There were more people on Wilson's side, but the two men guarding Clara's ward did not give in. They had been given strict orders not to let anyone bother Clara, and Wilson was on the list."Then we'll have no choice but to fight!" said the two men. A fight was about to break out when Clara opened the door to the ward from inside and came out.The two men saw Clara walking out and quickly explained the situation, "Ms. Wells, rest assured. Do you want to see Mr. Birch? If you don't, we'll definitely keep him out of the ward."The two guards had the power to stop him from barging in.Clara glanced up and saw the man trying to barge into her room. He looked different from the last time she had seen him. Although still dressed in a suit, Wilson had a scruffy beard, his hair slightly messy. Wilson seemed very different from his usually serious and stern look. He looked tired, and his eyes were bloodshot.Wilson greedily looked at the woman standing not far away. Clara wore a hospit
Clara frowned. She tried to pull her clothes back from Wilson's hand, but Wilson would not let go.Wilson was afraid of letting go. He did not know when he would see her again. One of the guards warned Wilson, "Mr. Birch, please let go. Otherwise, you'll only create more trouble for us." As he spoke, he grabbed Wilson's hand and tried to make him let go.Wilson did not seem to hear the guard. He looked straight at Clara, pleading. "I know you hate me. Yes. I deserve it, but I beg you. Will you please let me speak to you alone? There's so much I want to say to you!""But there's nothing left to say between us," Clara said again.Nothing left to say between them?! Wilson thought with a pained smile on his face, his hand still tugging at the hem of her clothes. The guard was trying to make Wilson let go of his hand, his fingers tightening painfully on his hands. Wilson resisted the pain. The guard pulled his hand hard, but he persisted.Wilson did not want to let go. He was scare
"I was just wishing that a friend of mine could live a healthy life, untroubled by any illness. Now that I just got a good omen, it must mean that my friend is doing well!""Your friend?" Wilson asked. "Which friend?""A friend that I've never met before," Clara smiled sweetly. "But perhaps I'll get a chance to meet him one day. I'll definitely introduce him to you when the time comes!""What kind of a friend is he if you've never met him before? A friend from the internet?""It's a secret!" she replied with a playful smile. "I'll tell you all about it one day!"Thinking back on this in the present, Wilson finally realized that the friend she had been talking about was him! She had saved his life! And although she never knew it was him, she still thought fondly of him and even wished for his well-being!Yet what had he done to her in return? He had ruined her whole life!If only he had asked her for more details about her friend at the time, then he would have been able to glean
Was Wilson's hand injured?Clara quietly pondered the question for a brief moment before tossing it aside summarily. By this point, she no longer had any desire to think about that man anymore."What did he say to you when he came here last night?" Serenity asked as she took a seat."He seemed to have figured out the truth about the bone marrow transplant all those years ago," replied Clara flatly, "and that Sandra Cooper's miscarriage was just part of a plan devised by the Cooper family. He told me he wanted to make up for everything, but I didn't think it was necessary."Clara spoke in a calm and collected manner. Serenity knew the only reason why she reacted so calmly after all the truths had been revealed was because she had been so heartbroken and so hurt in the past that she had reached her limits."Now that Wilson knows Sandra Cooper not only harmed you but also lied to him all this time, I'm sure he won't let the Cooper family off lightly."To this remark, Clara merely re
"You'll see when you get there," Serenity told him calmly.When he got there, he would find out how much he truly owed Clare, and how much he had ruined her life!How could he ever possibly make up for all the harm he had done?!Perhaps it was just as Jack had said–as soon as Wilson Birch found out the truth, he would then live the rest of his life in pain and regret!Once they got to the hospital entrance downstairs, Wilson followed Serenity into the car. As it slowly drove away, he suddenly asked her, "Was it your plan to have Yardley Zimmer appear in the hospital room?""Yes," she replied. She had been keeping a close eye on Yardley Zimmer as soon as Jack found out about the truth behind the bone marrow donation, and that was how she had found out about everything that had been going on between Sandra Cooper and Dr. Yardley Zimmer.She had intended to gather all the evidence and present it to Wilson Birch, but it was all too late.Wilson fell silent for a while before he said
Wilson felt as if he was standing on the edge of a cliff. All he needed was a gentle nudge, and his body would fall and be shattered into a million pieces."She paid you?" he asked the man sardonically, his eyes burning with rage. "And you did as you were told? Aren't you a doctor? Shouldn't you be saving people's lives and healing the wounded? Why did you harm others instead? Because of you, an innocent woman was thrown into jail!"Utterly shocked by Wilson's sudden explosion in fury, the man stammeringly argued, "But… But I only testified that Sandra Cooper had a miscarriage! I said nothing else! Mr. Birch, you were the one who testified in court that Sandra was pushed down the stairs by that woman, weren't you?"Those words were like a hard slap on Wilson's face that rendered him speechless.Back then… the person who had testified in court that he had seen Clara pushing Sandra down the stairs was indeed him!It was his testimony that had sealed Clara's fate! It was precisely be
