After leaving the hotel, Germaine drove Dorothy back to the apartment. She took her keys out and opened the door. Belle skipped towards her and hugged her thighs, her pink face was filled with sadness. She whined, "Mommy, you didn't tell me a bedtime story last night. Where did you go? I missed you so much!" Listening to her daughter's coquettish cries, Dorothy's heart almost melted. She held Belle's soft little body and gently kissed her face, "Mommy had to go on a business trip. I've missed you too, my baby Belle!" After playing with Belle for a while, Dorothy walked into the kitchen, and the babysitter who they had hired, Madam Wood, was busy preparing lunch. Belle's meal was nutritious, and everything was made according to the doctor's strict plans. Dorothy felt relieved upon seeing the babysitter doing her job meticulously, "Madam Wood, thank you for your hard work during this period of time." "Miss Fisher, please don't say that. It's part of my
The noble and proud man's chiseled facial features were like that of an ice sculpture. A frighteningly cold aura emanated from him. Victor suddenly felt a little cold and shrank a little. When he opened his leather bag and touched the file that contained Dorothy's information, which pointed to her as the mysterious woman who had appeared in Talco Hotel that night, he remembered Jonathan's threats. After hesitating for a few seconds, he put the materials back into the briefcase. Victor took out a large stack of documents and photos from the other side of the briefcase, spread all the evidence on the desk in front of Credence, and said seriously, "Mr. Scott, this is all the strong evidence I've found in half a month. All the clues point to the president of J&D Group, Juelz. I'm certain that he is the one who paid a large number of mercenaries to attack you during the equestrian competition." "What's his reason for attacking me?" Credence's face was calm and
Juelz had been terribly busy for the past few days. He had just recently received a lot of huge orders and the company's stock price had been rising steadily. However, all of a sudden, a lot of orders were unilaterally canceled by the partnering companies, and the company's stock price fell like an avalanche. He had no idea what had gone wrong. Within a short span of three or four days, the company's market value had shrunk by one-third, and over billions of dollars of funds had evaporated into thin air. Juelz's face had turned deathly pale overnight. He stood in the office and cursed all of his high-level executives. "I didn't spend so much money to hire experts like you to drink tea and flirt with women. I wanted you to create more profits for the company!" "All of you have been busy for so long, but none of you know who did this? All of you are useless, worse than trash!" The consequences of not having enough sleep were his eyes turning bloodshot
Early in the morning one weekend, Dorothy noticed that they had almost finished all the food in the refrigerator and planned to take Belle to shop at a nearby supermarket. When she opened the door, she was shocked to meet Germaine. With a bang, Germaine hurriedly closed the door. Her actions made Dorothy even more shocked. She raised her head and saw Germaine holding on to her fiery-red handbag. She was panting and almost out of breath as she said, "Dory, this is bad. This is really bad." Dorothy was so surprised that she almost threw away the phone in her hand. She quickly pulled Germaine to the sofa to sit down. She took out a bottle of chilled juice from the refrigerator and stuffed it into her mouth. Pursing her lips, she asked anxiously, "What happened? Tell me everything slowly." Germaine unscrewed the lid and gulped down most of the drink. Finally, she felt much cooler. She sat Belle on her lap and played with her for a while. After that, she pursed
When Dorothy walked out of the ultrasound room, there was a look of defeat on her face. The doctor's words echoed in her mind over and over again, lingering in her ear and not going away. She had not gotten pregnant. She had no child in her belly. The reason her period had not arrived was that since she had been mentally telling herself she was pregnant, her body had shown false signs of pregnancy. She looked at Germaine's hopeful eyes and felt an amount of sorrow stuck in her throat, making her want to cry out loud. She had worked so hard that night, so why had she still not gotten pregnant? If she was not pregnant, then how was she supposed to save Belle? Should she try to find another suitable opportunity to get it on with Credence again? Seeing how gloomy and decadent Dorothy was, Germaine softened her voice a little. She asked, "Dory, did we fail?" "Yes." Dorothy took Belle from Germaine's hands, slowly breathed in, and compose
In Talco City's airport. As soon as they left the gates of the airport, Germaine hurriedly stuffed her luggage over, looking panicked. "Dory, Juelz told me not to tell you all about those matters. If he knows that I've deliberately come to Palm City to tell you everything, he will definitely make things difficult for me. He might not even give me money in the future. No, I have to avoid him!" After that, Germaine turned around and ran away quickly in a red dress. She disappeared in an instant. Dorothy failed to even have the chance to call out to her at all. She smiled in exasperation as she carried her fiery-red handbag. She was worried about how Germaine would be able to go back to the city without any money or her phone. A subtle black car parked on the side of the road. Juelz got out of the car and stared at Dorothy with his burning gaze, his eyes reluctant to even blink. He had not seen her for an entire month. Only God knew just how much he mis
