Renee is the daughter of a large supermarket manager and her mother owns an online cosmetics store. She lives well, but with four younger siblings and Renee's desire to own nice, expensive, branded things, she always feels poor. When she entered high school, Renee began to approach Lindsay, because she was royal and easy to please. As long as you want to obey his orders and are good at compliments, then Lindsay will not hesitate to spend the money. Renee's father's convenience store was always busy and stealing a bag or two of chips, a can or two of soft drinks, and then escalating to a pack of cigarettes, did not bankrupt his father. On the other hand, Renee became Lindsay's closest person, who was always ready to do anything Lindsay asked her to do. Because of this, Renee's room and closet began to fill with things she liked, even if they were Lindsay's second-hand items on occasion.Renee was eyeing the pearl-studded bag that Lindsay wore to a label's award ceremony a while ago and
Renee was deathly pale. Nicholas is very scary. He uttered every word in an icy tone that hurt everyone's ears and the look in his eyes was piercing.Friends around Renee trembled and lowered their heads, even Krist--the bartender, was shocked to death. He quickly resumed his task of recording the identities of everyone who had surrounded Josephine and been harassing her.Renee took two steps back and forced herself to challenge Nicholas. The bag she wanted from Lindsay was more enticing and made her dare to do anything to face anything."What I do is none of your business, sir," Renee said in a trembling voice. "That's my business with Josephine!"Renee's friend next to her was shocked. She knew who Nicholas was and she knew better that it would be foolish to oppose Nicholas.Nicholas stared at Renee with narrowed eyes. He snorted sarcastically and turned to Krist.Just then, Renee's friend nudged her arm. "Renee, stop fighting him! He's not some random person you can just fight. You
Lindsay is upset. She was considering whether to contact Lucas or not. She has posted a video where she falls due to being pushed by Josephine and has also posted a video where she is wincing in pain while showing the camera her bruises. Actually she and her mother reenacted the scene, when Thomas went to the bathroom after Josephine left. Melissa's hand pushed and made Lindsay fall to the floor, but it was not visible on the camera because the shooting angle had been arranged in such a way. Then, Melissa makes bruises on Lindsay's legs and arms using foundation and eye shadow. After she posted that scene on her insta story, all of Lindsay's friends were texting her, asking what had happened to her, but there were no messages from Lucas, the person Lindsay had hoped for the most.Just then came a message from Renee. Her friend sent her the video she recorded since Nicholas was detained by Lucas at the exit of the Blue Moon bar. Lindsay watched the video and instantly her blood b
Nicholas touched the green telephone icon on the screen, ready to curse any man who dared to call Josephine at a time like this."Hello?"Who is the voice of the person calling? Nicholas's brow furrowed. The caller was a man, that's true, but why did his voice sound like a child's?"Hello," replied Nicholas.For a moment, there was no sound, then, "Hey, who are you? Why did you take Ms. Joy's call?" asked the voice of the caller with exasperation.Nicholas's brow furrowed. "Ms. Joy? Ah, you must mean Josephine. And who am I talking to? Rain?" asked Nicholas lightly.He was holding back a smile, feeling that he could guess that the caller was one of Josephine's children. The child calls his mother as Ms. Joy. Could it be part of their attempt to hide their identity?Nicholas thought, he might be able to win Josephine's heart or at least it would be easier to approach Josephine if he could win over her three children.After all, seeing their resemblance to him, the feeling that he was t
Josephine's hold on Nicholas was so tight, that it was hard for him to move. Josephine looked so comfortable leaning on him that Nicholas didn't have the heart to move her.Nicholas wanted to know what Josephine was dreaming of, until she cried in her sleep like that. Does she miss her mother? Nicholas stroked Josephine's hair gently.One thing that Nicholas missed, was about Josephine's biological mother and what happened to her. Nicholas sighed. How much suffering has Josephine been through so far?Very slowly and carefully, Nicholas took his phone from his trouser pocket, then he adjusted himself so he could shift and change into a sitting position leaning against the head of the bed, so that finally Josephine, with her arms still hugging Nicholas' waist, this time lay down comfortably, with Nicholas' stomach as her pillow.Josephine shifted to find a comfortable position and Nicholas realized that her belt was bothering Josephine. He unbuckled his belt and jacket and simply droppe
Josephine sat silently on the dining chair, looking at all the food that was served on the table with mixed feelings. She thought, while he had been waiting for her sleep, Nicholas had been looking around her kitchen. It seemed the man had the intention of cooking something beforehand, because Josephine saw a pot half filled with water on the stove and a knife on the cutting board. Josephine felt embarrassed, realizing that before that her fridge had been empty, only three eggs, a glass of orange juice, half a watermelon, half a purple cabbage and two carrots in it. Nicholas must have been confused about what to cook with those limited ingredients, so he finally decided to order food from a restaurant. However, everything that was served on the table clearly came from a five-star restaurant and there were so many varieties, that even Josephine was confused about which one she would eat first. After some thought, Josephine decided to put some of the food in the fridge. She could r
