North ruffled her hair and said in a confused tone, “Dad, aren’t we a family? Why does Mrs. Myers always try so hard to set me up?”Henry nearly choked. North was doing this on purpose. She had to be!Nathan felt bad for North. “You’re so naive, North. Only you would treat these people as family!”North was so stupid. Goodness, what would she do without Nathan?!The surrounding people were stunned by Nathan’s words. “Strange… Mr. Nathan doesn’t usually bother with such insignificant issues, does he?”“That’s right. He’s not in any way related to Ms. North, so why is he helping her?”Nathan thought to himself, “How could I not be related to North in any way? She’s my sister-in-law!”He coughed drily. Just as he wanted to explain his relationship with North, someone slapped his hand on his forehead. “I get it now!”Nathan nodded solemnly. It seemed that these people were not all stupid. They could guess that North and Gerald were married.“Mr. Nathan must like Ms. North! Why e
North’s eyes narrowed. “Mr. Abraham, Gerald and I are very happy together. Don’t try to cause trouble between us.”Abraham was resigned. “I’m not trying to cause you trouble. However, you wanted to marry Eiger’s uncle right from the start, isn’t that right?”North nodded. “Yes. That’s why I married Gerald.”Abraham’s voice turned husky. “Mr. North, do you still think, even now, that you married the right person back then?”North knew that she had made a mistake, but she had never admitted it to herself. Since Abraham was pointedly mentioning it, it made her look up abruptly.“Mr. Abraham, the husband I want is a ‘member of the South family’ that can help me successfully get back my late mother’s inheritance. Whether Gerald has a blood relationship with the South family or not, he can still fulfill that criterion.”North had more or less guessed the true situation from what Steward, Connor, Patricia, and Gerald had said. “Years ago, Gerald had been intentionally switched with Mi
“B-But you’ll be late to work. What then?”Gerald paused for a moment. Then, he said meaningfully, “Did you forget that I own the whole of Deep Pool Corporation, Mrs. Howard? What’s so bad about being late once in a while?“Besides, I wouldn’t be late today. I have some work to do.”North finished her breakfast and followed Gerald into the car. “What work?”Gerald did not answer the whole trip to Deep Pool Corporation. Half an hour later, he looked up at the towering office building and suddenly chuckled. “I’m taking the other owner of Deep Pool Corporation to do an assessment of the place. Isn’t that work?“Get out of the car. We’re here.”Gerald was not shy at all. He took her hand and led her inside. “Where do you want to go? I’ll come with you.”North wanted to go to the tenth floor but was afraid that she would not be able to explain her reasoning. After all, she did not know if the memory that had popped up was real or what.Thus, she shook her head. “I’m just going to ta
The tenth floor was a private garden.North seemed to be in a sea of roses, and their fragrance assaulted her. At the end of the garden, there was a curved window.The windowsill was no more than twenty centimeters. On it, there was a gorgeous vase. North stared at all this in a daze. She suddenly recalled the writing on the note. [I will place roses in the vase on the tenth-floor windowsill.]Was this the windowsill the note meant?North’s expression was a little lost. She pushed open the window and looked down.“North!”The sudden cry made North still. Gerald reached out and pulled her into his embrace. “Be careful.”It was only after she came back to herself that North realized half her body was out the window. No wonder Gerald was worried.“Don’t you know this is very dangerous, Mrs. Howard?”With a slap, Gerald pulled her out of her thoughts.North was stunned for another two seconds before her face turned red. Her eyes widened in disbelief. “Y-You…”He had actually
“That’s Mr. Nathan next to Ms. North, right? If she has even Mr. Nathan’s approval, then she must be Mr. Gerald’s future wife.”“Didn’t Mr. Gerald give the villa in Lakeview Bay to some woman? Ms. North is so lucky.”Nathan became very agitated when he heard this. “Yes! North, I wanted you to take me to the Lakeview Bay villa. That’s the villa I was interested in. How could Gerald just give it to you?!”North frowned.Nathan thought that she did not want to take him. “I just want to have a look. It’s not like I’ll steal it from you. After all, women need their own assets. What if Gerald doesn’t want you anymore one day? Won’t you lose both your man and your resources?“Let me tell you something. The market price of the villa in Lakeview Bay is almost two billion dollars. Gerald is really great to you. He can just give you something worth two billion dollars. I don’t even get anything like that, and I’m his own brother.”North was silent for a beat. Suddenly, she interrupted him,
North’s words rendered everyone speechless.In the beginning, they did not know what relationship Reina had with the Myers family. They had thought that she and North were simply sisters. They did not expect that Reina was Linda’s daughter with another man. In that case, she had no blood relation to the Myers family, and North indeed did not need to use her mother’s resources to support her.Chasing Reina out of the Myers household also did not seem unreasonable.One of the women came back to herself and asked, “Melinda, why didn’t you tell us that?”“That’s right. You sounded so pitiful saying that North chased Reina out of the house and wanted us to criticize her. How laughable. Who would want to be sisters with a mistress’s daughter?”“Do you think you can just use us like that?”Melinda gritted her teeth in frustration. She stomped her foot hard and ran off in a huff.After class, North went back to Royal Sights Residences and opened Twitter. Reina was Linda’s daughter w
Gerald was quiet for a moment before he let out a playful laugh. “What in the world do you think of me privately, Mrs. Howard?”Did she think he was an old fossil who did not even know what Twitter was?North could tell what Gerald was saying. Her face reddened, and she forcefully changed the subject. “No, I just thought a successful person like you wouldn’t care about stuff like followers.”Gerald lifted an eyebrow. He heard a deeper meaning within her words.“If you think you have too few followers, Mrs. Howard, I can get Connor to handle that.”North quickly shook her head in response. “I’m not a celebrity. Why would I need so many followers? I just think that…” She trailed off.She was thinking that Reina only had so much support because of her twenty million fans.“What’s your Twitter handle, Mrs. Howard?” Gerald suddenly asked.North blurted out without thinking, “My name.”Gerald lowered his head. “Alright.”The next moment, North’s phone buzzed. A notification from Tw
North’s glare made Gerald’s heart tremble. He clutched North’s wrist and asked, “What is it?”North looked at him huffily.If Gerald could give Reina a villa worth twenty million dollars, that meant that he had known Reina for a long time. They might even have an intricate history together. Being friends with that woman told her that Gerald… had no taste at all!North shook Gerald off and took a step back. She turned and quickly stomped down the stairs. “I’m not hungry,” she repeated.Gerald raised an eyebrow.In the kitchen, North grabbed two slices of bread while Gerald stood to one side. “I thought you weren’t hungry, Mrs. Howard?”North paused in her actions. She felt a bit guilty at being caught.But then, she realized that she had no reason to feel guilty at all.North puffed up her chest and said, “I’m moody, okay?”Gerald’s gaze fell on her figure, and he chuckled softly. He said lowly, “At least you’re self-aware, Mrs. Howard.”A lump formed in North’s throat. She