17Yohannes was very concerned about my work and thought that I disrespected him very much because I did not discuss it with him in advance. He mentioned my condition repeatedly, although I felt fine.I mentioned that I often forgot to take medicine recently, and the symptoms did not worsen. I should be getting better.Yohannes was stunned. He said in a serious tone that the medicine could not be stopped; otherwise it would be difficult to cure it. He also said that he would pay more attention to reminding me in the future.When Yohannes heard that Jasper was my new boss, he began to be jealous again. "The man who sent you back last time is your boss? Which boss will simply send a female employee home? And he only sent you...""It's just a coincidence because I didn't bring an umbrella..."Yohannes did not give up and he frowned. "So how long have you been working?"I smiled awkwardly and told him by shortening the period I worked.If Yohannes heard that I was going on a busine
19When we flew back and got off the plane, I refused Jasper's offer for a ride home. Instead, I hailed a taxi on my own, planning to comfort Yohannes later.It was a blessing for me to be able to have a normal job at that time. Not only could I devote myself to work, but I could also brave the challenges of both work and life. Gone was the fear in me, even when I came across a new environment or met some new faces. I could not have dreamed of attaining such a feat had it been a few months back.I could not wait to share my joy with Yohannes.He would be happy for me, too, I believed. Anyone would be glad to see their partner glow with confidence and move forward in life. Yohannes was the one who lifted me up and led me away from the dark stretch of living hell. He was my savior, my hero.All of a sudden, I received a call from Daniel.He sounded a tad hesitant on the other end of the line as if he was still considering whether to talk to me or not. What he said next almost stunn
21When I was in Grade 7 that year, a boy was transferred to the class. He was well-dressed and elegant, just like a prince. After school ended, there was always a black car to pick him up.At that time, those young children did not prioritize money, but it was more about strength and achievement. Thus, tall burly boys always had the right to speak. As such, someone like Jasper looked slightly more awkward in such an ordinary public school.It was unknown whether Jasper was quiet and shy by nature or whether some people had deliberately isolated him. No one became his friend. He always walked through the school building alone. When he was attending classes or reading books, there was no fear on his face. However, there was no joy as well. It was as if he was living in a vacuum.Who was fond of staying alone forever? He must have wanted to have his own friends, but perhaps he was too reserved that he did not dare to take the initiative. I could not stand to see anyone be this lonely
23Yohannes did not show any anger or shout at me after hearing about the breakup. Moreover, he did not even show that he was surprised. He merely said in a calm tone that he took note of it. It was difficult to know what he was thinking.I felt that I had never really known Yohannes from the beginning. At least, I never knew everything about him."Let's have a meal together after I cook it. We can treat it as our final goodbye." He added sadly, "You used to like eating the food I cooked. Let me cook it for you once again."The sadness in his words made me sad as well. Thus, we sat down at the table and had our last meal together.There were honey-glazed ribs, beef brisket with potatoes, salt and pepper spare ribs, and poached sea bass. All of them were my favorite dishes and looked absolutely mouth-watering. They filled the entire table. It was supposed to be our final farewell.While eating, all the previous scenes filled my mind.The one about us having our meal at the table,
25I wondered who would come to my rescue.My phone was in Yohannes's hand. He might have already pretended to be me and contacted others to pretend nothing had happened. No one in the world would be observing me so carefully. Perhaps, just like last time when the psychopath kidnapped me, no one would notice that I was kidnapped until two weeks later.I was wrong. I should've left Yohannes decisively when I first noticed something was off about him.Natalie was right when she said I was weak. To some extent, I seemed to long for the warmth that Yohannes gave me and subconsciously hoped that we could go back to the past.I didn't completely regain my senses until I was trapped in the utility room.No one in the world would be good to someone unconditionally. They must have had other intentions if they treated someone too well.The utility room became a prison. I lay down on the narrow folding bed every day in despair, looking at the ceiling in a daze and fantasizing about the day
27"It's the footage of the car's dash cam. Some dash cams have the function of motion detection. As long as the setting was turned on, even if the car was turned off, it'll start filming when it sensed there were moving objects within the camera range."I clenched my fists for fear of missing out on what Jasper said."It took Leticia 25 minutes to get home. She might have gone missing on four streets. There was a total of 19 cars parked on the four streets that night. 16 of them were equipped with a dash cam, and nine of them had motion detection functions." Jasper was calm and continued to analyze incessantly like a detective.He then continued, "Seven of them turned on the function. In the footage of the seven cars, a total of 57 pedestrians passed by the streets in that 25 minutes."Yohannes was getting a little impatient. "What are you trying to say? Are you deliberately stalling for time?""This was a huge investigation process because someone might have ambushed ahead of t
