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
A beeping sound filled the air. The door lock flashed red, indicating the password was wrong. Yet, the confused Faye Brown didn't notice this at all. Raising an arm, she pushed the door open."Anthon, I'm back …" Faye said as she threw herself onto the big soft bed. She lifted the blanket and crawled under it."Who are you?" A large, strong hand suddenly attacked her. It grabbed her by the neck, flipped her over, and pressed her against the bed. "Who sent you?" The voice of the male was deep and gruff. The hushed quality of it made it sound rather alluring.Faye wrapped her arms around the man's neck fearlessly. Her eyes were unfocused and filled with longing. It made her appear drunk. "It's me, your baby girl … I like this surprise," she said as she caressed his face.Feeling a sudden rush of heat, she could no longer think clearly and smashed her lips against his. The man instantly stiffened as though he was trying to restrain himself. His eyes were red as he pushed her a
The next morning, Faye was dressed in a white shirt and a pair of jeans. Her long, sleek hair had been tied into a casual ponytail. She glanced at the pair of black-rimmed glasses she'd had with her for the past few years. Then, she tossed them into the trash can. They were a gift from Anthon before she went abroad to study three years ago. He'd said he liked the gentle and quiet persona she gave off whenever she wore them.She hailed a cab and made a stop at her family home. As soon as she entered, she was met with the sight of Tracy and Anthon sitting in the living room. They were holding hands and discussing the matter of their engagement with her parents.Anthon gave her an odd look when he noticed her with her luggage. Tracy, on the other hand, got up and welcomed Faye with a smile. "Faye, you're back. Didn't you say you'd be back last night? Why have you only returned now?" Tracy asked.Faye gave her a contemptuous look. "Don't you already know?""I have no idea what yo
Faye trailed behind Cedric as they exited City Hall half an hour later. She was holding a copy of their marriage certificate."Are you going back to the hotel?" Faye asked him as she put the marriage certificate into her bag."The hotel?" Cedric looked puzzled by her question. "Don't you need to go back to work?" Faye smiled. "Did you take a leave just to get married?"He chuckled. "Something like that …""Treat me to a meal, then." Faye didn't feel like returning home, and her best friend was still at work. All of a sudden, she didn't know where to go. "What do you feel like eating?" Cedric asked."Freesia," she replied. "Did you drive here?""Yes." Cedric nodded and led her to a Maybach parked nearby. Faye was speechless. "Is this yours?"Cedric sensed that she had misunderstood him from her expression. He cocked a brow before replying, "No." The car was registered under his assistant, Mason. "I didn't know …" She smiled before continuing, "You could borrow such a lu
"Do you have something against rich people?" Cedric was smiling as he fiddled with his teacup. His devilish features were mesmerizing under the light.Faye almost fell under his spell but she managed to snap out of it. She shook her head and collected her senses. She looked at him seriously. "I don't know anything about your past, but we are married now. I hope you will be humble and hardworking, even if it isn't in your nature to behave so. Your wealth doesn't matter to me. If you work hard and keep striving, your situation will improve."Faye continued, "I don't expect you to provide for me lavishly, but I need you to be a decent person. Do you get what I'm saying? It's all mentioned in our agreement anyway. If you ever do something extreme for money again, we'll get a divorce right away." He looked at her with confusion. Again?He was completely unaware of any supposed extreme act he had committed, especially not for money. Thankfully, she didn't leave him in the dark for l
"Y-You?" Anthon was shocked and scared as he pointed at Cedric. At the same time, he started coughing up blood. "Do you fucking know who I am? How dare you—"Cedric thumbed the candy in his hand. Faye had given it to him earlier, remarking about how sweet it was."I have a sensitive nose." Cedric grinned. After that, he tossed the candy toward Anthon. When Anthon saw this, he yelped and hid behind Tracy. He shielded his head protectively. To everyone's surprise, Cedric caught the candy just before it flew. He opened his palm and unwrapped the sweet. With a wicked grin, he put the candy on his tongue. "Mm. Delicious."He licked his lips as if savoring the taste of the candy.The sight made Faye's heart catch. Her breathing quickened as she looked away. Her face had turned beet red. "Y-You!" Anthon realized he had been made a fool of in public. "Yes?" Cedric cocked his head.Anthon flushed with anger. "You better take better care of your boy toy, Faye. This is my final war
The living hall became filled with tension. The vast silence made even a pin drop audible. Faye stood where she was. She looked at Clint, aghast. Was this man still her father?She'd once thought of herself equipped for such a situation. Yet, the intense pain piercing her heart was undeniable as she gazed at him. "No!" Faye cried. Then, she quickly ran upstairs to her room.Clint bellowed behind her, "You think you're all grown up now, don't you? Wait till I freeze your credit card!""Stop it, Dad … Don't hurt yourself with this anger. Faye doesn't have a job yet. She just returned from abroad. She couldn't possibly survive on her own right now …" Tracy's voice grew smaller and smaller, finally ending with, "Not to mention she's keeping a man out there …"Clint hadn't really intended to suspend Faye's card earlier as he'd just been upset. But that decision changed when he heard Tracy's words. He wasted no time and swiftly called the bank. "She has embarrassed me and broug
That afternoon, a group of people gathered at the Brown household.Lizzie was comforting a crying Tracy. Suddenly, Lizzie noticed a group of people and ran out of the house. The group of people was from the furniture shop. They were there to deliver a bed and sofa to Faye. Tracy got mad because Faye was upset about the bed Tracy had slept in before. Tracy didn't even complain about Faye's bed.Faye went downstairs after cleaning the house. She instructed the workers to move the furniture upstairs. The whole place became very noisy from all the movement. Lizzie and Tracy both suffered from headaches because of the noise.Faye used only a few hours to instruct the workers to clean her room. Soon after, the room was finally clean and tidy. Tracy was annoyed and went to see what was happening. She saw that Faye had overhauled her room, decking it out with furnishings from top global brands."Mom, does she really think she's a princess? All her things cost a few million do
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