Nalia came into the room with the spicy spaghetti salad. "Mrs. Albert.""Yes?""Get up and have some spicy spaghetti salad."Kathryn was silent. When she heard the words "spicy spaghetti salad", she immediately felt energized and quickly sat up from the sofa. Seeing this, Nalia put the plate on the table and helped her.Kathryn could already smell the food. When she saw some eggs in the salad, she felt her appetite come alive. Now that she was pregnant, her taste was constantly changing. She had been craving spicy food these days."You should try it," Nalia said.Kathryn asked, "How did you make this?"When she was downstairs just now, Chris kept micromanaging what the kitchen could make for her. But it was so rare to see them make some spicy spaghetti salad under his watchful eye.Kathryn took a bite, and she felt better.Nalia said, "Mr. Albert made this."Kathryn froze as she held her fork. She looked at Nalia in disbelief.Nalia explained, "Mr. Albert felt sorry for you.
Before Martha could say anything, Chris said, "I'm still busy, so I'm hanging up!""Wait!" When Martha realized Chris didn't want to keep talking, she panicked. She held back her anger and asked, "Then, you're not serious about this, are you?"Since Chris was just teaching Emily a lesson, he wouldn't let her rot in prison, right?It wasn't that Martha didn't believe in her son, but some things had happened between them, so she knew very well that Chris wouldn't forgive her so easily. There was a reason why their relationship had been strained for years.Noticing Martha's nervousness, Chris snickered, "What do you mean by serious?""You—""She needs to take responsibility for her own actions. And I'm very serious about taking responsibility for my wife."Martha remained silent."Since you two claim that you're doing this for my own good, you'd better think about what you should and should not do!"After saying that, Chris hung up, not giving Martha a chance to reply. Seriously?
Kathryn was very gentle when she was here previously. So, why was she acting so greedy now?However, Chris was treating her with a lot of care, so the maid didn't dare to refute her at all. "All right, I'll tell Mr. Lowe immediately." The maid quickly went down with the packed items. When she walked to the door, she saw Tally, who had been waiting for a long time. She called respectfully, "Hello, Ms. Johnson."When Kathryn heard her words, she immediately turned around. She saw Tally, and the arrogance on her face was immediately gone.The maid went downstairs in a hurry, fearing that Kathryn would be unhappy with something else. It was really annoying.After the maid walked a distance away, Tally approached Kathryn and clicked her tongue, "This is how you should be. Now, you look like the lady of the house." Before, anyone could step on Kathryn without repercussions. Tally felt worried just by looking at her.Kathryn hummed, "As if I want to be the lady of the house.""Well, y
Before Tally could reply, Kathryn said, "Tally, I'll pay you back as soon as possible."After going to Brookside Town, she contacted the management there. The manager was a very enthusiastic old man, and he particularly loved relief sculptures. When he found out Lewis taught her, he was even more curious about her skills.Just like that, the old manager helped promote her work in the sculpting industry. It opened a lot of doors for her. Just this morning, Kathryn had received a gig. She had to make a relief sculpture of 30 square feet for the gate of a scenic spot.The client agreed to let her do it after she gave birth to her child. The payment for this order was worth a few hundred thousand dollars. In the past, she had to forgo her dignity for money. But now that she had found a way out of her predicament, she felt proud.Tally still didn't understand how Kathryn was so brave. She took a few deep breaths. "Do you really think paying me back is the issue now?""I'll definitely p
Instead, Chris asked, "What did she ask you to do with them?""She wants me to either return them or throw them away!"For a frugal woman with no opinion of her own, Kathryn was perfectly capable of calling the shots. Chris scoffed at the thought. He said nothing in response and walked upstairs. When he arrived at the nursery, he heard Kathryn shouting, "You just can't spoil men too much! They'll just take advantage of your kindness!"Tally cringed at her outburst. This entire situation was getting more and more absurd. She was happy for Kathryn when she told her about the big sculpting gig she had scored. However, her livelihood was still in Chris' control.Tally coughed. "Well, even though you have ways of earning money now, you shouldn't let that inflate your ego."Although she could understand Kathryn's feelings for getting her spirit crushed by Chris, her ability to make money wasn't enough to catch Chris' eye.If they pissed him off, they wouldn't be a match for him. Tall
Kathryn didn't want to be afraid of Chris, but damn, what the hell was going on with her? Was she unable to control her own instincts? Since Chris had exploited her for years, was she instinctively servile to him?Kathryn was mad at herself for being such a wimp. "I-I'm not afraid of you! I'm warning you. You'd better not mess with me, or I'll divorce you!" Kathryn roared after mustering up some courage.The word "divorce" got on Chris' nerves. He grabbed the back of her neck with one hand and her arm with the other. He held her firmly, preventing her from being in any danger."What are you doing …" Kathryn wanted to yell, but only a whimper escaped her.Feeling her breath on his skin, Chris lost control of himself for a moment, but he still tried his best to restrain himself. He missed her. Nobody knew how much he thought about her when he discovered the hospital had misdiagnosed him. Now that she was right before him, he felt himself losing control even more.Kathryn's heart wa
In contrast to Kathryn's peaceful life, Jessica wasn't doing as well.The lawsuit between her and Matthew had begun. Kathryn had asked Chris to hire a lawyer to defend her.Since Jessica wasn't the one who took the initiative to cheat and was also an unconscious victim in that incident, she was sentenced not to compensate for the losses Matthew had claimed. Karen was upset about that outcome and said she would ask Matthew to file an appeal.As a result, Jessica was exhausted, both physically and mentally.Things weren't going well for Kelly in school, either. When she came home in the evening, Jessica hurriedly prepared dinner for her."Do your homework for now. I'll get dinner ready soon!"Kelly said nothing in response and entered the study with her school bag.When Jessica finished preparing dinner, she went to the study to get her. When she opened the door to see what happened, she yelled at what she saw, "Oh no, Kelly! Kelly!"Her hysterical screams resounded throughout th
Before Byron could say anything, Jessica said, "Mr. Byron, I'm handing in my resignation tomorrow!""Are you leaving?" Byron asked coldly, raising an eyebrow.Jessica nodded, and she couldn't stop the tears from rolling down her cheeks.She had graduated from college, and with Wendy's help, she stayed in Harbolean, the place where everyone was trying to go.In the eyes of those in Everburns Highlands, she had married someone in the big city, living the life everybody dreamed of. But who would have thought that this place was the biggest source of her depression and pain?Looking back now, she had never been happy since she moved to Harborlean. Now, she felt so suffocated that she wanted to escape."I'm really sorry, but please find someone who can take over my job as soon as possible," Jessica choked. She wished she could leave this place immediately, but she still had some responsibility for her work.Just now, she called Kelly's homeroom teacher. Kelly wouldn't be going to sch