Thaddeus arrived at Dragon’s Bay. As it was a high-class area located in the city center, the main type of housing there was apartments with one unit per floor. In the bedroom, a woman wearing plain loungewear was throwing a tantrum. There were two maids inside. One carried lunch while the other held a medicine bottle. The two were painstakingly persuading the woman to eat and take her medicine. “I want to see Thaddeus. He hasn’t been coming to see me and doesn’t call me these days. I’m very angry!” The woman put her hands on her waist and pouted. She looked like a wilful and unruly little princess. Her two maids knew that while she was almost thirty years old, she was mentally still in college due to her mental illness. They were used to seeing how she acted like a little girl. It was especially when Thaddeus’ name was mentioned that the woman’s eyes would shine. She would look as shy as when she saw her crush when her love was first awakened. It was evident the woman trul
Alex loosened the tie that was hanging around his neck and let out a long breath. “My sister can’t live alone. With her mentally ill and you on a business trip in Swertland, she’ll think about committing suicide any time.” Thaddeus rubbed the spot between his eyebrows and exhaled helplessly. “Are you asking me to tie her to me and bring her to Swertland too?” Alex’s eyes flickered. “That sounds like a good plan.” Thaddeus lifted his hand and knocked his forehead. “Can’t you tell I was being sarcastic?” Alex was slightly dejected. He truly felt troubled. “What should we do then? It’s not the right time to bring her back home.” “Why?” “My mom is having a heart bypass surgery soon. If she sees that my sister has come back from the dead and is now different, I’m afraid she won’t be able to have the surgery.” “Isn’t Raymond very idle lately?” Thaddeus asked casually and suggested, “Leave your sister at his place. The two of them can keep each other company.” “Raymond is an
Mona was confused and did not understand what Sophie meant. “What blew up?” “Your new TV series, of course. Its rating is ranked number one on premiere day, topping the TV series charts by a huge gap from the one in second place.” Mona was surprised by Sophie, who had always been calm and steady as a veteran. When had she ever been this frantic? Looking down, Mona brushed her fingers over the design she had just finished. She hummed faintly. “Okay. Got it.” “What did you get?” Sophie continued, “The hundred million dollars you invested in the series have multiplied. Do you understand? You’re a rich woman now.” Mona looked up, and the look in her calm eyes finally changed. It seemed like money was the only thing that could pique her interest now. “Multiplied? How much will I get?” “Based on the current estimation, it won’t be less than 500 million dollars.” “That much?” Mona’s eyes shone brightly. She finally met Sophie’s excitement. “I didn’t expect it either, but
The day after Thaddeus left on a business trip, the woman who tried to commit suicide was discharged from the hospital. The driver took her directly to Fontaine Residence. Since Thaddeus had given everyone the heads-up, the maids had made preparations in advance by tidying up the guest room. The woman sat by the bed with a pale face. Layers of white gauze were wrapped around her wrist as she looked down to fold paper stars. “You shouldn’t fold them with your hand injured like that.” Mona stopped her and kept all the folded stars on the table in a glass jar. When the woman’s hands were suddenly empty, her gaze became empty as well. She looked up at Mona in a daze. “Who are you? Why are you in Thaddeus’ house?” Mona pursed her lips and answered, “I’m a maid here to look after you.” The woman seemed to believe what she said and relaxed. She stopped looking at Mona with enmity. “My name is Mona. What’s yours?” Mona looked at the woman’s eyes and saw herself through her pu
Mona was a little worried when she heard that. She raised her head and looked at the woman, asking, “What if you’re not?”The woman’s face suddenly became ferocious. Her eyes were ruthless and murderous as she gritted her teeth and said, “Then I’ll die! I’ll take him and that other woman with me, and we’ll all die together!”Mona’s heart thumped. This woman was crazy and too extreme.“Calm down.”Mona soothed the woman, placing a hand on the latter’s uninjured wrist. She felt the woman’s pulse and quickly figured out her physical condition.The woman was extremely agitated. If she continued on like that, her condition would only get worse and even devolve into severe bipolar disorder.“You’re ill.”Mona sighed and hugged the woman in front of her, gently patting her back and saying softly, “Sweetheart, you can’t carry on like this. You need to learn to control your desires.”The woman leaned into Mona’s embrace and smelled her hair, feeling her whole body relax and become comfo
When Jennifer saw that her words could not irritate Mona, she became even more angry and annoyed.“I’m right, aren’t I? You’re just after his money.”Jennifer sneered. “You sold your body and gave birth to children, but in the end, you’re just an abandoned wife. A woman like you can only end up like your filthy mother. You’ll live in the gutters forever!”Mona stopped and turned back to look at Jennifer. She narrowed her eyes and gazed at the latter’s elegant and luxurious dress.What a shame. Under that gorgeous appearance hid a vicious and scathing heart. Even the words she spoke were vulgar.“So what if I’m after his money?” Mona crossed her arms and raised her chin. Her calm eyes rested on Jennifer’s face. “If your son is willing to spend money on me, that’s thanks to my ability. It’s a skill that I know how to rely on men. We’re both women. As someone who has been through it all, you know better than me that mutual attraction between a man and woman doesn’t last long with jus
“I’ll handle it, then. You guys can go and do other work.”Mona did not bicker with them. She pretended not to know anything and focused on brewing the medicine.One of the maids came over and asked her, “Madam, what is this medicine for?”“To calm the mind.”“Oh, I see. We’ll get back to work now.”“Mm.”The maids exchanged glances, gave each other a look, and ran away.Once Mona finished brewing the medicine, she went to the woman’s room with a bowl.The woman was still sitting on the bed, hunched over with her head lowered. Her hands had not stopped folding paper stars.Mona walked over and put down the medicine bowl. She took the stack of paper from the woman’s hand and folded the unfinished stars.“Drink the medicine first, and I’ll help you to fold them. Are you trying to fill this bottle with paper stars?”The woman raised her head. Her gloomy face turned slightly more radiant at Mona’s words as she felt that Mona understood her.Mona touched her face as if she were
Mona soothed the woman to sleep and came out of the guest room with the medicine bowl.She looked at the two paper stars in her hand. The woman had forced her to take them and told her to keep them as a keepsake.Mona smiled and decided to take them to let her children play with them.For the next few days, Mona stayed at home to care for the children while accompanying the woman. Meanwhile, she also prepared for the divorce.According to Thaddeus, he was going on a business trip for a week and would be back tomorrow. The divorce was now on the agenda.Mona secretly clenched her fists at the thought of the next battle to come....The next day, Sophie came to Fontaine Residence with the studio team and brought a set of the most advanced live-streaming equipment.The staff placed the camera facing the artificial lake in the garden. The picture that appeared on the lens was beautiful. The artificial lake shimmered from the sun, and under the hanging willow was an easel. Mona was