The pain… No matter how much he beat his chest, the damned pain still went on without any sign of subsiding."Ah… Ah… Aaaah!"A hoarse roar escaped his lips, and it sounded like he was wailing.All the scenes from his memory flashed across his mind. She had kept telling him that she had been framed, but he would not listen to her. At the time, the only thing on his mind was revenge–he wanted to take revenge on the Wells family, so he was only too eager to believe that she really had pushed Sandra Cooper down the stairs.Because only by believing that could he let her suffer a tragic ending and not feel any guilt about it!He had used the law as a weapon and stabbed her with it. He had trampled on her dignity, her pride, and her innocence… breaking them all into small pieces!"Do you believe in one true love, Wilson?""Do you?""Of course I do! I believe that when you truly love someone, you'll never be able to love anyone else for the rest of your life. If you do love someone e
"Jackson," said Quinton Hall, "no matter what has happened, the Hall family and the Valor family has always been good allies. You don't really want to squash us down completely, right? The Emerald Hall Garden is a pivotal project to the Hall family, and I don't think the Valor family is going to gain much benefit from it anyway, so what's the point of making things difficult for everyone by snatching it from us?""The Hall family has been prosperous for long enough," said Jackson in a nonchalant way that was a stark contrast to Quinton Hall's tense seriousness. "Your time has come to an end.""But hasn't the Hall family been happily working with the Valor family all these years? If you have any objections or conditions, you can bring it up for discussion. Just tell me what you want, and we will do our best…""I want all companies under the Hall family to be removed from Solaria," Jackson said, cutting Quinton Hall off.Quinton Hall's expression changed. What Jackson had just demand
“……” Morgan suddenly found himself unable to retort. She... wasn't wrong. “But when you play house, you can pretend to be parents with one person today and another person tomorrow. Real marriage is different; you can’t choose someone else.”Renee widened her eyes, listening intently.“The only person you can choose is me. Do you understand, Renee?” he continued.She nodded vigorously. “I understand!”“Do you really?” Morgan asked, a little skeptical. He was already fifteen, so he could grasp the concept of marriage, but she was only eight. Could she truly comprehend it?“So, in the future, I can only marry Morgan and be your bride, right? I can't be someone else's bride, right?” she asked. “I don’t want to marry other boys anyway. I like you the most, Morgan. Of course I’ll only be your bride!” she happily declared, her worries fading away.So she could be Morgan's bride when she grew up! That's great!After finishing another piece of snack, Renee thought of something. She put o
Despite her unease, she couldn’t resist when she saw the sweet desserts. She indulged herself.However, as she ate, her eyes remained fixed on Morgan, clearly still waiting for him to clarify Lucy’s claims.“You want to know if you’re a child bride, right?” Morgan began.Renee nodded.“Do you know what a child bride is?” he asked.She blinked. She had a vague idea, but not enough for her to articulate it.“To put it simply, a child bride is a girl raised by a boy's family. The girl will marry the boy when she comes of age. In the old days, some families were too poor to raise their daughters, so they would sell their daughters to become child brides for richer families,” Morgan explained.Renee blinked. “But my parents aren’t poor, and I'm raised by them, not by other people. That means I’m not a child bride, right?”“Correct, you are not,” Morgan affirmed.She breathed a sigh of relief, and a bright smile spread across her face. “I knew it! My parents would never sell me! The
"Morgan!" Renee turned to Morgan, unease etched on her face."The Moon family, eh? I'll remember this," Morgan replied calmly, then lowered his head to meet Renee's anxious and confused face. "Let's go, Renee. I’ll tell you what you want to know later."He led her away holding her hand.Benson looked worried. "Miss Lucy, how could you say that?""It's the truth!" Lucy shook off her fear and spoke defiantly. "Daddy and Mommy said she’s a child bride. A child bride is a girl sold by her own parents!""But the White family is not like that. Those things only happened to daughters of poor families in the old days," Benson explained. "You really shouldn’t have said that, Miss Lucy. You shouldn’t do that again.""Why do I have to listen to you?" Lucy retorted, displeased.Benson was too ashamed to tell Lucy in front of others that the Moon family simply couldn’t afford to offend Morgan. Dealing with the White family was already a headache, and Morgan's background was even more formi
