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
“Then hurry up. My sister is arriving soon.”“Alright.” Upon hearing that, the manager felt more confident. He stared at North arrogantly. “Ms. North, you heard him. If you leave on your own initiative, it won’t look bad for you. The people inside of this private room are not people you can simply offend.” North almost wanted to laugh. She slowly looked up and stared meaningfully at Gabriel. “Oh, I’m curious to know who this person that I can’t simply offend is?”Gabriel frowned, as if he was really disgusted with North’s “advances”. “I’ve seen many women like you. You won’t be able to get my attention by doing this.”Then, he arrogantly glanced at the manager. “Please settle this matter. Don’t let women like this harass me.”Erika laughed. “Aren’t you Gabriel Jordan from Seatown? Why are you so self-absorbed? Look at you! Do you think every woman on this earth wants to sleep with you? Dream on!” What a joke! Why would North be interested in such a person? Did he not see th
North turned around and saw a man who was in his fifties walk out from the private room. He looked very gentle and elegant. “What’s going on?” Gabriel sneered. “What else? These two women are being unreasonable. They want to snatch our private room from us. Such short-sighted creatures!” “Mr. Gabriel, I’ve already shown my proof that I’m the one who booked the private room. What about your proof?” North was expressionless. “Or could it be that you’re doing whatever you want just because of your high status?”Everyone looked at Gabriel with doubtful gazes. It sounded like North was right. It seemed like it was Gabriel Jordan who was being unreasonable. Why would Gabriel still… Gabriel was extremely angry. “Shut up!” “Ah, I see. I’m very sorry, Ms. North. However, when we came, the owner did not let us know that someone had already reserved private room one. We’ll let you have the room now. Please don’t be angry.” Bryan looked apologetic. “Gabriel, apologize.”Gabriel was obv
The butler said, “But Ms. Estella helped the South family so much. We can’t repay kindness with misdeeds and give what belongs to Ms. North to her enemy—” “What do you want me to do, then?!” Ronald was agitated. “North is unwilling to marry into the South family, and we can’t use Estella’s inheritance! The only way out for the South family is Reina. Besides, that’s the Jordan family… Once Reina becomes the daughter of the Jordan family, and with Melinda being my granddaughter-in-law, I’d be able to tap into the Jordan family’s resources. Isn’t that great?!“You shouldn’t talk about the designs I gave away! If North knows that Reina is plagiarizing Estella’s works, she will make a huge deal out of it. Now that Reina has the Jordan family behind her, we can’t afford to offend her. “Since Estella is no longer with us, she won’t know Reina is plagiarizing her work, so she won’t be upset about it. Let’s just treat it as a non-issue!” That should be the case, but the butler still fe
It was not a secret that Bryan had a dead wife and a long-lost daughter. Gerald had heard about it before. However, he did not expect Reina to be the long-lost daughter. “Mr. Gerald, it’s a call from Bryan.” Connor passed Gerald his cell phone. Gerald narrowed his eyes and paused for a moment before he answered the call. “Mr. Gerald.” Bryan’s polite voice traveled through the phone. “I’m not sure if you remember, but you have one half of the heart pendant. That’s the promised token between you and the Jordan family.”Gerald’s eyes darkened. Bryan said, “Please come to the antique collection gala tomorrow.” …Reina was still trending online. She was already a very popular celebrity. Once it was revealed that she had another identity as a daughter of a rich family, everyone was extremely jealous of her At Royal Sights Residences, North stared expressionlessly at the comments. [I’ve said Reina is a princess, am I wrong?] [I thought she was only the stepdaughter of t
“The news came from Mr. Gabriel. It can’t be faked. Plus, the Jordan family hopes to see Mr. Gerald marry Ms. Reina. I know this sounds really old-fashioned and outdated, but children should listen to their parents on whom they should marry.”“But Mr. Gerald is already married…”“That’s simple. He can get a divorce.” “Everyone knows that Ms. Reina and Mr. Gerald are childhood sweethearts. They’re engaged to boot. Who the hell is North? Does she really see herself as Mr. Gerald’s wife?”“Hey, look. The shameless witch has come downstairs.” The servants looked at North before looking at each other. The disdain in their eyes was evident. The leader among them was richly dressed in dazzlingly expensive clothing and jewelry. “Madam, I know we might have sounded really mean, but you can ask around. Everyone knows that Mr. Gerald and Ms. Reina are engaged, and who are you? You’re just a homewrecker who snatched away another woman’s husband!” North whipped her head around. Gerald
A deafening silence gripped everyone in the hall.A cold fierceness gleamed in Gerald’s eyes as he scanned the crowd emotionlessly. The servant trembled. It was beyond her expectations that Gerald would come home at this time. Terrified, her legs went limp. “Mr-Mr. Gerald…” Gerald used a dangerous and cold tone to interrogate the servant. “Did you want Mrs. Howard to get down on her knees for you?”“N-No!” The servant had long lost her previous smugness. Blood had drained out of her face as she stammered out an explanation. “It’s not what you see. Mrs. Howard suddenly slapped me, and I got mad. S-So, I said…”Bewilderment hit North.She wondered how the servant could act like a b*tch and twist the facts given the latter’s old age.Gerald cocked his brow. “Did North slap you?” The servant became hopeful because of Gerald’s words. Hence, she hurriedly tried sowing discord though she appeared like she had forgiven North.“Yeah, look at my face. There’s still a mark. Yes, I
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?”