Some cheered. “Drink, drink!”Others jeered. “Do you not like the drink, Miss Dunn? Alan, you should have given my lady better wine.”They were just joining in on the party now.Did Jane really do anything to earn their hatred?No, most of these people were just here for the show.Bam!There was a loud thud from the door. Everyone instinctively looked toward the door and saw the tall slender body standing there, his back against the light.Sean’s eyes disregarded everyone else in the room
A hand suddenly grabbed her chin and raised it forcefully, making her look up. His beautiful chiseled features were right in front of her eyes!Sean's frosty gaze was fixed intently on her face. "The hospital, or the bank? Jane Dunn, I'll give you a chance to decide."His face was so close to her that she could see the fuzz on his skin. There was determination and stubbornness in her eyes. "I want to go to the bank," she said, a word at a time, without any intention of bending to him."You're
“Your freedom, Jane. You’d best remember that. As long as I say you don’t have your freedom, you have no right to be free!”Alora was driving in the driver’s seat, but even her heart was trembling.What kind of a deathly grudge and hatred must he have for to torture her so?“Alora, speed up.” The man did not look at the woman next to him anymore. His well-defined fingers pulled out his phone and made a call. “We’ll be at the hospital soon. She had some alcohol.”“Who?”“Jane Dunn.”The per
In the hospitalElior settled Jane back in her bed.“You’re lucky.” He could not help but roll his eyes. “Don’t you know what state you’re in? How could you drink?”After he said that, he stood up and walked out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him. Outside the door, Sean was smoking.“Gimme one.” Elior stretched his hand out toward Sean. The latter took out his box of cigarettes and tossed the whole thing at Elior.Elior was not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. He lit a c
Her hands were hidden under her covers, clenching even more tightly into fists somewhere out of his line of sight!“Jane, do you think you can always stay this lucky? Do you think you can keep risking your life? Tell me, what would have happened to you if I hadn’t shown up in time?!”Those were the words that suddenly shattered all of Jane’s sanity!She looked up abruptly!Her expression bayed for blood!“Who wanted you to show up?! Who told you to show up?! Who ever asked you to show up?!”
Alora was extremely nervous as she faced Sean Stewart. “Mr. Stewart, I just felt bad for Jane.”She was explaining why she helped Jane hide all the money she had earned from the man before her now.Right now, Sean was not in a good mood at all.That woman’s final piercing words kept echoing in his ears, and he could not get rid of them no matter how hard he tried. When he heard Alora say something like she “felt bad for Jane”, his lips curved coldly.“Alora, none of my subordinates are saint
Actually, Alora would prefer to grab Jane by the shoulders and shake her violently, demanding, 'Why won't you cry?! Why won't you say anything?! Why must you pretend to be alright?!'Are you really okay? If you are, why are you howling to yourself when no one else is around? Why do I hear such heartbreaking frustration in your wails?!'Jane was the one in the most pain right now, but Alora was the one whose hand was shaking. Alora could almost see her past mirrored in Jane's silhouette… That
"When you said 'they'... Does that include Mr. Stewart?"When she said that, Alora could clearly feel Jane's body stiffen for a second in her embrace. Alora sighed soundlessly… Therein lay the problem. They did not believe her… and neither did Sean Stewart. With that, Alora could more or less guess what happened between Jane and their boss without any more input from Jane's part.Rosaline Summers… Alora had been working for Sean for two years, and she vaguely remembered hearing someone m
"Your grandfather loved your grandmother like a man possessed."By the time I finished hearing out my grandparents' story, I fell silent. I no longer blamed my grandfather for not knowing his heart, and I no longer blamed Grandma for being uncertain. It was just as Grandma Alora said. It was only because one of the two of them stopped obsessing and took a step back that they ended up living happily ever after. I could not help but wonder. What if Grandma simply refused to turn back at the e
Even then, I found it unbelievable. I ran to my dad's room and immediately asked, "Is Grandpa a pervert? I saw him hugging Grandma's foot just now. Does he have a foot fetish?""Your grandfather is warming your grandmother's feet. Your grandmother's body isn't in its best shape, and her hands and feet are always ice-cold. Your grandfather can't bear to see her like that. Just pretend you didn't see anything, and never mention it to him.""But why?""Because your grandfather will make you writ
My name was Luka Stewart. It was a weird name, right? Like ‘look! A stew.’My grandfather gave me my name. All my many years of experience as a kid told me that my grandfather was not a good guy.All else aside, just look at the name he gave me. He had a perfectly nice name himself, but he had to give me such a weird one.However, every time I protested about it to him, he always said that it was my dad's fault. If Dad had been a girl, that would have been his name instead. See, Grandpa was
On the twentieth day after the surgeryHe saw the person he had his heart set on.“Elior said you were at your wedding on the day I woke up.” He fell quiet again after his initial excitement. It felt as though there was a thorn in his heart. He wanted to pull the thorn out, but it hurt just to touch it.“Is Michael Luther… good to you?”“Yeah, pretty much.”There was pain in his eyes and he hurriedly lowered them, putting on a gracious act.“Congratulations. From now on, you’ll finally be
“Not too long ago, I woke up one morning and realized that I was trapped behind bars again. He had installed metal grilles over all the windows in the room.“In my eyes, those bars were no different from the ones in prison six years ago.“He tried everything to imprison me. He only finally let go when he’s sick and dying.“He said something about getting tired of this game and getting bored of me. I believed him.“He’s dying, so he lets go.“Is that supposed to show how generous and loving
“See? Master White agrees. Move aside and don’t stop me, the boss is in a lot of danger right now!” Dos’ expression was vicious. “I need to stop…”Halfway through his sentence, the three people outside heard some mortifying noises coming from inside the room.They were all experienced in the ways of life, so no matter how slow they might be, they still understood what those noises meant.Dos’ face instantly turned completely red.“Go on, kick the door down. Your boss is in danger,” Alora tea
After the second apple, there was the third... By the time he reached the fifth, he looked at the apple in his hand with a troubled expression. No matter how much he liked fruit, he still could not eat so many at once. Besides, he never liked apples to begin with.“Eat some more, or you won’t have the strength,” she said calmly. He was completely stumped. The strength? The strength for what?The wheels in his brain were still turning as he tried to process her words when the woman by his bed
At the hospital, the ward door opened without a sound. This time, Dos did not report the arrival in advance.When Elior arrived in a hurry, he immediately saw that woman.Before he said anything, Alora pulled him back out into the corridor. The door opened and closed again.The man on the bed lay on his side, fast asleep.No one knew what he was dreaming about, but the deep frown on his face showed that he did not have pleasant dreams.His hand rested on the covers, his wedding ring still a
"Don't worry, this time Sean Stewart won't disturb you again. He never will anymore. "Go and do what you do best, Jane Dunn. Run away!"With those words, Alora turned and left.She did not know what she was mad about. Perhaps she was not mad at all, just a little sorry about the whole state of affairs.It was almost as though she was the one who was not getting her happy ending. In her eyes, one of them had done wrong in the past and was now filled with regret, determined to turn over a n