The only person she yelled at was North Myers, which meant North was Mrs. Howard… North was Mrs. Howard?! Wasn’t she just a maid? Why would she be Mr. Howard’s wife?!Those words replayed endlessly in her head. With a thud, she fell to her knees with a pale face.She was doomed. Doomed!Gerald gave the order nonchalantly. “I don’t need a secretary like you. You’re fired.”Anna was desperate. “No! No! Help me, Melinda!”“That’s strange.” North suddenly blinked and said pointedly, “Melinda, you knew I was Gerald’s wife. Why didn’t you tell her? Now she’s made such a huge mistake. She wouldn’t have insulted me if you’d told her earlier, right? Aren’t you two friends?”Everyone fell silent at that.Melinda’s face paled. “I…”“Yes, why didn’t you tell me, Melinda?!” Anna acted like she had been thrown a life jacket and scrambled to expose Melinda. “Mr. Howard, I hadn’t planned to bar Mrs. Howard from entering. It was Melinda who said her sister was a country girl and that you’d be m
“I’ve never loved someone based on their appearance,” Gerald said in an aloof, cold tone. “Besides, my wife is a beauty even with this scar, unlike you.”North blinked. Was Gerald reassuring her? To be honest, she had not noticed her scar in a while. Eiger used to be disgusted every time he saw it, and that was why she minded.But Gerald acted as if the scar was not even there.She had already stopped feeling bad about it.Still, it was good for disgusting Melinda.So, North immediately took Gerald’s arm and said sweetly, “Melinda, my scar is ugly, and I have a terrible temper, and I let Gerald’s power get to my head. I’m not a hard worker either, but he still loves me. What can I do? Maybe that’s just my charm!“Can you call me ‘Mrs. Howard’ now, Melinda?”Melinda took a shaky breath, the color draining from her face entirely.D*mn it. D*mn it! What did Mr. Howard even like about North?A man like him should have been hers!But if she did not say it now, that would be too
“W-Where are we going?”“Aren’t you hungry? Obviously, we’re getting you some food.” With the light on Gerald’s back as he reached out, he looked like an angel descending from heaven. North was instantly won over, so she got into his car without thinking.As Gerald drove, he took her on a series of confusing turns into an unassuming alley.North was confused. “Where are we eating?”“Southern Bistro,” Gerald replied nonchalantly.North put down her phone and gulped. “The Southern Bistro that only serves one group of customers a day and opens whenever they feel like it? We’re probably too late.”Gerald chuckled.North understood immediately. If anyone else had suggested coming to Southern Bistro at this hour, they’d just get laughed at for being ignorant.But this was Gerald she was talking about. He could come here in the dead of night, and the chefs would probably get out of bed to cook for him.The place was an incredibly quiet compound. After Gerald parked, North looked ar
After Abraham said that, the place plunged into silence.North blinked. Abraham had come here for a look because he heard that she had some history with the South family… What did that mean?Gerald casually angled himself so that his figure mostly obscured North. “You’ve looked, right? You should go now.”Abraham chuckled meaningfully. “It seems like you don’t welcome me here, Gerald. Are you afraid that I might let slip some secret that Miss North isn’t supposed to know?”Gerald’s gaze darkened.Abraham was grinning. “I heard that you wanted to marry the heir of the South family, Miss North… Then have you ever wondered if you married the wrong man?”North’s eyes narrowed. She got the feeling that Abraham was here with bad intentions.Indeed, she very much wanted to know Gerald’s true identity. However, she did not like having others sowing discord between her and Gerald.And here she had always thought that Abraham was a good person.North decided on a plan of action and said
“Why is the prodigal daughter here, too? Ah, what a shame it is for North that all the young men are revolving around Melinda.”After that, another woman added, “Summer, don’t say that. Although a certain someone is also an heiress, she’s barely more than a servant in the Myers family! This is fate. After all, her mother died young, and she’s unlucky. This is all quite normal!”The two women then burst into laughter.North’s eyes narrowed as she looked toward them. Summer and her mother, Lydia Carson, were the ones speaking. North did not expect that these two would serve themselves up on a platter after she had failed to teach them a good lesson last time.North let out a light laugh and slowly headed toward them.Recalling how North had tricked her last time, Lydia became exasperated. Her expression was sour as she said, “North, it’s not that I want to tell you off, but you should know that you’re a burden. Why don’t you just off yourself? It’s because of you that Melinda rema
Summer and Lydia instantly looked at North in delight.Melinda had to force her excitement down as she pointed out, “Grandpa, North’s here.”Ian frowned. “Look at me.”North remained silent.Linda gave a signal to someone in a shadowy corner. Instantly, someone started laughing mockingly. “Is Miss North ducking her head so low because she’s feeling guilty?”“North!” Ian’s expression turned darker. North was truly shameful. “Look up! Tell us why you hit our guests!”Summer sobbed. “North, I don’t mean to blame you, but I just want an explanation.”Melinda sounded helpless. “North, you have to face the music when you do something wrong. You… Oh, I don’t know how to help you anymore.”North gave a cold laugh as her gaze turned scornful.With the way they were taking each other’s leads, she had suddenly become an unreasonable instigator.Linda made a decision and put on an enthusiastic act of being the victim of humiliation. “Enough. Since North is unwilling to explain, let’s for
North had to act accordingly. Otherwise, she would not get anyone’s sympathy. Worse, it would make her look like she was throwing a childish tantrum.“Don’t you dare put on this act, North!” Summer could not stand it anymore. She started shrieking. “I didn’t hit you! The surveillance cameras…! Yes, go get the surveillance footage!”North snickered to herself, but she did not show any change in expression.She closed her eyes and feigned a pained inhale. Then, she said slowly, “But Summer, haven’t you known all along that there are no surveillance cameras in that spot?“You said it when you hit me. There are no surveillance cameras there, so Grandpa won’t believe me no matter what I say. But now you’re saying you want to check the surveillance footage. Who are you putting on this act for?”Summer became furious. What nonsense was North spouting?!She could not help but start hurling abuse. “Shut up, you b*tch—”“Mrs. Lane, Summer, since you’re Mrs. Myers’s family, I don’t want to
North was doing this on purpose!Linda gritted her teeth. She was unwilling to lose this battle to North. She suddenly went from being strong-willed to crying. “North, what is the meaning of this?! Oh, people were right when they said it was hard to be a stepmother. I don’t blame you for hating me, but don’t think everyone is so sinister! I’m sure Lydia and Summer were only doing it for your own good. But you…”Melinda also shook her head. “North, today is Mom’s wedding anniversary. Why would she cause a ruckus intentionally?”After she said that, she added meaningfully, “Grandpa, you know as well that Mom has always been very thoughtful of North. If North is humiliated, Mom would be humiliated as her stepmother too. Isn’t that right?”North’s gaze was chilly. Linda and Melinda were truly impressive. With just a few words, they had redeemed themselves. “I don’t understand what you mean, Mrs. Myers. So, Summer and Mrs. Lane only hit me for my own good?”Linda hurried to explain
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?”