Rosalie had nowhere to go after she ran out of the private room and could only hide in the stairwell.She leaned against the wall and was breathing heavily. Not forgetting to raise her hand, she touched her lips that hurt from being kissed, it felt as if the man’s body heat was still on them.A moment later, Rosalie lowered her gaze with self-mockery.She thought she no longer had feelings for Byron after so many years but did not expect her heart to be thrown into disarray after meeting him once. Rosalie returned to the booth after a while when her emotions had stabilized. The staff inside were still having fun and when they saw her come in, they only restrained themselves a little.Yves noticed she seemed a little different from before she left and frowned slightly. “Where did you go off to for so long? Did something happen? You…look kind of off?”Rosalie smiled and shook her head as if nothing had happened. “It’s nothing, I just called my sons.”With that, she went and sat
Estie obediently stretched out her injured hand for him to look.Bryon frowned slightly when he saw the injury on her hand. “How did this happen? Did the kids bully you?”Estie was stunned for a moment but then she forcefully shook her head. She was not bullied?Byron did not understand. “Then what happened?”Estie picked up the drawing pen again and wrote stroke by stroke into the small notebook. She wrote a few letters.S-L-I-P-E-DAfter she wrote that, she tilted her head, feeling somewhat lacking in confidence.The word was too hard to spell.Whenever she comes across a word that she did not know how to spell, she would usually make an educated guess from how it sounded or skip it entirely.She did not come across this word often and did not know if she had spelled it correctly."You slipped?”Byron looked at the letters and confirmed with her.Estie nodded.Byron let out a sigh of relief as he touched the area of the injury. “Did the teacher give you any treatment f
After the little ones went upstairs, the smile instantly fell from Rosalie’s face."What's the matter? What's on your mind?"Mary switched off the television and came to worry over her.After a moment's hesitation, Rosalie explained what happened tonight in a brief manner. "I met Byron at dinner just now."She could not talk to anyone about what happened six years ago except for Mary.Hearing this, Mary was stunned for a moment. She could not help but sigh. "Just what kind of ill-fated relationship do you guys have... Coast City is huge and here I was thinking if you don’t take the first step to go looking for him, the possibility of a meeting would be almost zero."Rosalie lowered her gaze, she seemed to be thinking of something."So, what are your thoughts now after meeting him?" Mary asked."What can I think? We already ended six years ago, now we’re just two strangers. I won't be influenced by him anymore. I just want to take good care of Lucian and Nox and live a good life
Looking at Estie being fetched away by the teacher, Byron looked away and instructed Luther, "Let's go."Luther nodded and drove to Lawrence Corporation.After arriving at the company, Byron attended multiple high-level meetings consecutively.When the meetings were over, more than an hour had passed. Byron went straight back to the office."Byron, you’re back."He heard Wendy's voice the moment he entered the room.Hearing that, Byron frowned slightly.Wendy, dressed in a small black suit, was standing at his desk with a smile. She looked like she had been waiting inside for a while."When did you arrive?”Byron strode to his desk. He glanced at the documents on the desk before finally looking at Wendy's face.Watching him take a seat, Wendy also sat down with him, smiling gently. "I just arrived a little while ago, Luther said you had gone to a meeting."Saying that, she suddenly noticed the scab at the corner of Byron's mouth, and her heart constricted. "Your mouth...di
Byron ignored Wendy's response after he said that.The reason why he decided to marry Wendy at the beginning was just to repay her grandfather's saving grace.This was the reason why he had gotten close with the Fuller family. Hence, when the elders had proposed that he marry Wendy, he had accepted it noncommittally.He had even thought that Wendy was the woman of his dreams.After learning that woman had left without saying goodbye six years ago, he then realized that his feelings for Wendy was not the love he had imagined.The elders from both families had urged him multiple times to complete the marriage procedures as soon as possible after that, but he had made excuses and shelved them.He had also done everything possible to ease the life of the Fuller family over the past six years. He agreed to all their business requirements, just to make it up for the delays.At present, the way he saw it, that kindness had been repaid adequately.At the very least, there was no need t
Rosalie was stunned.The Fullers?From her understanding, there was only one family in the medicine business in Coast City with the Fuller surname.And she happened to have a history with that family.Thinking of this, Rosalie frowned slightly. She only hoped that she would not be that unfortunate to meet the person she did not want to see the most.Not long later, the two reached the coffee shop that was agreed on.The person from the medicine business had not arrived. Rosalie and Yves first found a seat and ordered two cups of coffee while waiting for the other. About ten minutes later, someone knocked on the door of the booth.“They’re here.”Yves braced himself and said to Rosalie beside him.Rosalie nodded and stood up. “Please come in,” she said.Almost instantly, the door pushed open, and a man’s voice sounded. “Our apologies, we’re late.”Rosalie looked up and ahead and ended up meeting Wendy Fuller.Rosalie sighed and thought, ‘You truly attract what you fear.’
“Increase by two points?”Yves was stunned. “President Fuller, did we not already settle this before? Why do you wish to increase the price suddenly now that we’re about to sign the partnership?”Seeing his surprised appearance, Wendy crossed her legs comfortably and said in a leisurely voice, "Indeed, we had agreed prior, but the prices in the medicinal materials market have overall gone up this year. If we signed the contract with you with the originally agreed-upon price, we will lose too much. I hope Dr. Graham understands."This was said in a sanctimonious manner.Yves’s expression froze slightly. He wanted to say something, but Rosalie stopped him."I think Miss Fuller had a sudden urge to raise the prices because she saw me. I know the prices in the medicinal materials market like the back of my hand. If you want to raise prices, we can discuss it but it's unreasonable to raise it by two points at this time."Rosalie wanted to be professional but the other obviously wanted
Hearing that, Byron put down the work in his hands. Recalling the night before, the view of the backs of Rosalie leaving together with the stranger of a man, his gaze sunk slightly. “Who is he?”“The man is Yves Graham; he is the person in charge of Virus Research Institute. The old master of the Quirkes had gone to him for medical consultation before.”Luther noticed the atmosphere in the office had decreased and his tone became a little more careful, “Also, I found that Yves is currently single, it’s likely that…there is nothing special between him and Miss Jacobs. That said, Miss Jacobs also studied medicine in college, the two might have met in school but that is uncertain.”Hearing this possibility, Byron’s expression became less severe. “Is there anything else you found apart from this?”Luther looked somewhat awkwardly. “We only found this at present. On Miss Jacobs’ side, we only know that she had just returned to the country. As for her stint overseas and its traces, we ar
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