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It was crowded at the amusement park during the weekend. Renfrew pulled Hesper around as Rickard followed along not too far behind, not seeming to want to get closer to them. Everything reminded him of the day at the aquarium, but Hesper was different. He couldn’t pinpoint what was different, but previously, Hesper was fully immersed in the joy of spending time with Renfrew and forgot about Rickard. This time, she kept thinking about what Rickard was doing behind them. Was giving the agreement to her part of the reparations?Hesper felt complicated. She finally got to spend time with Renfrew but couldn’t enjoy the time because of other things. That wasn’t fair to Renfrew. “Mommy, are you afraid of heights?” Renfrew suddenly turned around with twinkling eyes. “I want to ride that!”Hesper looked in the direction he was pointing at and saw the Drop Tower in front of them, the hottest ride in the park. There was a long queue in front and it looked very popular. Hesper didn’t k
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The three got in line but Renfrew was stopped at the gate. “This child is too small. He can’t ride this.” The attendant frowned. “Didn’t you see the height limit? Can’t you young parents pay more attention? Don’t you know how to take care of your kid?”It was the first time Hesper and Rickard went to an amusement park, so neither of them knew about the height and age limit. They didn’t know what to say when confronted. “We’re not…” Hesper was afraid that the attendant would think they were a couple, but the attendant didn’t give them time to explain and brought Renfrew to an area next to the ride. He then checked their tickets. “Go on, we’ll look after the child.”“But—” Hesper wanted to speak, but the visitors behind them were impatient and shoved them both to the front. Hesper was just ‘taking the ride with Renfrew’, but ended up taking the ride with Rickard. Hesper was speechless but it was too late to turn back. The entrance was blocked by other park visitors, so they cou
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After what happened, no matter what Renfrew wanted to do, Hesper would first check the height requirement and wouldn’t let the awkward situation happen again. Maybe the fear during the Drop Tower overpowered her other emotions, but Hesper forgot about what happened with Rickard and ignored him as she held onto Renfrew’s hand.Rickard didn’t want to get in between them. Whenever Renfrew asked for something, he would come forward and pay for it, but he would just quietly follow behind them the rest of the time. They stayed at the amusement park until closing time and watched the fireworks show that was only shown on Sundays. Renfrew rarely slept late, so by the time the fireworks ended, Renfrew was resting his head on Hesper’s shoulder, just trying to finish watching the parade. Rickard stood aside and watched them both. Hesper took a deep breath and controlled her anger as she said, “What are you looking at? My arm is going numb. Can’t you take him?”Rickard looked at her, see
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Isaac shook his head when that idea crept into his mind. If Rickard was someone so emotional, he wouldn’t have hurt Hesper. Compared to money, relationships were so unsubstantial. What one could hold was much more realistic. As for love and feelings… they would always grow weaker over time, so it wasn’t considered real. Hesper was a little confused when she woke up. Mondays were always busy. She slept late that night. No one would be able to deal with that. Jessie looked at the uncharacteristically tired Hesper and said, “Where were you last night? You're going to outdo pandas with those dark circles.”Hesper was a little out of it as she walked to the lecture halls with Jessie. There was a noise coming from the room; they looked at each other and saw the confusion in their eyes. Everyone would usually act the way Hesper was acting so early in the morning; even if it wasn’t dead silent, it was as if the room was on silent mode. Why was it noisy this morning? They curio
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Hesper opened her eyes when she heard what Jessie said and sat up straight as Xavier walked in. Michelle sat smack in the middle, so it was impossible for Xavier not to see her. He wouldn’t be nice to Michelle, as she wasn’t very talented but would always find trouble with others. “Oh, someone is sitting in for free.” He placed his thermos cup on the table and didn’t say more, as if Michelle didn’t used to be his student and was just a stranger he didn’t know. He turned around and switched the laptop on. Michelle felt humiliated, but when no one noticed it because they were afraid of Xavier, she relaxed. “I’ve looked at the work from the previous lecture,” While waiting for the laptop to boot, Xavier waved his hand to ask Jessie to give the work back to everyone. “You seem to be very talented when it comes to creating trash.”Jessie stifled a laugh as Hesper slapped her forehead. She thought that Xavier wouldn’t humiliate the students because Michelle was there, but he was sti
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Juniper was applying a facial mask when she saw Michelle’s message. She replied to the text with a hug emoji perfunctorily, but the message she sent seemed extremely considerate.Juniper: It isn’t your problem. But I really admire you; you’ve proven yourself to those people who once looked down on you with your achievements. They must feel so irritated now.Juniper: Perhaps they’re jealous of you deep down now.Seeing the message from Juniper, Michelle instantly felt a lot better and started to feel complacent as she thought about it.‘Hesper is a nobody now, and Xavier must’ve started to despise me because I’ve negatively affected his reputation!’‘She’s just putting on a calm demeanor!’A lecture went by, and Hesper had just finished amending her drafts. She stretched, hearing her spine crack several times.The other students left in pairs or groups while Hesper and Jessie slowly packed their things and walked out of the lecture hall, only to find Michelle still standing by th
