Clara smiled bitterly. “Thank you, but you won’t be able to help much.” Peter scratched his head. “You should be taking care of yourself first. Life goes on despite the difficulties. You’ll realize that today's difficulties are nothing when you look back one day.” Peter was surprised when they arrived at the hotel. He thought that Clara would be staying at an average hotel, but they were at a high-class hotel. “You’re staying here?”“A friend arranged it for me,” Clara replied. Just then, Peter’s stomach growled, and he smiled embarrassedly. “Ugh, I haven’t had dinner yet. I’ll make a move first since you’re back at the hotel.” “Come on, I’m a little hungry too,” Clara said. There was a pasta house in front of the hotel, and they went there for dinner. While Peter was taking a bite, Clara asked, “Who’s babysitting Riley since you’re in Latveria now?” “The woman next door takes care of her if I’m busy or outstation. She charges me two thousand dollars for that,” Pet
He wasn’t sure what was wrong with him. He kept telling himself not to be bothered by Clara and that their relationship was over even though he loved her very much back then. However, her broken expression had made him feel restless and difficult to breathe.So, he had ordered his driver to take him to Clara’s hotel in a daze. He wasn’t sure why he was doing this. Did he want to see Clara? He shouldn’t be paying attention to her. His mind was playing tricks on him that affected his feelings toward her. Wilson was even more surprised to see her with a man. In his memories, Peter was on good terms with Clara when they were in Solaria. Wilson wondered why they were in Latveria together. He was curious about their relationship. Clara had been begging him pitifully an hour ago, yet she was already smiling sweetly at another man now. He felt a pain spreading in his heart, and he was enraged. However, he didn’t know what he was angry about. Was he angry that she was smiling
Clara saw Wilson scrolling through her phone, and she stepped forward to snatch it. Wilson turned to the side, and Clara missed her aim. “You’re invading my privacy by flipping through my phone without my permission!” Wilson looked at the phone and asked, “Why haven't you deleted this picture?” It was the picture of Yannick with Wilson at the hospital. Although Wilson looked weak, he was still gently smiling at Yannick while Yannick was looking up at Wilson’s IV drip worriedly. Clara couldn’t help but take a picture of that moment, and she hadn’t deleted it. The picture was precious as there weren’t many photos of Wilson and Yannick together. “I didn’t delete it because Yannick looked good in the picture,” Clara made an excuse.She couldn’t bear to delete the photo at all. Ever since they broke up at the hospital, she would always look at the photo. It was only at this moment that she realized that she didn't have any photos of Wilson at all. She could only look at
Clara subconsciously retreated until her back was against the wall.Wilson placed his hands against the wall on both sides of her body and trapped her. He leaned in, and Clara could feel his breath on her face. Once again, he asked, “Do you regret it?” Clara lowered her eyes and trembled. Her eyelashes fluttered, and she looked at him. “I made the best choice for you and me at that moment.”“The best choice?” Wilson mocked. “Who are you to choose for me? Did you ask me beforehand? You decided it based on your assumptions!” “I…” Clara didn’t know what to say.Wilson brushed her lips with his fingers. “You know what? If you said that you had regretted it just now, I might have agreed to your request to leave Queenie alone. Too bad, you’ve missed your chance.” Clara looked straight into his eyes. “Even if I did say I regretted it, you wouldn't have agreed to my request.” Wilson was no longer the same man who used to love her. He would never agree to her so easily just because
“I don’t love anyone for now. I just want to live a quiet life with my children,” Clara said softly. “You’d better do that. I don’t want my children to call other men ‘Daddy’.”Wilson stepped back after saying that and shoved Clara’s phone back into her hand. “Clara, instead of spending time with Peter, why don’t you think about how to get me to agree to your request? After all, you came here to beg me for it, didn’t you?” Clara glared at Wilson while biting her lip. Her body went limp after he left the room. She didn’t know Wilson’s purpose for suddenly barging into her room to talk to her. She wondered if he was jealous because he saw her and Peter together, so he came here to find fault with her. That could be it. However, he shouldn’t be jealous as he didn’t feel a thing for Clara anymore. Clara was confused as Wilson even encouraged her to beg him more at the end of their talk. Wilson’s mother, Lessie, greeted Wilson when he arrived at the Birch residence. “
Lessie sighed in relief after Wilson went upstairs. She felt weak when Wilson looked at her suspiciously. The driver soon texted Wilson about the place where Peter was staying. Then, Wilson made a call and instructed the person on the other end of the line, “I'll send you a message in a moment, help me check the purpose of him visiting Latveria and the places that he had been to. Send someone to follow him as well.” “Got it, Mr. Birch,” the other person replied respectfully. Wilson hung up the call, walked over to the secret door in his room, and pushed it open. The size of the secret room was about 10 square feet. There was a mannequin wearing a wedding gown in the middle of the room. It was a complete set including the veil, shoes, and other accessories. Wilson had customized the wedding gown according to Clara’s measurements. He had never shown it to Clara, and she didn’t know the existence of it. There were various photos of Clara hanging on the wall. Some of the
“Are you feeling sorry for Clara? I think that Wilson is more pathetic than her. Clara can still survive without him, but he can’t do that. He can’t live properly at all, and that was why he chose hypnosis.”“I think Clare is still in love with Wilson, and there might be some other reason for her to make that decision,” Serenity said. “But she chose to leave Wilson in the end, right?” Jackson’s comment left Serenity speechless.“It can only mean that her love for Wilson was not deep enough, and it was best for Wilson to forget about his love toward her.” Serenity knew that Jackson was right, but she couldn’t help but worry at the thought of Wilson treating Clara coldly. Even if Clara didn’t love him much, it was sad when a relationship was only remembered by one party. “Well, stop thinking about them.” Jackson wrapped his arm around Serenity. “They should figure out their relationship alone. It's no use for you to worry about it. You should pay more attention to me.” “I d
Peter and Clara went to buy a gift for Riley together.He was still a little worried about Clara. “Is it okay for you to go shopping with me?” “Of course. I can still walk. Don't a lot of pregnant women still work these days? Besides, I’m just getting a gift for Riley at the mall,” Clara said. “Let me know if you’re tired. We’ll find a place to rest.” “Sure.” They went to the mall and started picking out gifts.Peter didn’t know what to get for Riley except for some clothes and shoes. However, everything looked the same in his eyes, and he didn’t know what design Riley would like. Clara picked a yellow woolen skirt and paired it with a pair of white shoes. “How tall is Riley now?” Clara asked. “What?” Peter scratched his head in embarrassment as he wasn’t sure about it.Looking at his puzzled expression, Clara could guess that he had no idea about Riley’s height. “She was about 3 feet 2 the last time I saw her. I think I’d better buy a bigger size since children grow
“……” 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