"He's a nice kid," Serenity said. "He's smart, and he's a good boy too." A boy of his age could be very naughty, but Fred was painfully quiet."The boy is getting along with Jackie, but he's Jenny's kid, after all," Jackson reminded. Serenity flinched. She did not want to involve the boy in this. "Our grudge against Jenny has nothing to do with the boy." And that was why she had been trying to minimize it these days."You may think it has nothing to do with him, but he may think otherwise. He might think you had something to do with his mother's death," Jackson said. He wanted to protect Serenity and the children, and he would do it right. Serenity pondered before saying, "At least I know what I'm doing. I'll treat Fred right, but if he does have a grudge against me and the Valor family, I'll do something about it!""We can wait for about two years. Once Jackie's no longer interested in him, find a reason to send him away," Jackson suggested."Jackie considers Fred a friend. Th
Lisa thought she might be able to have the cake with Terry after the party and ordered a cute cake. The cashier registered the information and handed her a ticket to pick up the cake later.Lisa put away the receipt and left the store. While walking out of the store, a strange man blocked her way, stopping her from leaving."Lisa Quest? Madam Quirk wants to meet you." The man sounded respectful but looked at Lisa with a hint of disdain in his eyes."Who is she?" Lisa asked."Mr. White's mother," the man replied.Terry's mom? Lisa stared blankly, stunned to know who wanted to see her. She had never met his mother while dating Terry before. Terry had once promised to take her to meet his mom after securing his position in the White family, but she had no idea it would take five years before she finally had the chance to meet Terry's mother."How do I know if you're telling the truth?" Lisa kept her guard up. She did not want to repeat her mistake and get kidnapped again.The man p
Lisa's heart sank, and her lips pursed tightly. Taking a deep breath, she said, "I won't abort this child.""What? You're not going to abort the baby? Are you going to say you're not doing it for money? That you love Terry?" Glynnis cut to the chase."I've met a lot of women like you. You think you'll be able to marry into money by having a rich man's child. However, there's no shortage of children in wealthy families. Even if you give birth to your child, you won't get into the White family. Besides, no one knows if you're pregnant with Terry's child."Lisa suddenly broke into a smile. "A woman like me? Or are you talking about yourself?" she asked with a cheeky grin. Perhaps she should have been smarter and shown some weakness to Glynnis. Maybe she should have avoided causing this moment of discomfort, but no way would she comply with this crap. Lisa loved Terry, but that did not mean anyone could slander her like that. Glynnis might be Terry's mom, but saying her child was not
Lisa never thought Glynnis would try to harm her. She warned, "You'll be sentenced for this!""It'll be an accident and unintentional injury at most. Don't worry. My men are mentally prepared for this," Glynnis said calmly, a look of indifference in her eyes. Glynnis did not care about the life that would be lost even if this little life was related to her by blood.Glynnis remained seated on the couch as she sipped her tea and waited for the show to happen.Lisa tried to escape the room, but one of the men grabbed her, and the other swung his fist, ready to punch her in the belly."No!" She cried out frantically, desperate to protect the child in her belly. Despair colored her eyes as she saw the fist coming for her. Was this how her child would leave her? Her baby had survived several dangers and two signs of threatened miscarriage. Was this how she would lose her baby?!No! She would never allow this! It was her and Terry's baby!Lisa had no idea where she got the strength.
Glynnis slammed the teacup on the floor, angry at her son's attitude. Why was her son so concerned about Lisa? He sounded like he would let the baby be born. Wait, did Terry have plans to marry Lisa?! No way! Glynnis would never let a woman like Lisa marry into the White family! Something flickered across her eyes as she made up her mind. Her future daughter-in-law should be a lady from a prestigious family, not a commoner like Lisa. Letting someone like Lisa marry into the family would be her worst embarrassment! Meanwhile, outside the private club, Terry carried Lisa into the car and told the driver to drive to the hospital."What on earth did they do to you? Does it hurt?" Terry asked anxiously, only to find Lisa staring at him blankly."What are you looking at?""You came to save me! Y-You knew your mom wanted to see me…" Lisa stammered, her cheeks still red and swollen, so the pain stung more as she spoke. "Were you afraid your mom would hurt me? Is that why you came rushin
Terry glanced at Lisa and pursed his lips just slightly. Then, he drove Lisa directly to the White Residence. Lisa was a little worried that he had taken her to his home, and a look of hesitation and concern flashed across her face."Don't worry. My mom doesn't live here. She rarely comes here," Terry reassured. "Besides, I warned her to leave you alone. She won't hurt you, at least for now." "For now?" Lisa bit her lips. Would Terry's mother hurt her again? She was fine with confronting Glynnis, but she was afraid that the baby might get hurt again."Don't worry about the child. As long as you don’t get an abortion, the child will be born safely!" Terry promised.Startled, Lisa stared at Terry, her eyes sparkling with anticipation. "Are you willing to accept this child? Then—"Terry interrupted her. "The baby is mine. I'm bound to accept this child. But that doesn't mean I'm going to accept you." His words dimmed the light in her eyes, dousing her with cold water. Still, she
The baby… Was it Mr. White's?! The butler shuddered at this thought, only to realize this would be big news in Jorvik.Lisa then called her parents, omitting the fact that she had gotten beaten. She told them she was spending the night at Terry's, but in a separate room, of course. She also told her parents someone was coming to get her pregnancy pillow and requested them to give it to them.Austin and Hersha kept asking Lisa questions, but they still had no idea why their daughter was spending the night at Terry's house. But Lisa sounded relaxed, so maybe it was a good thing.When Terry's men came to pick up the pregnancy pillow, Hersha even told them to take the pastries she had made to Lisa.Terry looked at the stuff his men brought back, only to realize this was not just a pillow. It was a U-shape pillow, providing full-body support to the user. Lisa could sleep on any side with the pillow."You're going to sleep with a pillow like this?" Terry asked. "Yeah. My body will cha
It seemed Lisa still had him under her influence, and he could never break free! Terry thought, suddenly slamming the ointment back into Lisa's hand. "Do it yourself!" With that, and without waiting for her to react, he strode upstairs and into his room.Bang! The door closed with a loud thud. Terry leaned against the door, feeling defeated. He ruffled his hair, his mind a complete mess.Why? Why was he always so powerless with her?! Somehow, he would always willingly surrender to her control.At night, Lisa had dinner with Terry at White Residence. Lisa took a look at the variety of food. There were a lot of her favorite dishes served during dinner. Some of them were home-cooked dishes she loved in Solaria, and some were local specialties from Jorvik.It was not surprising to find the local specialties served here, but she did not expect to see Solarian food served. Only a chef familiar with Solaria dishes would be able to prepare these.Lisa enjoyed the food. She glanced at Terr
“……” 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