Outside the car, the cold breeze blew the leaves away.
Adina looked down and said in a calm voice, “Whenever we’re at our most intimate moments, a
mechanical female voice appears in my mind. The first time it appeared, it asked me to jump off the
building. Later, as I grew closer to you, that voice asked me to leave you or forced me to spew
nonsense…”
She yanked at the strands of hair that had dropped on her brow. “I cannot resist that voice’s order no
matter how hard I try, so I have to do what it says. Otherwise, my head hurts so bad until I give in to it.
It is so excruciatingly painful that I sometimes wish I could just kill myself to end the pain.”
“Addy…”
Duke did not know what to say. He hugged Adina close trying to transmit all his warmth and energy to
her.
He could not take away her pain. But when he saw her so lost and helpless, he felt his heart constrict.
Seeing her in pain hurt him so much that it felt as if a knife was thrust in his heart. What he wouldn’t
give to switch places with her so that she could have a moment of peace…
He would rather be the one who suffered than watch her in pain like this.
“Duke, maybe the chip is implanted in me to make sure I am torn away from the people I love the
most…” Adina looked up at him.
“The more love you give me, the more it will trigger the chip to pull me away from you.”
“Impossible!” Duke held her tightly.
“Smart technology hasn’t reached the state where it can control human emotions or interfere with
them!”
“When I feel loved, my body secretes a type of substance. When the bio-intelligent chip detects that
substance, it triggers the order.” Adina smiled sadly.
“Don’t ever underestimate smart technology, especially black technology. They are far more terrifying
than we can imagine.”
The capitalists produced various devious things for money and toyed with peoples’ lives.
“I’ll figure out a way to destroy the chip! Addy, I will find a way,” Duke said in a muffled voice.
“Of course. I know there’s a way to solve it. Any program is bound to have loopholes. As long as we
find the loophole, we can break ourselves free from it.” Adina sulked. “But right now, I must stay away
from you and our children. I’m afraid that I might hurt you…”
This happened mostly when she was in a daze, and she hardly remembered what happened after. The
worst part was that she would spew nonsense and attack her loved ones… Duke was an adult. A
grown man. He could defend himself against her attack, but her children were so young and innocent.
Her strange behavior had made them cry last time. She didn’t want to traumatize them
“Duke, I want to move out of the mansion and stay somewhere outside. Alone.”
“No!” said Duke without hesitation.
“I’ll move out with you,” he said.
She brushed her fingers lightly on his chest wound.
“Duke, if you stay with me, you’ll end up injured. I bit you!”
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