Connor was puzzled. “You… need help?”Gerald replied slowly, “I’m a businessman, after all. I want Cedric to pay for this… with interest.”…Meanwhile, when North picked up Connor’s call, she had just finished dealing with Mike. Mike was still standing next to her fearfully.The next thing she knew, she heard Connor say, “Come to Howard Manor, Madam, quick! Mr. Cedric was pressuring Mr. Gerald to give Mr. Mike the Deep Pool Corporation shares, but he refused so Mr. Cedric hit him several times with his walking stick. Mr. Gerald’s bleeding…”North “accidentally” connected her phone to the company’s Bluetooth speakers.Immediately, the entire company heard what Connor said.Gerald had refused to give Mike the shares, so he got beaten up… Mike’s face fell. He lunged for North’s phone and tried to grab it, but North sidestepped him.Then, she pretended to reply worriedly, “Mr. Cedric’s gone too far! I’m coming over immediately!”Connor sighed dramatically. “It’s not fatal, but how
North replied softly, “Yeah, I’m distraught to the point of tears.”Gerald looked at her lazily, but amusedly. “If you’re so sad, then why aren’t you shedding any tears?”North froze. A moment later, she stroked his hair and pretended as if nothing had happened. “Don’t you know that you stop being able to cry if you’re too sad, Mr. Howard?”Gerald looked down and laughed before saying nonchalantly, “I got hit on the chest, Mrs. Howard. Don’t blow my cover.”North realized she was pressing down on his chest and fell silent.Then, she immediately got up and backed away. “Relax. When it comes to acting, I’m a professional.”As if on cue, rushed and furious footsteps sounded outside the door. Patricia barged into Gerald’s room with a bunch of people, including Mike.With an arrogant and mocking tone, she asked, “Were you raised in a barn, Gerald? You’ve pissed off your father the moment you came home. Can’t you be more considerate of him since he’s getting old?”North narrowed he
Everyone lowered their heads. Even Levi and the servants did so.North’s tongue… certainly was sharp.Patricia had been spoiled for the past few years, so no one dared to talk back to her. That was why North’s words enraged her so much. She felt lightheaded and had trouble breathing as her face turned green.“You… This has nothing to do with Mike…”“It doesn’t? That’s weird. If it’s got nothing to do with Mike, then what was he doing at Deep Pool Corporation?”North pretended to be confused. “He even announced that he was the company’s new owner from now on. Was he trying to steal his own brother’s things behind your back? You mustn’t let him get away with this, then. Otherwise, you’d be accomplices. Isn’t that right, Madam Howard?”Each word North said was like a knife to Patricia’s heart. She was so furious that she charged without thinking and tried to slap Gerald.However, North caught her hand and laughed coldly. “Madam Howard, your biological son is injured. Are you real
“Don’t push your luck, North—”“Is that so hard to answer? Looks like you’re still biased toward your ‘adopted’ son. Oh, dear. I’d better ask Madam Bracken—”“He knows! Mike knows!” Patricia replied with gritted teeth. “I’m sorry, Gerald. I’ve been fooled. Mike said you were already so successful, so you deserved a proper break after working for so many years. When he said he was willing to manage Deep Pool Corporation for you, I believed him.“I’m your biological mother. Why would I help an adopted son steal your life’s work? It was an honest mistake. Please don’t let any outsiders ruin our relationship!”“Oh… So, you’re saying it’s all Mike’s fault?” North beat Gerald to the punch with a passive-aggressive tone. “You’d better punish him properly then. A false heir trying to usurp the true heir? How dare he? Am I right, Ms. Patricia?”“How dare you?!”“North’s right.” Gerald suddenly smiled with a mysterious look in his shifting eyes. “Mike’s shares should be mine. If we’re talk
Mike remembered that because of Gerald’s “b*stard son” status, he had been humiliated in dozens of ways. He had been imprisoned in the basement, denied food, and shoved into a mountain cave to starve and freeze… He shuddered at the thought of it.However, at the same time, he was extremely indignant. “But I was your biological son, and yet you called me your adopted son!”Patricia hastily reassured him, “Don’t worry, Gerald won’t be able to keep that arrogance up for long. It’s just that North seems to have guessed the truth, so we can’t let her keep investigating. For the time being, you need to get back on Gerald’s good side, and make everyone think today was just a big misunderstanding—”“What?! I need to flatter him?!”“Listen to me, Mike. North’s right. What if Paige’s son isn’t dead? What if you’re her son?!” Patricia said deviously. “If you become her son, then you’ll be the true Howard heir. That means you’ll get to lead both the Bracken and the Howard families! Wouldn’t th
North was not so good-natured. “Of course I’m angry! You like to lie, right? Mike, do you really think you’re untouchable?”Mike saw North’s fist, and his smug expression fell. He started to panic. “What are you planning to do? Gerald, I’m the heir of the Howard family. Don’t you dare touch me!” Gerald looked up indifferently. His eyes were so calm, it was as if Mike was no one important to him.“Get out.”“Gerald!”Mike was extremely angry. He wanted to yell, but he gulped as his facial expression kept on changing. “Fine! I’ll leave, but you won’t be able to fight against me in the future!”After Mike left, North clenched her fists. “He had the audacity to say he’s Ms. Paige’s son? What a joke!“Has he ever been to Ms. Paige’s death anniversary? I know he’s her son, but he called the mistress that caused his mother’s death his mother now. How dare he actually come?!”Gerald looked indifferent as he took a sip of the tea. “It’s as expected.”North gritted her teeth. “Soon
Since it was a taboo, they could only visit her grave in secret. North suddenly had an epiphany. She seemed like she was only seventeen years old in that dream. That was four years ago. At that time, the madam was still in a coma, and Gerald certainly could not pay tribute to Paige in front of her grave. Would her dream be so logical? “Have you previously secretly visited her?”Gerald suddenly lowered his gaze and looked at her intently, as if he was seeing through her. “What do you know?”North immediately shook her head and struggled to ask, “I’m just curious. You… would do that, right?”Gerald did not hide from her. “I would.”“How did you do that?”“I made a few flower wreaths. I heard it’d be more sincere if I made them myself.”North suddenly felt upset. It was very strange. Why would Gerald do the exact same thing as she dreamed about? She was not aware of it before, how was it possible for her to dream about it? There had to be some past events that caused the d
Erika felt that something was not right. She gulped. “Why? Did I say something wrong?” North was puzzled. “Why did you say that I’ve been in a relationship with him for four years?” She was only seventeen four years ago. It would indeed be considered young love. But she had never been in a relationship prior to this! Erika looked shocked. “Did you lose your memory? When you video-called me at the time, he was just next to you. Could it be me who remembered wrongly?” North tried her very best to recall it but it was to no avail. After that, Erika started to doubt herself too. “Maybe it’s me who remembered incorrectly…” Gerald narrowed his eyes. Erika knew that she had said something wrong, so she immediately tried to smooth things over. “North, let’s go in.” North nodded. Gerald’s fingers fidgeted for a little bit, but his expression remained unchanged. He said with a soft voice, “I’ll pick you up later.”Erika winked at North. After they entered the restaurant, Erika