Hugh liked this future brother-in-law too.Meanwhile, in Wiltspoon, Liberty told her son last night that they would go to the hospital today to visit his father.However, Sonny slept until it was late in the morning before getting up. After having a light meal, the sun was already scorching outside by the time they were ready to leave.Sonny carried his small backpack and followed behind his mother as they went downstairs together.Inside his backpack were some snacks that he said he would give to his father.“Mom, should we buy a bouquet of flowers?” Sonny asked Liberty as they walked.Liberty stopped and waited for him to come closer. She then held Sonny’s hand and walked with him while asking, “Do you want to buy flowers for Dad?”“Yes, I would like to. I also brought money. Those people on TV always bring flowers when they go to the hospital.”Sonny was not as enthusiastic about going to kindergarten as he was at the beginning. However, he had had a more sensible and mature
Liberty walked over.“Mr. Lewis.”Duncan looked at her with a deep gaze. “Liberty, I’m also going to the hospital today. I knew you were taking Sonny to see his dad, so I came here to wait for you both and go together.”Actually, he did not need to go back to the hospital as it was not the time for a check-up yet.It was just an excuse.He did not feel at ease letting Liberty and her son go to the hospital by themselves.Duncan was worried that the Brown family would brainwash Liberty and try to convince her to reconcile with Hank.Hank had gone through life and death and would surely understand who was truly suitable for him. No one knew whether or not he would listen to his family and pursue Liberty again.Back then, Hank had despised Liberty for becoming fat and ugly, but it was Hank who had cheated on and betrayed Liberty. How could he have the dignity to remarry her?Duncan was still worried although Liberty had also said that she would not remarry Hank.Even when Libert
After a few days of recovery, Hank’s mental state had improved slightly compared to when he first woke up, but he still could not get out of bed to walk.He had too many stab wounds on his body.To survive Jessica’s stabbing was already a miracle. The doctors said it would take some more time before he could get out of bed and move around.Having experienced life and death, Hank also knew who was right and who was wrong, but he did not blame Jessica.Ultimately, it was he who had caused trouble for Jessica.In Jessica’s words, he was the one who flirted with her at first.If Hank had not taken any action, Jessica would have faithfully remained his secretary. They would not have ended up together, and so many things could have been avoided.He had given up on the best wife he could ask for.He married Jessica. Yet, he could not provide the life that she desired. They lived unhappily, constantly quarreling and causing chaos. Jessica would go crazy and feel like stabbing him to de
Chelsea joined her mother in criticizing her brother. She said, “Hank, this time, no matter what, you must get a divorce. You can’t be with that wicked woman Jessica anymore. Do you know what kind of life our two families have been living after your incident?“You can’t only think about yourself and that wicked woman. You should also consider us. I was cut by that wicked woman while trying to save you. We stayed in the hospital for several days. We are siblings, but I haven’t asked you to compensate me for my medical expenses.“But you must listen to us and quickly divorce that wicked woman. And don’t issue some forgiveness statement. She stabbed you almost to death, and you still want to forgive her? What kind of forgiveness is that? Even if you flirted with her first, if she didn’t have any ideas, the two of you wouldn’t have ended up like this. It takes two to tango.“When you flirted with her, why didn’t she quit her job? Why didn’t she keep her distance from you? Instead, she e
Only Lucas, who was still young and spoiled by the family, did not understand the situation. He was the youngest and used to bully Sonny all the time, often taking his belongings.However, since visiting his uncle’s house and not seeing Sonny there, Lucas no longer had anyone to bully or take things from.After a long time without seeing each other, when they finally met, Lucas’s mischievous nature started to emerge again. He found Sonny’s clothes quite cool and wanted them for himself.“The kids are used to calling you Aunt Liberty now,” Chelsea said as she took the bag of apples from Liberty’s hands. “You’ve come all this way, and you even brought gifts. You’re too courteous.”She glanced at the bag and saw only apples.Considering that apples were now several bucks per pound, this bag would only cost tens of bucks. Chelsea felt that Liberty was somewhat stingy compared to her previous visit, but she still appreciated the gesture. Since this meant they had something to eat for
Lucas walked over and tried to touch the flowers.Hank quickly said, “Don’t touch them, Lucas. This bouquet was given to me by Sonny.”“Uncle Hank, the flowers are pretty. I want one too. Please give me one.”Hank could not bear to do so. He placed the bouquet on his other side to prevent his nephew from plucking the flowers. “The bouquet won’t look pretty if you pluck the flowers, Lucas. Chelsea, rinse a few apples for Liberty, Mr. Lewis, and Sonny.”Lucas stopped insisting on the flower once he heard there were apples. Next, he eyed Sonny’s clothes and touched and tugged at them. He asked Sonny, “Sonny, did Aunt Liberty buy you these new clothes? They look good. I want new clothes too.”Lucas turned to Liberty and said, “Aunt Liberty, I want new clothes that look like Sonny’s. Buy me a few sets of them.”In the past, he would have a set of everything Aunt Liberty bought for Sonny. If she did not buy it for him, his mom and grandma would scold her. Since then, Aunt Liber
