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
After hanging up the phone, Serena immediately went downstairs to find Nathan. She learned from Nathan that no one in the Harrington family currently needed a kidney transplant. Her brow furrowed; the attending doctor wouldn't lie to her."Nathan, go to the Hustleburg General Hospital for me and find out who took the person away. This is my granny's only hope, and I can't afford to miss it."Granny's condition had dragged on for too long, coupled with her rare blood type. Missing this opportunity meant she might have at most two months left.So, whoever was behind this, Serena couldn't tolerate it again!Nathan quickly went to the hospital, and Serena waited for news.An hour later, Nathan called."Mrs. Serena, it was Mrs. Emily... I've informed her, but she's unwilling to release the person. Moreover, they've already successfully matched, and Emily offered a high price. The woman has decided to donate her kidney to them."Serena's vision blackened for a moment.If that was the case,
"I ...... I didn't." Serena's guilty gaze flickered."It better be." Matthew's icy voice hung up just as he finished speaking.Serena dared not entertain any thoughts. She quickly went to the wardrobe and put on clean clothes.Just as she finished packing the wet clothes into a bag, she noticed her phone on the sofa still blinking—it was a message from that man.-[My mom has confiscated my passport, so I couldn't come back.]-[Serena, I beg you, don't marry someone else.]-[You're finally online. I can explain everything.]-[...]Serena's fingertips instantly stiffened as she stared at dozens of messages he had sent, rendered speechless.From the beginning of being playful to the final plea, she could imagine the expression on his face.He was a very warm person. When he played around, it was like a golden retriever, constantly pulling her hand, rubbing against her neck, asking if it was okay, if it was okay, melting her heart.She had never seen him beg anyone before. This was the fi
Emily immediately took out her phone and called Matthew.He answered quickly, "Hello”"Matthew, did you order someone to kidnap that woman?! Do you know how important that woman is to me?!""Uh-huh." Matthew held his phone, tapping on the keyboard, showing a reluctance to discuss the matter further.Emily grew even angrier."Are you doing this for that bitch Serena?! I told Serena that as long as she doesn't rely on the Harrington family, and she can come up with ten million, I'll release that woman! But she just found you. It seems she being with you is just because of your status! Don't tell me you're really falling in love with her now?!"The thought of this possibility further fueled Emily's anger.Their conversation didn't avoid Linda, and she could hear their voices clearly.She clenched her hands under the blanket, her breathing becoming rapid.It was Matthew. His voice was still as it used to be, low and magnetic. How she wished that one day, that voice could whisper in her ea
Lorraine's fingers squeezing her coffee cup tightened for a few moments and her eyes sank, she hadn't expected Matthew to speak so nonchalantly."Matthew, you probably don't know that Maxwell has already annulled his engagement with me for Serena's sake and is going to bring Serena back to the Harrington family headquarters in spite of the elders' objections, Serena has stayed in the Purple Garden for so long, and what exactly she and Maxwell have done, do you really not care at all don't mind?"There wasn't a man who wouldn't mind, it was just that Matthew's fondness for Serena went beyond all that.Now that Lorraine brought it up, the discomfort in his heart was instantly magnified.It was only now that he realized that Serena had lived in the Purple Garden, and that Maxwell had called off his wedding to Lorraine."Matthew, you also know that Maxwell looks exactly like you, so have you ever thought that maybe Serena is just using you as his doubl
Matthew was deliberately hiding her whereabouts?This was something Serena knew, Matthew was trying to divert attention from other people by contacting other women before.Robin noticed the look in her eyes and knew that she trusted Matthew and felt slightly uncomfortable."Rena, go ahead and turn over the next photo, Matthew and that woman have met, this is what I took from the cafe's security camera, and it happens to have the front of that woman in it, exactly the same as you, have you ever thought that maybe you're just a stand-in for a certain woman, and that Matthew's being nice to you is just trying to divert the attention of certain people .""No."Serena denied it almost without thinking, her brow set in determination.If it hadn't been for what happened in the fire, maybe she really would have suspected Matthew.But in the fire, how could Matthew be protecting the woman when he had already said that to her."Rena, you
It was getting darker and darker, and Serena's mind had been restless ever since she heard that Matthew had to go out recently.When she went to bed at night, she habitually nestled into his arms, and just as she entered dreamland, she began to dream.Dreams of deep, bottomless oceans, dreams of the man holding her close and not wanting to let go, dreams of him chewing raw fish and feeding it mouth-to-mouth into her mouth.The ship's board was adrift in such an ocean, her life in danger at any moment.She was shivering with cold, unable to distinguish dream from reality.He called her "Serena" over and over again in her ear, his voice so gentle and loving that her eyes began to redden.Her body was held in his arms, and he kept her warm with his body heat, while he was submerged in the sea.The fish smelled so full of fish that she swallowed almost unconsciously, having no idea what she was going through.Serena's tears ran dow
