After Mason and his crew left, Byron and Rosalie were the only ones left in the corridor. Rosalie's wrist was still in Byron's grip. He did not look like he was going to let go any time soon, but Rosalie did not fly off the handle. She just said calmly, "They're gone, so you can let go now. Don't worry, I won't run away."Byron watched her carefully for a few seconds before he slowly let go. Rosalie rubbed her sore wrist and to two steps back before looking up to meet his gaze. "Is there anything else, President Lawrence?"Byron frowned abruptly. He saved her, but she did not even thank him. And now she was asking him if there was anything else?"Miss Jacobs, I just helped you again. Is this how you repay me?" His tone was cold.Rosalie smirked at him mirthlessly. "Helped me? If you really wanted to help me, you wouldn't have told Jones to continue where he left off. Face it, you just wanted to see me dance to your tune. Don't make yourself sound holier than you are."The
Her cold attitude frustrated Byron, so he said coolly, "Lucian and Nox are still waiting for you at home, so I hope you'll watch yourself, Miss Jacobs."Rosalie did not want to dwell on this topic either, so she nodded calmly. "Thank you for the reminder, President Lawrence."The two of them exchanged a look, both of their hearts roiling with emotion. Byron pulled his gaze back with a frown and turned to leave the hotel. He only came here today for her.However, her attitude was making him reluctant to stay here for even a second longer.As he walked away, Rosalie frowned slightly, her suspicions rising again. He came to this banquet for work, didn't he? So why was he leaving already?She could almost believe that he was leaving because of her.After what he said earlier, though, Rosalie did not want to get carried away again. She looked away from him and turned back into the hall.Mason and his friends were nowhere to be seen now.As soon as Rosalie went in, she met Pres
Inside the car across the road, the driver felt the air pressure drop suddenly. His palms became sweaty.After a long pause, Byron pulled his gaze away from the hotel entrance and said coldly, "Head back."The driver slowly started the car and drove toward the hotel where Byron was staying.On the other side, Rosalie was completely oblivious to Byron's presence as she got into the passenger seat of Leon's car.As soon as they were inside, Rosalie politely took off the coat and put it onto the backseat. Leon asked her for her hotel's address and started up the car.No one said anything in the car for a long time. Rosalie stared out the window, lost in thought.She really did not understand Byron's attitude toward her earlier…"Is it alright for you to leave so soon? What about President Lawrence?" Leon asked suddenly. Rosalie was dazed for a moment before she returned to her senses and frowned in confusion. "What does my leaving have to do with him?"Leon looked at her throu
The car stopped outside the hotel. Rosalie bid Leon goodbye and got out of his car, heading back into the hotel. Early the next morning, Rosalie went to President Zimmer's office at the agreed time and signed the deal as planned. After that, she boarded the plane for home. Once she got onto the plane, Rosalie finally felt her nerves relax gradually. She had been tense for several days now.After she reached home, she would keep an eye on things for a while longer. Once she was sure that the companies she had just signed with could keep up a steady supply, she could leave the country without any more worries. Just as she was lost in thought, someone took the seat next to her.When she returned to her senses and instinctively looked at the person next to her, her expression stiffened. "Are you going to accuse me of stalking you again?" Byron lifted an eyebrow at her cynically. "If you mind, should I change seats?"Rosalie dug her nails into her palms to keep her anger in check
At that moment, nobody was listening to the details of the announcement. A loud cacophony rang out as the passengers on the plane started crying, screaming, and questioning what was happening. It was the first time Rosalie had encountered such a situation. She could not help but feel rather uneasy. However, she tried her best to calm down. The uneasiness in her heart grew as she heard the noises outside. The plane continued moving shakily. All of a sudden, someone started crying as they yelled out loud, “My children are still waiting for me back at home!” Rosalie heard the person’s cries loud and clear. She widened her eyes as the sense of uneasiness in her heart flared up to the maximum point. Her children… Lucian and Nox were still waiting for her at home. She had selfishly refused to tell them about their true identities. If something happened to her, what should they do? Rosalie’s face paled when she thought about how Lucian and Nox would be all alone if a
The air turbulence gradually stopped. However, Rosalie’s mind was completely blank. Rosalie finally returned to her senses when the plane landed. She still felt rather frightened when she thought about what had happened just now. “I told you that we’d land safely,” Byron’s deep voice rang out by her ear. “However, since we’ve already landed, shouldn’t you let go of me now, Miss Jacobs?” Rosalie was stunned. She was way too panicked just now. She had almost forgotten about Byron’s existence. Let go of him? What was he talking about? Just as she was feeling extremely dazed, something moved in her left hand. Rosalie lowered her head and glanced down. She noticed that their hands were intertwined at the connecting part of both their seats. More accurately, she was holding onto Byron’s hand tightly. Her fingerprints were on his hand. She was gripping onto his hand so forcefully that her hand felt rather stiff now. Therefore, she did not realize that she was ho
Rosalie remained seated on her seat for some time as she watched Byron leave the plane. After a while, she slowly got up. As soon as she stood up, a wave of dizziness washed over her. Her body seemed to be reacting to the shock that she experienced just now. Rosalie held onto the seat in front of her for support. After stabilizing herself, she cautiously got off the plane.She felt uncomfortable everywhere while walking down the plane. Her stomach cramped painfully as well. After entering the airport, Rosalie quickly walked in the direction of the washrooms.“Ugh!” A passerby grumbled impatiently when Rosalie bumped into him as he was walking with his luggage behind him. Rosalie resisted the discomfort that she felt and bowed at the man in a hurry to apologize to him. She then stood up straight, covered her mouth, and quickly ran to the washroom.Byron suddenly heard noises coming from behind him. He turned around instinctively and looked behind. He saw Rosalie running towa
Byron could tell that Rosalie was trying her best to keep herself on her feet at first glance. He reached out and tried to help her up when he noticed that she was about to fall down. Rosalie’s hand was on Byron’s arm. Both of them did not move after that. Rosalie held Byron’s arm stiffly when she realized that he had noticed she was struggling. She lowered her head and rested for a while before slowly getting up. She apologized to Byron nonchalantly, “I’m sorry. Just now… I didn’t manage to stand up straight.” After speaking, she tried to withdraw her arm. Byron’s gaze darkened when he sensed her intention. He reached out before she could and pressed onto the hand she had placed on his arm.Rosalie frowned slightly. “You’ve been feeling unwell since just now. You don’t need to act tough in front of me.” Byron frowned as he reached out to wrap his arm around her waist so that she could lean on him. His expression did not change at all. Rosalie instantly felt much
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