Even Alora did not know that Sean had gone to New York. After all, East Emperor International was just one of Sean’s many businesses. It was not even anything notable.It was just a place he went to kill time.It was only because he met Jane Dunn there that one day.Sean’s true HQ was Stewart Industries.The Stewarts were a formidable force, a true family of old money.The family had lasted several generations, and with a proper lineage and inheritance, the family business only grew bigger
Why else would she be taking the stairs instead of the elevator?She had never known that battles in the elevator… could be quite so interesting.It went without saying that Susie was now being ostracized in much the same way Jane had been back then.She just never expected to see this here in the stairwell.Haydn Soros… She recognized him!He was the president of Soros Inc., handsome and rich. Many of the women here would give anything to land a golden catch like him.Still… Jane Dunn?H
Jane did not understand why her ex-dormmate would insult her the moment they met. Was she really that revolting and repulsive?She tugged at the corners of her lips lightly, forming a faint, tragic smile. She gave Susie a wordless glance. That glance may mean nothing in particular at all, or it could also be a look of “recognition”. After turning around, Jane slowly limped out of Susie’s sight.Susie felt terrible, as though someone was choking her throat. Furious, she clenched her hands at
With that, Annie turned and left. She could still hear the murmurs behind her as she turned the corner.“That Annie thinks too highly of herself. She keeps bringing up Jenny and Luna, but those two had broken a taboo here at East Emperor. Yes, the higher-ups at East Emperor hate false accusations, but they aren’t against some competition amongst colleagues.”“That goes for every company, and not just East Emperor. How could Annie mention what happened to Jenny and Luna then? These are two comp
The endless nightmares repeated every day and every night.She would be standing on the edge of a cliff when she suddenly plunged into the abyss! ...Jane jolted awake.It was not because she fell off a cliff, but because the door behind her was opened from inside.“Are you nuts? Why would you sleep at the door and not in your bed?”Susie had ignored Jane every time they met after that earlier incident, acting all cold and aloof. Although she looked down on Jane, she did not talk to Jane eith
‘Jane, Susie is an S University student. She has a bright future? What about you? What about you? What about you?!’To Jane, time was a pile of stinking dog crap. It witnessed her change from her wild pride to whatever she was now.Did she not want to vent her emotions?No. It was more like she could not.“Susie, you misunderstood me. I’m just saying that I was caught in the rain and then spent the entire night outdoors, so now I’m feeling really, really unwell. If there’s anything you want
Susie panted heavily, her eyes bulging and her pretty face beet-red.Her expression grew even more vicious. “If you say what I’m feeling isn’t love, then do you think your filthy actions count as love?”Even Jane could not help but frown slightly at that. When did she ever say that Susie’s love was not love?She was just asking her how much Susie really liked him.Jane lowered her head. Three years could wipe away her arrogance, but it could not destroy her intelligence.Clearly, the only r
When she was younger, her older brother had told her that she could be stubborn when she was sick.Back then, she was especially attached to Sean Stewart. In fact, even she knew how much Sean was sick of her.However, when she fell sick once, she insisted on taking a nap with him. She knew that he thought she was a pain, but she still stuck to him, boldly using her brother’s words to proclaim, I’m sick, and sick people have the right to be stubborn. If you don’t take this nap with me, I won’t
"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