It seemed like placing a fish in the desert; once it felt a bit of moisture, it couldn't wait for more.As if doing this could alleviate the fear hidden deep inside her.Her mind flashed with a burst of light, as if a hand had pulled her back from the abyss. Sanity finally returned."With me here, everything's okay."After a long kiss, Matthew kissed her cheek and held her tightly."People will come soon."With her eyes closed, Serena's body finally stopped trembling, but her face was already streaked with tears.Matthew's mouth felt bitter. Her tears seemed bitter to him.He disliked seeing women cry, but strangely, he didn't dislike her tears.In fact, he was afraid of them, as if her tears made him feel helpless.A man who held life and death in the business world was now completely defeated by a few light tears in the dark elevator.The only light in the elevator came from the phone. The staff monitoring the situation through the surveillance cameras had probably seen the scene.R
Serena's heart trembled."Are they seriously injured?""When the collision occurred, they jumped out of the car and only suffered some minor scratches."Serena breathed a sigh of relief, her palms already sweaty.If Matthew hadn't carried her onto his car, the consequences would have been unimaginable.Ida and Jo could save their lives due to their formidable skills.If she had been in the car, facing an imminent explosion, she would have had no chance of survival.She instantly thought of Ethan. He had wanted to collaborate with her, and when she refused, he seemed to become resentful. Now, it looked like he wanted to eliminate her entirely.A wave of fear struck her. The conflicts within a big family were far beyond what an ordinary person like her could comprehend.But now that she had boarded the Harrington family's ship, all she could do was figure out how to preserve her own life."Serena."Matthew's voice sounded in her ear, and she reflexively looked at him.Matthew was standi
Scarlett instantly grew calm. Sweet words would not awaken this man to reason. He was poisoned.She was pressed against the large French window, the city lights sparkling before her, and his soft words behind her. She couldn't hear any of it.If this window could suddenly collapse, it would be good. Let them fall together, smashed into pieces, and in the next life, they would owe each other nothing.Suddenly, heavy rain began outside, the sound of raindrops pounding on the window. Scarlett felt a chill.They had loved each other, their bodies so familiar. Despite her resistance, memories of those days surfaced involuntarily.A sudden pain shot through her shoulder.Daniel's eyes displayed a long-lost obsession. Seeing her flushed face, a hint of mockery crept up his brows."Scarlett, if you feel wronged, bite me back."His voice was melodious, much more pleasant than the rain outside.Scarlett, angered, pushed him away, biting into his neck and jaw.She tasted the metallic tang of blo
Hustleburg General HospitalMira sat by Matthew's bedside, her eyes swollen from crying. "I'm sorry, it's all because of me, Matthew. You must wake up, wuwuwu..."Nathan also had some injuries, but they were not as severe as Matthew's. At this moment, Matthew was still in a coma, just finishing the rescue efforts by the doctors."Miss Mira, Boss needs to rest. You should go back to your own ward."Reluctantly, Mira stood up, almost stumbling. She managed to steady herself. "Alright, I'll come back to see him later. Nathan, did you inform Serena? Matthew is so severely injured, and she's not planning to come and see him?"Nathan pursed his lips. If Boss were awake, he certainly wouldn't want Madam to worry. Also, he couldn't quite figure out the relationship between these two.Madam was indifferent and had never shown much warmth towards Boss. He had just made the call, and as expected, there was no significant reaction from the other side.Seeing Nathan's expression, Mira guessed that
An hour later, Serena had amassed a considerable number of chips."Jordan, this is your mistake. Seems like you brought this woman to challenge you today," someone remarked."We underestimated her," another added.Everyone knew Jordan as the extravagant spendthrift. Even if he lost in gambling, those who played with him, if lucky, could rebuild their companies even after bankruptcy.Hence, he enjoyed considerable popularity in these circles.Jordan leaned slightly, glancing at Serena. Her victory in the tenth round had surprised him.After all, facing Blair, a man who never allowed women to win, was no easy feat."Didn't expect you to be so skilled. If I knew, why bother going to college? You could've come here and made more money in an hour than in a lifetime," Jordan's initial words might have led to a misunderstanding.His lips were now close to Serena's ear, and only she could hear his words.Serena frowned and pushed his head away slightly.To onlookers, it seemed like banter, an
After Serena arrived at Pines Ridge, it was already afternoon, and Ida and Jo were waiting for her at the door."Madam."Both of them respectfully greeted her, their bodies fully recovered. Serena nodded, about to open the door, when she heard Jo speak, "Madam, no matter what Mr. Jordan says, don't believe him."Serena's hand holding the doorknob paused.Jo hadn't accompanied her to Ignite Spirits Bar, yet he knew something had happened to her..."Mr. Jordan always likes to oppose the Boss. As long as the Boss has glanced at a woman, he will want her."Serena's mind was in a whirl, unable to focus on anything else.She gave a perfunctory "Hmm" and closed the door to the living room.She couldn't help but doubt—could she really successfully break free from the Harrington family two years later?Would Matthew's enemies or friends really let her go?She felt like she was falling into a huge abyss, watching herself sink bit by bit.After a while, Nathan returned, bringing Matthew a change
