Krystal knew that Yale was smitten with her. So, if she said such things at that moment, it would hurt him."No, I'm just worried that my father would get mad. After all, I'll be pregnant with your child even before we get married.""He may get angry, but all fathers love their children, right? He'll only reprimand you at most, but he's still worried that you can't live comfortably alone out there."When that happens, he'll send someone to bring you home. "Moreover, old people love to have their grandchildren around. Linus still isn't married even now, let alone have children."If you have children as soon as possible, I trust that both Mr. and Mrs. Heath will be elated."Like the devil, Yale kept whispering in Krystal's ear, tempting her. "Krystal, I love you so much. Please give birth to a child for me. Think about Olivia. She's only in her twenties, but her children are growing up."At the mention of Olivia, a cold look flashed across Krsytal's face. Yes, even though Ethan
Molly undid the buttons. When she saw the traces that woman had left on Yale's body, it wasn't hard to imagine the pain in her heart."Molly, I'm dirty. Can you clean me, please?"Yale affectionately embraced Molly.When the wind and snow outside died down, Yale reluctantly got up so that Molly could rest for a while longer.But Molly insisted on getting up and preparing his clothes for him.Unlike with Krystal, where Yale never left any marks on her, Molly's whole body was covered in red marks he had left behind.Even after the affair, Yale carried Molly and cleaned her up. He had no trace of falsehood toward Molly, only endless tenderness."Molly, just wait for me a while longer, okay? When I've obtained everything, no one will be able to threaten me. When that happens, nothing will come between us anymore. I'll marry you."Molly's eyes glistened with tears. "Yale, can I truly live to see that day?""You will. I will never obey anyone's orders. I will marry whoever I want to
Olivia lowered her gaze, staying silent. Linus sighed. "I know that you don't want to bother us, but it's just a matter of giving orders. Our family doesn't lack money or people at all."You have always done things alone in the past, but it's different now. You have a family. You have us, your relatives. So don't be scared to trouble us."I'm even worried that you won't trouble us because that would mean that you didn't treat us as family."Olivia felt her heart turning warm when she heard Linus' words. This was a warmth she hadn't felt in a long time, other than from Jeff."Uncle Linus, I'm sorry for not thinking things through earlier. I like warm and cozy rooms. I don't have any other requirements.""Alright. I'll arrange a designer to work on that.""If possible, I hope that … we can have some plum trees in the yard. There were plum trees in the Fordham residence in the past, and I liked them a lot.""Sure. Anything else?"Olivia shook her head. "No.""In the future, you
Krystal's checkup report quickly made it into Yale's hands.Yale's assistant reminded him, "Mr. Kingston, the doctor said that Ms. Heath has a high chance of getting pregnant if she tries in these three days.""Alright." Yale rubbed between his eyebrows.He didn't like Krystal at all. He not only didn't like her, but Krystal was also the type he hated the most.But he didn't have any better ideas to gain Mason's trust.Krystal was Mason's only daughter, and he had pampered her since she was young. If Krystal had a child, even if Mason didn't like Yale, he'd still have to agree to this marriage.Linus held a powerful force, but he usually wouldn't be in Aldenvine. Mason was getting old, and with the two consecutive assassination attempts, he urgently wanted to win over someone close to him.It wasn't a bad thing for Olivia's identity to be exposed. It proved that she still couldn't let Ethan go. Hence, it would cut off all possibilities of Krystal getting married to Ethan.N
Tatiana was dumbfounded. "What? She's staying in the Heath residence long-term?""Yes. I have something to attend to, so I'm leaving now."Tatiana didn't dare to question Mason either, so she could only take it one step at a time. In the next two days, whenever she met Olivia, she didn't dare to go overboard, either.She maintained peace on the surface.But Olivia and Mason were getting even closer to each other!Other than sleeping, they were together all day. On many occasions, when Tatiana went into the room, she would see Mason holding Olivia's hand and smiling gently.Tatiana even suspected Olivia's relationship with Mason. The results of the investigation she asked someone to carry out was the same as Mason's.Jeff couldn't possibly be Mason's son. The Fordhams had been in Aldenvine for many years, and the Heath family only came to Aldenvine to broaden their horizons later on.The two families couldn't have been in contact.Was it true that Mason was just appreciating Ol
As if she had sunken into the mud, Krystal willingly fell into degradation. She never once considered the future. She only knew that she was getting more and more dependent on Yale.Meanwhile, the renovation work at the Heath residence was already underway. After making some tea for Mason, Olivia entered his study.When Olivia saw Mason frowning deeply, she walked over to him and said in a gentle voice, "Grandpa, it's getting late. You should rest."A thick stack of documents in red was placed in front of Mason. He looked quite troubled."Child, it's not that I refuse to sleep. I simply cannot fall asleep.""Did something serious happen?" Olivia asked."Word of my injury still got out. In recent days, the countries near Arlandia are getting restless again. "Beloria has detained more than 50 fishermen from our country at Forge Isle."In the western part of the country, someone caused trouble at the border, and there's the eastern part and the north-western part too …"Mason
In the next few days, Linus wasn't the only one Olivia didn't get to see. Even Ethan was busy at work.In the past, Ethan would send her messages every day, but now, he would only send her a "Are you asleep?" in the middle of the night.Most of the time, Olivia only saw the messages in the morning. She would send a reply, but she had no idea when he would have the time to respond.Olivia had more free time now. The designers of the Heath family kept coming and going. Today, a designer came to tailor clothes for her. A jewelry designer would be paying a visit the next day.Other than the tailor-made stuff, haute couture and ready-made jewelry were delivered to the house every day.As Linus had said, he would make it up to her. Other than familial love, he was also compensating her via material means.As Tatiana watched the piles of clothes getting carried into Olivia's room, she began to panic again.After all, Mason had always been a frugal man. He would never allow people to
Tatiana joyously called Krystal. "Krystal, here's some good news for you. Your dad asked you to come home for dinner tomorrow. "You have to grab the chance by then! Don't provoke your dad anymore."Krystal touched her flat belly. Three days ago, she found out that she was pregnant.At that moment, a sweet expression filled her face as she smiled faintly. "Got it, Mom. I have a surprise for you guys, too.""A surprise? What surprise did you prepare this time?"Krystal wished that she could tell Tatiana the good news right now. But her sense of reason told her that the announcement of her breaking news had to be reserved for dinner tomorrow."You'll find out tomorrow! Mom, I'm sure you'll be happy about it."Tatiana was a little suspicious. But Krystal truly had been quite well-behaved lately, and she didn't seem to be causing trouble. Perhaps she truly had thought things through.Tatiana left a few reminders before ending the call.Krystal checked the time. Yale still ha
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