“Sleep with me. Sleep with me, and after that, we’ll be completely even. We’ll call it completely quits. What do you say?”Jane was stunned at first and then shocked. A sense of pain spread through her chest despite herself, but before her mind could start working again, she heard Haydn’s voice in her ear saying,“You plotted to kill your own best friend, Jane Dunn, but I still think highly enough of you to sleep with you. What do you say? Sleep with me, and we’ll be even.”She looked at the
“Did you do this?” That ice-cold voice poured forth from Sean’s thin lips, cold as the Arctic wind.Haydn hated everything about Sean right now, so he taunted the latter by raising his chin. “Yeah. Whatchu going to do about it?”Sean narrowed his eyes extremely dangerously as he glanced at Haydn. His beautiful features were taut, and then the corners of his lips suddenly curved. Jane felt a gentle force pushing her aside; by the time she realized what was happening and looked up, her heart nea
That man had once treated her so kindly, so gently!Yet, just because he overheard her past, overheard others saying that she used to be a cruel and heartless woman, just because she was once in jail, because she bent her knees shamelessly before his eyes… Was that why the once-gentle boy had changed?She put her hand on the wall and stumbled toward him, her face pale as a sheet. Haydn’s heart was flooded with a pain that he could explain, a pain that was unfamiliar, indescribable… unspeakable
Sean carried Jane all the way. His lean physique gave off a sense of loneliness and weariness.After putting her on the front passenger seat, Dos rushed over and offered to drive. The latter waved his hand without a word, and Dos immediately stopped in his tracks before stepping aside.The man’s lean figure went around the front of the car. He opened the door to the driver’s seat, lifted his feet, and got in.Leaning against the car seat, he stayed there for a very long time as the car remain
At least their boss was not a coward or a traitor!However, Vivienne never expected that this woman, her boss, would return to this battlefield so quickly.Vivienne was overwhelmed with emotions the moment she saw Jane. “We’re ready, Boss!”Vivienne was so overwhelmed that the moment the elevator’s doors opened, she was only focused on Jane and completely ignored Sean who had always been the center of attention prior to this.Jane nodded and made a beeline for the meeting room.As soon as s
“Exactly when was I supposed to start asking for your consent regarding the things that I want to do? Hmm?”Uno shuddered as cold sweat broke out on his forehead. “I… Boss, I just think that three years have passed since the incident. Besides, Miss Rosaline’s mobile phone call log and text messages have proven everything. There’s no reason for us to waste time investigating a fact that has already been established.”Sean’s eyes were deep and cold. His hawk-like eyes turned cold abruptly as the
He could not help but question himself if a person like this would really murder someone for her own selfish desires.Alora’s beautiful eyes turned slightly colder. “It has been nearly a year since she was released, so why haven’t you investigated it all this time?“Jane… She has repeatedly said that she hadn’t done it. You refused to investigate this three years ago and refused to investigate it during those three years she was in prison, so why do you only want to investigate things now when
“What are you doing here?” Uno was currently rummaging through boxes and cupboards in one of the rooms of the Stewart manor. Mr. Summers was standing at the door holding a tray in his hand. After looking coldly at Uno for a moment, he called out.The sudden voice startled Uno slightly. A split second later, he turned around to take a look. “Oh, it’s you.”Mr. Summers' grey brows trembled imperceptibly. Inch by inch, his gaze moved downward, eventually falling on the notebook in Uno’s hand. “Wh
"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