Edwards expression isn’t that of surprised one, he asked a hours ago and his secretary was already done with the investigations. One thing was for sure, he was curious about the outcome even though he had already prejudiced the situation. The investigation had not produced good results. According to how well Robert knew Edward, he knew that he would get mad after looking through it.Having been Edwards secretary for so many years, Robert puts down the documents and subconsciously wanted to leave. He wanted to give Edward space to digest the information. At the same time, he preferred not to be around when he got mad.But just as Robert was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly sees the painkiller medicine on the table. Robert quickly looks at Edward, only to find that he did not look very well.He couldn’t himself but ask about the farewell of his boss. And so inquires with a worried expression on his face,“Mr. Franks, are you hurting anywhere?”Edward’s hand trembled slightly
During that time, the entire City knew that Suzy Bright was pining after Edward.However, he didn’t like her back. Master Franks also felt like the Bright’s family was too lacking to be a good match for him anyway, so he did not intervene. Honestly, what happened that year did not seem at all connected to Suzy.However, Robert had an impeccable memory. He remembered that not long before that night, Suzy had waited for Edward by his office entrance. Edward was annoyed and told her to stop dreaming because he would never like her. Her expression that time was one of a hurt person, like a glutton denied of his favorite snack.After that, Edward got in the car and left, but Suzy out of anger and frustration of being abandoned, shouted behind him, “Edward, I will definitely get you one day!”There wasn’t really anything special about what she said. But when put together with the incident that happened, Robert was starting to get a little suspicious.But it was just a suspicion, so he only
Alexia wasn’t someone who liked to recall the past. This realistic dream made her remember things that felt like a lifetime ago. The curtains were still closed, so the room was still dark. She reached up to her forehead to wipe off her sweat. Then, she got up to change and pulled open the drapes.She slept all the way until 12 o’clock. The sun meets with her eyes and she squints them out of ache. She stands in front of the tall window looking at the world in front of her. It seems the world is still running even though she was fast asleep. After a moment, she sighs and she turns to go wash up.The cold water splashed on her face, and she trembled all over. She wasn’t supposed to wash with cold water since she was having a fever, but she forgot. Alexia glances at herself in the mirror. She sees that her face looked haggard and pale. She really looked like a patient.In the room, her phone vibrated violently. She readjusted her thoughts and went out to pick up the phone. “Hello?”“What’
Because she was sick, Alexia’s reaction time was a lot slower. She raised her head to look at Damon. Coincidentally, the light in the room shone on his face, making him look even gentler than usual.Seeing that she was looking at him without moving, he put the spoon near her mouth and tapped her lips gently. Alexia came back to her senses. She opened her mouth and gulped down the spoonful of soup. She opens her mouth and he puts the food into it. As she ate, she knew that he was right. It was not hot.Her cold was very serious, and it made her feel very uncomfortable. Her head kept spinning. The moment she accepted Damon’s first spoonful of soup, she didn’t resist anymore.It was very quiet in the room, and neither of them spoke. Damon fed her spoonful after spoonful until the soup was all gone. It was only then that Alexia opened her mouth to say, “Thank you.”Probably due to the fever, her face was pale with a red tint. Her brown eyes were much less distant than normal. In an instan
They walk towards the medicine counter to take the medication instructed by the doctor. After a few steps, Alexia realized that Damon was holding her hand. She quickly pulled her hand back.Damon, who was standing beside her, suddenly turned to look at her. “What’s wrong?”His eyes were clear and bright with ignorance, making it hard for her to explain her actions. She could answer, “Nothing, let’s go back.”“Do you feel very uncomfortable?” he asks still with worry in his eyes.Damon raised his eyebrows, as if he suddenly realized something. And he says to her, “If you’re feeling sickly, you should have said so earlier. There’s no need to power through on your own.”As he spoke, he lowered his body and lifted her up.It was true that Alexia was feeling very weak. Her head felt extremely heavy. When Damon suddenly picked her up, she had no time to react.She instinctively reached out to hook her arms around his neck and looked up at his chin. Only after looking at him for two seconds
The two men weren’t expecting to see each other any time sooner after the rough night together.Obviously, Edward hadn’t expected to meet Damon in the hospital. The first thing he noticed was Alexia in his arms. At this moment, she was fast asleep with only half her face peeking out. In his arms, she looked like she was having a wonderful dream not caring about her surroundings and what people might say. Edward watched his ex-wife comfortable in another man’s arms and he felt angry. He couldn’t look away but then he still had another woman hanging on his arm.Noticing his gaze, Damon slightly tilted his arms to avert Edward’s gaze away from Alexia. Beside Edward was Cecelia. When she saw Alexia, who was asleep in Damon’s arms, she was stunned at first. Then, she rushed over to him and pulled the shirt of Alexia. Then she said to her in an angry tone, “What on Earth did you say to Rachael?”Damon couldn’t dodge in time as he wasn’t expecting that action from Cecelia. Being pulled on li
