Nathan eyed the old Davis carefully as he slowly stepped between him and Crystal. Then he touched the tip of the old man’s pistol and said, “If you want to shoot Crystal, you’ll have to shoot through me to get to her.”
The old Davis: “You bastard.”
Anger burned in Nathan’s eyes as he glared into the old man’s eyes, and in a voice as cold as ice, he said, “There’s something you need to understand about me: The more you want to destroy something that belongs to me, the more I want to protect it, and I would even risk my life to oppose you.”
Nathan’s statement shocked the old Davis. He was so angry that he threw the only thing he could throw: the beads on his wrist. The beads were extremely light, though, and Nathan hardly felt a thing. But when th
Nathan’s brow furrowed. He looked at Crystal and said, “How is it that you’re afraid of me, but you weren’t afraid of the old Davis? He had a gun pointed at your head, but you didn’t even blink! I don’t even know if that was bravery or stupidity!”Crystal gave him an innocent look, smiled, and said, “Didn’t I have you beside me?” Naturally, Nathan didn’t know why Crystal was smiling or what she was talking about. He knitted his eyebrows and complained: “Be serious!”“I am being serious,” Crystal said. “If you weren’t there with me, I would have ignored him and said nothing.”Nathan’s face lit up when he heard that. “You see!” he exclaimed. “You need me. Life would be impossible for you
Elma’s eyes bulged. She was horrified by Nathan’s words. “No!” she shrieked. She hadn’t expected him to be so cruel. She was an experienced, loyal servant of the Bush family, so she had thought that her punishment would be light. But, apparently, she had been wrong.Helen was as shocked as her nanny was, and not knowing what else to do, she dropped to her knees and began to beg for mercy for her nanny. “Nathan,” she cried. “Please show mercy. I promise that this will not happen again!”“Get up!” Nathan ordered. He hated to see a woman crying. “And from now on, you might want to watch what you say. The baby protects you for now, but you won’t be pregnant forever. So keep it up, and you will get the same. Eventually.” As he spoke, he nodded to Vic, and the guard dragged Elma to a
Once the doctor was done treating Helen’s bodyguard, he took out a paper from his briefcase. Then he turned to Nathan, gave him the report, and said, “I have the results from your blood tests. Everything is normal.”Nathan took the paper, gave it a cursory glance, crumpled it up, and threw it away without even saying thank you.Crystal wanted to say something about that, but she thought better of it and changed the subject instead. She said, “Since you know who the snitch is, would you like to check on Helen and Elma?”Nathan shook his head and said, “No.”Crystal: “But the child is innocent, and Elma wasn’t the rat!”Nathan frowned. Even though he owed Helen somethi
Nathan grabbed Crystal by the shoulders and shook her. “If you didn’t poison Helen,” he shouted, “then prove it!”“Okay!” Crystal cried. “And if I cannot, then I will apologize. There. Are you happy?”Nathan: “I am. But how will you prove it?”Crystal: “By reviewing all of the security footage.”Nathan nodded to Vic and said, “Make it so.”Vic wasn’t gone long, and when he returned, he had an unhappy expression on his face. He looked at Nathan and said, “I’m sorry, sir, but for various reasons, certain rooms - such as the servants’ quarters - cannot be displayed...”
In the dining room - While Crystal ate her breakfast, she watched the servants in the kitchen. They were gossiping about her, and they didn’t even have enough track to keep their voices down. They thought that she’d tried to kill Helen’s baby. Thus, in their eyes, she was a very wicked woman. She tried not to listen to them, but it was impossible to shut out their hateful words.After eating, she went back into the living room to tell Nathan that she wanted to visit her father in the hospital. He had just gotten off the phone, and he was leaning back on the couch.His eyes were closed, and he looked tired. She went over, sat beside him, and gently massaged his temples.Her gentle movement softened Nathan’s heart. He pulled her hands down and asked, “are you acting so nice today?”
