“After all, I…”Her hand that was gripping the fork twitched. “After all, I’m unable to have children now, so there’s nothing wrong with me adopting a child.”Sally’s eyes widened abruptly. “You…“How could that be…”“It’s a long story.”Evonne smiled as she patted her shoulder. “Once you get your memories back, you’ll understand everything about that.“That year, if it weren’t for you… I might not have just lost a child and the ability to have children, I might have lost my life too.”After she finished the sentence, she looked at Sally and squeezed out what looked like a sweet smile. “You’re not only my best friend, but you’re my savior as well.”Sally was so stunned that she could not say a word at the moment.At that moment, she really, really wanted to know what exactly had happened to Evonne.What was it that could have made this woman speak so simply about something that other women would find too painful to talk about their whole lives?What was it that had made her
Evonne’s words utterly stunned Sally.Without having to ask, she knew that the ‘he’ that Evonne spoke of was probably the person who had hurt her most deeply.It was to the point that she was not even willing to bring up his name.Out of consideration for her, Sally did not inquire about any news regarding ‘him’. “When are you coming back to see me?“I think it’ll be a long time.”Evonne lifted her head and smiled mildly at Sally. “When I’m truly able to move on, I’ll come back.”After saying this, she raised her hand and pinched Sally’s face. “Perhaps when I return, I’ll even bring a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boyfriend back to meet you!”Sally smiled as well. “Alright, but no matter what country your boyfriend is from, he has to treat Rohan well.”“He will.”Evonne stretched lazily. “I can’t bear any more children in this lifetime anyway, and Rohan’s age is similar to that child of mine who died back then.“I’ll treat him like my own son.”Sally nodded and subconsciously gla
“I promised him that if I saw you again next time, I’d ask if you wanted to adopt him—”Before the woman even finished speaking, Evonne had already begun to laugh. She lifted her hand and carried Rohan’s small body into her arms. “To be honest, I quite like this little guy too.”She pinched Rohan’s face with her fingers. “Since you like me and I like you, how about you go pack up your bags now and come play with your new mama?”Rohan nodded. “Okay!”After speaking, he jumped straight out of Evonne’s embrace and hummed a song as he happily went up the stairs.Evonne leaned against the chair as she watched Rohan go upstairs. The corners of her lips rose with a hint of a smile.Evonne only thought that this child was an orphan Sally had adopted back in Gunter City, which was why she named him Rohan Summers. However, she did not know that this child was actually related to her.A moment later when Rohan’s figure disappeared from her line of sight, Evonne turned her head to look at
The atmosphere became eerily quiet. Sally waved awkwardly at Aunt Leigh. “We should prepare a new plate for Mr. Greene.” It did not feel right to have a guest eat her friend’s leftovers. Seth pursed his lips and said in a low, hoarse voice, “I already said there’s no need to change it.” “I’ll have this.” Sally pursed her lips and stared dazedly at Seth before turning to look at Elijah. Elijah shook his head at her. That made her even more confused. What did that head shake mean? What was wrong with her arrangement?Was Seth saying these things because he was angry?That made sense. He had happily arrived at his friend’s house to have dinner but ended up being served leftover ravioli by his friend’s wife. It would naturally evoke feelings of discomfort.Did Seth think she was insulting him? As Sally thought of that, she began fidgeting as she pursed her lips and said, “Mr. Greene, I really didn’t mean to...“You know that I’ve lost my memories, and I’ve become be
“That’s a good idea as well.“I’m returning to Europe for some time to take care of things.“If going to the places you used to live before can help you remember the past…“I’ll take you to the Tate house and the places you and I used to go to with your mother when I return.” Sally nodded obediently. “Sure. Thank you, Dad.” “We’re father and daughter. No need to say the words 'thank you' between us.” Bennett smiled as he raised his wine glass. “Cheers. Here’s to our wishes coming true.” Elijah nodded and brought his glass to Bennett’s. “Alright. Wishing you a safe trip, Father-in-law.” Seth also put down his fork to raise his glass. Bennett gazed calmly at Seth. “No need to be so depressed, young man.“Losing something important isn’t scary. What’s scary is to remain stubbornly where you are now instead of trying to move on.” Seth raised his head and gazed into the middle-aged man’s eyes. “Sir, I might… never be able to redeem myself.” Bennett shook his head. “You’r
“Mrs. Moses, your face is so red…” Elijah frowned as he lowered his head and stared at the woman’s small red face. “Have you remembered something?” Sally hurriedly turned her face the other way so she would not have to look at him. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Then, she leaped out from his arms and jogged back into the mansion. Elijah stood still and gave a slight smile as he watched her leave. Compared to Seth, he was the lucky one. He had known about Sally’s feelings for him since the start, and he acknowledged his feelings for her from the beginning. Besides the misunderstanding five years ago, there had been nothing else separating them from each other. Although she had lost many of her memories now, she was still the woman who would blush and become embarrassed because of him. As he watched the woman’s petite figure slip back inside the mansion, he sighed and strode after her. ... Sally was awoken by Elijah’s kisses the next morning. Memories
