Natalie lowered her gaze and took the seat beside her father.Daniel's expression turned serious. "Of course, I can read you like an open book. You are my child. I can tell whether you are genuinely happy or putting on a forced smile with just a glance alone. "I know something has happened between you and Henry."Natalie's nose soured. Her father understood her the most."Would you support me if I decide to divorce him?" Natalie still needed support in this.Even if it was just verbal support, it would make her feel she was not facing this alone.Daniel sighed with some regret. "Although it didn't turn out well, I will definitely support you if that is your decision.""Dad, I used to think I would be lucky enough to be as happy as you and Mom once I got married," Natalie sincerely mumbled.However, Daniel trembled slightly at her words, and a complex look flickered in his eyes. He quickly concealed it and smiled. "Your mother and I were just an ordinary couple.""But is
Natalie nodded and her tone grew urgent. "Alright! Let's set out now!"Leslie grabbed her phone and car keys before leading Natalie out.While Leslie was driving, Natalie attempted to call Sheldon several times. However, the results were the same. Sheldon's phone was turned off."But if my brother is really there, he wouldn't be able to receive any signals," Leslie said with furrowed brows.Natalie tightened her grip on her phone and asked, "What happened? Why did your brother react this way?"Leslie pursed her lips and her expression turned grim.Natalie noticed that Leslie's knuckles were turning white from how tightly she was gripping the wheels.She hesitated. "If you feel like talking about it ...""It's not that. I'm just wondering where to begin." Leslie sighed. "Sheldon is not my only brother.""What?" Natalie was surprised"I have another brother who is two years older than Sheldon," Natalie started.Natalie didn't interrupt Leslie and listened quietly."However, m
The alarms in Juliet's head started going off. "Where are we going?""Abroad," The leader muttered indifferently."What?" Juliet widened her eyes as her heart quickened.She finally understood what Henry meant. So, he wanted to send her abroad.She didn't expect Henry to be this ruthless toward her. Was this how much he hated her?Back then, Henry had even pleaded with her to stay when she said she was going abroad. Yet, now ... he wanted to send her away.Juliet tried to calm herself down. "Why should I listen to you? You can't decide whether I go abroad or not!""If this is what you want, then please forgive us for what we're about to do." The leader turned to the others. "Get her!""No! You can't do this! You can't! You can't force me!" Juliet struggled in panic.But her struggles seemed to be in vain."Take her away!" The leader ordered.Juliet didn't want to be sent abroad! She still had many things she wanted to do! She had to stay here!Juliet suddenly had an
Tears streamed down Owen's face. He closed his eyes for a moment before speaking, "Your grandmother had always been delicate. Before she slept, she always kept me up with lengthy conversations. "And she's a picky eater, too. Do you think she'll be fine in the afterlife?"Owen's words caused a sharp pain in Henry's heart. He looked at Owen pitifully but didn't know how to comfort him. No matter what he said, it couldn't alleviate Owen's grief.Owen loved Moira. It was a love that lasted a lifetime."I'm so useless ... I couldn't protect her, and she left like this. I don't even know if she suffered during her unconsciousness. "Moreover, we still haven't figured out what exactly happened! I ..." Owen hit himself repeatedly.Henry quickly grabbed Owen's hand. "Please stop, Grandpa! Don't … It hurts to see you like this."Although Owen stopped hitting himself, his expression didn't lighten up. "She's gone, and I didn't even bid her a proper farewell.""I'm sure she can he
"Let's grab something to eat, Henry. You probably haven't had lunch, right?" Harry handed the food brought by his men to Henry.Henry shook his head weakly. "I don't have the appetite.""You still need to eat even if you feel upset. You told Grandpa to take care of himself, but what about yourself?" Harry handed him a lunch box. "Eat!"Under Harry's persuasion, Henry reluctantly ate.After the meal, Henry sat silently in a corner. There were many things he wanted to do for his grandmother. However, over the years, he had been busy with work and always felt that it could wait.But now ...Fate did not give him the opportunity. He thought he would have time, but fate had other plans.After a while, Cliff also arrived. But he wasn't alone."Dad, who is this?" Harry gave a puzzled look to the person his father brought.Normally, only relatives or friends would come to give their condolences. But Harry had no memories of this person.Cliff glanced at the woman beside him and i
"Not yet, Mr. Chase ..." the leader trailed off.Henry's brows furrowed tightly. The longer this dragged on, the higher the chances were of something going wrong.As he drove, he surveyed his surroundings, desperately hoping to catch a glimpse of that familiar figure.However, time ticked by, and there was still no sign of her.Suddenly, large rocks fell from the top of the mountain.The people in the vehicles behind Henry saw this. They quickly rolled down their windows and shouted at Henry's car, "Mr. Chase! Look out! It's rockfalls!"However, Henry couldn't hear them through the heavy rain combined with the crash of falling rocks. By the time he realized it, it was already too late. The rocks smashed his car window.The glass shattered."Mr. Chase!"Three hours later, Henry woke up in the hospital.His forehead was heavily bandaged, and there were faint traces of blood on it.The wound on his forehead was caused by both the shattered window glass and by hitting the st
"Get out!" Henry didn't want to hear anything related to Natalie anymore.Not a single thing!A triumphant smile appeared on Juliet's face.Not only Natalie but Leslie was also there with Sheldon. However, Juliet deliberately picked the photos of Natalie and Sheldon together. As long as she achieved her goals, who cared if she played a few dirty tricks?"I'll be leaving now, Henry. Take care of yourself. My condolences for your grandmother ..." With that, Juliet was about to leave when Henry stopped her. "Wait!"Juliet paused and turned to him expectedly. "Henry ..."Henry gave her a cold glare and warned, "I'll let this go for now. But it won't end as easily the next time!"This was a wake-up cold to Juliet, and her heart dropped. Did Henry have to be so cruel to her?But Juliet didn't dare to make a scene. She nodded and turned to leave.Henry was then discharged. Why would he stay here? He had to rush back to the funeral home to mourn his grandmother.Just as Juliet
