“I truly have no idea who you’re talking about.”“...” Shirley knew that Adam was doing this on purpose. She genuinely wanted to know how both of her parents died back then, but she refused to utter the two words “mom” and “dad”.Feeling displeased, she changed the topic.“Adam, are you best friends with Jeremy and his wife? Why are you helping them so much? Not only have you been doing whatever it takes to develop the anti-toxoid test reagent for them, you’d even stayed by Ryan’s side as a spy.”“Even if they’re not my friends, I would still save them because I’m a doctor.”Adam answered, neither humble nor haughty, then questioned.“Now, it’s my turn to ask you. How did you know Ryan? Why were you developing a poison to harm Jeremy? Lana got hold of this poison back then, so does it mean you know Lana too? However, Ryan was the one manipulating Lana and Yorick this whole time. What on earth is the connection behind all of this?”Adam’s questions came one after another, momenta
When Cathy, who was in the open kitchen, saw this, she hastily ran to the living room.“Are you okay?” Cathy examined Shirley with concern.When Adam heard the sound, he ran back to the house, quickening his pace, then saw Shirley who sat motionlessly in the wheelchair as if she had lost her mind, and he suddenly felt worried.As Adam got closer and noticed the wedding invitation that fell out of the rubbish bin, he immediately understood why Shirley was like this.Without batting an eyelid, he grabbed a broom and swept the trash on the floor, including the wedding invitation, into the dustpan.“Did you throw this away?” Shirley questioned; her voice was extremely cold.Adam calmly asked, “Should I not have thrown this kind of trash away, and kept this eyesore instead?”“Trash? Give it to me,” Shirley ordered, her fists clenched.Adam ignored her and immediately threw the invitation card into the rubbish bin.When Shirley saw this, she furiously bit her lip, then, using the on
Cathy and Adam could not help but sympathize with Shirley as she tried to suppress her pain.“Two days from now, you’ll accompany me to this hotel.”Shirley turned to Cathy and requested.“I’ll give you a handsome reward. On that day, you must stick with me. You’ll do whatever I ask you to do.”When Adam heard this, he thought it pathetic. “Shirley, what do you mean? Are you going to attend Carter’s wedding? You’d even want Cathy as your bodyguard?”Shirley held back her tears. She then lifted her red but beautiful eyes, displaying a meaningful smile, and looked at Cathy, then at Adam.“She said it, didn’t she? I have the right to choose, and I choose to attend the wedding. Don’t tell me that it’s not allowed?”“...” Adam was momentarily speechless. However, he quickly snapped back, “Alright, you want to go, huh? You can go alone. Cathy will not be your maid.”“She can do whatever she likes. If she won’t go, I can hire other people. There are a lot of money-minded people who ar
After Madeline had finished cleaning the house and rested, she called all the friends she knew in F Country, asking them for information about Fabian.Madeline had thought that this might be difficult because Fabian kept a much lower profile than Yorick and Lana in F Country. However, when Madeline mentioned Fabian’s name, not only was everyone familiar with the name, nearly all of them spoke with lamentation when talking about Fabian.“Ah, Fabian has been very active in F Country for the past six months. He seems to come from a family with a powerful background.”“Fabian Johnson? I know him. His brother Yorick could be considered a person of some status in F Country. However, Fabian’s not the same as his brother. I like that kid.”“You mean Mr. Johnson? Back then, I worked with him on a project. He’s very decisive and capable in his conduct. He doesn’t seem like a twenty-year-old young man at all.”Madeline held the phone as she heard the people on the other end of the line com
“Fabian, are you forcing me to call the cops?” Madeline turned around and looked at him. “Do you want me to inform the police of your crimes of kidnapping my daughter and threatening her safety?”As Madeline walked toward Fabian who had his back against her, her sharp eyes betrayed a look of remorse.“Fabian, could it be that you want to walk the same path that your brother and sister had taken? Are you going to keep testing the limit that shouldn’t be tested?”As Madeline’s voice fell, Fabian turned around abruptly.He stared straight at Madeline, and at this moment, his eyes no longer showed the friendliness and gentleness from back then. Madeline caught sight of a flash of enmity, rage, and conflict in Fabian’s eyes.Conflict. He was conflicted.The look in Fabian’s eyes only calmed down seconds later.The corners of his lips curled up slightly into a soft smiley.“Since you have flown all the way here to find me, I couldn’t very well dismiss you, Mrs. Whitman. There’s a dec
Madeline looked stunned upon hearing Fabian’s answer.“What do you mean? How would Jeremy benefit?” Madeline was further confused by Fabian’s words.Fabian sipped his coffee and suddenly chuckled.“To be more precise, the person who benefited most, in the end, would be Jeremy’s uncle, Felipe.”“What?” Madeline was befuddled. “Fabian, could you make yourself clear?”Fabian’s lips curled slightly as he spoke mockingly, “Jeremy is a high-level Interpol official. Back then, he only stayed with Lana to spy on her, isn’t that right?”“You only got half of it right,” Madeline corrected him; her expression was serious. “Jeremy is an Interpol official, but the reason he stayed with Lana, spying on her, was that Lana had tried to kill me by blowing up the yacht back then. She’d wanted to use Jeremy’s amnesia for some illegal business, so Jeremy merely played along.”“Played along… Hmph.” Fabian scoffed. “He played along indeed. If Lana had deserved this, then what about my brother Yorick?
He lifted his eyes and looked over. He did not see Madeline but saw Evan sitting before him instead.“When did you sit here?” Fabian looked confused.Evan pushed his retro, gold-rimmed glasses and lazily leaned back on the sofa.“I sat down when you were longingly watching that lady leave. What is it? Do you like older girls?”After hearing this explanation, Fabian’s brows drew together, and he said flatly, “She’s Lily’s mother.”There was a slight change in Evan’s eyes upon hearing that. He then looked in the direction where Madeline had left.“She’s Eveline?” Fabian nodded lightly.Evan pensively contemplated. “She’s different indeed. I almost ran into her just now, and despite the distance, I could still smell the fragrance on her. A perfumer. Special indeed.”When Fabian heard that, his brows furrowed further, and his expression darkened further.A beautiful waitress brought Evan’s coffee over with a smile. He elegantly took a sip and continued, “I heard what she said befo
Fabian’s knowing gaze fell upon Evan’s face.The candy in his mouth was sour and sweet, but he seemed unable to taste any of the sweetness, and an unknown bitter taste went from his throat straight to his heart.“I’m quite interested to know. I wonder if Mr. Johnson would be willing to tell me the story behind this.”Evan was full of curiosity. He and Fabian were considered close childhood friends who grew up together.He was three years older than Fabian, and they had known each other since they were very young. Yorick had just been a teenager then, and he had neither money nor power. Of course, Fabian had just been a poor student, while Evan’s family background was among F Country’s circle of the rich and famous.However, this had not stopped them from being good friends and brothers.They had similar personalities. Both looked like rich and handsome yet frivolous young masters.On the other hand, Evan had been more well-known for being the playful one in this circle. However,