Two days later, while watching TV, Olivia suddenly received a call from Milo."Ms. James, there are updates on Wade's case."Olivia's eyes lit up upon hearing that it was related to Wade. She hurriedly asked, "Have you caught the murderer?"Milo sighed. "According to the reports, the suspect has been found. However, the case seemed quite tricky because the other party is quite influential in Ocean City.""Influential in Ocean City?"Olivia's heart skipped a beat. ‘Could it be him…’"Mr. Hulton, do you know who it is?"Milo was silent for a while. "You know that person. John Freeman, the president of the Freeman Group."As soon as the voice on the other end of the phone spoke, the news anchor on the TV said, "Recently, there have been frequent reports on President Freeman’s impending imprisonment. Along with the alleged reports of the two counts of contract murder by the President today, this has caused a massive crash in Freeman Group stock shares. Many high-level executives ha
Olivia did not have time to think. She put down her phone and hurriedly crawled to the bedside, trying to get into the wheelchair by herself.‘I want to see him!’Unfortunately, her hands were clumsy, her feet were heavy, and her head was foggy. Even though she was drenched in sweat, she couldn't get into the wheelchair after a long struggle.The more anxious she was, the more difficult it became. In the end, she broke down in tears.Olivia was not sure if she had lost arm strength or was overly anxious, but just as she was about to succeed, her arms gave out and she fell hard to the ground.The excruciating pain made her forget to breathe as she lay on the icy tiles. The cold air pierced her body and made her shiver uncontrollably."Pheebs? Are you okay?"Xavier ditched the things in his hands and immediately ran over to pick her up from the ground. He carefully checked her hands in distress. "Are you hurt? What happened?"Although there were no visible wounds, Xavier was stil
"I will try my best to negotiate. I hope I can avoid going to court.""How do you plan to settle?"Xavier was silent for a while, then gently covered her with the quilt. He slowly sat on the edge of the bed, turned his head, and stared at her lightly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. "It depends on whether we can find the real murderer."The real murderer...Olivia's heart tightened inexplicably.‘If Fred testified against John, he would’ve been charged with this crime, right?‘Wouldn't this allow the real murderer to get away with it?‘Who could guarantee that the real culprit will not hurt Fred?’Xavier noticed her brows were furrowed tightly. He reached out and gently loosen her brows with his fingers."Pheebs, don't worry. You and your family will be fine with me. Trust me, okay?"Olivia's body froze, and she could not recompose herself for a long time.Up until now, she could only trust him. However, how could she put the lives of her whole family in Xavie
‘Lied to him?’Olivia stared at him suspiciously. "You don't know? You didn't conspire with him to lie to me, did you?"Xavier chuckled, raised his hand, and rubbed her head. "Pheebs, why do you think so?"As he said that, he solemnly took Olivia's hand. "Pheebs, no matter when, where, or what the circumstance was, I will always take your side over everything and anyone. You don’t have to believe everything, but you must believe my words.”Olivia trembled, silently retracted her hand, lowered her head, and kept quiet."Pheebs."He called her name again, reached out to hold her face in his hands, and lifted her face. "Pheebs, look into my eyes."Olivia felt a little embarrassed and helpless when she was forced to look at him.After a while, she just shook her head. "Xavier, do you know that you have beautiful phoenix eyes?"Xavier smiled upon her praises, and his eyes became increasingly alluring.Olivia turned her head away, apprehensive to meet his gaze."Pheebs, were you p
The trials for Oliver and Wade's cases were postponed a month later due to John being in a coma. This left Fred with another month of free time.Apart from taking care of Olivia daily, he had been sending the two children to and from school. Perhaps he felt that he had gone too far before, hence he tried to make up for it. Olivia saw all this, but she was still quietly worried about him."Freddy, what happened the night you were released on bail?"Fred was helping her peel apples. His hand stopped abruptly when he heard this, causing the knife to accidentally cut his finger. Blood flowed.Olivia was taken aback. She quickly used her clothes to apply pressure on his wound. "Be careful, Freddy! Why have you cut yourself?""Oh, it's okay. It doesn't hurt."Fred retracted his hand, sanitized his finger with alcohol, and wrapped it in a band-aid."Liv, it's just a tiny cut. You don't have to worry so much. What is this compared to what you’re going through?"‘These days, it's not
Emergency room.When the two rushed to the emergency room, they saw Lyla’s homeroom teacher, Ms. York standing in the corridor, all flustered and worried.The moment she saw Olivia and Fred, she felt a shudder. She pulled herself together and walked forward."Ms. James, Lyla is still inside. The doctor said it was food poisoning, but..."Before she could finish speaking, Olivia said, "Is Lyla the only person who fell ill?"Ms. York froze for a moment, then nodded. "Well, yes, but I didn't give Lyla anything strange. I don't know what happened, the food is the same, I..."Olivia stretched out her hand to stop her from talking, gave her a cold look, and then turned her head to look behind the curtain."Ms. York, no need to talk about this. Let's check on Lyla first."She would not believe what the teacher said.The teacher did not protect Lyla when there was an accident last time, so she did not think that the teacher was reliable.However, from experience, she thought of Hera
Olivia looked up quickly upon hearing that voice. She saw Lyla looking at her weakly. The moment Lyla saw her face, the little girl’s eyes suddenly lit up."Mommy! It's really you!"Then, Lyla’s bottom lip started to tremble as she began to cry aggrievedly. "Mommy, I miss you so much. Do you not want me anymore?"Olivia's heart twitched violently, and she hurriedly pulled her small body into her arms."Silly girl, why would Mommy not want you? Mommy can’t wait to give all my love to you, why would I not want Lyla?""But… Mommy, you haven’t been home for a long time, and you wouldn’t video call with me. I think Mommy doesn't want me anymore..."Lyla's every word pierced deeply like a thousand needles into Olivia's heart as she clenched her hands tightly."Mommy won't do this again. I will never do this again."With that said Olivia let go of Lyla and wiped away her daughter’s tears. "Lyla, does it still hurt?"Lyla shook her head. "With Mommy here, I’m not afraid of pain.""
