“Uncle, can you help me get that?” Someone with a baby’s voice called out to Jared. When Jared lowered his head to look, he saw a fair-skinned and exceptionally adorable little girl, who was roughly 3 years old. He became soft-hearted at once and handed her the pudding that she wanted. The little girl had great manners, so she thanked Jared after she received the pudding, “Thank you.” Jared asked after some thought, “Are you Lou?” “Uncle, do you know me?” The little girl widened her eyes. “I saw your parents looking for you, so quickly find them and don’t make them worry.” Jared guessed it right. A cute little girl like her definitely had a mom who liked to act childishly. Lou pouted her lips and responded, “Did they finally remember their daughter? I thought they only saw each other! Okay, I should go back to them. Bye, Uncle!” “Mm, goodbye.” Lou hopped away. Based on what she said, Jared figured that her parents were very much in love. Jared watched enviously as the
The cruise that was arranged by Grandpa Crawford would last for five days and four nights. Jared met Miss Lawson as soon as he got on the ship. She was a good-looking lady, but he was reluctant to be with her, hence he was indifferent toward her throughout the journey. Nonetheless, Miss Lawson did not give up. She tried to initiate a conversation. “Jared, can I call you that? You can call me Wendy.” Jared stood on the deck as he looked into the distance without an expression. Miss Lawson added, “Jared, I’ve actually known you since a long time ago, but you haven’t divorced your ex-wife back then…” “I don’t have an ex-white, Gwen is forever my wife.” Jared cut her off coldly. “Jared, don’t be mad, that’s not what I meant. Gwen and I used to be classmates when we were in university, we had a great relationship, so I won’t speak ill of her,” Miss Lawson quickly explained. She gulped before she continued with a softer voice, “What I meant was I was too shy to greet you in the p
Jared left Miss Lawson alone and ran into the crowd regardless of everything. “Gwen! Gwen!” Miss Lawson was startled. “Jared, what are you doing?” Jared pushed away everyone in his way and grabbed the woman, who looked exactly like Gwen. He was exceptionally agitated. “Gwen! It’s really you!” The woman, whom he grabbed, was shocked. “You…” “Gwen, I knew it, I knew you’d still come back, I knew you’d come back!” Jared immediately hugged her. “Excuse me, Mr., are you drunk? You’ve gotten the wrong person, I’m not Gwen. I’m Stella, Stella Rose.” The woman in Jared’s arms struggled to push him away, and she resisted him very much. Even then, Jared could not hear a word she said. ‘This is my Gwen, the Gwen whom I’ve been missing for five years!’ A man furrowed his eyebrows upon seeing the scene, hence he forcefully separated them and protected the woman by standing in front of her. The man then uttered coldly, “Excuse me, you really mistook her for someone else. This is my w
After walking a certain distance away with Zach, Stella could not help but turn to look. She frowned and asked, “Zach, who exactly is that person? Why did he call me… Gwen?” Zach answered, “He’s Jared Crawford, the eldest son of the Crawford family in Fuzhou. Rumor has it that five years ago, he drove his legal wife, Gwen White, to suicide by jumping into the sea; it was all for his ex-lover. Only when Jared’s wife died, he started missing her dearly and was dispirited for a long time before he got back up again. “Perhaps he mistook you for Gwen because you look very much like her.” It was Stella’s first time hearing about it. “He drove his wife to commit suicide because of his lover, how dare he pretend to be so affectionate? He’s disgusting!” Zach stroked her hair. “In any case, just try to avoid him the next time you see him.” “Of course, who would want to have anything to do with a scumbag like him?” Stella expressed, then quickly welcomed her daughter upon seeing her, “L
Stella put on a fake smile and replied to Jared, “Mr. Crawford, you have an ill reputation, so it’s quite easy to know who you are.” Jared was not concerned about how she ridiculed him. He took an impatient step forward. “Gwen, I only found out after you left that there were many misunderstandings between us. I’ve already realized my mistakes, and I’m no longer with Janice, so can you please give me a chance to make it up to you?” Stella came to a sudden realization. “Is Janice your lover? Because of her, you made your legal wife jump into the sea to commit suicide. I thought how much you loved her, but it turned out to be nothing.” Jared smiled bitterly. “You might not believe me even if I say it, but from the beginning till the end, I actually didn’t love Janice that much. “In the beginning, I got together with her because she saved my life. Since I didn’t have a girlfriend then, I naturally accepted her when she confessed to me. For years after that, I didn’t meet another la
Jared immediately headed to the ship’s hold where Zach’s room was at. Coincidentally, he bumped into Zach, who was making his way downstairs to the corridor. Zach raised his eyebrow at him. “President Crawford, how may I help you?” “President Warren, can you spare half an hour for me? Let’s have a chat.” The man, who was as handsome as Jared, curled his lips but was not smiling. “President Crawford, you don’t seem like you were going to let me decline your request anyway. If that’s the case, let’s speak openly.” They headed to the observation deck that was facing the sea. While being blown by the sea breeze, Jared cut to the chase. “Stella is Gwen.” Zach denied it firmly, “No.” Jared questioned closely, “If Stella and Gwen aren’t the same people, why did you put so much effort into wiping out Stella’s information from before five years ago? Aren’t you trying to lie to Gwen, who has lost her memory, so you can make her accept the new identity that you’ve arranged for her?!”