The screen lit up, and Natalie's heart began to race.Not long after, she received a bunch of missed call notifications.Missed calls. Why were so many people calling her?Natalie quickly clicked open the messages and read through them.Surprisingly, the person who called the most was Henry, followed by her father. They had both called her multiple times. The bad feeling she was feeling earlier returned.Natalie decided to return her father's call first. She held her breath as she waited for the call to connect. When her father answered, Natalie anxiously started talking, but her father cut her off, "Natalie, where have you been? Why are you only calling back now?"Her father sounded nervous. Natalie's heart tightened, and she quickly asked, "Dad, what happened? Is something wrong?"Daniel sighed. "Henry's grandmother ... she's gone."Natalie was shocked beyond words. Her hands trembled, and she almost dropped her phone. How could this be? So, Henry's grandmother … passed a
Once Henry and Natalie arrived at the competition venue, Henry made a beeline for the participants' entrance. Meanwhile, family members like Natalie headed straight to the lobby.Natalie had already spotted a few prominent figures in the architectural design field. Some were competing, others were judging.After seeing Henry disappear into the exclusive lane, Natalie strolled toward the lobby.When all the competitors and judges took their places, the host took to the stage to kick off the competition.Due to the language barrier, Natalie could only catch the gist of what the host was saying.Eventually, a sentence flashed on the big screen. After translating it, it read, "A theatre."It seemed that the challenge would be to design a theatre.After the theme was announced, the screen switched to a live feed of the competition area. Competitors had their own designated space.Within the competition area sat dozens of top-tier architects, who all had produced significant works be
Henry cleared his throat and smiled at Mercy. He tried to keep his smile gentle and even spoke softly.But it only took a few seconds of him singing to cause Mercy to burst into tears, her face filled with resistance.The corners of Henry's mouth twitched. Was he that scary?Natalie was stunned by this. What was going on? It seemed that Mercy was a difficult child!Henry and Natalie had arrived in the city a few days before the competition. It was Henry's idea. He said he still owed Natalie a honeymoon trip, so he decided to make it up to her during this overseas trip.They visited many places and took many photos during their free time.Looking at the photos on her phone and then at Henry sleeping beside her, a satisfied smile appeared on Natalie's face.She tiptoed over and pecked Henry on the forehead. "Henry, I never felt more happy."But as soon as she leaned back, she saw Henry with his eyes opened. Under the dim light, his eyes shone brightly with a hint of danger."Ste
Why was Harry here?Time sure flew by. In the blink of an eye, it had been almost three months since Shirley divorced Harry."Shirl, I'll excuse myself since the guest is here. Take your time!" her boss said and retreated to the nearby restroom.All of a sudden, the entire coffee shop fell quiet, and the atmosphere became tense.Shirley and Harry stared at each other, feeling as if time had come to a standstill. In the end, it was Harry who broke the silence. "Let's start.""Why are you…" Shirley still found it hard to believe."It's your birthday today. How could I miss it?" Harry offered a faint smile.Shirley wasn't sure how genuine Harry's feelings for her were at the beginning of their marriage. But she had to admit, Harry never missed any of their anniversaries, or her birthday during the time they were together.But she never thought Harry would still show up and celebrate her birthday with her after the divorce."It's my birthday, yet you're still making me draw
"I see. Then I'll visit Cece after you return," Shane said as he cast a loving gaze at Natalie.As he watched Natalie leave, he couldn't help but feel a sense of gratitude and relief.Thankfully, he had realized life's true meaning before it was too late. And fortunately, he still had the opportunity to make different choices and correct his past mistakes. …When Natalie walked out of the Yoder residence, she headed straight to the car parked at the gate.She reached out to open the door, but she realized that she couldn't even grip the handle.But this wasn't the first time such a thing had happened.Whenever she tried to pick up a bowl, it would slip from her fingers and shatter on the floor.Whenever she attempted to hold a pen to sign documents, she could barely steady it, resulting in a signature that looked like gibberish.She found herself unable to perform even the simplest of tasks, and much less when it came to lifting heavy objects.Although Henry had been reassur
Natalie didn't know how to respond to such a subject.Though she didn't harbor any resentment toward Celine, it was quite impossible for her to see Celine as importantly as she did Yvonne. Celine might be her biological mother, but she was still like a stranger to her—especially after years of separation.…With Natalie's intervention, the shareholders of the Yoder Group finally calmed down.However, it wasn't because they weren't wary of her identity as Shane Yoder's daughter, but rather, it was because of her identity as Henry Chase's wife.Offending her would also mean offending Henry Chase, and they certainly wanted to avoid that at all costs. Shortly after the chaos at the Yoder Group subsided, Shane finally regained consciousness.The moment he woke up, all he saw was Jonah busy taking care of him.Just then, Jonah was walking toward Shane with a wet towel in hand. He was startled to see that Shane was awake."Dad… " Overwhelmed with joy, Jonah called out to Shane.