Although Duncan was laughing heartily, his words embarrassed Hank again. Hank switched his tone and asked concernedly, “How’s the recovery of your legs going?”He was hoping that Duncan could never recover.Hank knew he and Liberty could never remarry because she would never look back after moving on. However, he could not stand seeing her getting married to someone else, especially when that person was Duncan.He would have felt better if Liberty were dating an ordinary man. Unfortunately, Duncan was the one wooing her, and he was better than Hank in every aspect. His only downside was his slightly older age. Nevertheless, he had not been married before. People would still think he was out of Liberty’s league because she divorced and had a child. Even if Duncan were disabled, countless women would still be queuing up to marry him as long as he was willing to get a wife. “Thank you for your concern, Mr. Brown. My injury is recovering well. I’m in rehabilitation now. If I perse
“I’ll let you know when I feel uncomfortable, Sonny. I won’t be hesitant to tell you.”After explaining, Duncan told Chelsea, “I’m fine, Chelsea. Sonny’s a child, but he’s very sensible. He would never sit on my lap when my legs were in pain. I’ve long been discharged from the hospital and have done rehabilitation for some time. I’m still able to hold Sonny.“Don’t scare him, Chelsea.”The Brown family did that to prevent Sonny from getting close to Duncan.However, he had spent lots of time with Sonny. It was not something that the Brown family could stop from happening as they wished.Chelsea said, “Don’t dote on Sonny so much, Mr. Lewis. You’ll spoil him rotten.”“Don’t worry. He won’t be spoiled rotten as his mom is strict with him. He knows what he can and can’t do. I like Sonny. He’s sensible and clever. Even with so many people adoring him, he never became unreasonable.”The Brown family did not feel good when they heard Duncan praising Sonny. However, they could not say
Sonny asked Liberty, “Mom, is it okay? I want to stay at Grandaunt’s house for one night. Tomorrow, you can come pick me up and take me to Dad’s house.”After receiving a call from her former mother-in-law, Liberty had already asked Sonny after he woke up that morning if he wanted to stay with the Brown family for a couple of days, to spend time with his grandparents. Tomorrow, she would take him to the Browns.Liberty smiled, “You can stay the night if you want. Tomorrow, I’ll come pick you up and take you to your dad’s house for lunch.”She planned to call Hank soon and let him know that she was not taking Sonny there early in the morning, so the Browns would not have to get up early to wait.Sonny jumped up happily and said to Audrey, “Grandaunt Audrey, my mom agreed! I’m going to stay here tonight and play with Elias."With that, he rushed upstairs. Elias was getting cuter. When he talked to him, the baby would respond with cooing sounds, which was really fun.“Aunt Audrey, I
After a long while, Jessica finally asked, “You have swollen eyes because Liberty is getting remarried? You’ve lost your chance to remarry her.”“Jessica, I’ve never thought about remarrying Liberty. That’s impossible. I’ll wait for you to be released. No matter how many years it takes, I will wait for you,” Hank quickly explained. “It’s true that I’m upset that Liberty is remarried, but it’s mainly because of my son.“In the future, Sonny will call someone else ‘Dad’, and I’m not around him often. I’m afraid that one day, he’ll only end up closer to his other dad and not me, his biological father.”Jessica quietly looked at him for a moment before coldly replied, “If you have time, you should spend more time with Sonny. Even a biological father and son need to nurture their relationship.”“Who did Liberty marry?” Jessica asked. “Is it Duncan Lewis?”“Who else could it be? It’s Duncan. He kept Liberty close, never letting anyone else near her. Whenever any other man got close to L
Why was he crying? He knew the reason deep down but could not bring himself to say it out loud. Instead, he simply slumped over the steering wheel and cried his heart out. After he was done crying, he finally started the car and left the city hall, heading to the prison to visit Jessica.When Jessica saw him, she noticed his eyes were red and swollen. Thinking something bad had happened in his family, she immediately grabbed the phone and asked, “Hank, why are you crying? Your eyes are all swollen. Did something happen to your parents?”She still harbored hatred toward Olivia and Chelsea, hoping something would happen to that mother-daughter pair. Ideally, she wanted the old woman to face judgment in hell.Back when she stabbed Hank and Chelsea came to the rescue, Jessica felt she should have made sure to stab Chelsea to death. It was because of Chelsea’s incitement that she and Hank ended up like this. The two women had torn apart Hank and Liberty’s marriage, and now that Liberty’s
Liberty did not need them to push her husband. She continued to push Duncan toward the car, and only then did the bodyguards help him into the vehicle. Soon, the luxurious car carrying the family of three drove away from the city hall and merged into the street traffic, gradually disappearing into the distance.It was not until the car was out of sight that the car parked not far from the city hall slowly began to move.The driver was Hank.He would not stop Liberty and Duncan from registering their marriage and neither did he have the right nor the standing to do so. He had intended to take customers but had not received any orders, and without any particular destination in mind, he ended up at the city hall by chance, arriving before Liberty and Duncan.However, his car was parked farther away, and many other cars were occupying spaces near the city hall. After the divorce, Liberty no longer paid much attention to him and did not notice that Hank’s car was already there, waiting.
