Liberty was in the ICU and did not need to be taken care of by family members, who were only allowed to visit inside for a while every day. Although Serenity could not watch over her sister in the ward, she refused to leave the hospital and insisted on waiting outside for her sister to wake up. Her sister would definitely wake up. Police came to the hospital. Everyone watched as several police officers walked over. “Which one of you is Jessica Yates?” asked the policeman in the lead. Everyone looked at Jessica. Jessica answered with fear, “I am.” After saying something, that policeman immediately let two policewomen go forward to take her away. “Officer.” Hank hurriedly blocked their way. His parents followed behind him. They all looked at the police officers. “Officer, may I ask what crime my wife has committed? Why are you taking her away?” Hank questioned. “We suspect that Jessica Yates is involved in this child abduction, so we need to take her back for th
“Jessica wants to cut off our family line! She wants to get Sonny and Liberty killed! This wicked woman! You b*tch!” Mrs. Brown cursed at the top of her lungs. If this incident was caused by Jessica, then the past accident when their family went to the zoo was not an accident, but a scheming plan by her. How could this woman be so malicious?! She wanted to abduct both of her grandsons. When Serenity heard that Jessica was involved in the incident, she shoved Sonny into Zachary’s arms and wanted to beat Jessica up. “Seren.” Zachary tugged at Serenity and reminded her, “She’ll be punished by law. Don’t do this.” The police had come, so they did not need to be the ones to teach Jessica a lesson. Julian had collected evidence, so Jessica would not be able to get away. She would be jailed for a few years at least. If the men of Mrs. Newman’s godfather were captured, all of them had prior criminal records and would be dealt heavier sentences. That was because they wer
It was Serenity who offended the unknown woman. The woman wanted to take revenge on her, so she found Jessica and forced her to use Sonny. That woman said that even if Sonny was in her possession, as long as he behaved well and did not cry or cause trouble, she would not do anything to him. As long as Serenity went to see her, he would return safely. Sonny would not lose a single hair. How could Jessica know that Liberty would get hurt because of Sonny? Sonny was going to be fine no matter what. Hank stood in place and muttered, “How could it be Jessica? How could it be Jessica…? How could it be?” “Hank!” Mr. Brown shouted fiercely and slapped Hank all of a sudden. The slap was as loud as it could be. Everyone watched, but no one stopped him. “It was you—it was you who brought that spiteful woman into our family. She broke your marriage and caused havoc in our family. Sonny’s custody was given to Liberty, and yet she did such a malicious thing to him. That vicious wom
After a long time, Mrs. Brown approached Serenity. She looked at Sonny, who was being carried by Serenity, and reached out to touch him but retracted her hand halfway. She said to Serenity with guilt, “Serenity, I’m sorry. It’s our family’s misfortune to have taken in a wicked woman and harmed your sister.” Serenity looked coldly at Mrs. Brown. When the police took Jessica away, Serenity did not know what exactly happened but she had her guesses. “My sister divorced Hank and started her new life. Sonny has also been well taken care of by her. Please stay away from her in the future. She has never thought of remarrying Hank. “Jessica is detestable, but so are you guys!” Mrs. Brown lowered her head in shame. Yes, they were equally detestable. Mrs. Brown saw Liberty and Serenity reunite with their rich aunt and learned that Serenity became the Yorks’ missus. She desperately wanted to break up Hank and Jessica, hoping that he could remarry Liberty. As a result, Jessica deve
“Mom,” Clive and Elisa called out to Mrs. Stone. Mr. Stone also disapproved of his wife’s staying. He said, “We can’t do anything by staying in the hospital. Let’s all go back to rest and take care of the things that haven’t been taken care of yet.” “I’m worried!” Mrs. Stone’s voice choked up right after she said that. She was worried about her niece as much as Serenity was worried about her sister. She and Serenity were the same. “Aunt Audrey, go home and rest. I’ll let you know as soon as my sister wakes up.” Serenity helped to persuade Mrs. Stone to go home. Mrs. Stone was gradually getting older, after all. She finally left the hospital after everyone repeatedly persuaded her. In the end, only Zachary, Serenity, and Duncan remained. “Duncan, there are still many things you and Josh need to deal with together. Don’t worry, I’ll let you know once Liberty wakes up.” Zachary knew his good friend was also worried about his sister-in-law. He patted Duncan’s shoulder a
Serenity tilted her head to look at Zachary and asked him, “Did you guys discuss this long ago? Or did you already know the other party’s plot and deliberately used Sonny to lure them?” “We didn’t!” Zachary hurriedly denied it. “The Buchams only watched Mrs. Newman’s moves and noticed that she was unusual today. They informed me and Duncan, so we increased our efforts to protect Liberty and Sonny.” Zachary explained, “If they snatch Sonny away, we can surely save him. Only, we underestimated Liberty’s determination as a mother to protect her child. She ran so fast at that time and left our bodyguards behind. “They were only a few minutes slower, but she was already harmed.” Serenity looked down at Sonny, who was not even sleeping soundly. She said with red eyes, “Sonny was born to my sister and is her life. Not to mention she didn’t know you had people secretly protecting her and could help her save Sonny. But even if she knew, she would still chase after the bad guys out of
