Elijah lowered his head and did not speak. Sally pursed her lips and put the towel back where it had been before sitting down at the dining table and taste-testing every dish at the dining table. “Dad, don’t bother wasting your time on him.” “It’s just one meal. It’s not as if the Tate family can’t afford that.” “That’s true.” Bennett scoffed and said, “I’ll let you go for today. Can’t have the public accusing us of bringing a guest back home and then chasing them out of the house for no reason.” “We can afford to treat you to a meal.” Bennett’s words were peppered with sarcasm and mockery. As if Elijah was not a guest, but rather a beggar that one of the family members had brought back home. However, Elijah continued smiling as he looked at him and said, “Thank you for showing your love, father-in-law.” Then, the man sat down elegantly in front of Sally. Sally rolled her eyes. It was true that whatever you were most afraid of would happen. She had just been prayi
Elijah smiled as he sat down elegantly before Bennett. “Is Zane good at chess?” “He’s alright.” Bennett smiled and made the first move. To be honest, he had liked Elijah from the start. If those events had not happened… He would not have stopped Sally from getting together with Elijah. However, one could not deny any events that had occurred in the past. Sally herself had said that there was no future for her and Elijah. As her father, it was inappropriate for him to butt into that matter. However, it was alright for Elijah to play a game of chess with him. “If I get the chance, I might play a game with Zane to see who’s better.” Elijah smiled as he made his move with the black pieces. Bennett became chattier as he played. The two of them chatted as they moved the pieces across the board. Sally went on the phone after she finished washing the dishes in the kitchen. A photo of Sam and Sarah sitting quietly and snacking on a couch in an office was displayed on
#The expression on Benett’s face faltered. The man coughed lightly and said, “Please watch your words. I am not your father-in-law.” Elijah smiled slightly and said, “At least you used to be.”Bennett rolled his eyes and peeked carefully at Sally, who was washing dishes in the kitchen. “You’re making things difficult for me.” “I know you mean me when you refer to your father-in-law, but I cannot respond to that.” “Sal will be angry if I agree to that name.” Elijah smiled. “Well then, let’s have you remain as Uncle Tate for now.” “I’ll change at a later time.” Bennett nodded. “Alright.” Then, he realized what was wrong and raised his head to glare at Elijah. “What do you mean by change? We will have no other relationship in the future!” Elijah smirked and was about to say something else when Sally finished washing up and came out of the kitchen. The woman untied her apron deftly as she gazed nonchalantly at Elijah. “Do you want to continue accompanying my father to
After all, she couldn’t get Zane to drive her around every time she needed to bring the kids to kindergarten, to the hospital, or any other place, right? Zane might be single right now, but as a single mother, she had to be careful that she did not cross any boundaries. The minute that boundary was crossed, it did not matter what the public would say, they would feel awkward. Thus, Sally got her license. Zane had bought her the car she drove now the day she got her license. At that time, he had told her excitedly that he no longer needed to be their chauffeur. Sally shook her head and sighed as she thought of the past. Zane was an amazing male best friend. He had cared for her and done as much as Evonne had for her over the years. He was much more important to the kids than their father, whom they had never seen before. “Sal?” Sally was jolted back into reality when the man’s low voice rang out by her ear. She came back to her senses. “Don’t daydream when you’
The light shining behind Elijah’s dark eyes dimmed. Nicole had dealt with the matter too thoroughly back then. She had gotten rid of almost every single person who had been involved in that matter. There were no witnesses. There was no evidence. Not even Nicole, who was the victim and the last to know what had happened, had passed away due to heart complications five years ago. He could not… find anything that would prove his father’s innocence and her mother’s wrongdoing. “You don’t have an answer, do you?” The expression on Sally’s face said, “I knew it” as she looked at him and said, “Please get out if you don’t have an answer.” “We were at most friends in the past. Now, we have a doctor-patient relationship.” “I don’t want to get too involved with you. Please get out.” Elijah shut his eyes and sighed. In the end, he opened the car door and got out of the car. The red BMW sped down the road. Ten seconds later, Ol’ Joe drove a black Bentley and appeared be
“Call me.” Zane was already used to this form of communication with Sally and did not try getting her to stay. Rather, he walked briskly over to the car and opened the door. “Sam, Sarah, get into the car!” The two children got into the car, one skipping and bouncing as she did so, whilst the other got in demurely. “Have a safe journey.” Zane extended his arms toward Sally. Sally nodded and smiled as she pulled him into a hug. “Thanks for today.” “Don’t mention it.” The man smiled and waved at the two children in the car. Then, Sally got into the car and started the engine. Elijah had witnessed everything that Sally and Zane had done. The light in the man’s eyes had turned from excitement when he saw the children, to gloomy when he saw Zane, and finally furious when he saw Zane and Sally hug. In the end, his hands were curled tightly into fists. Just you wait, Zane Larson! They had seemed so comfortable with each other when they had hugged. There was no way it
The dormitory, which was about 90 square feet, was decorated cozily. The walls were decorated with pink bunny wallpaper, and the decorations in the house were all bunny-themed. Sally unlocked the door with her keys and turned on the lights. “Sam, Sarah, go change. Mommy will prepare the bathwater for you.” “Alright!” Sarah smiled at Sally. “I’ll go change now, Mommy!” Sam stuffed a hand in his pocket as he gazed quietly at Sally with his deep, dark eyes. “Did you encounter a very hard case?” Sally, who had been taking her coat off, was startled. She smiled as she turned to look at her five-year-old kid, who often acted like he was already fifteen. “Why do you ask?” “Because you had a gloomy expression on your face, and you were forcing yourself to smile.” “If you didn’t encounter a hard case, then that means someone is trying to pursue you.” The little guy took off his coat deftly and sat down elegantly on the couch. “So, Ms. Sally Summers, what problem did you encoun
He glanced toward the bathroom as he sneakily took Sally’s phone out of her purse. Call history. Message history. WhatsApp chat history. There was nothing in any of them. Sam pouted. It seemed that his mommy truly hated that person so much that she did not even bother leaving him a way to contact her! The little guy put Sally’s phone back where it had been and ran to his room to look for the phone that Zane had given him so that he could practice typing. He logged on to his WhatsApp account using the phone. That man must be particularly lewd if he could stalk someone. Lewd men like him could be found using a third-party WhatsApp user tracking app. The little guy launched the app and found a user named “Mr. Joe" who was nearby. The distance between them was roughly the same as he had deduced from the balcony! It must be him! Sam scoffed. He added him to his contacts and sent him a message that consisted of only one word: Sal. Ol’ Joe, who was sitting in the car
————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