Liberty was his wife now.Sonny was completely confused. He had come here with his mother and Dunc. Everyone here was so friendly and smiled at them as they congratulated Liberty and Duncan. Why, though, did they not congratulate him?“Mom, Dunc is smiling so brightly. What’s so special about that paper? Mom, can I see it?” Sonny asked, looking up at Liberty, curious about what was so interesting about the marriage license that made Dunc smile so widely.Liberty glanced at Duncan and teased him, “Duncan, the corners of your mouth are almost reaching your ears.”“I’m happy. Very happy,” Duncan responded with an even brighter smile.The weather today was cloudy, though occasionally, the sun took a peek while sometimes it became overcast. Still, the power of the sun today certainly could not compare to the beam of Duncan’s smile.Liberty handed the marriage license to Sonny to view.Sonny eagerly took it and started reading it. Some of the words he recognized, but overall, he did n
“That brat is already at that age and still doesn’t think about settling down. Every time we pressure him, he hides away.” When Audrey talked about Anthony, who did not want to get married, she could not help but feel a headache coming. Out of her three children, the one who worried her the most was Anthony.Serenity walked over to Audrey and affectionately linked arms with her, smiling, “Aunt Audrey, you don’t need to worry. Anthony’s a good man. When the right person comes along, he’ll get married.”“Let’s hope so—he’s not young anymore. Children are always a worry, aren’t they? There’s always something to be concerned about. What about Sonny? Why didn’t he come along?” Audrey asked. “Didn’t you come from your sister’s place?” “Sonny went with my sister and Duncan to the city hall. They said they wanted to go as a family of three,” Serenity replied.Audrey laughed, “Duncan doesn’t mind bringing along a little third wheel, huh? Well, that’s fine. They’re going to be a family, aft
Zachary said those words, but in his heart, he was thinking that he had to keep an eye on the younger generations of the major families in Wiltspoon, particularly those who stood out. He would make note of any promising boys, so that when he had a daughter, he could arrange for that boy to grow up alongside her. If they became childhood sweethearts, she would not have to marry far away. Of course, once he had a daughter, he would not want her to get married too early. He would still be fine even if she was unmarried at thirty.Zachary drove his beloved wife to the Stone residence. Audrey was walking in the yard with Patrick. The weather was nice today, and the temperature had risen a few degrees. Patrick had been ordered by Audrey to stay inside and avoid the cold wind, but he was now finally able to get out and walk around.Elisa had gone to Annenburg with Remy to celebrate Christmas. Anthony, afraid of his parents’ constant nagging to settle down, had bought a plane ticket abroad
“Duncan is a good man. Being with him, you will definitely be happy, Liberty. I wish you both a lifetime of happiness, growing old together, and may you have children soon.” After a pause, Hank added, “Or maybe don't have children, I'm afraid that if you have your own kids, you might not love Sonny as much.”He was still quite selfish. He hoped that Sonny would be Liberty’s only child. As long as Liberty and Duncan did not have children, the fortune and empire Duncan built would eventually become his son's legacy. Then again, thinking about Liberty’s current status, Hank sighed quietly, knowing that his selfish prayer would never come true. Liberty would definitely have another child. She would need a daughter to take her place and eventually take over the Fisher matriarchy in Jensburg.What if Duncan had a biological child? Would he still treat Sonny well?Hank was actually quite worried that if Duncan had his own child, he might not treat Sonny well. That was why, when he last s
“Go cook some food. It's rare for Hank to be resting at home, so don't say those unpleasant things in front of him. Honestly, if he hadn’t gone after Jessica, she wouldn't have ended up like this. As a married man, Hank shouldn't have pursued a young, innocent girl in the first place. Everything that happened to him is his own fault—it’s all self-inflicted.”Ever since Hank divorced Liberty, and after seeing how Liberty had turned her life around and was living a better life, Luke had changed a lot because of regret. It made him realize many things and change a lot.Olivia opened her mouth as if to say something, but said nothing in the end. After a heavy sigh, she stood up and went to the kitchen to prepare food for her husband and son.In the past, when Liberty was still part of the Brown family, every time Olivia came to her son’s house, she never had to cook. She only had to mention what she wanted to eat, and Liberty would prepare it for her. All she had to do was eat and still