After saying this, John narrowed his eyes, "You can't be so selfish." Albert was shocked. His body trembled, and he suddenly didn't know what to say. Zena knelt on the ground, shuddering. She felt a great chill run down her spine. Xavier breathed a sigh of relief. He was grateful and moved. How could Jodie accept what John had said? She was so excited that she blurted out, "I told you that Zena has realized her mistake! Why are you so aggressive? Xavier is fine now! How can you bully my family like this? You ruined our company in order to make yourselves happy! Now you even want to bully my daughter? Selfish? Who is the selfish one? You're going too far!" Albert pursed his lips. For fear that Jodie would anger John completely, he had no choice but to remind her, "Stop!" At this time, how could Jodie be persuaded so easily? She opened her eyes wide and kept yelling, "Why should I stop? They have really gone too far!" Saying this, she gasped and pulled
"Uncle... thank you." Xavier said after sitting in the car for quite a while. He thanked John, because John didn't ignore his intention, and he didn't treat him with prejudice after he knew the truth. John and he sat side by side in the back seat of the car. Hearing this, John sighed lightly, "Xavier, you had suffered so much harm and grievances, but why didn't you tell me that year?" If Xavier told him earlier, he would have dealt a blow to the Meng family a long time ago. Anyway, he would never allow anyone to bully his child. When Zena hurt Elizabeth for the first time, he let her go for the sake that they had known each other for so many years. However, he had his limits. It had been so long since Xavier was hurt. He felt sorry for Xavier, and blamed himself at the same time. At that time, James and Xavier were studying in the school, and he was busy with managing the company and socializing with his business partners. He thought that they had grown up
The next day, it was blowing hard. That day, Zena was convicted of multiple crimes and was sentenced to ten years in prison. John blocked this news for Xavier's reputation, so not many people knew about it. Liron and Andrew were also sentenced. However, they were different. Liron was not the chief culprit, and he would be imprisoned for five years. As for Andrew... he would be put to death in a month. Xavier stood in the small garden and looked at the flowers and plants in front of him. There was no joy or sorrow on his face. Early in the morning, he learned this news from James. He had known that the result would be like this, but he was stunned when he heard that. Later, he had been standing here all the time. In fact, he didn't think too much. He just felt it a little boring all of a sudden. In the past, he was afraid and uneasy, and he even said that he would teach those people a lesson. But after everything came to an end, he suddenly
In the following days, everything was peaceful and wonderful. Although John did not talk much, he chatted with Elizabeth occasionally and cared about her diet. Lydia prepared different nutritionally balanced menus for her every day. Apart from chatting with Elizabeth, she took a walk with Elizabeth in the neighborhood and talked about the gossips of stars. As for James, he was very good to her. Ignoring the fact that he didn't know how to cook, he was a perfect husband. Everyone treated Elizabeth very well, and she often felt that she was living like a pig. Except for going out for a walk with Lydia sometimes, she slept and ate all day long. She has just come home for ten days, but she had gained six pounds. That day, when Elizabeth finished washing up and looked into the mirror, she could vaguely see her jowl. At first, she was stunned. Then, she looked at herself in the mirror carefully. When she found that she was really jowly, she sighed helplessly. She retu
James suddenly approached Elizabeth, and she did not dodge. Instead, she blinked her eyes and nodded with a smile, "Yeah." "..." "I thought you were outside, and you didn't pack up your things, so I..." Elizabeth thought for a moment, but she didn't say that she saw it on purpose, "I just wanted to sort out these things for you, and then I saw them." James was silent for a while, "Is that so?" He had been with her for so long. How could he not know what she was thinking? Humph! Did she think that he could not see that she was lying? "Of course." Elizabeth nodded repeatedly. In order to make herself look more sincere, she stopped smiling and put on a serious face. "Oh." "Look at you..." Elizabeth narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Are you angry? Just because I peeked at your drafts?" However, before James could say anything, she said in a hurry, "I didn't mean it. Besides, you prepared these things for me, didn't you? In fact, I'm glad that I
"No!" Elizabeth immediately said, "Am I that kind of person? I didn't expect that you would think of me in this way!" "I was just asking casually." "Your furtive behaviours were strange, but I didn't think too much, okay?" "Furtive behaviours?" Elizabeth stuck out her tongue, "Well, I should say that you seem to be very busy these days. Except for eating and accompanying me, you stay in the study all day." After hearing this, James immediately said, "I never ignore you." "I didn't say that." Elizabeth muttered, "I just don't want you to be too tired." "I'm not tired, really." After that, he looked at her, "Why did you suddenly want to find me? You should be sleeping at this time, shouldn't you?" "I woke up early today, and then..." Elizabeth said with a dejected face, "When I looked in the mirror, I found that I am jowly. To be honest, I am a little sad." "What's there to be sad about? It's called happy fat." Elizabeth was spe
Since it was a secret action, they enjoyed it very much. Lydia saw Elizabeth in good condition and thought she would be bored at home only. Thus, Lydia invited Elizabeth to take a walk further instead of around the villa only. The community they lived in was with great facility and located in the downtown area. There was a small park in it with beautiful views. "Mom, your phone is ringing." Lydia said casually, "It must be my husband being unhappy because we didn't invite him to come together." "... " "Oh, I'll tell you. Men sometimes can be over clingy. My husband is a great example. I'm surprised at how clingy he can be sometimes at this age." Listening to Lydia's complaint, Elizabeth chuckled, "Isn't it good? It shows that you are deeply bounded." Lydia thought for a moment and then nodded. "Well... As you mentioned it, it seems so." There were a few acquainted madams who played cards with her. Every time they praised her to be
Elizabeth felt a little helpless, but she couldn't say anything. However, even if she didn't say it, it didn't mean that she didn't understand John, did it? James did everything for her own good, and John did everything for Lydia, didn't he? He accompanied her, followed her, and even cared about her just because he loved her. He was afraid that she would feel lonely or be wronged in another city. Besides, no matter how delicious the food outside was, it was actually not as good as the food cooked at home. "Mom." After a long while, Elizabeth said, "In fact... dad did it for your own good." "Uh..." Lydia was rendered speechless and felt a little embarrassed. She thought that she had really lost her face and her image seemed to have been ruined in an instant. That was really an unwise move. Why did she say something like that without thinking? Didn't she give herself a slap in the face? However, she thought that she was a generous person, so she