It was a steep mountain below them. However, Sally was not strong enough. She could not pull the both of them up. โLet me.โ Seth took over her place and grabbed Evonneโs 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. โWhat a rough trip this has been.โ 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 villagerโs accommodation. The next day, Evonne and Howard had nearly fallen off the mountain.โI should check the calendar for auspicious dates before organizing any other activitiesโฆโ 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
โAhhโโ!!!โ โIt hurts so badโโ!!โShut in a compartment in Jamesonโs 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. โIs thereโฆ no other way?โ โNo.โ Jameson shut his eyes, a helpless expression on his face. โWe have done as much as we can to cut off the signals here.โ โHowever, there is no way we can cut off the signals as completely as when we were in the mountains.โ He flicked through the papers in his hands with a heavy expression on his face. โThe chip implanted in her brain has been there for such a long time, it has nearly fused with her blood vessels.โ โIt is much too difficult to extract it.โ โThe only way to relieve her of her agony, and to free her from being controlledโฆโ The man closed the file. โIs to destroy the con
โThey think that this is my destiny. Just because I look like Freya Moses, I must have been born to replace herโฆโI donโt want to go back!โ Then, she raised her head and looked at Sally with her bloodshot eyes. โTo be honest, Iโm really glad youโre willing to take me as family.โEven though itโs make-believe, Iโm grateful.โI have a sister now.โHer tears did not stop flowing. โPromise me.โIf, and Iโm saying if, you donโt find a way to save me, kill me.โ 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 Jamesonโs 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 overseasโฆ Had become this cruel. Perhaps, a personโs psychology could become severely distorted after experiencing true pain and hatredโฆ The words that Zoey had said to her as they held hands rang in her ears. โPromise me that youโll never go lo
Elijah smiled and kissed her cheek. โYou once said you would protect me though.โ โThis is my first time making a long-distance trip tooโฆ and itโs for your little sister Zoey. Donโt you think you should accompany me?โ Sally pouted but had no choice but to agree to his request. In actuality, she knew that Elijah just wanted to bring her along so she could clear her head. However, she did need that at the moment. โHow is she now?โ Elijah kissed her cheek and asked her the question after he had gotten her to agree to his request. โI feelโฆ really bad seeing her in this state.โ Sally lowered her head and heaved a heavy sigh. She raised her head and looked at him. โWhen is the Tate family birthday banquet?โ โIn a week.โ Elijah sighed deeply. โWe should go over tomorrow.โ โThe Tate family is very strict; we need to get there earlier.โSally pursed her lips and nodded. โWhat about Zoey?โ They couldnโt just leave her in pain, could they? โDonโt worry.โ The man ruff
Before they set off for Europe, Sally made a trip back to school. She wanted to apologize to her advisor. She had just taken a half-month long break because of her health. And nowโฆ she had to take another for a week and three days.Her advisor was already used to it. โMs. Summers, might I just remind you that your finals will be awaiting you when you return from your ten-day break!โ โDo you still remember that you got top marks for everything in your previous semester?โ โI wonโt forgive you if your grades drop this semester.โ Sally smiled guiltily at her advisor. โYes, I understand.โ โDonโt just understand!โ The advisor rolled her eyes at her. โBring your books along with you on your holiday. Donโt neglect your studies!โ Sally nodded seriously, taking note of everything she had been told. When she returned home to pack, she obediently placed all her books into her suitcase. Aunt Leigh, โ...โ โMadam, arenโt you going to Europe to take a break? Whyโฆโ Why are yo
He had not finished speaking when Elijah grabbed the phone. Sally stared at Elijah dumbfoundedly. โWhat did he just say you bought a lot of?โ Elijah raised his fist to his lips and coughed lightly. โTime to go.โ Sally turned to look at him suspiciously, then turned to look at Aunt Leigh, who was still packing. Aunt Leigh shook her head to show that she had no idea too. The man looked uncomfortably at Aunt Leigh. โIโll ask Pierre to get our luggage.โ With that, his tall figure slipped out of the room. Sally, โ...โ Was that man hiding secrets from her!? โโโโโโ Before they left, Sally used a map to carefully calculate the distance between A City and Italy. According to her calculations, they shouldโฆ transit at S City. In the end, Elijah took her through the VIP passageway, and they took a private jet. It was Sallyโs first time taking a flight, and it was in a private jet. She could not conceal her excitement after they boarded the plane. After fastening her
Elijah extended his hand to meet Queenieโs. โNice to meet you.โ โOur car is over there.โ The woman pointed elegantly at the car behind her before turning around to lead the way. Pierre and Blair were slowed down by the amount of luggage they had to carry. Thus, Elijah turned around to assist them. Sally walked up front with Queenie. She did not bother hiding her disdain towards Sally as she said, โMr. Moses has such a successful business in Europe. I would have thought someone as successful as he would follow his heartโs desire.โ โWho would have thought that heโs just like the rest of them, getting together with a woman like you for his benefit.โ After saying that, she sized Sally up several times disdainfully. โYou must at least be a well-known lady in your city, mustnโt you? Why are you dressed so casually?โ Sally furrowed her brows in confusion. โWell-known lady?โ โYes.โ Queenie laughed coolly. โThe only way a wizened, unfeminine person like you could marry Mr. M
