Evonne had to admit that she felt horrible when Seth called her “Mrs. Yoder”. He would not stop emphasizing the fact that she had left him first. “Evonne Turner, you were the one who gave up on our relationship first.” “I tried holding you back, but you never gave me a chance.” “So I don’t see a need for me to give you a chance either.” “To be honest, after all these years, the only things I’ve ever felt toward you are possessiveness and the urge to win. I’d never been in love with you.” Evonne shut her eyes, allowing the tears to drip from her eyes. She remembered that Seth had a smile on his face when he spoke to her. A relieved smile. He was relieved because he had finally understood what the relationship meant to him. As for her? How was she, the one he had never treated sincerely, supposed to recall those past five years? How was she supposed to do what Sally had said and not negate the sincerity and dedication she had had? She could not think of an answe
She quietly took out her phone and asked Joseph to wait for them outside the bar. —————— 10:00 PM. Zoey strutted out of the airport. She held her phone and dialed Sally’s number for the fifth time. No one answered. Evonne did not pick up her phone either. Not even Elijah picked up her call. “F*ck! What’s going on!” The woman wearing a red trench coat rolled her eyes and scrolled through her contacts. However, she could not find someone who could pick her up at Y City. “If I’d known earlier, I wouldn’t have kept this a secret from them and just told them I’m coming. Things wouldn’t be as awkward as they are now.” It was already past ten at night. Before coming, her assistant had wanted to book a hotel room, but she had refused it. She was here for Sally and Evonne. What was the point of staying at a hotel? However, neither woman could be contacted now, and even Elijah was playing the disappearing game! “CEO Williams, how about you come to the hotel r
“Hey!” After getting shut outside, Zoey was first momentarily stunned before she continued ringing the doorbell incessantly. “What’s wrong with you? Why have you shut me outside the door?” “I’m a guest!” “I’m Evonne’s friend!” “Thomas Yoder! Open the door!!!” After Zoey had been knocking on the door for three minutes, Thomas finally opened the door and asked irritably, “What do you want?”Zoey rolled her eyes and was just about to say something when she realized that Thomas was now wearing pajamas. They covered up his abdomen, which she had just laughed at and called bony. She could not help but splutter out a laugh again. However, this time, she did not tease him. She coughed lightly and said, “Let me explain. I’m Evonne’s friend, but she didn’t answer my calls when I called her, so I took a cab and came here.” “Where is she?” Thomas pursed his lips. “She’s not home.” “Oh.” Zoey walked past Thomas and into the house, where she was not shy to sit down on the
The little guy had not finished speaking when he was stunned silent by the scene downstairs. His Uncle Thomas was looking disheveled as a beautiful woman pulled on him. The beautiful woman’s hands were tugging on his shirt, seemingly trying to undress him… The little guy hurriedly covered his eyes. “I didn’t see anything!” “I’m going to bed!” With that, the little boy hurried off on his short legs. It took Thomas a while before he realized what the little guy had gotten wrong! He lowered his head and looked at the slender hands tightly tugging on the ends of his shirt. “Miss, you can let go now.” Zoey finally recovered from her shock and hurriedly let go. She sat back down on the couch and took a sip of water to calm herself down. Then, she looked back up at Thomas. “When will Evonne be back?” Thomas shrugged and sat down on the seat farthest from her. “She’s gone drinking with Sally. I don’t know when she will be back. Why don’t you return tomorrow?” He felt that t
Thomas tossed and turned on his bed, unable to fall asleep because a stranger was downstairs. After he had been tossing and turning for a whole two hours, he finally gave up the struggle. He decided to go downstairs and talk to his unexpected guest, Zoey. At the end, when Thomas walked downstairs, he saw that the woman had pulled her trench coat over herself and fallen asleep on his couch. The television in front of her was still playing today’s financial news. In the news was a woman who looked identical to the one on his couch. She seemed to be in vigorous and high spirits as she sat at the head of the meeting table and had energetic discussions with the others. A woman’s voice introduced her enthusiastically, “The power Tate Group holds has increased greatly over the years after CEO Williams took the seat. At a young age, Zoey Williams has managed to keep Tate Group well organized, and the European media has even labeled her a business prodigy…” Thomas was stunned speech
Evonne yawned. “I know you wouldn’t have the guts to do so anyway.” However, she was a little disappointed. In her drunkenness last night, she could remember that the man taking care of her was… The woman shook her head. Why was she torturing herself by still thinking about him now? She steadied her emotions and climbed out of bed. “Where are my clothes?” Joseph hurriedly passed her a brand-new set of clothes. “Ms. Turner, here are the clothes that Sir had me prepare for you.” “Why don’t you get changed first? I’ll wait for you outside and send you to wherever you need to go.” Evonne nodded and waited until Joseph had left before she took the clothes and began changing. What surprised her was not only were these clothes in her size, but they were also in the colors and style that she liked. She wondered how Joseph knew so much about her. After some thought, she decided that he might have had the information ingrained in him because Sally was constantly nagging about i
Zoey was sound asleep on the bed in the first-floor guest room. The curtains stopped the morning light from shining in, but the room was still toasty. Zoey switched positions so she could continue sleeping in even more comfort. Her room door was kicked open from the outside with a “bang”. Evonne saw the woman’s long, slender legs the minute she came in. The woman had her back to her, and her head was hidden underneath her blanket, leaving only her legs exposed. When Evonne remembered how that woman had been shameless enough to initiate a make-out session in front of her barely five-year-old son, she was enraged. She grabbed the drawing board nearby and brought it down to hit the woman-- “Ow--!” That woman’s scream caused not only Evonne to frown but also Thomas, who was still groggy, to jump in fright. Were… were women this loud when they reunited after a long time? Just then, in the guest room downstairs… Zoey had tears in her eyes as she knelt on the bed and s
However, Evonne laughed and said teasingly, “I didn’t even know that Thomas doesn’t have abs. But you’ve known that after spending just one night with him?” “I didn’t spend the night with him!” “I didn’t spend the night with her!” Zoey and Thomas, who were separated only by a door, burst out at nearly the same time. After that sentence left their mouths, all three people near the door were stunned. Evonne was the first to return to her senses. She opened the door. Thomas was standing outside the door with two glasses in his hands. Obviously, he was here to offer them a drink. Zoey rolled her eyes. “Can’t believe you were eavesdropping.” Thomas pouted. “I wasn’t eavesdropping. You guys didn’t close the door.” Zoey, “...” “Alright, everyone’s friends here. Is there any misunderstanding that can’t be resolved with a little explanation?” As Evonne spoke, she winked at both Zoey and Thomas. “You guys don’t need to explain. I get it.” When Evonne finished speaking,
————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