They couldn’t do anything except wait for a suitable liver donor. Power and money were nothing in front of life and death. -In the following days, the Hope family's pathetic acting at the hospital and Summer’s doctor’s apology statement were trending online. The police had announced that they would investigate the incident. People were commenting on all sorts of speculations. Of course, most of them thought that the Hope family had forcefully locked up Summer in the psychiatric hospital. After all, all the shares that Summer owned were given to Joyce and Donald, and Joyce had gotten married to Summer’s ex-fiancé, Harry.Joyce was the biggest benefactor of the whole incident. The public was waiting for updates every day. Joyce almost had a mental breakdown by the time she got out of the police station. The reporters outside were flashing their cameras and kept throwing questions at her.She could only lower her head and get into the car under the protection of her bodyguards. T
Harry was more heartless than Joyce had imagined. Joyce decided to drag the Scott family into the mess even if Harry wasn’t willing to help. She wouldn’t let Summer get back everything she once had.-Joyce walked straight into Scott Corporation when she arrived at the building. Everyone was aware of the trending news, and they began to whisper once Joyce entered the elevator. Joyce was stopped by Harry’s secretary when she wanted to see Harry. “Mr. Scott is busy now. Please wait for a bit.” “I have something very important to tell him.” “Yes, but you’ll have to wait,” the secretary insisted.Joyce felt that the secretary was looking at her disdainfully. “Why are you looking at me like that? Are you looking down on me because the Hopes are in trouble now?” Joyce scolded. “No, Mrs. Scott. You’ve misunderstood me.” “No? Why are you stopping me from entering the office, then?” “Mr. Scott instructed me not to allow anyone to enter his office at the moment.” Joyce slapped the sec
“Don’t do something shameful if you’re afraid of being ashamed.” Harry sat down at his desk. “Are you here to ask me to help the Hopes?” “Yes! You should help your wife’s maternal family, right?” Joyce said. “You shouldn’t take everything for granted. Just like back then, I didn’t really have to marry you,” Harry said nonchalantly. “Are you trying to blame me for asking you to marry me because of the pregnancy?” Joyce’s expression changed. Harry didn’t answer her. “My family won’t help you guys. We don’t want to get dragged into this mess,” Harry said after weighing the pros and cons. Joyce was taken aback by his coldness. She wondered if he would have helped the Hopes if Summer was his wife. “If something happened to the Hopes, the projects that were affiliated with the Scotts will definitely be affected. You guys will also suffer heavy losses, right?” Joyce asked. Harry had expected that. “Don’t you care about Hayden?” Joyce added, “Will he still be able to have a peaceful l
“Alright. I will help you this time. I leave the outcome to fate,” Harry said. Joyce’s expression brightened immediately. Things would get better as long as Harry was willing to help. “We won’t forget your favor. We’ll let you get the bigger share in our shared projects.” Harry didn’t have the slightest joy after listening to Joyce’s words. His happiness had completely died in Summer’s accident.-Summer didn’t expect Harry to ask her for a meet-up. They met in a private room in a club in Lanford. She heard a buzz as soon as she stepped into the room. Harry saw her looking puzzled and explained, “I blocked the functions of the electronic devices that are with you. They’ll return to normal once you leave the room. I don’t want our conversation to be recorded.” “What? You want to talk about something illegal with me?” Summer mocked. The woman that Harry once loved was looking at him with hatred. There was a big gap between them. “I already know what happened back then. It’s your
“All you have to do is admit that your mental illness is cured, move back to the Hope residence, and pretend that you’re on good terms with them,” Harry said. “Harry, you want me to lie to the public even after you know that I was set up by Joyce and the others? You want me to thank them for not giving me up and act like we’re a happy family?” Harry frowned at her sarcasm. “Things have already happened, and you should think about your future. Do you think that you can rely on the Valors for the rest of your life?” “So, you’re the type that can’t differentiate between good and evil. You make it sound like nothing. Would you be able to do what you said if someone locked you up in a psychiatric hospital during your best years?” Summer scoffed. “What do you want?” Harry asked coldly.“I want the truth to be revealed to the public and let them get the punishment that they deserve!” Summer exclaimed. “Do you know how it felt to be under the hospital's forced treatment? Do you know what
Harry’s breath hitched. He had a hunch about what Summer was going to say. “She asked someone to chop off my finger, and she flushed my finger together with the ring into the toilet. Then, she told me that I won’t have the chance to wear any wedding rings ever again,” she smirked. Harry felt suffocated after knowing what happened to Summer’s finger. He was filled with anger and guilt. He was angry at Joyce’s actions toward her sister, and he was guilty that he didn’t save her when he had the chance. He could have found something suspicious if he had tried to find out about Summer’s encounter. Still, he had deliberately told everyone not to mention anything about her in front of him.Even though Harry was angry at Summer’s betrayal, he didn’t want any of this to happen to her. Summer waved her hand in front of Harry’s face to let him get a clear view. “Do you still think that I should admit that I’m mentally ill and that Joyce did everything to cure me? Do you still want me to cla
Joyce looked away and forced herself to repeat. “I had nothing to do with her finger!” Harry glared daggers at Joyce, and he grabbed her hand the next moment. He held her middle finger up. Joyce realized what Harry planned to do. She cried out loudly, “Stop it, Harry! I’m your wife! Why would you believe the woman who betrayed you instead of me?!” Crack! Joyce wailed in pain. Harry had broken her middle finger. “Does it hurt?” Harry asked nonchalantly.Joyce covered her right hand and roared, “Why?! I’m your wife, and Summer’s the one who betrayed you! Why did you break my finger for her?!” “Yes, she did betray me, but it doesn't mean you can chop off her finger like that. The pain you’re feeling now is nothing compared to her pain. Do you think I would have let you keep your fingers now if you weren't my wife?” Joyce trembled. She realized that Harry had never forgotten Summer at all.“So, you believe everything she said? I’m the one who’s deeply in love with you!” “Do you th
“Didn’t you say that Harry would help us out? What did he do for us?!” Donald was irritated. Joyce had an ugly expression. “It was all Summer’s doing!” “You’re such a useless piece of trash! You still can’t get Harry to love you even after all these years!” Donald complained. Joyce was embarrassed. “My in-laws will be back with Hayden in a couple of days. I’ll get them to help if Harry still doesn’t make a move. The Scotts can’t afford to lose their reputation over a criminal daughter-in-law.” “Are you sure that they’ll help?” Lana asked uneasily. “You guys know how much they like Hayden. Hayden is the only heir of the Scotts now,” Joyce said. Lana felt a little assured by her words. Just then, a servant ran toward them. “Oh, no! There are police outside, saying that they want to take you all back for questioning.”The three of them were startled. A police officer then entered the house and called out their names before they could react. “We now suspect that the three of you a