"Sophie, why are you telling me about this now, I was almost victimized by that bitch!"Roger had a belly full of bitter water and was worried that he had no place to pour it out, just when Sophie called this number.And Sophie was still different from the others, at least the other party had been comforting him."Mr. Roger, so how are you now? Is everything okay?"Even though she already knew how Roger ended up, Sophie was still pretending to be confused at this moment.Hearing that she was concerned about herself, Roger suddenly felt a little guilty, guilty that before this, he actually suspected that Sophie was trying to brush herself off.It turns out that people are just not feeling well, and they are not receiving calls for the time being.Sophie's image in his heart instantly towered over him, and all of his resentment was transferred to Serena."Being dismissed by my uncle, all because of Serena, this bitch!"Rog
Serena raised her eyebrows, it turned out that contacting the bodyguard did not rely on the phone, this was something she really did not think about.When the old man saw her face, his eyebrows were even more smug, ''Do you think that there is nothing I can do if you block my men down there? I'm just willing to cooperate with you, I really think I'm charmed by you, now you don't want to pull Infinity Realm's Boss on me, no one can save you, if you're sensible, you can send this bodyguard out of the room, and stay here with me for a few days."Serena gauged the time and Matthew was almost there.She had the bodyguard hold the older man down while she herself broke the glass in the bathroom, picking up the shards and plunging them down his throat."Mr. Roy would be better off with a little less talk right now."Her tone was light, yet her strike was so vicious.Mr. Roy was so shocked that he almost screamed, luckily the glass shard stopped a few centimeters from his throat.His forehead
The old man was already dissatisfied with Roger's current attitude, and now that he heard Serena say this, he instantly understood.It turned out that Roger himself coveted Serena's beauty, and the gaze he looked at Roger with a thorn in his side, making Roger feel like a fool inside and out.Roger could only hastily apologize, "Mr. Roy, I definitely didn't mean that."After saying that, he looked at Serena, his eyes full of threats, "It's good that Madam can figure it out, following Mr. Roy does have a good life, don't you think of running away, or else ......"Serena laughed lowly and didn't bother.The old man could no longer stand Serena's clear-cut energy, and immediately spoke sharply, "Where does Madam want to go? Please."He made a "please" gesture, and Serena lifted her foot and left.Roger was in a hurry, but with Mr. Roy here, he couldn't really say anything.Serena went all the way out of Vitec Technologies, her heart suppressed a ball of fire, but now the crisis has not b
She kept whispering, but in this small space, the sound had a brief echo that disturbed her.She crouched in the corner, holding her head, her mind in turmoil.The people in the monitoring room saw her like this and were a little afraid that something was wrong, but with Roger's orders in front of them, no one dared to put Serena out.The child's voice was getting more and more shrill, like she was facing some great fear, and with it being in this dark, claustrophobic space, Serena felt like she was going crazy.She pounded on the wall, but no one paid any attention to her until the back of her hand was swollen.In the afternoon, Roger mercifully came over to take another look and found Serena had crouched motionless in the corner of the wall and looked quizzically at the crowd in the custody room."What's wrong with her? Shouldn't be scared to death?"His tone was full of mockery, the corners of his mouth curved up triumphantly, "I thought I had a hard-on, but it turned out to be jus
If she didn't see it with her own eyes, Serena couldn't believe it was Sophie.Sophie liked Jack to the point of paranoia, and didn't expect to go behind Jack's back and do something like this."Does Jack know when you're like this?"Her voice trailed off, holding her chest slightly as she looked Sophie over.Sophie raised an eyebrow, getting up and grabbing a bag off to the side, "Madam is this about meddling in her ex-boyfriend's family business?"She emphasized her ex-boyfriend, her words full of sarcasm.Serena raised her eyebrows and laughed out softly, "That's not true, before I heard that Winters Group had a big crisis, after seeing you I realized that the crisis has been so serious that the grand lady of Winters Group actually needs to come out to pick up customers, I'm just a little surprised."Sophie originally still had a cloudy face, when she heard her say that, her face instantly changed, slightly narrowing her eyes."Serena, if it wasn't for you, do you think I would be
All she needed to do was to plant a seed of doubt in Serena's heart, and with time, that seed would surely grow into a huge tree.Serena was staring at her cell phone in a daze, and when Lorraine reminded her of this, a cold sweat did break out on her back.She thought back carefully to the details of her re-encounter with Matthew, such as to Mr. Roger was touching her left index finger, the place where she wore her ring.Matthew never wore a ring, only Maxwell wore a ring, and only someone who wore a ring would react that way.She tossed her cell phone aside as a pain started to build in her head.After careful thought, she found the idea funny again, Lorraine still had something to hide from her, this person's words couldn't be trusted one hundred percent, maybe the other person was purposely trying to separate her and Matthew.Thinking of this, her heart settled down a bit, lying on the bed and fell asleep.Matthew returned not long after, he lifted a corner of the quilt and lay on