Several days later, Matthew's injuries gradually improved, but the atmosphere in the hospital room became colder day by day.Serena had not come to visit, not even a phone call.Serena had been busy with company matters these days, and she hadn't had the mind to deal with anything else.After work, she was stopped by Greg."This is Boss' document, Serena. I heard Boss is in the hospital. Please deliver it to him."Greg was Gloria's father, and Serena didn't expect him to approach her voluntarily.He should know about the situation between her and his daughter.Without refusal, Serena took the documents and went straight to the waiting car outside."Go to the hospital," she told Jo, closing her eyes slowly.Jo sighed in relief. Serena finally agreed to go to the hospital.Nathan had mentioned that the atmosphere in the hospital was currently quite terrifying.20 minutes later, Serena arrived outside the hospital room.She pushed open the door and found Matthew working on his laptop.Se
Matthew ruthlessly pushed her away without saying a word, seemingly planning to leave.Anxious, Mira continued to approach, embracing him."I took the aphrodisiac. Are you really leaving? Matthew, if you leave, what should I do? And how you explain yourself to my Family."As the drug took effect, her speech became intermittent, and her eyes became hazy.Matthew's eyes showed a hint of danger as he said word by word, "Nathan."Waiting at the door, Nathan walked in, not daring to raise his head."Go find a man."Nathan was taken aback.Mira was the heiress of the Waters Family, and the relationship between the Waters Family and the Harrington family had always been good.If something happened to Mira, it would be hard to explain to her family."Why aren't you going?"Hearing Matthew's words, Mira felt like cold, piercing ice had suddenly fallen onto her heart.She turned pale."Matthew, are you really going to treat me like this?"Now that she had taken the drug, as long as this man rea
Just now, while she was brooding here, Serena thought a lot about how she was going to make this man suffer, how she was going to make him pay for Mary's death.She thought of one idea after another and finally vetoed one after another."Matthew, do you have any idea how obnoxious you are?"She said, looking up with red eyes and biting her lip.Matthew said nothing and raised a hand to dry the fluffy drizzle from her hair.Serena couldn't bear the depth of his tenderness like that.She shuddered and slapped his hand away, covered her face and began to cry, sorry to Mary, sorry to everyone.She'd never been in such pain, like a wound exposed to the air, blood slowly draining, muscles slowly rotting, every second that passed seemed like a knife cutting through bone.Guilt and panic tortured her heart at all times, lynching her and tearing away flesh and bone marrow piece by piece.Matthew frowned and bent down to take her in his arms, "Serena, what's wrong with you?"He asked cautiously
After exhaling a ring of smoke, his mind suddenly remembered what the woman had just said, "Jordan, do you love me?"Somehow, the person who said those words had suddenly become Serena.Jordan's eyes were confused, and it wasn't until his hand hurt that he looked down and realized that the smoke had burned down to where his fingers were.He stubbed out his cigarette and stared out the window in disbelief.The years had flown by and he had had many women lie in his arms and ask him if he loved them with a look of infatuation and devotion, but how ridiculous that the woman he loved the most had never asked that question.Jordan curled the corners of his mouth, pulled out his cell phone to check the time, and walked out of the room.After hopping into the convertible, he hit the gas and headed straight for Pines Ridge.Coincidentally, Serena came out of the house, saw the car parked next to her, and subconsciously had to swerve to avoid it.But Jordan was quick, getting out of the car an
But the two men's voices never came from behind her, and the corners of her mouth tickled mockingly, no longer curious what they would say, and quickening her own pace.Once she was gone, Nathan spoke again."Boss, I didn't expect Wilbur to betray us, I treated him like my best brother, and he even ......"It was hard to hide the sadness in Nathan's voice and his forehead was tired.Wilbur disappeared for three years, he and Boss are no fools, both are a little suspicious, so they began to investigate what happened to Wilbur in the past three years.Wilbur was his brother, but as long as it was Boss, he had to find out the details.But when you look into it that much, it is actually something that happened three years ago.Three years ago, it was because Wilbur leaked their location that they were ambushed.After checking this out, Boss rushed over in the night and rearranged all the forces in the shadows, just for fear of being taken out of their hideout, after all, Wilbur had always