As soon as Damon was done speaking, the reporters all exchanged glances. Moments later, they all left in unison. After the reporters left, Damon took Alexia straight to the parking lot.There would always be recalcitrant people and there were some among the reporters. Some of them refused to give up and continued to tail him. However, Damon turned around and shot them a look. Instantly, they backed off.The car slowly pulled out of the hospital. Looking at all the reporters in the rear view mirror, Alexia’s brows furrowed even deeper.When Cecelia came over to tug at her, she was immediately awakened. She had heard every word that she said to her. What she couldn’t understand was what she meant by her words. And so, she questioned herself,‘Has Cecelia gone mad already?’They were making up lies and trying to frame her!The night before, they were all present when she said all those things to Rachael. So could she have said that would make them think it’s the reason she is attempting
When Alexia woke up, it was already dark. Even though her eyes were open, she couldn’t see a thing.She fumbled around for her phone and turned on the lights. It was only then she realized that she had slept past 7p.m. As soon as she came back from the hospital, she took her medicine and then slept. Now, she was feeling much better.She slowly started to recall the events of that day. Thinking about Damon, she felt a slight headache.Due to her being sick, she was more vulnerable. When Damon came over, she was having a high fever. After coming back from the hospital and taking her medicine, she felt drowsy. Hence, the entire day, she had been in a complete daze. This had given Damon the perfect chance to swoop in.When she realized that Damon was probably still outside waiting for her, she sighed internally.Alexia had experience being pursued before. In high school, she excelled at her studies. Not only that, she was good at fighting, she was pretty and cool at the same time. She nev
Not only the guests, even Damon and Edward were shocked. The other man went to Veronica and slid the wedding ring on her hand, she looked at the host and took the male wedding ring and slid it on his as well.Alexia didn't expect that Damon would come on stage. Days prior, she had told him not to act impulsively on the wedding day, but she didn't expect that Damon would still rush up.This was between her and the Franks family. Alexia didn't want to get Damon involved.Seeing him on the stage, Alexia called out to him in the chaos. "Damon."Her voice wasn't loud. The wedding that day was grand, but Alexia was standing under the stage. Before she even said a word, Damon had already seen her.Alexia was wearing a plain long dress that day. Her hair was tied up and she wore a pair of sunglasses.It was no wonder that no one noticed that Alexia was under the stage. Dressed like this, most of the guests thought that she was some celebrity.Damon quickly came to his senses. He turned around
The groom got ready much faster than the bride. After Edward finished his makeup, he went out to welcome the guests with Master Franks.When the guests saw Edward, although his expression was still as cold as ice, when they looked at him, it was obvious that he was in a good mood this day.At half past six, the wedding began as scheduled.As the groom, Edward was already backstage.After the host gave the opening speech, Edward was invited to the stage to share his love story.But everyone knew that Mr. Bo had always been a quiet and indifferent person. At first, the host was a little worried that Edward wouldn't answer at all.It turned out that he had worried for nothing.Although Edward's answer was not very exciting, it was still an answer."Mr. Frank, before I welcome the bride, I want to ask you a few questions first. I believe that everyone here is as curious as I am."As we all know, you and the bride have been married once. What exactly is the purpose of your marriage this ti
......Edward really didn't want to care about this wedding, because he clearly knew that this wedding was just for show.Be it him or Alexia, they were all tools for Master Franks to boost his reputation in exchange for benefits.It just so happened that he liked Alexia and wanted to remarry him, so he didn't say much.However, Master Franks' words changed Edward's mind.Did Alexia really go back to her parents in person the previous day just to persuade Mr. Ferrero to agree to the wedding?He thought of what happened that night. She was cold towards him as ever, as if she didn't want to get married to him at all.Edward had been feeling conflicted over the past few days. He even wanted to ask Alexia to call off the wedding.However, every time he felt the urge to do so, he couldn't help but look at Alexia's old messages telling him how much she loved him.Edward felt as if he had been trapped in a ball played on the field. He couldn't escape, nor did he know how.But now, he no long
