Noah laughed and shoved his hands into his pockets. "That useless husband finally showed his face again. Turns out you're just a handyman," Noah scoffed, his eyes fixed on the construction uniform Alex was wearing.Alice laughed softly at Alex's appearance, which she found very disgusting. Although his face was very handsome, it would be useless if he was just a construction worker."I will give you a chance to apologize to my wife. If you don't, I will have you thrown out of this mall in disgrace!""Oh, is that a threat? A worker is threatening the CEO of the Sanders Company." Noah clapped his hands."He's so shameless. How dare he try to threaten us." Alice snorted. Her arms folded across her chest.Claire was getting tired of this argument so she put her arm around Alex. "Alex, we should go home now. We don't need to deal with them.""No, Claire. It's not us who should go, it's them."Alex's words made Noah smile sarcastically. "You're really shameless? I'm calling security right no
Alex squinted. He knew what the cashier was thinking. She probably thought that Alex was just a worker who had stolen a rich man's black card."Sir, where did you get the black card?" the cashier asked Alex."Why do you ask that? The black card is mine!"Alex's calm reply made the cashier smile sarcastically. "Really? Do you know that these black cards are only owned by the wealthiest few? Your appearance doesn't suggest that you deserve to own one," the cashier said, giving Alex a dismissive look.Alex's forehead wrinkled. "You're just a cashier, your job is to serve the customers, not meddle in matters that don't concern you," Alex said."But as a cashier in the largest supermarket in New York, I will not accept payment for stolen goods. I'm sure this black card belongs to your boss and you stole it. Confess quickly! If not, I'll call the police!"The corners of Alex's lips twitched as he heard the threat from the cashier in front of him."Go ahead and call the police! I'm not afraid
"You bastard, Claire Jhonson!" Alice returned home with hasty steps. Her feet stamped the floor in annoyance.She threw her expensive bag on the couch before collapsing on the living room sofa."Alice, what's wrong, dear? Why do you come home with a frown on your face?" Nancy approached her daughter. Followed by Graham, who was also concerned.His forehead was furrowed with curiosity. It was rare for their daughter to come home upset."It's Claire.""Claire?" Graham repeated. Suddenly his face clouded at the mention of his eldest daughter's name."Yes. She embarrassed me.""What did she do to you? Tell me!""Noah and I went to the grocery store today and ran into Claire and her husband. Claire was unhappy to see me with Noah and asked her husband to throw me out of the store. Claire humiliated me. That's the first time I've ever been humiliated in front of a crowd." With her cunning, Alice was good at making up lies.Graham's blood boiled immediately. His jaw clenched until the veins i
Claire was awakened by the sound of Alex's gentle snoring.Opening her eyes, Claire's lips smiled as she realized that Alex's strong hand was wrapped around her stomach.The strapping man was pressed against her back. Their bodies were naked under the white sheets.Yes, Claire and Alex had finally made love.They slept very well. "He looks very handsome even when he sleeps," Claire said, shifting her sleeping position to face Alex.When he closed his eyes, the man looked so peaceful.Claire couldn't help but kiss Alex on the forehead. It was the first time Claire had ever felt so comfortable and safe with a man.Claire's eyes went to her cell phone on the small table next to the bed. Claire's eyes narrowed as she saw her father's name on the screen. Why is he calling me? Claire thought to herself.[Damn kid! Come to my house right now!]"What if I refuse?"[I will have your mother evicted from the hospital!] Graham's threat caught Claire off guard."You can't have my mom evicted from t
Another thing that surprised Claire was that Alex wasn't wearing his construction uniform today, instead he was wearing gray cloth pants, complete with a gray shirt and a long tie that hung over his broad chest.Alex's appearance this time emphasized his good looks and authority.But Graham's family didn't care, because they knew that Alex was just the son of a bankrupt billionaire who had nothing."Don't you dare hurt my wife!" Alex snapped, pointing his finger at Graham.Then Alex walked over to Claire and pulled her around his waist to face him."Claire, are you okay?" Alex asked, but his eyes darkened when he saw the slap marks on both of his wife's cheeks."Shit!" Alex was too late."I'm fine. Alex, how did you know I was here?" Claire asked, her forehead furrowed in curiosity."That's not important. I'm sorry I'm late," Alex replied, his hand gently rubbing Claire's cheek.Graham clucked. "No one invited you into my house! How dare you come in here and meddle in our affairs. You'
