After getting into the car, Matthew placed his hands on the steering wheel, gazing at the neon lights not far away as his thoughts drifted away.If the two of them loved each other so much, why did they break up?Serena, a person who treated relationships with extreme stubbornness, would reveal her cards from the start, willing to burn out but unwilling to let go.So why did she eventually compromise and agree to marry him?"Why did you break up?" He turned to look at her, finally asking this question.Serena's heart ached, and her face turned a few shades paler. "His family was well-off, unlike mine. His mother said he was the sun in the sky, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't reach him. He obeyed his family's arrangements and went abroad with another girl."She paused to take a deep breath and smiled to herself before continuing, “On a rainy night, I went out to find him, begging his mother to let me see him one last time. But she told me he had already boarded the plane, le
Infinity Realm Inc.Serena could walk on her legs and had no intention of missing any more work.The last lawsuit had been won because of her, and everyone in the legal department knew that, but what Ella had said before she left made them very jealous.Serena had a background, and she was still a bully!So on Serena's first day back at work, not a single person in the entire department came to talk to her.She had no intention of taking the initiative to make up with anyone, after all, she didn't come here to make friends.At noon, instead of going to the cafeteria to eat, she left the company, intending to check on granny first.But just as she stepped out of the gate, a woman lunged at her, smashing the bag in her hand against her head.“BITCH!”The bag had rivets on it, and when it was smashed down like that, her head was dizzy for a while.The guards at the gate rushed to stop the cloaked woman, Serena covered her head, and only then did she get a good look at the woman.It was E
Having entered the car, Serena rolled up all the windows, narrowing her eyes slightly.Ella felt uneasy. Despite Serena being much younger, she now seemed like a child who had done something wrong.Serena waited for Ella to speak, to explain the events leading up to this moment.Ella hesitated before finally opening up."After leaving, I quickly joined another company. At that time, all I could think about was defeating you. But in just a few days, I got fired. After that, I couldn't find any work. No company wanted to hire me. Last night, I encountered some thugs. I was almost...,"She paused, trembling at the memory, then continued, "A woman saved me. She had bodyguards with her, and those thugs were captured. During interrogation, they claimed you sent them.."“ I've been facing continuous setbacks—no job, unpaid mortgages, and car loans. The bank keeps calling me. My emotions reached a terrifying point. What happened last night finally pushed me over the edge.”Serena's eyelashes
Pines Ridge"Madam, your current room will be your room from now on. All toiletries are provided for you. If there's anything missing, please let me know."Serena nodded, dragging her luggage into the room.The room had several new wardrobes. Opening one, she found it filled with clothes, each set still with its tags on. A whole wall, organized by the four seasons, each with at least thirty outfits.Another wardrobe was packed with handbags, shoes, and neatly arranged hats.Her room even had a spacious vanity table with internationally renowned skincare products, from cleansers to essences, all top-tier.Serena's mouth nearly dropped open.She had visited Nina's room before and never expected to enjoy the same treatment. Staring at the skincare products on the vanity, she reached out and touched them.Back in college, many girls would spray perfume and apply lipstick.She had envied them back then; after all, which girl didn't love these things?However, all the money she earned went
After dinner, Serena found the atmosphere here too stuffy and couldn't wait to get back to Pines Ridge.But it was too rude to leave right after dinner, so she could only find an excuse to go out into the garden to get some fresh air.But not long after she stopped, Jordan's voice came from behind her."Sister-in-law, you chose this place very well, even if something happens to us, no one will hear it."Jordan stroked his chin as he said it and looking at her with a smile on his face.Serena shivered with goosebumps; hearing that the man had gone to Antarctica for a month to remodel didn't seem to change anything.Jordan approached, a smile covering his face again at the thought of last time."Thanks to you last time, how else would I have been able to go to Antarctica and see the sights, why don't I treat you to dinner and thank you properly?"Serena frowned, this person wouldn't think he went to Antarctica because of her, would she?"That has nothing to do with me."Her voice was ca
Worried about her?Matthew's brow furrowed for a moment, "Why do you think that?""Then what are you doing here?"Serena asked rhetorically, her heart at peace, was he just being nice to her because she was his wife in name only?Matthew turned around and looked down at her, "Serena, don't ever depend on me, after two years I won't interfere in your affairs anymore, when you take off this identity of my wife you will realize how cruel I really am to outsiders, what I have done for you is responsibility, a man's responsibility.”Once people become dependent, they become little children waiting to be picked up from kindergarten.The Serena in his eyes wasn't supposed to be like that.Serena looked into his eyes and knew he was reminding her of that.She smiled, "I know, at least the woman you love will be happy in the future.""No such woman will exist."Matthew replied absolutely and then walked forward in silence.The two walked back and forth to the parking lot where Nathan waited qu
(Flashback)"Serena , don't go, just send her a text to remind her." Catherine is lying on the bed to persuade Serena .But Serena didn't stop packing and continued to take a bunch of notes and put them in her book bag saying, "She's not answering her phone, the final exams are next month and Linda doesn't even know when they are. I'm just going to check it out, don't you worry."Linda was the most introverted and quiet of them all.Serena was the only one who remembered that she wasn't at school, and she had stumbled upon the address of Linda's new home when she'd had dinner with her earlier, so she'd brought her notes with her, ready to lend them to her.But when she got to Linda's house, no one was there even though the door was open."Linda, are you there?" She shouted as she made her way inside.Approaching the bedroom, a strange noise stopped Serena in her tracks, "Ah-"Serena was an adult now, and she certainly knew what such a gasp meant.Far away, through a crack in the door
Matthew’s voice was so faint and light that the woman standing a short distance away didn't hear it, just thought it was strange and wondered about Serena's relationship with this man.She didn't know the man's name yet, she had seen him a few times before, and then she had seen him in many places one after the other.Today, after a chance encounter in the elevator, she had finally gathered the courage to talk to him.Although his attitude was cold, she was already happy to be so close to him.She hadn't seen him in high society, and she had asked many people, and no one knew his identity, so who the hell was he?But it seemed impolite to ask someone's identity out of the blue, so she kept her mouth shut the whole time, not expecting him to walk up to another woman on his own.She always thought there was something familiar about this woman, but she forgot where she had seen her before.Serena kept her head down as she looked around and noticed that Matthew was talking to her."Am I k
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