In the backyard of the villa, there was a small pond that was full of lotus flowers and was home to a few carps. Gwen walked to the side of the pond and casually took some fish feed to sprinkle them in batches to the fishes. Jared blurted as he could not wait any longer, “I don’t want us to end!” Gwen looked plainly at the pond and asked in return, “You don’t want us to end? What do you want then? Me?” She laughed. “Do you want me to return to you so that I’ll continue spending days of being married, but my husband’s always with another woman, always protects that woman first no matter what happens, strangles me because of that woman, and even has a child with her?” Those were things that Jared had done, and he had done things far worse than that. Throughout the five years, Jared had been looking back on his memories. He recalled her good while he recalled his bad, and he knew he owed her so much that he could not redeem himself by saying sorry. Jared expressed with a flat vo
“Jared, it has been five years, but you’re still so selfish and conceited. You want everything to be under your control, and you never consider what other people are really thinking.” Gwen finally vented her anger, which she had been suppressing for the whole night. “You’re still the old you, but I’m no longer the Gwen who stupidly liked you for ten years and was still committed to you even after tolerating your ridicules and insults! Because of you, I suffered a lot from Janice! Because of you, my mom was killed by Janice! Because of you, I made a trip to the gates of hell, my body’s still unwell, and my life has been shortened by twenty years! “You said you want to make it up to me, but how are you going to do that? Can you return my mom’s life? Can you make my illness go away? “You can’t! So you don’t deserve to demand anything from me, let alone ask me to return to you! Jared Crawford, I don’t have anything to do with you anymore. I’m setting myself free, so you should set me
Gwen looked gloomy when she returned home that night, and Zach could tell at once what had happened. “Did he disturb you again?” “I’m so pissed off!” Gwen threw her bag hard on the couch. “He actually asked me to start over with him again? He’s crazy!” Zach’s face darkened, and he stood up and said, “I’ll go meet him.” “Don’t, you shouldn’t go.” Gwen quickly stopped him. As mad as she was, she was still rational. “If you go, you’ll definitely fight. In any case, he’s the eldest son in the Crawford family, and your family and his are evenly matched. If you have a huge conflict and it affects your company, it won’t be worth it.” Zach hugged her and expressed, “But I can’t stand seeing him harassing you every day.” Gwen smiled brightly. “I’ll just ignore him. I’m yours, and it’s a fact that can’t be changed no matter what he does.” “Mm.” Zach hugged her even more tightly because he was afraid that the men who coveted her would snatch her away. Gwen closed her eyes in his war
“Aren’t you in prison? Why are you here?” Janice, who had somehow come out of prison, had a hideous look on her face. “That’s not important. What’s more important now is that we should settle our accounts, Gwen!” Gwen narrowed her eyes because she could not figure out if it was Zach or Janice who sent her the message. If Janice had sent it, how did she get Zach’s handphone? Therefore, Gwen backed away silently to open the distance between them, and she quickly racked her brain to come up with a plan. Nonetheless, she responded, “Our accounts? Are there unsettled accounts between us? If anything, you’re the one who owed me!” “I owed you? If you didn’t snatch my status as Mrs. Crawford, everything that followed after that wouldn’t have happened!” Janice was somewhat out of her mind. Gwen did not know what she had gone through in the prison during the four months. Gwen replied to her expressionlessly, “Do you need me to remind you? Jared only had a favorable impression of you be
“Zach! Zach!” Gwen shouted his name. Zach woke up very quickly and was dazed for three seconds before he took a look at his surroundings. In particular, he turned pale at the sight of the bomb on his body. “Quickly leave! Stella! Leave now!” Gwen shook her head. “I can’t leave, I want to save you!” She forced herself to calm down and tried not to tremble as she said, “I remember you told me that you were in the force for two years. Do you know how to defuse a bomb? Teach me, I’ll save you!” Zach shook his head. “There aren’t any tools around, so you can’t cut these wires!” “You just have to tell me how to save you!” Gwen responded and thought, ‘It doesn’t matter! I’ll definitely find a way to cut these wires!’ Zach inhaled deeply and exhaled. He had also recollected himself, so he furrowed his eyebrows while he quickly observed the type of bomb on his body. Zach used to be an outstanding special forces soldier in the past, so normal bombs were not a problem for him, and he im
Gwen’s memory after she fell into the sea was blank. She tried hard to recollect her memory, but she only recalled glaring flames. When the bomb exploded, she and Zach were pushed into the sea by Jared. The sea, which had almost taken her life away twice, protected them this time, hence they were only slightly injured. On the other hand, Jared… “Janice committed suicide, whereas Jared lost an arm,” Zach told Gwen. “...” Gwen did not know what to feel about it. It was out of her expectations. After lying in a hospital bed for two days, she finally went to Jared’s ward. Jared was having an infusion in bed at that moment, and he was pale. When Gwen saw his missing left hand, she became a little teary. “Why did you do that?” However, Jared simply smiled. Ever since Gwen warned him not to send her anything anymore, he stopped sending things, but he still wanted to see her. Therefore, Jared would go from Fuzhou to Haicheng once in a while to steal glances of her in secret
Many years passed in a flash, but stories about the Warren family and the Crawford family were heard without an end. It was said that the Warren family had a female successor, which was unprecedented in the family for a hundred years. Nonetheless, nothing could be done because Mrs. Warren could not bear another child due to her poor health. Besides, she was the only person who President Warren loved, so the Warren family was naturally handed down to Miss Warren. Miss Warren was also said to be a diligent person because she was able to take charge when she was 18 years old. She had represented her dad by going overseas to discuss a collaboration, where she secured ten million orders at once. The ancestors of the Warren family would be at ease knowing that their family was handed down to her. Furthermore, Miss Warren was said to have become the Warren Group’s president at the age of 20, making her the youngest president in her family’s history. Her parents traveled around the world
Jared traveled day and night after receiving the news so as to meet Gwen. Zach did not stop him from meeting her. “She’s in the bedroom. Go in and tell her everything you want to say because the doctor said that she might not make it through the night.” “Gwen, Gwen…” Jared cried as he staggered into the room. “Gwen, Gwen.” Gwen had already dozed off, but she opened her eyes after she heard the voice, which she had not heard for a long time. “Jared, why are you here?” Jared leaned on her bed as he cried bitterly. “Gwen…” Gwen tried hard to open her eyes as she was weary. When she looked at him, old memories flashed in front of her eyes. When she was 12 years old, her dad passed away after saving Grandpa Crawford. Hence, Gwen met Jared, and she was taken into the Crawford family by Grandpa Crawford, where she began learning and growing with Jared. Gwen’s first awakening of love was when she was 15 years old. She had a crush on Jared, who was three years older than her, and
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.