"What are you doing, Lindsay!" Josephine hissed angrily to Lindsay. She turn to Miriam. "Ma'am, are you all right?"The man who came with Thomas quickly knelt beside Josephine who was embracing Miriam who looked surprised, sitting on the floor."Sir, can you look after grandmother Miriam for a moment? I will call the doctor," Josephine said to the man.The man nodded and Josephine immediately ran to the duty counter and borrowed the phone."Doctor Intochar, can you come to the infusion room now? It's about a patient called Mrs. Miriam. It was time she received her infusion of medicine but there was no one in the infusion room and she fell. I was worried for her and thought she should receive a checkup from and first, in case there is a problem with the heart organ," said Josephine at length.Doctor Intochar, the doctor who has treated and cared Miriam Kane, sounded surprised. "What? Fell? How did it happen? Were you with her, nurse Josephine? Wait there, I'll be right over. Keep her s
Josephine looked at Thomas in disbelief. Thomas is a true opportunist. He will not hesitate to throw away anything he feels is not profitable for him, but will not hesitate to lick his spit back if he feels there is an advantage to be gained. Jeremiah's eyebrows rose. "Nurse Josephine is your daughter?" asked Jeremiah in a skeptical tone. "Why didn't you say so earlier?" Thomas smiled nervously. "Err... I just don't want to burden you because your mother is being cared for by my daughter." Josephine snorted harshly. "A burden? I am, a professional nurse, is a burden? I'm a nurse and it's my job to look after anyone who comes to this hospital for treatment. Don't make excuses for me, Mr. Jade. That's ridiculous! Mrs. Miriam has been my patient for a long time," Josephine said annoyed. Jeremiah looked at Josephine and Thomas questioningly. He felt that there was something unnatural between the three people in front of him. Josephine, Thomas and Lindsay are not like family. They dis
"Italy?"Josephine's eyes widened. Nicholas nodded with a smile. "Yeah. You know, our beach--La Luna, we haven't been there for a while. I think a week or two would be nice."Josephine chuckled. "What are you planning, honey?""Hey, what? I'm just taking you on a honeymoon."Josephine laughed and hugged Nicholas. She rested her head on Nicholas' chest and enjoyed his husband's heartbeat, which sounded calm and steady."Let's have our honeymoon at La Luna, honey. I want to go alone with you," said Josephine gently.Nicholas stroked Josephine's hair slowly. "Baby, let's retire for now and settle down wherever we want. I'll leave Genesis completely to Summer and Autumn, while you can entrust Farline to Flower. I guess, we've done enough and for now, let the children do the work." Let's give everything to them to take care."Josephine nodded and hugged Nicholas tightly. "Yes. Let's retire and live wherever we like. Maybe two months on La Luna beach, two months here, the next two months in
"I can't say no, can I?" asked Josephine softly.Sky lowered his head, unable to meet his mother's eyes. Flower and Rain also lowered their heads, even Nicholas. The spacious room was cold and silent.Josephine was silent, deep in thought. He knew that eventually one of his six children would decide to continue Nicholas' work and it had to be done.She remembered the conversation she had with Nicholas a few years ago, when the first triplets decided to study at different universities in different countries."I will train one of my four confidants, to take control of the Gold Dragon," said Nicholas at the time. "Who do you think is the most suitable?"Josephine looked at Nicholas in surprise. "You don't intend to pass the Gold Dragon down to one of your children? Shouldn't that clan be passed down?"Nicholas shook his head with a smile. "I'm about to abolish that tradition, since I saw that among the first triplets no one was interested in doing so.""How do you know that no one is int
"Daddy, you can't be like this," Flower complained, glaring at Nicholas. "You're a mobster and you're afraid of getting hospitalized?"Nicholas pouted. "Don't confuse my work with my illness, doctor," Nicholas snapped. "Anyway, it's just an influenza.""Come on, dad, admit it. You're afraid of needles, right?" urged Flower with a wink.Josephine laughed seeing the father and daughter argue. She took Nicholas's hand and squeezed it gently."He don't need to be hospitalized, Flower. Your daddy isn't afraid of needles, but he doesn't like the smell of disinfectant and how the nurses are going around checking him every hour," said Josephine.Nicholas took Josephine's hand gently and kissed her palm with a smile. "Your mommy really understands me, Flow."Flower pouted and sighed. "Mommy, you always spoil him. At the hospital, the equipment for examining and caring for him is more complete than when daddy is treated at home. I and my fellow doctors can also examine daddy freely there," said
