Sally’s heart began racing. Seriously? Her elaborate escape plan had been exposed? Based on the circulating rumors about her, there was no way a reporter would have imagined she would squat in such a dirty trash can! When the footsteps stopped, another pair of strong footsteps sounded. The steps sounded elegant and aloof. Those footsteps were gradually nearing her. Sally gritted her teeth and shut her eyes in submission. It’s over, it’s over, it’s all over! Now, not only would she have failed to escape from these immoral reporters, but the entire city would also see how disgraceful she looked as she squatted in a dirty trash can! She was Mrs. Moses, wife of the president of Moses Corporation, Elijah Moses! It was so embarrassing!She could already imagine that the headlines on all the newspapers and magazines would be her dirty face as she squatted in a trash can! Boohoo hoo… She had embarrassed her husband! Sally was still lost in her thoughts when the foo
“Silly girl.” Elijah smiled helplessly as he lifted Sally out from the trash can. He was dressed immaculately in an expensive, tailored suit. She had pieces of garbage and dirty water all over her and was a right mess. However, he did not seem to mind at all as he held her in his arms. Moreover, he was carrying her like a cherished bride. “Everyone.” Pierre, who was standing next to them, smiled at the crowd of reporters. “We apologize for the embarrassment.” “Madam likes to play hide and seek with Sir.” “Of course, these are intimate affairs, and it’s our fault for allowing everyone here to witness the fun between a loving couple.” “However, Sir is a private person and does not enjoy sharing his life with the public. We’ll have to trouble everyone here.” Pierre smiled like a kindly grandfather as he uttered those words. However… The minute he finished speaking, the guards surrounding them moved in unison as they roughly grabbed the cameras from the reporters ne
Leonard gritted his teeth. Although his heart was racing with fear, he took another breath. “Elijah Moses, I know you have power, influence, and the ability to cause me to lose my job with a single sentence.” “However, the rumors won’t cease to exist just because you don’t make any comment on them!” “The audience needs a truthful answer. Did your wife cheat on you, and did you let her cheat on you because you needed the money!?” Leonard’s speech caused the scene to fall silent immediately. Everyone stared at the young reporter who did not know better and at Elijah and the person laying in his arms, Sally.Elijah narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Leonard, his lips curling upwards into a cold smile. “What do I need to explain to you?” “Should I explain things to you so that everyone has more gossip to exchange over tea?” So that you can obtain career success using this piece of news?” “I’m not a saint. I don’t need to do anything meaningful for you people who don’t m
Sally narrowed her eyes and stared at him. “That’s not true!” Although she had lost her memory, she was sure she would never have birthed a child for a man as disgusting as Quirinus Banks!“Why not?” Quirinus yawned and shifted into a comfortable position on his wheelchair, raking his gaze across Sally’s face. “Five years ago, you were so deeply hurt by Elijah Moses that you broke up with him and cohabited with me in Gunter City. After you became pregnant with my child, you gave birth to him at Gunter City Hospital…” His eyes had a doting and reflecting look in them. “How could you have forgotten everything so quickly?”When he finished speaking, he clapped a hand to his forehead in realization. “That’s right, I forgot. Elijah Moses drugged you into amnesia, and you can’t remember anything now.” Sally frowned and glared at him. “What are you saying?” “I’m saying that the results of the DNA test are all true.” Quirinus sighed and gazed at Sally, his eyes filled with desper
She found it extremely difficult to believe the truth now and also found it extremely difficult to believe that her marriage with Elijah… had started off that way. “The contract is real.” Elijah pursed his lips, his deep voice tinged with nervousness. “However, my feelings for you are real too.” Sally turned around and met his affectionate gaze. Memories of their recent times flooded her. Ever since she had lost her memory, Elijah had been extremely kind to her. That sort of love and gentleness could not be faked! He was an incredibly cold man outside, but he became so gentle whenever he was with her. If that was not love… what was? When Quirinus noticed her faltering, he narrowed his eyes and spoke again. “Don’t be fooled by him.” “Sal, do you know why you broke up with him in the first place?” Startled, Sally shook her head. She did not even remember breaking up with Elijah, how could she remember why they had broken up? “Because during the replacement weddi
The sky came crashing down. Sally felt as if the sky above her had come crashing down around her. Ever since she had lost her memory, Elijah had been her world. She believed everything he said and understood everything he did. She had thought that she and Elijah had done just as he had said, that they had gotten together because they were in love with each other. It did not matter if she had been the one to ask him out or if he had been the one to ask her out. Either way, it was because they loved each other. However… she had never imagined her marriage with Elijah would be this way. Moreover… the murder of her mother was something else that separated them? She took an instinctive step backward and stared blankly at Elijah. “You…” Tears dripped noiselessly from the corner of her eyes. “So, you’ve been lying to me since the start, right?” He had lied that they were in love, that they had been together all this while, and that there had never been any kinks in their r
“I treasure you, value you, and have long since thought of you as the person I want to spend the rest of my life with.” Quirinus sneered. “You make that sound so wonderful.” “I’ll admit that you genuinely like her, and I know she’ll lead a good life with you.” “But are you going to make her forget all her hatred and become someone with no memories to spend the rest of her life with you just because you have genuine feelings for her?” “Elijah Moses, I never knew how selfish your love was.” Elijah raised his gaze and glared coldly at Quirinus. “Shut up!” Quirinus was slightly startled by his hateful gaze. However, that only lasted for a split second. Once that split second passed, he continued smiling at Elijah. “Should I instead say that everything that happened in the past does not exist” Elijah glared coldly at him. “I know I shouldn’t have just shot your leg.” Then, he sighed and turned to look at Sally. “Sal, it’s a long story, and there’s a lot of people here. I
Quirinus’ words caused Sally to exhaust all trust she had for Elijah. She was unsure as to what kind of person Elijah was, and she was even more unsure about the kind of person Quirinus was. She could not even be sure who she used to like and who she used to be with. Both of them seemed to not be telling the truth… “Sal.” Elijah let out a breath and raised his eyes to her. His gaze was pleading. He admitted that for more than thirty years, he had never thrown away his self-esteem as he had done so today. Right now, he only prayed that Sally would follow him home after recalling the past days they had spent together. However, that was obviously impractical. “Sal.” Quirinus curled his lips upwards into a slight smile. He used his narrow, almond-shaped eyes to gaze at Sally’s face. “Elijah Moses has always been lying to you.” “And I have always been waiting for you to bounce back.” The man smiled as he extended a hand to Sally. “Come home with me, and I’ll explain
————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