“Seren, how’s Liberty? It hasn’t been long since I followed Kevin on a business trip, and such a big thing has happened.” The person who called Serenity was Grandma May. She followed Kevin to Jensburg on a business trip and had only just received the news of Liberty’s misfortune. “Nana…” Serenity had just stopped crying but wanted to cry again when she heard Grandma May’s voice. She said in a sobbing tone, “Nana, my sister is injured.” “Seren, don’t cry and tell me how she is. I’m on my way back. Don’t worry, I’ll be there even if the sky falls.” When Grandma May heard that Liberty was injured, she could not be bothered about creating opportunities for Kevin and rushed back to Wiltspoon. Kevin’s work was almost finished, and he was worried about letting his nana go home by herself, hence he handed over the remaining work to someone else and returned to Wiltspoon with her. “The doctor said she’s out of the woods for now, but she has to stay in the ICU for a few days. She
“Sonny.” Zachary carried Sonny over. Sonny did not resist his embrace when he was awake. The person he trusted most at the moment besides his Aunt Ser was his Uncle Zak. “Sonny, don’t be scared. I’ve defeated the bad guys, the police have also taken them away, and the doctor saved your mom. Tomorrow or the day after at the latest, your mom will come out and open her eyes to call you.” Sonny looked seriously at Zachary and asked, “Uncle Zak, is what you say true?” “When have I ever lied to you, Sonny? It’s true.” Zachary carried Sonny and walked toward the bathroom. “Sonny, I’ll take you to wash your face and hands, okay?” Sonny nodded because he saw that his hands were dirty. With that, Zachary took Sonny into the bathroom to clean his face and hands before coming out again. His bodyguard happened to have returned with fast food. Serenity had no appetite to eat. She fed Sonny first, but he had also lost his appetite. Zachary advised them again, “Seren, Sonny, ho
Dylan said, “Go ahead.”He was a bit hungry too and wanted to eat.Imogen called for Wendy and instructed her to make a fresh pot of tea and serve some of the snacks she usually ate.Once Wendy finished preparing the tea, Imogen poured a cup for Dylan and said, “You can start your story now.”“Ms. Doyle, I’m not making up a story, I’m—Ms. Doyle, you are Fox, aren’t you?” Dylan asked again.“Mr. York, I’ve told you, I don’t know who Fox is. I only know a fox is an animal, like in the zoo. If you ask me again if I’m Fox, I’ll think you’re calling me a vixen.”“‘Fox’ is just a nickname, meaning she’s very cunning and deceptive. I call her Chameleon Fox for her ability to shape-shift into many different identities. She changes so much that people mistake her for many different people, but in reality, she’s only one person.”Imogen looked quite interested and said, “Oh, so you think I’m Chameleon Fox, who likes to deceive people? Do you have any evidence for this?”“No, I don’t.”“
Couples always talked about eternal love, but how many could truly last forever?Dylan stammered, unable to say anything. Could he say that he suspected she was Fox? It was just a guess, with no evidence.Under Imogen’s gaze, Dylan steeled himself and spoke honestly, “I came to apologize to you.”Imogen raised an eyebrow. “Apologize? You already apologized to me the last time we spoke. There’s no need to apologize again. I’m not angry at you. When it comes to matters of the heart, it’s all about reciprocation. You can’t force it.“Feelings can’t be pressured into existence, so I won’t pressure you to accept me.“Plus, it’s been so long, and I have no feelings for you anymore. For that, I should thank you for clearing things up for me early on. At that time, I had just started to like you and could give up so quickly because of that.”Dylan, embarrassed, said, “Ms. Doyle, it’s not about that. Recently, I… secretly followed you.”“You followed me? Why?” Imogen pretended to be clue
“Drink it while it’s hot. Only when it’s steaming will it have the best effect to ward off the cold.”Dylan nodded, wiping his nose with a tissue. He threw the tissue into the trash bin, but when he saw that the bin was full of tissues, he felt even more embarrassed.He picked the steaming hot soup up carefully and took a big sip.It was so spicy!The spice almost made him spit it out. Remembering that Imogen was right next to him, he forced himself to swallow it. After just one sip, Dylan put the bowl down.“Ms. Doyle, the soup is too hot. I’ll drink it later,” he said.It was too spicy. He did not want to take a second sip.“I’ll take the medicine first,” he added.Compared to drinking the soup, Dylan would rather take the medicine. The medicine might be bitter, but he could handle it.Imogen immediately called him out. “You’re afraid of the spice and you don’t want to drink the soup, do you?”Dylan sneezed again and then poured himself some water to take the medicine.Hav
