For a moment, Tina was surprised.This phone was given to her by Samuel just this morning.Even her SIM card was brand new. Who would be calling her number at a time like this?Tina glanced at the screen, quickly realizing that Frederick wasn’t the one calling her. Instead, it was an unknown number.But before she could pick up the call, two tall figures suddenly appeared behind her and covered her mouth.Tina never realized that someone would still dare to make a move on her under broad daylight.She passed out, not having the strength to struggle against them. As she collapsed to the floor in a dead heap, the phone that she was carrying slid out of her hand.The bodyguards that were dispatched to capture her had already studied her face beforehand, so they were able to determine her identity immediately.“She’s the woman Mr. Langford brought with him last night, right?”“Yes. That’s right. She’s the one. Take her away!”After Tina was taken away, the unknown number called h
Alice the secretary couldn’t help but cover her mouth when she heard Tina’s question, a smug smile curled on her lips.“Oh, wow! Don’t you know what we’re planning to do even after things have progressed to this point?”Tina’s head felt terribly heavy. She was under extreme discomfort, as if her limbs were filled with lead.She managed to lift her head to see not only the secretary, but also a figure lying on a hospital bed near her.It was the same old man who tried to molest her in the bathroom last night, only to get knocked out by a kick from Samuel.Unexpectedly, that old man refused to give up. Instead, he had ordered his men to capture her.Bandages were wrapped around the old man’s head. He took in Tina’s pale and weak appearance before saying arrogantly, “If it wasn’t for you last night, my deal with the Langford Group would’ve gone through without a hitch! Thanks to you, I got injured and hospitalized! In the end, not only did I not get to sign the contract with Mr. Lan
Seeing Tina collapsing out of exhaustion, the bodyguards who caught up with her exclaimed smugly, “We got her now!”“Hahaha! Let’s see where else can you run to this time!”Just as the lead bodyguard tried to reach out to Tina in order and take her away by force…“Argh!”He immediately wailed in pain. Apparently, someone had kicked him away at that crucial moment.As a result, he slammed into the other bodyguards that were behind him.The men collapsed to the floor while screaming in pain, looking completely woebegone.“Who dares to kick us? Do you know who our boss is?! Are you trying to become a knight in shining armor just to save the damsel in distress?! You insufferable b*stard…”The leading bodyguard was so exasperated that he couldn’t stop himself from lifting his head to look at the assailant, intent to curse the air blue.The moment his gaze met the man’s icy one, though, his eyes widened in shock.“M-Mr. Langford! Why are you here?”The bodyguards were too shocked
At that time, the beautiful secretary was busy taking care of Robert by feeding him peeled fruit slices.Upon noticing the ward door being flung open, Robert immediately straightened up in excitement.“Did you guys capture that b*tch?” A group of armed men appeared at the doorway instead of his regular men. One glance at them told Robert that these people didn’t come in peace.His expression changed drastically at the sight of the men.“Who sent you here? Do you know who I am? If you leave right now, I might spare your lives!”The subordinates had half-hearted smirks on their faces as they reported, “Mr. Langford ordered us to come here.”“Mr. Langford?”Robert was surprised to hear Samuel’s name. An elated expression soon appeared on his face.“Mr. Langford is here?! Where is he right now? Good heavens, why didn’t you tell me earlier?! I would’ve told my men to welcome him here! Hurry and come in! Let’s sit and talk, shall we? Is Mr. Langford planning to resume the collabora
An annoyed Samuel threw the report away before glancing at Tina’s pale face.That woman might be manipulative, but her body was extremely weak.“Take good care of her!” He left the ward after uttering the icy order.Originally, he still wanted to settle the score with her. Now, it looked like he would have to wait. He would deal with her in the future.His subordinates couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Langford, Miss Lynd needs to have fresh medicine applied to her later. Should we ask other people to do it for her?”Samuel paused in his tracks after hearing the question. All of a sudden, he spun on his heel and approached the subordinate in a dangerous fashion.“Take her home to avoid embarrassing me further in public,” he hissed coldly.His words might seem harsh, but the subordinates quickly understood what he meant. They were quiet, but then swapped quick glances with each other.Samuel was planning to serve… Er, take care of Tina on his own.Tina didn’t know how long she remain
Kara, who was aggressive earlier, widened her eyes and stared at Samuel.A flash of complicated emotions streaked past Samuel’s eyes when he looked at the little girl who greatly resembled Tina.“Your mommy is resting in her room because she has fallen ill. If you want to see her, you need to be a good girl,” he said coldly.Kara grew anxious immediately.“Mommy’s sick? I-I’ll be a good girl! Mr. Meanie, please don’t throw me out!”Samuel’s expression darkened even more.Mr. Meanie? Tina was definitely an amazing mother. Who knew what sort of garbage was she filling her daughter’s mind with?Then again, he didn’t feel the need to correct a five-year-old. He immediately led her into the room. “Mommy… Mommy…”Kara flung herself to the bed immediately.Upon hearing her daughter’s sweet voice calling out for her, Tina snapped out of her muddled state for a moment.“Kara…? Are you Kara?”“It’s me, Mommy!”Kara felt Tina’s forehead with her tiny hand in concern. She looked at t
Under the effects of the medicine, Tina slept soundly.After she woke up, her mind was much clearer than before.At daybreak, she discovered Kara lying next to her. The little girl’s body was curled into a tiny ball, making her look like an abandoned puppy.Her heart throbbing in pain for her daughter, Tina got up and carefully moved the little girl to the center of the bed.After tucking her in, she went to freshen up in the bathroom.Having taken the antipyretics and slept through the night, Tina felt sticky because she had sweated a lot. Right now, she needed to take a shower.One shower later, she changed into a set of simple clothes. Just as Tina walked out of the bathroom, she noticed Samuel’s tall form standing quite close to her.“Ah!”Surprised by his appearance, she couldn’t help but let out a shriek before quickly covering her mouth.“W-Why are you here?”Samuel didn’t bother to answer her question. He gave her a onceover, noting that she was recovering nicely si
