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
On the day of the funeral, snow was falling heavily. It was a bleak and gloomy day.Miao Xiaobei stood alone in the large hall.Her body trembled as she knelt on the ground before a blazing fire, watching some joss paper burning in the brazier."Mom, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I'm unfilial..."Just at that moment, the door opened to reveal Murong Ling stepping in from the blanket of snow outside."You're indeed unfilial. If you hadn't been so greedy, your mother would still be alive. She's only dead because of you."Murong Ling's cold voice cut into her heart like a knife, each word slicing away at her.Miao Xiaobei only felt her blood rising, the taste of blood in her mouth was so strong, but she bit her lip determinedly."You detest me, you hate me. I know. Since that's the case, I'll give up my position as Young Madam Murong to atone for my sins..."Murong Ling's icy gaze stayed on Miao Xiaobei for a long time, unwavering. He slowly walked towards her."Miao Xiaobei, do
Murong Ling's eyes were gloomy and unfathomable.The woman in front of him was the person he hated the most in this world — Miao Xiaobei.Yet he had felt a sharp twinge of annoyance when he heard her say that she would no longer be Young Madam Murong."The position of Young Madam Murong is not one you can just take or leave as you please. How could there be such a great thing in the world?""Murong Ling, you..."Poised to finish her sentence with her lips slightly open, she suddenly felt her body falling backwards involuntarily.It was already the next morning by the time Miao Xiaobei regained consciousness.She had just finished washing up when the butler bundled her into a car.By the time she came to her senses, she found that she was passing through the door of the Murong family residence.The atmosphere inside was joyful and harmonious, but her sudden appearance injected an air of awkwardness into the scene."Older Sis, you're back."There was a hint of joy in her charm
Every bit of strength in Miao Xiaobei's body seemed to drain away as she stared at Miao Wanwan's stomach and said those three words.Miao Wanwan answered her with a radiant smile, "That's right, Older Sis. I'm pregnant with Ling's child. Aren't you happy? He's going to be your little nephew!""Happy?" Miao Xiaobei took a few unsteady steps back. Miao Wanwan's smile was like a knife stabbing deep into her heart, a heart which she had had to work so hard on stopping from bleeding. Unfortunately, this new development had rendered her efforts futile."A younger sister pregnant with her brother-in-law's child. Aren't you shameless, Miao Wanwan!?"The grim smile on Miao Xiaobei's face was in stark contrast to the expression on Miao Wanwan’s."Older Sis..." Miao Wanwan flinched and took two steps back. Fat tears welled up and fell from her eyes as she turned to look at Murong Ling."Ling, I, I'm not. I just really like you, that's why I want to have a child with you..."Murong Ling lau
Miao Xiaobei froze and looked at Miao Wanwan in disbelief.Miao Wanwan raised her delicate brows and continued to provoke her."Didn't Ling tell you? If it wasn't to save our child, do you really think he would have gotten you pregnant?"If it wasn't to save our child, do you think Ling would even allow your child to be born?"Miao Xiaobei was utterly dazed. She felt like she had just slipped from a precipice into a cavern of ice, freezing her to the core."No, it can't be. This is also his child..."Before too long, the sun set and the darkness of the night fell over the house.Miao Xiaobei staggered to her feet, clutching her lower abdomen, which had yet to swell to any obvious degree. She took a deep breath and walked towards the study.Looking at the light and seeing the familiar silhouette inside, she reached out her slender fingers to slowly push the door of the study open."Yes?"Gazing upon his handsome face, a glimmer of hope flashed in Miao Xiaobei's heart. "I have
Murong Ling frowned and said heartlessly, "Whatever. As long as Wanwan lives.""Mr. Murong, this lady truly cannot give any more blood. Taking more would endanger her life.""Just do it.""Mr. Murong...""Save the person inside. You don't have to worry about anything else!"Looking down at the numerous needle marks on her arm, Miao Xiaobei bit her lips hard.One of the nurses attending to her took pity on her and passed her a little paper cup filled with sweet brown sugar water."Murong Ling, do you even have a heart?""Mr. Murong, Miss Miao is awake."The voice of the doctor came from outside. Miao Xiaobei let out a small sigh of relief — she would not have to die on the operating table after all.However, just a moment later, Murong Ling and the doctor strolled in.The solemn expressions on their faces made Miao Xiaobei very uneasy. "Use the child in her womb."Miao Xiaobei eyes widened in shock and she shook her head vehemently. "No, you can't!""Miao Xiaobei, you'd bet
After several hours, the screeching wails that symbolized the safe arrival of a new human life rang out.Murong Ling, who had been staying by Miao Wanwan's side, finally revealed a look of relief upon hearing the news.He, too, had no idea why he had felt such a stab of fear when he'd seen her hopeless expression and watched her running frantically straight into the wall. It was as though he was afraid that she would leave him forever.He suppressed the unsettling feeling in his heart and reasoned that it must be down to his hatred for her. No doubt he just didn't want her to die and permanently escape his wrath."Ling, go ahead and visit my elder sister."Miao Wanwan leaned her head against the headboard of the bed, her pale face looking worried.After listening to her words, Murong Ling looked at her tenderly and said, "There are plenty of doctors in her ward. There's no need for me to be there. Let's wait another two days, and then I'll request the heart transplant surgery for
"Ling said that he'll divorce you once we've taken your baby's heart. Aren't you thrilled?"Miao Xiaobei sneered after hearing those words."If you're really all that then, after so many years, why has he still not divorced me yet? A fake will always be a fake. He's just blinded by the lies now. Then again, when it comes to a ruthless scumbag such as Murong Ling, I think you two are perfect for each other."The moment she had decided to knock herself into the wall, she had already given up on him.Her heart, which had loved him for years, had been completely crushed to dust.Miao Wanwan hadn't expected her to say that. Rage boiled within her and the blood rushed to her face."Miao Wanwan, do you really think that Ling kept you beside him because he's in love with you? Get real. He just wants to have a good time torturing you. Considering the half-dead state you're in now, Ling will never bother to take another look at you. Just wait and collect your child's body after a couple of
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.