Not only did Ursula not move aside, but she actually took a few more steps forward. “I have every right to know about my son’s whereabouts, don’t I? I’m doing this out of concern for him. Is there a problem with that? Even if you have some bias against me, you can’t strip me off my rights. All you have to do is tell me and I’ll be out of your way. Otherwise, I’m sorry, but no one’s leaving here today!”When Arianne recalled the scene of Robin’s death, she became extremely angry. “How are you any different from a common scoundrel? Are you trying to find out where Sylvain is headed to continue tormenting him? You’ve already tortured him to this stage already, so what more do you want to do to him? Don’t you clearly know why he’s leaving you? Isn’t he doing it to avoid you? Can’t you leave him be already?!”Then, Mark grabbed onto Arianne. “What’s the point of talking to someone like her? I’ll call the security over, don’t worry about it.”When Ursula saw that Mark was really making th
After finishing the processes required at the hospital, Tiffany was unable to stop as she paced around excitedly.In comparison, Jackson was overly calm as he sat on the bench by the corridor, completely silent.When Tiffany noticed that, she unhappily said, “How are you not even a little excited? Isn’t she your daughter? My goodness, am I the only person who’s excited here?”Jackson had another attack of his overly straightforward character right at that critical moment. “Who said you’re the only one who’s excited? Isn’t my mom excited as well? She wanted to come, but you insisted on her not coming in order to take care of Plato at home…”Tiffany was so angry that she rolled her eyes at him. “She’s your daughter, not your mom’s, so there’s no use if anyone else misses her when her own dad doesn’t! Try not getting her to call you dad if you can!”Jackson was unable to smooth talk his way out of the situation since his thoughts were filled with something else, so he remained silent
Summer took a deep breath and pushed Jackson. “You should go out first while I make them something to drink.”Just as Jackson turned around to open the kitchen door, he saw Tiffany standing right by it. Her eyes were completely red and she was slightly trembling.Jackson was startled for a moment. He reached out his hand to embrace her. “Tiffany…”Summer was shocked for a moment. “Tiffany? You… Did you hear everything?”Tiffany hid in Jackson’s embrace and wiped her tears. “Actually, you don’t have to hide the truth from me like that… I can handle it. So what if she won’t be smart? I’ll take care of her forever, it’s no big deal. But… We won’t be able to be in-laws with Ari anymore.”Jackson did not know what to say, so he could only console her by gently patting her back.Tiffany had gone to the kitchen with the intention of making some milk; her baby had not been by her side for so long that she did not have any breast milk to feed her at all. However, she did not expect to hea
Tiffany looked at Arianne and felt embittered. “If my daughter hadn’t had any problems, I would’ve really just given her to you. However, it’s a pity… that things didn’t turn out as expected. I’ll take care of her myself.”When she saw Tiffany’s reddened eyes, Arianne shot a glance at Jackson and knew in her heart that Tiffany knew about everything. “Tiffany, don’t say things like that. If they’re fated to be together, I don’t have any complaints, so why don’t we see how the kids develop? Mark and I still want to have a daughter as well, but it’s a pity that we won’t be able to do so in this life.”Smore was slightly disappointed. “Why? Why can’t Mommy give birth to a sister for me?”Arianne had no idea how she should explain it to him. “You go along and play with Plato and stop asking so many questions. Little kids shouldn’t interfere in adult matters.”Smore took Plato’s hand and headed outside to find Little Bean to play with after leaving with a “hmph”. When Tiffany looked at
Jackson could not control himself and laughed hysterically, causing everyone to shoot glances at him. Hence, he forcefully stifled his laughter. “I’m sorry, I couldn’t hold it in for a moment there. Please ignore me and continue…”That night, at Alejandro’s manor.Melanie paced around in her bedroom. She was waiting for Alejandro to return home. She kept on calling and texting him, but Alejandro replied to neither. It had been a few days since Melanie had seriously told him she wanted to have a divorce, yet he had no intention of showing up at all. She no longer wanted to delay the matter; she had steeled her heart for it.However, when she finally received a call, Melanie did not expected it to be from Mrs. Lark. ‘I suppose the only reason they’re calling me now is because they want money. They’ve been used to living extravagantly in the past, so now that the Larks have no more capital, they’re bound to fall short of money sooner or later. Therefore, they’ve now thrown everything o
As her eyes grazed her daughter’s profile, beads of tears fell from Melanie’s eyes. “Millie, my sweet girl… Will you blame your Mommy for leaving you and your Dad one day? Mommy’s sorry, but she just doesn’t think she will find happiness in her life here. I want to try another way, a different life. But know that your Mommy won’t go far from you, and all of my love is always for you. When Mommy finally finds her footing while she lives alone, when she finally has surplus money, I’ll come and try talking your Dad into releasing you into my care, okay? Mommy really wants to bring you with her; it’s just that there’s too many uncertainties…”Melissa’s little hand reached out to her mother’s cheek before wiping the tears away. “Mommy, what’s ‘happiness’?” she asked innocently. “Is it very big and important?”Melanie found herself grasping at air for an answer. Is happiness ever “big and important”? She did not know; heck, she did not even know what it meant to be happy—it was cryptic, al
Jett furrowed his eyebrows. His voice was marked with hesitance when he said, “Uh, Mr. Smith, he didn’t—”She cut into his sentence before he could finish. “No, it’s all right. Doesn’t matter anymore.”Jett held back any words he might have wanted to say, turned around, and left.It was surprisingly toilsome work to remove Alejandro’s shirt from his sleeping body. Her eyes were glued to the lipstick stain on its collar, her body slumped into a defeated seat by his bedside. She gravely wanted to discuss their divorce, and for that, she braved through long, drawn-out hours waiting for him to come home. He, on the other hand, had a woman in his arm while drinking himself stupid out there.Even a somber moment like this did not dull his mood, did it…?Another imperceptibly long period of inertia later, Melanie washed the shirt by hand, making sure it was spotless before airing it outside. It was wet and a little warm—and not at all enough to thaw her icy heart and her determination to
As the car was heading to the company, Alejandro closed his eyes and tried to salvage any reprieve this way, but his headache persisted while his mood remained incredibly sour.Jett, from the driver’s seat, watched him through the rearview mirror and remarked carefully, “Mr. Smith? Madam caught that red lipstick stain on your collar last night.”The man’s body froze. His eyes snapped open. “When was there a lipstick stain?”Jett steeled himself. “Uh-hem. You drank too much last night, and then you met someone you used to know, and then you two went upstairs. Uh, she had her arms around you, and then she kissed you. You pushed her away… That was when I quickly hauled you out of there.”A quiet but broiling flame flared within Alejandro. “Melanie… She saw… What was her reaction?”Jett shrugged. “She was just… neutral. I wanted to help you change your clothes, but she insisted in the end. I wanted to explain the stain but she wouldn’t let me…”Neutral?Alejandro cast his eyes down