Henry was in distress. “Did you hear that, North? Linda didn’t mean to do it. Are you trying to hound her to death after she just passed out? She is so kind—” North’s smile grew colder. She fainted?Linda and Melinda would “faint” all the time!All their mistakes can be made up for whenever they faint. After all, in Henry’s eyes, they were already so pitiful. But she would be pushy and unforgiving if she kept arguing!Weren’t they simply pretending to faint? Who would not be able to do it?“Dad, you always say that nothing happened to me, so I’d have to forgive Mrs. Myers, but what if something did happen to me today?” North said weakly, “You’ll persuade me to marry Mr. Paul then, wouldn’t you?“At the end of the day, Mrs. Myers will never face consequences for anything she does. Forget it. I have acknowledged the truth now. It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have appeared in the family—”North suddenly clutched her chest before she could finish her words. In a second, her face
Her whole body ached when she yelped. Somewhere on her body was a sharp pain. She twisted her body uncomfortably, and suddenly someone grabbed her hand. “You have a fever. Go back to sleep. I’ll put some ointment on your body. It’ll stop hurting when you wake up,” Gerald said softly. North was feeling groggy. After hearing those words, she closed her eyes subconsciously. The man let out a chuckle. His eyes trailed along her waist and slowly lowered. Then he lifted her up and put her in the backseat of the car. “Drive,” he instructed calmly.Connor wound up the partitions in the car in respect, and he asked, “How do you plan to take care of the Myers family, Mr. Gerald?”“Linda seems to have a niece in the Lane family?” Gerald asked lazily. Connor nodded. “Linda’s older brother does have a daughter.”“Find a way to get her to go to the Myers family and cause some trouble for Linda.”…When North woke up, she massaged her temples and looked out the window at the sky.“Hmm
“Mr. Steward, why aren’t there any flowers here?”Steward thought about it and said, “This area was overlooked during the garden planning. Madam, let me know if you want to renovate it.”North indeed wanted to give this place a makeover. She immediately called for someone to pull out the weeds and prepared to turn this place into a mini garden.Halfway through the process, North heard two people approaching her from behind urgently.“Ms. North, what are you doing?”She turned and looked at who was talking. It was Oliva, one of the housekeepers of Royal Sights Residences.Standing beside her was a young girl whom North assumed to be her daughter.She sensed something was odd, but she did not want to get on their bad side. “I’m planning to remove the weeds and plant some flowers.”Oliva’s expression darkened as she cast a skeptical and disdainful gaze at North.Emily, Olivia’s daughter, rebuked North rudely, “Ms. North, please notify us beforehand if you make any changes to Roya
“You probably don’t know this yet, but Ms. Lane brought me in,” Olivia explained.She then thought of something and said smugly, “I advise you to restore this place to its original state and replant the orchids. “Otherwise, she’ll question you when she comes back. Even if I don’t bring it up, Mr. Gerald will chase you out of here.”North looked at her and questioned, “Who am I?”Olivia was momentarily at a loss. “You’re...”She spoke deliberately, “I’m Gerald’s rightful wife and the matriarch of Royal Sights Residences. “Why should I be questioned for planting flowers in my own home?”Olivia and Emily were speaking cryptically. They were insinuating that she wasn’t worthy of Gerald. What of it?She and Gerald were legally married. That “Ms. Lane” was practically nobody. Who were they to dictate even the smallest aspects of her life?Olivia’s expression changed and raised her voice as she said, “You can’t say that. To be Mr. Gerald’s wife, you should know how to maintain this
A warm feeling arose in North’s heart.Olivia panicked when she saw Gerald being serious. She stuttered, “Mr.... Mr. Gerald, I didn’t mean it. I just...”“You didn’t mean it?” Gerald said nonchalantly as he narrowed his eyes. “Ms. Olivia, since you don’t want to resign, why act as if you want to leave? Is this because you feel Ms. North has mistreated you, and you want me to vent your anger on your behalf?”Unsettled, Olivia could only gulp in response.“I... I did it for your sake. Ms. North was acting too arrogant. I... I...”Gerald leaned in. His voice dropped. “Well, that’s new. I didn’t know that a servant from Royal Sights Residences had such authority to criticize the matriarch for her arrogance.” His lips were curling upward, but his smile did not reach his eyes. This sent even more chills down her spine.Olivia grew more frightened, but the thought of Ms. Lane made her regain her confidence.“Mr. Gerald, Ms. Lane personally left me here. What if she couldn’t find me
North stiffened. She felt Gerald probing her, so she immediately blinked and lowered her head shyly.“Mr. Gerald, what are you trying to say? Do you really think that I’m that petty?”“Emily wanted to hit me, so I let Ms. Olivia do it. Of course, I’m content now.” Gerald ignored her explanation.If he had not come just now, North would probably have taken revenge her own way.At this moment, Steward hurried over and said, “Mr. Gerald, Ms. North just wanted to set up a mini garden here. My apologies for letting Ms. Olivia and Emily have this opportunity to criticize Ms. North. Ms. North, I’m sorry that they bullied you.”North shyly waved her hand and said, “It’s alright, Mr. Steward. I’m fine. Fortunately, Mr. Gerald came in time.”Gerald’s gaze gleamed as he chuckled lightly.He thought, “They bullied her? Steward may have been overly worried. “She would never be bullied.”After North returned to her room, Steward immediately reported to him. “Mr. Gerald, Ms. Linda’s nie
Summer hinted at North, “North, it’s been a while since we’ve met. Did you not get me any gifts? I don’t care, you’ve got to compensate me well. That handbag you have is quite nice.”North raised her eyebrows and turned to look at her.Summer’s heart skipped a beat. North’s gaze was cold and sharp. Her previous gentle and cautious look was long gone. But in the next moment, North smiled and nodded. “You want a gift? Alright, but you’ve never given me a gift either. Friends should give each other gifts, right?”Summer stiffened and said, “I’m just joking. Why are you taking it seriously? Come with me to the women’s clothing store!”She would definitely drain every penny from North later. Melinda said that North had no friends. Since she was willing to be North’s friend, North should thank her profusely for it.After all, in the past, North would agree with whatever she said.North pretended not to notice the greed in Summer’s eyes and said, “Okay, let’s go.”The two of them s
The statement was like a bolt from the blue for Summer. She became furious. “You’ve always paid for me! Why did you bring me to the mall when you’re broke?”North tilted her head in confusion and asked, “You’re the one who said you wanted to come to the mall to buy clothes, so I accompanied you. Summer, did you buy too much and couldn’t pay up?”The people around them immediately looked at Summer strangely.Summer’s face turned red with rage. “I don’t care! You have to pay for me anyway!”After saying this, she yelled at the store manager, “Ask her to pay! She has plenty of money!”The store manager hesitated a bit.North pretended to be upset. “Summer, I considered you as a friend, and you just want me to pay?”“I’m not your mother. You’re already in your twenties, yet you want me to pay for you when you spend money so recklessly.”Summer became agitated. “We’re relatives, and you can’t even help me with this little favor? If you don’t help me pay, I’ll tell your grandfather!
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?”