Catelyn considered Cedrick's suggestion. Cactus had natural resistance toward the cold, after all, and it was a fool-proof plant to keep and could absorb radiation, which made it a perfect plant for the twins who never kept a plant before. Her only concern was that the plant was covered in pricks and that the twins might hurt themselves.Cedrick, on the other hand, did not think that his children would be foolish enough to hurt themselves with a cactus, but Catelyn had clearly moved on to other options.In the end, they picked out flowers that bloomed in winter, which included a narcissus, bluebell, aloe, and money plant.She had only wanted to purchase one type, but Cedrick had his doubts about whether the plants could survive in the twins' hands. When they crammed all the plants into the back trunk of the car, one out of ten plants had already died.Both Miles and Ollie were furious that Cedrick was looking down on them and vowed to keep the plants alive....While the family o
Their hands were soon covered in dirt. Once they were done, Catelyn said to the twins, "The florist didn't give us enough fertilizer, so I'll get some more tomorrow. I'll buy a video recorder, too, for your short videos."Catelyn and the twins were all excited, and even though Cedrick did not participate, he was proud of them.Just then, Maribel called again.Catelyn came in from the balcony and was about to wash her hands; she silently decided that she might need to change her number if it was yet another prank call.Cedrick glanced at the screen and purposefully waited a while, before telling Catelyn that it was from Maribel.Catelyn wiped some of the dirt off her hands and walked over to answer the call, but Cedrick simply signaled her to stay quiet, before answering the call on speaker."Director Clark, good for you! Why didn't you tell me that you know Miss Kingsley? She is canceling the cooperation with us because of your absence! Hurry up and figure something out!" Furious
When she saw how rudely Maribel was knocking on the door, Quinn questioned sharply, "Who are you looking for?""Where's Catelyn Clark?" Maribel tried to look inside. "I work with her. Tell her to come out.""Catelyn doesn't live here anymore. You have the wrong place!" snapped Quinn before trying to shut the door.Maribel swiftly held the door to prevent Quinn from shutting it and changed her tone. "Miss, here's the thing—I need to talk to Catelyn. Do you know where she's moved to?"Quinn scanned the woman before her up and down and noticed that this felt somewhat like a confrontation. If Maribel was friends with Catelyn, she could not possibly be unaware of her new address. If they were enemies...Quinn's eyes lit up. She was still frustrated that Catelyn had chased her out, so she exchanged numbers with Maribel and provided her with Catelyn's new address. She would be more than happy to participate in anything that could cause trouble for Catelyn....When Maribel arrived at G
Jolene covered her face with her hands, concealing her expression. "I wish he wasn't a Cheever."Catelyn's face brightened up as if she had just smelled a pot of hot piping tea of gossip, but Jolene did not catch that. Even though Catelyn wanted to gossip more, they had to focus on their priority of finding Windy and talk about the collaboration.Jolene would eventually open up to her again when the time was right.However, when Catelyn called Deluxe International, her request was politely declined by the receptionist on the other side of the phone.Catelyn had no other choice but to look for Philip.Philip was lectured by Windy and was pissed, so he started yelling at Catelyn before she could even say anything. "How unreliable you are, Miss Clark! How could the person in charge change their mind so easily?! If you're not genuine about the collaboration, just say so…"Catelyn listened to his ramble patiently and added, "I'm aware of the mistakes made from my end, but please, coul
Three-thirty in the evening?Edwin looked at the time and realized that it was already three in the evening.That idiotic woman! How could she not tell him before she decided to get rid of his child?!Edwin hopped onto his red Ferrare and sped all the way to the hospital, running over multiple red lights. He eventually managed to arrive at the hospital in 20 minutes.He had called the hospital earlier to inform them to not proceed with the abortion for a woman with the last name 'Winters'. However, since Joanne was a celebrity, she might have provided a different name to the hospital.It was a private hospital, thus they were not too strict on your identities. As long as one had the money, everything could be done anonymously.There were too many women with a 3:30 p.m. appointment. Most of them were there for a surgical abortion, but some were there for the pill since taking the pill at the hospital was safer than doing it at home.Edwin had no idea which one of them was Joanne.
Joanne was seen leaning on the stone table with her head hanging lowly. Edwin was only able to see the side of her face from that angle and could not see her expression at all.Her wispy figure made her look like an abandoned kitten; lonely and helpless.It was winter, yet she was leaning on the ice-cold stone stool and table after she had just taken the abortion pill?Did she really think she was that strong and healthy, or had she fallen asleep on it?…Joanne leaned on the table, grimacing. Her eyebrows knitted tightly together as she looked at the time, noting that it was past three-thirty in the evening.She took a deep breath, in and out, and realized that she could not go through with the procedure.If only Catelyn was with her.She was still deep in her thoughts when a figure appeared at her side, effectively blocking the sun rays shining on her.Joanne instinctively grabbed her face mask and sunglasses to put them on, but before she could do that, a man grabbed onto h
What?"Why are we going to the county's office?" Joanne asked dumbfoundedly.Edwin looked at her and said in a sing-song tone, "What you wanted—a marriage certificate."Since she had the guts to tell Grandma that she had liked him for five years, she must have been hoping for this day for a long time."Are you crazy?!" Joanne pulled her hand out of his grip furiously. "I never said anything about marrying you!"Edwin's eyebrow lifted as he looked at her and drawled, "What did you say? I didn't get that.""You…" Joanne was crying internally, but she had no courage to yell at him anymore. All she did was look at him in bewilderment.The reason he wanted to marry her was probably just to compensate her for what she had to go through that night, right?Joanne thought about all the possibilities and felt like she was about to puke from the overwhelming thoughts. She waved at him and said, "Mister Atherton, you don't have to make up for anything. I'm content being single. We're all a
Edwin was stunned to hear this, and his sunken heart had floated back up.He felt an odd sense of happiness."What abortion? Did you forget what I said? Bear it and give birth to the baby when the time comes!" Edwin felt thoroughly entertained by the naive girl in front of him.His baby was safe!He looked at Joanne's belly and felt relieved that he could bring her home to see Grandma.Edwin thus brought Joanne to the obstetrician for a regular check-up, seeing as she never had it checked and had no idea what the baby's condition was.Joanne looked at her hand that was held and dragged by Edwin. She wanted to pull her hand out but had no energy to do so. If she truly was pregnant, and he was willing to marry her and give her and the baby a home, that would not be too bad. Most importantly, she did not have to get an abortion.She would never admit to him that she was just afraid of getting an abortion.Before she came to the hospital, she had read numerous articles online abo