With great effort, Shirley lifted her hand and grabbed the nail clipper on the nightstand.‘Addy, mom, dad, Cathy, and my unborn child, I’m coming to repent my sins. Please wait for me…’Shirley thought in her heart and placed the nail clipper on her wrist. She closed her eyes and made up her mind to die.However, when she was about to move the nail clipper across her wrist, the door of the room was pushed open.Shirley opened her eyes, and through her dazed and tearful eyes, she saw Carter’s gloomy and icy face.When she looked at the approaching Carter, Shirley tightened her grip around the nail; her eyes shone with annoyance and repulsion.“Carter, why do you keep haunting me?” A look of disgust appeared on Shirley’s face.The more she had loved Carter back then, the more she hated him now.Carter, with a cold expression, walked toward the side of the bed.Carter towered over her and like a monarch overlooking his land, he peered at Shirley from above.“Shirley, I have a w
Carter’s deep eyes narrowed, emitting a dangerous aura.Shirley’s heart skipped a beat. Perhaps she had already intended to die, she was neither scared nor fearful.“Carter, I will bear the consequences of the path I chose. Please stop interfering with my life.”“You killed my child and you’re asking me not to interfere with your life? Shirley, I’m telling you right now that I’m going to show you how wrong your decision was.”Carter spoke, his words held a deeper meaning, and he slowly released his hand.“Carter, what are you trying to do? I told you I won’t go back to St. Piaf with you. Stop pushing me,” Shirley thoroughly refused.The corner of Carter’s lips curled into a knowing, sinister smile. “You’ll know what I am going to do soon enough.”“...”Shirley moved her lips, but she did not know what else she could say. However, she saw an intense hatred blazing in Carter’s eyes.Hatred?Did he hate her for lying to him, for betraying him, or did he hate her for wanting to
How mature a child was to be able to convey such unease?Madeline’s heart ached as she kissed the little boy’s cheek.“Jack, I promise you that I’ll tell you wherever I go next time. I won’t make you worry about me anymore, okay?”Jackson nodded and blinked his beautiful wide eyes.“Mommy, I know adults have a lot of things to do. I know. I will be a good and thoughtful boy so that I won’t cause trouble for Mommy and Daddy.”Madeline was further saddened when she heard this. Seeing the childish and handsome small face before her made her feel a pang in her heart.“Jack, I don’t want you to be so thoughtful. I hope you can be carefree and happy like your peers.”“I am happy.” Jackson smiled innocently. “Now that we have Juan and Jan, I am very happy, but I miss Lily.”Half of Jackson’s smile disappeared.Of course, he was talking about his little sister.Madeline caressed his little head and said to comfort him, “She’s sick, and she’s receiving treatment in the hospital. I’ll
As Carter spoke, his face fell. “The price was our child becoming a puddle of blood water.”His eyes glared with smoldering hatred as he said this.“Heh.” He chuckled again and looked at Madeline and Jeremy with his hostile eyes.“You have three children, right? You must feel delighted and blessed to be parents, right? How will you feel if your children died?”“Carter,” Jeremy interrupted Carter. He would not listen to statements like this. How would he allow someone to curse his three treasures with hypothetical statements like this?“Carter, Shirley miscarried because you indirectly killed Adam and Cathy, causing her to lose her will to live and to have these negative thoughts. And that’s what caused the tragedy. You’re really something else for blaming that on us.”When Carter heard what Jeremy said, he laughed.“Jeremy, do you think that’s the truth?“The truth is that she never wanted the child because she has the poison of APX69 in her body. Plus, she used the anti-toxoid
Madeline was right. One would have to bear the responsibility for their chosen path.The reason Shirley ended up the way she did today was because of her karma. This had nothing to do with others.If she truly wanted to find someone to bear the responsibility, this person would have to be Carter.Gray Villa.Camille knew that Carter brought Shirley back again. After she thought about it, she decided to go speak with Shirley.Shirley had initially been hungry and thirsty. After she was brought back here by Carter, she lost her appetite. She only laid in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.Camille was bringing the bird’s nest porridge she had just made into the room. When she saw Shirley staring at the ceiling motionlessly, she could not help but frown.“I know that you’re feeling dreadful right now and that you blame Carter, but there’s no need to make it difficult for your body.”As Camille spoke, she brought the porridge over and asked the maids to help Shirley up.However,
Shirley was stumped by what Camille said.She could feel that Camille was not blaming her and that she was feeling sad for that child who had no chance to come to the world.However, that child was destined to not have a chance to be born.Shirley’s eyes turned red. She smiled bitterly, then closed her eyes and allowed her tears to fall.She had so many grievances in her heart that she could not speak of, yet she felt that she brought this upon herself. Those were not grievances. Those were the consequences of her actions.She was not worthy to be a mother.When Camille saw Shirley in such pain, she did not continue her questioning.After all, they had known each other for so many years, and she had always treated Shirley as her child. If Shirley had not let her down and left without a word back then, Camille would not have stayed mad for so long.“Go wash your face. Get up and eat something. I made this porridge myself. Try it and tell me if it tastes like how it tasted back t
“The child shouldn’t even have come into my womb. It’s better for the child to have left parents like us.”“...”Carter had been suppressing the anger in his heart, but when he heard Shirley saying that, his fist clenched tightly.Although he was livid, he still unclenched his fist eventually, forcefully suppressing the blazing anger in his heart.“Listen to me, Shirley. I’ll make you realize how stupid you’ve been.”“Carter, don’t make me hate you even more.”Shirley was calm. Her blank yet icy gaze was fixed on the furious Carter.“Even if you used some illegitimate means to get the right to rule St. Piaf, it won’t be honorable.”“Heh.” Carter laughed mockingly when he heard what Shirley said. “You’ve certainly been ‘reborn’, Shirley.”Shirley turned her gaze away from him upon hearing that. “I’ve already seen through everything. I hope you’ll come to your senses soon.”“Listen, Shirley. I won’t. You sacrificed my child for Jeremy and Eveline. You don’t even care that you’r
“Did something happen?” Jeremy asked directly.Ken nodded and pointed at the office.“That guy named Carter Gray is here.”Jeremy lifted his alluring eyes slightly. “He barged into the office?”“The receptionist had just gone to the toilet, so she didn’t notice him, and he just came in,” Ken explained.Jeremy nodded to show that he understood, then strode into the office.Carter was here for Jeremy, so when he heard the footsteps outside the door, he turned his chair and looked in the direction of the door.When he saw Jeremy, Carter said in a mocking tone, “Are you done with your meeting, Mr. Whitman? I’ve been waiting for you for some time.”Jeremy peered at Carter coldly before walking carefreely to the desk.“Let’s not beat around the bush. Just spit it out.”Jeremy was straightforward.Carter’s lips pressed together into a smirk. It seemed that he was impressed with Jeremy’s carefree attitude.Carter, too, straightforwardly stated his purpose. “I know Whitman Corporati