Upon entering, Sally only glanced at Callum before averting her gaze.She had no chance with him in this life, having offended the York family because of her crush on him and her jealousy of Camryn.She had to give up on the man who did not belong to her.Sally stood up to apologize solemnly to Camryn once more.“Ms. Camryn, it was wrong of me to do that last night. I apologize—I’m sorry, I’m so sorry!”“You’ve already apologized to me last night and since you did so, I said I would let the matter go for now,” Camryn said graciously.Sally said apologetically, “I really did regret it very much after saying those terrible things last night. I should have given myself a tight slap. I consider myself a cultured person, but I still uttered such nonsense.“Not only have I hurt Ms. Camryn, but it also didn’t benefit me in any way. I regret it and feel so guilty about it.“I’m sorry, Ms. Camryn, I’m really sorry!”Camryn replied, “I accept your apology. I just hope you won’t make the
Josh laughed and said, “Alright, we all know you guys are in love. There’s no need for you to flaunt it.”“Pot calling the kettle black. Before I got married, you and Zachary shoved so much PDA in my face,” Callum retorted.“Now, I want to do the same every single day to agitate my unmarried cousins.”Austin immediately excused himself, as he was the only one single among everyone present.The other unmarried York gentlemen were not back at the manor.“Austin, why are you running away so quickly? You should sit here and listen to our experiences. In the future, you can apply it to pursuing your wife and won’t have to take the long route,” Josh teased.Austin was already at the door by now and he said without looking back, “I think I’m talented and smart enough without being taught, thanks.”Josh laughed. “I’d believe that about your cooking.”Then, he turned to say to Zachary, “Austin really does love cooking.”“If he didn’t, you wouldn’t be able to eat such delicious food.”
The doctor said, “If you decide not to keep it once you’re too far along, you’ll have to have an induced abortion, which will cause greater harm to your body.“I still recommend that you make a decision now. If you have an abortion soon after conception, the harm isn’t as great.“The next time you want to conceive, you should pay attention to the condition of your body. Don’t take medication indiscriminately, and don’t do any tests that involve radiotherapy.”Carrie was silent.She picked up her results and thanked the doctor before walking out of the clinic.After exiting, she did not leave right away and instead found a spot outside to sit down.She felt very helpless at the moment and did not know what she should do.It would have been great if her parents were still around.If her parents had not gone to jail, all this would not have happened to her. Ultimately, this was all that blind bitch’s doing.That blind bitch might have gotten married but had not gotten pregnant ye
“What’s wrong, Carrie? Don’t cry. Tell me how you’re unwell.”Trenton was shocked by Carrie’s crying.She was temperamental, unruly, and unreasonable, but she rarely cried.Carrie sobbed, “Do you even still care about me? I thought you only cared about Camryn.”“Carrie, we’re siblings. How could I not care about you? Tell me what’s wrong.”Carrie wiped her tears away and said resentfully, “Trenton, I’ve already caused so much harm to Camryn. If you still care about me, stop helping her and join hands with me to take back everything that belongs to us.“Stop listening to Camryn. Whatever she’s told you, that our family’s assets were left to her by Uncle Abel—they’re all lies.”Trenton was silent for a moment and he did not sound as anxious anymore when he spoke, “Carrie, what on earth has happened? What has Camryn done to you?”Trenton did not believe Camryn would do anything to Carrie.It was true there was no sisterly love between them, but Camryn would not take the initiativ
“Send me whatever you have.”Trenton did not say anything further.Soon, he hung up and transferred five thousand dollars to Carrie. Then, he sent her a voice note, “Carrie, a minor surgery shouldn’t cost much, so I’ve transferred five thousand dollars to you. Once it’s done, you should rest well and make sure to eat well too.”Once she received the money, she replied angrily via a voice note, “You stingy bastard, Trenton Newman, why are you getting stingier by the day? I told you to send me whatever you have. How could you only send me five thousand dollars?“You’re just treating me like a beggar. The family assets Mom and Dad gave you should amount to at least over a hundred million. You should give me half.“If you don’t want to, even fifty million will do.”Carrie claimed that all the Newman assets were her parents’ but she was in fact aware that some of it belonged to Camryn, bequeathed by Uncle Abel.Before her parents went to jail, she heard Paige say that they had arou
Despite knowing his sisters were at odds with each other, Trenton still gave Camryn a call. When Camryn received his call, she was walking down the hill with Grandma May and the rest while admiring the purple orchid trees planted along the path. She stood beside one of the blooms and answered Trenton’s call. Before her eyes, purple flowers were blossoming on the drooping branches. She could touch them just by raising her hand. Camryn had forgotten the colors of flowers after living in the dark for ten years. Ever since she regained her sight, she found the flowers in her shop extremely beautiful. Now that she saw the purple orchids, she thought they were gorgeous too. The purple orchids usually bloomed from November to April. “What’s wrong, Trenton?”Camryn asked while touching a flower, “Don’t you have classes?”“It’s the weekend, Cam.”“Oh, I forgot. I’m not even working today, yet I still asked you that.”Camryn laughed. “Aren’t you outside? Hang out with your fri
