vidently, Sophia was reluctant to tell the truth. Hylda might have scolded her if she knew that this was all because Sophia had tried to sneak into Keegan's bed. So, Sophia left that part out and claimed, "What else could it be? Tonight was Mr. Snyder's birthday, and we were all out celebrating. Keegan had too much to drink, so I was helping him. Stella was unhappy about it, and she came over and slapped me!"Hylda was furious. "Why didn't you fight back?""Someone dragged me. I couldn't move at all!" Sophia cried and said, "Mom, you have already obtained the marriage certificate with dad. Why do I still have to stand for this stupidity? How long will I have to endure it!"Hylda felt annoyed too. There was a formal wedding when someone else was getting married, but she had to obtain the marriage certificate stealthily. Until now, she still had to pretend to be Albert's secretary when they attended those banquets every time. Hylda suffered in silence for over 20 years. Finally, somet
Albert was taken aback. "You're saying Stella did this?""Who else I won't allow Sophia to fight back except her?"Albert frowned. "What happened?"Hylda told the incident to Albert in an exaggerated manner. She said in the end, "Albert, I have been with you for so many years. I'm not afraid of any grievances. I'll take it since I decided to be with you. But, what did my child do wrong? She slapped Sophia just because of such a trifle. Is she really angry because of this? She's deliberately looking for an excuse to vent her anger on Sophia!"Albert said nothing.Sophia sobbed softly, "Mom, forget it. Don't put dad in a difficult position.""I wouldn't have endured it for so many years if I wanted to put him in a difficult position." Hylda wiped away her tears, turned her head, and added, "Go wash up. This is how our lives are.""What are you talking about?" Albert's expression calmed down when he was speaking on this topic. He held Hylda's hand and whispered, "How can I not unde
"Who? Nobody. It's just the hotel clerk. I left my phone in the room," Felicity explained instantly. Her voice sounded a bit hoarse.Stella's face was full of suspicion. "Hotel? Did you stay in a hotel last night?""Yep," Felicity cleared her throat. "I drank too much last night. It was very late, so I stayed in a hotel.""Oh. It's fine if you stay in a hotel. Keegan was drunk last night, and something happened at the scene. That's why I forgot to call you, and I was worried about how you would go back.""Well, I'm fine." Felicity's voice sounded strange as if she was straining and struggling. When Stella was about to ask her again, Felicity said, "The cab I booked is here. I have to hang up now. I'll contact you later.""Okay."After hanging up the phone, Felicity looked down at the man under her whose mouth was held tightly by her. She gritted his teeth and said, "You bastard! You're a piece of shit! What have you done to me!"Vermont's mouth and nose were covered by Felicity,
Felicity stared at Vermont. In the end, she let go of him after confirming repeatedly."Vermont?" Doctor Steven raised his voice. "Are you awake?""I'm awake." Vermont cleared his throat and said loudly, "What's wrong?"Doctor Steven said, "You left your phone in the bar last night. They delivered it here. Open the door and get it."Felicity stared at him threateningly. "Ask Doctor Steven to put the phone by the door!"Vermont put on his coat and glanced at her. "Do you think he won't suspect a thing if I ask him to put it by the door?"Of course, Felicity realized that her solution would show the signs of a guilty person giving himself away by consciously protesting his innocence. There were clearly some problems if a person was afraid to open the door to get his phone.Suddenly, Felicity had no idea what to do next. The door was facing the bed, and everything could be seen at a glance in this kind of standard room. If she hid in the bathroom and Vermont, the bastard talked non
Steven only thought that Vermont wanted to protect the woman. So, he stopped teasing and left by saying, "There's something I need to do in the hospital."After Vermont closed the door, he saw Felicity lowering her eyes with a depressed look."What's your name?" said Vermont.Felicity looked at him warily. "Why do you want to know?"Vermont was speechless toward her reaction and flatly said, "Forget it. It's not important." As he said that, he took out a check from his leather jacket, signed it, and handed it to Felicity. "If you think the price is okay, we can settle this privately. If it's not, we can settle this through legal means."Two hundred thousand was written on the check.Felicity's face kept changing. She raised her leg and kicked him the next second.Vermont had been kicked so many times by her. He would surely learn the lesson. When he saw Felicity raise her leg, he quickly grabbed her ankle with his hand. He exerted himself, grabbed her leg, and pushed her onto th
Meanwhile, a pack of prop blood used in filming lay under the bed....When Keegan woke up, Stella was sitting in the living room holding a laptop, working on something.He had a bad headache due to the hangover from last night's drink.When the new housekeeper, Maria, saw Keegan coming downstairs, she warmly greeted him. "Sir, please have some ginger lemon tea. Madam asked me to make it. I've kept it warm."Keegan nodded after glancing at Stella who was sitting on the sofa.Maria immediately went to the kitchen to serve the ginger lemon tea and brought it out.He took a sip and walked behind the sofa with the mug in his hand.Stella had her legs crossed, with a laptop on her lap. As soon as Keegan leaned over, she quickly closed the laptop."Keegan..."He paused for a moment, "Did you... pick me up last night?"Stella glanced at him and replied, "Yeah."Keegan touched his chest. "What did you do to me? Why is it so red here?"Stella's eye twitched as she thought, 'He has
Stella walked all the way to the rooftop on the second floor while holding her phone and finally answered the call."Stella, why did you only answer my call now? Didn't you see the message I sent you last night?""I saw it," Stella replied in a flat tone.Albert frowned. "If you saw it, then why didn't you call me back?""Dad, why were you so anxious to find me in the middle of the night? Is it about me hitting Sophia?"Albert was taken aback. He did not expect Stella to be so direct.He said, "You and Sophia never fought when you were kids. What made you hit her like this?""Didn't Sophia tell you?" Stella asked."She said Keegan was drunk and she helped him up, but you got upset. Is this really worth it? Keegan is her brother-in-law. She can't possibly have other ulterior motives. She just wanted to help."Stella chuckled, "She just helped him up? Is that what Sophia told you?"Albert felt uneasy when he heard her cold laughter because her tone was too much like Rainee's. "
Parental favoritism could be very extreme."Since you think it's Keegan's fault, why don't you bring Sophia to our house and confront Keegan to see if I said a single lie to frame her?" Stella said.Albert was taken aback and glanced at Sophia, whose face had darkened beside him. He began to doubt what she had told him.He took a deep breath and said in a soft voice, "I'll investigate it.""Wait a minute," Stella stopped him and cut to the chase. "Dad, when are you planning to transfer the donation to the welfare home?"Albert paused for a moment before he replied, "The company's revenue has declined this year, and we can't support the welfare home anymore. I've already contacted the city government to see if the welfare home can apply for subsidies."Stella's expression grew solemn. "The funds for the welfare home come from Mom's share of the company's property. Even if revenue continues to decline, can't the company afford a monthly donation of a hundred thousand dollars? If yo