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
Gwen knew what Zach was thinking — he was afraid she would blame him for lying to her. Five years ago, Zach had saved Gwen from the sea. After knowing that she had lost her memory, he decided after thorough consideration to not tell her the truth. Instead, he coordinated with the Rose family, who had just lost their beloved daughter, and he used Stella’s name and identity on Gwen. Zach hoped that she could forget her miserable past as Gwen and become Stella, who was doted on, from then on. He had done it for her own good after all, but it was not right, hence he was afraid that she would be mad. Gwen naturally knew Zach was a nice person. Without his protection throughout the five years, she would not know how she would have become. Stella loved Zach, but so did Gwen. She held his hands and said, “Zach, I’m very grateful for how well you’ve been treating me these years. Whether I’ve regained my memory or not, I’m always Stella to you and Lou.” Zach sighed a breath of relief
“Mr. Crawford, you haven’t even had a drop of water for the past two days. If this goes on, your body won’t be able to take it,” Jared’s butler expressed his concern. The dishes in the kitchen had been reheated but turned cold again, yet Jared did not want to eat. Jared mumbled, “Do you know? She didn’t die, and I met her…” Even the butler, who was the closest to him, did not know who he was talking about at that moment. “But she’s no longer Gwen White, her current name is Stella Rose. She’s now someone else’s wife, and she has a daughter with that man. She lost her memory, so she doesn’t remember me anymore.” Jared’s eyes became more bloodshot, and his voice trembled a little as he spoke. His butler sighed. ‘Indeed, Gwen is the only person who can make him act like this. ‘But Gwen passed away five years ago, how is she still alive? The butler asked after some thought, “Mr. Crawford, are you having nightmares again?” Jared shook his head. “I didn’t have nightmares this time
Five years ago, Janice often attended upper-class gatherings because of Jared. She had gorgeous gowns, a personal hair-stylist, as well as a retinue that attended to her whenever. Hence, she had an imposing manner. On the contrary, the new Janice lost everything a long time ago. In order to make an appearance at the birthday party, she spent all her money to purchase a presentable gown, and put on make-up. However, she had not been taking care of her skin for years, thus her face was so blotched that even foundation could not salvage it. After putting in a lot of effort to make herself look well-dressed, Janice stood upright as she arrived at a private villa in Haicheng. Her eyes lit up at the sight of different luxurious cars that were parked outside, and she asked after making her way to the entrance. “May I ask if this is Mrs. Warren’s birthday party?” The waiter studied her for a brief moment and answered, “Yes, it is. Are you an invited guest? Do you have an invitation?” “
Zach smiled. “You can say that. We’ve previously met once at a party, where you were President Crawford’s partner. I asked for your contact number, and I’ve been wanting to ask you out.” “Oh~” Janice knew very well what it meant when a man asked for a woman’s number and wanted to ask her out. She replied to him while her mind ran wild, “President Warren, you can contact me anytime if you’d like to find me, I’m always free.” Zach nodded. “Okay.” If Janice could claim a connection with Zach, even if she had to be his unpresentable mistress, she would be willing to. It was her most-used trick, after all. She would first gain the man’s good impression and trust step by step, and when she could not go any further, she would naturally devise another plan. Although Janice had only taken a few steps on the path, she had already come up with the full plan to become “Mrs. Warren”. Zach led her to the entrance of a hall and said, “I have to attend to other guests for now, so please
‘Janice’ looked at ‘Mrs. White’ indifferently. “Seriously, you’ve been lying in bed for so long that your brain is damaged. Didn’t you even think who your daughter is? She always says how much she loves and likes Jared, but how is she a match for me?” ‘Mrs. White’ pointed at the ward’s door with her trembling fingers. “Get out now! Get out!” “I won’t!” ‘Janice’ went closer to the bed and pulled the woman’s hair. “Do you know why I’m at the hospital? I had a miscarriage because of your daughter!” ‘Mrs. White’ widened her eyes in disbelief, and her already pale face became as white as a sheet. “I had Jared’s child, so Gwen was jealous of me. She hit me so that I would knock into the corner of a table, and I lost my child as a result. She’s being locked up by Jared now, and Jared said that she’ll be our child-bearing tool until she gives birth to our child, which is when she’ll only be set free.” ‘Mrs. White’ had doted on Gwen very much, and she never imagined her daughter to ha
Janice looked up like a fool and was even more dumbfounded when she saw two police officers. “Where to?” Someone suddenly kicked her and scolded her with disgust, “Where can you go if you’ve killed someone? Pfft! B*tch!” Another person ran over and slapped her face hard. “You stole someone else’s husband, framed his legal wife, and even killed his legal wife’s mom. How can an obnoxious woman like you exist in the world!” Janice regained her senses when she was kicked and slapped. When she looked up around her, she realized that the banquet hall was filled with people — men and women in stunning outfits — who were obviously there for the birthday party. They were always present, so they watched the show, as well as when she begged for forgiveness and pleaded guilty… Janice finally understood that someone had devised a plot against her! Someone planned the same scenario to happen again to get her to plead guilty! “I didn’t kill anyone! I didn’t kill anyone!” Janice shouted.
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.