"...Evelyn..." "In conclusion, you got him completely wrong!" Evelyn Wu was getting anxious as well. "James Lu left with you first yesterday, but his assistant later told me that James Lu abandoned a billion-dollar deal to come and save you!" "A... what?" Elizabeth Liang shuddered and widened her eyes in disbelief. "You're saying he..." "Elizabeth, do you know how blessed you are? Do you know how ridiculously wrong you were today?" Evelyn pulled at her hair as she spoke like a disappointed mother. "......" Evelyn hesitated, but eventually asked cautiously, "Was... was it a really bad fight?" Elizabeth didn't even know what to do anymore, she didn't know whether to laugh or get mad. Should she laugh at herself for how stupid she was, or should she be mad at herself for being an ungrateful wretch and letting his kind intentions go to waste? She was so angry and disappointed just a moment ago, thinking that she got played by James like a fiddle, w
When Josephine Liang woke up, her head ached and her entire body felt sore and weak. She put her hands to her head and massaged her painful forehead. The light in the room was quite dim, with sheer curtains on the windows. When her eyes finally adjusted to the darkish room and looked around, she realized that the interior design was that of a hotel, and not her bedroom at all. "AH..." Josephine reflexively screamed out loud. The events that happened while she was conscious abruptly flashed through her mind. Her blood froze and her entire body began trembling. After James threatened her menacingly, he told the male waiter whom she had bribed to stay in the room, and the waiter began pervertedly feeling her up and down... She pulled away the sheets with shaking hands——she wasn't wearing anything! She... At that moment, the sound of someone washing their hands came from the bathroom. Josephine gritted her teeth and pushed down th
"Director Chen!" Josephine Liang couldn't talk to him on the phone, so she came to wait for him at his house. It was completely dark inside, which meant that Director Chen wasn't home. Josephine was extremely anxious, but she had to wait patiently by the door. It was almost July, and the night breeze was rather pleasant, but it only felt cold to Josephine. When Director Chen finally drove back home, Josephine opened her car door and rushed over before he could even park his car. She kept hitting on Director Chen's car window. "What's going on, Director Chen?" Director Chen glanced at the unseemly woman besides his car. He frowned slightly, but still opened the door and got out. Standing in front of Josephine, his expression was cold and was no longer as gracious and cordial as he used to be. "Why are you here?" "I just want to know why you removed me from the role?" "Have you read the news?" Director Chen raised his eyebrows. "The investor said
In the end, James Lu did not return to South Lake villa. Although Elizabeth Liang knew that it wasn't very likely for him to return to his old home, she still made a phone call to them just in case. Of course, it was in the name of greeting Mr. and Mrs. John Lu. Meanwhile, John Lu and Lydia Song were having dinner. Lydia chewed on her food as she told Elizabeth to come to their house for dinner with James, and she went on and on about a very delicious soup that Auntie Chang had made... Elizabeth politely turned down Lydia's invitation. Seeing that James still wasn't home, she looked around the well-lit interior of South Lake villa as she felt a little disappointed, but also slightly relieved at the same time. Elizabeth had no idea how to face James if he came home. Even though she had learned from Evelyn Wu that he had saved her, and she was truly grateful for that, she didn't know what had happened after the rescue. How did he cure the drug in
As soon as Elizabeth Liang finished her part-time job at Kuture, she rushed to the cafe where Charlotte Dong wanted to meet up with her. Just as she walked to the door, she was in such a hurry to go inside that she unexpectedly bumped into someone who was coming out. "I'm sorry." A gentle male voice spoke by her ear, and he even chivalrously reached out to hold her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Elizabeth apologized profusely before looking up. "Doctor Bai?" Isaac Bai looked at her and realized that she was his good friend's new wife. "Sis?" Isaac raised one eyebrow. "Why are you here?" "Um..." Elizabeth smiled awkwardly. "I'm meeting someone here." "Oh, I see." Isaac nodded. "Go ahead." Elizabeth wanted to ask him if he knew where James Lu was, but after some thought, she decided against it. She didn't want others to laugh at her for not knowing her lawfully-wedded husband's whereabouts and having to ask his friends about where he went.
"What does Miss Superstar Josephine Liang have to do with me? You think too highly of me, Mrs. Dong." Elizabeth Liang sat back down and said slowly. "It wasn't you?" Charlotte Dong clearly did not believe her. "I'm telling you right now, Elizabeth, don't try to play dumb with me!" Elizabeth was unfazed. She looked at Charlotte who was sitting across from her with a furious expression, then said in a sardonic tone, "It might've been me if I were still the heiress of the Liang family. But you guys kicked me out, remember? Do you honestly think that I'm capable of doing that in my down-trodden state?" Elizabeth would've never been able to say something like this in the past. Perhaps it was thanks to James Lu's influence that she was able to easily form sarcastic and derisive sentences like this. "Hmph! You might be powerless, but that doesn't mean whatever sleazebag you hooked up with is the same!" "What do you mean?" "What do I mean?" Charlotte hateful
"Ah—" Two female customers in the cafe saw this scene and couldn't help but exclaim. Elizabeth Liang had been precautious against Charlotte, so when Charlotte's ready to pour coffee on her, she instinctively turned her head to the side. Although the coffee was not directly splashed on her face, her hair and clothes were stained. At this moment, she was somewhat embarrassed. The clothes on her left shoulder were wet, and the coffee on her head was dripping down from her hair. Her white face looked a little funny at the moment. She stared at Charlotte, who was in front of her, with rage. Charlotte was intimidated by her rage, but she felt her fury ventilated. With a tinge of the triumph of victory, she said, " Look at you... Ah - you deserve this for giving me a hard time!" Charlotte hadn't finished her words yet before Elizabeth directly picked up the glass of orange juice and splashed it on her face, straightforward and decisive. Elizabeth only
"Ah?!" Charlotte Dong's eyes widened in disbelief. "So much..." How could she drink it all at the moment? Moreover, the coffee just served, hot with steam... Elizabeth Liang's eyelids twitched. " Too much coffee." She wondered. She then hesitated for a moment but spoke in the end, "James ... Or we let her go?" "Hush. Just listen to me, okay?" He gazed at the coffee and frowned thoughtfully. "Hey!" After a while, James finally accepted her proposal not so willingly. "Yeah, it seems that there are a lot of them." Charlotte hastily nodded. But before she could speak, James said again, "Since you don't want to drink, then pour that on you!" "What?!" Charlotte shouted gallingly. She would be shamed to death if all the coffee would be poured on her. "Didn't you see what you did? It's not fun enough to just see her clothes ruined, don't you think?" "..." Charlotte clenched her fists. She's fidgeting and scared, trying very hard to hold bac