"So that’s why..."He took a deep breath and held her face. "If I said that I’ll protect Zoey more in the future, would you be unhappy?"Sally was stunned. "By protect, you mean…”"I want to... treat her as my sister."Elijah's deep eyes looked at Sally steadily, sincerely, and seriously. "I can't think of a better way to compensate for everything."So, I was thinking if it’d be okay for her to become our sister. We could take care of her from here on out. Protect her until she marries someone else.""The harm that my sister did to her should be compensated by me since I’m her brother."Sally pursed her lips and did not know what to say for a while.The truth was, she understood why Elijah thought that way.It was just that…She could not forget about Zoey wanting to get with him before.Even though she said that it was Freya who told her to approach Elijah and destroy their marriage.Still, it was bugging Sally.She closed her eyes and hesitated for a while. "What... kind
Evonne gave Howard a cold look and did not say anything.Seth tried his best to hide his smile as he looked up and glanced at Zoey. "Ms. Williams, can't you feed yourself?"Zoey continued leaning weakly on the sofa. "I don’t feel so good. Don’t you already know that I was caught in a fire last night?”After she said that, she looked up and glanced at Howard. "Howard, you’re so kind."Look how everyone is mocking me. You’re the only one who really cares about me."Sally, "..."If she did not know that Zoey was deliberately acting, she might have vomited on the spot.Howard blushed and shook his head. "You don’t need to praise me, Zoey. This is my duty.”Evonne stood up coldly, slammed the door, and left with a bang.Zoey smiled triumphantly and winked at Sally.Sally quivered, turned around, and chased after Evonne."I'm so pissed!”Evonne sat on the big rock outside the villa and angrily picked up the rocks from the ground before throwing them into the river.Sally pursed
"Sally."She looked into Sally's eyes earnestly. "You’re the first real friend I have.”Sally was startled. She scratched her head and gave a silly smile. "I should be the one to say that I'm honored..."When she rescued Zoey during the fire yesterday, she did not think about anything else.She just felt that it was still a human life.She wanted to be a doctor.If she did not save a life that clearly was in danger, how could she help any injured person in the future?It was just that she did not expect…That Zoey would want to be friends with her.The girl pursed her lips and Elijah’s words yesterday about wanting to make Zoey their younger sister appeared in her head."Do you want to be my younger sister?”For some reason, she just blurted it out."Younger sister..."Zoey was startled and her eyes trembled.Sally immediately realized that she might have said the wrong thing.Elijah said that that matter must be planned long-term and that he would only consider compensa
The area was dead silent.On the mountainside, everyone instantly stopped what they were doing.There was only the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves and birds singing.Evonne opened her mouth and looked at Howard who was kneeling in front of Zoey in shock. "Howard, you...""I'm sorry, Evonne."Howard looked at her with an expression of guilt. "I used to think that I liked you and I thought that I would always like you and take care of you."Until I met Zoey.”He looked at Zoey earnestly and reverently. "After meeting Zoey, I finally realized that such a dreamy girl existed in this world."She is beautiful, cute, and gentle."Evonne, don't blame me for being fickle. It’s just that comparatively, you don't even look like a woman anymore."Howard did not want to waste another second looking at Evonne. "Aside from your good looks, your personality and style are too much like a boy’s."This may have something to do with your lack of maternal influence since you were a
It was a steep mountain below them. However, Sally was not strong enough. She could not pull the both of them up. “Let me.” Seth took over her place and grabbed Evonne’s arm, pulling her back onto the ground. Jameson and Zoey pulled Howard back up together. However, both of them had been injured to varying degrees. After such an incident, the photography society had no choice but to cut the photography trip short. “What a rough trip this has been.” Sasha leaned her head against the window and sighed as they made the journey back to A City by bus. On the first day, there had been a fire that had burnt down the villager’s accommodation. The next day, Evonne and Howard had nearly fallen off the mountain.“I should check the calendar for auspicious dates before organizing any other activities…” Sasha sighed to herself. Behind her, Sally had fallen asleep while leaning against Elijah. Meanwhile, Evonne was reluctantly allowing Seth to apply medicine to her wound
“Ahh——!!!” “It hurts so bad——!!”Shut in a compartment in Jameson’s underground clinic that resembled a dungeon, Zoey tumbled on the ground as she clutched at her head in agony. Even though there was a thick metal door between them, Sally could feel the desperation and agony in her gut-wrenching screams. Her face blanched as she turned to look at Jameson. “Is there… no other way?” “No.” Jameson shut his eyes, a helpless expression on his face. “We have done as much as we can to cut off the signals here.” “However, there is no way we can cut off the signals as completely as when we were in the mountains.” He flicked through the papers in his hands with a heavy expression on his face. “The chip implanted in her brain has been there for such a long time, it has nearly fused with her blood vessels.” “It is much too difficult to extract it.” “The only way to relieve her of her agony, and to free her from being controlled…” The man closed the file. “Is to destroy the con
“They think that this is my destiny. Just because I look like Freya Moses, I must have been born to replace her…“I don’t want to go back!” Then, she raised her head and looked at Sally with her bloodshot eyes. “To be honest, I’m really glad you’re willing to take me as family.“Even though it’s make-believe, I’m grateful.“I have a sister now.”Her tears did not stop flowing. “Promise me.“If, and I’m saying if, you don’t find a way to save me, kill me.” Sally took Zoey in her arms, shock reverberating throughout her body. She gritted her teeth, unable to believe a scene that usually only ever existed in tv shows or novels was playing out before her right that instance. Such tragic lives did exist. She recalled the first time she had met Zoey. Back then, she had been arrogant, haughty, elegant, and beautiful beyond comparison. Sally could feel that they were not on the same level just by having a brief conversation with her. However, what she had not known was tha
Sally felt horrible the entire journey home from Jameson’s clinic. No matter whether she opened or closed her eyes, the image of Zoey rolling on the ground in pain would be replaying in front of her. She grabbed at her hair and hit her head hard against the wall.If Jameson had not been there, Sally, who was quite strong herself, would not have been able to stop her!The level of pain she was in was enough to make her want to die! She quietly clenched her hands together. Before Zoey, Elijah had always said that his sister was a kind, gentle person. She had never known that the sister Elijah spoke of, the one that would insist on returning home to give him a gift on the day of his birthday even when she was on a business trip overseas… Had become this cruel. Perhaps, a person’s psychology could become severely distorted after experiencing true pain and hatred… The words that Zoey had said to her as they held hands rang in her ears. “Promise me that you’ll never go lo
————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