All he could do was hold it in. However, he soon sneezed again.Imogen commented, “My dad told you to stand in the cold without your coat, and you really did it, like an idiot. It’s not like you feel anything for me or you’re trying to win my affection, so there’s really no need for you to listen to my dad.”Luckily, she came out quickly enough. Otherwise, he would have turned into an icicle.“It was my fault before. I hurt you, so it's only natural that Mr. and Mrs. Doyle are angry with me. They didn’t hit me or scold me, and they just made me stand out in the cold for a while; they’re already being very lenient,” said Dylan, sneezing again.He was usually in good health, but this time, he was afraid he might really catch a cold.Imogen glanced at him without saying anything. She led Dylan into the house and asked their housekeeper if the soup was ready.Wendy replied, “Almost.”Imogen nodded and asked Dylan to sit down. Then, she poured him a cup of tea and asked, “Have you ea
Dylan finally put his coat on after Imogen said that. He had only been standing there for half an hour but even in that short time, he had become so cold.Once he put his jacket on, Imogen turned around and began walking inside. “Come with me.”“Okay,” Dylan quickly bent down to grab the gifts before quickening his steps to catch up with Imogen. “Thank you, Ms. Doyle.”Imogen glanced at him for a moment before turning away. “I was just afraid you might freeze to death at my doorstep, and then your family would come after mine. Plus, since your sisters-in-law are my good friends, I couldn't just let you die at my gate.”After leaving Wiltspoon, Imogen had not gone back there under her real name, but she had stayed in touch with Serenity and the others and was still on very good terms with them.Dylan smiled and said, “Serenity will give birth in a few months, and Josh’s wife is also pregnant, but she's a month ahead of Serenity. Liberty and Duncan have already registered their marr
Her daughter’s excellence was all thanks to Silver’s influence.“What I wanted to tell you was that Dylan is standing at our doorstep. He said he wanted to see you. Your dad and I refused and told him to leave, but he’s not budging.”Imogen was not surprised by this, but she still pretended to be surprised, so as not to raise her mother’s suspicion.“Why’s he here?” Imogen asked, feigning ignorance.“Who knows? He didn’t say. He only said he wanted to see you. The way he treated you, playing with your feelings—your dad and I have been holding in a lot of anger for a long time. “But you didn’t want us to confront him, so we couldn’t vent it. Now he’s come knocking, wanting to see you? It won’t be that easy.”Imogen was not planning to meet Dylan either.“Your dad told him to stand outside for two hours with his coat off and that if he doesn’t freeze to death, he’ll let him see you.”Imogen was speechless for a moment. “Mom, it’s freezing outside. Even wearing a thick coat, it’s
“Still not up yet?” Leticia smiled and said as she entered her daughter’s room after the door opened. Imogen’s room was decorated in a warm style, but the furniture was minimal. Aside from the bed, a computer desk, and a set of sofas, she preferred things to be simple. Her room was also the smallest. She said that if the room was too big, it felt empty and she could not sleep well. Leticia thought it was because when her daughter learned self-defense from her master, she lived in a small room with her fellow disciples, so she had gotten used to smaller spaces.Compared to the average person, Imogen's room was actually quite large, but against the rooms of the other family members, hers looked smaller.Leticia sat down on the sofa.“Mom, let me change first.” With her mother here, Imogen could no longer lie in bed. She went to change and wash up, then came out of the bathroom. She poured her mother a cup of water and placed it in front of her before sitting next to her. “Mom, a
Dylan was speechless.Leaving the warm indoors, he felt Huntington's winter was really cold. It was below freezing, and the temperature was as low as 14°F to 32°F. He had never experienced such low temperatures in Wiltspoon.In Wiltspoon, the moment the temperature dropped to 50°F, everyone would start saying it was freezing.Winston and Leticia headed back. Leticia whispered to her husband, “What if he really stands there for two hours without his coat and freezes to death?”They wanted to stand up for their daughter, but they did not want to kill Dylan. That would make them enemies of the Yorks. Even if they could not become in-laws, they definitely did not want to become enemies.Winston replied, “If he really does it, in half an hour, I’ll let Jen come out and call him inside. If he doesn't follow my request, he won’t freeze to death.”At most, he would just catch a cold. If he did not do it, nothing would happen.“I don’t think he’s here for love this time either. I’m not s
Leticia harrumphed as well. “Mr. York, why are you here?” Leticia asked coldly. “We don't welcome you here. Go back to wherever you came from.”Dylan smiled awkwardly, “Mrs. Doyle, I just want to see Ms. Imogen.”“Imogen doesn't want to see you. Hurry up and leave, or we'll let the guard dogs out.” Leticia rejected him outright. “And you’d better stay as far away as possible. Do you think our Imogen is someone you can just toy and flirt with just because you want to, then say you haven't fallen for her and play with her feelings?“What's the matter? Has the Mr. York, whose heart belongs to someone else, still not managed to win his lady love over?” Leticia mocked, though she was actually probing into the reason for Dylan's visit.Dylan just took the insults without getting angry. He knew he had hurt Imogen. Even though she was someone who could take things in stride, the fact remained he had flirted with her and turned to claim he did not like her, which had hurt her feelings.