“I’m sorry, young lady. If you can’t find evidence to prove your innocence, you’ll have to bear responsibility for this matter.”As he spoke, he helped Christina up and dragged her out the door. Then, two police officers in plainclothes, who came in after hearing the commotion, followed behind and took the two men away.Christina cried hysterically, “I’m innocent, I’m innocent! Officer, please let me go! I know I was wrong. I’ll be good from now on!”But what was the use of realizing her mistakes now? She had violated the law; it wasn't something she could undo simply by admitting that she was wrong.Christina held firmly onto the door of the ward and refused to leave. She looked at Silvia, who was in the ward, and pleaded, “Silvia, please help me. I don’t want to go to jail. I didn’t mean to harm you or your daughter. It’s Mariah—it’s all her fault!“She’s the one who kept telling me how despicable you are, and that I should have been the one going to the trade fair if it weren’t
Ryan pursed his lips and fell silent. In his opinion, he had already cut off all ties with Mariah when he said those words to her. He’d never thought that Mariah would be so unforgiving and heartless. “Is this how you love me?”Silvia did not want to lose control of her emotions, but she could not help but get angry when she spoke.“You put our daughter in such a dangerous situation—is this how you love me?”Silvia’s tone was harsh and sharp as she hissed, “If this is how you handle your relationships, then please deal with your relationship with your ex-girlfriend before telling others that you love them!“Don’t be so selfish and irresponsible! Don't put others in harm’s way until you’ve dealt with your past relationship, okay?”Ryan had a grave expression as he stepped forward and tried to hold her shoulders to keep her calm.“Silvia, don’t be like this. I assure you that nothing like this will ever happen again!”He swore that, no matter what it took, he would protect the
Silvia stood up, looked at Ophelia, and smiled faintly as she replied, “It’s okay, Mrs. Pierce. This is our family’s matter; I can never have you pay for a hotel room for us.” Mrs. Alberich, who was standing at the side, chimed in. “She’s right, Ophelia. Thank you for your kindness, but we can just book the hotel ourselves.”Ophelia shook her head, looking very upset. “Silvia, we know what led to all these things. Just let me do something for you, or I’d feel really bad.”Greg had roughly explained this matter to them when they were outside. Ophelia knew that all of this was caused by her son’s failure to deal with his past relationship, and this was why she was desperately requesting to help Silvia and her family. Otherwise, how could she live with herself?Fortunately, nothing serious had happened today. If the child had really been taken, or if Silvia’s father had gotten seriously injured, Ophelia and the Pierces would definitely be laden with guilt for the rest of their live
“Greg, Ryan is truly your son. Both of you are the same when it comes to relationships—you’re both half-hearted and fickle-minded.”After saying that, Ophelia turned around, got into the cab, and left. Those few words should be enough for him to think about.Greg stood there in place with a pale expression as he watched her leave. ‘Half-hearted and fickle-minded.‘She really used these words well.’These two words were already enough to crush him.Indeed, he used to be half-hearted and fickle-minded between her and Rowan’s mother. His mistake was probably the root cause of what happened today. If he hadn’t given Rowan and his mother hope in the beginning, they wouldn’t have been so entangled with him, and Rowan wouldn’t have set his mind to get everything that Ryan had, including Pierce Group and his woman.Mariah and Ryan wouldn’t be separated, and Ryan wouldn’t have gotten married to Silvia. There wouldn’t be the innocent Autumn or Mariah’s ruthless retaliation against
“I know the way.”He had stayed here several times, so how could he not know which room was the guest room?However, Julian insisted on following him. He pushed Ryan away when Ryan walked toward the guest room he used to stay in, then shoved him to the room at the end of the corridor. He then smiled and explained to him, “That room is currently under renovation, so you should stay here instead.”Ryan felt that Julian was acting a little strange. Besides, he also saw a watch on the cabinet next to the staircase when he was about to go upstairs. It looked familiar to him and seemed to belong to Nora.Ryan could remember that Nora had this watch because it was his gift to her. It was a limited-edition watch with Nora’s initials on the back of the dial.However, he was not in the mood to think about anything else in his current situation. He turned around, pushed the door open, and walked in before he threw himself on the big bed and closed his eyes.Julian leaned against the door an
“Alright. Please talk to her kindergarten to get a leave of absence for Autumn, then.”Silvia was reluctant to leave her daughter as well, especially after the shock the little girl had experienced. After packing up everything, Mr. and Mrs. Alberich got into the car. Ophelia stopped Silvia and asked her to hand her daughter over to Mrs. Alberich first as she had something to say to her. Silvia handed her daughter to Mrs. Alberich, who was in the car, then closed the car door and looked at Ophelia. Ophelia stood opposite her and uttered in a low voice, “Ryan asked me to ask you if you wanted custody of Autumn. He’s willing to give up custody of Autumn, if that's what you want.”Ryan had not appeared since he left yesterday. He probably knew that Silvia did not want to see him and would not welcome him to visit Mr. Alberich. Therefore, he asked Ophelia to pass the message about the custody of their child to Silvia.Silvia’s emotions had calmed down completely today. After listenin
“What else do you think I should do? She must hate me so much right now. She doesn’t want to see me.”After all, Ryan was still her son. Even though she was angry that he did not handle his past relationship with Mariah well, she could not help but speak up for him. “You should let go for a while for a better future.” Ryan curled his lips in a self-deprecating manner after remembering what Julian had said to him.“All of you keep saying that.”Ophelia was a little curious.“Oh? Who else gave you such advice?”“Julian.”Hearing that, Ophelia nodded appreciatively while feeling curious. “He has rather high EQ.”Ryan did not say anything else. All of them were advising him to let go for the time being, but who could understand the reluctance and sadness in his heart? When he realized that he had fallen in love with her, it was already too late. He finally drew closer to her again thanks to the Browns’ visit to Crosavia, but such a thing happened, which caused him to feel ex
In the video, a piano teacher was teaching a little boy to play the piano, but the little boy was very mischievous and refused to cooperate. The female teacher then kicked the child to the ground and threw the piano score at the little boy.In a society where the internet was well-developed, every child was the apple of their parent’s eyes, and everyone was a keyboard warrior, such a video of child abuse was quickly reposted and made viral by the netizens when it went public.They found the female teacher’s identity in no time. She was Mariah Sommers, a thirty-year-old female who graduated from Royal Axe Institute of Arts and had studied abroad for over five years. The piano school fired her immediately, and she became the subject of public outrage as soon as she was identified, getting berated all over the internet. The latest news was that the parents of the child brought thugs to her house, and she was then sent to the hospital with a broken rib and a swollen face.Others mig