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
North finally looked up and scoffed. “Sugar daddy?Emery June laughed out loud. “What are you pretending for?! Your sugar daddy and Cynthia have a close relationship. Did you think I didn’t know?”North smiled. She had a sugar daddy? Cynthia said this?Emery was delighted as she said, “I would advise you not to go against the Bracken family. No one will be able to save you if you do!”North sounded casual as she said, “You keep mentioning the Bracken family. Who are you, their lapdog?”“What did you say?!” After being stunned for a moment, Emery came back to herself and exploded in rage. “You dare call me a lapdog?! You must really have a death wish! Somebody come help!”The restaurant’s manager rushed over and wiped away the sweat on his brow. “Ms. June, please calm down. Don’t get angry!”He glanced at North and confirmed that he did not know this woman. This meant that she was not some heiress from a wealthy family.Thus, he chose to stand on Emery’s side without hesitation.
“And here I was wondering where Ms. June’s blatant lying skills came from. It seems that she learned them from you, Ms. Bracken.”Cynthia’s expression was stormy.“You shut up—” Just as Emery was about to mock North, her eyes shone, and she instantly forced out some tears. “Forget it, Cynthia. Ms. Myers is so haughty because she has Mr. Gerald behind her. We can’t compete with her. I’ll just consider myself unlucky.”North blinked. Why was Emery suddenly putting on this show?Cynthia bit her lip. “No, that won’t do. Ms. Myers is in the wrong here. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure she apologizes to you.”After she said this, she inhaled deeply and looked at a spot not far away. “Gerry, I don’t want to make things difficult for Ms. Myers, but she’s gone too far. Can you come and talk to her? Could she please apologize to Emery for my sake…?”North instantly understood. It seemed that Gerald had arrived, which was why these two were playing the victim.Besides, what did it mean that she
Cynthia balled both fists and felt her nails nearly cut into her flesh. She tried her best to stabilize her trembling voice as she said, “Gerry… It’s not what you think. I-I was too hasty. I just thought that Emery wouldn’t do something so out of hand. That’s why I asked Ms. Myers to apologize.“I should only have spoken up once I knew what was going on. I’m sorry. I’ll just keep quiet now.”Cynthia pressed her lips together and walked to a corner dejectedly. The rims of her eyes were red, and she looked like she had been terribly wronged.A sudden idea came to mind when North saw the act she was putting on.Cynthia wanted to play the victim, did she? Well, North could play that game too.She put on a sad look and said, “Gerald, don’t blame Ms. June. She thinks I’m your sugar baby and looks down on me because of it. That’s understandable. After all, she’s the heiress of the June family. She definitely wouldn’t lower herself to be friends with a lowly sugar baby.”Emery grabbed
“I clearly told you right from the start that Ms. Myers is Gerry’s wife. How could you turn around and insult her and call her his sugar baby? Y-You really disappoint me!”Emery had a delayed reaction. Was Cynthia trying to blame this on her?She immediately started shouting. “You’re lying! You were the one who said Mr. Gerald is Ms. Myers’ sugar daddy. You even said you would marry Mr. Gerald sooner or later! What would North Myers matter when Mr. Gerald was just playing around? I heard this loud and clear!”Cynthia started crying. “I didn’t… Gerry, you know that I’m not that kind of person.” She sobbed. “I might as well die now…”Emery was not willing to let it go. “Mr. Gerald, you have to believe me. Although Cynthia says she’s your cousin, we all know that she’s been coveting the spot of your wife for ages!”Everyone knew this very clearly. Even so, hearing Emery say it so blatantly made Cynthia’s face mottle. She looked awful.Emery howled, “Ms. Myers, I have a witness. It’s