He was taken aback by Alexia's question. Then he smiled and said, "Why? Do you think you've seen me before?""When I was 15, I passed out in an alley filled with gangsters from other universities. Before I lost consciousness, I faintly felt that a boy picked me up and sent me to the hospital."At this point, Alexia paused for a moment. "After I woke up, I only saw my parents beside my bed. But the uniform that the boy covered me with when he sent me to the hospital was still on me. There was a school tag inside, which said 'Edward'. I thought that the person who saved me was Edward. Eventually, I fell in love with him.""I've always thought that Edward was actually a gentle person. He's just cold on the outside but soft on the inside. But ever since that incident, I've never seen his gentle side again.""In the past few months, being with you has given me a feeling that I mistook the boy for someone else. You saved me, didn't you?"She didn't fall in love with Edward at first sight. S
Damon handed a suitcase to me and said. I lowered her head and looked at it. I was a little confused. And so, I asked, "What's this?""It's a money gift."Then, he placed the suitcase in my hands.Damon then loosened his grip. I felt the weight, so I subconsciously held the suitcase tightly and said, "What money gift?''Why are you giving me this for no reason at all?"Halfway through the sentence, I came to her senses. My heart beat faster as I asked, "Did Edward tell you?"There was no smile on his face and only darkness in his eyes. "Hmm."He answered and turned to leave.He walked very slowly, as if he was struggling with every step, but also as if he was waiting for something.I watched and felt that my eyes were burning. Before I could react, I had already opened my mouth. I called out to him subconsciously, "Damon."Hearing my voice, the man who had already walked to the corner stopped.For the first time, he didn't look back at me. He just turned his back to me and said, "If y
We were about to go home when we encountered three thugs. We walked to the car and saw them smoking by it. Damon wanted to move it and so, he approached them and said to themDo you mind moving from the car?But then it seemed that they had met bad company, one of them stepped forward and said to him,Dare to make us leave? I want to lean on your car for a moment. Dare you make me angry and you will go home with your balls in your hands.I realized that Damon was getting irritated and he wasn’t the only one. And so, I moved closer to him and said to him,Let’s not cause any commotion and leave from here.The other two looked at me and whistled and then said,You’ve gotten the hottest harlot for the night, do you mind borrowing her to us? We will…Before he could finish his words, they heard a bone crack and they saw Damon’s fist on the speaker’s cheek.And that was how it all began, three to one, I just couldn’t stand by and so, I joined him.Thirty minutes later, the police arrived a
I was in my office after returning from the dinner when Joanna presented a file to me. She said it concerned Charlotte who I thought I was done with. I wondered what that information was and so I looked through it. When I was done, I chuckled and said, "No wonder."No wonder Joanna couldn't find out anything about Charlotte connected to the Franks. It turned out that Edward had sent someone to clean up her mess.In the past few months, Edward's men had been watching Joanna's men.However, a few days ago, I had told Joanna not to look into Charlotte anymore. Edward's men probably thought that they finally stopped investigating. They didn't expect that Joanna would come back and find out about them.In my opinion, no matter how bad Edward was, he would never do such a shameless thing.However, it turned out that I didn't really know him.I had been hesitating about the wedding, but after finding out about this, I was clear about her decision.It was all thanks to Joanna that I found out
I made sure to take my time in the office, in fact I wanted to finish the day’s work before seeing him. But I thought about it that he might be feeling sore over for sitting at one place for two hours. My worry wasn’t on that one, he could fake collapsing and I didn’t want people talking about company with the Franks name attached and so I had to see him.I walked in with a faint smile on her face.Master Franks glanced at me and sat up on the chair. He then said with a pretentious smile which was very obvious. "Miss Alexia, you've been busy."I pretended that I couldn't hear the dissatisfaction in his words. And replied to him,"You're too kind, Master Franks. I've just taken over a project in another city, and I have a lot of things to do."I realized that talking to me was only pissing him off, so Master Franks decided not to argue with her. "Miss Alexia, you've worked hard. Shall we talk over lunch?""Okay."I responded and then led him out.As soon as they arrived, the dishes wer
Damon’s conclusion wasn’t his only, I knew that could happen. Jane had been punished by her family and so, without their permission, she couldn’t have attempted to hurt me once again. That family was that corrupt that, they didn’t mind using the only daughter of the family to commit bad deeds.I had had it to my neck and I couldn’t take it anymore, I had to do something which would put the franks family back in its place, off my back.I didn’t know what that could be but I began thinking about it when he visited once again. Damon had left and I was indoors browsing through the news about my so called pregnancy when I heard my door bell. I stood up and went to open up and there he was. I looked at him and thought of the information online and then asked him,“Are you here to verify that I am pregnant? If so, you should know that even if I am, you are not the father right?”Edward sighed before he replied to me, “It isn’t the reason that I am here. And I am sure that that you are not pr