Was she that useless? She could not even accomplish a simple thing. She had wanted to prove her innocence, but the opposite had happened… “How dare you!” Evonne finally snapped and grabbed a cup on the nearby table, hurling it at Javier. “I’ve never seen a man as shameless as you!” Javier had not expected Evonne to resort to physical violence. He did not even have time to dodge before the cup hit him on the chest. Tea and tea leaves splattered all across him. When a receptionist ran over to help him dry off, he still pretended to be generous as he spoke into the microphone, “Mrs. Moses’ best friend, I know that you’re feeling indignant.” “However, if you have the time to assault me, you might as well use that time to ask Mr. Seth Greene, who’s standing right next to you, if he has any proof that he never met with Sally.” “Nothing is believable if you don’t have a shred of evidence to back it up.” Evonne became provoked again. She turned and glared vehemently at
Javier took a step backward.Although he was from the country, he could tell from the expression on the reporter’s faces that this Mr. Greene… was not a force to be reckoned with. He bit his lip as he looked toward the older Mr. Greene. “Of course I’m satisfied.” “Mr. Greene has an old man as highly respected as you to back him up, how dare I not be satisfied even if the truth is utterly twisted?” An uproar rang through the audience. Javier’s meaning was clear. Old Mr. Greene was biased toward Seth. Seth rushed onto the stage and glared at him. “Javier, you’ll pay for your words!’ Javier laughed. “What, do you want to beat me up again?” He pointed toward the wounds on his face, which had been applied using special makeup techniques. “You’ve already beat me up this bad, I don’t mind a few more wounds!” As soon as he said that, a few audience members immediately began feeling sorry for him again. Evonne gritted her teeth. “This man’s truly exceptional at playing the
The footage from the traffic cameras showed that Seth had immediately headed toward old Mr. Greene’s house the minute he had stepped off the plane. Similarly, he had made a direct trip to the airport from his house the very next day. Elijah and Sally’s mansion was in the other direction. He had never headed there. The truth was out. Javier took an instinctive step backward. He took a deep breath and said, “Just… just because Sally’s child doesn’t belong to Seth doesn’t mean that you guys didn’t bully and beat me up!” “You’re just a bunch of people who bully people with your power!” In an attempt to gain the favor of the reporters, he began playing the recording that he had uploaded online some time ago. “Didn’t you mention in your live stream that I had left you no choice?” “I’ll let you know the true meaning of being left no choice.” Elijah’s threats were immortalized in the recording. Elijah laughed.He glanced calmly at Javier, his lips curling into a sneer. “Di
The press conference ended. The reporters had initially all come because of Javier, and a majority of them had even finished writing their articles critiquing Elijah, Seth, and Sally beforehand. All they needed were photos from the press conference. However, they were presented with a surprising turn of events! They were afraid that Elijah would remember how they looked, so the minute he announced that the press conference had ended, they immediately fled the scene. Elijah smiled. He turned and looked haughtily at Sadie, who was leaning against the wall, her arms crossed across her chest. “Second Young Lady Lane, are you satisfied with today’s conference?” Seth leaned over, not wanting to lose out on the fun. “Second Young Lady Lane, you might want to go home and tell your dad that this is not the way to gain exposure within the market.” Sadie smirked as she raised her gaze to meet Elijah’s deep eyes. “So, the second young master of the Moses family is not blind.” “I th
“Alright.”Elijah opened the door for Sally in his elegant manner. “I haven’t eaten the whole day. Should we go home for dinner, or eat out?” It was only when the man had said so that Sally remembered that she, Evonne, and Seth had not eaten lunch either. “Let’s eat out together.” It was about four in the evening. Aunt Leigh would not have started preparing dinner yet, and they would give her more work if they went home now. “That’s fine too.” Elijah smiled and turned to look at Seth. “Get in. I’ll treat you.” “No problem!” Seth was about to scramble excitedly into the backseat. “You drive.”“Why?” Elijah pushed him away elegantly and sat beside Sally in the backseat. “Because I miss my wifey.” Seth, “...” Sally, “...”Evonne, “...” Could Young Master Elijah be just a tad bit considerate before showcasing his public displays of attention? Seth gave up and accepted his fate as the driver. Evonne did not need any more prompting and sidled into the passenger
Sally was the first to get down from the car when it pulled to a stop at the restaurant’s entrance. The wind was cool and welcoming on her face, which was practically burning. Evonne was the second to get down from the car. Her face was as red as Sally’s. “Evonne.” Sally instinctively reached out to touch Evonne’s face. Why was it so warm? “Are you feeling unwell?” Evonne batted her hand away impatiently. “You look as unwell as I do, alright?”Sally touched her burning face. “This is because…” Suddenly, a thought occurred to her and she turned to Evonne. “What did Seth do to you?” Evonne’s face turned an even darker shade of red. “What can he do to me? I think it was quite ladylike of me not to hit him.” Taking a deep breath, Evonne raised her head and took a look at the restaurant. “The Golden Age?” “Is Seth taking full advantage of the fact that Elijah is treating him to dinner?” Sally furrowed her brow as she looked up at the sign. There was no doubt it
His silhouette was so lonely and sad. She could sense that he was not very happy.Was it… because of Old Mr. Greene’s appearance, which brought up his sad past?“Evonne?”Seeing that Evonne was still standing in place, daydreaming, Sally broke free of Elijah’s grip and jogged to Evonne’s side, pulling her into the restaurant. “What are you daydreaming about?”Only then did Evonne return to her senses and go into the restaurant with Sally.The restaurant lobby was luxurious and magnificent.Something came up with the company suddenly, so Elijah went to a distant area to take a call the moment he entered.As for Seth, because he had not come to the restaurant for so long, the boss dragged him upstairs to talk about its performance the moment he walked in.Before leaving, Seth got the manager to bring Sally and Evonne to a private room to wait.Probably due to having a miscarriage, when Sally went into the closed space, she felt a little oppressed.Since Seth and Elijah both hap
Evonne’s voice was full of derision.Chelsea’s eyebrows twisted in fury instantly.Disregarding that she was only speaking this way to anger Seth and not because she actually had inappropriate ideas about him, even if she was truly interested in Seth, in the whole of A City, nobody could ridicule her!Thus, she subconsciously looked toward the voice.The first thing she saw was not Evonne, who was the one that opened her mouth to ridicule her, but Sally at her side.Chelsea’s eyes narrowed harshly, a cold smile lifting the corners of her lips. “You’ve only just miscarried a few days ago, yet you’re already pulling tricks?”The space between her brows was full of scorn. “What, Mrs. Moses can’t stand being alone, so before her body’s even well-recovered, she’d come out to seduce men?”After saying this, she acted as if she had just realized something. “Weren’t there a lot of people online saying that this Mrs. Moses and Seth’s relationship was unusual a few days ago?“Mrs. Moses
————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