Olivia looked at the starry night sky and thought about the dream she just had. The baby's cries from the dream were still ringing in her ears. Was it because the baby had sensed what she wanted to do?"I don't know.""Olivia, you can't keep this baby." Colin heard them talking and came out to sit down beside Olivia."You underwent chemotherapy before, and the side effects will persist for some time. There are no guarantees that the baby won't be affected by these side effects. "Besides, you'll be taking my drugs for the coming months. Even if the baby survives, the chances of it ending up deformed are very high."Olivia did some calculations. She stayed in the city for seven months after the final chemotherapy session before leaving. Then, she spent two months at sea. She rested on the island for over a month after the pirates attacked. The baby was conceived around two more weeks after that. It had been almost a year since she underwent chemotherapy. Maybe the baby was sa
Olivia hadn't gotten a medical examination since she underwent chemotherapy a year ago. Her condition had been stable for the past year. The side effects were slowly dissipating. Her stomach hadn't acted up since. She felt like the tumor must have shrunk.Even so, she still felt uneasy before the results were out. If her body was in bad condition, she would have an excuse to have an abortion. As a mother, her first instinct was to keep her child safe. It didn't matter if she liked the baby or not. It was alive, and she didn't want to abandon it. Colin came out with the results as she was battling with conflicting thoughts. "How is it, Colin?"Colin had a grave expression on his face. "It's not good, Olivia. You have to get an abortion as soon as possible." Olivia took a step back when she saw the size of the tumor on the report. She couldn't see or touch the tumor, but it had been torturing her with the side effects of the chemotherapy. Recently, she hadn't felt any disco
Colin immediately snuffed out the cigarette he was holding. He had a panicked expression on his face. After all, he had always maintained a goody-two-shoes image before Olivia.Even though she already knew that he was a member of Toxic Hive and there were no good people in that organization, he was good at concealing his true personality. "Olivia, did you hear anything?"Olivia clutched her stomach and said, "I have a stomach ache. Where's the toilet? What were you two talking about?"She looked calm, so she probably didn't hear anything they said. Colin sighed in relief. "Does it hurt a lot? Do you need to get another examination?""It's okay. We did an ultrasound just now. It should be fine. I'll head to the toilet first.""Alright, Olivia. I'll help you to the toilet."Colin kept up the act of a polite young man despite already looking like an adult with no signs of adolescence. He always acted like a harmless little lamb before Olivia. Olivia went to the toilet and clos
Three months had gone by. Ethan had tried countless ways to find Olivia but to no avail. He even tried to locate her by tracking Joel. He had thought Olivia would contact the Golden Medical Institute to further her studies because of Rufus. That way, he would be able to know where she was and how she was doing, even if he couldn't see her on a daily basis. He didn't want things to be the way they were. He didn't have any news on her whereabouts. Ethan was smoking non-stop in his room. Henry was downing glass after glass of alcohol. The atmosphere was incredibly stress-inducing. It took Henry three whole months to understand his feelings toward Everly. She wasn't a plaything to her. But even if he understood that, Everly was still nowhere to be found. Even if he wanted to threaten her with her family, he couldn't even get in contact with her. He had no way of getting to her, and that made him feel helpless. Ethan was missing Olivia. Although she was safer away from him, he
Ethan's identity was exposed on the dark web three years ago, and a lot of his enemies sought him out after that.Some of them knew they couldn't kill Ethan, so they plotted against Miller Group. All of a sudden, many of the company's subsidiaries were met with major issues. The public didn't know what was wrong. They thought it was just some sort of corporate espionage. The Miller family was one of the richest families in the country. Who could possibly have the courage to cross them?Ethan's businesses all across the country were in trouble, but he was unfazed. He checked his leads one by one. Other than some shadowy organizations, there were also some wealthy families who were trying to get a piece of the pie. They planned to split the Miller family's riches once they had toppled the Millers.Ethan personally led his forces to destroy every single shadowy organization he dug up. Everyone in the organizations would be handed over to the authorities. The leaders were behe
Ethan's combat uniform was stained with blood. It was mostly the blood of his enemies. There were only some minor injuries on his arm. It was like he felt no pain. He had lost track of Olivia for three whole years. He had become a monster that was out for blood. "Golden Shark ran? Doesn't matter. All of his bases have been destroyed. He's just a rat scurrying around. Where else can he possibly go?" Ethan said with a bloodthirsty smile. "Mr. Miller, your arm is wounded.""It's nothing." Ethan looked at the tiny cut on his arm. A woman had cut him with a dagger. The woman resembled Olivia a little. That was why he got distracted when he was about to shoot her. He couldn't help but look at her eyes for a little while longer. He felt a sharp pain in his arm when he was distracted. It was like he was bitten by a venomous snake. He killed the woman and left emotionlessly. Getting hurt was very normal for people like him, so he didn't really care about the injury. But the area
Golden Shark yelled angrily, "Why did you stop the car?""Boss, there seems to be a corpse in front of us.""Why are you overreacting? Just drive over it." Golden Shark didn't stop what he was doing. The woman who was being assaulted by him was begging for mercy. The driver took a closer look and said with a shaky voice, "Boss, it … it looks like Mr. Pufferfish's body."They had already gotten news of Pufferfish being beheaded by Ethan. They even saw the picture on the dark web.The headless corpse in front of their car was indeed Pufferfish. "Nonsense. His body is hundreds of miles away from us. How could it show up here?"The driver stepped out of the car to examine the body. The body had been dead for quite some time. There was a dragon tattoo on the arm. Tears began streaming down the driver's face. "Boss, this is Mr. Pufferfish. I was there when he got this tattoo."Golden Shark felt a chill when he looked at the corpse. He quickly stopped fooling around with the w
The summer weather was hot. The sun was like a fireball that was roasting the Earth. The wooden door was opened. Chris walked in dejectedly, and Brent quickly asked, "How is it?""Not good. I took some blood samples for testing. Mr. Miller is poisoned with a rare toxin, likely extracted from several highly poisonous substances.""Were you able to determine what toxins they are?""I've asked the testing department to work as quickly as they can to identify them. We might not be able to deal with them even if we identify them. "I could only inject him with some medication to slow the toxins from spreading to his heart. Isn't Mr. Miller usually very cautious? Why did he get so careless this time?"Kelvin sighed. "It was those bastards' plot. They intentionally found a woman who looked like Mrs. Miller. As you know, Mr. Miller might not have said anything, but he has been missing Mrs. Miller like crazy! "He'd personally fly over every time people reported sightings of Mrs. Mill
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