Apparently, Krystal still hadn't grasped the severity of the situation. If Mason passed, their family would lose all the power and glory they had. Did she think that would be good for them?Krystal looked into Linus' bloodshot eyes. At that moment, she truly felt fear. Her brother was different from her. He was enlisted into the army at a young age. While she was still looking at luxury items at the mall, Linus had already gotten countless medals of honor. He worked his way to his current position without any help from the Heath family. He had suffered hardships and starved. He crawled his way from the abyss to the light. Krystal was just a spoiled princess who was completely oblivious to their situation. "Linus, it hurts …"Tatiana quickly separated the two of them. "That's enough, Linus. Your sister is also worried about your father. There's no need to take your anger out on her."Linus said coldly, "You should stop spoiling her. Both of them are in their 20s. Vane
Ethan nodded. "Okay. Right this way, please."He brought Olivia to a suite. They went in simultaneously. Ethan hugged her as soon as they closed the door. "Liv, it was all my fault. I shouldn't have crushed your dreams in the past."Back then, there were two reasons for Olivia to drop out. The first reason was that Olivia was married to him, and her identity as his wife would put her in danger. His spouse had to keep a low profile.The other reason was that Olivia was too outstanding. Ethan was so possessive that he didn't want her to attract the attention of other men.He finally realized how ridiculous he had been."Liv, I'm proud of you. You're my pride and joy," Ethan said sincerely. Olivia had grown so much in the past few years. What Ethan didn't know was she had spent most of her time reading all sorts of medical books and articles while he was bedridden. In the past, she had observed countless surgeries with her teacher. In the past few years, she had performed s
There were only three people left in the corridor. Linus sat with his back straight and his hands on his knees. The cold winter winds flowed into the corridor through the window. None of them moved. The atmosphere became even more chilling. Linus broke the silence. "This ambush. Someone from the inside leaked information."Ethan nodded. "I think so, too. Or else no one would be able to hurt Mr. Heath."Linus' piercing gaze fell on both of them. "If I ever found out who the mole is, the person will die a very painful death."He was clearly warning Ethan and Yale. Ethan stood with his hands behind his back. He was frightened by Linus' suspicion. He met Linus' gaze and said, "So, you think I did it?"Linus said meaningfully, "I'm not suspecting the two of you. Rather, everyone is a suspect right now. I truly hope it's not either one of you."The struggle between Yale and Ethan had become completely transparent. They were attacking each other in the open. And then something ha
She hadn't even reached the ward yet, but Olivia was already surrounded by a group of old men. They were the pillars of the medical field."Which school did you graduate from, young lady?""Who was your mentor?""That operation last night was superb!" All of them were talking at once. It was very chaotic. They also had a gleam of joy and excitement in their eyes. Joel said with pride, "I told you she could do it. What did all of you say?""Joel, there's no need to bring up the past. You made the right call. I was scared to death last night. "Lionel would be finished if Mr. Heath died on the operating table.""Young lady, you have great mental fortitude. You managed to keep your cool in such a stressful situation."Everyone was praising Olivia, but Rufus didn't say anything. He didn't care about all those things. He just wanted to know if Vanessa was actually Olivia. That was why he was hesitant to speak when he looked at her. Then, Olivia said, "My teacher once told me
Olivia walked closer to Mason, who had a bright smile on his face. "I've heard about everything that happened last night. You're young, but you have such incredible courage. You're a rare talent, indeed. "I won't be able to recover too soon, but I heard Joel say you're adept in herbal medicine. Would you be willing to stay as my chief physician and take care of me?"It was as Joel had said. Capable people are always going to be recruited by the government. Anyone else would be overjoyed by this offer. Olivia wasn't interested in the slightest. She had her own path to walk. Before she could even respond, Krystal spoke up urgently. "Dad, you don't even know her background. How could you allow her to take care of you?"Mason said kindly, "Krystal, if she really wanted to harm me, would she have tried so hard to save me last night?" "I've talked it through with Joel. Vanessa is the best person for the role. She is adept in both modern and herbal medicine.""I'm sorry, Mr. Heat
Olivia still didn't accept the offer. "Let me think about it."She was sure that Jack was the one that tried to kill Mason. But he didn't deal the killing blow. Instead, he asked her to save Mason.Jack once said that he had a sworn enemy. Was it someone from the Heath family? If that were the case, Olivia would stand firmly on Jack's side. Everything else could wait until she got to the bottom of that. Linus' gaze softened when Olivia relented. "No matter what your decision may be, you still saved my father's life. If there's something you want, other than someone's life, I can give it to you."What a generous promise. Anything except someone's life. But people in his position would be able to get anything they wanted quite easily. Olivia didn't provide an answer immediately. "I don't need anything. Can I hold on to this promise for now? I'll tell you if I ever need to cash in on that promise."Linus nodded. "Okay. This promise will always be effective."Then, he hand
