"You have to help me with this. You can't let them find anything, or I'm done for."Aurora had done something bad, and the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. She feared that the investigation might uncover her involvement in Rebecca's death.Yerick was sitting on the couch, casually playing a puzzle game on his tablet. He replied nonchalantly, "Why are you so anxious?""No one saw Rebecca falling down the stairs, but what if they find the drug that killed her?""The old woman has already been cremated. Who's going to find out?" Yerick didn't even glance up from his tablet. "Besides, it was your cousin who injected the drug, so you're off the hook.""But if Angie is found out, she'll definitely talk about Rebecca falling down the stairs. She'll also say that I instructed her to inject the drug. She won't keep it a secret; she's just an evil idiot."Yerick looked up leisurely. "You know she's an idiot, but you used her. That doesn't make you very smart either.""I
Aurora left Yerick's place and drove back to her home. As soon as she entered the door, she immediately threw her bag on the floor and almost screamed.Angie hadn't come home all night. It was almost noon now, and still there was no sign of her. She hadn't even sent Aurora a text message.Where the hell did that bitch run off to? She really had a nerve, acting like nothing happened while such a big issue was at hand.At that moment, Aurora's phone rang.She picked it up, and the caller ID showed the number of a police station. The moment she saw it was the police calling, she immediately felt guilty and threw the phone onto the couch.Why would the police be calling her? What had happened?Could they have figured something out? No, that was impossible. Could Angie, that bitch, have gone to turn herself in, or had she been caught?Aurora's heart raced as she quickly ran to her room to pack her things, preparing to flee.The phone on the couch kept ringing. She ran back to the living roo
Aurora took Angie to the hospital, where the doctor carefully examined her.As Aurora had expected, since Angie's private life was in chaos, she had several infections.Worried that she might have been infected from sleeping in the same bed as her, Aurora decided to be examined as well. Fortunately, she found that she was fine and just needed to pay attention to hygiene.After taking Angie back home, Aurora said, "From now on, you'll sleep in this room. We won't share a bed anymore. Take these medications on time and go to the hospital for regular check-ups.""Why are you getting so worked up? It's no big deal," Angie said nonchalantly. "Every woman has some gynecological issues."Aurora threw the test results beside Angie. "Look at your condition. How many women have this? Stop making excuses for yourself and take your medicine. Don't mess around with men next time."Angie was a loose woman. She let any man sleep with her and contracted many diseases, yet she still had the nerve to in
Sydney turned her head and said, “Mr. Jackson, we’d better not see each other again from now on. Just drop me off ahead and let’s say goodbye.”The smile on Christopher’s face faded. “What are you talking about?”“I mean, let’s break up and not see each other again. Just because I’m divorcing Wesley, doesn’t mean I’ll be with you.”Christopher’s face froze. “What do you mean by that?”“Exactly what I said.”“Sydney, I like you, but it doesn’t mean you can challenge me.”“Challenge you?” Sydney chuckled. “I almost forgot, you’re the high and mighty Mr. Jackson. How could you allow yourself to be dumped by a woman? How about this, why don’t you dump me instead and kick me out of the car?”Christopher remained silent, but the look on his face was stormy.Sydney immediately instructed the driver to stop. However, the driver didn’t dare to do so without Christopher’s explicit order.Christopher suppressed the anger in him and raised the divider between them and the driver at the fr
That afternoon, Yerick had lunch with Wesley.Wesley was in a sullen mood, looking troubled. He didn’t eat much. He kept sighing, a morose look on his face.“Godfather, I know you just got a divorce and you’re feeling bad about it, but time heals all wounds. I know many young and beautiful ladies who adore older men like you. I can introduce them to you.”Yerick tried to comfort him as best as he could with a bright smile.“No, thank you. I’m getting old and am certainly not a good match for those young and beautiful ladies you’re talking about,” Wesley said with a bitter smile.He seriously wasn’t in the mood to begin a new relationship right now.He had committed so many mistakes in his relationship in the early part of his life. He really shouldn’t hurt another woman like that again.“Godfather, don’t say that. You’re not old. You’re middle-aged, and handsome and mature to boot. Many young ladies like your type and feel secure with men like you. Don’t think so lowly of yourse