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Hesper had been very busy these days, so it was only natural that she did not have the time to go through the entertainment section in the news, let alone listen to rumors that had not been officially announced, so she did not know anything about Roberto’s trip to Genecity.“Well, it’s not too late to know.” Jessie patted Hesper’s shoulder. “It seems that whenever God closes a door, He would open a window for you. After rejecting Rickard, you now have Roberto.”That was somewhat unrealistic. Hesper felt that she was unexpectedly calm; she only nodded when she heard what Jessie had to say then left to meet Renee at the campus’s gate.However, she was stunned for a moment when she saw Isaac. “Where’s Renee?”Isaac explained, “She’s feeling a little unwell today, so she asked me to come and pick you up. By the way, she also claims that she sent you a text message to ask for a leave, but you didn’t reply to that message.”Hesper had been so busy attending lectures and dealing with Mic
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“In addition to that, I’ll make Rickard...”Hesper paused for a split second and then gave off a faint sigh as if a gust of breeze had just brushed across the room behind her.“I want Rickard to fall for me, but he won’t get me. I’ll also make him… He’d have to crush his bones for me at least once.”Matthew frowned, but Hesper’s voice had already disappeared on the other end of the phone call. He guessed that she had fallen asleep, so he could only hang up the phone silently.‘Has Hesper always had such thoughts?’Matthew did not know whether to praise her for being smart and knowing how to inflict equal pain to those whom she had suffered under years ago or to call her stupid for using her feelings as a bargaining chip.He sat back in his seat in the office for a while then contacted his assistant. “Book me a plane ticket to Genecity. The sooner the better.”However, his wish was not granted. On the second day, it started raining cats and dogs in Genecity.Almost as soon as Ro
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He had never anticipated that he would end up loving her so deeply.It could be said that amidst all the misunderstandings and complexities, their journey together had taken many winding paths."I wouldn't risk getting into trouble just to set off fireworks for someone I didn't even like," Rickard said, his voice gentle. "You dummy."His words were soft, but as Hesper listened to his explanation, she cleared her throat, and her eyes turned bloodshot. She had never imagined that the person she had loved so intensely in her youth had, at some point in their lives, secretly admired her.Hesper attempted to smile but ended up with teary eyes. Seeing this, Rickard reached out and affectionately ruffled her hair. "If it's going to make you cry, I won't say anything more."Hesper pursed her lips. "If you don't want to talk about it, then don't."Rickard, despite understanding her reluctance, couldn't help but reflect on the past and openly admitted to the emotions he had felt in his you
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They were flooded with memories, and Hesper couldn't help but admit that she had been through so much with Rickard. Her eyes welled up with emotion.The livestream ended, as they couldn't maintain constant surveillance of their lives. Even though they hadn't gone home yet, the crew had left.In the past two days, people had gotten to know them quite well, so the crew decided to give them some alone time.Hesper sat in the passenger seat and stole a glance at Rickard. She couldn't help but say, "I never expected that the only time you were seen as making a mistake in Grandpa's eyes was because of me.""There are many things you don't know," he replied. Hesper raised an eyebrow and asked, "Like what? Tell me."Suddenly, Hesper recalled the countless times Rickard had looked at her. Yet, during those moments, Rickard had always had feelings for Juniper. She knew that was the reality, so she never expected that Rickard might have had the same strong feelings for her as she had for h
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Hesper glanced at Rickard, who remained emotionless, but she still reached out to hold his hand.[This is tough to see. Both of Rickard's parents are no longer here… Sigh.][Hesper immediately checked on Rickard. If I were Rickard, I'd love her so much.]Ernest shook his head and remained silent as he flipped to the next page. Most of the pictures were of Hesper after that. She hadn't realized she had so many childhood photos. Julian appeared in some of them, too.Before everything went sour.Rickard didn't have many pictures. As he grew older, he became quieter.Most of them showed Hesper standing next to Julian, but there was something off about them.[Did you notice... In many of those pictures, Hesper was looking at Rickard, and in others, Rickard was looking at her.][Oh my god, is this puppy love? I had no idea!][I remember Rickard had another lover.]Hesper had noticed, too, but there was no need to remind people that Rickard used to hate her, so she dismissed it as a