Ethan replied directly, "I'm sorry, but I can't do that. My life doesn't just belong to me. Jack, I know you hate me and blame me for what happened. "But, no matter what you do, Kurt will never come back to life.""So why are you pretending to be the good guy? Kill me if you want to. I can't get away anyway."Ethan shook his head. "You're his brother. I won't hurt you."Jack sneered. "Pretentious.""Jack, we're cousins. We're a family.""I only have one brother in my family."Jack closed his eyes after he said that. Ethan knew he would react this way, so he didn't mind. "It's not safe for you here. I'll bring you somewhere else.""Don't touch me!""You were the one who tried to kill Mr. Heath. Do you think the Heath family would let you off the hook? "They will hunt you to the ends of the earth, and so will the Kingstons."After Ethan said that, Jack turned to look at him. "What do you know?""I know more than you can imagine. Yale ordered you to assassinate Mr. Heath t
In the next few days, Olivia became Mason's designated doctor. The Heaths trusted her a lot. That was likely because Ethan was the one who recommended her. Joel and Rufus also sang her praises. The only thing she didn't understand was that Mason would often space out while looking at her eyes. It was like he saw another person in her eyes. "Mr. Heath, it's time to eat." Olivia walked in with a bowl of soup.Mason was handing out work-related orders to someone. He told everyone else to leave the room. He always had a smile on his face when he was with Olivia, like he was a kindly old man from her neighborhood. Tatiana was his second wife. That was why Linus and Krystal were quite young. The story of how Mason came to power was interesting enough to be written into a book.Linus became more respectful to Olivia and treated her like an important guest as he saw his father getting better by the day."Vanessa, it's all thanks to you that my father is recovering so quickly."
Warren's pale face showed a hint of pleading. "Olivia, we've gotten to know each other better in the past two years. Have you ever loved me?"Hatred was evident in Olivia's cold eyes. "Never. I pray for your death every single second of my life.""I knew it." He smiled at that embittering answer. Karma had always been there. Another sound of a gunshot surprised the birds. A pool of blood splashed over the flowers. Warren stared at the picture on the gravestone. "Mona, I've returned everything that I owe you…"Olivia's gaze alternated between the two bodies. Her heart ached as she began crying. "It's finally over, Mona. Please rest in peace."She had been waiting for this day to come for too long. When the revenge was finally over, she felt hollow on the inside. …Yarrows reached their peak of beauty during the season, dancing along the wind. Willow was chasing after Zack, her bells ringing briskly. He teased, "You can't catch me!"After weaving a garland, Alicia bec
Warren was so blinded by love that he didn't realize that Olivia had spent the last two years setting this up.The moment he saw Olivia nestling in Ethan's arms, he knew that his identity had been exposed since the beginning.It was time to end all of this.Although the Fordham family had won the fight, they sustained heavy casualties. Brandon and Deborah, together with Jacqueline, had hurt and killed countless people. Quinn became a sacrifice, never waking up again despite her young age. Olivia placed a bouquet before Quinn's gravestone. "Rest in peace, Quinn. I'll take good care of the family. Don't worry."The breeze carried a leave before it landed on Olivia's shoulder, as though trying to respond to Olivia.Douglas reunited with the family, and Natalie was finally buried in peace. It was a private funeral, but Mason paid a visit. Mason and Douglas looked at each other. They were both important to Natalie, and they finally met each other after her death. With reddene
"Avery, what happened?" Olivia inquired.She had no clue what was happening and didn't dare to go anywhere close to Louis. The only person who she got close to was Avery."Stay away, Olivia! It's too dangerous!" Avery yelled worriedly. Louis shifted his gaze to Olivia. "My experiment is going to be successful soon. That's Natalie's descendant. She has Natalie's genes in her…"Olivia's eyes widened as she finally realized why Louis had been taking special care of her. Back then, she simply assumed that it was due to her health and talent, but it turned out that he had known her identity all along!The purpose of the human modification project was to resurrect Natalie! The thought of it gave her goosebumps.To think that he had made so many preparations just to resurrect Natalie…Even Olivia was deceived. She took the human modification project at face value; she didn't think much about it! "Let Natalie go, Louis. She's been gone for years. She could be watching us from up
