“No, the Old Master would have no reason to…”“I was careless,” said the man quietly as he looked out of the window. Dos’ body gave a shudder, and his shoulders clearly fell… The boss was now certain that the Old Master was behind it.“Please reconsider, boss. There must be something we’re missing here. Please give me another month, I’ll definitely find a way to dig up more clues!” Dos abruptly fell to his knees and said with determination. He owed the Stewarts a great debt. If the results of his investigation failed to clear Miss Dunn’s name and instead caused an internal conflict amongst the Stewarts, he would never be able to live it down!When Sean heard that, he turned around calmly and looked at Dos, who was prostrating himself on the floor. He read Dos’ concerns in an instant and chuckled.“I asked you to secretly investigate what happened, but looking back on it now, do you really think no one knows about this, Dos?”Sean tapped the file on his desk with a finger, his eyes
“Someone will come to help you with your clothes and make-up half an hour from now.”With those words, he soundlessly closed the door.Jane looked at the closed door, clenching her hands into tight fists… How did they get to this point?!After all that happened, how could he stay so calm?Why did he trap her in this extravagant manor?!Now, Alora was her only way of communicating with the outside world. She sat in front of the window, staring. From here, she could see most of the estate.
“S-Sir…?” The old butler was the first to notice Sean Stewart. Despite his age, his venomous gaze immediately found the figure in Sean’s arms. His aged eyes flickered, and the emotion was gone in a flash.“Hm,” Sean responded mildly to his greeting, walking into the room.Without his express orders, no one would foolishly run into the room. Of course, they would not be bold enough to just turn and leave either.All of them just waited at the bedroom door. The door was wide open now, but they
Instead of the humiliation she had been expecting, all she received was that man’s low voice reprimanding her in her ear.“Don’t let me see you running around in such a hurry again.”As Sean said that, he put down her foot. If this woman just knew how to treasure her body a bit more, he would not have to intimidate her like this.He glanced at her feet coldly. “Where are your shoes?”“...?” Shoes?What shoes?Jane followed his gaze as well and finally realized. She had gotten up and run of
Jane was silent as they did her make-up and hair.“Miss Dunn, please put on this dress.” That silence lasted until the stylist handed her a sleeveless white dress.Jane practically screamed her refusal. “No! I don’t like white!”“Calm down, Miss Dunn. You actually look really good in white. Have you ever tried a white dress? I believe that every girl should have a white dress in their wardrobe. Try it on! I guarantee you’ll like it.”“I won’t! I don’t want white! Didn’t you hear me?! I don’t
Ah. She remembered. How would it not hurt?If it did not hurt, why would she dedicate half of her life to it?If it did not hurt, which idiot would use half their life to gamble in this winning battle?The reward was just so that he would turn around and look at her.She used three years to force herself to learn about that person’s coldness and heartlessness. She forced herself to acknowledge the truth. She remembered now. She remembered everything.This was so cruel. Did she have to take back her opportunity to become a coward?She did her utmost to convince herself that if she did not care nor love anymore, she could escape from this loop. In the end, she could not escape from this loop even if she did not care nor love.It seemed like she still minded.It seemed like she would still feel pain. It seemed like the feeling of being infatuated with someone would be carved into her bones forever.She lifted her head to look at the ceiling for a very long time. At that moment,
She extended her left leg and let it hover above the steps. The old butler was standing under the staircase and staring at the woman at the top. Despite being shocked that this woman was not wearing white, who cared? As long as this woman was suffering, it would be fine.This woman must be in a terrible mood now. Was she going to jump down from there?Jump! Jump! Jump!That damn woman. She should have died a long time ago.Damn woman. If this woman had been the one to go through what Rosalin
Then, he changed the subject.“Of course, I have to respect my grandfather. We have more than ten years of relationship between us. I am grateful for that.“I am sentimental about old affections. You have to know this as well.”The old butler’s eyelids twitched. The man in front of him was warning him. What he meant by his words was actually, ‘You’ll stay here until the day you retire. I am taking into consideration our old affections, but you also have to know your place.’He was obviously
"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