With a faint smile, Janice took Catelyn's arm and fondly replied, "Yes. I heard that the gallery has a batch of new paintings, so I came to buy a few. You?""Same. Dad said there's a painting on display, which happens to be my mother's last piece of work, so I planned to buy it at the auction later.""Was the man who was with you just now your father?""Yup."Janice could not help but glance in the direction where Ezekiel disappeared. She suddenly became more suspicious, so she suggested that Catelyn take her to see Summer's paintings.Summer and she were of the same generation. Although they never met, Janice had heard of Summer for her good personality and excellent academic performance, and she has a wide range of interests, not only in vocal music but also in painting.It should have been a coincidence that they studied at the same university.However, the Mason family and the Atherton family were always at odds, so Janice used to deliberately avoid meeting Summer. However,
"My painting? I don't even have time to participate in the auction yet.""A gentleman asked me to give it to you. He said that you'll like this painting very much." The man smiled respectfully and gently.Catelyn did not even need to think about it to know that the person who bought the painting was Ezekiel.'But why didn't he give it to me himself?'Catelyn looked around but did not see her father."Where's the gentleman?" Catelyn asked the staff.The staff shook his head. "It looks like he left earlier, and he just told me to hand over the painting as soon as possible."That was her mother's last piece of work. Undoubtedly, Catelyn did not want someone else to have it. She took the painting out and caressed it as if she could still feel her mother's emotions at that time.'She must've felt like she was on cloud nine.'The man she loved acted as a model for her, and she painted a perfect painting with her own hands.It was just a pity that their love was short-lived.Just a
Catelyn instinctively took a step back and shielded her belly with her hands, her terrified eyes visibly hardening in vigilance.The anger in Cedrick's eyes flared. It was as if there was a thin film between them, and he only needed to stretch out his hand to poke for it to burst.The film of their relationship.Anger, annoyance, and various other negative emotions were intertwined and finally turned into helplessness.All of a sudden, Cedrick lowered his head and captured her lips in a kiss.It felt that it had been a century since he last kissed her so deeply. Her sweetness and softness made him so intoxicated that the kiss became delicate and lasted long.It was just that when the kiss got out of control, Catelyn smelled a very faint smell of medicine wine on his body, and nausea suddenly surged in her stomach.Catelyn could not hold it anymore. She pushed Cedrick away, covered her mouth with one hand, and rushed toward the women's bathroom frantically."Blergh!" With one ha
Catelyn panted and shook her hand agitatedly. "You're talking nonsense!""Yael's test results have been out a long time ago, and they're now in my office. It proves that the virus carried in this child's body far exceeds the amount in my body. Do you know what that means? This child can only live in an incubator with endless medicines and injections every day. The baby is clueless about their fate, yet they'll suffer horrendously. Do you have the heart to watch such a young infant being tortured every day? Catelyn, accept reality and send them. Miles and Ollie are more than enough."Cedrick's voice gradually weakened as he, who was often hubristic, became helpless and sad at that very moment. He wanted a daughter, but he could not even protect Catelyn from pain and suffering.He struggled to tell Catelyn the truth, but he did not think he did anything wrong.This child could not be kept.Catelyn could not take care of this child for a year, two years, or even ten years, let alone
Back when she was in the art gallery's bathroom, she discovered that there were paparazzi outside, seemingly chasing after a well-known painter. After seeing her, the paparazzi gave up chasing the painter and came for her instead.Joanne managed to shake them off after hiding in the bathroom for a long time, but as she did, she heard the paparazzi talking about Edwin. Apparently, someone photographed him entering the hospital in the middle of the night, and that hospital happened to be the private hospital where Catelyn had her prenatal checkup.Joanne inquired about the ward number at the registration desk, took the elevator, and arrived at a ward.It was after-work hours, so the floor of the hospital was rather vacant.When she was about to knock on the door, she noticed that the door was ajar and she could vaguely see someone walking inside.Joanne perked up and listened into what was in the ward, and she heard a woman's voice."Eddy, thank you for helping me last night. If yo
Joanne scratched her nose and frowned.'So she was his first lover? Why did he lie to me that she was just his classmate? Is it because he's afraid that I'll tell Grandma?' Joanne pondered."Hello, Miss Sinclair, I'm Joanne. Joanne Winters, a female artist under Mister Atherton's company!""Joanne?" Noah's sight jumped between Joanne and Edwin, and she smiled gently. "Fortunately, I've seen your profile before. You supported an entertainment company all on your own."Liking to be praised, Joanne's eyes seemingly twinkled. She wanted to play it off coolly, but the lifting corners of her mouth said it all.Edwin looked at Joanne, who was smiling secretly, and his already aching head worsened. 'Wasn't she eavesdropping at the door? Isn't she suspicious when she saw me with Noah?'"Noah, Joanne's being humble here. She has another identity to her, so let me introduce her to you," said Edwin' smirking."Another identity?""Didn't you always want to see my wife? Here she is. You can
Otherwise, if Edwin divorced her, she would not know if Noah would take good care of her child.Biting her lip, Joanne's eyes dulled as though shrouded with mist.She blinked hard a few times, squeezed her chubby face, showed a cute smile in front of the mirror, and sniffled. She managed to suppress her inner sadness....Joanne opened the bathroom door, and her long hair, which was originally loose, was tied into a bun, revealing her chubby face.That appearance made Noah a little jealous again.After all, she had gone through many things and endured so much stress that her face was full of wrinkles."Joanne." Noah walked toward her fondly, took her hand, and winked playfully. "I want to work in Eclipse, but Eddy said that you might be unhappy and won't pass my interview."'Eddy? Such an intimate way of calling him…' Joanne felt a little disgusted by this.Only someone close to Edwin like Granny Atherton would call him Eddy.There was a hint of expectation in Edwin's express
Joanne bit her lower lip and knelt.She then looked up at Sylvie, who was sitting on the couch in the middle, and she no longer had the gentleness and kindness she used to have for her.Sylvie stared at Joanne coldly and said to Harry, "Harry, tell her what you've found."Harry stood up from his seat, took out a stack of women's hygiene products from a storage box, and threw it in front of Joanne with a look of disgust."Mom, I used to wonder why a notorious actress would fall in love with Eddy, so I asked the maids to keep an eye on her, and these are what they found. These aren't what a pregnant woman would use, are they?""I had someone follow her, and it was exactly as I expected. Today, at the elevator entrance of the private hospital, she admitted that she wasn't pregnant. She went to the hospital for a gynecological examination. She's been lying to us all this time!"The fierce light in Sylvie's eyes intensified at this. She loved Joanne so much and cared so much for the c