โโโโOne 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 Cityโs 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. โWhen I was a kid, Freya always said that I would have to marry her brother when I grew up.โ โHowever, I realized that I did not like Elijah. I much preferred Sis Sally.โ โWho would have thought that at the end of the day, I would still end up marrying Freyaโs younger brother. As per her wishes, Iโll be taking care of her brother forever, and allowing her brother to care for me for the rest of my life.โ Thomas smiled as he pulled her into his arms. โMy beloved ZZ, I finally get to marry you.โ 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
โIf you destroy everything I have, then Iโll destroy everything you have!โ Queenie gritted her teeth, a hideous expression on her face as she glared at Sally and said, โIf it werenโt for you, I would still be the high-and-mighty young lady of the Tate family!โ โItโs all because of you that I became nearly a stand-in for you. Iโve enjoyed many years of lavish treatment at the lavish family, but I was discarded unceremoniously into the dust!โ โSally Summers, itโs all your fault! Everything is because of you!โ โI wonโt forgive you even if I become a ghost!โ โAlright then, go be a ghost!โ Elijah narrowed his eyes and raised a hand to grip Queenieโs chin. The hatred in his eyes caused Queenie to smile. โElijah Moses, choke me to death if you have the guts to do so!โ โIf you canโt choke me to death, I have multiple ways to make life miserable for you!โ โYour sister is just one part of my plan!โ โYou probably donโt know this yet.โ Her lips curled upwards into a bloodthir
The woman lying in bed frowned and said in a weak, hoarse voice, โYou areโฆโ โIโm the woman who did it for a long time with your husband.โ She sat down on a nearby chair and watched gleefully as the womanโs face turned increasingly paler. โYou have a pretty bad memory, Mrs. Lucca.โ โWe just met the other day.โ She shook her head as she spoke. โIt makes sense, though. Itโs only normal that a half-dead person would not have a great memory.โ โForgive me for being blunt, Mrs. Lucca. President Lucca told me that you donโt have many days left.โ โWhen youโre gone, heโs going to leave his daughter and marry me.โ The woman lying in bed turned pale as she shook her head and said, โImpossibleโฆ Thatโs impossibleโฆโ โQuincy, heโฆโ โNothing is impossible.โ Queenie continued smiling a gleeful and flaunting smile. She threw her pregnancy test strip onto the womanโs face. โLook, Iโm pregnant.โ โHow could I have gotten pregnant if we only did it one time? Such coincidences donโt exi
โIn your dreams!โ Quincy gritted his teeth together tightly. โI wouldnโt want you even if every other woman on the planet was dead!โ The woman on the other end of the line laughed lightly. โYouโre going to abandon your child because Freya Moses is dead?โ โYou planted your seed in my stomach.โ Quincy gritted his teeth and was about to continue arguing when Elijah gave him a look. Quincy pursed his lips. โSo, what do you want?โ โLetโs meet up.โ Queenie yawned. โCan you pick a place?โ โThereโs a cafe nearby the hospital.โ Quincy sighed. โI donโt have much time for you, so donโt try talking nonsense after we meet.โโWhat a man you are, trying to ghost someone after youโve slept with them.โ The woman shrugged nonchalantly. โAlright. You can wait for me. Iโll be there soon.โ She hung up. Quincy pursed his lips and looked up at Elijah. โWhy do you want me to meet her?โ โYouโve got to have some bait if you want to trap someone.โ โThis time, Quincy, youโre the bait.
The sharp end of the knife sank into Quincyโs 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. Elijahโs cold voice rang beside his ear. โDo you feel like my sister will live on for much longer if you die before her eyes?โ โHave you ever thought about how much she likes you and how important you are to her?โ 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 Quincyโs eyes. Ignoring the blood flowing from his chest, he dashed over to Freya and held her tightly. โItโs my fault.โ โItโs all my fault!โ โFreyaโฆ I canโt live without you.โ โI cannotโฆ Iโฆโ 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 womanโs face in the ward was pale, and she was considerably thinner than from before hospitalization. She looked extremely haggard. Tears welled in Quincyโs 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!โIs there anything you would like to say?โ Freya leaned against her pillows. Eyes shut, she seemed to have
Sallyโs lips pursed themselves together when Freyaโs 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 Zoeyโs life away from her. Even now, Zoey still bore the scars she had inflicted upon her on her face. And she had even attacked Sallyโs mother during her and Elijahโs 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. โFreyaโฆโ โFreya will not be in great condition when she regains consciousness. You need to prepare yourself mentally.โ Freyaโs 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 doctorโs 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. โUnhealthy stuff.โ Sally had been enjoying herself and raised her head angrily when her instant noodles were taken away. โI donโt care if itโs not nutritious! Iโm hungryโฆ Hubby?โ The emotions in the womanโs eyes turned from anger to shock, and then to surprise! Reaching out her arms, she encircled Elijahโs neck and jumped into his arms. โYouโre back!โ โI missed you so much!โ 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 Freyaโs heart, she was starving, exhausted, and had little to no energy left. Evonne, who was beside her, was not much better off. โItโs steady! The patientโs heartbeat is steady again!โ The nurse staring at the electrocardiograph yelled out excitedly! Given the condition the patient was in, if it werenโt for these two doctors, they would never have been able to save her! โDr. Summers and Dr. Turner are amazing!โ โOf course.โ A senior doctor standing nearby smiled as he stroked his beard and said, โHow did you think Dr. Summers earned her title of genius surgeon?โ The young nurseโs mouth widened in surprise. โIn that caseโฆ why are Dr. Summers and Dr. Turner no longer working as doctors?โ The senior doctor sighed. โI guess they have their reasonsโฆโ In another corner, Evonne leaned against the wall, exhausted as she turned to look at Sally. โDr. Summers, do you still plan to stay on as a housewife?โ Sa