After arranging the accommodation, it was already evening. Miss Leigh Ann brought the parents to the dining hall the botanical garden had prepared for everyone.Rosalie took the boys to go get their food. There were a lot of the employees of the botanical garden in the restaurant, far more than when they got off the bus just now. Estie did not like it very much. She followed Rosalie all the way, and her eyes never left her.Rosalie noticed the little girl's gaze and looked back, only to see her timid face. Heartache filled her own eyes. She simply had Lucian and Nox hold each other's hands while she held onto the little girl with one free hand.The little girl saw her. Estie reached her hand out to hold Rosalie’s, and without thinking, Rosalie stretched out her own hand to grab hold. Estie’s eyes turned into crescents when she smiled. The delight on her face erased the timidness from before.Byron was worried about the little girl and kept following her. Seeing Rosalie holding h
Rosalie had wanted to go back directly after dinner, but after coming out of the dining hall, the children saw the scenery outside and stopped walking.Rosalie looked up.They were on a mountain. The installations of the botanical garden were much simpler than that of the city, so there was not much lighting equipment.Only a full moon was hanging in the sky, and its light sprinkled onto them through the woods particularly softly. The plants in the botanical garden also looked very beautiful.Many parents had taken their children for a walk in the garden."Mommy, let's go and have a look!" Nox tugged Rosalie's hand.It was rare for Rosalie to have such free time. Coupled with the beautiful scenery, she also felt like going sightseeing. She turned around and said to Byron, "I'll take the children for a walk. President Lawrence, you can bring Estie back first."With that, she released Estie's hand and asked her to go look for Byron.Estie, on the other hand, would not let go. He
At the mention of Byron's marriage with Wendy, Rosalie lowered her gaze slightly. She swallowed the excuse in her mouth and answered faintly, "Thank you for reminding me. I’ll pay attention."The woman thought she had made her point. This way, she could butter up to Wendy when she became Mrs. Lawrence in the future. Thinking of this, the woman glanced at Rosalie condescendingly. "It's good if you know. How can you be worthy of President Lawrence?"The two had been talking for some time. Estie had waited very long yet did not see Aunt coming to get her. She looked out from behind the tree and saw a woman standing in front of Aunt fiercely. She thought she was bullying Aunt and ran out on her little legs hurriedly."Lady, don't bully Aunt!" The little girl hugged Rosalie's leg and glared at the woman opposite her with the childlike ferocity of a cat with its fur on end.Seeing the little girl who had suddenly appeared, the woman was stunned. She then quickly switched to a smiling e
"President Lawrence..."Seeing who had arrived, the woman's anger diminished a lot. The smile on her face no longer felt hostile either.Byron nodded to her coldly. He strode to Rosalie and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"Rosalie glanced at the obviously guilty woman opposite her and thought of what she just said. In the end, she did not want to cause more trouble, so she calmly shook her head. "It's nothing. The lady came to say hello. Estelle doesn’t like strangers, so she just got scared."Hearing this, Byron looked at the person opposite him suspiciously. "Estie isn’t that timid.”The woman was flustered as she felt the pressure of Byron's imposition. She humbly bowed her head and explained, "I just wanted to touch the little lady because she looks cute. I didn't expect to scare her. I'm really sorry."Byron looked at the little girl in his arms again.Estie’s mouth trembled, but she said nothing. Her big eyes were just looking at Rosalie directly.Obviously, things
When they returned to their room, it was already later than nine o'clock at night.Lucian and Nox had sweated up a storm after running around playing hide and seek just now.After coming back, Rosalie immediately took them to go shower.The sound of Rosalie roughhousing with the two boys sounded from the bathroom from time to time.Estie sat on the bed, staring at the bathroom door with eyes full of envy.When she lived in Aunt’s house back then, she often bathed her. After Daddy took her back, it was Grandma Zora who had been bathing her.She still remembered how gentle Aunt had been when she bathed her. The shower gel she used also smelled so nice.Byron looked at the expectation on the little girl's face and felt complicated.No matter how one looked at it, this little girl was too dependent on Rosalie.Perhaps the bond between mother and daughter was too strong?Rosalie came out of the bathroom with the boys after a while. Their hair was wet, and they were still horsing a
The sound of a cell phone ringing was suddenly heard.The screen of Byron’s phone started blinking as it lay at the head of the bed.Rosalie inadvertently glanced at it. When she saw the caller ID on the screen, she lowered her gaze and looked away.The phone kept ringing for a few more moments before Byron turned around and picked it up.When he saw the caller ID, Byron reflexively glanced at Rosalie. He then walked to the window before answering the call. "Is something the matter?"On the other end, Wendy's voice sounded annoyed as she grumbled, "I heard that Estie’s kindergarten is holding a tree planting charity event. Are you going to take Estie to the event?""Yeah," Byron replied flatly. "Hasn't Estie always disliked crowds? She’s never participated in such activities before, so why are you bringing her for the event this time?" The expression on Wendy's face was gradually turning more and more dissatisfied.Byron could not be bothered to entertain her, so he tersely re
Early the next morning, the tree planting event began.Miss Leigh Ann waited for the parents and children to finish their meals, then led everyone to the event location.This time, the school was collaborating with the botanical garden, and the botanical garden had specially set aside an area of land for the children to plant their trees.A group of staff was already waiting for them at the site.Seeing the children’s tiny and adorable appearances made the staff members excited to work with them.Miss Leigh Ann introduced the staff members to the parents. Then, she divided the parents into groups and instructed them to follow the staff members to retrieve the saplings.Hearing that they were going to be grouped, Estie looked at Rosalie eagerly. She stood in place without moving even when the teacher called her name.With furrowed eyebrows, Byron followed Estie’s line of sight. His eyes landed on the woman standing not far away, then he frowned silently.Rosalie still had her mi
Rosalie took three saplings, figuring she would also plant a tree with the boys.The two boys took this event quite seriously. When they woke up early that morning, they were very excited as if they were going to participate in some major competition.Therefore, Rosalie did not want to disappoint them.After retrieving the saplings, the three of them began digging pits for the saplings under the guidance of the staff member.The two boys gave it their all.For today's event, Rosalie had intentionally changed to similar sportswear as the twins. Hence, she was currently having a relatively easy time moving around.Working together, the three of them finished digging the first pit in no time.Just as they were about to start on the next pit, a soft childlike voice suddenly sounded in their ears."Aunt!" Estie stood beside Rosalie excitedly.Hearing this, Rosalie paused her movements and looked at the little girl beside her in surprise. "Estie, why are you here?"If she remembere
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