When Emma was about to pass the security check, she suddenly stopped, turned around, and smiled at Charles. “Brother, I’m leaving. Did you get me a farewell gift as well?”
“What?” Charles was confused, but Emma jumped toward him and hugged and kissed him. Smiling innocently, she said. “This is my farewell gift!”
Sarah didn’t expect that Emma would be so frank, especially in front of her. She was becoming more aggressive and arrogant by the minute. Sarah whispered a silent curse.
Charles was utterly taken by surprise by Emma and quickly pushed her away, looking at Sarah. He was afraid Sarah would be angry and said to Emma in a pretend angry tone. “You're an adult, how can you still behave like this, especially in front of Sarah?”
(Warning: This chapter contains a sexual scene. If you're not comfortable to read it kindly skip it and move to another chapter)Emma was outraged, “Hum, I didn’t know her at that time. But I know! I won’t leave Charles for her now!”“I will support you from behind. You are my true daughter-in-law. Who is Sarah? A girl with a poor background? How funny is that! A toad trying to eat a swan! Don’t blame yourself for trying to drive her away.” She paused for a little while and resumed, “Now that she is becoming more powerful, I will get ugly with her!”Emma became a little frightened, looking at Christina's cold and fierce face. It seemed that something was brewing in her mind. Although she was afraid, she was determined to support Christina no matter what happened,
Since Sarah was urging him, Charles called back again, but no one answered. He raised his head and said doubtfully. “Dad still doesn’t answer his phone.”Sarah felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a while, she said, “He just called us, why doesn’t the answer now? Is something wrong with him?”Trying to come up with a reason, Charles answered. “Maybe he felt lonely and wanted to talk to us, but then something came up, and he couldn’t answer my call.”“Do you think your dad is so bored? If he feels lonely, he won’t hesitate and call us, and he won’t ignore your call. That’s so unlike him.” Sarah analyzed.“What else do you think it could be?” Charles questioned.
Christina seemed to be really worried this time about Mr. Thomas. Instead of starting an argument with Charles and Sarah, she just answered in a calm and helpless tone. “Still in surgery.”Emma stood up and sobbed, “Brother… Dad’s condition is dire this time, will he be ok? Charles, I’m really worried about dad!”Charles patted her shoulder to comfort her, but Emma, who was even more insatiable than usual, held Charles’s waist and cried out to him, “Brother, I’m so afraid, I’m afraid he won't make it, will he be ok?”Sarah felt so ridiculous when she saw her acting like this, but she could do nothing but sneer silently, Emma was really a shameless person. Even at the moment like this, she still remembered to try to take advantage of the situati
Charles loosened his hands suddenly from Sarah's hands. She was standing beside Charles, also feeling helpless. She lowers her head slowly and silently. Mr. Thomas was always so kind to everyone, how could he be so ill without anybody knowing about it? Now he was dying soon.She suddenly recalled something he had said before, which told Sarah that Mr. Thomas had already known about his condition at that time, but had not been willing to let his family know about the seriousness of his disease. Perhaps he had supported her marriage to Charles because he wanted to see him married and happy before his time was up. Mr. Thomas had always been so kind to her, but she couldn't do anything for him now. He would be leaving them soon.Charles addressed Dr. Bart again, “How much time does he have left?”“At m
“Me?” Sarah pointed at herself and looked at Charles in disbelief. She was getting offended by him, thinking that it was the biggest joke in the world. Once again, he was trusting the wrong person, while she, the innocent one, was being misunderstood again.“I thought you knew everything, but I must be wrong. If I really had been against her before, I would say nothing now. But I didn’t do anything to her. She framed me against you, why should I make apologies for that? And did you think that I was against her just because she spoke ill of me? Charles, did you really see anything from her?”Charles started to get irritated, especially after standing outside the ward for a whole night. He was tired and sleepy and not in the mood to argue with Sarah at all. “Stop! You always have your own reasons. You win, okay? Stop here. I do
For the sake of the rare and charming moment, Charles cooled down and responded to her surprise. "If you were always like this, maybe I could take down the stars from the sky for you."Puzzled, Sarah looked up at him, “What?” She was unable to understand why his behavior had changed so quickly.Charles finally reached out and pulled her into his arms. "Woman, don't you understand? What I mean is that I like it when you're flirtatious with me. After all these years, you have never been one to let go so easily of something. You are always more of a tit-for-tat person, but I like to see you more relaxed, it makes me feel much better too. If you cater to me like this, I will always spoil you!”“Yes?” Sarah still didn’t understand exactly what he meant. “Am I really mistrea
He was right. Although Sarah had been in two previous relationships, she had never really been in love before. She was still in high school when she had her first boyfriend, and both had still been very young and naïve. Although they had liked each other, it hadn't been love, so when he cheated on her, she had broken up with him without much difficulty.Her second boyfriend had been in college. At that time, she had loved him, but she had been inexperienced and didn't know how to deal with a man, and she never over thought about love at that time. Since she was busy with her studies, trying to land a job, and taking care of her sister, she had neglected him, and ultimately, he had cheated on her too. Although she had been sad at that time, she had forgotten about him soon.With Charles, it was different. When she met him at work, she felt herself really fa
Sarah was the only one who stayed with him over the last few days. She felt sad for him because the rest of the family usually only came to visit him at night. In their defense, she said, "They’re all busy at work. I'm the one who is free at home and can come to you more often. Mrs. Thomas is very concerned about you. Otherwise, she wouldn’t come to visit you every night!"Mr. Thomas smiled bitterly. Sarah was unsure if it was an approving or denying smile. Instead of continuing to talk about them, he changed the topic casually. “Is Charles running the company now?”“He has been very busy these days but hasn’t explained to me in detail what he does. But whatever it is, I’m sure he can deal
