Awakening of the Scheming Wife
Chapter 74: Mother got phone? No!

Chapter 74: Mother got phone? No!

"I don’t care about the mess you made, but I don’t like how you betrayed me behind my back." Merlin narrowed his eyes and said as he softly lined his finger over the gun’s barrel.

Jim stiffened at once.

He slowly started to understand.

Merlin was more angry at his backstabbing compared to his actual crime. Is that it?

Jim’s mind raced. ’What should I do? What should I say? How can I get out of this mess?’

He had multiple questions but no answers.

The gun in Merlin’s hands was only making his brain even more numb, not helping him think.

Who is the one who said that one’s brain works the most under pressure?

What nonsense?

He couldn’t think straight at all, alright?

With no other choice, he opened his mouth and started to speak whatever came to his mind, "Boss. It is not like that. I never wanted to betray you or anything. All I wanted was an extra income. That’s all. I never thought of betraying you at all. I swear. Please trust me. I never thought of implicating you in my mess. Trust me, okay? You know me. I have been working for you for a long time. How could I ever betray you? There is no way. I think there is a misunderstanding between us. Yes. That’s right. This is all a huge misunderstanding. Nothing else.

"Did someone tell you something about me behind my back? May be they were trying to drive a wedge between us. Boss, think about it carefully. Why would I ever want to do things behind your back and betray you? You know me.

"It is just that my mother’s health has been bad and I need some urgent money for her treatment. So, I had no choice but to do this. But trust me, this is a one-time thing. I never did it before nor will I do it again. I am just doing it for my mother. You know my mother as well. Do you remember how she cooked for you with her own hands the last time you visited our hometown?

"She treated you so well. Please think for her sake and leave me, okay?"

Merlin raised an eyebrow when he heard his words.

"Oh? Your mother’s health was bad?" He asked, stunned.

Jim felt that there was still some chance for him and his eyes shone as he nodded frantically, "Yes, Boss. My mother’s health was bad. Very bad. She needs urgent treatment. If something happened to me, how could she live alone? Who will take care of her? Please think for her sake. She is my mother. She had no one else in this world other than me."

He started to sell how pitiful his mother was and tried his best to use this situation to get himself out of this situation.

"Oh! How sad! You are right! We should definitely think about your mother." Merlin said and Jim nodded while continuously muttering with ’yes’.

Merlin looked at his assistant, "Give a call to his mother now. Let’s talk to her and check how she is feeling."

Jim stiffened at once when he heard him. ’This was bad!’

Merlin’s assistant did not say anything nor did he react. He looked like he did not hear Merlin at all.

Merlin turned back to Jim as if he realized something, "Oh right! How can I contact her? I don’t think phones are allowed in the afterlife, right? Or did you use some means to get a phone for your mother after her death?"

"..." Jim’s face turned pale. Yes, his mother was dead. He thought that since he never mentioned that to Merlin, he could take that to his advantage and use her to get out of this ship first.

As long as he got out of this ship, he did not care if Merlin found out about his lie later.

But he did not expect that Merlin already knew about his mother.

"Why are you silent? Tell me how can we contact your mother now?" Merlin asked him again, with a face full of ’concern’.

"You still want to play games with me? Do I look like a fool, who would believe everything you said?" Merlin stopped his act and sneered coldly.

"So, tell me. How do you want me to deal with you?" Merlin asked him seriously. He did not stop ’cleaning’ his gun in his hand.

"Um... How about forgiving me and letting me free?" Jim tried his best until the end.

Merlin looked at him and raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Oh? Genius. I like it."

Jim showed his teeth and ’smiled’.

Looking at his smile, Merlin stopped smiling.

He got up from the chair and raised his hand which was holding his gun.

One of his men came forward and took the gun from his hand to hold it.

Merlin stretched his other hand and another man came forward to give him a bowl.

Jim couldn’t see what was in the bowl as he was still kneeling on the floor but he couldn’t help but frown at Merlin’s mysterious and ominous looking actions.

Merlin looked out into the sea and suddenly whistled loudly.

Jim heard the sound of flapping from the water.

The cruise was big. They were on the top of such a huge cruise.

If the fish was small, there is no way they could hear the sound from the place they were standing.

Jim had a bad feeling in his heart. He gulped on his saliva.

"B.. Boss," He did not know why he called out to him either but he did.

Merlin did not turn to look at him and just raised his hand, gesturing to him to keep quiet.

"Don’t speak. Or you will scare him," He whispered softly.

"Wh.. Who?" Jim couldn’t help but ask him. Following Merlin, he too lowered his voice and whispered.

Merlin looked at him and smiled, "Oh? You didn’t meet him before? He is someone I adopted a couple of years ago."

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