Simon was first stunned, and then he fell silent. Just now, he had been so desperate to argue against the fact that he snuck Thomas away that he forgot... no one had mentioned Thomas was part of the Moses family before this! However, Simon soon became calm again. If Elijah had such a clear understanding of what had happened all those years ago, he must have long known that Thomas was his brother. What did it matter if he admitted or denied that fact? Simon laughed coldly. “Would it matter even if I didn’t admit it?”“Indeed, it wouldn’t matter.“As for the other things, there’s no use in you denying them too.” Elijah laughed coldly as he retrieved an invoice. The paper listed out the details of various transactions Simon had with Daniel all these years. Every time Daniel transferred money to Simon, he would add a reference explaining what the money was for. For example, a certain sum of money was for Simon to use in pacifying Lisa. Another sum of money was to keep S
”He’s not a vile child! He’s your younger brother!” Simon gritted his teeth and glared at Franklin. “You’ve gone mad because of that woman who has been dead for years, haven’t you?!“Charles is your brother!“Do you know what these Moses kids are worth? Absolutely nothing!“But you worked with them to plot against Charles and then against me!“No matter what, Charles is your brother!” Franklin gazed calmly at Simon’s furious face. Suddenly, he smiled. The man lowered his face and began fiddling with Lisa’s fingers. “But Dad, that was not what you said when you learned that Abby was an illegitimate daughter.” The smile that tugged on the corners of his lips grew colder. “You forbade me from being with Abby because Abby was an illegitimate daughter and she did not have a clean background.“You sent someone to knock me out and remove Abby’s breathing tube because she was the only person I ever liked and the person I wanted to marry.” Franklin kept his head lowered. No one
The face that usually sported a proud and majestic expression on it now had a look of dejection written all over it. He took several steps backward and stared at Franklin in disbelief. “You…” “Everything that had happened since the start, you planned for it all to happen?” “Yes.” Franklin had a half-smile on his face. “Including Charles’ hit-and-run. I devised it all.” Simon sank to the floor, where he sat paralyzed. He stared at everyone in the room. Franklin, Thomas, Elijah, Sally. All of them hated him to the core, and none of them would help him. He knew that Charles had failed. Not only had Charles failed, but he and Noelle… would never regain the glory they had once enjoyed. When Yoder Corporation returned to the Moses family… he would be left with nothing. Just then, his gaze fell on Lisa, who was lying in bed. “Lisa! Wake up!” “Your nephew and your son are plotting against me!” “They want to reduce all the hard work I’ve done for the past twenty ye
The news of Simon’s imprisonment shocked the entire Y City, and it also alerted Freya who was far away in A City. Freya hurriedly phoned Elijah. “Eli, are you at Y City now? You asked me about our uncle a couple of days ago, and now he’s been imprisoned!!” “Do you have any intel?” Elijah smiled a slight smile. “Of course I have intel… I was the one who sent him to prison.” Freya’s eyes widened as she took a detour around Quincy and her kid to walk up the stairs. “Why?” “I remember that our uncle was a jovial man.” “You’ve been fooled by his appearance.” Elijah sighed. “I’ll get Joseph to send a file detailing everything Simon Yoder has done for the past few years to you later.” “Also…” He lowered his head and gazed down at the hospital’s garden, where Thomas was wheeling Evonne around. His lips curled upwards into a slight smile as he said, “Freya, you have to prepare yourself and welcome your second brother.” Freya, who was standing on Moses’ house balcony in A Cit
Elijah took a long drag of his cigarette, smoke billowing from his elegant fingers. “How did you persuade them?” “I told them that from an outsider’s point of view, Chelsea and I are brother and sister. We’ve been brother and sister for so long, and rumors might spread if we got married all of a sudden. So we’ll go on a cruise excursion and treat it as a formality.” “It won’t be too late if we only invite our friends and families to a ceremony when the time is ripe and my position in the Greene family is secure.” Then, Seth began laughing again. “They probably don’t know that there will never be a next time.” “What about you?” Elijah raised his gaze to look at him, an odd look in the depths of his dark eyes. “Will you have a next time?” “I don’t need it.” Seth smiled. There was an exceptionally determined look in the black eyes set on his pale face. “I’ve been avoiding it for so long, but I can’t avoid it for the rest of my life.” “I’ve got to face these grudges sooner
Seth left quietly and with a fanfare at the same time. As Evonne stood in front of his grave, she felt like laughing countless times, but she could not bring herself to smile. She wanted to cry too, but she could not do that either. She knelt quietly in front of his grave, reaching out a hand to touch the black and white photo on his headstone. The man was never going to come back. It did not matter if he was a jerk or a b*stard. She had always hoped that he would live a good life, unlike the one now, where he only lived in the memories of those who remembered him. After standing in the cemetery for an entire day, she finally took Rohan’s hand and said, “Why don’t you call him Daddy?” Rohan’s young voice rang through the cemetery. “Daddy.” “I miss you so much.” However, he would never be able to hear that ever again, right? Life had to go on. When Sam heard from Sally that Rohan had lost his father, he brought Little Sarah along with him so that they could play
The woman shut her eyes as she clasped her hands together tightly. She should have known that this day would arrive. It was the exact reason why she had suggested to Quincy that they name their daughter… Frigg Luca. Because Freya’s illness was the same as her mother’s. It could not be cured. The operation she had done was only to extend Freya’s life. “Sis Sally, the doctor said if I got you and Dr. Turner to come, there might still be a sliver of a chance.” Blair lowered his head. He sounded as if he was stifling a sob as he said in a hoarse voice, “Quincy cried so much that he passed out in front of the operating theatre.” “The two brothers are racing back now too.” Sally’s hands clenched together tightly.Evonne, who was beside her, had an odd expression on her face. It had been almost half a year… since the two of them had conducted any operations. Freya’s operation required immense amounts of patience, delicacy, and professionalism. Both of them… would not
Quincy did not say anything. He lowered his head and said, “Indeed, this is my fault…” “But what’s most important now is to save Freya…” Sally heaved a sigh. If Evonne had not asked, she would have never imagined that Freya would once again become hospitalized for such a reason! She remembered how wonderfully Quincy had used to treat Freya! During the lowest periods of Freya’s life, he had accompanied her as she came to terms with her truest self and accompanied her as she underwent multiple skin grafts and plastic surgeries to transform into the way she looked now. How important was Quincy to Freya? He was so important that she, a patient with cardiac issues, was willing to put her life in danger so she could give birth to his child! She was worried that there would be no one to accompany Quincy if she left too soon! And yet… Sally closed her eyes. “She cannot receive such intense shock. I’ve told you this before.” Even when Elijah brought Thomas back home, she h
————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