Olivia's mind was in chaos. She was clueless on what else she could do, or what she should do next.Bad things befell Lyla one after another since she came to Ocean City. Olivia felt both guilty and frustrated.Her frustration was almost all related to John.However, John is lying in the ICU now, so what could she blame him for?The famous richest man in Ocean City ended up like this. His power and status seemed to be spent only on torturing her, but he is nothing when it comes to protecting her and Lyla.So what if Olivia’s angry? What else can she do?In the end, the only thing she can be angry with was herself.She hammered her thigh hard. "Why am I so useless? Why can't I do anything well? Why am I just a pawn in other people’s games? Why?"Fred frowned, stepped forward, and hugged her. "Liv, it has nothing to do with you. This is not your fault.""They're all targeting Lyla. This time it's just food poisoning, maybe the next time it will be..."As she spoke, Olivia tugge
Elegance Gardens.As soon as Olivia entered the door, Ken appeared out of nowhere with Fred and Kate standing beside her. Then, the three of them looked at her with surprisingly serious eyes.Olivia was stunned for a moment. “What’s the matter? I just went out for a meal. Why are you so serious?”“Was Jennie the one who took you out?”It was Ken who spoke first.Olivia nodded. “Well, yes.”“Liv, are you crazy? You went out to eat with her?”Fred stepped forward, looked her up and down, and said with a frown, “Have you forgotten how she betrayed you? You should never tolerate someone who cheats even once. What if she had bad intentions of inviting you out?”“Pheebs, that woman is not as straightforward as you think.”Out of the three, Ken was the calmest. “Did she say what she was doing in Ocean City?”Olivia shook her head. “I asked, but she didn’t say anything. She only said that she wanted to stay in Ocean City and asked if I was still angry with her.”Hearing this, Fred r
Jennie brought Olivia to a popular fondue place. The melted cheese looked very appetizing, and it was the kind that Olivia liked in the past.However, she could not raise her spirits today, and after eating a few mouthfuls, she put down her fork and started to space out.Jennie gave her a piece of strawberry. “Pheebs, eat more. You are so skinny now. Why do you still eat so little?”“Maybe I don’t have a good appetite.”“Don’t you always have an appetite for cheese? Pheebs, how long have you been like this? Have you seen a doctor?”“I’m used to it. It’s fine.”Jennie suddenly grabbed Olivia’s hand and looked at her solemnly. “Pheebs, what’s wrong with you? You’ve really changed a lot, and I don’t even know you anymore. Even though I could tell you were sad before, you were still very positive, but now… I’m worried that you’re going to do something stupid.”Upon hearing this, Olivia was stunned for a moment. Then, she forced a smile. “No, I just haven’t slept well recently, so I’
The next day, Olivia woke up and planned to go to the mental hospital to find Dorothy without telling everyone, but she received an unexpected call.“Pheebs, it’s me. I’m in Ocean City. Do you want to meet?”Olivia was stunned for a few seconds before she realized who the other party was. Then, she could not stop herself from frowning.“Jennie Sutherland?”“Pheebs, are you still mad at me? Why are you calling my full name like that?”Olivia pursed her lips. She smiled dryly and did not explain.Perhaps it was because too many things had happened recently and they had affected her state of mind. Unbeknownst to her, she became less tolerant now.Whatever happened in the past had not blown away like dust, but remained in her heart and turned into a deep grudge.When she heard that Olivia was not speaking, Jennie smiled. “Are you free for a meal? Pheebs, do you not even want to eat with me now? I am genuinely…”“Next time.”She was still a murder suspect. Plus, she still had not
‘Zy...‘This woman looks like Zy…’Fiona Miller glanced at her, frowned slightly, and stepped forward to get in front of her.“You are so weak, but you still have time to worry about me? Stand behind me.”Olivia was taken aback. Not only did they look alike, but they even spoke similarly, especially so as she stood in front of Olivia. They were so similar…Before Olivia knew it, her eyes were red.‘Zy…’However, her Zy died in her arms. She watched Zy lose her breath with her own eyes, so how could she appear here?However, Olivia was really greedy for more time with Zy, so greedy that she did not want to be rational anymore.When she regained her composure, she saw Fiona and the fat woman engaging in a fight, so she hurried forward to help. Olivia pulled the fat woman’s hair back and then separated the two.The fat woman cursed a few times, but in the end, she was still a little scared, so she ran to the opposite side of the room and squatted down.Under the light, Fiona’s
