After hearing North’s words, Melinda’s throat tightened, but she could not say a word.What in the world did North mean?!“Dad is perfectly fine. He doesn’t like the basement and lives upstairs! North, are you intentionally causing a fuss?”“Oh! So, Mr. Henry, Linda, and you all live in bedrooms upstairs.”North suddenly looked at Melinda with a half-smile on her face. “Then why should I, the proprietor of this villa, stay in the basement?”The room fell quiet, and only North’s voice rang out.“You’re an illegitimate daughter, but you stay in a master bedroom that’s more than 3,000 square feet. I am the actual heiress, but I have to sleep in the basement. Melinda, you and Linda are a little too shameless.”The servants going in and out all quickly lowered their heads. They did not dare to speak.Because North was right, wasn’t she? She was born to Henry’s first wife. That was why she was not favored.But even if she was not favored, the other woman could not treat her as a ser
Henry was displeased. “Of course! Your room has already been prepared!”“My room, huh? Dad, do you mean the basement room?”North nodded then sighed. “I don’t want this, but if you insist on having me stay in the basement, then I will. I’ll just tell Mr. Alexander this honestly later.”Melinda’s expression froze.Henry frowned instinctively and asked, “What basement?”Linda suddenly felt a little guilty. She explained with a smile, “Oh, Henry, there aren’t any spare rooms in the house. I was thinking that since North is from the country, it doesn’t matter where she stays. That’s why I arranged for her to be in the basement. I didn’t expect her to throw a tantrum. Why is she so insensible?”Henry’s expression turned dark.These two idiots! They were still trying to make things difficult for North even now! Didn’t they know that they needed North’s help to deal with Alexander?But since he had doted on Linda and Melinda for so many years, Henry was more upset because North was
Linda’s eyes widened, while Henry’s neck went stiff.North went for the kill. “More than ten years ago, you, the other woman, managed to worm your way in and bring Melinda with you. You chased me out into the country and took everything of mine!“Now, I only want to come home, but I’m the evil one? Then what about you and Melinda who stole my room and chased me off? If I’m evil, then shouldn’t you two be struck by lightning for your misdeeds?!”Linda stumbled a couple of steps backward. “North, you…”North did not give Linda the chance to speak. She countered frostily, “Ms. Lane, have you forgotten your place after successfully staying in this position for so long? Do you really think the Myers family villa is something a mistress like you could own?!“Dad… Ah, no. Mr. Henry, I didn’t mention it because I have lots of patience. But since Ms. Lane just had to call me evil, maybe I should let Alexander be the judge of things later?”Henry’s heart dropped. He immediately glared at L
Henry’s expression was stormy. “Then what do you plan to do? Just let North talk sh*t about Melinda to Alexander and ruin her reputation?”Linda’s gaze darted around. Feeling guilty, she said, “That b*tch was so easy to manipulate in the past. There’s no way she would say anything. Besides, you can get Dad to talk to her. There’s no need to let Melinda suffer this injustice…”“Linda, don’t assume I don’t know what you’re thinking!” Henry said viciously. “You were jealous of Estella and tormented North because of it. As long as no one found out, I overlooked it.“But now things are different! If you ruin my plans, I’ll divorce you immediately!”Before going downstairs, Henry warned Melinda again, “Melinda, behave well. Don’t play any tricks when I’m right here!”This was the first time Melinda had gotten scolded. She felt that it was unfair. She bit her lip and watched Henry leave. She ran into Linda’s arms, aggrieved.She sobbed. “Mom, Dad’s so biased. I don’t want to live anymor
Henry’s face turned crimson. He wanted to just sew North’s mouth shut!Meanwhile, Alexander was thinking that Gerald was worried about nothing. How could Gerald be worried that North would get bullied by the Myers family?It was obvious that she could drive them all to an early grave on her own.Alexander questioned blandly, “Mr. Henry?”Henry chuckled in good humor. “It’s a misunderstanding. Just a misunderstanding! Why would Dad give Estella’s things to Melinda? That was just Melinda being childish when she took them herself! I disciplined her later.”“So, that’s what happened.” Alexander nodded. “It seems there are some errors in the rumors. Actually, the Myers family treats North quite well. I hope you’ll control your woman and illegitimate daughter well from now on, Mr. Henry. Best not to let them ruin the Myers family’s reputation.”“You’re right. You’re right.”Alexander got up and said, “Mr. Henry, why don’t you take me around for a look?”Right then, North piped up. “T
North turned back instinctively and rubbed her eyes.Strange, why was she seeing Gerald?!After being stunned for a moment, she finally came back to herself when Gerald walked up to her.“Mrs. Howard, has the sight of me turned you stupid?”North immediately reacted. “What are you doing here?”Before Gerald could answer, North suddenly thought of a possibility. She asked, as if compelled, “You can’t be here just to pick me up, right?”Gerald swallowed and looked away. “You assume too much.”He had been worried that North would be bullied by the Myers family. After thinking about it, he did not feel at peace and came over.He never expected that North really would not need him.North was speechless.Why did she get the sense that Gerald was not happy all of a sudden?Gerald walked before a building and opened the door. “I have property here. I was just coming to have a look.”North raised an eyebrow in curiosity. The villas here had all been built 25 years ago. To the wealth
Gerald was not lying. He had indeed dumped his wristwatch. That watch had been a gift from the Bracken family. He had only worn it for a couple of days for Giselle’s sake.Unexpectedly, Connor had found out that the watch was actually part of a couple’s set and the other was being worn by Cynthia. As such, Gerald immediately got rid of it.So… Why was North so happy after finding out that he had thrown the watch away?Connor was analyzing it to one side. “The madam must know that the wristwatch is part of a couple’s set and Cynthia has the other. You throwing it away proves that you don’t like Cynthia, which is why the madam was so happy!“She must be going out to buy you a watch now! She might even buy another couple’s set, too!”Connor was confident. “Sir, the madam definitely considers you someone special!”Gerald was speechless.Was that so? Why did he feel like there was something wrong here?But Connor’s analysis did seem to make sense. A pair of couple’s watches… It wo
The customers around them all started laughing. North looked at the watches in Fiona’s grasp. She said meaningfully, “The watches’ slogan is ‘Only loving you all my life.’ Everyone knows that your daughter-in-law-to-be only got to her position because she was the other woman. Did you choose this model to mock Melinda or Eiger?”One was a sc*mbag and the other, the other woman. There was no way that it was someone “only loving the other all their life”.North blinked. “Mrs. South, these are your son and daughter-in-law-to-be. It isn’t nice to mock them in such a roundabout way, right?”Fiona’s face went red. “You! You’re spouting nonsense! Who says I’m mocking Eiger and Melinda?!”North tilted her head to the side and feigned confusion. “Oh? Then why did you tell me that you’re buying these watches as a gift to them? If it’s not mockery, are you showing off?”Fiona was ready to blow her top. Of course, she was showing off!North could only buy something worth 40,000 dollars afte