"Mr. Knight, we have done what you told us to do. All investors who were working with Graham's Rose Company have ceased their cooperation," Vincent said from the other side of the phone.Meanwhile, Alex, standing at the window of his room, smiled with satisfaction.Graham had gotten his comeuppance for what he had done to Claire.It was clear that Alex would not let anyone who humiliated his wife live in peace without getting his comeuppance.A knock on the door distracted Alex. He saw Claire standing in the doorway with a cup of coffee."I brought your favorite coffee," Claire said, bringing it in and placing it on the table.Alex smiled. "Thank you." He quickly turned off his phone and slowly sipped his coffee while it was still hot."You're welcome.""Do you like coffee?" asked Alex.Claire looked up, looked at Alex and then nodded her head. "Not bad.""How about you drink coffee out of my mouth?" asked Alex, Claire's brow furrowed in confusion."What?"Without explaining anything,
"Noah, Claire scratched my arm! She threw water in my face too. She just got mad because I said hi," Alice said, showing the red scratches on her arm. Claire's eyes widened at Alice's accusation. Neither did Jenny, who hadn't expected Alice to use such a manipulative act to back Claire into a corner."Claire! You're so wicked. How could you hurt your stepsister? She just wanted to say hello to you, but you hurt her instead," Noah growled, sending a sharp look at Claire, but his hands were still holding Alice's back from falling.Annoyed that Noah had fallen for Alice's lie, Jenny shook the table hard and then got up from her chair. "Are you so blind that you can't see who's wrong and who's right? Have you seen Claire? She's wet too because your actress girlfriend threw water in her face first!" Jenny pointed at Claire, who was indeed partially wet.Noah looked over as well, but Alice immediately whimpered and held her arm. "My arm hurts like hell. We better get out of here, Noah. I do
Alice shook her head. "You're out of line, Claire. Forging the Emerald Hotel's VVIP card is a crime and could land you in jail.""Do you think the staff at the Emerald Hotel can be easily fooled with a forged card? They're not as stupid as you, Alice. If you don't believe me, please call the hotel staff and have them verify whether the card I'm holding is fake or real," Claire said, challenging Alice, who was still doubting herself.Everyone's mind was now thinking and confirming Claire's words.The Emerald Hotel was a high class hotel, of course they would check very carefully if someone showed a VVIP card."So are you now the mistress of this rich businessman with the VVIP card because you left your husband who can't support your lifestyle?" Alice asked calmly.This time Claire couldn't control her emotions and slapped Alice.Everyone's eyes widened. Noah, who didn't like his girlfriend being slapped, raised his hand to slap Alice back.However, Noah's hand was stopped by Claire's ha
Alex grasped Claire's hand tightly. "She just worked with Tristan. Tristan is already in jail. Now it's Alice and her mother's turn to rot in prison. They seemed very happy after Alice signed the letter transferring the ownership of my company. Our plan worked. So happy, they didn't suspect that it was just a fake letter to trap them," Alex said, then hugged Sandra's body from the side while giving her arm a stroke.Before this, Claire had listened to many explanations from Alex. About Alex who had never touched the fake Claire during the time the real Claire disappeared from his life.Claire was relieved that her husband hadn't spent a single night with another woman. Likewise, Alex is happy that his original Claire has returned.Even though Alex had yet to reunite Claire with their two children.“Just arrest her now!” Alex ordered the two policemen standing in front of him.“Yes, sir.”The policemen nodded and hurri
“Honey, I'm home!” Alice stepped into the house carrying a lot of papper bags filled with the luxurious things she had just bought.She even ignored Alex's children who were eagerly approaching her. Valen walked quickly over to Alice to show her the results of her drawing at school that got a 100.Until the girl pouted and sat on the sofa hugging her drawing book and watching Alice unpacking."You're finally home. I've been waiting for you." Alex came down the stairs still wearing his work suit.Alice turned around with a smile. "Look dear! I bought some nice shirts for you earlier. Oh yes, today I bought more jewelry and branded bags for my collection. Actually, there are many more purchases placed in the trunk. But they're being taken away by the waiters. Do you think I'd look good with this bag?" Alice said and took one of the Gucci brand bags and showed it to Alex."Good. You match the bag. You didn't buy any toys or stuff for the k
Claire was startled, looking quickly at Tristan. Then she quickly shook her head. "No, it's not. My name is not Wilona. I'm not his girlfriend either. He lied. My name is Clai-"“Wilona!” snapped Tristan with a tightened jaw. His intonation was full of emphasis, which surprised Claire.Claire recalled Tristan's threat to kill her biological mother if she dared to confront him at the airport.“Can we see your boyfriend's face?” the policeman asked again.“What for? Or let us see his passport.”"What's your purpose? We're in a hurry to fly to Australia. You can prevent us from leaving. Besides, there's no requirement that we show you our passports at the airport," Tristan firmly refused.His arms tightened around Claire from the side.Claire's heart began to fret.On the other hand, she felt worried about her mother. However, when else could she escape with this golden opportunity?"Very