Night fell.Aurora and Angie were finishing up their dinner.Aurora didn’t have much appetite, but Angie ate quite a lot. Her stomach bulged out as she lounged on the couch, scrolling through her phone and not bothering to help with washing up.Aurora shook her head helplessly as she stacked all the dirty plates up and washed them at the sink.“Angie, I’m going back to my room. Have a good rest.”“Got it,” Angie said without even looking up, engrossed in the novel she was reading.Aurora returned to her room and pulled out her phone. She couldn’t stop herself from texting Theodore. [Theo, what are you doing now? How’re you doing?]A few minutes later, Theodore replied, [I’m doing quite well. What about you? If you need any help, feel free to reach out.][I know, Theo.] Aurora wanted to say more, but she was worried about disturbing and annoying him, so she simply replied with an emoji.Ten minutes later, Theodore texted her back. [Aurora, what I told you at Grandma’s previou
Aurora was already frustrated to begin with, and was rudely awakened by Angie. She didn’t have the energy to bother herself with Angie’s petty affairs online, so she just took a careless glance.She didn’t expect someone as disgusting as Angie to have people speaking up for her. All of them were blind fools, trying to act like virtuous and chaste women.Birds of a feather flock together indeed. Disgusting people attract other disgusting people and they like to gather and speak filth. Normal people wouldn’t bother with them at all.The comments were all obscene and filled with vulgarities hurled at the author.Many comments were about the author having a mental problem, claiming that only those with a promiscuous private life are capable of writing a story like this.In truth, only foolish and vile people like them were capable of making such crass and filthy comments. Did these foul-mouthed women wear chastity belts or purity rings?Most women who liked going around insulting oth
Angie said justly, “I just want to scold someone. It’s my right. Life sucks, can’t I even go crazy online?”“Since you can scold others, others can scold you back too. And stop telling me about these things, I’m not interested at all. This thing with Rebecca is troubling me enough, so can you please get your priorities straight? Why are you acting like nothing has happened?”Aurora was beyond frustrated. Angie was still occupied with her stupid novels when something so major had happened. Only fools take those novels that dumb authors write as reality.Angie was a fool indeed, unable to discern what was truly important and distinguish between reality and fiction.Since birds of a feather flock together, those who mixed with Angie and made the same comments as her were all crazy and indecent people!Such people looked at the world through filthy lenses and saw filth in everything. They despised the story they were obsessed with following, and clearly had a problem.Aurora wished A
Theodore wrapped all of them up in his long arms.Under the golden sunshine, the family of four was wrapped up in each other's embraces. Sunlight shone on them, encasing them in a warm, golden glow. Everything felt calm and peaceful. The children snuggled in their parents' arms, innocent smiles lighting up their faces. They could feel the warmth of the sunshine as they found the safest and warmest haven in the entire world in their arms.In the evening sun and gentle breeze, they finally found happiness in each other's embrace.-In the deep of the night, Rosalie had a dream.Both Justin and Grandma came to her in her dream.Grandma and Justin were playing cards, surrounded by beautiful birds and flowers. They seemed to be in heaven, having the time of their lives with a look of tender love in their eyes.Grandma was very happy that she had reconciled with Theodore.Justin told Rosalie, "Rose, I'm so happy to see you happy.""Justin, do you hate me?""Silly girl, why would
Theodore made Rosalie feel like love was possible once more, and gradually opened her up.Love was ever-changing with time and the experiences they went through.Rosalie missed Justin dearly, but she also learned to treasure the people around her and every present moment of happiness. She learned how to accept the past and treasure the present amidst all her relationships.Justin would be her one and only in her heart, but Theodore also found his place in her heart amidst the unique position Justin was in.This was how their affections and love for each other grew and changed with time.Justin was dead, and Rosalie couldn't keep living in the past. She would carefully preserve her love for Justin in a corner of her heart.She would spend the rest of her life loving Theodore and their children."Chelsea," Rosalie said as she pulled Chelsea over. "Your daddy loves you very much, but he didn't get to see you come into this world. But you must remember his name. He is Justin Lynch."
