The 6th of May was a cloudy day. It was the day of Tracy and Anthon's engagement. Faye showed up at 6:00 pm on the dot. The engagement party had yet to begin, but many guests were already in attendance. They were making small talk over drinks.Tracy wore a beautiful evening gown. Her hair and makeup had also been done exquisitely. She looked like a princess as she and Anthon made their way around the crowd with their arms linked. When she saw Faye, she let go of Anthon and approached her. "Faye, you're here."Tracy held Faye's hand. "I knew you wouldn't have an evening gown. Come on. I've prepared one for you. Let's get your makeup done so you can get dressed."Something had to be afoot. Tracy wouldn't be so nice for no reason. Faye looked at her lazily. "No, that's unnecessary. I'm fine with what I'm wearing.""I can't allow that. All the guests today are prominent figures. You'll be embarrassing yourself with your current outfit," Tracy said firmly. She then dragged Faye
"Wait!" Lizzie panicked when Faye pushed the door open. She lunged forward to stop her. Faye had expected this and she secretly held her leg out to trip Lizzie."No!" Unfortunately, Lizzie's cry was drowned out by the moans and groans coming from inside the room. "No, don't … Don't …"The gazes that were on Faye shifted to look inside the room. Faye ignored Lizzie and pointed inside the room, looking horrified. "Oh, my God! Tracy, what are you guys doing?" Her words made everyone return to their senses. The crowd surged forward to get a better look at what was happening.Inside the dressing room, a pastel yellow evening gown had been carelessly flung on the floor. A tall man in a pink shirt was pinning a woman in a white gown to the floor. The man's shirt was half undone, and his head was buried in the woman's chest. The woman's strapless gown had been tugged down to her waist, revealing her fair skin. The hem had also been messily pushed up to her hips. The scandalous s
"No, that's not true!" Faye bit her lip harder. Her voice was shaky. She tightly clenched her phone and stared at Tracy with wide eyes. "I didn't do anything!""You didn't do anything?" Tracy sneered. "I know you still have feelings for Anthon, Faye. You must be upset because we're getting engaged today. That won't change the fact that Anthon is in love with me. We've been together for so long. I thought you would've moved on by now."Tracy threw herself into Anthon's arms and started weeping pitifully. "I didn't expect you to get revenge on me at our engagement party! And not like this!" She sobbed. "Anthon, did we really make a mistake?"A few moments ago, Anthon had been head over heels for Faye's beauty. He'd even fantasized about bringing her home and announcing to the world that she was his. Now, Tracy's words made his expression darken. "Did you really do this, Faye?" His gaze was sharp. "Why did you do it? Is it just because I love Tracy and not you?"Faye had already see
A video played on the screen. It showed Tracy hiding in a corner with two glasses of wine. She put some powder into one of them. Then, Hank showed up. Tracy handed him the laced one with a smile. After that, they leaned close and whispered into each other's ears. Hank even touched Tracy flirtatiously a few times. Instead of springing away, she merely looked shy. How they flirted with each other would make anyone think they were an item. More importantly, after all their whispering, they linked arms and fed each other the wine …The timestamp in the corner showed that this had happened an hour before the engagement party. Anthon stood beside Tracy. His expression was already stormy. Tracy panicked and hurriedly said, "Anthon, I can explain. Hank and I were just talking about him and Faye. Nothing's going on between us …"Anthon didn't say anything. The video suddenly switched to show the inside of the dressing room. At this point, Faye had yet to come in, and Lizzie hadn
When Clint raced over, he saw Tracy yanking Faye's hair. Meanwhile, Lizzie seemed to be trying to get them to stop fighting. In reality, though, Lizzie was also getting some hits in against Faye.Clint flew into a rage.He had been out wining and dining a few notable businessmen. Just as he was about to clinch the deal, someone from the Lynch family approached him to tell him that his wife and daughters were in a fight, asking him to handle it.Seeing this scene playing out when he rushed over, Clint nearly got a heart attack right then and there."Stop it!"Clint pulled both Lizzie and Tracy away. With a dark expression, he demanded, "Faye, today's the day of Tracy's engagement. Why are you causing problems for us now?"The first thing he did was question Faye without first asking what had happened. What a great father he was.Faye lowered her head and let out a laugh. When she looked back up, her face was stained with tears. "Dad, it was my fault. I won't do it again. Please,
Faye walked out of the hotel alone. Just as she was about to hail a cab home, a Volkswagen came to a slow stop beside her. Faye froze for a moment as she watched Cedric stick his head out of the car window. Cedric was smiling as he lazed in the car seat. He gestured at Faye with his chin and said, "Get in."Faye suddenly smiled. She opened the door to get in the car and asked, "Have you gotten off work?"Cedric nodded. "Yes.""How did you know I was here?" Faye asked.Cedric raised an eyebrow. "I was there when you received the invitation."His response rendered Faye speechless.No one spoke as the car slowly drove off. There was soft, calming music playing in the car. It should have been very soothing, but it sounded sad to Faye. Faye looked out of the window, watching the unfamiliar buildings fly past. She then laughed self-deprecatingly. "Aren't I laughable?"Cedric seemed amused for a moment. "Why do you say that?""I knew that there would be a trap for me today, but
Faye could hear her heart beating in her ears."Ms. Fischer, these are the details of all the employees in the company's design department. I'll just place them on your desk. Is there anything else you need?"Though Faye sat in the head designer's office all morning, she spent her time daydreaming. Her heart kept beating out of control, whereas her cheeks were flushing heavily. All in all, she felt quite weird.Whenever she recalled how flirty Cedric had been in the elevator last night, Faye's heart started racing. This hadn't stopped since last night.Faye could hear Jamie's voice drifting into her ear more than once. But at the same time, it seemed as though she didn't hear her at all. She didn't respond to Jamie the whole time.Jamie was worried as she stayed frozen in place. She didn't know whether she should go back to work or wait there for Faye to respond.After a long time, Faye took a deep breath and came back to her senses, shaking herself out of the funk Cedric had c
Right after Faye stepped out of the hospital, Sherry got out of her car and walked in. Two minutes later, she showed up in Flora's ward. Coincidentally, the care worker was preparing dinner for Flora, so the ward was empty.Sherry knocked on the door before going inside. When she saw the pale but seemingly alert Flora in the bed, she put down the fruit basket in her hand with a smile. "Hello, Mrs. Brown."Flora looked up. When she saw the elegant woman in an expensive dress and elaborate makeup, she knew that her visitor was not someone to be underestimated. She nodded slightly and said, "Hello. You are …"Sherry stood before the bed and looked down at Flora. "My name is Sherry Young. I'm a member of the Shaw family."Flora's first thought upon hearing about the Shaw family was Cedric.Although Faye had said that Cedric was just a waiter, Flora didn't think that was true. Someone who was from a typical family couldn't possibly carry himself with Cedric's bearing. Even if he real
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