When Liberty walked out of the inpatient department, she saw Duncan. She stopped and locked eyes with him. Soon, she walked over. “Mr. Lewis, what brings you here?” “I just finished my rehab and came out for a break. I wanted to go to your new store to look for you but happened to see you driving away, so I followed you here.” Duncan answered honestly. He saw Liberty heading to the hospital and guessed that she was visiting her ex-husband, so he followed her over to take a look. Duncan knew Liberty would not get back together with Hank, but he was still scared and on guard. As long as Liberty came to the hospital, he would either follow her here, sulked at home, or lose his temper. The good-tempered Duncan in the past was gone after his car accident, and his temper became unstable. Everyone else from the Lewises was careful toward him and even pampered him. As long as he was happy, he could do whatever he wanted. “Did you go to see Sonny’s dad?” Duncan asked. Li
Sonny was born to Liberty but seemed to be shared by everyone. Everyone loved him as if he were their own. Although Liberty and Hank were divorced, Sonny was still loved by many people. He could grow up healthy in a loving environment. “I can pick him up at four, so I’ll probably have to head to the preschool at around half-past three. Mr. Lewis, if you’re free, we can pick him up together in the afternoon. He’ll be delighted to see you.” Duncan said, “I always do rehab in the morning, and my afternoons and evenings are free. It’s boring to stay at home, so going out for walks makes me feel better.” He would receive looks of sympathy from many people whenever he went out, but as he received a lot of them, he went from a state of denial to acceptance. When he met acquaintances, he could greet them as before and was no longer afraid to face sympathetic looks from people. Duncan’s body was crippled, but not his brain. He could still do things. He had decided to return to wor
“I didn’t know you were on the other team. If my family isn’t blessed, your family will miss out too. If Hank and Liberty remarry, wouldn’t you suck up to her too?” Chelsea continued to say to George, “Not to mention asking Serenity’s husband for a job, even Liberty can arrange work for us. She opened a new store, so wouldn’t she need people to manage it for her? “If we make up, given that I’ll be her sister-in-law again, wouldn’t it be better for me instead of outsiders to take care of her new store?” George also wanted to benefit from it, but he also knew that was a dream. He pouted and said, “You’re daydreaming.” Afterward, he quickly walked away and left Chelsea behind, lest being pinched by her again. Chelsea caught up to him and still slapped him a few times. They kept following Liberty and watched her and Duncan get into the car. Duncan got into Liberty’s car. His car was driven by his bodyguard, who followed behind them. “Come on, let’s follow them.” Chelsea
The banners were hung in front of Fortress Hotel. Without Kevin’s consent, even if Hayden went over, she could not ask the people at Fortress Hotel to take them down. Hayden’s face darkened. Kevin did not show up the whole morning, so she thought it would be a peaceful day for her. Who knew that he would create something even more sensational? Well, Hayden would be on the headlines and trending topic in Jensburg. Hayden did not want to take up public resources, but given her and Kevin’s identities, she was destined to become the protagonist of trending topics should anything happen. The netizens were following the progress between them and often asked: [Has Mr. Hayden accepted Mr. Kevin?] [If the two of them end up together, will they ignore what the rest of the world thinks and hold a grand wedding?] [Both of them are handsome and rich. What a pity. How many women must’ve cried in the toilets?] Hayden entered the hotel. Her bodyguards followed her and also stopped
“Are you touched, Hayden? The words printed on the banners are from the bottom of my heart. My feelings for you are sincere.”Kevin gazed at Hayden affectionately. Hayden turned to leave but paused after taking two steps forward. She turned her head and told Kevin, “Remove the banners.”“Why? Those are my love for you and the words I want to tell you. Since you won’t listen to me when I’m talking to you, I’ll hang them here for you to look at them every day. Maybe it’ll reach your heart.”Hayden stared at Kevin for a long time before leaving. She did not know how to deal with this man. He was too shameless. How did the York family raise such a brazen person?“Hayden.”Kevin caught up to her quickly and pulled her hand. The Queen family’s bodyguards wanted to stop him but did not dare to do so. They had experienced Kevin’s fighting abilities before and knew the man was skilled.They probably could not even stop him even if they wanted to. Besides, they noticed that e
Kevin turned and smiled at Hayden. His eyes filled with mischief. “You’re fun when you’re exasperated, Hayden.”Ever since he publicly declared that he would be courting her, her reaction made him find the entire process enjoyable. He would have given up if Hayden did not react at all. He was not interested in logs. Luckily, Hayden was not a log. “Kevin!”A shout suddenly rang from behind. Kevin and Hayden stopped. They turned their heads and looked toward the person calling Kevin. They saw her walking toward Kevin aggressively. When she reached Kevin, she slapped his hand that had been holding Hayden’s. It was Celine. She received news about Kevin hanging banners at Fortress Hotel and declaring his love for Hayden in a high profile. Therefore, she immediately rushed to the scene to find out further. As a result, she saw Kevin forcefully pulling Hayden toward the hotel. However, the man of her dreams dared not do anything to Kevin due to his identity. Celine was fur