Leonard looked up in surprise and saw that Rachel was angrily storming toward him.Apparently, she was the one who had thrown the book at him."Ra-Rachel, what's the matter?" Leonard's mind was racing, but he couldn't figure out what he had done to anger her.Nevertheless, he was ready to admit his mistakes and correct them accordingly."See for yourself!" Rachel picked up the book she'd thrown at him and tossed it to him.Leonard calmly took the book and noticed a striking headline on the book cover."Shocking! Former CEO of Velvet Star Entertainment Is the Boss Behind Sky Entertainment?"Well, the cat was out of the bag.Leonard cleared his throat and pondered on how to explain this to Rachel. But before he could say anything, Rachel spoke up instead, saying, "How could you lie to me? Do you know that I couldn't sleep for nights, worrying that you couldn't find a job?"I felt so guilty that you were kicked out by your father and even lost your job because of me! Every day, I
However, Celine wasn't aware that when she'd quickly run off, Henry had shown up at the other end of the hallway.Although Celine was quite far away, Henry could still tell that it was her.When Henry saw her, he briefly paused at wheeling himself. It was only when Celine's figure completely vanished at the elevator that he wheeled himself into Natalie's ward.He had just finished speaking with the doctor in his office regarding Natalie's condition. The doctor informed him that Natalie might not be able to hold pens for some time. And even if Natalie was able to take care of herself in the later stages of recovery, her hands might not be as agile as before. This news would undoubtedly be devastating to a designer who relied on her hands to draw sketches.On his way back to the ward, Henry had pondered how he should break the news to Natalie. However, he couldn't find an answer.As he entered the ward and wheeled himself to the side of Natalie's bed, he gazed at her with a
When Natalie was pushed off from the seventh floor, her phone had fallen out of her pocket and had subsequently gotten smashed.And so, her phone had been turned off since, rendering Lavender unable to reach her.Lavender frowned, feeling uneasy.When Celine noticed Lavender's strange expression, she quickly asked, "Did you get through?"Lavender shook her head and said, "I'll try Henry's number again." Celine's heart leaped into her throat as she waited.Luckily, Henry quickly picked up the phone this time."Mr. Chase, may I know where Natalie is right now? She missed my wedding today," Lavender anxiously said."She's in the hospital," Henry honestly told her.Lavender furrowed her brows. "Which hospital?""Community Care Hospital.""Got it. Thank you." Lavender hung up the phone. "What did he say?" Celine immediately asked as her heart pounded.Meanwhile, Jonah stared at Celine in confusion and wondered why she was so concerned about Natalie.Such excessive concern di
Lavender's gaze lifted to Jonah's well-defined jawline.Jonah's eyes were notably luminous too, just like they were in their past.Lavender had always been captivated by Jonah's eyes. They shone so brightly and clearly, like stars that were her guiding light.With the microphone in hand, Jonah surveyed the audience before commencing his address, "As you've all witnessed through those images… The past three years have been exceedingly difficult for me. "Throughout that period, I was unaware of the extent of the disgraceful actions I'd committed, nor can I fully comprehend the turmoil those close to me have endured on my behalf. "Yet, if there's one aspect of which I'm absolutely certain…"Jonah's gaze tenderly met Lavender's as he continued, "The woman standing beside me has truly done so much for me. The mere thought of what she endured, and the resilience she displayed during those challenging times, fills me with both awe and fear. "And the commitments I made to her have be