Roque continued, “The moment Abraham South came back, he didn’t patch things up with his old man or start a job at their corporation.“He didn’t even take over any of the companies his family owned or inherit Mr. South’s connections in the art world. All he wanted was a tiny luxury items shop which, coincidentally, is tied to your mother.”A luxury items store? Take over the companies his family owned?North froze. Wait a minute, why did she feel like he was not talking about Gerald?A terrifying thought crossed her mind and she interrupted to ask Roque a strange question. “Roque, does the South family heir share their surname?”Roque paused. “Obviously. What other surname would the South heir have?”North felt her heart sink. There was a problem she had never gotten into before, but was now at the forefront of her thoughts—What if Gerald was not a South?!After all, there was no way Roque’s information could be wrong. If that was the case…“Oh yeah,” Roque suddenly spoke up
The air seemed to freeze, and the suggestive atmosphere disappeared completely once she asked the question.Gerald’s gaze darkened. His smile did not reach his eyes, but it was still gentle and warm.“Why? Are you curious about my relation to them?” he asked.North blinked coyly. “A little.”Gerald narrowed his eyes. He knew North only married him because she thought he was the South family heir, and he also knew that she had married the wrong guy.But as far as he was concerned, there was no going back once you had made a mistake. If you were wrong, you were wrong for life.What did Roque say to North to rouse her suspicions?Gerald’s gaze shifted slightly. “There’s no need to be curious. I don’t value the South family at all, so I never show up at their parties. Are you satisfied with that explanation, Mrs. Howard?”North clicked her tongue. Roque did say that the South heir did not want any of the family’s companies, so that matched up with Gerald’s explanation.Had she bee
Madam Myers concluded, “That’s why North will be cast aside soon. Even if they don’t end up divorced, Mr. Howard will get sick of her sooner or later!”Henry’s eyes lit up.If that was the case… wouldn’t North still be under his control once she got divorced?“Good news, Madam. Good news!” The butler’s expression became joyful after he got a call. “Madam, Mrs. South and Miss South have invited Miss Melinda to try on some wedding dresses tomorrow!“Looks like the wedding will be happening any day now! Congratulations, Miss Melinda!”The Myers family froze.They did not expect that even after what happened with the Pierces, Eiger would still defy Mr. South’s wishes to marry Melinda!Surprise filled Melinda’s eyes. It did not if North married Gerald Howard.That woman was going to be abandoned eventually.But her? She was going to be the new Mrs. South!…The following afternoon, Gerald dropped North off at the wedding dress store.This was the first time she had set foot in t
Patricia felt a lump in her throat.Gerald paused for a second before continuing, “It seems that you enjoy raising someone else’s son, Ms. Patricia. What a shame that I’m not a fan.”“What insolence!” Patricia reacted like her sore spot had been touched on. Finally, she yelled while trembling in anger, “Gerald Howard, I am your mother! How can you say that?!”Gerald was fiddling with a fruit knife as he said casually, “Ms. Patricia, you know very well the kind of useless trash you raised. You might be happy playing house with him, but I have no patience to spend time with a fool as a form of charity.”“You…” Patricia’s face was red from rage. She threatened him loudly. “Whatever it is, you must give that piece of land in Southvale to your brother. I’ll make you regret it if you don’t!”Gerald replied languidly, “I’m not the only one who calls the shots when it comes to that land. If I let it go now, how do you expect me to explain things to the shareholders, Ms. Patricia?”Patric
Connor was already waiting outside the door. He went up to Gerald when he saw him. “Sir, the land in Southvale…”A hint of viciousness flashed in Gerald’s eyes. “Since my brother is interested in it, then I’ll gift it to him. Put out the news that I will put all my effort into getting that land.”Connor knew that Gerald had a plan in mind. “Yes, sir! Did Ms. Patricia make trouble for you?”Gerald let out a burst of laughter. What kind of trouble could Patricia even cause him? But since there were still some things that were not clear yet, he had no choice but to keep her around.Connor glanced at the time before saying respectfully, “Sir, the designer, Mr. Harlow, is already waiting for you. Also, the madam seems to be facing a bit of trouble.”Gerald straightened his suit. “Who’s giving her trouble?”“I didn’t have a good look. It looked like Mrs. South had gotten into a dispute with the madam because of a wedding gown.”A wedding gown, the South family…Gerald coldly narrowed
Everyone was taken aback as they instinctively looked at North.The wedding gown that North was wearing was the same dress that Thomas had promised to Melinda, Starshine.Lilac immediately reacted. She roared, “Don’t you have any shame? Do you get a kick out of stealing Melinda’s things all the time?”North looked up calmly. She laughed as she said, “It’s Melinda’s?”Fiona was annoyed. “Of course, it’s Melinda’s. You don’t know this, but this is Mr. Harlow’s apprentice, Mr. Thomas Mitchell! He’s Melinda’s friend, and he promised to give this dress to her!”Thomas said unhappily, “Miss North, I can ignore what you’ve done if you take the dress off now. But you’ll be done for when my master comes.”Melinda bit her lip and said, pained, “North, I can give you whatever you want at home, but this gown is a gift from Mr. Mitchell. I can’t give it to you without his permission. Can you do me this favor?“I know you’ve never seen such a beautiful wedding gown, but you can’t steal it. Pe
Over the layers of lace was the name “North” embroidered in silver thread.North’s name was on the dress!Fiona’s rage reached a tipping point. She found herself unable to speak, and she was only capable of widening her eyes. Everyone looked to be in disbelief as they gasped. “Her name’s really on there!”“I heard that the Harlow family is close with North’s mother. Mr. Harlow must have given this dress to North because of that.”“Then why did Melinda and Thomas say that North had stolen the dress? They were the ones trying to do that, right?”After that, everyone abruptly turned to look at Melinda.Melinda felt dizzy. How could the dress have North’s name on it? How was it possible…?North had a slight smile on her face. She feigned confusion as she asked, “That’s why I found it strange. How could this be yours when it has my name embroidered on it? Melinda, why do you love taking my things so much?”She berated Melinda with the same words Melinda had used on her.Melinda’s
My princess…? North’s face flushed. The wealthy ladies there all held their breaths. They were both jealous and in awe of Miss Myers.Roque was going to give this wedding gown to her. Gerald had personally invited him over and even called her “princess”! How dreamy!However, there were two women named Myers here. Was it North or Melinda that Gerald meant?Suddenly, Fiona’s eyes widened. She turned around in astonishment and cried out excitedly, “I know what’s going on!“Melinda! It was Eiger. He must have reserved the dress. He said that everything had been prepared. This must be the surprise he’s giving you!”North lifted her eyebrows.Lilac also came back to herself. She was joyful as she said, “That’s right, Eiger knows Roque. He must have arranged all this!”Everyone was taken aback. Could this dress belong to Melinda?Frostlight was much more exclusive than Starshine!“Oh, I’m so jealous. Frostlight is Roque Harlow’s greatest masterpiece. I wonder how amazing it would l
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?”