Charles seemed satisfied with her answer. He hugged her and kissed her forehead as he said, “Maybe tomorrow… You’ll see something different!”Something different? What was different about Christina? Sarah didn’t understand what he meant but was reluctant to think about it any further. Their road ahead was still uncertain in terms of what Christina was concerned about. For now, she was tired and didn’t want to think about anything frightening.The next morning Charles got up early but didn't disturb Sarah. Their maid prepared breakfast for them, and when everything was ready, Charles went to wake Sarah up. When Sarah woke up, she found that it was only seven o’clock in the morning. It was still so early, so she asked, “Why did you get up so early?&r
It had been six months since Sarah gave Charles one last chance at the airport. They now were living happy and in love, far away from Christina and Emma. Their life had finally turned peaceful again, even though Charles was very busy maintaining two companies.Christina was serving a 3-year prison sentence, and Emma had gone to travel.Every night when Charles came home late, he looked exhausted to the point that he could hardly open his eyes. Sarah felt bad for him, but there was nothing she could do to alleviate his workload.As the only son, Charles was responsible for continuing the family business. The was now the head of both Thomas companies, and Sarah understood what he was going through.Previously she had been furious when he mentioned that his aunt would
It was 1:20 p.m. Sarah's flight had started boarding.Sarah got up, took her luggage, and was about to queue for the final security check before boarding, when suddenly someone stepped in front of her and grabbed her bags, preventing her from leaving.Sarah looked up and saw Charles’s aunt in front of her. Surprised, she asked coldly, “Aunt… You…What are you doing?”Her aunt simply responded. “Let’s talk!”Sarah looked at her for a moment and understood her intentions, then lowered her head and said. “No, I know what you want, but I’ve decided to leave for good. Charles and I brok
The police advised Charles to leave. Charles glanced at his mother but couldn't tolerate seeing her out of control and turned to leave. Christina's screams were heard from the outside as she resisted the police who were handcuffing her until she finally collapsed in sadness and anger.Charles turned to the wall, lowered his head, and punched the wall fiercely with his fist, decadent and frustrated. No matter what, that woman was his mother. Despite everything she had done to him, he still felt sad to see her in this condition.Daniel walked toward him and patted him on the shoulder. “I know it's hard. If it helps, cry it out. She is your mom after all, and nobody will blame you for feeling this way.”Charles turned around and looked at Daniel with red and wet eyes. It was evident that he was crying insid
Charles didn’t answer any of their questions. Instead, he took a microphone and looked straight at the camera with a worried and sad expression. After a long silence, he finally said.“You will get the answers to your questions later. For now, I need to say something. Sarah, where are you now? I’m sorry, but I’ve been waiting for you to come back. Are you watching this? I’ve been waiting for you. Can you hear me?” His eyes were filled with love and desperation. He looked gaunt and as if he was suffering from something. He looked like he was searching and waiting for her. His words sounded so sincere as if he was willing to do anything for her to come back.When seeing it, Sarah became even sadder and started to cry. She quickly wiped her tears and turned to leave in silence, without looking back.
Sarah answered in a hurry, “I'm not escaping, I just want to see the news. Something is going on, and I need to see it! Please let me see the news.” Sarah threw all her belongings and started to run.The two guys were about to chase her but had to be careful not to attract unwanted attention from the secret police patrolling the airport. However, as soon as those policemen saw them, they communicated through their walkie-talkie and came towards them as if they knew who they were, and we're going to arrest them.Surprised, one of the criminals asked. “What’s going on? The cops are coming towards us!”The other criminal looked toward the cops and said. “Stay calm, maybe they are not after us. We have to remain calm!”More and more
He owed her the promise of a happy life. Knowing that he couldn’t keep his promise to her anymore, given that they had no future together, she wanted to go to Texas and see the tulips by herself, and then from there to the Maldives, just like they had planned before everything had fallen apart. She was going to achieve her dreams, and on the way, forgets about Charles. She wasn't willing to live in regrets for the rest of her life.Once the gang leader noticed that Sarah had figured out a plan, he immediately became kind to her, “Okay, you can go anywhere you want. We’ll handle all the formalities right now. You’d better leave right away and never come back. Charles can never see you again!”Sarah was still numb but answered dazedly, “If I leave, I won’t
"Every time he suspects you of something, you will get hurt deeper and deeper. Is it worth it? We were hired to do a job, and we are going to finish it. I tried to reason with you and to leave Charles willingly. If you think about it, I’m quite helpful to you, right? I'm actually helping you to unveil the real Charles in front of you, you should be grateful to have this chance to escape. Isn't it better for you to just leave now while you still can?”Sarah spits on his face in response. That criminal burst in anger and slapped her face, scorning, “I'm done with you, I have other things to tend to. I'll give you two days to think about what you want to do next. If you still refuse to reason at the end of two days, I will kill you without hesitating. I'm wasting my time trying to talk sense into a silly woman like you!”
Charles looked worried. Sarah clearly heard him sigh genuinely before he said, “I don’t understand why Sarah did this to me. I really don’t know. Am I not good enough for her?”Emma comforted him. “Don’t be a sad brother. That woman is not worthy of you. She doesn't value you or all you have done for her. You went after her, giving in to her demands over and over again, but she continued to lose her temper with you. You see, you should be glad she left you this time!”Charles sat down on the grass near the highway, with hands in his hair in desperation. In a sad tone, he continued. “What did I do wrong for her to hurt our child and leave me? She told me the abortion was a planned attack on her, but it never crossed my mind that she did it a