Just as Henry was wavering, North spoke up softly.“Mr. Henry, you must consider the consequences. If Reina’s reputation is ruined, it won’t just be her stardom and career at stake. What about Gerald? You won’t be able to explain it to him.”North used Gerald’s name without hesitation. “Are you going to sacrifice the person who saved Gerald’s life just because of Linda? What will Gerald think of that?”Gerald! Henry shivered and abruptly came back to himself.That was right. Gerald would never want to see Reina’s reputation ruined. What if Gerald found out that the Myers family held back on saving Reina when they had a plan to do so? He would be even more enraged!Henry hardened his heart and said, “North is right, Linda. Now, only you can take the blame!”North said meaningfully, “That’s right, Mrs. Myers. Reina doesn’t have a blood relationship with the Myers family, but she’s your biological daughter. You can’t be so cruel to let her suffer, right? You’re her mother.”Stuck i
It was difficult for North to imagine what Gerald thought of her. Was she self-absorbed and haughty?Gerald raised an eyebrow. “Should I stop reading? You Liked a total of 215 Tweets and posted sixteen of your own. If you’d like to hear them, I can read them all for you, Mrs. Howard.”North wanted to explode but kept quiet. She had not even realized that she had Liked so many Tweets, and they were all ones that mocked Reina.No wonder Reina’s fans were ready to fight her!However, North was adamant that she had done nothing wrong in this.She said matter-of-factly, “Is there a problem that I Liked all those posts? Aren’t I prettier than Reina? Aren’t I better educated than Reina? Aren’t my designs better than hers?!”For some reason, Gerald laughed. “There’s no problem. You’re very confident, Mrs. Howard.”North wavered for a moment. Was Gerald’s statement meant to mock her?Gerald changed the subject when North did not respond. “Nathan invested in a ski resort. Do you want t
“What, don’t you know?” Nathan was suddenly very enthused. He said loudly, “Aren’t you a temptress? How could you not know that Gerald would be busy tomorrow?! Tsk tsk. What a shame. I’m the only one who can pick you up tomorrow!”North lifted an eyebrow. Was Gerald busy tomorrow?Steward seemed to have heard Nathan’s words. He smiled and said, “Don’t worry, madam. Mr. Gerald has a meeting tomorrow. You can go to the ski resort first, and Mr. Gerald will be there later.”North wanted to say that she could wait for Gerald and go together. However, Steward continued, “Mr. Gerald’s schedule is very packed tomorrow. He will board the plane right after the meeting and won’t have any time to rest at all. Besides, it will be very late by then. He doesn’t want you to tire yourself out as well. That’s why he purposely asked Mr. Nathan to pick you up.”Nathan was very honest. He said, “Yes, that’s what Gerald said!”Warmth flooded North. “I see. Then I’ll have to send him a message in thank
Early the next morning, North received a text from Nathan right when she woke up. It said that Gerald was already at the foot of the mountain and would arrive soon.North quickly got out of bed to wash up. However, she gulped when she saw the transparent bathroom walls.She had no choice. She could not hesitate!Once she got downstairs, Nathan started sending her looks from afar. “What do you think? Are you happy with the room?”North coughed dryly but did not answer.Nathan was bubbly. “That room’s very secluded, so no one will disturb you. So, you can mess around as you like outside—”“Hey, isn’t that Mr. Gerald’s car?!” someone cried out, which cut Nathan off.Nathan was excited as he turned around. “It really is Gerald’s car. Hurry up, North, let’s—”Before he could finish speaking, a woman in the crowd shrieked, “Look! There’s a woman in Mr. Gerald’s car!”“What? Let me see. Isn’t that Reina Myers?”North suddenly turned around. Reina?!“Goodness, Mr. Gerald and Ms. Rei
“It will be troublesome for Ms. North if you do that. Why don’t you give Mr. Hall a small warning? Make him control his daughter a little.” Abraham smiled. “What do you think, Ms. North?”Because of Gerald, North did not have too good of an opinion of Abraham. She did not think badly of him, but she did not feel like talking to him very much. She turned to leave.However, she never imagined that she would catch sight of Gerald and Reina walking side by side when she did. She abruptly froze in place.Reina was very close to Gerald. She could tell from afar that she was leaning on his shoulder. “Thanks, Mr. Gerald. My luggage is a little heavy. Can you help me with it?”Gerald coolly took the luggage.When North saw this, she felt a little faint.Reina was falsely apologetic. “Mr. Gerald, North has never liked me. Would she misunderstand after seeing us getting out of the same car? You should go and win her back. I can head upstairs on my own.”After she said that, she added in re
North stopped walking.Reina was smiling brightly. She held the ski suit up against herself and said in a childish tone, “You’re so great to me. Let’s go skiing now.”Reina always spoke very elegantly when with other wealthy ladies. Her unexpectedly childish side made everyone freeze.Everyone looked at North instinctively. Although they did not say anything, their gazes said it all.“What a pity! Gerald’s wife can’t even compete with Reina.”“Of course, she can’t. Reina saved Gerald’s life. Gerald only married North to make his grandmother happy. One is definitely more important than the other.”“North shouldn’t have come here and brought this humiliation on herself.”Reina ducked her head and smiled in delight. North was sure to be jealous of her. She was overjoyed at this outcome.She sidled close to Gerald and said intimately, “Gerald, I don’t know how to ski. Will you teach me?”Gerald said coolly, “I’ll hire you a ski instructor. Also, this ski suit isn’t for you.”Rein
North was ready to explode. She felt a little breathless, and dizziness assaulted her in waves. She felt like vomiting a bit.Gerald had promised to teach her to ski, but it turned out that he had not prepared that ski suit for her. Worse, he was even going to teach her enemy how to ski.He could get close to whoever he wanted, but that person could not be Reina!North felt worse the more she thought about it. Her heart felt tight and bitter.She could not stay there any longer. Before Gerald could say anything else, she went straight back to her room.But Abraham grabbed her by the hand. “It looks like there’s no one to teach you to ski, Ms. North.”North was currently furious, so she turned back abruptly and cried, “What does that have to do with you?!”Abraham was not affected by her tone. He said lightly, “Your husband is being so flirty with another woman. Aren’t you surrendering if you leave now?”North felt like she was at her limit. “I don’t want to look at them.”“W
North instinctively wanted to turn around but forcefully held back the urge. “It’s got nothing to do with me. He doesn’t have to tell me why.”It seemed that Abraham saw right through her. “Is it that you can’t be bothered to ask, Ms. North, or that you don’t dare to ask?”The question was a simple one, but the connotations were drastically different.If she could not be bothered, then it meant that North did not care for Gerald at all. Thus, she did not trouble herself to care who Gerald spent his time with.If she did not dare to ask, then it meant that she cared about Gerald too much. So much so that she did not hear his answer.North frowned and sidestepped this trap. “I don’t want to talk about Reina at all.”Abraham’s smile widened. “Then do you like Gerald, Ms. North?”North felt like Abraham was only here to make her life difficult. Why did he have to keep asking her questions she could not answer?When he saw her keep quiet, Abraham’s eyes flashed, and he stopped askin