"This isn't our first project, is it?" Rain asked with a frown.Two of his men lowered their heads, avoiding his anger."Why is there still an error for a problem like this?" asked Rain annoyed."I admit my mistake, Mr. Rain," said Steven Bohn bravely. "The supplier of the floor we used to use suddenly informed us that the floor specifications we requested were not available due to a shortage of basic materials, so they offered a replacement at the same price. I had no idea that the replacement floor was not according to the original specifications."Rain sighed. "Take apart all the floors that have been installed and return them to the supplier. Find another supplier who can give us what we want, even if the price is higher. I don't want this project to have any flaws or defects, because the person who asked me to do this project is a very close and meaningful person to me. I don't want him to be disappointed!" Rain said firmly, then turned around and returned to his room.In the caf
"Hold him, Flow," Sky called while holding the kid down with his feet. "He'll run away again if you don't hold his hand!"Flower snorted and took the small creature's hand that was trying to rebel."Come on, it's just a shower, why are you guys so unruly," Flower complained half angry. "Where did Rain go, why is he taking so long? Doesn't he know that these stray cats are getting bored?""Mommy help, help us, moooommmmyyyy ...!""Gosh, Summer, people will think I'm torturing you if they hear you scream like that," Flower said angrily."I don't like showers!" Summer shouted."Me too!" added Autumn."You too, Forest?" Sky asked fiercely.The little boy called Forest turned his head quietly while patting the water with his chubby hands. "I like baths. I just don't like you guys.""Jeez," Flower moaned.The three children in the big bathtub started to misbehave again, but before Flower and Sky could run out of patience, Rain came driving a plant sprayer.He started the engine and a large
"Mom, why are you so pale? Are you sick?" asked Flower with a worried tone. She put her bag on the single sofa and approached Josephine who was lying straight on the long sofa while covering her eyes with her arms.Josephine lowered her arms and looked at Flower who was still wearing her middle school uniform."Flower, are you home already? I didn't hear you come in," said Josephine in a languid tone."I came in through the back door, because Madam Luan said you weren't feeling well since morning and lay here," Flower said. "What are you doing, mom? Do you have a fever?"Josephine smiled and stroked Flower's hair. "It's okay honey, just a little unsteady and nauseous. I think it's from a lack of sleep the past few days. You know, ever since Uncle Rocco came back to Italy for his honeymoon, I did all the research myself and the other day there was a bit of a problem at the distribution center so I have to go back and forth all day from the laboratory to the warehouse," said Josephine l
"He ... You mean, Lucas?"Lindsay nodded shyly."You and him..." Janeth didn't finish, only raised her eyebrows, waiting for Lindsay to say something.Lindsay sighed. "I think I've managed to forget him and bury my feelings and memories about him, all these years. It's not easy for me. Even though you never met me at that time, I'm sure you know that I have to undergo psychiatric therapy too. One of them is to let Lucas go.""Yes, I know. I think you really need that. Your obsession with Lucas has hurt a lot of people at that time," said Janeth."Yeah, I'm aware of that. However, Lucas came back and kept coming, even though I never wanted to see him. Last week when he came, I finally decided to see him because I really wanted to end things with him, but ...." Lindsay hung up her words."He won't let you go?" continued Janeth with a smile.Lindsay blushed, took a breath, and nodded. Janeth laughed and hugged Lindsay."I'm so happy for you, Lindsay. At least I can rest easy now, because
"You're getting thinner," Lucas said sadly. "Did you eat well during this time?"He stared at the woman in the dull blue prison uniform in front of him. Lindsay is still beautiful with her hair cut short, even though her face is getting thinner and her eyes are dim.Finally, after Lindsay repeatedly refused visits during the nearly six years he was in this correctional facility, she also agreed to accept Lucas."What do you want, Lucas?" Lindsay asked quietly. "Why do you keep coming even though I keep rejecting you? Aren't you bored?"Lucas has never missed visiting Lindsay in the last five years. Every two months he would come, leave the food he brought with the warden because Lindsay never wanted to see him.Lindsay's cellmates were about to enjoy the food and after walking around for a while instead they were excitedly looking forward to Lucas' visit because it meant there was good food available.Lindsay stared at the floor, not daring to meet the eyes of the man she once loved,
"It's not for me to judge who I'm dealing with," James said softly. "After all, you're still young. You don't know anything about the real world. You taking a decision like this, is a great big step. Your heart is good, only clouded by your parents' manipulation. Your mind is clear, only clouded by your sister's bad influence. When all the ugliness is gone, you dare to regain your purity. That's great!"Janeth listened to James' words with her head down. James' deep voice was pleasing to the ear and what he said was soothing to her heart.James reached out and took Janeth's chin, moving her up so their eyes met. "Cheer up. I'll wish you all the best. Tomorrow is the day, so you need to be completely healthy and ready."Janeth's eyes blinked slowly and her hand lifted, holding James' hand on his chin, then, Janeth brought her face closer to James and planted a kiss on the man's lips.James was stunned, frozen in the warmth of Janeth's ripe lips crushing his. He could feel the desperati