I had to admit, power was really something.With just a few words from him, I suddenly knew clearly that I couldn't escape. As long as he gave the order, bodyguards would form a human wall in front of me, making it impossible for me to move.I pursed my lips and decided to turn around, walking past him with a cold face and heading straight back to the room. I locked the door behind me without hesitation.Fine, he could just keep me locked up here. I had nothing to do anyway. The Frost family's residence had no shortage of food or drink, and there were people to serve me. At most, I would wait out the cooling-off period for the divorce, and then I would be free.Our room still maintained its original state. The servants knew that Ryan didn't like anyone touching his things, so when they cleaned, they only did basic dusting and floor mopping without moving anything. My slippers, skincare products, bedside reading materials, hair ties, and various personal items were all still in thei
"I do, and I have medicine too." Ryan stood up and walked over, each step feeling like it was treading on my heart. "I'll teach you how to change it.""You can change it yourself."With that, I turned to leave."Charlotte."His dry palm suddenly gripped mine, his voice gritty. "It hurts."Just these two simple words caused my heart to soften instantly.Moreover, it was a gunshot wound after all, not something to be taken lightly.I stared at him, skeptical. "Ryan, how come I never noticed before that you're so good at playing the victim?"He lowered his gaze casually. "So you don't buy it?""I don't."Leaving those two words behind, I tried to walk away again, but he forcefully pulled me back. For the first time ever, he lowered his proud head and softly said, "It really hurts."At that moment, even I wanted to have a go at myself. ‘Charlotte, you're really pathetic.’But thinking about his injury, I couldn't bring myself to be harsh.I felt that the saying that a woman wo
I saw him furrow his brows subtly. "Do I look like I'm picking a fight for no reason?"That was hard to say.I found the two of them annoying. I didn't even want to step out of the building. I turned back towards my room and said, "You'd better get her out of here, or I’m leaving."Unexpectedly, before I could even enter the room, Jessica came running up, "Ryan, look at this, that Charlotte..."Her words abruptly halted when her gaze landed on me.I didn't want to see her, but since she had mentioned me directly, I looked over. "What's wrong with me? Seems like you're really concerned about me.""You... what are you doing here? You're so shameless. Even after divorcing, you still come to the Frost family..."She tried to conceal it, but I could still hear the jealousy and resentment in her tone."Jessica!" Ryan's face turned cold, "I don't want to remind you for the third time that she is still my wife."I calmly responded, "Between him and me, we're still lacking a divorce ce
If that was the case, then this woman was even more terrifying than I thought.Lauren smiled faintly, her lips still somewhat pale, "It's all Ryan's filial piety. Although I've been lying in bed for these years, I've been well taken care of. It's precisely because of this, that I can rest assured entrusting Jessica to him completely.""Oh." My lips twitched, pretending not to understand her implication. "That's good."‘Being a mistress herself and arranging her daughter to be one too.’Unfortunately, her daughter had developed an addiction to being a mistress, not even sparing her own marriage.After saying this, I prepared to return to my room."Ms. Wilson."However, Lauren stopped me. "Jessica and I are here because Jessica received some photos about you. We don’t want to show them to Ryan behind your back, so you should take a look as well."I furrowed my brow, sensing this wouldn't be good.Ryan casually put his hands in his pockets, his voice calm. "Let's talk downstairs,
He stood up from his seat, his face darkening with accumulated gloom. Looking down at me for a long time from his elevated position, he finally gritted his teeth and tsaid, "Raise your pillow higher when you sleep tonight!"He might as well have told me to keep on dreaming.I was equally irritated, abruptly standing up and walking towards the reception room, glancing at the two bitches whispering to each other. "Alright, what's the matter?""Ryan!"Jessica proudly stood up, her gaze bypassing me and directly meeting Ryan's, dropping a bombshell. "Do you know, the child Charlotte is carrying might not be yours at all!"The air seemed to freeze instantly.I felt a burning anger rising within me, ready to slap her across the face. But this time, Jessica was prepared, pushing me aside and slamming an envelope against my chest.She smirked contemptuously. "Take a look, see how you explain this to Ryan!"The envelope fell to the ground from my body. Someone was quicker to pick it up
