The next day“I want to move out,” Jane said to the well-dressed man next to her, putting her bowl and chopsticks down onto the table.Her heart pounded in his chest. Considering how forceful and stubborn he could be, she…“Okay.”There was a clink of the silver spoon falling into the bowl as the man replied without hesitation.“...” Jane was stupefied for three seconds before she looked at the man in suspicion.When was he so… easily convinced?“How about the condominium at Ginza Garden?”Sean had a habit of drinking black coffee in the mornings, so he gracefully took a sip as he looked at the woman opposite him, saying, “You can move out, but I have to ensure your safety. The condo at Ginza Garden is close to your company and one of the safest in the entire city.”Jane was about to protest when the man put his cup down. “Sweetheart, you have to know this, but I don’t really want you to move out at all.”Letting her live outside was already the most he could compromise.Alt
The boy had a slender body and chestnut-colored short hair tucked under a cap worn backward. His face was fair and pretty, but right now it was filled with impatience.As for the beautiful woman, she had a pretty oval face, a delicate nose, and light pink lips. She did not look more than twenty-five or -six.From the moment she told the boy that Jane was his older sister, Jane understood who they were—products of her father’s adulterous ways.The nausea assaulted her in waves.Although Josep
The beautiful woman jumped when that cold voice suddenly yelled at her like that. It was not that she had not noticed that exceptional-looking man at the table when she came in. In fact, when she first forced her way into the house with her son, the first person she saw was not her target— that thin and plain-looking woman at the table.No, it was the proud and unnaturally handsome man behind the table.Yes, she was jealous. All women secretly made comparisons. The prettier the woman, the mo
She stood in Jane’s way. Even so, Jane did not holler Dos and the rest to chase her out. Instead, she cast a subtle glance at the woman kneeling on the ground and sized her up silently. She could not help finding this absurd. What gave this homewrecker the courage to approach the rightful wife’s daughter to plead for mercy?What gave her father’s little lover the confidence to think that she, Jane, was easy to talk to!Jane looked at the beautiful woman kneeling in front of her and said with a
At the thought of that, Sean tightened his grip on Jane's shoulder, pulling their distance closer together."M-Mrs. Stewart." The beautiful woman was seemingly trembling in fear. A stream of tears flowed out of her aggrieved eyes. She peered at Jane’s face with her watery eyes as well as the man beside Jane… Sean."My name is Ginnie, Mrs. Stewart. Augustine shares the same surname as your father—Dunn. His name is Augustine Dunn. I know that it’s rude for me to barge in like this today, but I h
Jane was mentally prepared. Perhaps Ginnie would demand an exorbitant amount, or perhaps she would ask her to persuade Madam Dunn to draw in her claws. However, Ginnie’s request was one that she had never expected!She stopped talking, but this only made Ginnie more anxious. She clarified with Jane in a haste, "I don't want anything else, I’m serious. I just hope that Augustine can show up in public as a lawful child.“I don’t want a single cent from the Dunn family.“Returning Augustine to his rightful family is more important than anything else. "Jane listened as Ginnie said sincerely, "Please understand, Mrs. Stewart. You can treat it as a mother who is being selfish."Suddenly, she was speechless.Standing next to her, even Sean was nonplussed.He studied Ginnie’s face after listening to her appeal.He lowered his head and stared at the expressionless face of the woman in his arms. In his heart, he knew that she had figured out everything that he was also thinking about.
"What... will I end up becoming?"Ginnie was afraid, especially when she saw the expression on Jane's face. That woman’s expression looked so uncanny that it made her flesh crawl."If Grandpa was still around," Jane said slowly, "You’d be dead."She saw the flickers of doubt in Ginnie's eyes, then stared calmly at Ginnie to explain, "Don't doubt it. It’s exactly what you understand it to be.“Natural disasters, man-made disasters, anything you can think of.“As well as those that you can't
Joseph was actually devising a plan around Jane in order to use her.Sean narrowed his eyes. His cold eyes fell on the thin and tall Augustine.With a thump in her heart, Ginnie hid her son behind her hastily. She lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "No. Joseph won’t have the guts to do so." Gritting her teeth and seemingly making a difficult decision, Ginnie looked at Jane as though she was placed in a difficult position. "Why don’t I take Augustine for an examination to
"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