“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
Gerald suddenly leaned down. “Mrs. Howard?”His warm breath brushed her cheek, causing North’s spine to melt. “N-No. I would never let myself be bullied.”Gerald smiled. He kissed her high on the cheek. “That’s good.”That was good…?North was frozen for a moment. Then, she instinctively said, “My phone…”Was he not going to question her about her “lost” phone?“If the phone’s lost then it’s lost. I believe you.” Gerald chuckled gently. “Besides, I think that you have nothing to hide from me, right, Mrs. Howard?”Unusually, North’s face went red. She stuttered as she replied, “Y-Yes.”Until she finished eating, she did not dare to meet Gerald’s gaze.Who would believe a lie as absurd as losing one’s phone after going out?Had Gerald really bought it, or was he only allowing her some pride by not calling her out on it?North suddenly felt a little bit guilty. This marriage had been her plot right from the start. But for some reason, she now felt a little confused.The nicer
Was it necessary for North, who did not know how to cook, to make herself a meal?North hung her head. Her voice was small and helpless. “I just wanted to learn.”Gerald did not understand why she was so stubborn about wanting to cook herself. “Forget it if you failed to learn. Cooking is not an essential skill.”North hesitated for a while. “But I wanted to thank you.”Gerald’s hands froze in the middle of applying the medication. His heart beat rapidly. “What did you say?”North blinked. “You helped me get justice yesterday, so I wanted to thank you.”Gerald could not describe what he felt inside. She wanted to thank him?Was that why she had decided to cook something personally?Was that not such a silly thought?Gerald looked at her and said, “It’s not worth it for you to hurt yourself in order to thank me. From now on, you’re not allowed to go into the kitchen.”North bit her lip. “But I don’t have any other way to repay you…”Gerald said blandly, “There are many ways
Colt shook his head. “That’s not right… Gerald, this Starlight used to be active in North Aurope. She should have been there five years ago. How could she have come back here to steal your files?”Gerald’s eyes narrowed.He had found a lot of comprehensive evidence. In addition to North’s behavior, he was pretty much sure that North was Starlight, the hacker from five years ago.Colt added, “Besides, Starlight and Deep Pool Corporation have no reason to interfere in each other’s business. Why would she want to steal that document? Based on what Starlight is worth, it’s impossible that she was paid to do it.”Gerald asked blandly, “So, you think that the information found here is wrong?”Colt hesitated for a moment before saying, “At the very least, I don’t think that person is Starlight. By the way, why did you suddenly think it was her?“Starlight is a big name over in North Aurope. You’ve spent so much time investigating this that you should have heard of her before this. If yo
Nicholas was the person who truly called the shots in the Sherman family. His standing was high, and his influence was formidable. Lots of people wanted to suck up to him, but even the Bracken family only got two invitations.How could that person actually reject the invitation?!Although the invitation to the racecourse’s opening was supposed to be fun and games, everyone knew that being able to go there was a sign of prestige!Cynthia shook her head with tears in her eyes. “Maybe North didn’t mean to hurt my feelings. Perhaps she just doesn’t know how to ride a horse…”When Liam heard the name North, he suddenly frowned. “You don’t mean that North Myers from the country, do you? I heard that she’s never even seen a horse growing up. How could she ever race with you?”Cynthia felt an odd sense of superiority rise within her.Oh yeah. Had Gerald rejected her… because North did not know how to ride a horse?For the wealthy like them, learning to ride was requisite.Yet, as Geral
Gerald smiled. He could tell at a glance that North was nervous.However, he did not call her out on it. “Nicholas is the Sherman family’s heir. He owns a racecourse, and I have two invitations to it. Let me take you riding and have some fun?”North nearly choked from all that she held back. She had already been preparing for Gerald to interrogate her. She did not expect that he would suggest taking her out horse riding.Apparently, he was not suspicious about her relationship with Nicholas. Right?North’s nerves were all still strung tight. Her guilt made her voice turn reedy. “W-What? Horse riding is good…”Gerald chuckled and looked thoughtful.Ah, it seemed that North had a close relationship with Nicholas.Gerald put on a gentle look. “Why do you look so excited, Mrs. Howard? You’re stuttering. Do you know how to ride?”North felt a lump in her throat. Someone who grew up in the country should not know how to ride a horse. Thus, she shook her head.“I don’t… I was thinkin
