Yaacob did as he was told and switched on his camera to let her see where he was.Nancy could see Yaacob was back in his hotel room. She asked Yaacob to switch the camera to him so she could check if he was doing fine."Are you still worried? Do you want me to take my shirt off so you can check my body?" Yaacob asked.Nancy was not shy and answered immediately, "Yes!"He could be hiding injuries under his clothes. Nancy thought Yaacob looked slimmer and weaker."Don't be naughty. It's morning here, and Xander is with me," Yaacob said."Then— Can't you go to the washroom to take off your clothes?" Nancy requested."I'll show you tonight, all right?" Yaacob said helplessly.Luckily, Nancy did not insist on him doing it now."I know you're worried sick. I lost my phone, and I didn't have the time to call you and inform you of it. But it's all good now," Yaacob assured."Is that true? Then why didn't you go back to the hotel?" Nancy asked."I've been having back-to-back meetings
[Nancy, are you free to meet me for a talk?]When Nancy saw the text message, she had just woken up from her afternoon nap. She rubbed her eyes to confirm that Chandler had texted her.She had not contacted her adoptive parent ever since Andrew had passed away. Their relationship had soured long before Andrew's passing.A while back, she had gone to the Lawson Corporation to claim her shares. Chandler and Suzanne had looked at her with weird expressions on their faces and had not talked to her.Regardless of their bad relationship, Nancy thought she should meet him because he was her adoptive father. She agreed to meet them at a cafe.Since Yaacob's return, Nancy had been living the good life. She felt worn out from the pregnancy. It had been three days since she had left the house. She got up, changed her clothes, and put on light makeup.At the cafe, Chandler and Suzanne were waiting for her. Both of them exchanged looks with each other and felt a little awkward.Suzanne was t
"Nancy, are you feeling sorry for Spencer? Is that why you don't want me to go against him?" Yaacob asked."No! I— What makes you think that?" Nancy was shocked.Yaacob continued to look at Nancy for over a minute then said, "Good. Go back to the room and rest.""All right," Nancy replied. There were things she wanted to say, but Yaacob had gone back to work so she kept silent.When she returned to her room, she could not fall asleep. At eleven p.m., Yaacob finally went to bed. She scooted closer when she felt Yaacob lie down.As Yaacob put his arm around her waist gently, Nancy continued from where they had left off: "Yaacob, our baby said he has something to tell you.""What is it?" Yaacob asked."Daddy, don't burn bridges," Nancy said."Haha!" Yaacob chuckled. "Please tell him, 'You shouldn't show your back to your enemy or he will stab you.' Let's hope he understands that when he grows up.""Hey, don't teach my baby that!" Nancy complained. "Is Spencer really our enemy?"
"I… What do you want me to do? You're my husband. We live together, we eat together, and we sleep together. Can't you tell I'm not the woman in these photos?" Nancy asked in return."I asked you a question. Why did you pass the ball back to me?" Yaacob said angrily."Fine! If you want me to prove it, I'll look for Spencer now and ask him who the woman he is cheating with is! Why does she look identical to me, and why is she doing this to tarnish my reputation?" Nancy replied furiously.Then she headed for the door, but Yaacob stopped her."No! You can't go see him!""Then how do you want me to prove that I'm not the woman in these photos? You refuse to believe me, so I will confront Spencer. But you won't let me do that either. So what do you want from me?"Nancy was angry. She pulled her hand back, but she did not leave. Instead, she went back to their room. Yaacob was left alone in the study.As soon as Nancy left, he suddenly felt lost. He strode to his table and pulled out a
On the weekend, Nancy finally retrieved the thing the Lawsons had promised her. It was an emerald necklace. She was shocked. "Is this really from my birth parent?""Yes. When Grandpa brought you home, you had this necklace on. He was afraid the nanny would steal it if you wore it so he put it away. I didn't even remember it until I saw it while I was clearing Grandpa's old items," Chandler said.The emerald on the necklace looked very familiar. She thought of the emerald necklace Benjamin had given her. When she was back in her room, she quickly took it out to compare them. Both emeralds looked the same.What had Benjamin told her when he had given her the necklace? He thought the necklace would look good on her so he was giving it to her. He had given it to her after they had only met a few times.Was he in the habit of giving away luxurious presents to strangers? Yes, he was loaded, but it still did not make any sense.Looking at the necklaces, Nancy had a strong feeling there w
After being cooped up at home for half a month, Nancy finally agreed to do some window shopping with Anna.Anna was already six months pregnant, so her baby bump was very obvious. Nancy could tell Anna had gained some weight, but she was still not fat. In fact, her chubby face just made her all the cuter!"Nancy, why don't you like coming out anymore? I wanted to ask you out for the longest time, but Yaacob said you need to rest more because of how sickly you are.""Yeah. The doctor said there's a risk that I might lose the baby.""Nonsense, you look healthy. Though your face is kinda pale, that doesn't mean you should stay cooped up at home the whole day. The baby needs fresh air too. Look at me, I walk at least two hours every day, and I look healthier than you."Anna had been sharing pregnancy tips with Nancy as if she was well experienced, which she was, given how much healthier she looked than Nancy.However, the reason Nancy had not been feeling that well was because Yaacob
Wilfred reminded Ain that Yaacob did not have much longer to live. She personally went to Europe and found out the truth about Yaacob's condition.Nikolaus caused his company's stock to plummet in order to lure Yaacob there. He could not let go of Emily's death and once swore in front of her tombstone to bury Yaacob with her.Nikolaus originally planned to hire an assassin to kill Yaacob, but the Getson family was too powerful, and Europe had already become Randall's base, so no assassin would ever accept his request.In the end, he came up with an idea. He sold most of his family property and invested it in shady underground medical research, and finally created a virus tailor-made for Yaacob. The unique properties of the virus were that it could cause those infected to suffer extreme pain before they die.The infected would go through three stages of pain.In the first stage, the virus will destroy the nerves in the brain and the biochemical system in the body, making the infect
"Umm, I'm really living a good life here, so I don't need you to save me," said Nancy to Benjamin.Even though Yaacob had been acting weird lately, she would not leave him because of that. Similarly, the paternity test could say Benjamin was her father, but the fact of the matter was he did not fulfill his duty as a father.In fact, she had no memory of him at all, whereas Yaacob was always there when she needed him the most. He was the only person who gave her love and stability after her grandfather passed away. Thus, she was not going to leave him just because Benjamin kept egging her to do so.After she hung up the phone, Nancy wanted to read a book to kill time. She went to Yaacob's study and picked up a book about Sherlock Holmes. She sat down on Yaacob's chair and happened to see the locked drawer on the left side of the desk. She did not think it was weird for Yaacob to keep that drawer locked since there were so many nosy family members living together under one big roof.