"Ms. Wilson, the nature of the two situations is completely different."Lauren argued forcefully, though her voice remained gentle. "The evidence you presented yesterday only showed that Jessica happened to come into contact with the medication for Grandpa. What does that prove? She merely intended to feed Grandpa. As for you two... standing at the door like that, both adults, what else could happen?"I picked up the glass from the coffee table and splashed it over her face without hesitation, sneering. "Lauren, say one more word and it won't just be water I throw."Jessica slept with her stepfather behind everyone's back, but publicly, she portrayed herself as a dutiful daughter, instantly becoming frantic. "Are you crazy to treat my mom like this?"I grabbed another cup and emptied it on her face as well. "I dare you to speak one more word."Jessica's exquisite makeup was ruined by me. She looked at me incredulously, "Charlotte..."Lauren didn't expect me to act so boldly. Her
I couldn't read him.Instinctively, I stepped back. "What do you mean?""Let’s not get a divorce, okay?" Ryan held my wrist, feeling my pulse. "From now on, no matter what happens, I only want you. No one else.""Including Lauren and Jessica?""Yes.""Ryan." I found it absurd. "Do you even believe what you're saying?"If it was a sudden awakening, it came too late.I didn't expect him to believe me today, but that wasn't enough to bridge all the past barriers between us.His voice was slow and deep. "Are you still unwilling?"I looked at him firmly and uttered five words. "Yes, I am unwilling."If this decision had been made before losing the child, I might have agreed immediately.But now, I couldn't think of any reason to say yes.Did he cross over me to help another person when I was knocked down?Or did he not hit hard enough when I miscarried?Our marriage had reached a dead end.Ryan fell silent for a long time, gripping my hand tighter. Finally, his eyes were clea
I lay back on the bed to read, but after who knows how long, I realized the book was upside down. I started feeling restless. I wondered what was wrong with him. If it was because of that gunshot... It should have been me.I closed the book in a fluster and headed to the balcony for some fresh air. At that moment, someone knocked on the door, accompanied by Albert's voice. "Mrs. Frost."My feet quickened involuntarily as I opened the door. "Albert, how is Ryan?""He has a fever."I breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking it was just a cold or something similar. But then Albert continued, "It's from the infection caused by the gunshot a few days ago. He won't let anyone touch him now, nor will he take any medicine. You're divorcing, and I shouldn't have come to you. But he was calling out your name in his sleep..."I squeezed my hands. "I'll go see him."It was right and proper for me to do so, emotionally and logically.Due to the fever, Ryan's cheeks were flushed unnaturally
Jordan expressed her understanding. "The great calamity has passed, and from now on, it will be all good, happy, and peaceful days."Jane nodded. "I hope your words come true."But Zachary did not wake up as quickly as they had hoped.Jane insisted that Jordan return to the country, but Jordan was determined to stay with her.She even said she would take some documentary photos while she was there.One day, while Rebecca went to the hotel to change clothes, Jane sat by Zachary's bedside.Charlotte went to the door to keep watch, leaving the space for them both.Zachary was still unconscious, and Frank had to return to Jeswood. In addition to overseeing his own business, he also had to help keep an eye on the Collins family’s business.As soon as Charlotte closed the door, she received a message.She replied to confirm she was fine and then sat down on a nearby chair.In the room, Jane held Zachary's hand.As she got closer, she noticed a strand of grey hair behind his ear.
"But if, in the future, Zachary ends up wandering the world with Jane, don’t blame me for helping them erase all traces."Eric was rendered speechless. He knew that Frank didn’t intervene because they hadn’t gone too far.Frank had only watched from a distance before.Now, he wasn’t going to stand back and do nothing.After finishing work, Jordan flew straight to Northern Manya.Thank goodness, Jane finally answered the phone."Why didn’t you say something earlier? It’s not safe here, you should head back.""Don’t worry. I’ve traveled all over on my own before…"Jane interrupted with a sigh. "Did you forget when you were saved?"Jordan sighed. "Let’s not bring that up."Jane said seriously, "Listen to me, head back quickly. We’re fine. I’ll find you when I’m back in the country."Just as Jordan was about to say something, a familiar male voice sounded in the background."Let’s go."Jordan didn’t want to, but Jane also heard Westley’s voice, urging her, "It’s safer with h
Jane rarely saw Charlotte angry.It could be said that she had never seen her angry.Charlotte had always been a calm and rational person."Charlotte…"Charlotte didn’t want to talk about Rebecca’s involvement.Jane and Zachary had faced many difficulties to get this far.After all the struggles, they had both persisted, and she didn’t want to add more obstacles between them."Jane, I’ll say it again, you didn’t do anything wrong. The fault belongs to the people with bad intentions. Even if Zachary had changed his fiancee, this would still have happened. Luthor and Nina are bad seeds, and they wouldn’t give up any time soon."After speaking to Jane, she turned her gaze to Rebecca."Mrs. Collins, I respect you as an elder, but don’t use your status to pressure people. You know better than anyone what’s really going on. If you continue to hurt Jane, I don’t care whether it’s a family matter of the Collins family or not."Rebecca wanted to say something but was stopped by Eric.
