Barbara didn't know how to answer to Joanne; she merely looked at the latter quietly. Seeing Barbara's indifferent expression, Joanna decided to cut to the chase. "You know about Jeremy and I, don't you?" "What's your relationship with him?" Barbara asked. "Don't feign ignorance. I don't believe you've never heard about the relationship between him and me. We're going to get engaged soon!" Hisser Joanne. "I thought you guys were not going to get engaged?" Barbara snorted. Joanne shook her head with a smile and said in a softer voice, "I know everything about you and him. Jeremy likes you. He used to like a lot of other women, but obviously you're different. He has fallen in love with you" "I know the ring on your hand was given to you by Jeremy. Since he gave that to you, it shows that his feelings for you are really genuine. In fact, if he didn't give you that ring, I wouldn't even think about coming here to meet you" Joanne continued. Joanne's gaze was not on Barbara's h
Barbara narrowed her eyes and looked at Joanne. "I will be frank with you, Miss White. Jeremy is handsome, talented, and rich, so he has captured the hearts of a lot of women. What I mean to say is, you're not the first woman to come and talk to me over this.""You!" Joanne didn't expect that Barbara would brazenly classify her as just another woman who was infatuated with Jeremy. Barbara was implying that she was Jeremy's sole lover. Upon hearing that, Joanne's expression changed. "I haven't seen you in so many years, but I see that you've gotten good at taking huh?""Compared to you, it's really nothing worth mentioning " Barbara sneered."Barbara, did you seduce Jeremy because you hated me for meddling in the business between you and Nathan?"Joanne continued on with her harshly questioning. "You couldn't accept that, could you? So when you heard that I liked Jeremy, you went in great lengths to seduce him. The purpose of all this is to break me, isn't it?"."You must be lunatic!"
After Barbara went out of the cafe, she received a call from Jeremy. He asked, "Where are you?""I went to see Kinsey," She lied."Why didn't you call me and say that? I came all the way here for nothing, " Jeremy complained."Sorry, I left in a hurry, so I forgot," She apologized. Jeremy decided to let it pass. "I'm going back to the company. See you later."After hanging up, Barbara got on the taxi. It was rush hour, so there were a lot of cars on the road. Needless to say, she was caught in a traffic jam. Fortunately, her boss was Jeremy, so she wasn't afraid of being reprimanded for being late. Thinking of Jeremy, a sweet smile appeared on her face.A familiar voice rang out, "How long are we going to be stuck in the traffic?"Barbara turned her head and looked over. It was Marie.Marie used to be an attending doctor for her infertility. Hence Barbara had a lot of consultation and appointment with Marie. As she so often appeared in Marie's office, those who went to see Marie thoug
Before the breakup, Barbara did not feel anything unusual with Jeremy accompanying her everyday. But now, without Jeremy's company, she found thar her life had become so dreary.Everytime after dinner, she say in the living room, and checked her several times. Although she knew that there would be no phone calls or messages, she still looked forward to one.Thomas was playing games with Eden before he noticed Barbara's actions. He sighed and said. "Barbara it's still early, can we take Eden to somewhere nearby?""Sure!" Barbara got up and went downstairs with Eden and Thomas.The three of them took a stroll around the park. There was a night market not far from the residential area. It was always lively there in the evening.Eden saw tbe car and pointed in the direction of the market with his little finger. "Mommy can we go over there?""Sure!" Barbara nodded.Soon the three of them arrived at the market . It was packed, leaving them no room for movement. Some people were buying snack
Seeing Barbara's head wrapped with gauze and her pallid face, Steven was upset. After he had tended to several other patients, be went to Barbara's bed and reached out to hold her hand."Does it hurt?. Just let me know if you need my help. The government will do it's best to help you."Steven, a politician, went to the hospital to visit the wounded and naturally, he had managed to attract a large number of reporters. Seeing Steven holding Barbara's hand with concern, they all raised their cameras to take pictures.Seeing the reporters were taking photos, Barbara controlled the urge to push Stevens hand away. "Thank you, Mr Cook"Steven gave instructions to the hospital that they must do their best to treat the injured patients. Then he left the hospital surrounded by a group of officials.On the way back, Steven called Deborah. "Clean up the house immediately. Barbara may move back in a few days."Deborah was shocked but she didn't dare to ask more. All she did was to nod her head.Af
"You should meet up with him and see what he has to say. Remember to be more flexible and act according to circumstances. Now that your father is determined to let Barbara move back, we must handle the situation more tactfully. Hold Dexter back for a while, I must find a way to solve it." When Emily entered the cafe, Dexter had been waiting for her for a long time. She showed him an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road. That's why I'm late" "It doesn't matter. I just arrived" Dexter's voice was gentle. Emily who had been with Dexter for three years knew that he hated waiting for others the most. He was unusually kind that day. Her heart skipped a beat and she had a bad feeling about it. "What do you want to drink?" Dexter asked her gently. "Blue mountain or cappuccino?" Emily only liked to drink caffe mocha. Every time she met Dexter, she would order it. Yet Dexter was still unaware of her preferred drinks. Glumly she said, "mocha " Dexter ordered the co