She asked herself, she was not a kind person, but Wilbur had saved his life at least once, and he was his brother, and he had already knelt down, so sincere and open, that he could not spare his life?If it had been her, she would have kept Wilbur alive instead of just blowing his head off and giving him no chance to live.Now that he talked so easily about sending Wilbur out of the country, it was obvious that it was really cruel.Serena's heart cooled as she became even more skeptical of the secret Wilbur and Matthew were talking about.She had overheard Wilbur's words earlier, and she had been on the defensive against him as a person, but now that she thought about it, Wilbur didn't know that she was hiding in the dark at that time, so how could he have intentionally acted out for her?Not to mention that he had just lost his life. Would a person use his life to put on a show?Was it worth it? What did he get out of it?With these
He smelled of dust and seemed to have been out recently.The corners of Wilbur's mouth turned up, the bottoms of his eyes slightly scarlet."Boss, I think it's time Madam knew these truths.""And what did you say to her?"Accompanying Matthew's grim voice was the sound of a bullet being loaded, and with a single tick of his fingertip, Wilbur would be lifeless.Wilbur looked up, not in the least intimidated by the muzzle of the gun pressed against his head, but with a cheerful expression on his face."It's a shame Madam isn't here, or she'd know how desperate the men she cares for really are."Matthew's face immediately grimaced and his eyes narrowed."Boss, all the happiness you have now is stolen, do you think Madam will stay by your side when she finds out about all this? You'll be a sinner by then.""My business is not your business.""I just feel sorry for Madam."Matthew ticked the corner of his mouth
"I have raised you for so many years! Not for you to step into a man's trap with one unproductive foot, if you mess with him again, I'll have him blocked tomorrow!""Don't you dare! If you block him, I'll tell everyone in Hustleburg what you did, and let them know that Mr. Greg of Infinity Realm forced himself on a woman with a group of people! Humiliated someone to death!!!""Pop!"Another hard slap and Gloria's face was deflected with a somewhat contemptuous mouth hook.Greg's face turned red and he snapped, "What are you babbling about?!"Gloria wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with sharp sarcasm."I already knew it, don't pretend, you said drunken things when you were drunk, and said that the woman cried so sadly before she died, but you all didn't have a soft heart, and tortured her to death alive, dad, my character is like you, people say there is a father like you, you are such a no-good person, how can I be better!"Greg couldn't get a word out, he
Serena couldn't care less about Daniel and rushed to say quietly, "I'm here Scarlett, just hang in there."Scarlett smiled to herself, no blood on her face, "Daniel, can you go out first?"Her words were full of mockery, even the bottom of her eyes were filled with mockery.Daniel stiffened and stood up, taking a step toward the door.It was only a moment after the door closed that Scarlett bit her lip, her hand squeezing the sheet tightly."Serena, I'm dying.""No way!!!"Serena, filled with fear, held her hand in place to keep from hurting herself.Scarlett turned her head with difficulty and looked at her guiltily."Serena, the only person in this world I've ever apologized to is you, I don't deserve a tombstone, so when I die, donate all my organs, and burn what's left in a fire, scatter the ashes by the side of the road, don't go home, don't go to the grave, don't reincarnate, and better yet, the soul should be scattered so that it can wash away the sins in my body, and also so t
Serena's excitement slowly faded as her breathing began to slow and her hands began to squeeze and squeeze harder."Husband?"She rubbed her eyes, and the next thing she knew, she was flattened out in a recliner.Matthew kissed her gently, cupping the back of her head and undoing her buttons one by one with his mouth.Serena's face flushed and she looked away, "What are you doing?"Gasping for breath, Matthew scooped her into a hug, desperately trying to suppress the emotions that were about to spill out."Do you want to stay here or go to your room?"Serena tilted her head slightly, as if she didn't understand what he meant.Matthew couldn't hold back any longer and scooped her up in a hug and headed back to the bedroom.The servant, seeing them head on, hastily lowered his eyes and looked at them.Serena had been drinking and it was coming back to her, and just after she was tucked into bed, she could no longer see much of anything.Just to lean against him and get some warmth from
Matthew carried on, not noticing her bend, and bubbles continued to boil in his heart at the thought of her waiting for him outside.After dinner, the two of them sat on the couch watching TV like a normal young couple.Serena opened her mouth, still unable to resist saying something about Wilbur, but just as her lips opened, Nathan walked in from outside."Boss, there's another impromptu meeting you need to handle."Matthew's brow furrowed in obvious exhaustion, and he braced himself to get up when he heard the words.But after a few steps he turned his head and smiled at Serena, "I'll be done by twelve and then I'll take you to the fireworks."Serena's heart fluttered instantly and her mind grew much warmer.It was Mary's first New Year without her, and she thought she would have a lonely time, not realizing that this man would take care of her feelings in every way, take her shopping for New Year's Eve, and even think of going to the fireworks with her.She lowered her eyes, sudden