After Divorce I Married a Tycoon-Chapter 114: Will He Come to Save Me?

A cold light glinted in Claire Mercer’s clear eyes.

The curve of her lips was filled with contempt.

She smiled, but it was a smile that carried the biting chill of a ten-thousand-year-old glacier.

"Oh, noble Mr. Mercer, do you think I *wanted* to come to your house?"

"Do you think I *wanted* to argue with your precious son?"

"Didn’t you see he was the one who provoked me? Are your eyes just for decoration?"

"If you’re not going to use your eyes, you should donate them. At least then you’d be doing one good thing for society."

"With a father like you, no wonder your son is such a disappointment."

"It’s no wonder the Mercer family is going downhill. You deserve it. You’re about to be kicked out of Rhonia’s circle of elite families."

"With a family of selfish, heartless, cold-blooded animals like you, it’s only a matter of time before the Mercer Family goes bankrupt and collapses."

Having vented her frustrations at Julian Mercer, Claire Mercer threw the adoption termination agreement at him, nearly hitting him in the face.

"Hurry up and sign it. I can’t be bothered to waste any more words on you."

Faced with Claire Mercer’s attitude toward the Mercer family, and then thinking of her previously submissive demeanor...

...the stark contrast between then and now filled Julian Mercer with immense rage.

But for the next phase of his plan to proceed smoothly, he could only endure it.

’Besides, things won’t be easy for Claire Mercer from now on,’ he thought. ’I’ll just wait for the day she gets on her knees and begs me for mercy.’

So, he suppressed his anger, picked up the adoption termination agreement, and politely handed it to the notary official at his side.

"Could you please take a look and see if there are any issues with this agreement? If not, we’ll sign it."

The official from the notary office looked at the agreement and said, "There are no issues."

"Once this agreement is signed, the two parties will no longer have an adoptive relationship."

"Legally, the relationship of adoptive parents and adopted child will be dissolved."

"After it is taken to the notary office and stamped with an official seal, the agreement will be fully effective."

Claire Mercer had already signed her name on it.

Julian Mercer and Judith Caldwell exchanged a glance, then immediately signed their names as well.

After signing, both parties pressed their fingerprints onto the document.

Judith Caldwell shoved the agreement harshly toward Claire Mercer.

"Are you satisfied now?"

Claire Mercer neatly put the agreement away, not bothering to acknowledge her, not even sparing her a glance.

"Get it stamped yourself. I have company matters to attend to."

With that, Julian Mercer got up and went upstairs to his study.

"Get the hell out of our house," Judith Caldwell snapped at Claire Mercer.

"Just looking at you will shorten my life by two years."

"The feeling’s mutual." After saying that, Claire Mercer stood up to leave.

The staff member from the notary office called out to her.

"Miss Mercer, could I trouble you to give me a ride back to the notary office?"

"My colleague just left for another location, and it’s hard to get a taxi right now."

"Besides, I can take you to get the official seal stamped while we’re at it, saving you the trouble of having to wait in line or make an appointment later."

Claire Mercer, who was highly vigilant, was about to politely refuse.

’But he’s a staff member from the notary office,’ she reasoned. ’There shouldn’t be any problem.’

’Besides, the agreement needs to be taken to the notary office for the official seal anyway. It’s on the way.’

So she nodded at him. "Alright, I’ll give you a ride."

Then, the staff member from the notary office left with Claire Mercer.

Once in the car, Claire Mercer opened her navigation app and drove directly to the notary office.

Aside from some traffic, the journey was completely normal.

「Half an hour later, the car arrived at the notary office’s underground parking garage.」

Claire Mercer picked up her phone and turned off the navigation.

After sending Adrian Sutton a text saying she wouldn’t be back for lunch, she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.

The moment her feet touched the ground, a sudden, intense wave of dizziness washed over her.

Thinking it was a physical issue, she immediately shook her head hard.

But she found that not only was she dizzy, but her entire body felt weak and powerless.

She used all her willpower to lean against the car, preventing herself from collapsing to the ground.

At that moment, she knew she had fallen into a trap after all.

’My health is excellent. I would never suddenly become so dizzy and weak.’

’The only explanation is that someone drugged me when I wasn’t paying attention.’

She wanted to get back into the driver’s seat to rest, but the staff member from the notary office grabbed her arm.

He feigned a look of concern as he questioned her, but his eyes revealed a sinister smirk, the look of a scheme come to fruition.

"Miss Mercer, what’s wrong? Are you okay? Do you need my help?"

Although Claire Mercer was dizzy, she still caught the hint of a smile that flashed at the corners of his mouth and eyes.

In that instant, she finally knew who was behind this.

"It was you..."

The man blinked at her innocently, feigning confusion.

"What about me? I don’t know what you mean, Miss Mercer."

Before she passed out completely, while her phone screen was still open to her chat with Adrian Sutton, Claire Mercer tried to send him a cry for help.

But she didn’t have time to type, as the man was already closing in on her.

Left with no choice, she frantically mashed out a string of jumbled text and sent it to Adrian Sutton.

’Please, let him understand what I mean,’ she prayed inwardly.

Seeing she was still holding her phone, the man snatched it from her hand.

A chilling wave of despair washed over Claire Mercer.

She asked him in an extremely faint voice, "Who are you? Why?"

"I’m just doing a job for someone." With that, the man wrapped his arm around Claire Mercer.

Claire Mercer wanted to break free, but she couldn’t summon a shred of strength.

"Don’t bother with a futile struggle. It’s useless."

"The harder you struggle, the weaker your body will become."

With that said, the man led her to the garage elevator.

He pressed the button for the top floor, and the elevator began its ascent.

Held powerlessly in his arms, Claire Mercer prayed that the elevator would stop on the way up.

’If the elevator just stops, if someone gets on, I’ll still have a chance to call for help.’

When it reached the sixteenth floor, the elevator stopped, and someone entered.

Claire Mercer wanted to scream for help but found she couldn’t make a sound.

She used every last ounce of her remaining strength to try and signal for help.

But the person merely shot them a brief glance before looking down at their phone.

Seeing this, Claire Mercer’s heart sank to the abyss, and the hope within her shattered completely.

’I don’t know where this man is taking me, and I don’t know what’s going to happen next.’

’But I know one thing—if he was willing to drug me, this can’t be anything good.’

’I was on guard against the Mercer family, but I let my guard down with this man.’

’For him to be able to pose as a notary official and show up at the Mercer estate, he must have been colluding with them.’

’What in the world do those shameless Mercers want?’

’Why won’t they just leave me alone?’

’This is all my fault. I was too careless.’

’I thought if I just watched out for the Mercer family, everything would be fine.’

’I never, ever imagined the Mercer Family would hire someone to impersonate a notary official.’

She watched the stranger exit the elevator, and then watched as the car drew closer and closer to the floor he had selected.

A wave of despair washed over Claire Mercer.

’What do I do?’

’What can I do now?’

’Am I really going to fall into their hands just like this?’

’Will Adrian Sutton understand my signal for help?’

’Will he come save me?’

Her body was limp and powerless, without a single ounce of strength to resist.

Her only remaining hope rested on Adrian Sutton.