“If he’s not your friend, why did he go out to have meals with you on multiple occasions?” North snorted and cut Reina off. She then pulled out a few photos. “Or do you have a fetish for hanging out with murderers?” Both the inside and outside of the ward suddenly became very quiet. The photos clearly captured the ski instructor and Reina going out to have meals, going to musical concerts, and going to the cinema… Who would be so close to a murderer? This also indicated that before the ski instructor’s murder attempt, he was Reina’s friend! Henry’s face paled when he saw the photos. He took a few steps back. Reina was extremely shocked. Her face immediately turned pale. How was that possible? She had gotten rid of these photos. Where did North get them? What was going on? She started yelling, “No… I don’t even know his name. North, why are you framing me with fake photos?” The agent also yelled urgently, “Yes, it’s so easy to edit such things nowadays. North, you’
After North said that, the nurse beside her said angrily, “Ms. North, don’t you understand that some people are just jealous of your status! If nothing happens to you, you’ll always be the daughter of the Myers family, whereas she’ll always just be the child of the mistress. If you are jailed, she will be able to replace you!” “She actually wants to replace North even though she has no blood relation to the Myers family!” “No wonder she’s a child of a mistress. She’s so evil, just like her mom!” “As a celebrity, she doesn’t look as innocent as she portrays herself.” The expressions of the few people involved darkened. Reina looked as though she had seen a ghost. She was trembling, and she could not say a single word. She was cursing North out, wishing that she had killed her four years ago! What should she do now? Reina looked up at her agent and her eyes flashed. She suddenly looked like she was in disbelief. “Ms. Hertz! What… What did you do? Did you conspire with t
North sneered as she looked at Gerald. “You’re looking for her?” Gerald narrowed his eyes and sized the Myers family members up. All along, he thought that the Myers family did not have a close relationship with Reina, because that girl who saved him years ago asked him why he did not return home when he was injured. He said the Howard family was not his home. That young girl’s expression fell as she said, “Then we’re the same. I don’t have a home either.” Reina was the stepdaughter of the Myers family, so technically it was not her true home. However, after what he had seen today… “Of course! Mr. Gerald is here to discuss Reina’s birthday with her.” Henry noticed that Gerald was not speaking, so he built up the guts and said, “Mr. Gerald, next week will be Reina’s birthday. She said that you’d definitely participate in her birthday party, I believe you’re here for that?” Reina looked shy. “Gerald, I have just returned to the country after all. I plan to have a birthday p
“G-Gerald… Ms. Hertz only spoke out of turn impulsively. She wouldn’t ever—”Gerald flashed her a fake smile. “Do you wish to speak on her behalf, Ms. Reina?”Ms. Hertz looked at Reina with hope on her face.Reina could not simply allow her agent to get into trouble. After all, Ms. Hertz was Reina’s right-hand woman. “Gerald, Ms. Hertz will definitely come up with a way to make it up to North in the future. There wasn’t any real harm done, anyway.” “It’s not my intention to send Ms. Hertz to prison.”Gerald’s gaze was cool and distant. “However, she is not suited to be your agent anymore. She’s not even suited to remain in the entertainment industry.”A shiver ran down Reina’s spine.Gerald was forcing her to cut off her only means of support!There were a lot of underhanded things that Reina made Ms. Hertz do for her in the entertainment industry. Things would be really bad for her if she lost Ms. Hertz.“Y-You can’t!” Ms. Hertz looked terrified. She shook her head in a pani
Reina’s expression turned grim. She gritted out, “It doesn’t matter! At least Mr. Gerald thinks I’m innocent. He’s still going to attend my birthday banquet.”At the mention of that, Reina’s tone became smug. She said disdainfully, “Ah, how could I forget? It will be your birthday too. Isn’t Gerald doing anything special for you? As his wife, you’re really in a pitiful state. You should be more shrewd and simply divorce him so you can give the position to someone else!”North made a noise of understanding. She said casually, “Divorce him? That would be good. That means I’d be able to get at least half of Gerald’s assets. You’d better not cry when that happens, Reina.”“North, you—”North smoothly cut off the call.In contrast to the way she presented herself, she was not at all calm.She and Reina had the same birthday, but Gerald only remembered Reina’s birthday!There were countless notifications on her phone announcing the latest news of Gerald’s “impending nuptials” with Rei
Before Gerald could stop her, North answered the call. “Mr. Abraham?”Abraham’s voice was soft and polite. “Ms. North, I’m throwing a banquet tomorrow. I wanted to know if you could attend.”North shot Gerald a look and lifted an eyebrow. “Of course. Where is it?”“At the Galaxy ballroom in the Mostrade Building.” Abraham then asked softly, “But will Gerald allow you to attend?”North replied absentmindedly, “I will attend. This has nothing to do with him.”“Sorry, I was being nosy. I’ll be waiting for you tomorrow. By the way, Ms. North—”Before he could finish speaking, Gerald snatched the phone away from North and smoothly hung up.Even though she knew the answer, North asked, “Mr. Gerald, are you really going to restrict who I talk on the phone with although we haven’t gotten divorced yet?”Gerald swallowed the lump in his throat. “Don’t go. He doesn’t have good intentions.”Feeling frustrated, North nearly laughed out loud. “Gerald, we’re a married couple. As possessive a
Marlin said meaningfully, “Oh. There was an unimportant person following you just now. Maybe he was worried about you.”Immediately, North’s expression became twisted.Had Gerald been following her all this while?! Did that not mean that he had seen how she had thrown a tantrum at nothing and failed to kick that pebble?Marlin knew that he should not tease North any further. Besides, there was no point in him intervening in a couple’s spat. As such, he changed the subject.“Abraham invited you to his banquet tomorrow, right?”North asked cautiously, “Are you going to tell me not to go, too?”“Too?”Marlin raised an eyebrow. He knew exactly who else could have told her not to go. “Of course not. It’s just a banquet. It’s not a big deal to attend it. I’ll get you a suitable dress.”North snorted and said sarcastically, “Cool. Make sure it’s a gorgeous dress. After all, I’m there to look for my next husband.”Marlin clicked his tongue but said nothing.North made sure not to men
North did not hesitate as she went before Abraham while everyone watched. “Mr. Abraham.”Instantly, Gerald’s jaw clenched.Abraham chuckled and smoothly took North’s bag. “Was traffic bad?”North carded her fingers through her hair. “Yes, that’s why I’m a bit late. Did I hold you up?”Connor gulped. Since when had North and Abraham gotten so close? He looked at Gerald’s expression cautiously, but he did not see anything amiss.The only clue was Gerald’s eyes. They held a storm in them as Gerald clenched his fists. It looked like he was doing his best to endure this.Abraham nodded slightly. “Gerald, the banquet has started. Let’s go inside together.”North occasionally looked up and said something to Abraham. Listening to her, he would nod gently.It looked like they were the married couple here. They seemed like the perfect match.Gerald felt a pang in his heart, and it was like there was something lodged in his throat. Even breathing felt painful.The other guests noticed
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?”