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Hesper and Rickard entered the room and awkwardly informed Ernest that everything had been live-streamed just now. Ernest was shocked, but upon hearing that it was something people do, he nodded."It's fine. There's nothing that others can't hear."Hesper pursed her lips and glanced at Rickard before saying, "We didn't expect the Summers to come and see you. You should move in with us so these people will leave you alone."If Ernest lived with them, no one would dare intrude because they represented power and influence.Who would dare challenge them?"I don't want to get involved in your life. Renfew and Renarie would keep you occupied enough."Hesper understood that he had already made up his mind not to live with them, so she didn't press the matter further.She could understand his concerns, as many things might become inconvenient. Besides, Ernest didn't want to disrupt their lives either."We'll be heading to Fredonia soon, so even though we have filming to do, we wanted t
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So what if the cameras were still recording?"Was my son's life not as valuable as your son's?"If he had grasped this earlier, recent events might not have unfolded. Jade had a point.The live chat fell silent. Though they lacked the full backstory, they could deduce what had transpired in the past.[I heard Rickard lost his parents when he was a child. I feel sorry for him.][His parents died because of that incident. It's no surprise if he harbors resentment.][Truthfully, this old man has no shame. If my child were responsible for another child's death, I'd beg for forgiveness.]Everything unfolding before their eyes was purely coincidental, and no one had control over the situation. They could only watch and terminate the livestream immediately if anything escalated.Fortunately, Jade received a stern talking-to and refrained from discussing the matter further, but Mrs. Summers did not fare as well. Hesper and the others bore witness to her irrational behavior.[This is e
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"We've known each other for years, Ernest. I saved your life once, and now your descendants want to take my son's life!"As they approached, Jade Summers was angrily berating Ernest before him. Hesper's countenance immediately turned frosty as she walked over to Ernest."You should conduct yourself more appropriately, Mr. Summers Sr."Jade was taken aback to see Hesper, but he composed himself, took a deep breath, and fixed her with a hatred-filled gaze."If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened. You're just a woman. Since when do you get a say in the Duval family matters?"In the 21st century, people were all for equality. Besides, Hesper was no ordinary or unintelligent woman. Naturally, she had a voice in these matters.The viewers were inundated with comments when they heard Jade's words, and the live chat exploded.[Who is this guy? He looks old but lacks respect.][What's the argument about?][I sense some drama.]Rickard walked over. Jade had thought he
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[Didn't Hesper mention that Mr. Duval Sr. took care of her? Maybe she did grow up well.][I'm certain she did. Hesper doesn't strike me as someone who would tolerate mistreatment.]Hesper and Rickard were under constant surveillance throughout the journey, and they hadn't allowed Benji to accompany them. Rickard was behind the wheel, with Hesper in the passenger seat.During the drive, they remained silent, but to observers, it appeared as though they were in harmony.Upon arriving at the ancestral mansion, Hesper noticed other cars parked around and cast a curious glance at Rickard. Visitors to Ernest's home were a rarity."Sir, Ma'am, you're back," a young housekeeper greeted them. It was the same person who had assisted Wendy earlier, but they couldn't recall her name. Nevertheless, Hesper had faith in her.Noticing the housekeeper's troubled demeanor, Hesper deduced that the guest inside was likely unwelcome. However, she couldn't fathom who would disrupt Ernest's life. Given
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Rickard noticed something in Hesper's expression, prompting him to ask, "Is there something else you haven't told me?"Being intimately familiar with each other wasn't always without its challenges. Hesper could never conceal anything from him.She sighed and replied, "It's nothing. Just that Pennleigh will also be on the list."Rickard fell silent.Hesper was aware that sometimes Rickard might not appear bothered, but Pennleigh's presence did bother him.Observing Hesper's awkward expression, Rickard lowered his gaze and suddenly took on a pitiful appearance, like a big dog caught in the rain.Yet, she knew he was merely putting on an act. Still, every time she saw him like that, she couldn't help but miss the Rickard who didn't engage in such playful antics. His character had undergone a change.Hesper found it amusing but didn't quite know how to express it. She sighed and added, "It's a fantastic opportunity. I know you'll let me go, right?"Rickard had no intention of inte
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"Sullivan lied to her. He had her parents quietly killed. She found out after she turned her back on you."Benji lowered his gaze. "She was already dead when you came back. It was suicide."The conclusion lacked the weight necessary for such a betrayal. Hesper shut her eyes. The person she had trusted most was Renee. They had shared countless years together.Hesper acknowledged that their bond might not have been a genuine friendship. Renee had abandoned her when given the choice.However, Hesper had faced such situations before.Thankfully, there had been someone who had placed her first in their heart, reassuring her that she wasn't always relegated to being an option. Hesper stood in silence for a while before simply nodding.There was nothing she could do to aid Renee now. Renee had entered and departed alone, leaving no trace behind with Hesper.When the topic was broached, it weighed heavily on her heart. Hesper understood the situation but found herself at a loss for word
