Jocelyn’s gaze was filled with so much hatred that if looks could kill, Tamara would be six feet underground by now.Tamara grew solemn. “I’m curious, Jocelyn. I am your family, and I shouldn’t have to watch my back with you around. You’ve gone against me time and time again. You even want me to die. You’re still young. Why do you harbor such hatred?”Jocelyn burst out laughing. “Tamara, I grew up being treated like a princess. My parents loved me, but you killed them! Tamara, I hate you! You deserve to die! I’ll make sure you suffer like my father and are humiliated by the press like my mother!”Another slap to the face. Jocelyn’s cheeks had grown numb by now.Her hatred for Tamara ran deep. Tamara was even starting to believe the snakes were Jocelyn’s own idea.Even so, where exactly did Jocelyn get the snakes from?Someone was helping her.“Who taught you, Jocelyn? You are still my family. Spit it out, and I’ll let you off the hook,” signed Tamara.“No one. I did this out of
Tamara was a woman of her word. Once Jocelyn came clean, she was untied.“I’ll arrange for someone to escort you out of Londsville. Don’t ever come back into my sight. I won’t be as gracious the next time.” Tamara stared at Jocelyn blankly.That was the last time she would show kindness to the Simmons family.Jocelyn smiled bitterly, “You ruined my life. You are Young Mrs. Lynch, the wife of ST Corporation’s president, while I’m a nobody. I won’t be able to meet you even if I want to.”Tamara only watched on silently as Jocelyn took her leave.Warmth engulfed her hand. Tamara unconsciously turned and saw Sebastian staring at her with amusement. “You’re letting her off just like that?”Tamara returned a smile. “I don’t want to be too cruel. The Simmons family is family, after all.”Whether it was Quentin or Jocelyn, they were her family. They were the only ones she had remaining.Tamara never intended to turn her back on the Simmons family, but Quentin was too demanding, and Joc
“Impossible. Why would the great Cutie join a random match? This was a matching system,” argued another voice.“Look at their game ID! It really is Cutie-pie! The one and only!”The two random players were getting excited, and they kept talking over each other. It was honestly too much.Tamara closed the voice chat. She spared a glance at Sebastian. He had his brows furrowed and did not bother hiding his annoyance.To him, this was a disaster.Tamara patted his hand. “If you don’t want to, we could always play against each other instead.”Sebastian relaxed a little. “It’s fine as long as they shut up.”Tamara nodded.It was time to choose their character. Margot typed: “What position are you guys taking?”The two random players seemed to realize Tamara had shut the voice chat and replied in chat. The first random player typed: “I can play the support. What will the great Cutie choose?”The second random player added: “Can I pick Yvette and follow the great Cutie around?”M
That was unexpected.Tamara was as red as a tomato. She pushed away Sebastian’s hand. Thinking back, she suddenly had a sense of nostalgia.She would never have met Sebastian, let alone fallen in love with him if events had not unfolded as they did.Why did she suddenly have the urge to thank Quentin?Sebastian saw she was lost in thought. He gently brought her back, “Want to go for another round?”Tamara shook her head. “I’m tired. I’m going to take a nap.”She was in her last trimester. Gaming was enough to take a toll on her. The babies in her stomach would occasionally shift and kick. She couldn’t focus on her game at all.She was starting to worry about the competition day itself.Sebastian observed her anxious expression. He leaned forward and pecked her lips. “Don’t worry. You’ll surely win.”Tamara nodded. She suddenly thought of something and turned to Sebastian. “I know you are the president of ST Corporation. Promise me you won’t pull some underhanded tricks. I want
“What does it matter if I am? They don’t know anything! How dare they speak so ill of her?” Margot’s face was flushed with rage.James sighed helplessly, “You’re right. They don’t know anything. Their imagination is all they have going for them. They have absolutely nothing to do with us. We are only here for Tamara. Just brush everything else aside.”Margot mirrored his sigh. “You’re right.”If they were back at 1999, Margot would have chased them out.Their attention was drawn back to the stage. Tamara had taken her seat, and the host was beginning with a warm welcome. The match officially started as soon as the remaining participants went on the stage.Margot scanned the crowd. Sadness seeped through her bones when she didn’t see the familiar figure.Benjamin had been gone for a month.When would he be back?Margot was greatly distracted.…Meanwhile, Tamara turned around on stage and saw Sebastian standing not far from her. His sexy lips curled into a smile, and he gazed
James smiled helplessly and focused his attention back on the stage.Tamara was doing fine when she started, but she slowly turned pale in the middle of the game.Sebastian mirrored her expression.At the same time, the host also noticed Tamara’s discomfort on the stage. However, the other opponents couldn’t hear the host over the sound of their game.Even the crowd grew worried at this.Tamara’s teammates were pushing forward. They realized Tamara’s archer was nowhere to be found and couldn’t help but ask, “Where are you, Cutie? We are pushing forward.”Yet Tamara could only close her eyes. Her three babies just had to pick this time to start kicking up a storm in her womb.Her worst fear had come true.One of her babies gave a forceful kick that sent Tamara bending over in pain. Her phone almost fell from her hand.“What happened?”“Cutie looks ill.”“She looks pale. Did her water break?”“Poor girl. I can’t believe she still came to the competition. Her husband is an idi
“What happened?”“What the fuck?”“Cutie looks ill. Did her water break?”The crowd was paying close attention to Tamara. When they saw how off she looked, the chatters began again.When her teammates saw this, the colors immediately drained from their faces. One of them even cursed, “I fucking told you to call it quits. Why didn’t you fucking listen? Do you know how fucking important this competition is? I need the money to cure my mom’s sickness.”The teammate was greatly angered. They thought they would win and never expected such mistakes from Tamara.When the other three heard this, they immediately agreed, “They’re right. You shouldn’t have come. Don’t you know your limits?”“Damn it! Why did a pregnant lady like you come anyway? Do you really think you could win?”“Just log off! We don’t need you!”Their awful rants sounded from Tamara’s headphones. Tamara grew pale at this, and her brows tightly knitted together.All the compliments she had received before had turned
The audience’s jaw dropped.Margot laughed hysterically. “Take that, assholes! Come on, weren’t you all chatting up a storm earlier? Why did you all suddenly stop talking? Who’s talking now, huh?”James facepalmed.Margot didn’t hold back in her mockery. The people around her glared harshly at her, but none dared to speak up.What she said was true.Who was it who said Tamara’s husband was useless? That all he had going for him were his looks?Who mocked Tamara? Saying she had to make a living via her streams? And that she was living a sad life?Now that they had a better look, they could see that the handsome man on stage was none other than the president of ST Corporation, and he was Tamara’s husband!“Holy fuck! I ship them so much! They look so cute together!”“Oh my god! So that is Cutie’s husband? She is such a lucky woman!”I’ve heard that the wives of wealthy people lead a suffocating existence. Even though Cutie was pregnant, she could still live her life the way she