29(Extra) JasperWhen Jasper was a child, he was called Jasper Labelle because he shared his mother's surname.When he was about seven years old, he began to understand the difference between him and other children.Jasper lived in a luxurious house, dressed meticulously, and always had a car to drive him around when he went out. Aside from that, he could not do things he wanted.No ordinary child was willing to approach Jasper. The child of Mary Wright, the housekeeper, once ruined Jasper's model curiously. The child ended up getting reprimanded by Mary after Mary cried and apologized. Since then, no child had ever wanted to approach Jasper.It seemed like people were saying that Jasper was different.Fortunately, he had Lorelai. Jasper felt Lorelai was the most beautiful person in the world. Her hair was long and soft, and she always smelled nice. Jasper did not understand why his father, Zachary Zabinski, always had a gloomy expression and often quarreled with Lorelai.Lore
30I felt that I was terrible.Not only to Jasper but also to Yohannes.At first, I always received the warmth given by Yohannes, and I never cared about whether he would be sad or unhappy.Later, Yohannes started acting abnormally. I asked myself if I had communicated nicely with him. I wondered if I had a better way of dealing with it and preventing things from deteriorating.Fortunately, Jasper's life was not in danger. The knife was not stabbed at a critical point, but the wound was deep. He needed some time to rehabilitate.When Yohannes was interrogated again, he talked about the car accident that Jasper had mentioned.Yohannes didn't know the psychopath who kidnapped me, but he did have a connection with him.That day, he witnessed a car accident and rushed to save the owner of the car.The car owner's face was covered with blood, and he seemed like he would faint anytime. Perhaps when he realized he was about to die, he entrusted something to Yohannes, which was a key.
10.My name is Regina, and my best friend was Bailey.At this moment, I am lying in my cabinet while rubbing my growing baby bump peacefully.I could finally be with Bailey forever.I had finally become the most important part of Bailey's life, that was the furniture.I smiled happily as I watched her cat, dog, turtle, bird, and mum.I would always remember how thrilled I was when I first met Bailey.Because I was brought up by my blind grandmother, I looked very dirty every day.However, Bailey was as clean and pretty as a little princess in a fairy tale. And she would smile kindly at me every day in her pretty dress.And she didn't mind that I looked dirty at all.She not only washed my hair and my face and bathed me, but she also let me wear her pretty dresses. And she even braided my hair beautifully.She brought me good food and interesting stuff. And she would cook for me as if she were my parent.Since my grandmother was blind, Bailey could sneak into my home every d
07.My mother had never liked Regina.Every night when I went to see Regina and came back, my mother would curse me."I told you to find a decent girl. And you only like that little bitch!""Regina has been hooking up with other guys since she was a little girl. Don't you know how many boyfriends she's had?""She's a piece of shit! Are you out of your mind? Have you become stupid since you slept in the wardrobe?""You're just as stupid and cheap as your father!""It's a good thing you're a woman. If you were a man, you'd be a horny dickhead! Shame on you!"I snarled and retorted loudly."I'm not out of my mind! I just don't want anyone to leave me any more!""Even my dad was someone else's husband. He's someone else's dad. I don't want to share anything with anyone else anymore!""You've never really loved me either!""You only gave birth to me to keep my dad. Unfortunately, I'm not a son. I let you down!""I've only had Regina as my best friend in my life. I don't want he
04.When I got home, it was four in the morning.There was someone sitting on the sofa chair in the darkness who asked me, "Where have you been?"I rubbed my aching temples and said, "Mom, you're still awake?""Did you go to that trainwreck's apartment again?""Don't be so harsh. Leave me alone..."Before I could finish my sentence, I got a hard slap on the face.My mother pushed me into the wardrobe and slammed the door shut.I curled up in the dark, hugged my knees, and fell asleep.The next day at noon, Regina called me over again.Regina said, "Bailey, Hugh asked me if I had any special fetishes. What do fetishes mean?"I laughed sarcastically.Regina added, "He said he felt his body ached so hard as if he'd been beaten up. He suspected that I was sick."I said, "Stop thinking about him. I've been getting a lot of headaches lately. There's a pretty good gym. Come with me and take a look."I drove Regina to a fancy gym.There were more hot girls and handsome instructo
