Gerald smiled as a fingertip gently ended the call. With that, the screen showing the incoming call vanished.North, who had not seen the caller ID, was completely speechless.Lazily, Geralds asked, “Mrs. Howard, is there something you’re trying to hide? Why did you save my contact with that sort of name?”North’s brain began to work quickly.What did Gerald mean? What had Charlotte saved his number as? Could it be something like “Hubby” or “Darling Husband” or something similar? Anyway, it had to be something sickly sweet.Before North could speak, Gerald said meaningfully, “It seems that you don’t say what you mean, Mrs. Howard.”North swallowed hard. She wanted to explain that she had not been the one to save his contact with that name. However, if she said that someone else had done it, it would feel even more embarrassing.She decided that she would fake it to the end. “I just don’t want to announce our relationship to the world. It’s not like I don’t consider you my husban
The villa had been left by North’s mother and cared for by the butler, Mr. Jameson. That was why North had kept her mother’s things there.North took the familiar route all the way to a small intersection. Just as she was about to step onto the property, she suddenly heard the sound of Mr. Jameson crying out and begging. “Mr. Lane, no! These are Ms. Estella’s things!“Ms. Lane, please don’t do this. Ms. Estella has already passed on, you…”North’s eyebrows scrunched up as she sped up. Next came an angry male voice.“Preposterous! My sister is now Mrs. Myers. What are you trying to imply by calling her Ms. Lane? You look down on us? Marvelous! You’re only a butler in a hick town, but you dare not acknowledge my sister’s position. You’re going to be in trouble!”Before the man could slap Mr. Jameson, the door to the courtyard was suddenly pushed open.North strode quickly up to the man. She gripped his wrist and twisted it forcefully.The man screamed in pain. When he saw who
Linda added fuel to the fire. “We’re all one big family. Aren’t Estella’s things your things, Henry? But North says we don’t have the right to take them. She even said we’re intruding on private property! She’s simply too much!”Henry was immediately furious. “North, Estella’s assets naturally belong to me after her death. How could you attack someone just because Linda took some things? Get on your knees now!”North glanced at Henry and said, “Mr. Henry, is there something wrong with you? My mother had a will. What does any of this have to do with you?”Henry choked as his rage worsened. “It’s just some old stuff. Why can’t you let it go? Melinda is going to visit the South family, so you have to give your mother’s jewelry to her!”North leaned against the doorframe and quirked up an eyebrow. “Melinda is just an illegitimate daughter. What makes her worthy of that?”Linda cried harder. “North, how could you speak so cruelly? Melinda is your little sister! Her happiness is also yo
“I didn’t think it was your mother’s photo album. Ah, Henry was right. That thing brings bad luck. It’s better to burn it.”North’s blood seemed to freeze. She suddenly rushed up and clamped her hands around Linda’s neck. She said slowly, “You burned it?”Linda sobbed. “Henry, save me!”Henry was annoyed by all this. “It’s just a bunch of dumb pictures. Let them be burned!”North suddenly felt a little dizzy. Her mother did not have many pictures left. She had not brought them back when she returned to the Myers family because she knew that they would not be safe.Yet, she never imagined that Linda would come to Euston Creek and go to such extents to burn her mother’s photos! North slowly closed her eyes. When she opened them, her gaze was icy.“It seems like I’ve been too generous to you all.”Linda faked an understanding demeanor. “North, why are you distancing yourself from us because of someone who’s deceased? We’re—Ah!”North held Linda’s head in place as she slapped the
North immediately came back to her senses and nearly started cursing. F*ck, it was not that this man looked like Gerald, he was Gerald!What was he doing here?North could not help but look behind Gerald. Strange, he could not be here to sightsee, right?North swallowed and smiled. “What a coincidence, Mr. Howard.”Gerald smiled meaningfully.He had followed the lead all the way here to Euston Creek and found that the hacker had once stayed in this small villa for a time.Yet, when he got to the villa, the person who opened the door turned out to be North.It seemed that she was really hiding something from him.Grinning, Gerald went along with North. “It’s not a coincidence at all. I came to look for you.”“Um, what?”Instantly, North was flabbergasted.He had run all the way here to look for her?She was just about to ask him why but had not managed to open her mouth when Gerald lazily raised his head. “Did you come here for some reason?”North could distantly feel tha
Connor could not help but think, “Sir, do you really know what you’re talking about?” Gerald obviously suspected that North was the hacker from back then. Why was he suddenly asking Connor to look for those photographs for North?If she was the hacker, then she was the enemy!Gerald looked at Connor blandly. “You have something to say?”Connor shivered. “No, sir. I’ll get on it right away.”“Also,” Gerald spoke again.Connor immediately ran back.Gerald suddenly chuckled. He said softly, “Whether or not the photos were burned, Mrs. Howard is upset. When she’s upset, I feel like making even more people upset.”The second he heard this, Connor knew that someone was going to get dragged into this. “I understand. I will get someone to go to Peacevale University immediately.”Linda, Horace, and Henry had already gotten into trouble. They had ended up at the police station. By now, probably everyone in the elite circle knew about it. They would be embarrassed to be around them. Now
Melinda did not expect some of the students to hand their phones over to Alexander immediately. “Look, Mr. Alexander. There are photos and a recording here. Henry said himself that he would kill North if she didn’t give her late mother’s things to Melinda!”“That’s right! Melinda, your parents have already been sent to the police station, but you’re here seducing men. Don’t you have any shame at all?”Melinda was so frustrated that she cried harder. “Mr. Alexander, this can’t be true. Dad and North are father and daughter. He has always doted on her. I know Mom feels she’s wronged North too. How could she…”Yet, before she could finish speaking, Alexander cut her off.“So, there’s so much going on within the Myers family! And here I thought you would behave yourselves because you knew you were in the wrong. I never expected you would all get even worse!”He continued, “I originally came back to the country because of Estella, but you’ve actually tried to steal the things she left
North did not want to disturb Gerald and was about to go back upstairs. However, she heard him calling her name. “North.”North was stunned for a moment as her gaze landed on a photo album.Her mind buzzed. Her body moved faster than her thoughts, and she rushed forward. “This is… my mother’s photo album?”Hadn’t Linda burned it? Why was it in Gerald’s possession?“Linda didn’t burn it. I had Connor find it from the Myers’ residence.”North frantically flipped through it. In a second, her eyes turned red.These were her mother’s photographs. In them, Estella was gentle and beautiful as she smiled happily at the camera.Right then, North discovered signs of the photos having been restored. So, it seemed that Gerald had been restoring the photos.“Linda nearly destroyed the album. If she had been more skilled, it would not have been in this state.” Gerald lowered his head and said, “I tried many methods, but I could only restore it to this condition.”North blinked. In her hea