“Sam?” Sam was still watering the plants on the balcony with a pail when Sally had finished drying Sarah’s hair, tucked her into bed, and filled the bathtub with water. The woman frowned. “Sam, time to bathe and sleep!” “Mommy’s plants are all succulents. They’ll die if they’ve been over-watered!” “Okay.” The little guy dressed in a pair of sky-blue pajamas nodded and went back into the living room with the empty pail. “Mommy, you and Sarah can go to bed first. I’ll be bathing now!” “Alright.” Sally ruffled her obedient son’s hair. “Sleep early. Don’t mess around in the bathroom.” “Got it!” The little guy smiled as he shut the door to the bathroom. Sally yawned and walked into Sarah’s bedroom. She picked up a book of fairytales and lay on the bed before asking, “Where did we stop yesterday?” “We stopped when the little mermaid turned into a human and went looking for her prince.” Dressed like a pink bunny, the little girl leaned against the bed and blinked innoc
Ever since Sam had understood the concept of gender when he was three, he had slept in a room alone. Sally slept with her daughter in the other room. The little guy would only take his pillows and bunk with Sally and Sarah on the occasion where he had a nightmare. Sally slept soundly through the night. The next morning, the sun had just risen when the door to Sam’s room opened. The little guy quietly opened the door to his mom’s and sister’s bedroom and peeked in. Of course.Both the large and little bunny was sound asleep. The little man shook his head and sighed before he took a stool into the kitchen. He was still too short and needed to stand on a stool to be able to reach and control the food processors and soymilk maker. He poured soybeans, water, and sugar into the soymilk maker. He put eggs into the egg cooker. He put bread into the toaster. He put the buns and pies that his mommy had prepared beforehand into the microwave. When the little man completed
“Elijah, why are you up so early?” Quincy was feeding Freya spoonfuls of oatmeal in the ward when he raised his gaze toward Elijah, who was leaning against the doorway as he fiddled with his phone. “It’s been a while since I’ve last seen you this happy.” Elijah had always had a frosty expression on his face ever since he had first met Freya three years ago. Even within the three years since he had first met him until he had become his business partner and brother-in-law, Quincy had never seen Elijah smile.He had always had a nonchalant expression on his face as if nothing had anything to do with him. Freya had told him that he acted this way because something was missing in him.However, ever since this morning, Elijah had smiled multiple times as he looked at his phone. “Couldn’t sleep, so I woke up.” Elijah smiled faintly and glanced over at Quincy and Freya. “Were you guys ever so excited you couldn’t sleep after you found out you were going to be parents?” Freya an
One for a daughter too. It would be pink, and there would be many plushies and little dresses that girls would like.Even though he had not yet officially met these two children, when he thought of this, he was so happy that his eyes shone.“Seeing as you look so happy, I’m guessing that Sally didn’t reject you?”Freya leaned on the headboard as she smiled at Elijah helplessly. “If Sally is willing to give you a chance, then go for it.”“She hasn’t given me a chance yet.”Elijah returned to his senses, his eyes carrying some amusement as he gazed at Freya. “But even if she hasn’t given me a chance, I’ll still work hard to get her back.“So, Freya, now that I want to be with her for a second time… Will you still try to stop us?”Freya shook her head.“If you can get Sally back this time, not only will I not stop you, but I’ll wish you two well and apologize to you both.“That year… I jumped to conclusions.”Freya had gone through such a horrible situation in that disastrous fi
Eight in the morning.After Sally sent the two kids to kindergarten, she rushed to reach the hospital, her car kicking up dust the entire way.“Sally!”The moment she entered the office, the head of the department walked up to her. “Sally, a rich patient wants to do a physical examination today and asked for you to handle everything.”Sally furrowed her eyebrows tightly as she took off her jacket and put on a white coat. “You want me to do a physical examination on a patient?”She turned to glance at her already bald boss. “You’re not kidding, are you?“Our hospital has every machine and complete sets of whatever check-up equipment that is necessary. If a patient wants a physical examination, just get them to report to the physical examination department for a check-up.“I’m an attending physician. Performing physical examinations on patients is not in my job scope.”“Of course I know this isn’t your job!”Her boss trailed after Sally. “If this was your job, I’d make you go do
Sally clutched the file and checked on each of her patients.The final one was Freya Moses’, who had just finished her operation yesterday.The woman furrowed her brows. Though she had some resistance in her heart, she still sighed and headed for Freya’s ward.Such was a doctor’s benevolence. Sally should not be irresponsible with Freya’s health just because of a previous conflict with her.No matter what, her’s was also a life.She closed her eyes. What Nicole had said to Sally before she passed sounded in Sally’s ears.“Sally, if you want to be a doctor, then to it. Don’t give up on your dreams just because your mom and dad were businesspeople.“In my life, for the sake of revenge and profit, I’ve hurt many people.“If you become a doctor, it could be atonement for my crimes too.”Sally took a deep breath and pushed open Freya’s room door.In the ward, Freya was holding Quincy Lucca’s hand, thinking of the child’s name.“Let’s name her Roses Lucca.”Quincy gripped Freya’s
“Sally, that guest… No, the patient is already waiting for you in the first-floor lounge. You can head straight there.”Just as Sally exited Freya Moses’ word, the bald head of the department hastily went up to her. Smiling broadly, he said, “Good luck. You must hold on to this guest and contribute more to our department!“Whether our department can get new equipment by next season all depends on you!”Faced with her boss’s enthusiasm, Sally smiled awkwardly. “I’ll… do my best.”Ever since Nicole Larson passed away, aside from her own children, Sally had basically not taken care of another person, let alone personally handled a patient’s physical examination.This kind of thing was a waste of her time in her opinion.Now, however…The woman sighed helplessly. Since they had already arrived, she had to treat them well.She would just treat this as her way of paying back her boss for taking care of her over all these years.Thinking of this, she took a deep breath and calmed her
Elijah stood in place, eyebrows drawn together and not moving.Ol’ Joe continued speaking, “Sir, you must trust me.“In so many years, aside from the few months of interaction you had with Madam five years ago, you haven’t had any experience in love at all. On the other hand, I have been through hundreds of battles and had more than ten girlfriends. I even sent your picture to my past ex-girlfriends so that you and Madam can reconcile.“They all expressed that if you knelt in front of them whilst holding roses, they would definitely cry on the spot and forgive you right there and then!”Elijah furrowed his brows. Hearing Ol’ Joe’s words in his ear, he bit his lip harshly. “I’ll believe you this one time.”After saying this, the man sighed deeply. Holding the roses, he slowly walked in front of Sally and knelt on one knee before her. “Sally.“We can’t change the past, but please give me a chance to get to know you anew, to reexamine our relationship and have a fresh start.”The m
————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