When Crystal got into the car, the first thing she did was check her phone for any missed messages, and she was shocked to see dozens of texts from Carlos - and to her dismay, the first one said: “Crystal, I still love you, and I miss you very much.” Crystal felt like throwing her phone out of the window when she read that, but she managed to stay composed. What is he thinking? - she wondered - Surely, he must know that we are not getting back together!Crystal closed her eyes for a moment to gather her strength, and when she opened them, she started to read the rest of the messages.Carlos: “The sun is shining brightly today. I am sitting under a large maple tree, shaded by dappled trees, and thinking of you. I am thinking about the day you walked into the classroom. I looked up. There you were, and in less than a second before we’d eve
The Beverly villa was more than just the moderate house that Nathan shared with Crystal, Helen, and all staff. What made it what it was, what made it special - was the grounds. There was the view, the trees, the animals, and the other buildings. These included servant accommodations, a shed, two guest houses, and the stables.The stables were seldom used, though, so when Helen heard the sound of a horse-drawn carriage coming from that direction, she was more than a little bit surprised. Who is that? - she wondered. She looked around the room, but there was no one to ask. When Crystal and Nathan came in, he had gone directly to his study, and she had gone to her room - and after greeting them, Elma had drawn herself a mineral bath to help with her wounds.The carriage looked E
Once they were alone, Nathan examined Crystal from head to toe. “Are you sure that you are okay?”“I’m fine,” Crystal said. “I think I’d like to go for a walk, though.”Nathan scooped up her hand and said that he would join her. She pushed him away, though, and told him that she wanted to be alone.“But it’s not safe,” Nathan argued.Crystal: “I don’t care. This villa feels like a prison, and it’s not like I’m any safer in here than I would be out there, as today has shown us.”“Why do you feel like this place is a prison?” Nathan asked.Crystal sighed and wordlessly turned
Crystal looked at Mrs. Bush in a trance.“Amos Davis is…”Eric stood up and pressed the wound with a swab of alcohol.“Is Amos Davis Nathan’s father?” Crystal asked again.“Yes.” Eric looked down at her. “Are you surprised?”“So you and Nathan...”“You have a good imagination. We are not related.”“What about the child?”“Isn’t it obvious? The child’s death was the main cause of her nervous breakdown.” Eric held out his injured hand and said, “Honey, aren’t yo
At night, Crystal woke up sweating from her nightmare.The servant somehow slipped down on the carpet and fell asleep by the door.Crystal opened her eyes in tears. It was dark and still. She looked down at the overlapping lights, her heart aching as if she had been sliced open by razor blades.She tiptoed out of bed and picked up the phone from the bedside table.She walked barefoot into the bathroom, sat on the toilet, and stared at the black screen for a while.A week before, she had lost control of herself and seemed to have unconsciously dialed the number she had branded at her fingertips.But there came a female voice without feeling:
Eric looked at Crystal in shock.“You can rest assured that these small cuts will not affect the child’s physical health. And it won’t affect your revenge on Nathan!” Crystal said happily, her jaw suddenly strangled.Eric clutched her jaw tightly. “I thought you were a strong woman, but you’re just so vulnerable.”“That’s right. I’m vulnerable. Didn’t you know that?”That was why Eric asked the servant to put the blades away.Just now, it was also the servant who heard that Crystal was looking for the blade, so she rushed to find Eric immediately.Looking at the sweat on his forehead, the way he was out of bre
Inside the villa, doctors came in and out. Luckily, Eric sent Crystal into his car, and he gave her warm measures in time and kept her cold feet warm.“Miss Smith and the baby are fine. But Miss Smith was cold and somewhat weak. As for her feet, it’s taboo to touch cold water in this weather,” replied the doctor. “You’d better help her now, help her to activate her blood lest she might fall off rheumatism when she is older.Eric had Crystal’s feet rubbed by himself with the best essential oil.Crystal fell asleep in a daze. Her tears never stopped, as though she had dreamt of something sad.Her dry lips moved, calling someone’s name.Eric got close enough to hear her.
Crystal seemed to see Nathan staring at her with an angry face in her bewilderment.Her heart was beating wildly across her chest. She broke down and wanted to reach out and let him take her away.Suddenly, she didn’t want to take care of anything. She was not as strong as she thought.She just wanted a man who loved her, and she loved. She wanted to be cared for, have a child, and live a simple life. But the next second, the figure turned into Eric.He held down the handrail of the wooden bridge and jumped into the lake.Splash! Splash!Several bodyguards also jumped down one after another.Eric quickly walked over to her, took
Vic came in from the outside and was quite surprised to see this scene.He had expected Nathan’s return to make up with Crystal.Crystal was thrown into the bathroom, and her body crashed against the cold porcelain wall.Nathan hadn’t given up yet, even though she had made it so clearly.He picked up a birdbath and jabbed it into her hand. “Pee.”Crystal held the basin. “Do you want to check, and then you give up and let me go?”“Now!”He tugged at her trousers.Crystal went out today wearing suspenders, and Nathan took off her coat and stripp
Crystal pulled away from his hand hard and turned to leave.He instantly retrieved her body, and she hit him hard on the chest.Nathan held her tightly, his last icy line collapsed.“Don’t go. Don’t leave me.” He said.This man, who had just been proud and arrogant, was momentarily weak again.Crystal was not feeling any better, and her heart was trembling.“I miss you so much. I’ve been thinking about you, Crystal, every minute of the day. My life was dull and sad. I function every day, but I’m dying inside,” His voice, with the hot air, blew in her ear.Crystal felt as
A man was sitting with his legs crossing on the dark blue leather sofa, silent and noble in the living room.Crystal stood at the door, only by seeing him at a glance did she want to run away. However, her feet were like a tree with deep roots, so steady and heavy that she could not move it a little.Every night, the man she saw in her dream was now sitting in front of her. The man put out the cigarette and said casually, “Miss Smith, here you are.”The voice was like thunder, which immediately woke Crystal up.She jerked around to leave…“Miss Smith, don’t you want your watch back?” Nathan’s cold voice sounded again.It’s him!
“More than 20 years?” Nancy didn’t understand. “That is to say, I’ve been waiting to meet you since I was born,” he gave Nancy a charming smile, “You’re in a cold sweat, am I so horrible?” Nancy shook her head, “No...” “I don’t want to be someone you’re afraid of,” he kissed on the back of Nancy’s hand, “I just want to be a big tree, to provide shade and shelter for you.” Nancy lowered her head in a panic, dared not look at him. That’s so unreal, and such dreamlike happiness would catch everyone unprepared, especially someone a boy crazy like Nancy. Marcos was like a noble prince; no woman could resist his charm and tenderness.