On the phone, Dorothy asked the person to meet her at Blues Cafe. Seeing that it was almost time, she got out of bed, washed her face, and hastily ate her breakfast. After leaving Belle to Madam Wood, she took a taxi and headed to the rendezvous point. When she entered the private room she booked, Dorothy was surprised to find Jonathan, whom she had called, had already arrived. He sat lazily in a chair, drinking his coffee and eating snacks, looking comfortable. "Miss Fisher, oh, wait, that sounds a little distant. I should just call you Dorothy." After that, Jonathan narrowed his eyes and lit a cigarette. He exhaled a few puffs of smoke and continued. "What do you want from me so early in the morning? Just say it." Dorothy lowered her head and took a sip of the bitter coffee. Her fingers clenched the cup tightly. She said with a faint smile, "Can you tell me why Credence is suddenly going against Juelz's company?" Germaine had thought that Credence
"Dory!" Dorothy heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from behind her. Juelz's anxious voice sounded, "Dory, stop. Don't go inside. Come back with me, okay?" Dorothy was stunned. She had never expected Juelz to come here so fast. On the phone, he had asked her where she was, but she had replied that she was going shopping nearby. She had not expected him to locate her whereabouts so soon. She asked, "Juelz, why are you here?" She stood at the door of the room with no intentions of backing out of her plan. She finally got a chance to reconcile with Credence, and there was no way she could give up. If she failed to show up this time, then how serious would the consequences be? Dorothy could not imagine how serious things would unfold. Juelz ignored Dorothy's question. His tired and bloodshot eyes flashed as he walked towards her, stretched his hand out, and grabbed her shoulders. After that, he turned her around, trapped her between h
Dorothy and the group didn't buy plane tickets. Instead, Credence used his insane wealth to charter a private jet for them to fly straight to Monticello. Ten hours later, Dorothy and the others arrived at a warm city in the south of Monticello from Talco City, where the north wind whistled past. When she got off the plane, Dorothy felt dizzy. Credence held her in his arms as he gently guided her forward. When she turned around, he saw Yezoo's kind smile, as well as Ysabelle's cold, fake smile. Dorothy suddenly felt uneasey. She lowered her head, pulled back her hair that was hanging from her ear, and asked Credence, "If we really expose her true intentions, do you... do you think that my father... wouldn't be able to accept it?" After getting along with each other for the past few weeks, Dorothy could tell that Yezoo really loved Ysabelle wholeheartedly. He didn't detest her for having worked in nightclubs before this. She concluded that Yezoo was very att
Dorothy looked at Ysabelle, who was standing by the door. She had a bad feeling. She felt that Ysabelle gave off a different vibe compared to Yezoo's kindness. This seemingly noble lady may be her biological mother, but she still felt that something was off about her for some reason. Credence noticed that Dorothy's expression had suddenly soured. He followed her gaze and saw Ysabelle standing with a group of ladies. He immediately pushed the wheelchair to the door and spoke politely but in a somewhat distant manner, "Ysabelle, how long have you been there?" "Not long! Credence, as you can see, Yezoo has hired these nannies for Dorothy. I'm here to see if you need anything else." Ysabelle smiled. The smile on her face was somewhat ambiguous. "I have already arranged for some other people to take care of my wife!" Credence frowned and continued, "However, I've yet to call them over for the time being because Dorothy is still weak." "Well, since you 've already arr
Dorothy recognized this woman who had a sexy body and a pleasant face. She had a good impression of Minnie. She heard Credence mention her a few times from time to time. It seemed like Jonathan was pursuing her. She didn't know how that was going. However, seeing as Jonathan liked to tease Minnie and call her names, she guessed he had little to no chance of winning her over at all. Dorothy slowly turned her head and looked outside the door. She said softly, "I'm fine. I don't need your help right now. My child was only three pounds heavy when he was born. I want to know how he's doing now, and my daughter as well. Her name is Belle. Yesterday, she had a bone marrow transplant operation. The doctor told me that the operation was successful, but I fainted after giving birth to my baby. I don't know how my daughter is doing." Minnie hadn't slept all night. Not only was she looking after Dorothy, she had a hunch that Dorothy would ask these questions right after she woke
