospital?" I asked, clutching my aching head.

"Mr. Johnson, I know it's hard for you to accept this right now, but Alaina definitely wouldn't want you to be devastated because of her."

I frowned. "What are you talking about? And who is Alaina?"

Matteo froze for a moment and asked tentatively, "Mr. Johnson, you... don't remember?"

At this moment, the doctor pushed the door open and said, "The examination report for the patient in bed number 5 is out. The preliminary determination is selective amnesia caused by intracranial hematoma compression."

This time, it was not just Matteo, even I was stunned for a moment. I... lost my memory?

After the doctor left, I started asking Matteo what had happened.

However, the more I listened to these things, the more I frowned.

"Enough, I don't want to hear these stories."

When I heard these things, my heart didn't fluctuate much, I just felt doubtful.

As the heir of the Johnson Group, how could I not inherit the family business and be so lowly as to marry a nobody?

But when I heard about my daughter, my heart ached for a moment, and a tear slipped from the corner of my eye without warning.

I pinched the photo Matteo handed me, looking at the little girl smiling sweetly on it, my heart was gripped by a sharp pain.

I thought I should love this daughter very much, but I seemed to have forgotten her... Inexplicably, I had an urge to see her.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a harsh voice came. "Abel, come with me to help Kyler clarify!"

My eyes instantly turned cold as I looked at the person who suddenly broke in. "Matteo, get her out."

It seemed that she didn't hear it. She came over to grab my hand.

Matteo quickly stopped her, his tone full of undisguised disgust, "Miss Brown, please be careful. Mr. Johnson is still on a drip."

"Mr. Johnson?" Adelyn looked at him inexplicably, then looked at me disapprovingly.

"Abel, stop messing around. It is urgent. I'll tell you on the way, okay?"

Looking at Matteo's appearance, I instantly understood that this was my nominal wife, Adelyn.

I also saw today's trending searches, the first one being - "Popular traffic star Kyler's private life is chaotic, causing the death of his five-year-old daughter."

It was ridiculous that her first thought was the future of another man when her daughter's body was not yet cold.

A surge of disgust welled up in my heart, and I felt disgusted just looking at her.

Adelyn saw that I didn't speak, and squeezed out two more tears. "Abel, I know you resent us for Alaina's death, but the dead can't be resurrected, and those of us who are alive have to look forward. I know, it's because I broke my promise that you were sent away, giving the murderer an opportunity, but this matter has nothing to do with Kyler. He just finished his concert, his star career is bright. Now that this kind of thing has been exposed, if it is not clarified, his whole life will be ruined. I'm begging you, come with me to help Kyler clarify, okay?"

Listening to her self-righteous words, the sarcasm at the corner of my mouth deepened. Matteo wanted to say something, but I stopped him.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Adelyn was so happy to hear my agreement that she didn't notice the coldness hidden in my eyes.

Since this matter was related to me, I would talk about it in front of the national audience.

In the car, there were only me and Adelyn. Matteo had already been sent away by me.

Adelyn kept telling me what to say and what to do, but I never responded. I was just looking at the information Matteo sent me.

It wasn't until we arrived at the press conference that she shut up, replaced by Kyler's voice of acting misery.

"Not long ago, I had a car accident, but I have reached a settlement with the other party involved, and the other party also expressed their apologies to me, but I didn't expect that because of me, their daughter died unexpectedly. The murderer is Sophia, who I worked with before. I don't know why she would imagine me as her boyfriend and mistakenly think that the little girl is my daughter, but it is ultimately related to me, and I want to say sorry for it."

Sure enough, there were many voices of sympathy and forgiveness at the press conference.

"Oh my God, so to speak, he gave us a sick performance two days ago, no wonder he looked so weak."

"Yeah, yeah. How can we blame him? It's obviously that family's fault."

Although some people questioned that this was a means for him to clear his name, I only felt disgusted when I heard these words.

At this moment, Adelyn, who was standing beside me, spoke, "I'm sorry for that car accident. Because of my husband's improper driving, it caused indelible harm to Mr. Nelson. Our daughter's death also has nothing to do with Mr. Nelson. It's Alaina's bad luck."