Claire brushed him off, then spat in Tristan's face, making him jump in surprise as he closed his eyes.Tristan's right hand was clenched tightly on the steering wheel. It wasn't that he wanted to punch Claire in return, but he was annoyed that she hadn't conquered him yet."Just watch! I'll report you to the police!""Keep your plans to yourself. The police won't help you either. They won't believe you if you claim to have been kidnapped and claim to be Mrs. Knight. Because the fact is, everyone knows that Mrs. Knight is still by Alex's side."Claire was stunned by Tristan's words. “So it's true, there's a woman claiming to be me and she's staying with Alex?”Tristan replied with a lopsided smile.“That's your plan, right, Tristan?”"Yes, dear. It was all I could do not to lose you," Tristan replied, grinning.Claire's heart felt like it was being broken into pieces. It was devastating to think of her h
"Lately, Claire has been shopping for fancy clothes and bags. I don't forbid it, but this is very strange. Usually Claire doesn't care about how expensive the bags and clothes she wears are. She's never been crazy about luxury goods. I don't know why I feel that Claire's character is changing day by day," Alex muttered, scratching his forehead that wasn't itchy.Rubbing his face, Alex exhaled softly.Then a knock on the door distracted him.“Come in!”The door creaked open. Vincent came in with a slow exhale, his expression one of weariness."Sorry, Mr. Knight. There was a bit of a commotion on the seventh floor," Vincent said, informing him."What's the commotion? Why not have security take care of it? Why did you come to my office? Did you think I wasn't busy?!" Alex scowled."I apologize again. The thing is, this commotion was created by Mrs. Knight."“Claire?!” Alex chuckled at that.What was
"Don't cry! I believe you," Alex said, softening his voice.Alice seized the moment to take things further.Her hands slowly moved down Alex's broad chest under the brown pajamas. Then Alice's fingers were about to unbutton Alex's pajamas one by one.The top three buttons were undone. Alice's eyes widened with pleasure at the sight of the firm chest on which she would rest her head after sex.However, Alice's reverie was interrupted when Alex suddenly grabbed both her hands and pulled them away from her body."Why Alex? Why don't you want me to touch you?" Alice asked disappointedly."Don't do that yet, Claire. I'm not feeling very good tonight. Next time," Alex said as he touched Alice's pouting cheeks.“But...” Alice was getting bolder and bolder with the buttons of Alex's shirt.But the naughty hand movement was immediately restrained by Alex. "Sorry, dear. I can't yet. Now go to bed first," Alex concluded as she
Alex and his family had just returned from a vacation in Paris.There were some oddities about his wife while they were enjoying their vacation.One of them was his wife's complete disregard for Valen when the boy was pensive alone in their hotel room.Yes! Valen was mostly pensive in the hotel. While his wife was busy playing with her cell phone and checking her groceries.Alex was astonished. Usually his wife was the least likely to let Valen or their youngest son be pensive alone, let alone with a sad face."You can finally sleep in your room again, Valen. Are you happy?" Alex walked into her daughter's room.Tonight Valen had changed into her favorite hellokitty print pajamas.Alex had also dressed up in brown striped pajamas with short sleeves."Yes, Dad. I'm glad to be home again." Valen replied, smiling with his toothless teeth.Alex smiled broadly, sitting on the edge of the bed as he gently rubbed Valen's arm.
"I've been in this house for quite some time. I haven't even met my children and husband yet. You must have seen the news wrong. Alex and I have never taken a vacation to Paris with our child," Claire said, shaking her head slowly.Hearing Claire's confession, Lenny was shocked.Claire said she's been in this house for a long time? Then, who is the woman with Alex right now?"I was kidnapped. I was in Tristan's house for almost a month. Tristan is a man obsessed with me, he locked me up, forbid me to see my family. Help me, Lenny, I want to see my husband. By now Alex and our two children must be looking for me. They're probably worried about me." Both of Claire's hands held Lenny's.Claire's words this time made Lenny even more stunned. His mouth was hanging open as he could not believe Claire's statement."But Mrs. Knight. I don't think your husband and son are worried about you.""What?! How could you come to such a conclusion?" Claire lo
With all her might, Claire tried to scream. Hoping that her husband would hear and recognize her voice.Unfortunately, Alex's car was already too far away.Claire's tears broke out. Her body suddenly went limp. If only she could make eye contact with Alex, surely he wouldn't think twice about saving her."Mr. Tristan knows you tried to run away from home. He is very angry and waiting for you. Obey us, and we won't hurt you," threatened one of the bodyguards as he instructed the driver to drive the car back to Tristan's house.Upon arriving at Tristan's residence, Claire, who was already weak, let the two bodyguards hold her hand and entered the living room.There, Claire's eyes immediately met with Tristan's eyes that were filled with anger.The man's gaze looked sharply at her, as if he wanted to pounce on her.Claire gave up, she didn't care if Tristan wanted to kill her right now.Clenching his fists firmly, Tristan walked d