"Haha, I didn't expect you to like this, Ms. Brown. I'm slightly surprised," Damien said with a smile."I've suffered from poor health since a young age, so I carry a scent of medicine on me wherever I go. As I got used to it, I started to grow fond of this scent. These cakes were made for me by an old lady I had met when I was a child. At the time, these were the best dishes in the whole world to me. I can't forget about them even now."I recently visited a herb plantation and processing factory, and discovered that they were using herbs with medical properties in food. Aside from soup and ordinary dishes one sees in the market, they even made cakes with herbs. When I returned home, I led my team to begin researching and recreated them over three months."He then sighed. "However, cakes that taste like herbs don't really have much market value.""What if you sell them as a health supplement instead of desserts?" Faye blurted out. His eyes lit up and he shot her a look of appro
A strange feeling rose in Faye's heart. She followed Clint and Lizzie to Victor's room.Clint and Lizzie had lost the arrogance they once had, and both had lost weight.Faye was aware of their recent situation. With the little money they had, Clint and Lizzie joined Lizzie's brother in making an investment. However, Lizzie's brother was not competent. He had only invited Clint to invest because his company was on the verge of collapsing.Unfortunately, Clint was unaware of this and thought it was a great opportunity for a comeback. Hence, he put all his money into the project. In the end, they had lost everything. If Clint hadn't invested in another project before, they might not even have been able to afford to rent a house.Their quality of life sharply declined, making their days very difficult. Lizzie insisted on siding with her family, making it impossible for Clint to retrieve his money.The two were at their wit's end and could barely afford a life in Jeorgia, yet her
Noticing the confused look on Victor's face, Clint knew that his words worked and Victor was starting to believe him. Even if Victor didn't completely believe what he said, Clint had succeeded in piquing his interest and getting him curious. With his head bowed, Clint sighed and pulled Lizzie to the chairs nearby to take a seat. Smiling bitterly, he said, "Yes, the truth. When I first met her, she was alone and had started a small business in Jeorgia. I was one of the managers she hired. She was only in her 20s at the time. "Not only was she beautiful and young, she was also talented and great at running a business. I admired her and thought that a woman like her, who could do anything, was practically a goddess. "She was rich and capable, so I assumed she was an aristocratic lady who only came to get a taste of ordinary life. "However, the more I got to know her, the more I realized that she was different from other high-born ladies. She wasn't proud and was reliable, more
"She said she was sorry about the child. Since things had come to that point, there wasn't much for her to say. I just needed to play the role of a good father, and she would handle the rest."Clint laughed. "Hahaha ... Did she think I would do anything for money? She actually said that as long as I played the role of a dutiful father, she'd transfer five percent of the shares to me when the child turned three, and another five percent at five ..."Although Brown Corporation was named after Clint, he only had a five percent stake. The rest belonged to Flora.Clint had never dreamed that Flora would say such things to him. He was completely dumbfounded and couldn't recover for a long time. After Flora finished speaking, she left and went about her business.When Clint came to his senses, he confronted Flora. However, Flora showed no remorse. She told him, "Initially, I truly didn't know about the pregnancy. I didn't marry you only because of the child, but I can't rule it ou
For a brief moment, Faye felt confused upon hearing Clint's words, causing her to question even her own mother. However, as Clint hastily departed after answering a phone call, she quickly regained her composure.Clint and Lizzie were both cunning and were likely plotting something if they had come all the way here just to say those things to Victor.She came close to getting fooled. Recalling Clint's shouts from inside the room, she didn't hesitate and swiftly hacked the surveillance system near the room before storming inside to find Victor on the bed, unmoving. Her heart sank at the sight and she hurried over to help him up. She then went to check for his pulse—finding none.She worked so hard to revive him previously, yet all it took was a few words from Clint and Victor came close to dying again. Faye was furious. Victor made promises about getting better and claimed to feel hopeful again after meeting her, finally finding the courage to take control of his life. Yet
Indeed, Faye was right. He never truly knew that woman, yet she had given so much for him. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't be alive. His body only managed to withstand being plagued by illness for over twenty years because of the training and medicine she gave him. But what about him?He thought he had never doubted her and remained loyal to her. He might be intelligent, but was a fool when it came to love. He had always misunderstood her. She was young and beautiful with countless men pursuing her. Whenever he saw her with another man, he would get jealous and even dreamed of locking her away. When she was involved in the accident, he didn't doubt her and did his best to help her through the hardship to search for the truth.However, he was merely doing what he thought was right and never took her feelings into consideration. Nor had he discussed his decisions with her. Though he was helping her and did manage to resolve a lot of issues, he alerted her enemy and
Lizzie was hurt by the mocking look in Tracy's eyes. She would never let her darling daughter suffer if she had a choice in the matter.But Tracy didn't understand her hardship and even blamed Lizzie for her current plight. However, Lizzie soon let go of the hurt she felt.Tracy wasn't in the wrong ; she was suffering because of her mother's incompetence. Lizzie was the one who caused her pain. Trembling, she held Tracy. "Tracy, my darling. It's my fault. I was incompetent and that's why you're suffering here in Jorn City … It won't happen anymore—our suffering has come to an end. We have money now so we don't have to suffer again …"Tracy frowned and asked, "Money? Where did you get money?"Tracy once placed all her hopes on her parents and frequently asked them for money. However, over a month had passed and she gave up on her parents altogether.They had lost Brown Corporation—and without Flora, they had nothing. Tracy looked down on them and could only plan to get
Having received a definite answer from Lizzie, Tracy smiled triumphantly. She couldn't just keep such great news to herself. She had previously asked around and knew that Cedric was at odds with Damien. If she shared this good news with Damien, he might be able to exploit it and stir up a scandal. With that thought in mind, she didn't even bother to press Clint about how much money he had in his possession.She hastily went back to her room to freshen up.However, she realized that her key card was missing when she arrived outside her room. Unable to find it, she gave up and quickly returned to the bathroom in her parent's room to change into a new outfit, grooming herself to look more charming. She fixed her long hair and left the room.Lizzie was discussing how to use the money with Clint when she saw Tracy heading outside. "Tracy, where are you going at this time?" "I lost my key card. I'm going downstairs to get a new one," Tracy said. Recalling the money Clin
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