“I’m sorry. I was in a rush, so that’s why I forgot to tell you.” Christina apologized, but Matthew did not mind it. “I’m heading back to my company. See you later.”Christina took the bus after she hung up the phone. The road was full of cars because it was peak hours, so she was stuck in the middle of the road. Luckily, Matthew was her boss, which meant she would not get lectured even if she was late. Upon thinking of him, she started smiling sweetly.Then came a familiar voice. “When is this heavy traffic going to end?”Christina turned her head and looked in the direction where the voice came from. She realized it was Doctor Harris, the one who tried to cure her infertility. At that time, she had always appeared at her office, so all the patients thought she was Winona’s daughter. They even said that she and Winona looked alike.Regarding how similar she looked to Winona, Christina found it strange as well. The two women did not know each other well and were not blood-related a
Michael frowned because he did not understand what the situation was. Then, his assistant reported to him saying that Rachel had left Perth.Christina was still currently glued to Matthew but Rachel had retreated after showing up for just a short while. This was certainly not her style.Back then, the Youngs butted in and forced Christina to break up with Sean. Nevertheless, Christina did not hide from them then and now could even make Rachel leave in dejection. How could she have changed so significantly?She hated unfaithful men the most previously, yet she was now together with Matthew, the playboy.Michael was very emotional because this meant that she was indeed in love with Matthew. That was why she ignored him for being a fickle lover as well as confronted Rachel just for him.He was disheartened, and he could not accept what the outcome was. Was he going to watch Christina marry Matthew and see her throw herself at him?Michael used all his wits to think of a way because
Christina looked at the old man in front of her, stunned. She did not expect him to suddenly call out her dead mother’s name.“Molly Williams is my mother.”The old master let out a soft “mhm”, his voice still gentle and warm as he said, “I assume that Matthew has told you about some of the Henderson family’s affairs before?”“A few.”“Then you must definitely know that his father had abandoned them, right? What do you think of this, Miss Williams?”She did not know what was in the old master’s mind. The only reason that he wanted to meet her was to persuade her to leave Matthew, was it not? Why was he beating around the bush instead of telling her what he wanted?Despite this, she was sure that the Hendersons’ old master was not such a silly man. As he had specially asked her out to meet up with him, Christina knew that he definitely had intentions for saying what he said.Unable to figure the old man out, she gave a bland reply, “I sympathize with it.” “Trust me, it was no j
Christina shook her head in denial as she simply could not accept the truth. It turned out that the one who broke up Matthew’s family was her mother. She was the woman Matthew had hated all these years!The old master had to be telling a joke, right? How could this be?“Do you understand now why I’m so against your relationship with Matthew, Miss Williams? I don’t care about your past marriage, nor do I care about the fact that you have a child. All I want to do is to protect Matthew from this. After all, Matthew grew up without a father. Do you think that he’d want to date you after he realizes that your mother broke up his family?”The way the old master spoke was calm, yet his words were firm as they engraved themselves deep into her heart. “Of course, I won’t stop you if you decide to remain with him after this. You have to remember something, though. The truth will always come out no matter what. Think about it before you give me an answer, Miss Williams.”Trying not to make
Michael placed Christina at the back of his car and buckled the seatbelt for her. As he made his way to the driver’s seat, he locked the door and drove the car.Christina was in an extremely unstable mood as she cried and yelled at the back of the car like a mad person. Michael had never seen her in this state before.Although he was sad to see her that way, an odd sense of joy crept its way to his heart. After what the old master of the Henderson family had told her, things would definitely come to an end between Christina and Matthew.Christina never stopped screaming along the way to the hospital. As Michael sped off, Christina feared for her sanity as she lost control of herself. She could no longer repress her emotions and letting out her frustrations was the only way to make herself feel better.The car stopped when they arrived at their destination. Ignoring her screams and slaps, Michael carried her and walked into the infirmary. “She lost her step just now, Doctor. Can you
“Let you go? Am I the Loch Ness monster or something? Am I that scary to you?” Matthew glared at Christina. “I can’t love a man who has had so many exes before me. You’re so filthy that you disgust me!”“What did you say?” Matthew was only one step away from exploding in rage. The woman actually called him filthy! She said that he was filthy!Matthew furiously lifted his fist as he prepared to strike. Thinking that he was going to hit her face, Christina instinctively closed her eyes when she heard a loud crash. It turned out that his fist had landed on the wall behind her instead.The skin by his knuckles tore as blood trailed down his fingers. Upset that he may have hurt himself, Christina quickly reached her hands out.Matthew was delighted at the thought that she had changed her mind. His joy disappeared the moment she reached her hands out toward her fingers. As she took the ring off, she passed it over to him. “Here’s your ring. I’ll stop by your office to send in my resign
“Firstly, I’d like to congratulate you, Miss Young. You have succeeded in making Christina leave me.” Matthew took a seat, his eyes dark and empty like his soul. “You’re becoming more and more ruthless, Rachel Young. I have to admit that I’m impressed.”“I...” Rachel felt wronged.“Did you think that I’d end up with you if you got Christina out of the picture?” The corners of Matthew’s lips curved upward into a smile as mockery lingered in the air. “We’ve known each other for 20 years, Rachel. Do you think I’m the kind of person to be fooled around with? Am I just another chest piece in your game? Why would I wait for so long if I had feelings for you?”“Why don’t you have feelings for me?”“Why should I?” Matthew glared at her. “Only those who fall head over heels would be blind to your tactics, Rachel Young. Unfortunately, I’m not one of them, and I know exactly what you’re doing. Let me tell you this. If not for Sean Young, I never would’ve noticed you nor looked you in the eye!
As the unit upstairs burned fiercely, a lot of the residents started to rush their way down. As he was sprinting up the stairs, it was hard for Michael not to bump into anyone.“It’s burning upstairs, don’t go!”Ignoring what the residents said, Michael ran all the way to Christina’s floor. Both Christina and Francis were nowhere to be seen.The door to her unit was locked and faint cries of a child could be heard coming from the inside. Using his shoulders, Michael tried to slam himself against the door but it was to no avail. As the cries grew louder, panic began to overtake him while fear crept up his heart.Not giving up, Michael desperately tried to knock down the door by ramming his shoulders into it and kicking it furiously. A resident who had been fleeing for his life stopped to persuade him. “The fire’s coming. You’d better run now or you won’t be able to make it!”Pushing the man away, Michael continued to ram the door down while yelling, “Christina! Christina Williams!”