“However, he came up to me and asked to follow along when he heard his girlfriend is from Summers Village as well. She’s going home to attend a relative’s wedding.” Sally said in realization, “So Blair isn’t coming along with us because of you but rather because of his girlfriend?” Elijah smiled and nodded. “I suppose you can put it like that.” “As Blair’s guardian, I have no reason to refuse if we’re heading to the same place.” He used his large hand to ruffle Sally’s hair. “So hurry and wash up. Everyone’s waiting for you downstairs.” Sally hurriedly nodded. “Alright.” Then, she immediately hurried into the bathroom and began tidying herself. By the time Sally and Elijah walked downstairs, it was already past nine in the morning. Joseph and Pierre were having a quiet discussion downstairs, letting out low chuckles once in a while. Near the couch, a girl in ponytails was sitting on the carpet and writing something on the coffee table. Blair had an infatuated expres
With Dorothy giving instructions, the cars drove to the entrance of the hotel where her cousin’s wedding was going to be held. “The bride’s name is Rebecca York, and the groom’s name is Felix Carson?” Sally frowned as she got out of the car and stared at the banner hung across the door. The names Rebecca and Felix felt familiar to her. However, she did not have all her memories now and could not remember where she had heard the names before. “Wow, Dory, your uncle went to the bus station to pick you up when he heard you were returning today. I didn’t expect you to be driven back by some rich people?!” Sally was still staring at the bride and groom’s names when a woman’s screeching voice rang out. Frowning, Sally instinctively turned to the source of the voice and saw a woman dressed in red who seemed to be about her age. The woman wholly ignored Sally’s presence as she gazed greedily at the expensive-looking cars. In a loud voice, she questioned Dorothy, “Dory, you’ve a
————One year later. The wedding of Zoey Williams, president of Yoder Corporation, and Thomas Yoder, the young master of the Moses family, was held at A City’s grandest hotel. On the wedding day, Zoey wore a gorgeous wedding gown as she walked over to Thomas. She raised her head and smiled at him. “When I was a kid, Freya always said that I would have to marry her brother when I grew up.” “However, I realized that I did not like Elijah. I much preferred Sis Sally.” “Who would have thought that at the end of the day, I would still end up marrying Freya’s younger brother. As per her wishes, I’ll be taking care of her brother forever, and allowing her brother to care for me for the rest of my life.” Thomas smiled as he pulled her into his arms. “My beloved ZZ, I finally get to marry you.” Freya, carrying Frigg and sitting with the rest of the family, turned to exchange smiles with Bennett. The wedding was joyful and romantic. Everyone attending basked in the loving atmosp
“If you destroy everything I have, then I’ll destroy everything you have!” Queenie gritted her teeth, a hideous expression on her face as she glared at Sally and said, “If it weren’t for you, I would still be the high-and-mighty young lady of the Tate family!” “It’s all because of you that I became nearly a stand-in for you. I’ve enjoyed many years of lavish treatment at the lavish family, but I was discarded unceremoniously into the dust!” “Sally Summers, it’s all your fault! Everything is because of you!” “I won’t forgive you even if I become a ghost!” “Alright then, go be a ghost!” Elijah narrowed his eyes and raised a hand to grip Queenie’s chin. The hatred in his eyes caused Queenie to smile. “Elijah Moses, choke me to death if you have the guts to do so!” “If you can’t choke me to death, I have multiple ways to make life miserable for you!” “Your sister is just one part of my plan!” “You probably don’t know this yet.” Her lips curled upwards into a bloodthir
The woman lying in bed frowned and said in a weak, hoarse voice, “You are…” “I’m the woman who did it for a long time with your husband.” She sat down on a nearby chair and watched gleefully as the woman’s face turned increasingly paler. “You have a pretty bad memory, Mrs. Lucca.” “We just met the other day.” She shook her head as she spoke. “It makes sense, though. It’s only normal that a half-dead person would not have a great memory.” “Forgive me for being blunt, Mrs. Lucca. President Lucca told me that you don’t have many days left.” “When you’re gone, he’s going to leave his daughter and marry me.” The woman lying in bed turned pale as she shook her head and said, “Impossible… That’s impossible…” “Quincy, he…” “Nothing is impossible.” Queenie continued smiling a gleeful and flaunting smile. She threw her pregnancy test strip onto the woman’s face. “Look, I’m pregnant.” “How could I have gotten pregnant if we only did it one time? Such coincidences don’t exi
“In your dreams!” Quincy gritted his teeth together tightly. “I wouldn’t want you even if every other woman on the planet was dead!” The woman on the other end of the line laughed lightly. “You’re going to abandon your child because Freya Moses is dead?” “You planted your seed in my stomach.” Quincy gritted his teeth and was about to continue arguing when Elijah gave him a look. Quincy pursed his lips. “So, what do you want?” “Let’s meet up.” Queenie yawned. “Can you pick a place?” “There’s a cafe nearby the hospital.” Quincy sighed. “I don’t have much time for you, so don’t try talking nonsense after we meet.”“What a man you are, trying to ghost someone after you’ve slept with them.” The woman shrugged nonchalantly. “Alright. You can wait for me. I’ll be there soon.” She hung up. Quincy pursed his lips and looked up at Elijah. “Why do you want me to meet her?” “You’ve got to have some bait if you want to trap someone.” “This time, Quincy, you’re the bait.
