The people were confused. “What did she mean by that? Could it be that Mr. Shelby gave her suggestions in order to set Reina Myers up?”“Makes sense. After this comes to light, Reina Myers will end up as the plagiarizer, and she won’t be able to inherit Myers Corporation.”“If Mr. Shelby is the one masterminding this, then Reina Myers might not even know that she stole North Myers’s idea.”Mr. Shelby saw Linda’s gaze, and he trembled. He put on an expression as if he had given up on fighting back. “That’s right! I did it! I did it all for Ms. North! Mr. Henry is useless and has his judgment clouded by you! How can he even think about handing the company over to his stepdaughter?! I can’t just watch Myers Corporation be driven to ruin!”Then, he looked at North. “Ms. North, I’m sorry! I wanted to accuse Reina Myers of plagiarism after the brooch designs came out, but her fans were faster! I’m sorry you had to go through that!”Reina cried softly, as if she had suffered greatly.
The gasps and exclamations drew nearer. As an A-list actor, Marlin had fans all over the world, and everyone was excited to see him. “It’s Marlin Brandy!”“He’s at the entrance!”“My God… It wasn’t a rumor… Marlin Brandy has really come to Myers Corporation’s banquet for Reina Myers!”“I’m so jealous…”Linda became really excited. “Henry! Marlin Brandy is a very important figure! We can’t be poor hosts to him! Let’s go welcome him!”Henry smoothed out his suit. “Reina, come with me.”The plagiarism case was put behind them, just like that. Reina became the center of attention again. Under everyone’s gazes and together with Henry, she strode to the entrance like a victor. Linda went over to North and mocked her, “See that? Not only did the plagiarism accusation not ruin Reina’s reputation, but it also ended up with everyone pitying her even more. North, you can’t win against me!”North just smoothed out her hair. “I sure hope you can remain this confident later.”Linda fro
Henry was really satisfied. “Alright. This way, Mr. Marlin.”When the people saw that Reina had actually managed to ask Marlin to come, they were really jealous of her. As for Reina, she was practically vibrating with excitement. Marlin had actually come! This was great! She had actually managed to secure a business partnership with the Brandy family for Myers Corporation! She was already bound to become the successor!No matter how jealous or envious North was of her, she could only watch. At this moment, all the glory belonged to Reina!Henry’s excitement was reflected on his face. “Mr. Marlin, what’s the business cooperation you’re talking about?”Marlin’s expression did not change as he said, “I heard that you’re going to announce your successor today. Since I’m not the star of the day, I should let you take care of the matters at your company first. We can talk about our partnership later.”He wanted to make sure that Reina was the successor before he continued with the
Marlin said firmly, “Mr. Henry, I do indeed want to work with Myers Corporation’s successor, but that’s only because I thought that it would be North Myers, the rightful successor!”…North?!Linda’s face turned pale while Reina staggered. Her lips even quivered nonstop. Henry was stunned. “Mr. Marlin, I think you’re mistaken. North is just a useless country bumpkin. My most outstanding daughters are Reina and Melinda—”“Mr. Henry, you’re the one who’s mistaken!” Marlin then said, “Myers Corporation was created by Estella Smithson, who is also North Myers’s mother. It’s only natural for North to inherit it! Yet, you decided to scam me with your stepdaughter despite knowing that I wanted to work with Myers Corporation!”Henry looked like his mind had gone blank. “No! That’s not what I meant!”He was not talking about Reina? How could it be? But North was just a country bumpkin!Marlin sneered. “I was only playing nice with you and Reina Myers on North’s behalf. I wasn’t expecti
She set someone else up for her own personal interest. How could she be fit to be Myers Corporation’s successor?North’s gaze turned sharp. “Are you saying that I worked together with Mr. Shelby to set Reina up and that I’m a horrible person? Is that it?”For some reason, Linda panicked. “Y-Yes!”Suddenly, North smiled. “I think so too.”The crowd was stunned. Did North know what she was saying? She thought that the one who planned this whole thing was a horrible person? She was practically insulting herself that way!“Since Marlin Brandy is here, I might as well make things clear.” North leveled Mr. Shelby a meaningful look. “I bribed you and asked you to give suggestions to Reina in order to make it seem like she copied my design, is that right?”Mr. Shelby broke out in a cold sweat, but he no longer had a way out of the situation. “I’m sorry I let you down, Ms. North, but I’m willing to shoulder all responsibility, don’t worry. But you did indeed give me the order to do so.
Everyone at the center of the banquet hall was stunned by the turn of events. Reina bribed Mr. Shelby. She did indeed plagiarize North’s design and also accused her of plagiarism. It was all for the sake of becoming Myers Corporation’s successor. North was the one who was set up and who had mud thrown on her. What would have happened to her if Marlin Brandy had not helped her?“Ms. North is so pitiful…”“They’ve seriously widened my eyes. The entire Myers family is full of shameless b*stards, and Reina Myers is even a celebrity! But she set up her own sister!”“Mr. Henry must know about it too. He knows exactly what will happen to North Myers after she’s disowned and accused of plagiarism. He just wants her dead!”Henry’s face turned red, and he felt faint. “What nonsense… I’m North’s father—”“Bah! How can you even call yourself a father at this point?!”“But with how things are right now, will Marlin Brandy still want to work with Myers Corporation?”North twirled her hair
When did Gerald get here?!Did he hear anything important?Gerald’s eyes flashed with something unidentifiable as he smiled. “I heard something about Star just now, so I’m a little curious.”North stammered, “Oh, yes, that’s right. Marlin, let me introduce you. This is—”“Hello, Mr. Gerald.” Marlin extended his hand. “We meet again.”A dangerous glare shone in Gerald’s eyes. “Indeed. I wasn’t expecting you to come to Peacevale.”North blinked. “Wait. You two know each other?”Marlin had met the Howard family many years ago and watched their family drama unfold. He was simply not expecting the “son” the Howard family looked down on to be Gerald. At that time, Gerald had just returned to the Howard family, and he was at the lowest point of his life. He had climbed to his position from the bottom of society, but his eyes shone with a wild, aggressive glare. They had met again ten years later, and Gerald had become the famed leader of the Howard family. Gerald said coolly, “We
What… did Gerald just say?Did he just call her Star?!He knew who she was!North was flabbergasted. Before she could recover from her shock, she heard him say, “Also, you sure don’t even bat an eyelid when you praise yourself, huh?”North felt her heart leap to her throat, and her face turned red from embarrassment. “You…”But she just could not finish her sentence. Her mind was blank. Only one thought remained. “Aaaaaah! Even though he knows, he still lured me into taking the bait!”North then decided to just give up. She squared her shoulders to say, “I’m brilliant! What’s wrong with me praising myself?!”Gerald just cocked an eyebrow in amusement and said profoundly, “True.”North felt her words die on her tongue. Just then, Connor handed a document over, and Gerald took it. “This is the contract. Take a look.”North gave it a brief look before she suddenly saw a name. “Millor? You’re giving me this studio?”“I have to be sincere if I want to work with Star, right?”
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?”