Olivia arrived on the island. She noticed the change in the atmosphere this time around.It was the same old scenery, but the robots that once filled the island to the brim were gone. She expected to encounter some inspection robots upon arrival, but there weren't any.Ships were docking in lines by the seashore, and most of them belonged to private foreigner organizations and mercenaries. People were coming to the island!What happened?Was Louis in danger?Although Louis wished to transform her into a cyborg, she hoped he could live regardless. No matter what field it was, no one would come before an outstanding scientist like him. It would be a huge loss to lose him.Olivia grew worried. "Calm down, Liv. A lot of people came to the island, but I don't think it's a big issue for now," Ethan reminded her.He bet that the ships were loaded with ammunition. Still, the buildings on the island were intact, and nothing seemed to be destroyed. She disagreed, "No, there should
Mason and David had a long discussion by themselves. No one knew what they talked about.But it didn't matter because it was just an extra member joining the Fordham family anyway. That was it.On the other hand, Tatiana was a little worried. If the whole Fordham family were to be added to the family registry, would her children inherit less from the Heath family?Humans were born selfish. When the event actually came to pass, everyone would be thinking about their own benefit. However, the result of the discussion between David and Mason surprised everyone.Even though David wasn't acknowledged as one of the Fordhams, he wasn't planning to change his surname to Heath.He saw himself as a Fordham because his mother married Douglas.Nevertheless, he didn't mind his family being relatives with the Fordham family.Mason was a little disappointed, but he still respected David's decision because he knew how well Douglas treated David's family.Mason asked the Fordham family to sta
Olivia and the others returned to the Fordham family. Everything was going back on track under Avery's management. Sean's leg was recovering well. He could walk like a normal person, and he didn't have to pretend to be a cripple anymore. Troy would need more time to heal, but he was making progress.David clearly seemed better than he was before Olivia left. Everyone could still hardly believe that Jacqueline almost killed everyone in the family all by herself. When Olivia returned, David asked with concern, "Olivia, Avery said that you were cursed. How are you feeling right now?""Don't worry, Dad. I'm all better now. But we think that Jacqueline's dead in the sea," she assured.He hugged her. "It's alright. Your safety is all I hope for."It broke her heart to see how time had chipped away at his physique. It hadn't actually been that long since the family was in trouble. "Any news about Mom's whereabouts?" asked Olivia. "Avery found something, but he's still trying to
Alan brushed it over, but it was enough to leave Wendell in shock. Wendell imagined what kind of life Wayne had led before this. Growing up in a slum where all kinds of people lived… People like them had never really owned anything anyway, so they wouldn't feel the pain of loss…Ever since his wife passed away, Wendell didn't really care much about Alexander's upbringing. Wendell was merely generous when it came to spending money on Alexander. But once he reunited with his son, he realized how much it could hurt to be a parent. If that marriage arrangement was Wayne's wish, Wendell was hell-bent on making it happen.…Olivia was watching the sunset painting colors to the horizon by the seashore. Although Jacqueline was dead, Olivia didn't feel happy, not even one bit. So what if the mastermind was dead? The Fordham family was still in disarray, and no one knew where Shana was.Olivia sighed softly. "You're too young to be sighing like that." Wayne suddenly appeared next
Wendell felt helpless. He was seriously down on luck.Instead of his son, he thought that he had found himself a bossy superior. It was a heartfelt reunion after 30 years of separation, and yet the first thing Wayne talked about was an announcement about his marriage rather than expressing words of concern for his family. If it were any ordinary woman, Wendell wouldn't have minded it. But the person he insisted on marrying was none other than Olivia! She was a divorced woman with four kids!On top of that, Olivia's ex-husband was Wendell's nephew! The divorced couple was somewhat entangled with each other too.Ethan and Wayne were both dear to him. What should he do? Wendell was at his wit's end. Ignoring Wendell's dilemma, Wayne handed him a cigarette. But Wendell refused, "I quit it."Wayne lit a cigarette and squatted on the ground. Instead of a ruler of a land, he appeared more like a construction worker. Wendell massaged his forehead at that. How had his son grown
Wendell had been frail all his life. He never imagined that his biological son would have been missing for so many years. What surprised him more was that Wayne had grown up well despite hardships. Still, there seemed to be something off about this son of his.They were father and son who had been separated for years. Now that the truth was revealed, shouldn't they be hugging each other in tears of joy? Why did Wayne show no joy in reuniting with his father but seemed interested in his identity as the son of the Procter family—or more precisely, the marriage arrangement between the Procter family and the Fordham family?""Son, things are a bit complicated right now. We need to take our time to discuss this thoroughly—""Am I not your son?" Wayne's restless temperament was exactly the same as his mother's. There was no chance of dissuading him. There was only one thing in his head. He felt fortunate that he had run a background check on the ties between both families. Otherwise