Author: Ka Fei Bei Li De Cha I hated every man who hovered around her.They were like flies that pestered her every day.I tried every means to drive them away.But how could flies be driven away?01.How many jerks could a woman meet in her lifetime?I don't know.But my good friend Regina Larson had met countless jerks.One day, as I was drifting off to sleep, I got a call from her. "Bailey, help! Come over quickly..."Hearing her cries, I thought she had stabbed someone, or that someone had stabbed her.When I burst into Regina's house, she had her head buried under the bed cover, while her butt stuck out like an ostrich. She was crying piteously.I sat on the edge of her bed, pulled bacl the covers, and gasped.Regina's head was bald. All her hair had been shaved off.There were a few bloody wounds on her bruised scalp, that looked scary.Regina sobbed as she raised her head. My eyes were about to pop out.Her eyebrows had been shaved too!Her lack of eyebrows l
43After staying alone for a long while, I realized William was waiting downstairs when I left the office.I didn't know what to say when I saw him."Rebecca."I gazed at William when I heard him. I had thought about his proposal all afternoon, and the answer was on the tip of my tongue, but impulsively, I blurted out that we weren't a good match. Perhaps it was because of the gusty wind.But deep down, I felt he was the most suitable person for me.I gave him up.On the way home, I felt a tinge of sadness for a while, but after reflecting on it, I felt indifferent.However, the feeling of indifference quickly vanished when I saw Christopher standing at my doorstep. I felt the urge to return and find William, but Christopher didn't give me the opportunity. His voice was hoarse as he called my name, "Becca." I could see his nose was slightly pink from crying, as he had slightly fair skin.As he was only sobbing and calling out my name, without suddenly rushing to hug me or anyt
38Despite not wanting to acknowledge that I knew him, I called an ambulance for Christopher.After that, I went back to bed. However, as I tried to go back to sleep, Dad's incessant calls woke me up.I never expected that he would ask me to visit Christopher.I couldn't comprehend why Dad had a positive impression of Christopher. I was still unable to accept it. Despite my reluctance, I decided to visit the hospital after Dad informed me that Oscar was there too."You're here, Becca.""Hello, Mr. Simmons."I put on a smile, even though I remembered how Oscar had refused to meet me the last time. I had learned to fake being nice.Christopher woke up at the same time. While lying on the bed, he looked at me and greeted me, "Ms. Yalden."I smiled back politely, pretending as if nothing had happened between us, and replied, "Mr. Simmons."Oscar chuckled at our formal exchange and said, "Becca, Christopher is only a day younger than you. You can just call him Chris."After sayin
34Ultimately, Christopher failed to find me, and as I couldn't find my phone while he was away, I decided to sneak out of the window unnoticed.I rushed back home afterward.To commemorate Dylan's safe return after a week of being missing, I made a reservation at a restaurant with Annie to celebrate."Are you okay, Dylan?""I'm fine."I was a bit surprised when I saw that Dylan didn't have any visible injuries on his face. "Did those people not hit you after that incident?" I asked.Dylan looked at me with an expression that suggested I was a fool and replied, "No, they didn't."I wasn't pleased with his answer and asked, "Then why did you refuse to meet me?"Dylan seemed confused and asked, "When did you come to see me?"After hearing my brother's words, my head was buzzing, and I showed Dylan the video. He raised his eyebrows and remarked, "This person looks a little like me.""Are you sure it's just a little bit like you?"Dylan pursed his lips and replied, "I'm a black
31After the incident, I became acutely aware of Christopher's instability and decided to exercise caution whenever I left the house. I also realized the advantages of owning multiple residences.I had the liberty to select various accommodations depending on my mood throughout the day.However, the announcement he made, threatening to force me to pay around 15 million dollars, left me feeling apprehensive.For approximately a month, my life had been peaceful until one night when its tranquility was shattered.That night, Dylan was apprehended by relevant authorities, leaving Annie to approach me in tears despite being pregnant. Meanwhile, Dad was still in business negotiations overseas, placing the responsibility of assisting Annie solely on me.Upon discovering the circumstances surrounding Dylan's apprehension, I immediately suspected Christopher's involvement. However, I refrained from approaching Christopher and instead sought out Oscar. Unfortunately, my attempts to meet wi
27Both Henry and I were unhappy about the meal. However, I didn't voice out my unhappiness like him.It was true that children who threw tempers would be doted on. However, it would become a problem if they constantly threw tantrums.Especially when the relationship was interconnected to interests. The more Henry shouted, the more biased Oscar was toward Christopher.Adults would always like sensible children."Becca is still here. Look how you're acting now."I spoke softly when they suddenly cued my name, "Mr. Simmons, let's have dinner."Oscar paused momentarily and stopped scolding Henry.I didn't eat much and was hungry the moment I arrived home. Dad sent me back with a hesitant expression on his face. It felt like he had something to talk to me about.I spoke up as I guessed his thoughts. "Henry's quite cute."Henry was indeed quite cute, so I didn't give a sure answer. I knew that Henry wasn't interested in me. So, allowing him to choose would give me less trouble.D