After inheriting his parents' assets, Trenton handed over everything related to business to Camryn while keeping the money himself. He was not short of money. Nevertheless, it was great that he still went to work instead of just spending the money he had. “I know, Cam.”“Okay. Go on with your reading. I’m back at Wildridge Manor. Grandma May and I are taking a stroll and admiring the flowers now.”Trenton hung up and Camryn caught up to the rest. Serenity asked, “Who were you on the phone with for so long?”“Trenton.”“Doesn’t he have classes today?”Camryn smiled. “You asked the same question I did. Today’s Saturday. We don’t have to work, let alone him. He usually tutors during the weekends, but he has a day off today because his student got sick.”Serenity laughed. “I really did forget.”They smiled at each other. After that, Camryn made a call to get someone to check if Carrie was really sick. Not long after, she received a reply. No hospital had records of Carri
“Why don’t we keep the baby, Mr. Longbottom? I’m still scared. I searched online just now, and it mentioned some people will have excessive bleeding or even die during abortion.”Carrie’s face turned pale. “I’m still young. I’m scared of death. I don’t want to die.”Mr. Longbottom flicked her forehead lightly and laughed. “Silly girl. The doctor’s still downstairs. She’s very skilled. She even saved a patient from amniotic fluid embolism during child delivery.“Nothing will happen to you with her around.“Everything has its risks, but only a very small probability of it. There’s no need to be scared. As I said, I won’t let you die because you’re still valuable to me.“Besides, you’re young and beautiful. I can’t bear seeing you die.”Mr. Longbottom pinched Carrie’s cheek. “You’ve taken contraceptives. It has side effects and will affect the baby. We can’t keep the baby. What if it is deformed or has brain damage? You’d be making the baby suffer its entire lifetime.“Let’s sa
Imogen had been really worried that Dylan’s reaction to the chili peppers would leave him suffering for several days.“Okay,” Dylan hoarsely replied.Imogen let him eat the porridge by himself. There was nothing else to go with it, but the porridge had a little bit of salt sprinkled in, giving it some flavor.Dylan was hungry, so he quickly finished the bowl of oatmeal porridge. “Do you want more? There’s another bowl’s worth in the thermos.”Dylan shook his head. It was late, and he did not want to eat too much, afraid of gaining weight and ruining his good physique. He still had not won over his future wife, so he had to take care of his figure and maintain his handsome and charming look.Once Dylan finished the IV fluids and took his medicine, Imogen finally left the hospital around ten o’clock. Having slept twice in the day, Dylan was not able to fall asleep again, and Imogen did not let him accompany her downstairs, so he stood by the window and watched her walk out of th
A few minutes later, Imogen took the thermometer from under Dylan’s arm and looked at it. She said to him, “It’s 100.4. Your fever hasn’t completely gone down yet, but compared to when you were admitted at 103.64, it’s come down quite a bit.“What time did you take your medicine? It should be time for your next dose.”Dylan shook his head, indicating that he did not remember when he had taken the medicine.Imogen thought for a moment and said, “I think it’s about time. Take your medicine first, then sleep for a while. I’ll have dinner brought over for you. In your condition, you can only have something light, maybe some oatmeal porridge.”Considering Dylan’s sore throat, Imogen knew he would not be able to eat much, so she called home and asked the housekeeper to bring over dinner, specifically requesting a bowl of oatmeal porridge for Dylan.Dylan could only nod in response.After giving instructions to her housekeeper, Imogen looked at Dylan, who could only nod, and said, “The
Kade had once been so gentle and kind. Was he really that kind of person?Imogen did not believe so.It was possible that the Butcher elders were simply being too pragmatic. Seeing that Maria’s family was on the verge of decline, they thought that Maria was not worthy of Kade and tried to stop them from being together.But wait—Maria said that Kade had never told her he loved her or anything of the sort. Maria had basically been secretly in love with Kade, waiting for him to confess, but she had waited in vain all this time.Imogen internally sighed. What a mess. She could not understand what was the problem between them. She would just have to wait until Kade came back, and then she would find a chance to get some answers from him. “Imogen…” A hoarse voice called out from within the room. It was not very loud; he could not speak loudly. Though it was better than this morning when all he could get out were moans.He had received several bags of IV fluids, which had had some eff
