Two hours later, Gerald was covered in sweat when he opened his eyes. Instead of darkness, he could finally see again. North was absolutely exhausted. It was not that exhausting when she was giving the other patients detox massages in the past. However, it seemed like the effects of the treatment were not bad. Connor started to tear up. “Mr. Gerald, your eyes!” Gerald was not as excited. He roughly knew that the episode would last for two to three days. It was the end of the episode, which was why he got his vision back. But it would happen again, and the episodes would get more frequent. North also knew this, which was why she was not overly excited as well. “I’ve dried some herbs in the backyard to brew some herbal tea later on. You should drink some every day.” Those herbs were fruits of Pete’s hard work. Since Paige was Pete’s patient before, these medicines would definitely work. Gerald replied, “Alright, I’ll get Stewart to help you…” “Madam, Madam!” Stewart’
After North heard that, she immediately left and went to the backyard. Stewart immediately followed after. The room became quiet. Connor waited until North was out of earshot before he asked anxiously. “Mr. Gerald, did Madam give you the detox massage? Why didn’t you tell her about your current condition…” Gerald was not fit to get any detox massage! The detox massage would only increase the potency of the poison. Unless it was the secret doctor that had once treated Paige, any other regular detox massages would only speed up the onset of another episode caused by the poison. Gerald was extremely calm and indifferent. “My eyes are already like this. It doesn’t matter if I get another episode. They won’t get worse.” Connor chased after him. “But…” “There is no but.” Gerald paused and instructed, “Do not tell her about this.” North wanted to treat his eyes. That was enough for him. Gerald already knew his destiny. He had long accepted the fact that he would go b
“So, Wanda really didn’t know it was you who planted these. If she was aware of it, she wouldn’t purposely destroy the plants, right? Fortunately, these are not expensive plants, so please don’t be angry.” North snorted. Mrs. Scott was implying that even though her herbs were destroyed, they were worthless, so it would be petty of her to pin it on Wanda when Wanda was supposedly oblivious. That was strange. Did they really think that North was easy to bully? Who gave Mrs. Scott the audacity to talk to North like that? Wanda was used to being her arrogant self. She tossed the herb aside and said aloofly, “That’s right. These weeds are worthless. It would lower the value of Royal Sights Residences. I’m actually helping you. Otherwise, other people would ridicule you if news about your farming habits is spread out!” North remained quiet as she silently stared at the herbs lying on the ground. Worthless… These herbs were carefully cultivated by Pete. These were priceless
Everyone in the backyard fell into silence because of North’s words.Sam was rendered speechless.He thought. “Didn’t they say Mrs. Howard was friendly and delicate?“You call threatening to spill blood or destroy cars delicate?”Wanda flared up in a rage. She thought. “So, this b*tch either wants to destroy my car or kill me?”“Stop! Just stop!”Wanda trembled in anger while watching the new car end up as a pile of junk. “North, do you know who I am?! Do you know the relationship between the Scott family and Gerry?! “How dare you do this to me! I won’t forgive you for this!North slowly kicked the engine that had been removed from the car. “Mm? Who are you, anyway? I don’t know.” “How dare you be so rude if you don’t know who I am?! Aren’t you worried about offending people?!”Wanda’s voice was shaky. “Listen. Nelly is Gerry’s best friend. How dare you destroy my car?! Gerry won’t let you off the hook!”Mrs. Scott saw someone walking out of a corner. She hurriedly yanke
“I grew up with Gerry. I feel so sorry for him… How could he have such a willful wife like you? Do you want all his friends to cut him off because of you? “Mrs. Howard, I’d better remind you about one thing for Nelly’s sake. Gerry won’t let you do this.” North sneered. She thought. “What an outrageous accusation!“So, am I trying to sabotage Gerald’s friendship by targeting his friend?“But why didn’t Wanda say that she’s sabotaging my relationship with Gerald by ruining my property with her car?”North wanted to speak up but a sudden voice from behind beat her to it.“Ms. Wanda, who told you that I wouldn’t let her?” Gerald spoke up slowly and stunned everyone.North stopped short in sudden fear.She thought. “Wait. What is Gerald doing behind me?!“When did he come? No wonder these two b*tches started putting on a show. It turns out that they’re doing this for Gerald.”Wanda appeared abashed. “Gerry.” Gerald did not even bat an eyelid as he walked straight to North.
Connor immediately investigated it and replied a few minutes later, “Mr. Gerald, Mrs. Scott and Ms. Wanda own twelve cars. Plus, Mr. Mason owns no property in the Scott family.” Mrs. Scott’s heart skipped a beat. “G-Gerald…”Gerald ignored Mrs. Scott and said absent-mindedly, “Mm, go and drag those cars here. Let my wife destroy them for fun.” Gerald said North could destroy them for fun?!Mrs. Scott’s expression changed drastically, and she said, “Gerald, Mason left a lot of cars at home—” “But they’re not under Mason’s name.” Slowly, Gerald turned to look at Mrs. Scott. “Aren’t I right?” Mason did not own those cars, and he was Gerald’s friend. Hence, it was fine even if Gerald destroyed the cars belonging to the other members of the Scott family.Those people were not Gerald’s friends either.Mrs. Scott found it hard to speak. She forced a smile. “Regardless, we’re Mason’s family. If word got out that you fell out with the family of your best friend for a woman’s sake,
Gerald looked calm.He maintained his smile and did not even look at Wanda. He sounded frighteningly gentle.“Excuse me, Ms. Wanda? Who did you… want to kill?” Wanda screamed, “Ah!”She thought. “What… What is that? That’s a gun!”Gerald appeared indifferent. “Ms. Wanda, you said you just killed a few weeds, and you could easily control my wife’s life. Is that right?“Since you feel that North’s life is worthless, then I’ll also think that your life…”A chuckle escaped Gerald. “...Is equally as worthless.”Wanda trembled as coldness crept up in her. She collapsed on the ground. “I-I…”Mrs. Scott could not see Wanda get killed. “We didn’t mean that, Gerald. We just—”“I’m very curious about one thing, Ms. Wanda.” North blinked and bent over. “Isn’t the Scott family aware of Gerald’s identity? But you made a scene in Royal Sights Residences. Who convinced you to be this bold? I remember that Mason was always polite. He’d never let you act recklessly at his friend’s house.“
Nelly seemed confused and worried. “Sam, hurry up and put the gun down… Wanda, what happened?”Sam remained motionless.Surprised and helpless, Nelly asked, “Gerald, did Wanda do anything to upset you? I’ll apologize. Put the gun down first.” Gerald looked calm.It was an ambiguously dead silence. Suddenly, North’s chuckle broke the stalemate. “Gerald, you’ve scared Ms. Wanda.” Gerald nodded calmly before Sam put the gun away.Wanda collapsed on the ground, trembling in fear.Grinning, North looked at Nelly. She felt that it was unnecessary to raise that question anymore. Why was Wanda so aggressive? Certainly, Nelly had convinced her. Nelly glanced at the herbs on the ground. “North, I’m sorry. I’ve spoiled Wanda. Name the price of these herbs. I’ll pay you back.”North threw a sidelong glance at Nelly. If words got out about the compensation, the Scott family would become the reasonable ones instead. After all, no one would believe that a few herbs could cost so m
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?”