Seeing each of these individuals' expressionless faces as they held the boxes in their arms, Rosalie was confused. "What is this..."Byron answered, "Lego sets. I heard they wanted to play with Lego sets yesterday, so I asked my assistant to buy them overnight. There are some difficult sets among them, so the children should like them."Rosalie could not help feeling stunned.Looking at the expressionless strong men in front of them, she found that they looked a little out of place with the things in their arms."Let them bring the things in first." Byron motioned the bodyguards to take the things in.Rosalie hesitated for a moment and finally made way for them. She watched them put the boxes in their arms down on the floor one by one.The children who were in the dining room heard what was happening outside and ran out curiously.Lucian and Nox stood beside the boxes, their eyes shining.Estie, on the other hand, went to her daddy and ran around him once before returning to th
Old Master Quirke's treatment had come to an end. All that remained was to prescribe him medicine that he was to take regularly and inform him to take it on time.Rosalie also no longer needed to make her way to the Quirke household every now and then. She had plenty of free time. She practically spent all of her days in the research institute, either dealing with trivial matters or participating in research and development with the researchers in the experimental area.As her former assistant abroad, Yves now naturally gave her a hand. Their cooperation was tacit.It had not been easy to make a breakthrough in their research and development today. Hence, the two of them exited the experimental area early.Yves suggested, "After being so busy for so many days, why don't we have a meal to celebrate?"Hearing this, Rosalie glanced at the time and refused apologetically. "Why not another day? I have to pick up the children later."Hearing the reason, it would not be nice for Yves to
Rosalie seemed to sense a cold gaze watching her. Confused, she turned and looked around, but she could not see anything out of the ordinary.“What’s the matter?” Leon noticed something was amiss and asked her concernedly.Rosalie pulled her gaze back and shook her head somewhat hesitantly. “It’s nothing.”That was what she said, but Rosalie was a little distracted for the rest of the meal.That gaze was almost real. It did not seem like she was imagining it at all. However, she just could not figure out where it was coming from.It was only at the end of their meal that Rosalie forced herself to stop indulging her suspicions.Leon politely offered, “It’s getting late. Shall I send you home?”Rosalie declined with a smile. “It’s fine. I drove here, and I wouldn’t want to trouble you.”Leon did not insist any further.The two of them left the restaurant, chatting cheerfully. Leon watched Rosalie get into her car before he turned around and got his, slowly driving out of the par
The cars ahead began to move again. Rosalie removed her foot from the brake and turned her gaze back to the road.She scoffed at the thought of his expression. “Aren’t you engaged to Miss Fuller, President Lawrence? But you’re getting awfully close to me because of Estie. Isn’t that a little inappropriate?”She did not even know who Estie’s mother was.In that case, that man’s behavior was even more deplorable.Where did he find the nerve to criticize her?Byron did not expect her to bring up Estie. His expression turned complicated, and he said vaguely, “That’s different.”After all, Estie was her daughter in the first place.Rosalie just snorted. “How is that different? Besides, Estie is the only thing tying us together. Without her, we aren’t even friends. Who I make friends with is my business. It has nothing to do with you, President Lawrence. You’re overstepping your boundaries here.”The temperature in the car plummeted after she said that.Byron’s expression was belo
“Sorry, something came up tonight and I couldn’t pick you up. Have you had dinner?”Rosalie let them go and asked them gently.The three children nodded obediently. “Yes, we have! We’ve been playing for a long time!”Rosalie heaved a sigh of relief, standing up as she said, “What have you been playing? Show me.”Nox ran to the living room excitedly. “We were playing with the Lego Mister Byron bought us! It’s really fun!”Lucian and Estie stayed with Rosalie. She held one of their hands in each of hers, watching Nox in amusement. The kids obviously liked the Lego Byron had bought for them. The type and difficulty of the sets he bought suited them perfectly.The three children had built a base over the course of a single evening.No matter how she looked at it, though, the Lego set was very boyish.Rosalie looked at Estie worriedly. “Do you like this Lego, Estie?”Estie’s eyes sparkled and she nodded hard.She liked everything as long as she was with the boys.Rosalie was fi
Early the next morning, Rosalie took the three children out for breakfast.Estie sat next to her obediently, while the two boys fed her until her cheeks puffed up like a hamster. She was adorable.Rosalie watched how sweet and cute she was. While her heart melted at the sight, it also ached a bit for her.Last night, Estie looked like she really wanted to talk…All of a sudden, Rosalie had an idea. She looked at the girl beside her lovingly. “Do you want a chicken nugget, Estie?”Estie nodded.Rosalie picked up a nugget but held it above Estie’s plate. “If you want to eat it, tell me.”Estie blinked and looked a little troubled.Rosalie frowned slightly, sounding disappointed. “If you don’t talk, there are times when I can’t understand you. I’ll worry if I’m taking proper care of you or not. Could you slowly try to talk, Estie? I’ll stay with you, so we can take it slow. Okay?”Lucian and Nox put down their cutlery and echoed her sentiment. “We’ll help too! We want to hear you
