Sally followed Director Laine as they strode into the auditorium. Rows of small chairs had been arranged in the auditorium. It seemed somewhat shabby, but it was probably because the welfare home had limited funding. However, the welfare home’s sincerity shone through despite the shabbiness. Every item here was sparkling clean. Everything must have been thoroughly cleaned that very morning.The women behind Sally were all grumbling softly in dissatisfaction. Sally merely found herself a seat and sat down. “Don’t worry everyone, the kids are still having their makeup done but the performance will begin soon!” Director Laine stood in front of everyone and smiled as she explained, “Besides, not all of our guests have arrived yet.” Her phone rang once she finished speaking. She answered the phone elegantly, saying, “Ms. Banks, have you arrived yet?” “Alright, alright. I’ll meet you outside the auditorium at once!” “Ms. Banks?” Pierre, who was in a car parked outside
“Ms. Banks!” While Elijah was still in his car and deep in thought, Director Laine was already welcoming Yvette into the auditorium with a big smile on her face. “I’m so glad you could come to shower the children with your love!” “I’m not here to shower anyone any love.” Yvette glanced at Director Laine. “I’m here to adopt a child on behalf of my brother.” Then, she fished out her phone and peeked at it. “The child’s name is Rohan Summers.” Director Laine was stunned. “Rohan Summers?” “Yes.” Yvette yawned. “My brother specifically wants this child because he’s smart.” “But…” Director Laine pursed her lips. “Rohan is a special child… He never listens to what the people in the welfare home say and never plays with the other children…“He’s mildly autistic, so—” “I know.” Yvette rolled her eyes and fished out a check for ten million dollars out of her purse. “Is this enough?” Director Laine’s eyes shone when she saw the words ‘ten million dollars’ written on the c
The little boy named Rohan raised his head and gazed toward where Sally was. “Which one of them is taking me home?” Yvette hurriedly smiled at him. “Me.” “I don’t like you.” Rohan pursed his lips and turned his head to the other side coldly. The expression on Yvette’s face turned ugly. Director Laine hurriedly tried to smooth things over. “Ms. Banks, please don’t mind Rohan. He’s been in the welfare home for a long time and has become somewhat rude.” “Don’t worry! After you adopt him, he’ll surely become well-mannered under your and Mr. Banks’ teaching!” Sally frowned when she heard what Director Laine said. “Director Laine, you’re saying that… Quirinus Banks wants to adopt Rohan?” “Yes.” Yvette’s lips curled upward as she gazed coolly at Sally. “Is there a problem, Mrs. Moses?” “My brother said he’s been feeling lonely lately, so he wants a child to make things merrier. Do you have a problem with that?” Sally narrowed her eyes and turned her head the other way so
Sally remained seated. Except for Director Laine, the only people left in the auditorium now were Sally and Yvette. Yvette glanced over at Sally. “Aren’t you going to leave?” Sally smiled. “Ms. Banks, why should I leave if you aren’t going to leave?” Yvette rolled her eyes. “I’m here to bring my nephew home.” When she finished speaking, she stood and gazed at Director Laine. “If Mrs. Moses isn’t going to leave, why don’t we leave?“I still have to take the child my brother wants to adopt back home.” Director Laine pursed her lips and gazed hesitantly at Sally. “But… Mrs. Moses hasn’t donated yet…” Sally narrowed her eyes slightly. Was that why Director Laine had not stopped looking at her?Her impression of Director Laine only continued to drop.Now, she was sure that Director Laine was using the children to rake in her wealth. It strengthened her determination to adopt Rohan. Thus, Sally smiled and stood as she said, “Director Laine, of course, you can get me to d
“Hey!” While Sally was still staring at the little guy in front of her, the young boy named Rohan rolled his eyes. “Didn’t you guys say you would let me go once she got into the car? Why haven’t you let me go yet?” It was only after the little guy had mentioned it that Sally realized Rohan had been tied up with rope. “I forgot!” Blair, who was sitting beside Rohan, clapped a hand to his forehead as he hurriedly released Rohan. The little guy pouted and massaged his wrists, which had been chafed by the rope, as he glanced coolly at Sally. “You want to adopt me?” Sally nodded. “Yes, yes.” “But… how did you…” “I got Blair to kidnap him.” Elijah said calmly as he sat in the passenger seat, “Of course I had to help you if you wanted to adopt him.” “Yvette deliberately raised the price not only because she wanted to make things difficult for you, but also because there’s a high possibility Quirinus really wants this kid.” The man’s deep voice was extremely calm. “Quirin
The information showed that Rohan had been born in Gunter City Hospital, and Sally had been the one to name him. What was odd… was that the columns to write the child’s mother and father were empty. Elijah’s eyes narrowed slightly as he continued reading. Coincidentally, Rohan had gone missing three years ago from Gunter City Hospital. The information showed that Sally had been secretly searching for the child all this while. Only the director of Gunter City Hospital knew about this. Not even Sally’s best friend, Evonne, knew about it.Sally had searched for three years, but no news of the child had ever turned up. She had gradually become discouraged. However, when Sally left Gunter City Hospital not too long ago, she had asked the director of Gunter City Hospital to continue searching for the child’s whereabouts. Who would have expected that Rohan would have been brought to A City at the same time Sally returned? The man narrowed his eyes and used the rear-view mirror
“Seth?” When Elijah saw that Seth was staring in the direction Sally had left in, he frowned slightly and crossed his legs together elegantly before staring at him. “What? Do you think that Sally has changed?” “She has indeed changed.” Seth returned to his senses and coughed lightly, “Who’s the kid with her?” “A kid we just adopted from the welfare home.” Seth raised his eyebrows. “Don’t you already have two kids of your own? Why adopt another one?” Elijah smiled indulgently. “She likes him.” “You spoil her too much.” Seth shook his head helplessly as he began discussing official matters with Elijah. After they finished speaking, Seth had just stood to leave when Rohan, who was dressed in a white tracksuit that Sally had prepared, bounded down the stairs in search of Elijah. “Godfather, my Godmother wants you to go upstairs!” Elijah raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong?” “She said that she found a scrapbook and wants to ask you about things that happened in the past!”
Sally blinked her eyes in confusion as she stared at him. “What do you mean?” “Was our previous wedding… incomplete?” “Yes.” Elijah smiled. “That’s why I’ll tell you more about it in the future. You wouldn’t be able to understand if I told you everything now.” “Alright.” The woman pouted disappointedly, her excitement vanishing into thin air. Elijah hugged her to him as he flipped to the next page of the scrapbook. “Let me tell you the story behind this page.” “This is when you went on a photography trip in the countryside with your classmates.” “Two people were with you. This one is Evonne Turner, and this one is Zoey Williams.” “I know Evonne, but who’s Zoey?” “She’s another one of your best friends…” ———— At A City Central Hospital. Quirinus lay in bed, his eyebrows scrunched together. “What did you say? Rohan Summers is missing?” Yvette pursed her lips and lowered her head before she said quietly, “Yes.” “I was arguing with Sally in the auditorium,
————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