“He really is innocent!”Olivia roared as she watched the officer walking away.However, the other party did not look back at her. It was as if no one cared about the truth at all.Just as she lost her footing and fell, someone pulled her hair forcefully.“Ah!”“Hello, b*tch! Someone wants us to take good care of you!”When Olivia heard that, an unusually tall and burly woman had already dragged her to the ground. The woman then sat on Olivia’s body and slapped her with all her might.Olivia had just had a fever and was still weak. Thus, when she was slapped hard all of a sudden, she felt her brain buzzing instantly.However, the other party did not seem like she was going to stop. After that, the woman raised her hand and slapped Olivia again.After two slaps, blood spilled from the corner of Olivia’s mouth, contrasting against her pale face even more eerily.Just as the fat woman was about to slap her for the third time, Olivia suddenly exerted all her strength to grab the
After a while, someone kicked open the door, and uniformed police officers walked in with an arrest warrant.“Miss Olivia Larson, we need you to come with us.”Olivia was taken aback, but Fred had already rushed forward before she could register what was going on.“There is no Olivia Larson here. You have found the wrong person. My sister still has a fever and needs to rest. Please get out immediately!”However, the leader of the group just glanced at him, ignored him, and then walked around him to the bed. After that, he looked down at Olivia, who was lying weakly on the bed.“Ms. Larson, you probably don’t want me to take coercive measures, do you?”Olivia did not know what was happening, but she knew very well that her identity had been revealed. She had nowhere to escape, so she had to face the music.Therefore, she lifted the blanket and stood up.“Okay, I’ll go with you. But please wait for a moment downstairs to let me change, okay?”The man glanced at her and nodded, “
Olivia fell ill. However, scared of being hounded by the paparazzi, Mrs. Simmons was too scared to send her to the hospital, so she could only call Ken over.The two were busy these days and did not have much contact with each other. Ken came in and froze when he saw Olivia lying in bed.'Why is her face so pale? Why is she so frail? She's so thin that she looks like a piece of paper from far away and has blended into the covers.' "Ken? You came?"Groggy, Olivia felt someone standing at the end of the bed watching her, so she tried hard to open her eyes to see. Seeing it was Ken, she squeezed out a smile."Jeez, Mrs. Simmons. I'm just a little tired. Did she have to bring you over?"Ken frowned, went up to test her forehead, and said, "You're an adult. Why did you get yourself into this with no one around to look after you? You're a mother. You don't even know you have a fever and still stay up all night."Olivia pressed her lips together and said nothing."Are you worried ab
Xavier bailed out Olivia that night."Pheebs, don't worry. Nothing's going to happen to you. Trust me."Xavier grabbed her hand and comforted her repeatedly, but Olivia did not respond. She was like a stunned puppet.She had temporarily left the place that scared her, but her heart was still unsettled.She thought everything was over when John died.However, it seemed John's death was the beginning of everything.Who was behind all this?She desperately wanted to know.She suddenly grabbed Xavier's arm and used an almost imploring tone, "Xavier, help me find out who did this, will you?"She knew she could only solve the problem from the root by finding the real culprit and source.Xavier frowned. "I will. Please give me a moment.""Thank you...""Don't thank me. You're making yourself a stranger."Xavier opened the car door for her as he spoke. "Get in the car. I'll take you home. Lyla and the rest are waiting for you at home."Olivia froze at the mention of Lyla. Then sh
After leaving Quinton Group, Olivia got another call from the school."Mrs. Quinton, you can be at ease now that we've investigated this and all those involved have been handed over to the police."The person on the other end of the line paused. "Besides, we've also solved the case of Sam smashing the car. All the teachers involved have been fired, and the students have been ordered to transfer to another school. You can let Sam and Miss come back to school without any worries, Madam."She frowned as she hung up.She was surprised by the way the school handled this.She did not believe the school handled it voluntarily. After all, the principal had arrogantly demanded an apology from her.Why fire everyone all of a sudden?The more Olivia thought about it, the more she realized that it must have something to do with the board of directors, but who was secretly helping her?'Is it Zac?'Is he atoning for it in such a way because he knows he did something wrong but is too scared