The scandal had circulated throughout Jensburg. All the women who had a crush on Hayden were furious at Kevin. They joined forces to go against him, but their families warned them not to offend him. Kevin was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He was a cruel man disguised with a smile. Even if the women joined forces, they would not stand a chance against him. In a luxurious private room was a huge round table that could seat more than ten people. However, only Kevin and Hayden were seated at the table. There were no rare delicacies but only six dishes and a soup served on the table. There were also two bottles of premium wine. The Queen family’s bodyguards were eating in the room next door. Of course, it was Kevin’s treat. Those were the people who were protecting his fiancée. He would not mistreat them. “Try the food, Hayden. I cooked them for you.”Kevin scooped some soup for Hayden. As if asking for a compliment, he said, “I haven’t cooked for someone in a very long tim
“The way you scolded Celine just now would only aggravate the conflict between her and Caroline,” Hayden suddenly said. “The Fisher family may seem peaceful on the outside, but it’s chaotic internally. However, you continued driving a wedge between Celine and Caroline. It’s like you’re wishing for chaos to happen.”Kevin may have been shameless about courting Hayden, but he was well-mannered. He would not get angry at a person easily. Previously on the night of the banquet, he never uttered a curse word even when fighting his love rivals. His love rivals thought Kevin was formidable and could not get angry at him.However, he seemed like a different person when Celine was involved. Kevin chuckled. “They wouldn’t get along even if I didn’t drive a wedge between them. I noticed it on the night of the banquet. Caroline is being isolated by the Fisher family. They’re all on Celine’s side.“Madam Fisher doesn’t seem like she loves her biological daughter a lot. Nevertheless, she ha
There were still traces of blood at the corners of her mouth and under her nose.Justin and Jason worked together to pull Caroline out, and Adrian immediately tied her legs together before binding her hands behind her back.“Are you going to feed me to the fish, Adrian?”Hearing the sound of the waves and feeling the cold sea breeze, Caroline shivered.She did not stand up and remained lying on the ground.Adrian kicked her several times, venting his pent-up anger.Caroline silently endured it.After kicking her a few times, Adrian squatted, gripping Caroline's chin forcefully with one hand, and said coldly, “Caroline, there’s nothing more to say between us.“Don’t blame us for being heartless. You’re the one who pushed us to this point.“You only have yourself to blame.“Where are the passwords and keys to Mom's private assets? Tell us, and we’ll make it quick for you, so you won’t suffer too much.“If you don’t, we have plenty of time to slowly cut you piece by piece and m
“We can’t just keep giving them money, now can we?”Adrian replied, “That’s not a priority for now. We can burn that bridge when we come to it. If they do dare blackmail us, we’ll just send them on to meet their maker.“The only thing is they both have families. If we kill them, we have to kill their families too. That way, there’ll be no one who’ll report it to the police.“And it’s best to make it seem like an accident too, or else it’ll seem suspicious.”Justin and Jason both felt Adrian was right. If they were going to kill the Dott brothers, they might as well kill their families too.Caroline internally cursed how merciless they were. The Dott brothers thought they could earn some money from Adrian to live a better life but little did they know, it would bring destruction upon themselves and their families.What the Clark brothers did not know was that the Dotts were forced to say what they did earlier.It was not that they had not left yet. Rather, they could not, because
Belinda had done everything other mothers would have. She loved them, yet the three of them had gotten a smaller portion of her wealth than their own children did. Indeed, Belinda left her grandchildren with more money.After all, her grandchildren still had a long life ahead of them.Therefore, she distributed more wealth to them. The Clark brothers loved spending lavishly and kept losing money whenever they tried to establish businesses. They also had many mistresses and never hesitated to spend money on them. Belinda was partial toward her sons about their affairs and also persuaded her daughters-in-law not to get a divorce. In truth, she resented her three sons for being promiscuous and inheriting their father’s flirtatious traits. While Hunter may have been interested in other girls, he dared not cheat on Belinda because she was strict. However, he still had an affair the moment he spotted an opportunity.Later, Belinda chased the Clark brothers’ mistresses out of