Theodore and Rosalie brought both children to Justin's tomb.Before they left, Rosalie said that she and Chelsea wanted to spend some time alone with Justin.Theodore brought Jake to the car to wait for them.Golden sunlight shone on the land, feeling warm and toasty and giving the earth a beautiful glow.Rosalie caressed the tombstone. "Justin, I'm sorry for not coming to visit for such a long time."The last time she came back was a few months ago, during which she snuck a peak at his tombstone.Rosalie pulled out a bone fragment. "That's because you're always by my side, which is why I think that I can bring you everywhere I go. You're not just here at this tombstone."Justin, Theo and I have reconciled. He did so much for me, even sacrificing his own life for me. I can't just stand idly by and do nothing about it. I can't bring myself to reject him ruthlessly again and again."You can say that I'm moved, or that I fell in love with him once more. He's just too good, and I c
Jake had so much fun today and was exhausted by the time he reached home. After his shower, he crawled into bed and fell right asleep without any coaxing whatsoever. Jake would sometimes sleep in the bedroom with Chelsea, and sometimes they slept separately.At night, when Rosalie went to Chelsea's room to tuck her in and tell her a bedtime story, she asked, "Chelsea, how was your day with Theodore?""Hmm, it was alright," Chelsea said. "But Mr. Spencer was so silly, he burnt the food. I only got to eat lunch very late.""Is that so?" Rosalie burst out laughing. "How silly of him indeed.""But Mr. Spencer is quite nice," Chelsea said. "I like him. He said that I can call him Daddy."Rosalie's eyes lit up. "Do you want to call him that?""I do," Chelsea said with a nod, "but I'll do that tomorrow."Chelsea yawned. She felt tired, too.Rosalie caressed her cheek. "Goodnight, my darling. Go to sleep."-Rosalie returned to her room, took a shower, and laid on the bed. Theodo
Their parent-child bonding efforts officially began the next day.Rosalie brought Jake to the theme park. In the beginning, Jake felt rather stiff and reserved. It was his first time alone with his mom, after all.As time went by, Rosalie's earnestness, concern, and gentle patience with him slowly opened him up.They sat on the carousel, drove the bumper cars, rode on the Viking ship, zoomed down slides, bounced on the trampolines, and sailed on mini-boats. They had a whale of a time.Jake was covered with sweat, but he was so happy, he didn't want the day to end.He had grown closer to his mom, so much so that he would jump into her arms, hugging her and asking for kisses.Rosalie did not hold back from expressing her love for him and even carried him on her back as they continued exploring the park.Jake was very obedient and came down very soon, for fear that Rosalie might get tired. They moved on to the next attraction hand-in-hand.Rosalie found out one thing from Jake, wh
Some time later, Rosalie realized that Jake was being rather sullen.Each time she asked him whether something was wrong, he would brush her away, claiming that he was fine before running off.It was a Saturday, and Rosalie didn't need to go to work. She was seated on the couch with a book when Chelsea ran over, her braids swaying behind her. "Mommy, can you give me a hug?"How could Rosalie say no to her adorable little daughter? She shut the book and said, "But of course. Come on over."Rosalie opened her arms, very willing to show Chelsea affection.Chelsea crawled up onto the couch happily, sitting on Rosalie's lap and diving into her embrace.Jake happened to see it all.Rosalie noticed Jake standing a short distance away and was about to say something to him when he ran off.The smile on Rosalie's face faded as a look of worry took over.At night, Rosalie put Chelsea under Theodore's care and went to Jake, wanting to speak to him alone."Jake, what's with you recently
A gentle breeze lifted the curtains slightly in the deep of the night.Rosalie laid in Theodore's embrace, panting slightly. Her cheek leaned against his chest, feeling his heart pounding heavily, and her cheeks flushed.She never expected this day to come between her and Theodore, yet everything happened in a flash. He went to bed with her just like that, bewitched and completely infatuated with her.Although they were once husband and wife and had been intimate countless times, this felt different from the last. Things felt more intense this time around."Rose, are you happy?"Although Theodore's liver had been doing well over the last three months of recuperation, he was still worried that his fitness level might be affected before his liver was fully recovered.Rosalie gave him a slight smile. "Of course, I am. You almost crushed me."Her face flushed the moment she spoke those words. She hugged Theodore tight, feeling safe and secure.She could sense that he was telling th
"Theo, have you had a woman over the past five years?" Rosalie asked very frankly.They weren't naive young men and women but mature adults with experience in this matter.Theodore was a red-blooded young man who had his needs. Suppressing his desires, which were absolutely normal, would only jeopardize his health.Theodore was getting angry. "Am I someone like that to you, going to bed with a woman I don't love just to satisfy my physical needs?""Aren't men all like that?" Rosalie said. She didn't mean it in a scornful way but simply highlighted it as a typical observation.Lonely men and women in the city were bound to seek companionship in some places and part ways after the night.Someone as powerful and influential as Theodore wouldn't even need to go searching for someone else. Women flocked toward him like bees to honey."Why can't I be an exception?" He was in no state whatsoever to find another woman over the past five years and would always deal with his sexual desire
Time flew by, and three months later, Rosalie was fully recovered and back at work.Her colleagues welcomed her back with a bash.Everything seemed to have returned to normal.To keep Jake company, Rosalie would go back to Theodore's house every day after work. She was practically living there.Rosalie and Jake's relationship had improved over time, and they were looking more and more like they were truly mother and son.Everything was going well.At night, the four of them sat around the dining table and chatted happily with each other.After dinner, Rosalie and Theodore sat in the living room chatting. She suddenly noticed a book on the table. It looked so familiar that it caught her eye.It was the book she had written. Over the past five years, not only was she busy learning and working, but she also managed to write the book she had conceptualized and even gotten it published. However, this book was only available in Briusian and not exported to Blencalgo.Rosalie's book