Yerick scratched his head, and said with a coy smile, “During the summer holidays, I learned under a doctor. I know how to feel a pulse. When I helped you up just now, I could feel from your pulse that you’re pregnant.”Rosalie asked doubtfully, “How do you know I’m pregnant just from my pulse? How does my pulse feel like?”She was completely clueless in this regard. Had she not seen and experienced it for herself, she would never have expected a young man to be able to feel her pulse and tell that she was pregnant so easily.“Is like this…” Yerick paused thoughtfully for a moment. “Can you give me your hand?”Rosalie lifted her hand toward him, curious. Yerick held her wrist carefully, and pressed the tip of his finger on her wrist.“The pulse of a pregnant woman has a special characteristic. It feels very rounded and fluent, like a string of beads at regular intervals. In the medical field, we feel the pulse at three spots. The first spot is near the palm, with the middle fi
A genius was indeed worlds apart from her.She only managed to graduate from University when she was twenty-one, while he was studying for his Ph.D. at the age of 18. Sometimes, there really was no point comparing between different people. It would only be depressing.She felt as though she was looking at Theodore when he was 18 years old. He was incredibly smart at that age, too.However, he wasn’t as warm or sweet as Yerick.When Theodore was 18, he was very stern and hardly smiled. He wasn’t like his peers, who were bright and lively. He took everything seriously, and was careful and meticulous in all he did. In turn, he was also more mature and had a stronger sense of responsibility compared to them. When he realized that Rosalie was in a daze, Yerick raised a hand and waved it in front of her eyes.“Hey, what’s the matter?”“Huh?” Rosalie snapped back to reality. “Nothing, I just suddenly feel a little hungry.”“You’re hungry? What a coincidence, me too. I know an Itali
The night was quiet. A black SUV was parked in a dark, hidden corner.Yerick sat in the driver’s seat, wearing a black jacket and a hat, as he pulled out his phone from his pocket. He received a notification that Rosalie had added him on social media. Yerick didn’t immediately accept her request. Instead, he put his phone aside and arched his brow, a cold smirk on his lips.His innocent expression just moments ago had vanished without a trace. Rather, he looked as though he was possessed by a demon. -In the middle of the night, it started raining heavily.Sydney was sound asleep on her bed. Suddenly, she heard her doorbell ringing. She immediately sat up on her bed. Who could it be at this hour? Was Wesley here to bother her again?She got out of bed, and walked cautiously to the door. When she saw the person through the screen, she immediately opened the door in shock.Theodore was standing outside, his jacket wide open, his tie in disarray and thoroughly drenched.His f
“To…to look for my wife, of course,” Theodore replied confidently.“Your wife?” Sydney sneered. “Who’s your wife?”“Mom, you clearly don’t care about me, as I’ve said many times. You don’t even know who my wife is.” Theodore looked down, and added dejectedly, “You’ve never cared about me since I was a kid. I hardly saw you, and I had no idea where you went.”Sydney had wanted to trap him with her words, but her eyes dimmed with guilt at his accusation.She composed herself before saying, “Do you really hate me, then?”“What about you?” Theodore looked up. “Do you really hate me, too? You think of Dad whenever you see me.”Tears suddenly welled up in Sydney’s eyes. “Alright, that’s quite enough. Remove your wet clothes and get changed into these dry ones.”Sydney sat next to him and wiped his face and hair before reaching out to unbutton his shirt. Suddenly, Theodore grabbed her hands and shoved her away rudely.“What are you doing?” Sydney exclaimed in shock.“I’m married. D
“I’m going home. It’s getting late, she’ll get worried if I go back home late.”“Who will get worried?” Sydney asked. She sighed loudly, and shook her head helplessly.“Mom, I’ve got to call Rose and tell her that I’m at… I’m with my mom. I can’t let her have the wrong idea.”Theodore pulled his phone out of his pocket, and scrolled to Rosalie’s number.Rosalie’s number was the first on Theodore’s list of contacts. He specifically added a letter ‘A’ in front of Rosalie’s name so she would be listed as the first contact.He was so drunk, he couldn’t see the words on the screen clearly. He scrolled up and down and clicked randomly on the screen, but realized he pressed on the wrong number.When he called the number, he put the phone to his ear.An agitated voice sounded through the phone. “Theo, it’s so late. What’s the matter? Are you missing me?”Theodore found it strange to hear this voice. He looked at his screen, and saw the name reflected on it.How did “Rose” turn into “C
“You said that you wanted to call Rose, you silly,” Sydney said, not sure whether to laugh or cry.Seeing Theodore right now both made her heart ache and gave her the urge to laugh out loud. He had it coming, really.“Oh, yes. I wanted to call Rose.” Theodore suddenly laughed, his pale and haggard but still handsome face suddenly filling with hope.This time, he dialed the right number and finally called Rosalie. However, all he heard was the sound of the automated voice over the phone. “Sorry, the number you’ve dialed is unavailable. Please try again later…”Theodore listened all the way till the automated voice message ended. The phone went back to standby mode, and fell from his hand to the couch with a plop.He suddenly smiled bitterly and helplessly. “I remember it now,” he said. “Rose divorced me. She’s no longer my wife.”He felt as though he had woken up from a dream, and realized a fact that he didn’t want to realize.Theodore was stunned with disbelief.Sydney rem