Jonathan had a hunch about what was going on. He had been following Credence closely. He stared at Credence's every move with his burning eyes, waiting for the first sign of his weakening. The special drug from Monticello that had been injected into him would last for five hours at most. Credence's body was strong enough to hold on until now. He was able to last for the full five hours. At that moment, Jonathan saw Credence's hands slowly let go of the bed's railings. He was falling backward, Jonathan quickly ran towards him like a gust of wind. He frowned and supported Credence's back. "Credence, hold on, you need to hold on! You mustn't be a cause of concern right now. Dorothy has just given birth. She's so weak that a gust of wind is enough to make her collapse. If she still needs to worry about you, how long do you think she'll last?" The moment he made contact with Credence, Jonathan keenly examined his hands. Credence's muscles and bones seemed to be falling apa
"What's the matter? Why isn't the baby crying?" Dorothy's voice was hoarse, and she looked very worried. She remembered when Belle was born, she wasn't as quiet as this. Her cries were so loud it almost caused the delivery room to collapse. When they heard her loud cries, almost everyone assumed that Belle was a naughty little boy. Instead, she was an adorable and naughty girl. Perhaps she had suffered too much pain and torment when she divorced Credence, and all that despair had affected her in the womb. As a result, when Belle was born, her body was in a poor condition, and she often had to go to the hospital for medicine and infusions. Later, she was diagnosed with leukemia. Fortunately, in the end, Jeremy was kind enough to hand Rosalie, who had matching bone marrow to Belle's, over to them so that they could save her life. Dorothy was elated at the thought that Belle was going to recover. Since Belle's illness could be cured, this little b
Inside the delivery room, Dorothy was given an anesthetic. However, she didn't know whether it was because her nerves were too thick or if the anesthetic didn't have much of an effect on her body. She was still very conscious, and she could very clearly feel the pain. Her stomach felt heavy and was in extreme pain. She felt as though the injection was given to someone else and not her. After struggling for over an hour, she was in so much pain that she had almost turned mad, her mind was in a chaotic state. Her face was as pale as a piece of paper, and she was lying on the delivery bed with sweat all over her body. Her breathing was weak. Sometimes she could breathe properly, sometimes it was difficult. The smell of blood lingered in the air. The attending female doctor continued to cheer her on, "Mrs. Scott, the child hasn't come out yet. Hold on, hold on for a little while longer." Dorothy nodded. As soon as she responded, she suddenly felt her stomach b
When she saw a familiar man rushing inside, Dorothy, who was sweating profusely, and was in so much pain that her vision had gone blurry, thought that she was dreaming. Her pale lips trembled greatly, and her eyes were dull as she looked straight ahead. "Credence, why, why are you here? Your injuries..." Before she fainted, she clearly remembered hearing Jonathan shouting loudly at him, telling him that his body was on the verge of collapse. Where was his wheelchair? Why wasn't anyone helping him push his wheelchair in? He should have gone back to his wheelchair, but why was he suddenly standing in front of her again with such a straight and domineering posture? Dorothy's heart became anxious. She was worried about Credence's body, as well as the child in her womb. Her face turned extremely pale as if she had been thrown into an ice cellar. Her entire body was cold. She was wrapped in two thick quilts as she dealt with the immense pain and shivering cold. The te
Credence raised his hand and massaged his stiff neck. He held that posture for a long time as he stared at the white wall that was connected to the delivery room. His neck was as stiff as a board. It felt numb, sore, and was quite painful. But the pain was nothing to him. He could tolerate it. But on this day, the strain from the gruesome rehabilitation training had begun to spread from his arms to his thighs, torso, and gradually, his entire body. It felt like his muscles were being stabbed with a knife. It was so painful that he, a man who used to train in the special forces, almost couldn't bear it. It was especially painful now that he was standing firmly beside Dorothy as they waited for Belle's bone marrow transplant surgery to end. At 6:30 in the morning, he forced Jonathan to inject him with a stimulant. It was an extremely strong one that could revert his body back to a normal state for a short period of time. However, there were certain rules to
Germaine grabbed the frame of the door and slowly walked out of the toilet. Her face was pale and her body was covered in a cold sweat. She looked like she had just stepped out of a swimming pool. She was wet and sticky all over. During the past month, she had been so worried about Dorothy and Belle's health. She hadn't eaten or slept well for several days, which caused her to have stomach pain and constipation. Every time she went to the toilet, she would be constipated for over half an hour. She tried out all kinds of solutions such as holding her breath, which nearly cost her life. A while ago, while she was waiting outside Belle's operating room, she felt unbearable pain in her stomach and rushed to the bathroom. After over half an hour of torment, she was finally done. Just as she was about to pull up her trousers and leave, she heard someone walk in with high-heels. Then, the woman who walked in closed the door and made a phone call. As soon as the woman s