Abandoned Super Cutie Adopted by Billionaire Clan

Chapter 87

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By the time Jeremy finished talking, the other bodyguards had already reached the pavilion and captured the injured snake. One of them, clearly experienced, took one look at its belly and sighed.

“It was bitten by another venomous snake,” he said. “The wound is rotting, this thing won’t make it.”

Jeremy spotted the pattern on its scales and immediately felt his skin crawl. Without thinking, he ducked behind a bodyguard.

The bodyguard who had first spoken to him guided him out of the pavilion while giving orders. “Tell the butler to call pest control. We need to check the entire Adler residence for more snakes!”

Snakes usually avoided crowded places, relying more on their sense of smell than their sight to find food, hunt, and hide.

The estate was inspected regularly, and repellent powder was always used in the corners. So it was weird this one ended up here.

Luckily, Jeremy and Yvonne were fine. If anything had happened to them, everyone here would’ve been in deep trouble. As the snake was dropped into the catcher’s net, it lifted its head slightly, almost like it was looking in Yvonne’s direction.

Jeremy wasn’t paying attention, though. He was already walking forward, only to bump straight into a group of people coming through the garden arch.

“Dad!” His eyes lit up the moment he saw the man in front.

Without thinking, he ran straight to Kelvin, still holding Yvonne. Now that he was finally facing his family, a rush of emotions hit him, and suddenly, he just wanted to let it all out.

Kelvin’s piercing stare locked onto him, making him hesitate for a second.

Vic, who was walking behind Kelvin, saw Jeremy looking completely unharmed and raised a brow. “Jeremy… you okay?”

Jeremy swallowed. “I–I’m fine…”

Kelvin didn’t say a word. He just took Yvonne from Jeremy’s arms, his expression unreadable.

The little girl looked up at him with big, sparkling eyes and a bright, cheerful smile, completely unfazed.

Jeremy quickly noticed something weird, every person around him was staring at him with the same wide–eyed expression, asking the same question.

“I’m really fine,” he muttered, already tired of answering.

Kelvin, however, wasn’t letting it go. “Then why did the butler say you and Yvonne got bitten by a snake? What happened?”

Jeremy huffed. “I wasn’t bitten. Neither of us were. Yvonne just picked up a half–dead snake and scared the hell out of me.”

Kelvin’s eye twitched. He lowered his gaze to Yvonne in his arms, her face the picture of innocence. Somehow, he was struggling to connect the dots between Jeremy’s panic and the giggling child who had apparently caused it.

bodyguard’s hand, her little face serious.

hand, froze as a sudden chill

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out to cover Yvonne’s mouth, but Kelvin stopped him mid–motion. “Why

Let her talk.”

quickly pulled his hand back, stiff as a

Yvonne with his eyes, but the kid was completely clueless. Instead, she thought he was making funny faces at

it to him, so I picked it up,” she said

wanted to drop dead on the spot. He knew it.

turned ice–cold as he slowly shifted his attention to Jeremy,

situation wasn’t bad enough, a bodyguard, completely oblivious to

had been playing earlier was

at the screen, then at the people staring him down. Sweat beaded on his forehead as he forced

Yvonne to someone else and turned back to Jeremy. “Alright. Explain.”

Jeremy’s heart sank.

look over his shoulder. “Vic! Grandpa!

just looked away, pretending they hadn’t heard

phone that he let his little sister run around with a deadly snake. If

away, Richard ordered the bodyguards to check the rest of the

back into the mountains, but the bodyguards reported that it

it as a short–tailed viper,

in his arms. “Wow. You’re braver

completely oblivious, just blinked at

at the man in front of her. His

hurt,” she said.

in the net. “Looks

why she was so sure, but she just

had given her. Everyone thought it was beyond saving, but deep down, she knew

to a wildlife

the net, then turned back to him.

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“Keep it?”

her pinky like she was making a promise. “Yeah! We can raise it like a puppy. Then we’ll have

‘Who

like puppies. They don’t get attached. They only care

snakes.”

“Huh? What do