“Woah… look at the hickey on North’s neck. Could Mr. Heard have been the one to give her that? She has some nerve! Both Gerald and Nathan Howard are right here, and yet she’s sleeping with other men. She’s so shameless!Mrs. Heard roared, “North Myers! I saw my husband exit your room with my own eyes! You b*tch! What were you two doing last night?!”Reina helped her up and said pointedly, “Let’s talk about this nicely, Mrs. Heard. If North really did something to hurt you, we’ll make sure that justice is served.”North scoffed as she watched the two of them play along with each other.She put down her glass and then spoke softly, “Did you say you saw him come out of my room with your own eyes, Mrs. Heard?”Mrs. Heard froze, looking a little tense and nervous.She did not see him with her own eyes, actually. She had simply woken up to realize that her husband was not with her, while Reina had hastily sent someone over to tell her that she spotted Mr. Heard and North had exited the
The moment Mr. Heard heard North’s name, his eyes became shifty, and he suddenly knelt in front of his wife with a loud thud. “I’m sorry, honey! I really had nothing to do with what happened last night. North was the one who seduced me!”Everyone looked at North in shock.In between his sniffling and crying, Mr. Heard said, “I got drunk and walked into the wrong room. By the time I showered and laid down in bed, I knew something was wrong, but North had already stripped naked and laid down beside me. It all happened so fast…”“Ah!” Mrs. Heard was enraged and charged toward North while waving her hands as if she wanted to claw her face off. “How could you be so shameless? Are you trying to sleep with everyone’s husbands, you sl*tty wh*re?! Apologize! Now!”Reina sounded like she was trying to suppress something. “North… you already have such a good husband in Mr. Howard. Why couldn’t you be content with him? Why do you insist on getting involved with Mr. Heard? Not only have you rui
Mrs. Heard acted like she had caught North red-handed. “That’s right!”Reina put on a look of resignation. “North, I won’t tell Mr. Howard even if you really did have an affair, as long as you repent. But you’re acting like it’s not a big deal. Seriously, I…”“You need to tell him, Ms. Reina. You can’t just leave him in the dark!”“Yeah, I know you’re kind-hearted, but North has gone too far!”“North, what more can you ask for with a sister like her? No wonder the Myers won’t pay you any attention, I can’t believe their heiress is such a disgrace…”North put a hand to the hickey on her neck. Then, she suddenly smiled. “Are you saying you’re doing this for my own good, Reina?”The more Reina looked at the hickey, the more it was an eyesore to her. Forcing a smile, she replied, “Yes, we promise that news about your seduction of Mr. Heard won’t spread. Just apologize to Mrs. Heard, and we’ll pretend this never happened.“Also, don’t pass off the hickeys other men gave you as Mr. Ho
Gerald raised an eyebrow slightly. “An affair?”Someone in the crowd shouted, “Yeah! North cheated on you with Mr. Heard, and we have proof! We know exactly what happened!”Ms. Hall, the woman who tried, and failed, to mock North yesterday, shouted the loudest of them all. “Mr. Howard, we know how much you care about Ms. Reina, but you can’t let North get away with this! What kind of sisterhood is this? She doesn’t even see Ms. Reina as her sister!”“Yeah! What are you being this kind for, Ms. Reina? North would never appreciate it, and she was the one who shamelessly cheated on her husband with another married man. Why should you shoulder the blame?”Reina teared up, “Everyone, please stop talking… The hickey is proof that she slept with Mr. Heard…”Gerald chuckled, his fingertips ghosting over the hickey in a way that made North shiver. As she glared at him, Gerald said pointedly, “Since when did my hickey become Mr. Heard’s? Could it be…”He was speaking in a calm, totally emo
Among the crowd, Ms. Hall tried to sneak off but Connor quickly grabbed her.“Look, everyone! Ms. Hall has a hickey too!”“Come to think of it, there were weird noises coming from her room all night. Could it be…”“I think Mr. Heard actually exited her room this morning!”Mr. Heard’s knees buckled and he fell to the floor.There was no way Mrs. Heard could not connect the dots. Screaming, she charged at Ms. Hall and slapped her several times. “Soz you were the one who seduced my husband! Go to hell!”North watched the scene unfold with bemusement. “Isn’t Ms. Hall your friend, Reina? Did you frame me just to cover for your friend?”Mrs. Heard screamed again and seized Reina’s shirt, roaring, “You! I can’t believe I fell for your lies. You and that b*tch were in cahoots! You were the one who told me my husband had emerged from North’s room this morning! Have you no shame?!”Everyone was speechless.So, that was what happened!Nathan said passive-aggressively, “Oh, so it was Rei
North may not have noticed it, but her ears would turn red every time she got jealous.Seeing North’s ears get so red that they almost turned crimson, Gerald said in a low voice, “You can’t turn the whole resort green with envy over a favor. Don’t you think so?”North’s ears turned even redder.Wait, why was she thinking about this? Gerald had clearly done that on purpose. She was not jealous!…Night fell soon enough. After a day of skiing, North was exhausted and simply wanted to take a shower in her room before falling asleep.However, someone rushed in hastily. North recognized Reina’s agent.“Are you all sure none of you saw Reina? It’s nighttime, where could she be? Her phone’s not even on!”Reina’s bodyguard replied, “It’s true, we can’t find her. Did Ms. Reina already leave the resort?”“She would have called me if she’d left!” The agent was pacing around furiously.Someone asked, “What’s the matter? Has Ms Reina not returned yet? Did any of you see her?”“No! She ha
Gerald frowned. “Get her out. The doctor’s already here.”The search party member seemed conflicted. “We were trying to get Ms. Reina out with a rope, but she still had strong self-defense instincts despite being unconscious. The moment we approached her, she started shaking with fear. So, none of us dared touch her…“Her agent said you were her friend, so she wanted you to give it a try…”Everyone looked to Gerald instantly.The agent stumbled over tearfully. “Mr. Howard! Mr. Howard! Reina’s unconscious, and she won’t let anyone near her! If she stays in that pit for any longer, her life will be in danger! Please carry her out since you owe her your life!”Then, the agent looked at North. With a shifty gaze, she started guilt-tripping her. “Ms. North, Reina’s your sister, so there’s no way you’d want her to die here, right? We’re just borrowing your husband to save her. You wouldn’t toy with a human life like that, right? Don’t worry, Reina has no ill intentions toward your husba
Gerald carried Reina out, causing the crowd to surround them instantly.North was pushed out so forcefully that she could not get to Gerald and Reina at all.The agent exclaimed dramatically, “Thank goodness! Thank heavens Reina’s alright! I knew you were Reina’s lucky star, Mr. Howard!”Gerald replied coldly, “The car’s here. Get her back to the hotel.”The agent pretended to get Reina in the car, but Reina clung to Gerald’s wrist and refused to let go.The agent sighed, “Oh… Mr. Howard, Reina could be attached to you because you saved her just now. Why don’t you… go in the car with her?”Everyone looked at Gerald hopefully.Of course, he would not have refused.However, just as Gerald was about to let North in too, the agent said pointedly, “But this car only has room for three passengers… Mr. Howard and Reina have to be in there, obviously. But Reina is helpless without me, so I have to get in.“Mrs. Howard…” The agent acted as if she was making a compromise. “Never mind, f
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?”