He moved his wrists and frowned.Did North sleep for the entire day? Was she disoriented?North sat by the bed with nothing to do. She watched as time passed. Strange, why wasn’t she awake yet? Was she that sleepy? Could it be that the advanced exam questions were too difficult and she did not want to wake up?North could not help but think about the questions. Hmm… they did not seem very difficult. She had thought of a solution!Indeed, people had endless potential when they were dreaming. They could even come up with answers to such difficult questions!North was afraid that she would forget and wanted to wake up quickly, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not wake up. She closed her eyes and opened them again, but she was still in the room.North frowned and muttered to herself, “What’s going on…?”Gerald looked at her silently.He also wanted to ask what was going on.“North, do you need my help?”North hesitated. Even though it was a dream, she was still a littl
North exclaimed in surprise.It turned out that Gerald could be sarcastic too!Gerald did not give Patricia any time to react. He was just short of chasing the entire Bracken family out.While the Bracken family was leaving, Gerald heard Mike grumble, “Mom… If you knew this was going to happen, why didn’t you adjust your act earlier!”Patricia was furious. “I did all of this for you. How could you fall for Gerald’s tricks?!”“But Gerald was right. They suspect that I’m not Paige’s son because of you!”…Giselle’s smile became more and more sarcastic. When the Bracken family disappeared, he said, “Accompany me pay respects to Paige. Also, get someone to clean Glass Manor inside and out.”He wanted to get rid of the bad vibes the Bracken family had brought in.…A few days later, when they returned to Royal Sights Residences, the Bracken family actually stopped causing trouble.North was about to graduate, and she had one final exam. She saw the class group chat exchanging adva
“Why? Do you think that I’ve forgotten how Paige died?”Giselle never expected that this shameless family would have the audacity to make an issue out of Paige’s death.“You make it sound so simple. Even if Patricia dies today, you would never disregard her last wishes. Is everything you do for the good of the Bracken family?“Still, the only person the Bracken family has ever had to sacrifice was Paige!”Virgil snapped, “Nonsense! I’m Paige’s biological father, how could I…”Giselle sneered. “Stop putting on an act. You didn’t look for your daughter when she was missing. You didn’t feel sorry for your daughter when she returned. You kept asking her to tolerate the adopted daughter. When she was sick, you even stopped her treatment so that she would die and let your adopted daughter marry her husband.“Virgil, I’m sick. I’m not dead yet, and I haven’t lost my memory. If this happens again, I’ll destroy the entire Bracken family!”Giselle looked at the bodyguards she had brought
The surroundings suddenly fell silent.Virgil found it hard to breathe. “Let go! Are you crazy?!”“I’m asking you a question. Where is Paige buried? Tell me!”Virgil’s brain was deprived of oxygen. Without thinking, he roared, “How would I know? Let go, you crazy woman!”Patricia screamed, “Madam Giselle, what are you doing? Let go of him. Do you want Dad to die?”Gerald’s second uncle also shouted, “Madam Giselle, why are you doing this to us? Don’t treat your husband like this!”“You don’t know? You don’t know at all, do you?” Giselle ignored everyone. She looked unremorseful. She scoffed.“You claim to be severely depressed about your daughter’s death,” Giselle retorted. “Despite that, you actually don’t know where your daughter’s grave is!”As soon as she finished speaking, the entire place fell silent.When Virgil realized what he had just said, his face turned pale and he stopped screaming. He trembled as he spoke to Giselle hatefully. “You did this on purpose…”That wa
