Faye didn't drink, so she drove while Cedric sat in the passenger seat, resting his chin on his hand as he stared at her.Faye felt shy and sneaked a glance at him. "Am I really that good-looking?"Cedric's lips curled into a seductive smile. "Yes, you are."At a loss for her words, Faye changed the subject, as they might not make it home safely if Cedric continued to seduce her. "How much do you know about the Lynch family?"Cedric raised an eyebrow. "What do you want to know?"Though Faye had been with Anthon in the past, her knowledge of the Lynch family was limited to Anthon's immediate family. The Lynch family was a prominent political figure, but she didn't know much about the specifics. However, she needed to gather some information about what happened earlier. "I don't know much apart from their history in politics," she said. "I heard that their family is highly influential in Eagle City, but I'm not sure about the extent of their influence here in Jeorgia."Cedric c
Early the next morning, Faye arrived at the company and was handed the document regarding Priscilla. She quickly scanned through it, and she narrowed her eyes when she saw the word "blacklisted". Then she swiftly signed her name on it."Tell Mr. Colt to come find me when he arrives at the office," Faye said and handed the document back to Jamie.Jamie nodded and left while Faye continued to work on her tasks.Her phone displayed news about Allure Designs and Cameron, and Faye casually opened the article, feeling repulsed by Allure Designs' claims of innocence. Fortunately, Felton showed no mercy and provided indisputable evidence of their crimes. The evidence included proof of Allure Designs' misconduct over the years, along with conversation history between Cameron and Allure Designs, the transaction records of his commission, and the threats Allure Designs directed at him.Allure Designs had been taking credit for designs and using the original designs to sell counterfeit p
Lincoln returned to his office and called for the managers for the PR and design departments. Once everything was arranged, it was time for lunch. He didn't have an appetite, so he returned to his room to rest instead of going to the canteen. However, memories of what happened the night before kept him awake. Last night, he could clearly tell that he was drugged. After knocking out the man who dragged Lucy, he placed the man in the room he reserved for himself. Since he was drugged, whoever did it must have a plan and would surely send a woman to his room. He got the manager to set up a camera in the room before returning to Lucy's room. Once he made sure that Lucy was fine, he planned to leave so that she could rest. To his bewilderment, Lucy had been drugged as well. Just as he was about to leave, she started tearing at her clothes on the bed, panting. Lincoln was slowly losing control. He was supposed to leave but couldn't get himself to move when he saw Lucy on
Lucy couldn't help but notice the irony in all this. Frank claimed he heard she hadn't returned all night and was worried about her. She knew he had only came this early in the morning to catch her with another man. The only thing he was worried about was likely that she might tell everyone what he was doing. Lucy sneered. "You seem to have impeccable sources, but I wonder where you heard it from."Outside the door, Frank continued to knock. "I felt really guilty after what happened last night! I drank a lot and went to your apartment with gifts. I wanted the entire night, but you were nowhere to be found!"Had I not called the hotel and asked, I wouldn't know that you are here. Can you please come outside? Let's talk."She sneered. "There's nothing to talk about. Leave! I'm not going out there!"Frank continued to shout, resorting to threats and intimidation, "Lucy, are you afraid to come out? Is there a man in your room? "If you don't come out, I'll call the police and re
Frank sneered at her words. "What do you mean? Don't you know what you've done? You saw that I was sleeping with another woman, so you were upset! "Did you think I wouldn't find out that you found yourself a man to get back at me? You said before that you would return the favor if I cheated. "I never expected you to be so impatient to proceed with your plan!"Frank's words caused Lucy's heart to ache. She had indeed said those words before but only meant it as a warning. She had considered doing it, but when she was about to do it, she couldn't bring herself to stoop so low. She knew that she hadn't done anything wrong. She didn't love Frank and merely cared for him as a childhood friend, so she shouldn't punish herself for his mistakes. The rage she felt from the night before was because of being betrayed, so she didn't plan on doing anything to retaliate. Still, she didn't expect Frank to think she could do something like that. "Where's the evidence? Without it, your a