That went on for a few days. Estie had Rosalie to keep her company at home, but she was all alone at the kindergarten.She watched as the boys played with the other children but ignored her. Finally, Estie mustered up the courage and ran up to them.The boys exchanged a look and said sternly, “What is it now?”Estie gripped the hem of her little dress until it was crumpled, and she had a deep frown on her pretty brow. She looked at them solemnly, opening her mouth and trying hard to vocalize.Lucian and Nox watched her, anxiously and worriedly.If they had not known that Estie could speak, they would never have been willing to force her like this.They waited until they were about to give, when suddenly they heard a miniscule sound.“Lu… No…”Estie’s face was red as a tomato, but she could only manage a syllable for each of them. She lowered her head dejectedly.Lucian and Nox were overjoyed, however. They wrapped her up in a huge bear hug. “That was amazing, Estie!”Their hu
Byron had been somewhat busy lately too, but he still showed up at Rosalie's door every day.Every so often, he would remember the sight of Rosalie meeting Leon in private and the way Rosalie had turned the conversation against him later in the car.Because of their argument that time, Rosalie even asked him to take Estie back home. Since then, Byron would stop by but stay out of Rosalie's sight. He would simply watch the four of them from afar.As he watched, Estie grew livelier by the day. At first, Byron assumed she just liked Rosalie, but now the little girl was even starting to speak.At the same time, Wendy rushed to the Lawrence Corporation as soon as the working day was over. "Sorry, Miss Fuller. The Master just left." Luther had just gotten off from work too, and he called out to Wendy when he saw her hitting the button for the President's floor.Wendy's expression turned a little hard at that. "Where did he go?"Luther gave her a polite smile. "How would I know where
The immense pain caused Violet to become delusional. Besides the heart-piercing howls, she suddenly burst out laughing maniacally.She bit her lip until her mouth were filled with blood. Her face was grim and distorted and her eyes bulged out of the sockets.She stared at Rosalie viciously and sneered in a sinister way. "Rosalie Jacobs, so what if I poisoned your mother to death? Who made her a b*tch, unwilling to divorce obediently, and kept taking money from Gordon. She isn’t that great! Hahaha...""......" Rosalie's blood boiled. The seventh silver needle appeared in her hand.At this time, Byron quickly walked to her side and grabbed her.‘If my wife is overtaken by her emotions and takes a step forward, she would be a murderer for sure.’He hugged Rosalie, not letting her go any further.Sophie saw her mother in such pain. She stared at Rosalie with red eyes and kept yelling. "Rosalie, how dare you treat my mother like this? I will kill you! I will definitely kill you..."
When Violet heard Rosalie's concrete words, her face was horrified, and her eyes darted quickly."Rosalie, what nonsense are you talking about? When have I ever done something like this? Don't try to slander me!" She nervously argued.As everyone knows, she had fallen into Rosalie’s verbal trap."You haven't done it? Didn't you ask Ethan to help you poison Mama? It's mercury. Just a little bit could affect my mother slowly. Just two or three times a month is enough. The long-term accumulation of toxins was enough to shorten my mother's life to a few years. Ethan was so young then and you are willing to use him. Aren’t you afraid that he would accidentally ingest it?"Rosalie's angry face and hateful eyes made Violet look away in fear. Her body trembled uncontrollably."Violet, you still insist on arguing until now. I really couldn't do anything about you a few days ago. However, I can come to you now, which means that I have enough evidence to prove that you used your good son Eth
The chainsaw roared, and the iron chain was severed in less than thirty seconds, followed by two iron doors which collapsed to the ground.Byron and Rosalie walked in through the iron gate.The frightened Sophie rushed downstairs first. When she saw the couple, she panicked and shouted. "What are you trying to do? Breaking into a private house is illegal. I'll call the police immediately!"With that, she took out her mobile phone and feigned intimidation.Rage shot to the top of Rosalie’s head. She rushed over, snatched Sophie's phone, and smashed it to pieces on the ground.How refreshing to be the bad guy.For the past twenty years or so, Rosalie had been a pro at being a good person. She always suffered losses from being kind.The best way to deal with shameless people was to be even more shameless than them. In this way, there was nothing the opponent could do.Sophie was stunned for a few seconds, but she could not stop Rosalie at all."Where is Violet? Get the hell out n
