Fiona was both angry and anxious. Was that old man blind? How could he play favorites like this?!What was so good about North, anyway? That scar on her neck was ugly, and she was neither gentle nor understanding as a wife. She was better off dead!Melinda was the real blessing to their family. Why couldn’t he understand that?Eiger seemed to realize this was a serious matter, so he quickly replied, “Don’t worry, Grandpa. I’ll get Melinda to clear things up and apologize to North so that she won’t have to suffer any embarrassment!”Mr. South stared at him for quite some time before sighing. “Remember, you need to earn North’s forgiveness. Our family owes her too much.”Eiger did not understand. What exactly did his family owe her?Sure, she saved his life when they were kids. But what else?Mr. South did not seem keen on explaining further. “Your uncle is coming back, and I will let him take charge of the family. He’s not that close to you, Eiger. So, even I won’t be able to sav
North took a look at the pass. What a coincidence! She needed to investigate this exact luxury items store.Half an hour later, North arrived at Linden Square, and, after explaining what had happened to the manager, she began working on her classmate’s behalf.Using her identity as Starlight the hacker, she discovered that her mother and Mr. South used to be good friends who had invested in the same store. In fact, that store was later replaced by the one she was working in right now.North had a feeling that her mom had a special bond with the Souths. They were not really friends. If anything, they were wary of each other. And yet, her mother had written that will.If this store was tied to the Souths… then there were definitely clues she could find here.…Meanwhile, inside Deep Pool Corporation’s office, Gerald stared at numbers on his computer with disinterest. Then, he smiled. “Linden Square?”Connor nodded. “Yes, Mr. Howard. Five years ago, the hacker was apparently inve
When Horace noticed North was not moving an inch, he raised his voice in response. “Where’s the money?!”Coldness flashed in North’s eyes. When she looked back up again, the coldness had been replaced with caution as she took out a hundred dollars from her handbag. “I only have a hundred…”Horace became enraged and got up to smack the money onto the ground.“What’s with that attitude, North Myers?! I ask you for money, and you give me a hundred bucks? What am I, some homeless man on the street?!”“Then how much do you need?” North asked in a whisper.When Horace heard her response, he thought she was as easy to manipulate as he thought. So, he got greedy and demanded, “Five hundred thousand should be fine!”North instinctively took a step backward. “But I don’t have that much money…”Horace’s expression changed immediately to an outraged one. “You don’t have that much money? Hey, everyone! Come see how heartless my niece is! She’s rich enough to splurge on herself, but not to
“How can you yell at her? How can a student afford to give you five hundred thousand bucks?” someone else asked.Horace was so angry that he turned red and screamed desperately, “You’re lying! I know you have a huge—”“Yes, I have a huge amount of money.” North suddenly teared up and interrupted him. “But that’s my mother’s inheritance, and even I can’t bear to use it. Why should I give it to you?“You’re just my step-uncle and step-aunt. You’re not even my uncle by blood, and yet I still called you my family. Why are you doing this to me?Step-uncle and step-aunt?Mother’s inheritance?That was too much information to process!If North’s mother had already passed on, she was probably relying on her stepmother to survive!Horace’s face turned crimson. Why was North pretending to be the victim? And why wasn’t anyone seeing through her lies? “Shut up, North!” he yelled.Lydia could not take the judgmental gazes, so she rushed forward while screaming like a mad dog, “You b*tch! L
The moment North heard his response, she knew what he was thinking.It was that will, wasn’t it?It specified that she needed to marry a South to get the entire inheritance.The Myers and Lane families knew she could not marry Eiger, and that was why they were so bold.At that point, she got an idea and suddenly smiled.Then, she looked around and bowed. “You all have seen what kind of life I’ve been living with the Myers family. If they punish me for this, I hope you’ll bear witness and testify that I wasn’t the one who started this.”The onlookers were all disgusted by the way Horace and Lydia acted. “That homewrecker’s whole family is so shameless!” someone exclaimed.“What did North Myers do to deserve punishment? I think Linda Lane just likes making up excuses to abuse her!” a second person said.Horace instantly panicked. He did not understand why everyone had switched sides.Back in the countryside and with the Myers, he could yell at North or beat her up any time he
At the same time, Gerald sat in the car and read a file with the information Connor had collected.Starlight the hacker had been interested in a luxury items store inside Linden Square.Coincidentally, that store was owned by the South family.Suddenly, Connor dropped his voice to a low whisper. “I think I see a South family car, Mr. Gerald.”Gerald narrowed his eyes. “That South heir’s back in the country?”“Yes, Abraham South rushed here right after his plane landed today,” Connor replied.Gerald scoffed. “The South family keeps fighting with each other, and yet they still manage to keep so many secrets.”Despite being the South family’s official heir, Abraham had been “exiled” overseas. And now that he was back in the country, instead of going to South Corporation, he had come to this insignificant luxury items store?As if on cue, someone walked out from the store and casually walked in the other direction.“Look, Mr. Gerald! Isn’t that Madam?!” Connor asked, shocked.Ger
Abruptly, North sensed that her surroundings had gone dead quiet once again.She instinctively wanted to explain.However, Abraham spoke up first, “So, you’re Gerald’s wife, Ms. Myers. How come we’ve never heard you mention it?”North did not respond.Abraham’s question did not seem like one that needed answering. After all, she had only known Abraham for ten minutes. Who would tell a stranger their marital status? Yet, when she pondered deeper into it, North did feel like she had been intentionally hiding the fact that she was married in order to get close to another man.Gerald narrowed his eyes.North suddenly felt nervous, and a shiver ran down her spine. She decided to ignore Abraham and answer Gerald’s previous question. “We were just chatting a little. W-We weren’t enjoying ourselves all that much…”Gerald asked casually, “Did you hear that, Mr. South?”Abraham took a step back. He sounded even-tempered as he said, “It’s my fault for not being a good enough conversatio
After North looked down, her expression instantly changed. The text read: [There’s trouble, Starlight. Your phone is being tracked. That person has located you in Linden Square.]North suddenly frowned. Her phone was being tracked?What a bother.She abruptly came up with a plan. “Mr. Howard, I’m going to the bathroom.”Gerald nodded with a smile.After North left, Connor said while fighting the pressure in the room, “Sir, we’ve tracked Starlight’s phone. We’ll soon get the exact location.”Gerald only grinned. That was fine. He wanted to see how North would explain things later.“Also, Horace’s subordinate has been dealt with. The report has been made on the charge of extortion in the South family’s name. I’m sure Henry Myers must be very troubled right now.”Gerald replied carelessly, “Kick it up a notch. Horace and Summer Lane must be made full use of, and that can only be done by giving the Myers family hell.”Connor said reverently, “I understand.”Gerald added as his