Lincoln couldn't sleep.He got up from the bed and turned on his computer. He found the surveillance video of the room he reserved last night from the hotel manager. The manager was efficient and sent the full footage, which included the commotion outside the hotel room. As expected, shortly after Lincoln had placed the man into his room last night, a woman entered the room using his room key. She then began to seduce and flirt with the man inside.Although Lincoln had knocked the man out, he didn't use excessive force. So the man quickly regained consciousness, waking up as the woman tirelessly seduced him. When the woman raised her head, Lincoln was shocked to see that it was Priscilla. "She has the audacity to drug and plot against me?" he thought. Yesterday, in the private room of the bar, Faye and Cedric had given Priscilla a hard time before Lincoln kicked her out. Lincoln suspected that it was at that moment that Priscilla started scheming.Lincoln had initially
The evening sun painted the sky red. The sky was adorned with colorful clouds as the sun dawned. Since it was summer, the small park seemed to be enveloped in waves of heat, with occasional breezes carrying the irritating hot air.Facing the setting sun, Faye watched as people surrounded her mother and was about to step forward. Just then, Flora sneered. "Are you done? If you're done, step aside."The elderly woman who had been silent until now was Clint's mother, and she pounded her walking stick and pointed at Flora angrily. "What? You snatched Brown Corporation away, and now you think you can look down on us?" Have you forgotten how you begged my son to marry you in the first place? Now that you got what you want, you want to leave?""That's right, you shameless bitch! You stepped on my brother and the Brown family to climb to the top. Now that your daughter married into money, you want to get rid of my brother!"Are you sure your son-in-law is not a traitor, too? Now that
Back in the hospital room, Faye spoke softly, "Mom, Cedric is almost finished with decorating the new house. I'll help you with the discharge procedures tomorrow."Flora had been staying in this hospital for more than six years because Faye couldn't take care of her. Because her health was deteriorating, staying in the hospital was the only way to ensure her well-being. No one expected the initially short stay would turn into one that lasted for six years. During this time, Flora considered the hospital almost like her home. Fortunately, Flora had some money and had access to dividends from the Brown Corporation, or she would have been chased out of the hospital for failing to pay the bills long ago. Faye felt guilty about how Flora was alone, struggling with life, while she couldn't help at all. Luckily, everything had turned out fine. Most importantly, Flora had finally regained her health, and Faye was relieved. "Sure, it's a good thing to get discharged. All there's le
Official Hart was well aware that if he indeed went to Pembrook, he couldn't successfully assume the role of the leader without the support of the security team. It wasn't that he underestimated himself, but Pembrook was a peculiar city. Ordinary officials who went there could only be puppets. Even those who thought they had some capabilities, like the previous mayor who attempted to overthrow the security team, faced a tremendously tragic fate. His attempt to gain full control over Pembrook doomed his political career and might even cost him his life. Official Hart didn't want to be a puppet, and he certainly didn't want to lose his life. Going to Pembrook was about enhancing his qualifications to open up more opportunities. In simpler terms, it was about building his portfolio.To go to Pembrook, he must have a good relationship with the security team. Now that the captain of the Pembrook Security team had actively approached him, he had nothing to lose. However, Official
Faye had made arrangements for Jeorgia, while Cedric started an investigation into what the Anderson and Garcia families were doing. Faye knew that this was a trap and that nothing happened by coincidence. However, she didn't know what the culprit's motive was. She didn't have to wait for long because she received a phone call from Tracy later that afternoon. "Faye, you could've come at me if you were upset. Why did you target Grandma? She treated you well, yet you killed her over such trivial matters. Are you even human?"Faye smirked. "Since when do you care about her, Tracy?""What are you talking about? That's our grandmother. You did this, didn't you?""Would you believe me if I said I didn't do it?" Faye sneered. "Don't think that you can do anything you want just because you married someone rich. Faye, don't even dream of getting your murderer of a mother out! I won't let you. You better come back to Jeorgia, or this won't ever be over."With that, Tracy hung up.