Mama’s last will intermittently recorded the last three years of her life.When Rosalie finished reading her mother’s last word, the dam had broken, and she burst into loud sobs.The heart-piercing grief lingered in her chest. She kept murmuring under her breath. "Mama, my Mama...hurts so much in her life. She was in so much pain!"She tearfully looked at her husband. At this moment, Rosalie was like a frightened little animal, her entire body trembling helplessly.Byron read the will with her. The typically calm and introverted Byron felt his eyes burning and tears streamed down his face.Immediately, a monstrous anger appeared on his face. He exuded a deadly aura all over. He gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly, "Honey, we must avenge Mama. Violet is not human. She is just a beast clad in human skin!"Rosalie cried bitterly while hugging Byron, inconsolable for a long time.Finally, Detective Carter read the contents of the will and remained silent for a long time.The con
[My dear daughter, my beloved Rosalie, I wonder how many years later will you see this written will? Ten years, or twenty years? Or you may not see it at all."[Darling, Mama loves you very much, I love you too much. So, it is you who gave Mama the courage to accept my fate at this moment. I know very well that my life is slipping away bit by bit, but I don’t feel afraid at all!][However, Mama don’t know why such bad luck happened to you. You were only three years old and just learned to run and jump around, and you’ve just learnt to pronounce the word Mama properly. Despite that, death is around the corner, knocking on my door. Mama feels reluctant, this is such a waste! Mama prays to God, I’m willing to accept anything as long as you live, even if it means falling into hell.][You were suffering from a congenital genetic disorder. I took you to many hospitals and finally found a solution. However, the treatment cost is as high as one million dollars. Mama can't afford this at all
Byron, who has always been calm in dealing with things, felt anxious this time.The car continued to accelerate. There was no time to lose. He needed to verify personally whether the heirloom left by his mother-in-law were really hidden in the frame of the wedding photo.Rosalie also looked solemn, and her heart was beating fast.Violet cared so much about Mama’s heirloom. She was still looking for it even when she could not find it after more than ten years, which shows that this heirloom was of great importance.Perhaps, there was enough evidence in it to prove that Violet harmed her mother.Rosalie truly wanted to know; how did Violet manage to poison her slowly? At that time, she had no contact with Mama at all!In about ten minutes, the car arrived at the Jacobs old house.Early in the morning, Detective Carter still led his bodyguards to search around, knocking on every wall, trying to find some hidden storage space.Upon seeing the eager faces of the young couple, Detect
That voice seemed to unveil Rosalie's dust-sealed memory like an old chest.An image from that year flashed across her mind in an instant.Under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, Mama and Aunt Lou were eating cakes, chatting and laughing over tea. As the sun set, Rosalie came from the kindergarten on the corner of the street, lugging her schoolbag as she rushed home, less than a hundred meters away.Then, she exclaimed. "Mama, I'm home!"At that time, Mama was so healthy. Her eyes were always joyful, and she was as beautiful as an angel.Aunt Lou was also very young at the time, she had just married and had no children. She liked to ask her Mama for advice on family life issues.How wonderful it would be if life could stay that way forever!Unfortunately, everything was ruined by Gordon.Rosalie’s thoughts were raging. It took a long time before Rosalie came back to her senses and told Aunt Lou that she had returned to Coast City, and everything was fine.Aunt Lou continued to
On the second day of the wedding, Mary woke up and habitually thought that it was her home. She was about to go out in her pajamas.Fortunately, Andrius carried her back to bed just as she pushed the door open.Mary woke up from her confusion and realized her new identity, the daughter-in-law of the Quirke family.The husband held her, but suddenly refused to let go. His hands began to wander naughtily.Mary was astonished. They were keeping each other up until late last night. It was only a few hours apart."Is there any custom ceremony that has not been completed? Does your family need us to greet the elders on the first day after marriage?" She suddenly became flustered, and she was short of breath.She wanted to quickly change the subject, so her man would not continue his passionate torment.It would be really embarrassing if they made any noise this early in the morning.Andrius shook his head, and moved his lips closer, wanting to attack.Mary resolutely covered his lip
In the Jacobs’ old family home, Detective Carter kept receiving calls from the bodyguards, and knew the movements of Violet's family like the palm of his hand."Sure enough, it was a bait and switch. On the surface, two cars set off; one came to us and the other was headed to the airport. In actual fact, they escaped from the basement in a taxi. However, they were indeed unable to escape."Detective Carter summarized his updates and reported to Byron and Rosalie.The detective was shocked. The bodyguards that Byron arranged for him had excellent professional skills and strong execution ability. These men were obviously carefully cultivated.Byron nodded calmly.He sighed secretly in his heart. Sophie reacted exactly the same way as Xander Lancer back then, she chose to escape by water.Indeed, travel transportation such as airplanes and high-speed rails have rigid, fixed schedules and are relatively easy to be discovered.Rosalie's mind was not present at all. As long as the hus