After leaving the cafe, Emily went straight home and called for Deborah when she entered the door. "Mom, Dexter broke up with me. He is going to be with Barbara!" "He broke up with you for that bitch. He is really heartless!" Deborah scolded fiercely. Barbara was indeed fortunate. Compared to her, Deborah and Emily had done everything they could but none of their plans worked. It was indeed an unlucky turn of events for them. Deborah was infuriated. "This bitch is a jinx! Damn it!" Emily pulled a long face. "Mom, I don't want to break up with Dexter. Think of a solution. I don't want to live anymore if Barbara abd Dexter are remarried " "What are you panicking about? You're so useless!" Deborah glared at Emily. "You've already admitted a defeat before you even make a strike!" "What else can we do now?" "Let me think about it!." Deborah was flustered. She kept pacing back and forth in the room. After a while, her eyes lit up as a vicious idea flashed in her mind. Barbara leaned a
David didn't give Barbara the money in the end. Instead, he left the hospital with it. In the hospitals parking lot, Jeremy sat in the car with an anxious look on his face. When he saw David, he opened the door and asked, "How did it go?" "Since you're worried, why don't you go and have a look?" David was straightforward. "Then what did I hire you for?" Jeremy glared at him. He was a prideful person; he wouldn't visit a person who despised him. David answered, "Barbara is fine. She will be discharged from the hospital in a few days. She said she would come to work after she leaves the hospital" Jeremy replied with a smile on his face, "That's good" "This is the money you gave her. She won't accept it" David handed the money to Jeremy. Jeremy's face darkened at once, "Why doesn't she want it?" "I don't know. She just doesn't want to. She said that if i insists, she won't go to work." Jeremy knee how mulish Barbara could be. Jeremy was so irate that he cursed under his breath. T
When they returned to the White mansion, Britney ordered the house keeper to prepare the cash. When the kidnappers called, she would give it to them to save Barbara. When Joanne came back, she stopped Britney after getting a hold of the situation. "Grandma, don't you think this is the perfect opportunity?""Perfect opportunity for what?" Asked Britney."To get rid of Barbara " Joanne reminded her. "As long as we don't pay the ransom, the robbers will definitely get rid of her. By then, Barbara will definitely disappear. That way, you won't have to worry about Nathan anymore""What did you say?" Britney looked at Joanne in surprise as if she was a stranger. "How could you suggest something so sinister? Barbara was taken away in order to save me. Do you feel like it is the right time to discuss this?""I....I..." Joanne knew that she has misspoken. She had always acted gentle and kind. No wonder Britney was surprised when Joanne made such a suggestion.The robbers took Barbara to a hous
"Britney, of your father had an affair and then had an illegitimate daughter behind your mother's back and caused her to die, would you still acknowledge him as your father?""Of course I won't!" After Britney answered, she looked at Barbara in astonishment. "What do you mean?""If you had paid a little more attention to Steven, you would realize that Emily is the same age as me" Barbara turned to look out of the window."I see!" Britney sighed. "I have misunderstood you. I'm sorry!.""Britney, let me be frank with you. It's not that I didn't have feelings for Nathan, bur rather I understood the disparity between our worlds. I didn't have any right to like him, so I suppressed my feelings for him. Later, after you talked to me, I decided to leave. Now I don't deny that I am part of the reason why Nathan is the way he is now. I didn't choose him back then. Now, that I'm burdened with my own baggage, I can assure you that I won't hurt him. I will persuade him to find his own partner."B
Jeremy looked at Lydia in the ward in a daze and asked himself over and over again. "Jeremy, you have lived for so long. What have you done for her?" He couldn't think of anything. In his memory, it seemed that Lydia had always been the sole one sacrificing for him. He had never done anything for her! He recalled Lydia's pleading eyes that night when she said, "Joanne is a good girl. I like her very much. I hope you can like her too and get together with her!" A bitter smile appeared at the corners of Jeremy's mouth. At this moment, he finally understood what Malcom felt like back then. After all, who wouldn't feel this way when they couldn't be with the one they loved? ..... After some thoughts, Britney decided to invite Barbara out to meet at a cafe. Barbara arrived twenty minutes earlier. Meanwhile, Britney was very punctual. She arrived right on dot. This was the first time Britney was meeting Barbara again after nine years. Barbara's appearance was still the same as that of
