She felt… Magnolia could find someone better. Which was why she insisted on chasing Magnolia away. However, she had stubbornly returned and even brought Sally and Elijah to help her. Perhaps her love for Zane ran much deeper than she had thought so. As she thought of that, Zane turned and glared exasperatedly at Sally. It was all her fault! If it weren’t for her, her brother would not be in the state he was now, she would not have been kicked out of the Larson family, and Magnolia would not be so pitiful! Sally did not know why Jill was glaring at her. Frowning, she was just about to speak when Elijah spoke before her. The man’s voice was cold and deep. The cold aura emanating from him was enough to lower the temperature in the room by a few degrees. “Ms. Larson.” “You and I might be working together, but we must respect our partners too.” “I hope you will keep your opinions on my wife to yourself.” “This is the first warning. There will be no further exceptio
Jill’s eyebrows knotted themselves together. “Old acquaintance?” She did not know what Elijah was up to, but she still frowned and said, “It’s a deal then. You’ll help me get rid of my stepmother.” “And I’ll promise to help take care of my brother’s and Magnolia’s wedding.” Then, she turned and stuffed the two credit cards Magnolia had given her back into her arms. “I’m returning these to you.” “I can still hold on for now.” “Save your money… for the wedding.” “My brother might be unconscious, but his wedding should not be any less grand!” Then, Jill clambered into bed and lay down. She stubbornly showed only the back of her head to Elijah and Sally as she said, “You can go away now. I’ve agreed to your deal. Don’t bother me if there’s nothing else!” Magnolia stood rooted to the spot, cluelessly holding on to the two cards. “What about me…” “Go take care of her fiancé!” Jill pursed her lips. Her voice was as cold as ever, but her attitude had softened considerably
When the man finished speaking, he raised a hand to hug Sally close to him as the two left the ward together. Jill lay on her side and looked through the window to see Elijah hug Sally close to him as they left. A bitter smile tugged on the corners of her lips. Queenie had always told her that if Sally did not exist, Elijah would be married to one of them. It was why she had always hated Sally. However, she had watched her brother stand by Sally for the past five years. And now, Elijah treated Sally with such gentleness. That caused her to think, was Sally truly such a successful seductress, or… had she always just been likable? When Sally had dragged Magnolia to come to visit her today, it was the first time she had not felt disgusted at Sally. She even thought what she said had made sense. ———— Why should your second uncle be invited? Sally immediately asked once they had left the hospital and gotten into the car. Elijah smiled gently and ruffled her hair. “I
Sally was right about Stephen. Within three days of her giving him Tina’s number, the man, who was obsessed with online dating, had gotten Tina to fall for him completely. Tina was so enthusiastic she had even invited Stephen to her “nephew’s” wedding. According to Elijah’s requests, Stephen had accepted the invitation and promised Tina he would be waiting for her at the Larson family’s backyard when the wedding banquet was being held. Now that they were done with Tina, Sally poured all her remaining energy into helping Magnolia plan the wedding.She swore she had not even been this serious about things during her wedding five years ago. Probably because this time, the two people getting married were a friend who had been by her side for five years as well as a stubborn little girl that reminded her of her past self. “Sis Sally, do you think I should be dressed more modestly?” “Is this too revealing?” Magnolia frowned as she stood in front of the mirror and frowned at
Magnolia had just finished changing into another wedding dress when Sally said that. She stood stiffly at the door to the changing room as she gazed nervously at Sally. “I…” “You can just assume I don’t have any family or friends.” After all… Her family and friends had long since abandoned her. Sally frowned slightly. Then, she smiled. “Who said you have no friends?” “Your friends are Elijah Moses, Sally Summers, Sam, Little Sarah, and Stephen Xavier.” As she spoke, she took a card and carefully wrote Stephen’s name on it. “These friends will be seated at the same table during the wedding so they’ll be easier to spot.” Magnolia pursed her lips. She knew Sally was doing this on purpose because she was worried she might feel embarrassed that none of her family or friends were there.” “Thank you…” ———— The wedding was held to “bring happiness to the groom’s life”, which was why they had not bothered picking a special date in advance. They had chosen a random weeken
“That’s Tina Castillo?” Stephen did not seem to sense there was anything wrong with Magnolia as he leaned against the railing on the second floor and yawned as he looked at the middle-aged woman dressed in a purple gown. “She looks pretty good.” Sally smiled as she said jokingly, “So, are you planning to meet her yourself tonight?” Stephen hurriedly shook his head. “You must be joking. I’m only in my twenties.”“Perhaps she’ll be my type in thirty years.” “But that’s where the problem is. Can you imagine how old she’ll look in thirty years?” Sally shook her head helplessly. When she turned around, she saw Magnolia gripping the railing with both hands. The woman frowned slightly. Magnolia’s reaction seemed a little… extreme.By logic, she was supposed to be excited today, not nervous. After all, they had been prepping for a whole week, and she had been excited during the entire process. Why had she suddenly become nervous two hours before the ceremony was scheduled
Magnolia opened her eyes in surprise. “Mom, you…” “You don’t blame me?” “You’ve already made up your mind. Will blaming you make any difference?” Mrs. Bailey took Magnolia’s hand in hers as she said, “But your three brothers and dad were furious that you didn’t even let the family know you were getting married.” “Mr. Moses had to spend a long time talking to them before he managed to persuade them to attend the wedding.” Magnolia was stunned. “Mr. Moses…” She turned instinctively to look at Sally, her gratitude apparent in her eyes, “Sis Sally, thank you!”Sally was surprised. She, too, had just learned about this. Thus, she merely coughed lightly and smiled awkwardly as she said, “You’re welcome…” “What did you call her?” Mrs. Bailey asked softly. “I called her Sis Sally…” The middle-aged woman hurriedly raised her head and gazed at Sally for a long time. “They look so alike…” The woman smiled as she gazed at Sally once more before she turned to Magnolia a
Sally stood rooted to the spot, waves of emotion and warmth washing over her. She had been busy helping Jill and Magnolia prep the wedding, and Elijah had claimed to be busy too. All this while, she had thought he was busy with work. She would never have imagined that this man… Would have done so many things behind her back. She had the urge to jump straight into Elijah’s arms. And she did just that. Leaving Magnolia to catch up with her family on the third floor, Sally took her phone and called Elijah. “Where are you?” “Downstairs.” The man’s deep voice was gentle. “Sam and Sarah just arrived. They’re taking pictures with the balloons at the entrance.” “I’m accompanying two kids who have no worldly experience.” He had just finished speaking when Little Sarah’s indignant voice rang out. “Daddy, who did you say has no worldly experience!?” Then, Sam’s solemn voice rang out. “I told you, we can only call him Daddy after they get married!” “Grandpa said it’ll hap
————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