Madam Escaped Again, Sir (Lillian Hawkins and Eric Walker) novel Chapter 428

Sonia ran through a list of possible names and faces in her mind but failed to recall anyone she knew with the name Lucius Hayes. However, the name sounded rather familiar to her, like she had heard it somewhere else. That name rings a bell. Where did I hear it?

“That’s right!” Declan looked away with coldness in his eyes and fiddled with his ring. “I’ve been searching for Lucius for a few years, but he is a hard man to find. In fact, he is so good I couldn’t find a way to hurt him, so I turned my attention to you.” The man stroked Sonia’s chin with his cold fingers, sending chills down her spine and filling her eyes with horror.

Feeling utterly dismayed, Sonia acknowledged the distress signal her intuition was sending her. This man is definitely creeping me out. “Turned your attention to me?” She gulped and asked through her shivering lips, “Why me?” “I just told you. It’s because you’re the woman Lucius cares about, and since he is my target, I can only execute my plan, starting from you. Once I have you, he is going to come and rescue you, and when he gets here, I’m going to kill him.” Declan revealed his evil plan with an eerie smile.

“A-Are you going to kill him?” Sonia asked with a shaking voice.

“I can only find peace in his death!” Declan admitted his sinister intention to kill. In fact, he was Robert’s fourth son, as well as his fourth illegitimate son. When Robert was younger, he loved to sleep around, which was why he had so many illegitimate sons. Although Declan was the fourth son, he still had a few other younger half-brothers.

While all of Robert’s illegitimate sons wanted to be the Hayes Family’s heir to inherit the huge fortune, they all fought among each other, yet Robert did nothing to stop that. Thus, their infighting grew more and more intense, as they all wouldn’t rest until they got rid of each other.

Although Robert initially had more than 10 illegitimate sons, most of them were either dead, maimed, or exiled in other countries, leaving only Declan and four other of his half-brothers. Just when the five sons thought the place to be the Hayes Family’s heir would be a fight among them, they were surprised by Robert, who had no intention of making any of them his heir. Instead, he had been secretly looking for the son that belonged to his wife because that was the legitimate son of the Hayes Family.

Nevertheless, Robert’s legitimate son, Lucius, was cast away from home with his mother when he was 5 years old. Therefore, his half-brothers had never viewed him as an enemy, only to be stunned by Robert’s sudden change in his inclination. Since Robert was growing old and ill, he began to miss his wife and son, so he dispatched his men to search for them, in order to make him his heir.

Because of that, the illegitimate sons were not happy, as they didn’t think Lucius deserved to be the Haye Family’s heir. After all, he was just Robert’s other son who grew up outside of the Hayes Family, despite his legitimacy.

Therefore, the five of them decided to set aside their differences and focus on their common goal, which was to—get rid of Lucius in order to ensure no one stood in their way of inheriting the Hayes Family’s fortune.

Declan managed to discover Lucius’ whereabouts ahead of his half-brothers, even sending hitmen to either intimidate or kill him. However, none of his plans proved to work, as Lucius was able to get away in one piece every time.

Thus, Declan could no longer wait anymore and decided to take him on by himself. Although he continued to fail his goal, he soon discovered what he deemed to be a turning point when he realized Lucius was close with a woman.

Therefore, he sent someone to do some digging about the woman with whom he planned to lure Lucius out to kill him.

Sonia had no idea what was on Declan’s mind, only looking at him in horror.

“You’re scary.” Deep down, she wondered whether people like Declan, Tina, and Titus had a heart, as they seemed to always be filled with bloodlust.

“I’m scary?!” Declan was not mad at the way Sonia described him. Instead, he let out a burst of gleeful and maniacal laughter. “You’re absolutely right. I’m scary, and I like to strike fear in people’s hearts because that is how I can show the world how great I am!” He spread his arms open and looked up like a savior who was going to help the world.

Sonia curled her lips upward speechlessly, wondering how narcissistic Declan was.

“Young Master Declan!” one of the muscular kidnappers called out.