Clark's words only enraged Flora. Eleanor abused Faye when she was a child, which led to Faye getting sick repeatedly. She even allowed Lizzie to go into their home to poison Faye while Flora was at work. Faye suffered through so much hardship at the time and came close to dying. She was already poisoned when she was pregnant with Faye, which meant Faye was born with poison in her body. Though Flora tried her best to counter the poison, Faye was still more frail than ordinary children. Eleanor knew that Faye wasn't Clint's child, so she had always been displeased with her. "Had I known that she's the kind of person who can harm a child, I would never leave Faye with her." Rage filled Flora's eyes. Just as she was about to leave, Eleanor started coughing on the bed. Clark shouted and ran outside to get the doctor. Until the doctor arrived, there were two minutes when Flora was alone with Eleanor. It wasn't until the doctor arrived that Flora found out Clark didn't even
Lizzie and Clint were momentarily stunned, confused by Tracy's words. "I just received a call from Uncle. He said that Grandma passed away and we need to go home."Clint jolted and collapsed onto the ground. "What?"Tracy smirked. "They can't reach you or Mom, so he called me instead. We need to go home right now.""Ha! So what if she's dead? She doesn't see us as family, so why should we go back?" Lizzie scoffed in contempt. Eleanor disliked her right from the start. If Eleanor didn't stop her from marrying Clint at the very beginning, Flora would have never gotten married to Clint. Though Eleanor helped get rid of Flora in the end, she continued to mistreat Lizzie when she finally married Clint. Eleanor resented Flora for being too strong-willed and disrespectful. However, she looked down on Lizzie for not being as talented as Flora and incapable of bringing more profit to the Brown family. She kept comparing Lizzie to Flora and bossed her around. Lizzie remained patie
"Damn it! Damn it! It has to be Faye! This has to be her doing. Damn it!" Tracy pushed everything on the table to the ground. Her face twisted viciously with anger. Over the past few days, scandals about her have circulated on the internet. Even information about her age when she started sleeping around and the number of men she slept with for money was released. Evidence of her plotting to steal Anthon away and bring down the Lynch family was released as well. On top of that, there was also information about her working with her mother to chase Flora out and claim Brown Corporation as their own. Every misdeed Tracy had ever committed was exposed before the public's eyes. She became the target of all condemnation. There would be different people gathering near their apartment. As soon as they stepped out of the apartment, they would get beaten. The horrible things that Clint and Lizzie did were later released onto the internet as well. The family of three couldn't even get
Monica suffered from severe depression ever since she married Ethan. She was a strong-willed woman who refused to show any weakness. Even when she was hurt, she would suffer alone and kept giving, not asking for anything in return. Ethan married her but didn't love her. On top of that, he picked on her at every turn and gave her the cold shoulder. She began to get depressed a year after marrying him. With her friend's help, she started treatment. However, the treatment process was painful. Throughout the three years she was married to Ethan, she endured his humiliation without rest, which made recovering much harder. One day, she went to the beach and came close to getting washed away. It was Brody who saved her. Brody went there to look for inspiration for his paintings. When he saw Monica, he was sitting afar and drawing. This painting won Brody countless awards. Just as he was about to leave, there was a high tide, and Monica came close to getting washed away.
Ethan sent the photos and returned to his apartment to wait while drinking. Due to the interview that took place at noon, Ethan's divorce stirred up a storm on Facebook. At the moment, he didn't need to pay to obtain attention. After Tracy declared her innocence, everyone considered Ethan a jerk who heartlessly searched for an excuse to divorce Monica. Ethan waited an hour before releasing the photos. Everyone switched from cursing at him to cursing at him and Tracy. This was not what he expected. He gritted his teeth. Just as he contemplated how to deal with this, he received a bunch of photos. Apart from the intimate photos between him and Tracy, there were ones of Tracy with other men as well. There was even proof that Tracy got an abortion when she was still a teenager. Going through everything, he finally realized how wrong he had been. He misjudged Tracy and recklessly divorced Monica. He didn't love Monica and resented her for forcing him to marry her. Howeve
"You look alright. Who would have thought you are the kind of man who would cheat on your wife?" Eleanor didn't mince her words and immediately kept her distance. Mandy smiled. "Tracy, look at what you've done to your boyfriend.""She stole Faye's boyfriend and sent Anthon's family to prison. Now, she's here destroying Mr. Garcia's family. He lost everything because of her. How interesting," Clark chimed in. He still remembered how Tracy insulted him when he tried to ask Ethan for money. He held a grudge. Tracy's expression darkened. She wanted to run, but the reporters had directed their microphones at her. "Miss, why did you choose to be a homewrecker?""Did you know that Mr. Garcia got a divorce because of you?""Do you know how he got to where he is now? It's because of the alliance he formed with the Dalding family through marriage. Without the Dalding family's help, he may have nothing. Will you still love him even if that's the case?"These questions were confrontati
Faye learned about the Brown family being taken to the police station the following morning. Just as she got up, she received a call from the police station informing her that her relatives had been detained due to a brawl. She was urged to head over to mediate the fight. Faye smiled. "I'm sorry, but they are not my relatives. Please handle it according to the law." After hanging up, she looked at Cedric, who was waiting for breakfast. She hugged him from behind and said with a smile, "Guess what interesting scene I witnessed last night?"Cedric turned his head to study the triumphant look on her face. He smiled. "Why don't you tell me?""Ethan and Tracy were caught in bed together. Didn't you know?""I knew." He pinched her face. "I was the one who asked Monica to go over."Faye rolled her eyes and pouted, losing her interest in the matter. "Why are you asking me if you already knew everything?""You saw it with your own eyes, and I'm just guessing. I prefer to hear it from