“Yes, yes, she’s horrible. She doesn’t know what’s going on in your mind at all. When you asked for a divorce, she shouldn’t have agreed to it. She should have clung desperately onto you and refused to the divorce,” Sydney said. Sydney didn’t want to argue with a drunkard, for fear that it might negatively influence her intellect. “Exactly! I just asked for a divorce! Why did she have to go along with it? Why did she have to be so obedient?” Theodore yelled in frustration. “She’s not rebellious at all!”Sydney sighed. The men of the Spencer family were all idiots, really. They were never satisfied, no matter what.“Yeah, she shouldn’t have been so obedient. She should have resisted and been rebellious. I think Rose’s an idiot through and through.”“You’re the idiot!” Theodore grabbed a pillow and flung it aside, like a child throwing a tantrum. He turned around, and said, “Don’t you talk bad about Rose! She’s not an idiot.”“Oh, still defending her now?” Sydney said with a sm
“Theodore Spencer, how could you treat me like this? How could you?! Didn’t you say that you wanted to marry me? What do you mean by this text? You’re too much! You must be throwing me aside now that I’m sick!”She received Theodore’s call, which woke her up in the middle of the night, but she felt very glad instead of getting angry.He had contacted her, probably because he had thought of her in the deep of the night.To her utter surprise, he was intending to call Rosalie but had dialed the wrong number.He was thinking of Rosalie even when drunk, and even sent an outrageous text like that to her.“Theodore Spencer! You said that you’d marry me! No—I have to find you right now and get to the bottom of this.”Cynthia was very agitated, and wanted to pluck out the needle in her arm.Suddenly, the door was opened. A tall, towering figure marched in, slamming the door shut and locking it from the inside.Cynthia jumped with fright before she had a chance to pluck out the needle.
Theodore had the email address investigated and found it heavily encrypted and difficult to hack into.He adopted many different approaches, tracking down the IP address, analyzing the source code of the email address, and so on—but the other party seemed to be prepared for any hacking attempts. All the clues left behind ended up false. The other party used an anonymous network and virtual private network for all his communications, making it difficult to trace the source.Theodore sought out professional hackers for help, but all traces that the other party left behind had been sophisticatedly erased away. Even professional hackers could do nothing about it.The email address he got ended up being useless in finding Sebastian's whereabouts.He didn't dare imagine the kind of life that Rosalie was leading right now. She disappeared into thin air and Justin's life was probably in danger as well. Otherwise, he would certainly protect Rosalie with his life.He contacted the Jackson
Rosalie rubbed her wrists after Sebastian untied her.He sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard while looking expectantly at her, waiting for her next move.Rosalie's whole body shook. She bit her lips and finally crawled toward Sebastian, taking the initiative to sit on his leg.Sebastian pinched her chin and warned, "Be good and don't play any tricks with me, or your child will lose his father and die anyway."Rosalie put both hands on his shoulder, shut her eyes, and kissed his lips.After everything was over, Sebastian lay on the bed, feeling satisfied. He was still panting heavily, sweat beading his forehead.Rosalie was taking the initiative at the start and he simply sat back and enjoyed it, but after a while, she ran out of energy and he had to take the lead.Rosalie was trembling all over and she wrapped herself up tight with the sheets. She lay on her side with her back facing Sebastian, sobbing as she bit her fingers.Sebastian hugged her from behind and kisse
Rosalie ignored him. He could do anything he pleased with her body, and she had no say at all over what he wanted to do."Rose, what else can I do when you're misbehaving so badly? I can only tie you up here, lest you try to hurt me again.""Sebastian Carter, how did they know that I was trying to kill you?" Those men suddenly barged in right before she could attack him. They must have known about it beforehand.Sebastian chuckled lightly as he pinched Rosalie's chin and turned her head in the other direction.Rosalie looked at a corner of the ceiling and noticed a tiny camera. At that moment, she felt exposed to the whole world. "You had a surveillance camera installed here?""I installed it for fear that you might do something to hurt yourself, yet you ended up hurting me instead. How disappointing.""Sebastian Carter, you pervert! With that l surveillance camera installed here, does that mean your subordinates saw everything you did to me in bed?"Rosalie hated Sebastian
Anger penetrated the darkness.Rosalie was about to throw the vase down when suddenly, the door was forced open. A few men in black barged in and charged toward her at the speed of light, snatching the vase from her hands and successfully subduing her.Everything happened so quickly, she had no chance to react. It was as if they knew about her secret attack beforehand and were on standby outside, ready to barge in anytime.After Rosalie was subdued, she instinctively struggled against their hold. "Let me go, let me go!"The lights in the room were switched on and Sebastian sat up calmly on the bed. Fatigue was etched in his eyes and he pinched the bridge of his nose as he let out a sigh. When he looked at Rosalie, his eyes were filled with disappointment and helplessness. "Rose, didn't I tell you this before? Be good, but now you're…"Sebastian saw the vase and knew that if he had been smashed by that thing, he would have needed emergency rescue even if he managed to survive.
