Bryan became stupefied.Nathan sounded sarcastic. “Ah, right. Mr. Jordan, you’re right. Who the hell is North? She doesn’t deserve an apology from the heiress of your family. Are you satisfied now that North has blacked out?”Bryan’s face was flushed. “I didn’t expect this either…”All he wanted was to minimize the problem instead of harming North. Reina trembled and kept shaking her head. “No, Dad. North is always healthy. I’m sure she’s pretending—”“Reina, do you think everyone will fake their swooning just like you at any given moment?” Nathan flared up in a rage. “You faked your pregnancy and miscarriage. On top of that, you framed her. Now you even claimed that she’s pretending! Do you want to strangle her and wake her up to prove your innocence?!” Reina was struck speechless as blood drained out of her face. “I-I’m not…”Nathan’s anger grew.He thought. “North is disappointing! How could she black out from being mad at Reina?! I must seek justice for North!”Nathan
Gerald carried North in his arms and exited Howard Manor. North opened her eyes. “We’re alone. Put me down—”“There’s a surveillance system here. Mrs. Howard, be professional,” Gerald said calmly. North was at a loss for words. She wondered inwardly. “Professional in faking my swooning?” Once she was in the car, she suddenly saw the guests leave Howard Manor gradually. She realized what was going on instantly. She gloated. “Hey, most of the guests who were here to celebrate your grandfather’s birthday left. Will he get mad?”Both Gerald and Samuel had left. Certainly, people who attended the birthday party just to curry favor with them had left too. Meanwhile, Bernard realized the difference between his and Gerald’s statuses once again. Besides, everyone attended his birthday party because of Gerald. Gerald closed the car window. “At least, the Jordan family gave him 5% of the shares. It isn’t a loss.”Yes, the Jordan family…North narrowed her eyes and happened to see Br
“Mr. Gerald, would you like the madam to go back to her family?” asked Sam.Gerald laughed sarcastically. “Bryan? Does he deserve that?”However, he had to make Brenda and Reina pay for what they had done. “Mr. Gerald, I also found out about the thing you asked me to look into.” Sam brought up another affair.“Reina did go to the eastern suburbs of Seatown four years ago. There are even photos of it. Based on the time, it was very likely that she’d bumped into you there.“But we found another person’s tracks. Reina seemed to be pursuing that person there… I’m sorry, Mr. Gerald. I was not capable enough to find anything else.” The clues ended there. It seemed that Reina was the one who had saved Gerald’s life. How could it be wrong?Gerald narrowed his eyes. He thought. “Another person’s tracks… Another person?” …North returned to her room and made a call. A trending topic made the top of the list a few minutes later.Nathan promoted how Reina had tried to scam others and
After hanging up, North went upstairs to take a bath. It was midnight.She was so sleepy that she kept on yawning. Suddenly, she heard someone knocking on the door of the manor. She raised her brows and thought. “Who would come to Royal Sights Residences this late at night?” She checked the surveillance footage. Surprisingly, it was Gabriel. He never gave up!“North, I know you’re in there. Listen to me. Get rid of the trending topic. If it gets out of hand, it won’t be good for you.”North’s face sank. “What an amazing brother you are, Mr. Gabriel. You came all the way here at night to ask me to do this. Alas, I’m sorry for letting you down. I’m not going to do that.” Gabriel looked conflicted and hesitant. “North, Reina saved Gerald’s life. He’ll never fall out with her. Therefore, you’ll eventually be left alone… Things won’t end well for you if you stand against the Jordan Corporation. As your brother… I want the best for you.” When North suddenly heard him calling him
The fact that Reina had saved Gerald’s life would never change regardless of how many benefits Gerald had given Reina. Reina could always manipulate him as long as he was alive.Gerald seemed to have read North’s mind. “I repaid her four years ago.” Four years ago… North was stupefied. “Reina saved my life. Then, I saved hers. She suddenly came to me one day four years ago. She was covered in blood. She wanted me to take her to a place.” Gerald nodded. “Doesn’t that count as repaying her for saving my life?” In a daze, North nodded.But for an unknown reason, a strangely familiar feeling assaulted her when Gerald brought that up.“Gerald, how nice would it be if I was the one who saved you four years ago!” Then, Reina would not always make Gerald agree to her requests. No one would ever guilt-trip Gerald using Reina’s actions either. Gerald tenderly lowered his head.He thought. “Yeah, how nice it would be if that person was you!”…Gerald had a dream. It seemed t
“The madam went out early in the morning because there’s an event in her university.” An inexplicable sense of unease gripped Gerald. He called North. “Where are you?”“I’m on campus.” “Okay, come home early.”“You’re acting weird.”Gerald placed his phone down. He felt dizzy. His face sank. “Sam, bring Henry here.” …North hung up in confusion. She wondered why Gerald was acting weird early in the morning. “North, what are you doing? It’s about to start.”North nodded. “I’m coming.”“I heard that the Jordan Corporation sponsored this event. Maybe someone from the Jordan family will come later.”Someone looked at North. “Don’t they… feel awkward?”“How could they have the nerve to come here? Don’t worry, North. I’m sure Reina won’t attend. After all, her reputation is in shambles. She’s probably too afraid to leave the house.” North frowned. She thought. “When will the Jordans arrive?” However, she would leave after helping set things up. She hoped she would not bu
Henry answered, “Reina went there for a trip…”Gerald interrupted Henry. “The eastern suburbs of Seatown have always been deserted. It was never turned into a tourist spot. There’s nothing to see there.” Henry trembled. He had said the wrong thing.No, Reina had finally replaced North as Gerald’s savior. Henry could not let Gerald learn about the truth. “Well… Reina mistrusted her agent. Her agent took her there. Then, she begged us not to make a big deal out of it because she’d been working with her agent for many years…” “So, it was because of her agent that she was there?”Henry kept nodding. “Yeah!”“Mr. Henry, you might not realize it, but your fingers will unconsciously spin around when you lie,” Gerald said. Henry flinched.Gerald absent-mindedly loaded the gun. “Here’s my second question. Do you know who the biological daughter Bryan came looking for is?” Henry shook like a leaf. “It’s… It’s Reina. Who… else could it be?” “It looks like you won’t give up.” Ge
“Reina modified the information Bryan saw. She also asked me to give a false testimony. She promised to help my family get cooperative deals once she became the heiress of the Jordan family…” After getting the answer he wanted, Gerald let go of the gun. Henry went limp.Disgusted, Gerald stepped back. “Take him away and interrogate him.” Connor nodded. “Okay.” After two hours, Connor returned from the basement. “Mr. Gerald, I asked him everything. He admitted that he did get in touch with Mrs. Jordan secretly. Mrs. Jordan also approved of Reina’s plan.” Gerald nodded calmly. “How about the situation four years ago?” Connor frowned. “Henry couldn’t tell us why Reina was in the eastern suburbs of Seatown four years ago. He still insisted that she saved you. I don’t think he’s lying. Maybe he truly believes that it was Reina who had saved you.” Gerald thought that the Myers family would have been behind that too. Perhaps Reina might have lied to Henry.“Be extra attentive to
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?”