Mike said weakly, “North, we paid our respects to my mother before we went out today. We didn’t say anything because we were afraid that Grandpa wouldn’t be able to accept it.”As expected, Virgil clutched his chest and looked like he was about to faint.Patricia cried out, “Gerald, are you satisfied now that your grandfather is trembling in anger? We’ve kept it a secret for so many years. Despite that…”Everyone sighed. So, that was how it was.It was indeed Ms. Paige’s death anniversary today. However, the old man had fallen into a state of depression from the intense guilt. He then mistakenly thought that his daughter had passed away in May.As his family, Patricia and Mike could not bear to make the old man feel more guilty. Thus, they maintained the facade.In fact, they would pay their respects to Paige every year.This made sense. After all, Virgil was old and could not stand such harsh emotions.The people from the Bracken family jumped on this chance to scold Gerald. “
Everyone was dumbfounded. North was really bold!North blinked. “What’s wrong, Mr. Virgil? Why are you so angry? Did I say something wrong?”“What nonsense! Paige is my daughter! How could I intentionally let her die?!”North widened her eyes. “I didn’t say that you intentionally let her die! It’s just that the Bracken family didn’t like her and looked down on her. The medical staff didn’t care about her either. In the end, they didn’t even treat her and let her die.“I know. It’s not your fault. After all, you were so busy. How could you have the time to take care of a daughter you don’t love?”Virgil clutched his chest. “What nonsense…! Shut up!”“North!” Patricia screamed. “Gerald, are you just going to watch her anger your grandfather? Your grandfather’s health isn’t good…”“What did I say wrong?”North sighed. “Look at what Mr. Virgil said. Ms. Paige passed away at the end of May, so why didn’t he treat her for two whole months from the end of March to the end of May?“Th
Mike knew that he had fallen into North’s trap and was speechless!He was so anxious that his expression changed. His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and huge beads of sweat dripped down. “Um… I…”“Mike!” Patricia saw that the situation was not good, so she hurriedly interrupted Mike and pulled him behind her.Then, she took a deep breath and pretended to be helpless and upset.“Gerald, what nonsense are you talking about?! We’re family. If you have anything you’re upset about, just tell me. There’s no need to cause trouble at the banquet and make an issue out of Paige’s death anniversary!“We’re all Paige’s family, and Dad is also Paige’s biological father. How can we not know when her death anniversary is?“Paige’s death anniversary is at the end of May. It’s not today at all. You… You’re too much!”Virgil looked aggrieved. He nodded and said, “That’s right. Paige’s death anniversary is in May. Gerald, I know you don’t want to give up her inheritance. Moreover, I didn’t fo
Everyone’s eyes fell on Gerald.Gerald looked up slowly and said calmly, “Ms. Patricia, why did you choose today to hold a banquet for Mike?”“It doesn’t matter what day I chose!” Patricia roared.“So, you did choose the date.”Gerald looked down at Patricia from above. His cold gaze made Patricia suddenly feel suffocated.Her “son” had a murderous look in his eyes. “Any other day would have been fine, but not today.”Patricia hated the look in Gerald’s eyes the most. Why was he so arrogant? Why was he looking down on her? Why was he like that b*tch?She screamed, “Gerald, I’m your mother! Mike is your brother! It’s fine if you don’t love me, but you keep finding fault with me. What right do you have—”“Today is the anniversary of Paige’s death.”Gerald interrupted her.Patricia’s face turned pale, and the words that she wanted to say were stuck in her throat. The scene instantly fell silent.What did Gerald say? What day was it today?Today was the anniversary of Paige’s d
Patricia felt a lump in her throat. “You…”“Connor, come out.” North interrupted her.Then, a group of people dressed in black walked out of nowhere and played mournful music. Connor walked in the middle and placed a memorial tablet on the table.Everyone looked at the memorial tablet curiously, wanting to know whose memorial tablet it was. When everyone saw the name “Paige”, they instantly fell silent.North and Gerald paid their respects. Then, they placed the bouquets beside the memorial tablet.Their actions stunned everyone.Had they come to pay respects to Paige?Patricia was trembling. She stared fixedly at Paige’s name on the memorial tablet. She clenched her fists.Paige!Gerald had paid his respects to Paige at a banquet for Mike. Was he crazy?! She was so unlucky! Paige was already dead, but she was still the center of attention at Mike’s banquet!After paying her respects, North turned around. “What are you waiting for? Aren’t you going to pay your respects?”