Celine, whom they had cared for all long, was not their biological sister but the daughter of the previous butler. Celine’s father was ambitious. He tried making his daughter the Fisher family’s successor. Justin was speechless.“Free me, Jason. I’m already in your hands. Are you still scared that I’ll escape? Let me out. It’s too stuffy in the sack. I feel terrible.”Caroline made a request. Jason seemed to be the one with some lingering feelings for his sibling. Well, that was not really the case.If he truly had even a sliver of sibling love for Caroline, he would have stopped Adrian and Justin from kidnapping her instead of joining the plan. If Caroline had been fortunate, she could have had five brothers doting on her. Sadly, she was unlucky. None of the five brothers had cared for her. They all wanted her dead. Was she a failure as a person, or were they too cruel?Jason said, “Just stay put, Caroline. We’ll let you out when we arrive.”They could not release Car
Caroline could not beat them. Then, her mouth was gagged with a cloth, and her head was covered with a sack. Someone forced her into a car. She heard Adrian saying to his brothers, “Let’s go.“Tell Celine’s brothers to follow us. Assign a few people to clean up and leave quickly.”After that, Caroline heard the sound of an engine starting. The car moved. She could not see what was happening. While she was shoved into the backseat, her arms and legs were unbound. She removed the cloth from her mouth but not the sack from her head.Someone held the sack tightly and started hitting and kicking her. “Tie the sack, Justin,” said Jason in a hurry. The person beating her up was Justin. “I know it’s you guys, Justin and Jason. What are you doing? Let me go. Mmph…”Caroline grunted in pain. She suffered a punch from Justin. She held her head tightly to prevent any injury to it. Many blows landed on her body. “It’s fine even if you know it’s us, Caroline. You better stay
“Ms. Caroline.”The bodyguards looked toward Caroline. Caroline opened her eyes and said calmly, “Stop the car, but don’t get out. Only get out when the situation gets out of hand. Remember to protect yourselves.”“Ms. Caroline…”“I’ll keep myself safe. Don’t worry. I treasure my life. There’s still a long life ahead of me. I haven’t even started enjoying good days. I won’t want to die.”Caroline chuckled, but her smile did not reach her eyes. There was sorrow in those eyes. In the end, she and her brothers could not coexist. It made her realize how bad her luck was with families. She was switched at birth and mistreated by her adoptive family. She thought her biological parents would treat her well after returning to them, but it turned out to be the opposite. Caroline had many family members, yet somehow, she was still alone. The people who truly cared about her were Darren, Liberty, and some others. Caroline’s bodyguards knew she had been waiting for that moment.
The bodyguard in the passenger seat turned and informed Caroline. Caroline remained calm. She said, “Speed up and let them chase us. The road ahead has many curves. A truck will turn over if it goes too fast.”The people in the truck were probably her brothers from the Dott family. She wondered how much money Adrian had given them. Were they planning to drive the truck to chase her and create an accident?Caroline’s driver immediately acted on her orders. The truck behind them accelerated as well. Soon, they arrived at the section of the road with many curves and downhills.Accidents could happen easily if a car drove too quickly at a curve. The truck driver was not ready to give up his life. He decelerated when he saw the curved road ahead. By the time the truck turned, Caroline’s car was gone. The truck driver immediately stepped on the brake. He stopped by the roadside and made a call. He was not one of the Dott brothers but someone else they hired. The driver c
“They’re my biological brothers and father, Em. Although they had attacked me with their words before, they never hurt me physically.“It’s okay. I have bodyguards with me.”Caroline was letting Emma know that she would still be heading home. After sighing, Emma said, “Be careful. Call the police if something feels off. We didn’t treat you well in the past, Carol, but I saw through your family and came to a realization.“You helped me a lot, and you’re the aunt of my children. I wish you well.”Caroline knew Emma was genuinely concerned about her. Ever since she exposed her brothers’ affairs and took her sisters-in-law’s side, her sisters-in-law, especially Emma, have changed their attitudes toward her. When Adrian and Emma were fighting on the verge of divorcing, Caroline stood by Emma unwaveringly. She had also assisted Emma in many instances. Although Emma had left the Fisher family, she would always be Caroline's sister-in-law. “I will be careful and live well, Em.
Since it would be a sleepless night, drinking some coffee could help them stay awake. At eleven o’clock, Caroline and her bodyguards left the cafe. She sensed some people had been following her the entire night. The bodyguards had also noticed it, but Caroline prevented them from alarming those people and let them continue following her. It would be none other than Adrian’s people anyway. Adrian, Justin, and Jason had finished their tasks early and got off work on time. They had the entire night to themselves as they did not have to work or attend events. After Caroline got in her car, she suddenly received a call from Emma. She picked up the call. “Hi, Emma.”“You can call me comfortably, Carol. I’m not your sister-in-law anymore.”Caroline immediately switched to Emma’s nickname. “Why aren’t you asleep but calling me at this hour, Em? I hope my nieces and nephews are obedient. Now that the school term has started, you should be able to relax when they’re at school