Chapter 21 What can I do for you, sir?
Oliver's face instantly darkened. He grabbed Natalie's delicate chin and forced her to meet his gaze.
Natalie held her breath, her clear eyes blinking rapidly. Her fluttering eyelashes exposed the fear in her heart.
Did she just say it casually? Oliver suddenly felt bored, released her, and turned to walk towards the main building.
"Oliver, where are you going?"
"Follow me."
Natalie followed behind him, her gaze falling on his mask. Was he intentionally hiding his true appearance?
Even the Windsor family didn't know that he hadn't been disfigured. He had kept it a secret since he was fifteen, for a whole ten years... Such a man was someone a powerful force to be reckoned with!
As Natalie tailed behind Oliver, they reached the main building. Victoria's voice came from inside.
"Dad, let's talk about Oliver. He never bothers to come home for family dinners, and now he marries someone who is not up to our standards at all. If he doesn't show you respect, why should you? In my opinion, you can remove Ms. Norton from the family cemetery and give her spot to Mom!"
Natalie remembered that Oliver's mother's surname was Norton. Liam had told her.
Before Natalie could react, she saw Oliver take a step forward and raise his right hand...
A gunshot rang through the hall.
Victoria's painful scream followed.
"Mom!"
"Ms. Victoria!"
In an instant, the hall was in chaos with various loud sounds.
Victoria curled up on the ground in agony, her right leg trembling and blood gushing out from her wounded thigh.
By her side, Oliver stood coldly with a gun in his right hand, his expression indifferent and menacing, as if he were not the one who had just shot his sister.
"Oliver!"
Recovering from the shock, Henry angrily kicked Oliver. He glared at Oliver like an enemy and said, "Have you gone crazy?!"
Seeing the man in a silver mask, others fell silent.
Except for Hailey, who was visiting the Windsor family for the first time, everyone else was watching Oliver in fear.
Oliver casually slid his hand into his pocket and calmly locked eyes with Henry. Obviously, he wasn't intimidated by Henry.
Looking at the smug expression on Oliver's face, Natalie sensed that he wasn't afraid of anyone or anything at that moment.
"Dad, it hurts! My leg hurts!" Victoria trembled in pain and was drenched in cold sweat. But she still remembered that Henry was the only person who could save her.
A few seconds later, Henry averted his gaze in frustration and shouted, "Call a doctor!"
"Nobody moves." Oliver's gaze lightly swept over the servants.
The servants lowered their heads and didn't dare to continue their work.
"Victoria, I'll call a doctor for you!" Hailey had never met Oliver before. She thought, 'All the important figures in the Windsor family are here. This masked man couldn't be more powerful than the prestigious Windsors.
'This is my opportunity to show my worth as Victoria is Adrian's mother. She's gonna be my future mother-in-law!'
Before Hailey could take a step, there was another gunshot.
"Ouch!"
Hailey screamed, her face turning pale with fear. Her legs buckled violently and she didn't dare to move.
A black bullet was lodged in her shoe, narrowly missing her foot. There was a hole in her wide-legged pants.
Oliver shot Hailey a look sarcastically, confident that she wouldn't try to help Victoria again. He handed the gun to Natalie and commanded, "Take it."
"OK..." Natalie blinked and received the gun with both hands. The scorching heat from the barrel nearly burned her trembling hands.
"Uncle Oliver, how could you shoot Mom? Get a doctor for her immediately!"
Adrian's face turned extremely embarrassed, but he didn't dare to make any rash moves.
Oliver didn't even spare Adrian a glance and slowly strode toward Victoria.
"Hey, Victoria. Did you just suggest removing Mom from the family cemetery?" Oliver's voice was low and soft.
"Yes! Dad never loved her. With her family's power, she forced Dad to marry her!" Victoria shouted, suppressing her pain.
Oliver lowered his gaze and chuckled, sending shivers down everyone's spine.
In the next moment, his leather shoe stomped on Victoria's fingers and started grinding. The manor's courtyard echoed with Victoria's screams of agony. In comparison, Oliver's calm face seemed more gruesome.
Natalie was so shocked that she could hardly breathe. She finally understood why the Windsors' expressions changed drastically upon seeing Oliver.
Natalie had heard of Oliver's bad temper, but seeing it firsthand sent shivers down her spine. In hindsight, his previous treatment of her seemed truly kind.
"Oliver, she's your sister! Let her go!"
Henry felt sorry for Victoria and tried to persuade Oliver but failed. Others did not dare to approach Oliver.
Adrian could only watch helplessly as Oliver tortured Victoria. Unfortunately, he had no power over Oliver.
Meanwhile, Natalie was not only shocked by Oliver's ferocity but she was also shocked by Adrian's cowardice. After all, Victoria was Adrian's mother. Yet, Adrian did not dare to openly defy Oliver. She could not help but wonder why she fell for such a coward earlier.
"Victoria?" Oliver said indifferently. Looking down at her like a king surveying his servant, he asked, "Do you know what you did wrong?"
"I'm sorry!" The pain and fear of death completely destroyed Victoria. The tough woman was gone. She immediately begged for mercy, and her previous arrogance was nowhere to be found.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Oliver! I shouldn't have disrespected your mother! Please forgive me!"
"My mother isn't someone you can speak ill of," Oliver warned as he finally reined in his wrath. Then, he said to the crowd, "Call a doctor. Hopefully, she won't lose a limb."
He sounded so sincere, acting like he was not the culprit of Victoria's injuries.
Shivering, a servant looked at Henry for confirmation before dashing off to call the doctor.
"All of you, stay. Since I'm back, let's have a meal together."
Oliver's order eliminated their hope of using Victoria as an excuse to flee.
Adrian was furious, but he had to suck it up. He said, "Oliver... Uncle Oliver, I think I shall accompany Mom to the hospital."
Oliver sneered, "You think?"
No one forbade Adrian to have such thoughts. But thinking about it was enough. In other words, no matter what Adrian wanted, Oliver's order came first.
Soon, Victoria was brought away, and the bloody floor was swiftly wiped clean by the servants. In just a few minutes, everything returned to normal. Apart from Victoria's absence, no traces of what had just happened could be seen.
At this moment, Oliver beckoned to Natalie. "Come here."
Natalie collected herself immediately. She assumed he was asking for the gun, so she quickly walked over and handed the cold gun to him with both hands.
"Hold on to it," Oliver said. When he saw her pale face, he could not help but tease her with a mocking smile, "Are you scared?"
"Eh...No."
Natalie nodded instinctively, but then she shook her head after realizing the situation. She thought, 'Oliver is truly a demon!'
Oliver wasn't convinced.
He knew what she was thinking about, but he chose not to expose her. Instead, he glanced at the maid standing nearby.
The maid understood immediately and asked respectfully, "What can I do for you, sir?"
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