As everyone's eyes turned to us, she pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes and put her arms around mine, trying to get my approval.

I was amused by their shameless behavior of splashing dirty water.

These two didn't know anything about the law, did they? Didn't they know that this kind of clumsy lie would break down as soon as the police came? Or did they think I would admit it myself? They were thinking too highly of themselves.

I directly shook off Adelyn's hand and said, "That girl has nothing to do with Kyler."

However, the smiles that had just appeared on the corners of Adelyn and Kyler's mouths disappeared in the next second.

"But Adelyn, as a mother, has an affair with him. When her daughter was seriously injured, she was accompanying Kyler, and even forced me to write a letter of understanding. Even on the day of the victimization, she was also at Kyler's concert. If it wasn't for her improper relationship with Kyler, I don't think my daughter would have been killed! As for the sick performance you mentioned, it's not wrong. It's just that his car accident injury has healed a long time ago, and the reason why he is weak now is because of renal failure caused by his excessive indulgence."

As soon as I finished speaking, there was an uproar. Adelyn started screaming, "Abel, what nonsense are you talking about? It's not like this. It's not like this!"

No wonder Adelyn didn't believe it. Kyler hid his illness very well. If Matteo hadn't deliberately investigated, no one would know about it.

Compared to Adelyn's panic, Kyler was much calmer, but his smile was a little forced, "Sir, I know you resent me for your daughter's death, but you can't slander me like this."

I couldn't help but sneer. "Slander?"

At this moment, Matteo, who was sent away by me, ran in from outside the door.

"Mr. Johnson, this is the information you want."

Matteo put the thick stack of documents in his hand into mine, and I just tossed them into the air, and the documents fell all over the floor. "Whether this information is true or not, I believe there will be an answer soon."

The reporters and audience present rushed to grab it like crazy, and no one wanted to miss this first-hand news.

Adelyn wanted to stop it, but it was useless. She could only shout from the sidelines. "Don't be fooled by him! Things are not what he said!"

But no one cared what she said.

"Oh my God, I didn't expect Kyler to be this kind of person, I like him so much."

Almost everyone down there was leaning towards my side. Kyler's face was livid and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the police who suddenly appeared.

"You are suspected of slandering others. Please come with us."

The smile on Kyler's face could no longer be maintained. "Is there some misunderstanding here?"

Adelyn also quickly echoed, "Yes, officer, someone must have framed us."

"What misunderstanding can there be? Didn't you say that I was the perpetrator? Then go to the police station and recall it."

This time, without the police, I have already solved their doubts.

Seeing that they still wanted to say something, I added, "By the way, I think the letter of understanding from that time is still in the hands of the police."

This time, Kyler no longer struggled, because he knew very well that in the face of the mountain of ironclad evidence, no matter how they argued, it would be useless.

But Adelyn seemed to want to hit me like crazy, but was stopped by the police.

"Abel, you treacherous villain! I want to divorce you!"

I ignored her screaming, from beginning to end. 

I never promised her anything, so there was no such thing as treachery, but one sentence was in my heart.

"Okay, If you want a divorce, I'm all for it.. Tomorrow, the divorce agreement will be delivered to you. Remember to sign it at the police station."

After speaking, I left with Matteo without looking at them again.

Leaving the press conference, I immediately rushed to the hospital. The empty morgue was devoid of any warmth, and the moment I saw Alaina, that familiar pain came back.

Her eyes were tightly closed, without a trace of life, completely different from the smiling face in the photo. I gently held her hand, trying to warm it.

A tear slipped from the corner of my eye, and I suddenly wanted to hear her call me Dad, but I knew it was an extravagant wish.

I looked carefully at the girl in front of me, wanting to engrave her in my mind, but those horrible scars stung my eyes.

It wasn't until I saw the scar on Alaina's lower back that I was stunned.

The appearance of the scar didn't look like it was left by a stab wound, but more like it was left after an operation, but according to the information, Alaina had no other diseases, so how could there be a scar in this position?

In an instant, the contents of those documents flashed through my mind, and a terrible thought emerged, making me break out in a cold sweat.

I clenched my fists, my voice trembling imperceptibly. "Matteo, contact the police, I want... an autopsy."