The sharp end of the knife sank into Quincy’s skin. Intense pain came, but he did not seem to feel a thing as he continued pushing. Suddenly, a large, strong, and dry hand took hold of him. Quincy frowned as he tried to continue forcing the knife in, but he could not exert any more strength. Elijah’s cold voice rang beside his ear. “Do you feel like my sister will live on for much longer if you die before her eyes?” “Have you ever thought about how much she likes you and how important you are to her?” Stunned, Quincy turned instinctively to look at Freya. The woman was sobbing controllably. As she gazed tearfully at him, it seemed that she had multiple things she wanted to say but could not find the words. Tears flowed once more from Quincy’s eyes. Ignoring the blood flowing from his chest, he dashed over to Freya and held her tightly. “It’s my fault.” “It’s all my fault!” “Freya… I can’t live without you.” “I cannot… I…” Freya could not stop herself from wr
After Freya was hospitalized, Quincy canceled all his work plans and spent all his time in the hospital watching over her. Although she never let him in, and although he could only ever gaze at her through the window from afar. However, he insisted on not taking even a step away from her ward. He stood guard there stubbornly, and no one could talk any sense into him. Both Elijah and Thomas could not bring themselves to chide or drive Quincy away when he acted this way. And thus, Freya finally agreed to meet him on the seventh day. The woman’s face in the ward was pale, and she was considerably thinner than from before hospitalization. She looked extremely haggard. Tears welled in Quincy’s eyes when he saw what his beloved looked like from a close distance. It was all his fault. It was all his fault! He had caused her to end up this way! All because of him!“Is there anything you would like to say?” Freya leaned against her pillows. Eyes shut, she seemed to have
Sally’s lips pursed themselves together when Freya’s name was mentioned. She would admit that she had had a horrible first impression of Freya when they first met. The woman had stripped nearly twenty years of Zoey’s life away from her. Even now, Zoey still bore the scars she had inflicted upon her on her face. And she had even attacked Sally’s mother during her and Elijah’s wedding. However, times had changed, and five years had passed since then. Sally could not bring herself to be cruel toward Freya, who now showed complete remorse. Additionally, she had treated Sam and Little Sarah with genuine kindness lately. Sally had begun to think of her as family. Yet, now, something like this happened. She sighed. “Freya…” “Freya will not be in great condition when she regains consciousness. You need to prepare yourself mentally.” Freya’s illness was in her heart. The sort of illness she had made it so that she could not be made angry, excited, or frantic. If not, not e
Evonne and Sally were slurping instant noodles when Elijah and Thomas arrived at the doctor’s on-call room. They were starving and had virtually no energy left. The only thing in the room they could use to fill their stomachs was instant noodles. When the door opened, Elijah frowned slightly when he saw his petite wife steadily making her way through a pack of instant noodles. The man strode over and grabbed her bowl. “Unhealthy stuff.” Sally had been enjoying herself and raised her head angrily when her instant noodles were taken away. “I don’t care if it’s not nutritious! I’m hungry… Hubby?” The emotions in the woman’s eyes turned from anger to shock, and then to surprise! Reaching out her arms, she encircled Elijah’s neck and jumped into his arms. “You’re back!” “I missed you so much!” He had been on his ocean trip for more than half a month. They had never been separated for so long since getting back together. The signal on the sea was spotty, and she could never
When Sally finished suturing the last ruptured blood vessel in Freya’s heart, she was starving, exhausted, and had little to no energy left. Evonne, who was beside her, was not much better off. “It’s steady! The patient’s heartbeat is steady again!” The nurse staring at the electrocardiograph yelled out excitedly! Given the condition the patient was in, if it weren’t for these two doctors, they would never have been able to save her! “Dr. Summers and Dr. Turner are amazing!” “Of course.” A senior doctor standing nearby smiled as he stroked his beard and said, “How did you think Dr. Summers earned her title of genius surgeon?” The young nurse’s mouth widened in surprise. “In that case… why are Dr. Summers and Dr. Turner no longer working as doctors?” The senior doctor sighed. “I guess they have their reasons…” In another corner, Evonne leaned against the wall, exhausted as she turned to look at Sally. “Dr. Summers, do you still plan to stay on as a housewife?” Sa