Benson and Lucy were also dumbfounded. Benson started getting anxious. He felt like things were starting to unfold in ways that he did not expect."Mr. Grimes, I..." Benson stepped forward, intending to speak to Mr. Grimes.However, Mr. Grimes moved past Benson without so much as a glance at him. He went up to Morgan and said, "Master Morgan, I apologize for the oversight!"Everyone was stunned to hear that, including the security guards who had been called over. They were secretly relieved they hadn't forcibly removed anyone yet. If they had offended someone Mr. Grimes was showing so much respect to, it would have been really bad for them!Morgan regarded Mr. Grimes with an unreadable expression. He calmly recounted the situation to Mr. Grimes.After hearing about what happened, Mr. Grimes responded, "This set of stamps was not pre-ordered. If you like it, please take it. Feel free to take anything else in the exhibition that catches your eye."This declaration shocked every
"Who are you?!" Benson exclaimed, astonished. The mysterious figure remained silent, simply looking at Morgan.Morgan calmly reiterated to Benson, "I said, wait for Mr. Grimes." He then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "I'm Morgan Wood. Please have Mr. Grimes from Lazy Cat Culture come to the Sleepy Cat Exhibition in Solaria. He should be in the area, right?"After ending the call, the person on the other end stared at the phone in disbelief.The Sleepy Cat Exhibition? What's going on?Benson, Lucy, and the staff stared at Morgan in shock, but the look in their eyes quickly turned to ridicule."Ah, a young man's naive bravado – how impudent!" Benson scoffed."Sir, please don't cause trouble," the staff member warned. "Or I'll have to call security."Morgan simply lowered his head to say to Renee, "Looks like we'll be here for a while. If you're bored, I can ask someone to walk around with you."Renee shook her head. "Morgan, what if this stamp set has really been p
Benson's words were not only meant to exert pressure on the staff, but also to inform him that they were on the same side.As expected, when the staff heard what he said, there was an instant change in his expression. He turned to Morgan and Renee and said, "I'm sorry, but it turns out this stamp set has already been pre-ordered by this customer."Morgan saw through the so-called pre-order as nothing more than an act. "When I asked you to wrap it up earlier, I didn’t hear you mention it was pre-ordered.""We forgot to mention that. Our apologies," the staff replied.Lucy, wearing a smug expression, raised her chin at Renee, causing Renee to puff out her cheeks in frustration.Benson calmly observed Morgan and Renee. The White family's White Maple Group had numerous overlapping businesses with the Moon Group. They were often competing with each other. Originally, the White Maple Group’s business activities weren't concentrated in Solaria, so even though there was competition wi
But before Morgan had even finished speaking, a girl's voice piped up, "I want this stamp set!"He turned to the voice and, upon seeing who it was, narrowed his eyes slightly. It was Lucy Moon, the girl Renee mentioned earlier. At the sight of Lucy, Renee immediately reacted like an angry little kitten. "Lucy Moon, why do you always try to take my stuff away?""Your stuff? How is this your stuff? You haven't paid yet!" Lucy shot back, her eyes fixed on Morgan.Morgan was well-known in their class, admired by many girls who claimed he was even more handsome than movie stars. If only Lucy had a big brother like that! She would be the envy of all the girls in class... no, all the girls in school!Unfortunately, her own big brother was not as good-looking.Last time, Lucy had tried to give Renee Sleepy Cat toys, asking for Morgan's email address in return. However, Renee accepted gifts from everyone but her, which infuriated Lucy."But if you want, I can give this stamp set to Re
Unlike many wealthy kids, Renee was quite restrained with her spending. She had never spent recklessly and often saved leftover money. Of course, when she wanted something beyond her budget, she would act cute and ask her Daddy or Morgan to buy it for her.Lisa was the least susceptible to her charms, so Renee didn’t dare to bother her!When they arrived at the exhibition, Renee’s eyes sparkled with excitement. There were so many adorable Sleepy Cat merchandise! They're all so cute! She wanted a lot of them, but realizing her limited budget, she knew she needed a sponsor! The best one was right beside her: Morgan!"Morgan," she said, flashing him a super bright smile.Seeing her like this, Morgan immediately knew she wanted to ask him for something. "What is it? Do you want me to buy you Sleepy Cat merchandise?""You’re so smart, Morgan! No wonder so many girls in our class like you and asked me for your phone number!" Renee praised him.As soon as she mentioned it, Morgan'
"Okay," Renee replied obediently, snuggling up to Morgan and acting cute. "Take me to the exhibition, Morgan! I know you’re the best. You’ll definitely take me, right?"Morgan pursed his lips. At 15, he was no longer a little boy. Although Renee was only 8, she was his destined wife.He had been protecting her since the day she was born. At first, he thought that he would only marry her because according to the family prophecy, she was the one most suitable for him. Over the years, however, he realized that his feelings for her ran deeper than he had initially thought.He found himself wanting to help her fulfill her wishes, and would clean up the mess when she caused trouble. Things had become different from what he had expected, but he welcomed them. He felt grateful that she was the one who was destined for him!With her by his side for the rest of his life, he would never feel lonely."Will you get into fights again?" Morgan asked."No more fighting, I promise!" Renee quickly