Jeremy was smoking at the end of the corridor. The cigarette tip glowed brightly, illuminating his gloomy face. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming from behind him. Jeremy felt a hand on his shoulder. "Jeremy, I have something to tell you" said Pedro. Jeremy modded and went to the study with him, "I know what happened yesterday. In fact, if you want to know about what happened back then, you don't have to question Lydia. you have to come to me." Jeremy didn't say anything. He just looked at Pedro quietly. "The emotional dispute between your parents and Myra was actually a tragedy caused by two rich and powerful families. Both your grandmother's were friends and they had agreed very early on that day that they wanted their children to marry each other. Later on, your grandmother was even more determined when she saw how kind and gentle your mother was. Unfortunately, she hadn't expected Malcom to fall in love with Myra in high school." Pedro paused for a while and added, "what happe
"How... How is he?" Lydia's eyes lit up."He's fine" Jeremy hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mom, do you know Myra?"Lydia's face suddenly changed. After a while, she mumbled, "Yes""How did she die?""What did Malcom say to you?" Lydia retorted with another question."He told me a bit about what happened between the two of you. He said that Myra was killed by you!""Did he say that?" Lydia's face suddenly turned ashen, her body shaking like a leaf."Mom, is what Malcom said true?" Jeremy insisted on an answer."Since he had said so, it must be true!" Lydia's face was as white as a ghost; there was a bitterness brewing in her heart.Jeremy did not expect Lydia would admit to it. He felt an unspeakable disappointment in his heart. How he wished Lydia would deny it without any hesitation and tell him that it was all Malcom's nonsense. But she didn't.The image of his kind mother who had always been humiliated by Malcom had changed in his mind. Anyone in his position would feel the sam
Malcom pushed Jeremy's hand away from his collar and roared, "Just like how you have no feelings for Joanne, I never intended to marry Lady Klein. I told her very clearly that I wouldn't marry her. I loved Myra but what did she do to me? She promised me she would let go of Mr. But behind my back, she plotted against me and set me up so that Myra would see her in my bed. Because of that, Myra broke up with me. Your mother has never been blameless in this tragedy! I became like this because of her! Do you understand?" "Bullshit!" Jeremy did not believe that his gentle mother would pull such a plot. "You can go ask Lydia whether this is all bullshit or not. After that night, she got pregnant with you, and her mother forced me to marry her. I was in so much pain after losing Myra, so I lost all rationality. I agreed to marry Lydia, but we were never in a real relationship." Malcom smiled bitterly and added, "we could have just lived peacefully like this, but she just had to push Myra ev
"How can I not be worried?" Barbara picked Eden up and went inside. She was his mother and they shared an unbreakable bond. After all, Eden was her flesh and blood. At such a young age he had to endure the torment of such an illness. How could she not stay put and sit idly? She even hoped to be the one who was ill instead of Eden. Barbara's arrival made Eden very happy. The room was echoing with laugher. Barbara had forgotten all her fatigue. She played building blocks with Eden. Nathan joined as well. The three of them sat on the carpet and had a whale of a time. Suddenly, Nathan's phone rang. He picked it up and heard Joanne's voice. "Nathan, grandma asked you to come home for dinner" "I'm not free" Nathan answered while he reached out to place the blocks. Joanne turned on the loudspeaker mode on her phone. Britney heard Nathan's answer and gestured for Joanne to continue to persuade him. Suddenly, Britney and Joanne heard a childish voice from from the receivers end. "Nathan, thi
Dexter did not reply to John. His engagement with Emily was unrelated to the quarrel between Barbara and Raina but was because Barbara had said that she would never go back to him again. She said she despised him. Besides, Emily could not conceive and with that in mind, he found her together with Barbara, he ended up making this decision. Dexter's eyes darkened. "Have you found out the identity of the person who abducted the child?" "No, the hospital's surveillance video was blurry and the man wore a mask, therefore his face was not apparent at all," John replied. That was a premeditated act! Except for Raina who wanted Barbara to disappear, who else would want her gone? "It's definitely not madam Raina's order. I checked her call records and could not find any clues that she was linked to the incident." Added John. Dexter believed that it was not Raina who took Eden away from the hospital. Although Raina could be quiet unreasonable and snobbish she would not do such a vicious thi
Dexter planned to search for the disobedient woman. He had informed her very clearly that the contract the previous night would take effect immediately. Since she was now bound to him and was his secret lover, she must act like one!Dexter drove the car to Jeremy's company and called Barbara again. The phone line was still busy. Dexter hung it up, and after a few minutes he called again. The result was still the same. At that time, Dexter felt that something was wrong. Did she blacklist him?If Barbara had blacklisted him, there was no way he could reach her by phone. Yet, he couldn't enter Jeremy's company to catch her. He was so furious that he punched the steering wheel..the anger in his heart dissipated a little. He lit a cigarette and forced himself to calm down. He knew how stubborn Barbara was. It was reasonable that she did not cooperate with him as she was humiliated by him the previous night.Well then, he had to think of a way to make her give in to him.After Barbara left