Aunt Leigh smiled and nodded. “Yes. All these belong to me.” “Back when you and Sir first returned from Gunter City, he spent a whole afternoon in his office selecting these clothes from you.” “But Sir never told you about them, and you’ve never worn them.” As Aunt Leigh spoke, she pointed to a cupboard at the very edge of the closet. “These are the ones you’ve been wearing often lately, Madam. You can wear the ones in here if you don’t like the clothes Sir picked.” Sally stood deep in thought at the entrance for a long time before she finally walked over slowly to the cupboards filled with clothes Elijah had bought for her. The woman carefully looked through every piece of clothing Elijah had bought her. Cute ones, preppy ones, sweet ones… Every piece of clothing seemed to show his intention to dress her as an elegant princess. However, when she looked at the clothes that Aunt Leigh pointed out to her, the ones that she enjoyed wearing… Those were all mature, sensual
“Do I… not look good?” Sally felt inexplicably nervous when she saw how Elijah was staring at her. Her teeth gritted together, and her tiny face turned red as she stared at him using her eyes that were as clear as a stream. “I’ll be shy if you… if you look at me like that.” Elijah laughed when he saw the cute look on his woman’s face. The man shook his head and strode over to her, where he pulled her into his arms. “Why did you wear this dress?” If he recalled correctly, he was the one who had bought this dress. Sally had never known he was the one who had bought it, nor would she have ever worn it. He was somewhat surprised to see her wearing it now. Sally pursed her lips, feeling somewhat awkward being hugged after hearing the man’s excited voice. “I thought this suited me…” “Did Aunt Leigh tell you that I bought this for you?” Sally nodded her head instinctively, but then she shook her head. “Yes, Aunt Leigh told me that.” “But that didn’t have anything to do w
Elijah crossed one leg over the other elegantly and lifted a hand to signal for Aunt Leigh to pour a cup of tea for Adrian.Adrian silently pressed his lips together and coughed a little awkwardly. “About that, Mr. Moses, I came today to apologize.”Elijah raised his eyebrows insipidly. “Apologize? I don’t remember there being anything you have to be sorry to me for, Mr. Banks.”Adrian’s lips were pressed together, and he exhaled deeply. “I came to apologize for my daughter, Yvette.”“Mr. Moses, Yvette is young. She doesn’t know how to remain calm when she encounters something, which is why she went to Moses Corporation early in the morning to disrupt Moses Corporation’s operations.“Since you’ve already beaten up my son, Mr. Moses, and because of my daughter’s young age, I hope you can… get the police to let Yvette go?”Elijah nonchalantly lifted the corners of his lips. He gracefully picked up the teacup and took an elegant sip. “This is something I might not be able to control
“Is that so?”Elijah picked up the teapot and elegantly poured a cup of tea for Adrian. “I didn’t know that you and Quirinus’ relationship was like that, Mr. Banks.”“Yes!”As he said this, Adrian observed Elijah from the corners of his eyes. “I’ve said that I came to see you today with sincerity, Mr. Moses.”The man smiled and got his secretary behind him to produce a folder with information.“I don’t know if this will be able to change your mind and let Yvette out, Mr. Moses?”Elijah furrowed his brows and accepted the folder.He opened it.Inside, there was information on a house.This house was situated on an island near Nakaumi, Japan.It was surrounded by the sea. It was a decent vacation villa.The price was not cheap either.Elijah raised his eyebrows. “What is the meaning of you giving this to me?”“Don’t misunderstand, Mr. Moses.”Adrian smiled mildly. “Of course, I wouldn’t use a house to bribe you.“With your background, if you wanted a house like this, there
Elijah shook his head. “You don’t understand.”About a month ago…It just so happened to be when Queenie helped Daniel Moses escape.She had frantically made Quirinus buy a house on an island most likely because she wanted to hide a certain someone.He had obtained Daniel’s hiding spot in exchange for Yvette not suffering in the detention center.This deal was considered a win-win for him and Adrian.Sally sat at one side, watching Elijah quietly.It turned out that… in front of others, this was what Elijah was like.Cold, calm, and indifferent…Earlier, when Elijah had been talking to that man, he exuded a masculine allure that made Sally’s heart beat like crazy.Although she did not understand what they were chatting about, the man’s air and cold attitude were enough to make Sally’s heart beat like crazy for him.Too… Too handsome…He was even more handsome than those male leads in soap operas and even more overbearing than those CEOs in novels!Elijah was now arranging
“Soon, then.”Elijah sighed lightly.In the short term, even leaving the house would be an issue for Sally. How could she flashily go to the airport and fly to Europe?He did not want Sally to be worried, but he also did not want her to suffer or be criticized by others.Hence, he set a goal for himself. He was going to settle Quirinus’ matters in a week so that Sally could confidently step out and search for her memories in a peaceful environment.Alternatively, if she could not recover her memories, that was fine too.“How long is soon?”Sally blinked at him.“One week.”The man wrinkled his brows in thought and then smiled. “Perhaps not even a week.”After seeing Adrian today, he now knew that Quirinus was actually not hard to deal with.Although Quirinus currently held great power and could control Banks Corporation’s finances, one could tell that he did not get along with his father.Otherwise, Adrian would not have exchanged news of Quirinus for Yvette.…In a five-
Adrian closed his eyes helplessly. “You’re so foolish that you believe in everything he tells you!“Quirinus is using you… He wants to involve the entire Banks family…“He’s made some pretty good plans.”Adrian huffed coldly. “But this old man won’t be dragged through the mud!”After saying this, he turned to glance at Yvette. “I’ve already shown Elijah where I stand today. However he wants to deal with Quirinus, the Banks family will not interfere!”Yvette’s lips were pressed together. She looked at Adrian with some confusion. “Dad… No matter what, Quirinus is still my little brother and your son…“If something really happens to him, you really won’t care?”“I will.”Adrian scoffed frostily. “I’ll go collect his corpse!“Our Banks family has always been so diligent. Having a son as unruly and underhanded as he is simply shameful!”Having said this, he gave Yvette an icy glare. “You’d better get yourself together and find a husband who can handle a business!”Yvette pursed h
After hanging up the phone, Sally opened her mailbox.Sure enough, she had just received a new email.The email stated the time and address of the cultural performance that Director Laine told Sally about on the phone earlier. There were also many photos and videos of the children's past performances, even thank you cards written by the children themselves.Some of the thank you cards were written in childish handwriting. [Thank you, Mr. Elijah and Ms. Sally.]Others were drawn with cartoon images of the two of them.The children's drawings were very childish.Even so, Sally could clearly tell that they were of her and Elijah.One was taller and the other one was shorter. Both of them had smiles on their faces as they stood together.A surge of warmth rushed to Sally's heart.It turned out that her old self and Elijah had done things like visiting children in the welfare home, bringing warmth and food to them.After Sally took a deep breath, she silently clicked on the videos
————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