"What, what does that mean?""It’s possible that he might end up in a coma. Be prepared.""How could that be…"Eric quickly supported Rebecca. He was relatively calm. "Is there no way?"Carter shook his head and walked towards Westley. "If he doesn't wake up within a month, we’ll have to call my sister-in-law for acupuncture."Westley’s gaze flickered. He turned to Frank and said, "I’ll have him stay here first."Frank nodded, but didn’t have time to tell Charlotte.Then they heard her scream, "Jane—"Jane had fainted.There was a burst of chaos.While Carter was treating Jane, Frank pulled Charlotte aside and whispered something to her.Charlotte couldn’t focus her mind. "What does this mean? Is Zachary pretending to be unconscious?""Not sure."Frank thought back to Zachary’s condition at the time and felt that the chance of him waking up during the surgery was low.It was most likely that after the surgery, he had been worried about Jane and woke up for a short time, s
"You have a lot of time now since you don’t need to attend meetings, Mr. Collins."Eric had never considered that Zachary would grow this strong.He had never imagined that Zachary could push him into early retirement.Since didn’t have to go to work, he now had time to deal with Zachary and Jane's situation."Frank, you're close to Zachary, but this is a family matter. It's not convenient for you to get involved.""I'm not involved." Frank put his hands in his pockets and spoke in his usual laid-back tone. "If Mrs. Collins hit Jane, my wife will be upset. When my wife is upset, I'm the one who failed to care for her. So, how can this be just a matter for the Collins family?"Frank was always good at twisting words, and Eric didn't want to argue further.He tugged at Rebecca, signaling her to calm down.At that moment, with both Frank and Charlotte present, they couldn't do anything to Jane.Rebecca was not happy, glaring at Jane. "Are you satisfied now? Do you want him to be
"Apply some medicine."Charlotte looked at Jane's condition and paused before saying, "Call a nurse over."Frank sent someone to do that.Soon, a nurse from Cheria arrived.She didn't say much, almost nothing at all.She carefully treated Jane's wounds.Finally, she said, "She can't keep wearing wet clothes. Her skin feels a bit warm to me. She might be burning up with a fever."Frank nodded slightly.He knew that Charlotte had heard her."She can go change in the room next door.""You should change too."Charlotte had brought some clothes with her when she came on a business trip to Nelana. When she found out Jane had been kidnapped, she rushed over immediately.She had brought her suitcase along as well.Jane and Charlotte had similar builds, so wearing her clothes wouldn't be a problem.But given the situation, Jane might not want to change."You can't collapse now. I know you'll want to take care of Zachary, right?"Jane glanced at Charlotte, her voice still carryin
Jane dodged a bullet, and another explosion rang in her ears.She was pulled into a familiar, warm embrace.But the smell of gunpowder and blood immediately filled her nose."Zachary!"Zachary patted her head, soothing her. "It's okay."His voice was hoarse, how could it be okay?Jane dropped what she was holding and quickly wrapped her arms around him.In front of them, Roy had already subdued Luthor, Nina, and the others.However, in the chaos, they hadn't expected Luthor to still be able to shoot with his left hand.Zachary had blocked the shot with his body.Frank arrived shortly after, and upon seeing the situation, he rushed to call for a doctor and pushed a mobile stretcher over.He contacted Westley. "Contact the Greyson Infirmary, preferably Carter Greyson."Westley had close ties with the Greyson family.When he learned that Zachary had been shot, he personally went to ask Carter to treat Zachary.He also arranged a private jet to take them to the hospital.At
Jane thought this kind of statement was problematic."You two have known each other since childhood, longer than I have, and understand each other more deeply. If you wanted to get married, you could have done so long ago. Why did you have to wait for me to appear before marrying?"She had been young before, and Nina didn't have the ability to shake the foundation of the Collins family.So, she went abroad, working hard to expand her influence and develop.She even sacrificed everything, just to gain the power to stand on equal footing with the Collins family.She wanted them to have no way to stop her from marrying Zachary.But when she worked hard to return, Jane had already beaten her to the punch, disrupting all her plans.What was even more hateful was that a cheap woman could win Zachary's heart, but she couldn’t."Because you deserve it."Jane was speechless."I never stopped you. After you returned, I even broke up with Zachary. If you two didn't get together, you can
She was also thinking about how to keep delaying things.Nina sat on the sofa, waiting for the test results.Luthor sat next to the hospital bed.Jane felt like a bird in a cage, even if she banged her head against the bars until it bled, she still couldn't fly out of the cage.Besides, these two cold-hearted people wouldn't soften their hearts just because they saw her crash against the bars.She slowly and subtly untied the rope on her foot.She spoke up, "I need to use the bathroom."Luthor got up to carry her, but she refused. "I can walk by myself."But he still picked her up.When he placed her on the toilet, he stayed standing next to her."Aren't you going to leave?""I'm not leaving."Jane really wanted to roll her eyes, but she held back and said, "There's only one door, no windows, and you're blocking it. How am I supposed to escape?""I have diarrhea, and you're just going to stand here and watch me?"She felt disgusted even saying it, but he didn't even flinc