Sebastian carried Rosalie out of the washroom. Her knees were both slightly red.He put her on the bed, his thumb rubbing the corners of her lips. He smiled and whispered into her ear, "Did that taste good?"Rosalie flipped to her side, her back facing him.Sebastian kissed her shoulder as a wicked look flashed past his eyes. He dove into the sheets, moving lower and lower.Rosalie knew what was about to happen and tried to struggle, but he pinned both of her legs down.Everything that happened after that felt torturous.Rosalie didn't even know when it ended.When it finally did, her cheeks were flushed and she sobbed silently while biting on her fingers.Sebastian emerged from the sheets and pulled her into his arms."Darling, why are you crying?" he coaxed her as he patted her back. "Don't cry. Did I hurt you?"Rosalie held her tears back and turned her face away, but Sebastian forcefully twisted her head back.His lips crooked wickedly. "Look how red your cheeks are. Wel
When it was past three in the afternoon and the weather wasn't so hot, Sebastian brought Rosalie out for a stroll.Although Veloso's industry and economy were underdeveloped, the natural scenery wasn't bad.Sebastian brought Rosalie to many places.Throughout the entire time, she didn't say much, simply letting him hold her hand.When they stood at the seaside, Sebastian hugged her from behind and kissed her neck, whispering sweet nothings into her ear.He also brought her to a sea of flowers. He hugged her as they lay on the flower bed, making her kiss him.Sebastian was enjoying every moment of it.At night, he booked the most luxurious restaurant to have dinner with Rosalie. The two of them sat by the window.Throughout the meal, Rosalie hardly responded to him. Eventually, Sebastian put down his fork and said, "Rose, don't be so grouchy. Give me a smile, won't you?"He was as patient as he could with her. However, there was a limit to his patience.Rosalie looked up at Se
Sebastian shut his eyes, savoring the kiss. He wrapped an arm around her waist and deepened the kiss, but he didn't take over control from Rosalie and simply enjoyed the feeling of her taking the initiative to kiss him. However, she didn't kiss him for too long. It was a simple kiss and nothing fancy, where she just let her lips touch his for a while before letting him go.Rosalie looked at Sebastian, as if asking with her eyes whether that would do.Sebastian wasn't exactly pleased with the kiss.However, the empty look in her eyes made him soften his stance.He picked up his phone, covered her eyes, and unlocked the screen with a code before retrieving a video of Steve.He took the video when he was previously taking care of Steve. Although Steve was biologically Theodore's child, he was way too adorable and Sebastian truly adored him. That was why he took many photos of him.He clicked on the first video and showed it to Rosalie. It lasted over a minute and showed Steve sitt
The delighted look on Sebastian's face made Rosalie look away. No matter how handsome he was, the sight of his face made her retch.Sebastian spooned food onto her plate and said, "Rose, I know you like this cuisine. I had all the ingredients air-flown here and they are as fresh as they can be. Just tell me what you want to eat and I'll have the kitchen prepare it for you. You need to take care of your health."He held her shoulders. "I want to fatten you up. Be good and eat up."He urged her tenderly, but this tenderness was only temporary. If she were to resist, he would immediately turn violent and hurt her.Rosalie picked up a spoon and stuffed the food in her mouth. She wolfed everything down, hoping that lunch would come to an end soon."Be good, eat slowly," Sebastian said as he caressed her hair like she was a child. "Don't choke, my heart will ache if you do. These are all for you. You can eat as much as you like. If it's not enough, I'll have the kitchen cook more."The
"Well, Rose? Have you come round yet? Do you want me to send someone to kill your son, or will you submit to me obediently, listen to me, and behave yourself? Instead of trying to kill or harm yourself."Sebastian tried to make himself look as gentle and tender as he could be, as if he were patiently negotiating with Rosalie. In truth, this was nothing like a negotiation. Rosalie basically had no choice."How do you want me to submit to you?" she asked in a hoarse voice.The video of Steve woke her up. Not only was she Justin's lover, but she was also a mother. She couldn't stand idly by watching Steve get into trouble. She couldn't neglect her son's safety because of the misery she was in.Sebastian smiled, finally satisfied. "I just want you to listen to me and stay by my side. Don't act like a living corpse and cooperate when in bed with me."Sebastian spoke as though he was talking about things as simple and intuitive as eating and drinking.A simple word from the devil was