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,
The atmosphere in the living room slowly turned awkward. A blush began creeping up Sally’s face. Zoey and Evonne stared blankly at Elijah and Sally, unsure of what to say next. Finally, Evonne was the first to return to her senses. She frowned and asked wryly, “You’re just letting her do whatever she wants?” Seth had Elijah’s phone customized for him, and it was equipped with unique anti-tracking and encryption features. The engineer had purposely flown to A City and used a week to customize it for him. More than a hundred designs had been drafted just for the phone’s external form. The construction of Elijah’s phone would have cost at least several hundred thousand, or even several million dollars. However, he had allowed Sally to treat it as… a toy? “It’s waterproof and shockproof. She couldn’t have damaged it.” The man smiled as he put his cup down. His ink-colored eyes were filled with love as he gazed at Sally. “But I turned it off for safety purposes while she w
Elijah’s low voice was just as haughty as ever. “I won’t give you two the chance to do that, nor will I argue with her.” “Really?” Evonne raised an eyebrow. “What if I told you Sally used to say bad things about you to me?“Back in Gunter City, whenever anyone asked where her kids’ dad was, she would always answer…” The woman did not have time to finish her sentence before Sally pounced over and covered her mouth. “Hubby, did you miss a lot of calls last night because your phone was switched off last night?” “You can go take care of business at the office! No need to stay with me anymore!” “I can stay here and catch up with them!” Elijah smiled when he saw her small face growing red from panic, but he did not expose her. After all, he was a man, and it would not be suitable for him to stay here for too long while the three women had a catch-up session. Thus, the man smiled and turned to leave. “I’ll be leaving now. You guys have a good talk.” Then, he strode over to
Thomas was shocked speechless when he heard what Franklin said. “You’re saying…” It turned out that Franklin’s girlfriend was also… “Yes.” Franklin raised his head, his dark eyes filled with hatred. “Abby was killed. And the mastermind behind her murder is Charles Yoder.“I hate them even more than you do.“Tom.” He gazed solemnly at Thomas. “Forgive me for only telling you now.“Actually, I… had always known about it.” Thomas felt as if he had been hit with something heavy. He felt confused and disoriented. “How… could this have happened?” He had been studying overseas all these years, fully immersed in the comic world. All he knew was that Franklin’s girlfriend had died and Franklin was miserable after that. It was also about that time when Franklin gave up on inheriting Yoder Corporation. However, he never knew that there was such a story behind this… His throat felt tight as he pursed his lips, asking, “When did you find out, Franklin?” “When Abby died.”
He had thought it was a coincidence he looked so much like Elijah and it was also a coincidence that his parents had the same encounter. However, it turned out… “You’re a member of the Moses family.” Franklin sighed before he continued saying, “You and Elijah are twins. Benedict was out of town when you two were born.“Elijah was born before you. When you were born, your mother, who happens to be my aunt, was already unconscious.“Elijah’s second uncle, Daniel Moses, was there to witness the birth. He thought that you two would bring nothing but trouble to him in the future, but it would be too obvious if he got rid of both of you at the same time. Thus, he took you away first and made plans to get rid of Elijah in the future.“When your father returned, everyone in the hospital acted from the same script and stated that one of the twins was still-born.“Your father believed it, but your mother had a vague memory of you crying after you were born. That’s why she asked my mom
”You have to want it.“You were born into such a talented family. There’s no reason to bury your skills and talents.” As Thomas sat in the bar, he could not help but play a continuous loop of the things Franklin had said to him in the hospital today. He barked out a bitter laugh as he took a swig from the bottle. Skills, talents. He did not think he had any talent in doing business. Although he was now the president of Yoder Corporation and was in a position everyone was jealous of, was he happy? He was not the slightest bit happy. Did he have any skills or talents? He did not. The only reason he had not yet caused Yoder Corporation’s downfall was because of his twin brother Elijah. He found it hard to imagine the magnitude of chaos he would have caused in Yoder Corporation if not for Elijah or Seth.He had never thought himself to be particularly skilled or talented in doing business. However, a fan who always read his comics online had once told him that she h
Under the warm lights of the bar, Thomas glanced mockingly at Zoey. “Tsk tsk tsk, CEO Williams.” “I never imagined you to be so imposing toward your subordinates…” He thought of himself. Seth was one of his subordinates, but the man had never respected him. He had many more subordinates in the company, but every person had a mocking look in their eyes when they looked at him. It was as if everyone knew he was a useless man who relied on Elijah’s support. No one had ever respected him, nor would they obey his orders like how Zoey’s assistant obeyed her orders. “Nonsense.” Zoey rolled her eyes at him and strode over to sit down beside him. “I’m in charge of his salary. Of course, he’s scared of me.” Then, she gave Thomas a once-over and glanced at the empty bottles beside him. “Trying to get drunk because you’re in a bad mood?” Thomas did not answer. Instead, he placed a bottle of vodka in front of her. “Since we’ve already met, care to join me?“Don’t worry. I’ll back
Elijah could not care less about what had happened to Zoey and Thomas! He had been extremely busy ever since he arrived in Y City, often having to work overtime until it was late at night every day. Sally would already be asleep when he returned home. Although he deeply desired to be intimate with her, he could not bring himself to wake her up. Besides, Evonne would interrupt him whenever he tried doing anything to Sally in the morning. Today, he finally did not need to work overtime and could do anything he pleased with his wife at home. However, Zoey and Thomas were causing him trouble this time? All he wanted to do was add a third kid to his family. Why was this so difficult? “Hubby, let’s go to the police station.” Sally had no idea of the internal war waging within Elijah and hurriedly clambered out of bed to put on her clothes. “Zoey just arrived in Y City and she doesn’t know anyone else. I’m worried she’ll get into a fight with the officers.” Elijah wryly got ou
————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