Zach went to find Stella… No, Gwen. He saw her having breakfast with Lou, and she looked up and smiled at him when he approached them. “Zach.” “Did you meet Jared Crawford again?” Zach asked while furrowing his eyebrows. “Yes, and he still took me as Gwen,” Gwen looked down and answered unhappily. Zach felt a twitch in his heart. “Did he tell you a lot of things? Did you feel anything?” Gwen looked displeased. “Disgust, and hate. I just want to leave this ship now.” Zach sighed a breath of relief, and he also felt that they should not stay on the ship any longer. “If you’d like to, we can leave now.” “We can?” Gwen questioned and wondered, ‘But the cruise has already started, can we leave?’ “Of course. Go pack your things in the room now, I’ll make the arrangements.” Zach planted a kiss between her eyebrows and left. Before long, they had gotten all their belongings, and they got on a speed boat to go ashore. Jared was quickly informed of the news. “Mr. Crawford, Zach
“I’m sorry, Gwen…” Gwen finally gathered the strength to push Jared away. “Let go of me!” She raised her hand to give him a tight slap on his face. “Slap!” Gwen was slightly startled after she slapped Jared, but he was not bothered at all because what he owed her could not be paid by even a hundred slaps. She backed away frantically. For some reason, a few strange scenes flashed in his mind: a dark and damp prison, a hospital with a pungent smell of disinfectant, a bedroom that was filled with the smell of musk… At that instant, she was terrified because she felt that she was getting closer to hell… “Gwen!” Jared wanted to pull her, but she shrieked and ran out of the cabin to get to the observation deck. “Gwen!” Tears began rolling down Gwen’s face when she stood on top. “Jared Crawford! You forced Gwen White to jump into the sea back then, are you going to make me do the same today?!” Jared’s pupils immediately shrunk. The heartbreaking pain he felt when he received
The doctors had briefly cleaned and wrapped Shannon’s wound on the way to the hospital. She was sent into the operating theater the second they arrived at the hospital. After eight hours of trying to run from the god of death, Shannon was pushed out from the operating theater.According to the doctor, the bullet was less than a centimeter away from Shannon’s heart. No one would be able to save her life if it had penetrated her heart.Fortunately, it seemed that Shannon had a chance to survive, but she was still at the edge of danger. If she does not wake up in 48 hours, the doctors will give up on her.Although the probability for Shannon to wake up was very low, according to the doctor, Sean strongly believed that she would wake up.He could not be bothered by his own injuries but held Shannon’s hand as he sat beside her bed. He held her hand so tightly as though he was going to squeeze it into his palm.Gently, he stared at Shannon’s face and spoke in a loving voice, “Shannon,
Sean’s gaze was ever gentle, and it made Shannon tear up even more.His eyes were full of pampering and love for Shannon, just like when they had first met each other. “I’m so sorry, Shannon. I truly regret that I’ve done so many evil things to you and even broke your heart.”“Shannon, I don’t deserve your forgiveness. So, don’t forgive me, but take good care.”“No matter what happens, you must take good care of yourself, Shannon.”I love you, but I don’t want you to feel sad for me, so I guess I’ll skip this phrase. After saying everything that he needed to tell Shannon, Sean calmly said, “Julio, just take my life; don’t hurt Shannon!”Sean took a step forward and stood in front of Julio. He did not try to defend himself or hide but waited for a shot from Julio.As Julio witnessed Sean’s bravery, he knew that he had been defeated.He was finally aware that he could never compete with Sean for Shannon’s heart. Julio was suffering from that awareness. However, the grudge he had
“Julio, are you crazy?!”Startled by what he said, Shannon accidentally hit her head on the edge of the bed. Surprisingly, the pain helped her regain some energy.She saw a mug as she turned her head to the side, and she quickly grabbed the mug and crashed it onto the bedside table. The next thing she did was cut her wrist with one of the broken pieces of the cup.“Julio, I don’t love you. I don’t want a baby with you! I would rather die than have a baby with you!”Shannon’s quick action left Julio in shock! There was a deep and bleeding wound on her wrist when he managed to regain his attention. He was too stunned as he looked at the blood on her wrist.He could not be bothered to remove Shannon’s clothes anymore when he saw her hurting herself. He tightly hugged her in his embrace and uttered, “Shannon, why did you hurt yourself?! Am I so bad to the extent that you would rather die than become my wife?”Julio seemed hurt by her actions as he chuckled with grief. “Shannon, you w
The morgue? Shannon almost tripped and fell to the ground.She could not be bothered by her injury to her ankle and continued to rush to the direction of the morgue with the help of the wall as a support.Unknowingly, Shannon’s eyes were covered with tears, and all of a sudden, she felt a sharp pain on her neck and lost consciousness just when she was pushing the morgue’s door open.It was already in the evening when Shannon woke up, and she realized that she was in a strange room. She was dressed in a white wedding gown, and there was a mirror nearby. Looking into the mirror, she saw herself wearing very nice makeup.Suddenly, Shannon felt a sharp pain in her head as she tried to recall how she ended up here. She remembered that she was on the way to the morgue to see Sean. How did she wake up in a strange room with this odd outfit?Whatever the reason was, Shannon had no time to think it through thoroughly. What she had to do now was to find Sean.Desperately trying to get up,