Imogen did not know that Dylan had woken up. She was still on the phone with Maria outside.Maria felt reassured when Imogen mentioned that the person she liked was a member of the richest family in Wiltspoon. All was good as long as he was not a social climber. Imogen asked, “Maria, when are you coming back? It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other. Kade will be back soon. Are you really not coming back?“Maria, Kade and I are like siblings. Please don’t misunderstand or overthink it. Actually, you should know this—the person Kade likes is you. You two are the real childhood sweethearts, you grew up together.”Imogen and her mother’s godchildren had known each other since they were young, but the three of them had not actually spent much time together as she had always stayed with her master while she learned the trade, only returning home during the summer and winter holidays.Once the holidays ended, she would leave again. Even her formal education was completed in th
There were so many other possible choices. Why were they so fixated on him?Leticia sighed. “Alright, just pretend I never said that. You youngsters will decide for yourselves anyway, we don’t have a say in it. Remember to fetch Kade from the airport on Saturday.“I’ve already told him and he knows you’re supposed to be picking him up. And remember to get some flowers too. You two haven’t met in ages and you should give flowers at a reunion.” She reminded Imogen.“Mom, I can pick him up, fine, but I’m not giving him flowers. Who said you’re supposed to give flowers at a reunion?” Imogen refused to give Kade flowers when fetching him from the airport. “Oh, Mom, I gotta go. Bye!”Imogen quickly hung up, not allowing her mother the chance to speak further. Then, after a moment of thought, she texted Kade to ask when he was expected to arrive at Huntington Airport.It took a while before Kade replied that he would arrive around eleven in the morning on Saturday.Imogen replied wi
“I know you only view Kade as a brother, but who knows, if you nurture the relationship, those feelings might turn romantic? Jen, before you agree to be with Dylan, give yourself another option.“Make Dylan nervous. He’ll get jealous. He was jealous when he overheard our conversation that day.“You need to make him realize that even without him, you can still marry well. The Butchers like you a lot, and our families have a close relationship. You and Kade have known each other since you were young, so you guys could be considered childhood sweethearts.”Imogen said weakly, “Mom, I’m worried that if I get too close to Kade, not only will Dylan misunderstand, but even Maria might misunderstand. Kade and she are a thing, after all.“I really don’t understand what’s going on with Kade. He and Maria clearly have feelings for each other, they just haven’t made it official yet. Don’t their families see this?”She did not have any romantic feelings for Kade, but both families were trying
Although Leticia was angry over how Dylan had treated her daughter previously, at least he was not two-timing. He made things clear to Imogen right after realizing his feelings and stopped her from loving him. He still had a decent character.Besides, Imogen had also kept secrets from Dylan and she tricked him. Dylan still did not have sufficient evidence to prove that Imogen was the Chameleon Fox he loved. Dylan would start pursuing Imogen again after some time. Leticia heard that it was Serenity who had given Dylan a hint that Sugar was Fox. After that, Dylan sought confirmation from Old Mrs. York but only received a vague answer. However, he decided to continue pursuing Imogen because he believed his nana would not bring him harm.After going in circles, Dylan still ended up returning to Imogen.Actually, Leticia already viewed him as her son-in-law.Since Imogen’s happiness was on the line, she was concerned about her future son-in-law’s condition.“Dylan’s hospitalized.”
“Please look after Dylan, Imogen. Message me when he gets better. I just need to know that he’s alive.”Grandma May knew Dylan would be okay with Imogen by his side.Imogen quickly said, “Don’t hang up yet, Grandma May. Where are you now? Wiltspoon?“If it’s convenient, please get his parents to come and take care of Dylan. I’m busy with work. I can’t stay in the hospital to look after him.”Grandma May replied, “His dad is home, but he doesn’t know how to take care of others. I think Dylan will meet his death quicker under his dad’s care.“My daughters-in-law and I are at the Johnson family’s place in Annenburg. We won’t be back that soon because we just came not long ago. We’ll head back closer to Seren’s due date. That’s why we don’t have time to look after Dylan.“If you’re busy, you can return to work once Dylan’s fever breaks, Imogen. You don’t have to care about him. He can take care of himself. It’s just like a bad cold. He’ll be fine once his fever subsides.”Grandma Ma
Imogen should have gone to stop Dylan earlier than she had. Since Layla was helping Imogen to get revenge, Imogen thought she would let Dylan put on a show to display his sincerity. She could only stop Dylan once Layla was satisfied.After handling the hospitalization procedures, Dylan lay on the bed and received an IV drip. Meanwhile, Imogen brought him water and told him to take his medicine.“Take this medicine for your fever. Your face is red from the heat.”Dylan’s temperature was close to 103 degrees Fahrenheit when they measured it at the hospital. He would cough constantly, and his face was flushed red from the fever. He looked tired and weak as well. Dylan sat up and accepted the glass of water. Imogen handed him the right dosage of medicine according to the doctor’s prescription.“Make sure you’re hydrated.”Imogen refilled his glass and told him to drink more water.“I don’t want to drink water.”Dylan lay back down.Perhaps because he was on an IV drip, his