The Woman From Hell

In that case, I understood why Alex would approach Munchkin now.

Mason had been sent to prison, so even though Lady Winnie had passed down the technique to him, he had no chance of using it either.

According to the rules, Munchkin was the only legal heir, but because he was still young, the technique to change one's appearance sat idle waiting for someone to come forward and claim it.

Simon could not stand it any longer. He had the Hodds to back him up, so getting his hands on the technique was no problem.

Alex did not want others to snatch his mother's efforts away, so he needed a stronger reason. The best one was to adopt Mason's son who was stranded out there-Munchkin.

That was the reason why he, a stranger and biological uncle, would agree to save Munchkin's life.

"The next portion is about Mr. Grant." Ronny seemed to realize that he had been telling too many stories and finally came back to the main point.

"Mr. Hodds emigrated a long time ago, but he's always been keeping an eye on Mr. Mason. He knows Mr. Grant as well, and we've always been aware of Munchkin's existence, though we never wanted to interrupt."

If Munchkin heard what he said, he might not believe him either.

contacted us. A few days

conditions he stated prompted Mr.

mean by solving his problem?" I sensed that something was

he could agree

shocked. It turned out that Alex did not force him. Theo

felt like laughing all of a

this case, but after thinking about it,

always been Theo's

that as long as we agreed to save Munchkin's life and transfer eight percent of Hodds Corporations' shares to him, he'd

expression and mind were blank. All I felt was a ball of fire burning harder and harder

"Theo had already signed the papers when you gave them

was in Simon's hands at the time. We promised Mr. Grant to bring the child back

had thrown a bucket of gasoline at the ball of fire in my heart, there was a boom. My entire

his custody rights to exchange for shares before