Shannon was eager to see Sean.She heard two nurses whispering at a corner when she rushed out of her ward.“What a waste; he was so handsome but died so young!”“True, such a misfortune. He is only about 27 or 28 years old. It was a horrible accident. He passed away even before he could make it to the operation theater.”“I heard that his family is quite rich; I guess he was fated not to be able to spend the money.”“Sigh. It’s sad for such a handsome man to die in such a pitiful way! His wife was at the scene of the accident and passed out while crying. She was sent to our hospital, but she is yet to awake!”“Sigh, what can she do even if she is awake!? She might as well not wake up since the first news she will get is the news of her husband’s death! It would be really pitiful for her!”…As Shannon listened to the conversation between the two nurses, her heart sank bit by bit.The man was very handsome, at the age of 27 to 28, his family was rich, his wife fainted at the s
“I mean what I said!”Ian’s handsome face turned cold as he added with an evil gaze, “Quinn, I won’t keep this baby!”“No! You can’t hurt the child! This is your baby!”Ian chuckled even more nastilly after listening to what Quinn had said. “My baby? Quinn, I’m sure you just want to use the baby to keep Sean! Sadly, Sean has known that the baby is mine since a long time ago. Do you think Sean will spare your life if he was not planning to protect my baby!?”Sean already knew that the baby was not his own! With that thought in mind, Quinn fell on the ground disappointedly; how it could be…Then, Ian turned around and walked toward his Lamborghini. He locked his door and drove toward Quinn at a fast pace!Quinn lifted her head and her eyes were widely opened with fear. It would seem that Ian definitely wanted to kill her today!But, she could not die! She was only 26 years old! She had such a bright future! How could she let herself die so young?With that in mind, Quinn did not bother a
To Quinn’s surprise, Sean rushed out to save Shannon’s life at the critical moment without a second thought.Unknowingly, Quinn’s eyes were flooded with tears, for she could not understand how Sean loved Shannon so much!She reversed the car and slowly accelerated as she attempted to hit Shannon again. She would not be satisfied as long as Shannon was alive.However, Sam managed to arrive just in time with a group of people before Quinn succeeded. She was worried that Sam would catch her, so she quickly changed her direction and drove toward the southern outskirts.Sam did not go after Quinn by himself as he was worried about Sean’s injuries. Instead, he summoned his subordinates to tail Quinn’s car.Anxiously, Quinn accelerated and drove away recklessly. She was in an extreme panic as she did not want to be caught by Sean’s men. She heaved a sigh of relief when she noticed that she managed to escape from their clasp. However, when she was driving toward a junction, all of a sudden,
She was told about Eli and Seth’s failure last night.Her men came back with news, saying that Shannon was taken away by Sean, who showed up out of the blue.From her view in the car, she could see love bites on Shannon’s neck, which confirmed her speculation. The thought of them having sex last night drove her crazy. Without a doubt, anger and bitterness had preyed on her. She clenched her fists so hard that she cut her skin with her own nails, causing blood to drip.Shannon! Shannon!You should be long dead! I should’ve killed you right away last night!But it is not too late. Shannon, go to hell!Quinn stepped on the accelerator pedal and drove the car out at full speed. It was Shannon that she was aiming for.When Shannon finally noticed the danger, it was already too late. The van seemed to be coming at lightning speed; she knew that she was unable to escape.“Shannon!”It seemed hopeless for her to think that she could survive the crash. She anticipated the accident, but
Sean took Shannon all the way back to his mansion.She had been fed with the most powerful pill of its kind. When they finally got home, her body temperature was abnormally high.Eagerly, she tried to break away. Instinct told her not to get entangled with her brother-in-law.Repeatedly, she told herself that Julio was the man she loved and that they would be getting married very soon. However, there was only one name that kept coming to her mind.Sean. Sean...Why? Why did his name keep coming back to haunt her?Is it because of the immense hatred?Or could it be…She did not want to go there.What she desperately needed was a cold shower to calm herself down. Falteringly, she tried to walk to the bathroom, but he clasped her in his arms to stop her from leaving.His sweet lips were attached to hers, and soon, their tongues were intertwined. Lost in the kiss, she could feel her mind drift. With one last effort, she regained her strength and gave him a hard slap in the face.