After Divorce I Married a Tycoon-Chapter 118: Tortured Half to Death

Getting punched twice in a row left Mr. Lawton completely stunned.

He didn’t even know why he’d been hit.

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Mr. Lawton looked up at Adrian Sutton, his anger uncontrollable.

His sinister, cruel eyes glinted with killing intent.

He savagely wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and ground his teeth.

"It seems you have a death wish."

Adrian Sutton shot an utterly contemptuous glance at Mr. Lawton, whose cheek was already swelling up.

The man’s gaze was exceptionally vicious and venomous.

Like a viper, ready to strike at any moment.

’Just a minor character like this?’

’And he dares to look at me like that?’

A slight curve formed on Adrian Sutton’s lips.

With a scoff, he lifted his foot and kicked straight for the man’s groin.

Caught completely off guard, Mr. Lawton took the full force of the kick. An excruciating pain instantly erupted from his groin.

He immediately let out a bloodcurdling scream and clutched his crotch with both hands.

After casting a cold glance at the continuously screaming Mr. Lawton, Adrian Sutton strode toward the inner room.

Only when he saw Claire Mercer unharmed and her clothes intact did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn’t waste a second, scooping up the unconscious Claire Mercer and leaving immediately.

Seeing the woman he was just about to have in his grasp being carried away by this young punk,

Mr. Lawton, in his panic, ignored the pain in his groin and scrambled after them in a ridiculous posture.

"What do you think you’re doing? Put her down!"

Without even turning his head, Adrian Sutton pinpointed the man’s location by sound and kicked backward with his right foot.

Mr. Lawton, who had just caught up, was caught off guard and kicked again.

He was sent sprawling, landing flat on his back.

When he tried to struggle back up and give chase, the pain from his groin was so intense it made his scalp tingle.

"You dared to touch my wife. Now you can disappear from this world."

Without looking back, Adrian Sutton left with Claire Mercer in his arms after tossing out that sentence.

Mr. Lawton glared hatefully at their disappearing figures, so furious that he pounded the floor with his fists.

He roared madly toward the door, "Where is everyone? Are you all dead?"

"Get them! Bring them back to me!"

’I’m going to make that man pay, severely.’

’I’ll use the cruelest methods to show him what I’m capable of.’

But no matter how long he roared in the room, only silence answered him.

’What’s going on?’

’Where are the men who were guarding the door?’

’Why is no one here?’

Blinded by rage, Mr. Lawton didn’t notice that something was amiss.

’He cursed them inwardly. Useless trash, taking his money and not doing their jobs.’

’To screw up at a critical moment like this.’

’I’m going to fire every single one of them.’

After a moment, he slowly recalled what Adrian Sutton had just said.

’He said Claire Mercer is his wife?’

’So that guy just now... he’s that pauper Claire Mercer married?’

’Hah!’ 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

’Just some bottom-feeding plebeian with no power, no influence, and no money.’

’And he dared to come to my territory and beat me up...’

Mr. Lawton could never swallow this insult.

’I have to catch this man and torture him until he’s half-dead.’

’I’ll make him understand the miserable fate that awaits anyone who provokes me, Chester Lawton.’

As he thought this, he slammed his fist hard onto the floor, the resulting pain making him suck in a sharp breath.

The movement aggravated the pain in his groin, making him grimace.

「Meanwhile.」

Adrian Sutton took Claire Mercer to the hospital.

He had her undergo a full physical examination.

Fortunately, aside from being drugged, there was nothing wrong with her.

She had no external injuries, nor were there any signs of assault.

Only then did Adrian Sutton truly feel at ease.

’If that Mr. Lawton had really done anything to Claire, I would have made sure he died a particularly gruesome death.’

He brought Claire Mercer back home.

He gently placed her on her bed and covered her with a light summer blanket.

Thinking about what the Mercer Family and that Mr. Lawton had done to Claire, Adrian Sutton couldn’t wait another moment.

He immediately called Hughes, urging him to handle the matters he’d previously assigned with the utmost speed.

"Also, focus the investigation on Chester Lawton’s company."

"Hand over any evidence of his illegal activities to the relevant authorities and have it dealt with as soon as possible."

From the moment he stepped onto the top floor of Celestine Tower, he knew that Mr. Lawton was definitely involved in some illegal dealings.

That top-floor suite was what he used to curry favor with certain people.

Hughes understood the gravity of the situation, so how could he dare to delay for even a second?

He immediately assigned more manpower to ’encircle’ the Mercer Group and dig deep for evidence of Chester Lawton’s company’s suspected criminal activities.

Claire Mercer remained unconscious for several hours, only waking up in the afternoon.

It was clear how strong a dose of knockout drug they had used on her.

During this time, Adrian Sutton had stayed by her bedside, never leaving her side.

Seeing her awake, the grim expression on his face finally softened a little.

He asked with a concerned look, "Claire, you’re awake? How are you feeling now?"

"Are you uncomfortable anywhere?"

"Do you want some water? Are you hungry?"

Claire Mercer opened her eyes and looked around.

Seeing that she was in her own bedroom, she felt a small sense of relief.

Noticing Adrian Sutton’s worried expression, she asked him softly.

"Did you bring me back?"

Adrian Sutton nodded. "I felt something was wrong after I got your message."

"So I used your phone’s location to find you."

Even though she was back home, Claire Mercer didn’t feel happy at all.

She remembered being schemed against by the Mercer Family again, and being drugged...

She remembered being taken to the top floor of a tower by a man pretending to be from the notary’s office.

She didn’t know anything that happened after that.

Claire Mercer didn’t need to guess what that man would do after drugging her.

But she didn’t know if she had been violated after she lost consciousness.

She was scared, worried, and filled with dread.

She didn’t dare to ask, afraid the answer would be something she couldn’t bear to accept.

Adrian Sutton saw the worry in her heart and quickly moved to reassure her.

"Thankfully, you’re okay. You don’t have to worry about being harmed in any other way."

As soon as he said this, Claire Mercer’s somewhat dazed eyes instantly brightened.

Then, suspecting he might just be trying to comfort her, she asked, "Is what you’re saying... is it true?"

"It’s true." Adrian Sutton nodded very seriously.

"After we left the tower, I took you to the hospital for a detailed, full-body examination."

Saying this, he immediately handed her the examination report.

"Look, this is the hospital’s report."

Claire Mercer stared at the report for a long time.

She read it over and over again, meticulously.

Only after confirming that she truly hadn’t been violated did she let out a heavy sigh of relief.

A sense of relief, like surviving a disaster, washed over her.

A faint smile finally appeared on her face.

Seeing this, Adrian Sutton also breathed a sigh of relief.

"You can relax now, right?"

Claire Mercer nodded lightly and turned her head to look at him.

"Adrian Sutton, how can I ever thank you?"