The subordinate couldn’t help but ponder.‘What has the conference got to do with you? Of course, it has everything to do with you! You’re Mr. Langford’s special woman, after all!’“Mr. Langford’s conference will end in an hour. By then, you and your daughter can have breakfast together with him,” he reported.A while later, Kara woke up on the bed.Tina took the little girl to go wash up. After that, Kara rubbed her stomach and said sweetly, “Mommy, I’m hungry. When can we eat?”“We just have to wait for a while longer. Then, we can eat,” Tina replied.As she said that, anger rose within her. It was fine if Samuel intended to torture her, but why did her five-year-old daughter have to suffer from hunger as well?Not intending to wait any longer, Tina barged into the kitchen right away.“Miss Lynd! You’re sick right now, so you can’t enter the kitchen.”“That’s right. The greasy fumes won’t do your health any good.”“We can’t afford to take the responsibility if you collaps
Chapter 826The man's breath was scalding her skin, and his deep, husky voice assailed her eardrums.Like a scared rabbit, Tina abruptly turned around and asked, "What are you doing..."She turned around, only to end up in his arms. The man happened to bend down, but she kissed him by accident. It was not her intention.Tina widened her eyes in astonishment.Samuel hadn't expected her to suddenly turn around. It was such a pleasant surprise.He didn't give the woman a chance to escape. He lifted the blanket to cover Kara and keep her out of the improper scene.In the next instant...He wrapped his arms around Tina's slender waist."Heh, did you do that on purpose, eh?" His voice was thick with playfulness."I didn't." Tina avoided making eye contact with the man.'Come on, it was just an instinctive reaction.'Unexpectedly, things went this way. She found it hard to explain.As expected, Samuel was not convinced. "Stop quibbling."This woman was full of lies.He found
Chapter 825Tina originally felt a little embarrassed. As she listened to Kara's words, Tina's fair face and ears turned red uncontrollably."What are you talking about? Why don't you hurry over here and take a nap?"Tina couldn't help but glare at her daughter.She couldn't understand why her daughter said that. Keith must have taught Kara such things.Tina thought, 'I should talk with Keith.'Although he was a genius hacker, and he knew a lot of things at a young age, he couldn't mislead his sister.Just as Tina was muttering inwardly, Keith, who was talking to Arthur, suddenly sneezed."Wow, boss, I didn't expect you to sneeze like an ordinary person."Arthur said with a voice changer, "Tut, tut. Is someone cursing you?Keith couldn't help but frown."Who dares to curse me?" He narrowed his eyes. Although his face was young, his tone was like that of Samuel. "Is it you?"At these words, Arthur immediately broke a sweat as if a big crime was pinned on him."Boss, I was w
Chapter 824Samuel was walking so fast that Tina had to jog to keep up. She was afraid of being left behind.Finally, Samuel stopped at the door to Kara's room.After he carried Kara inside, Tina came up.The sight of the woman appearing and panting made him frown."What happened to you?""I," Tina stammered, "you walked too fast. I couldn't keep up."She didn't know why she was so weak now.It was not a long way from the courtyard to the room. The trotting had brought profuse sweat to her forehead. Her face was a bit pale, and she was teetering.Samuel saw it, tensed up, and grabbed her despite his anger at her.Like iron, his robust arm wrapped around the waist of the tottering woman.His brows locked in a frown, he said coldly, "Did you cast the doctor's caution to the wind? You're aware of your condition and know that you need to recuperate, yet you ran so fast. You'd get yourself killed."In a deep voice, he reproached Tina for not caring about herself.To Tina's ears
Chapter 823"What?" Immediately, the maid got the attention of the other maids around. The maid glanced at Tina who was chasing after Samuel and gleefully told the others what had happened earlier. "Mr. Langford warned that woman that she was only a maid. "He also told the little princess that the woman was not her mummy. Only his wife could be the little princess's mommy!" The other maids were stunned. "Really, Mr. Langford really said that?" "If Mr. Langford treats her as a maid, how can she come to the party this afternoon and wear such a fancy dress..." "It must be due to the little princess!" "Mr. Langford gave her some decency for the sake of the kids, but that woman went too far. I heard she claimed at the party that she was Mr. Langford's woman. She went out of the boundary." "Mr. Langford must have been angry with this woman. He went to take the little princess away himself and warned..." The maids gossiped and chattered. They used to be careful
Chapter 822Samuel's tone was icy.Kara pursed her lips and said aggrievedly, "But Mommy is not a maid. Even if Mommy were a maid, she would always be Kara's mommy."Kara's words gave Samuel a headache.Samuel thought, 'Ah! Like mother, like daughter!'Tina always makes me nervous, and so does Kara. Kara is on her mother's side and doesn't take me seriously.'They may be secretly calling me a bastard.'Samuel stopped in his tracks and asked coldly, "You are very unwilling to let your mommy leave, right?""Yes!" Kara nodded her head repeatedly."Then tell me. Do you want me, or do you want your mommy?"At Samuel's words, everyone around was stunned.Tina was a little confused and wondered if she had misheard. How could Samuel possibly say this?Why...Tina was amused, feeling Samuel's annoyance. The originally cold and ruthless man looked a little childish.The drivers also lowered their heads, trying to pretend they had not heard anything.Samuel, however, did not bother
Chapter 821Once the words were out of Samuel's mouth, Tina's heart was in her throat again.She looked at his dark eyes that were gleaming with playful light and immediately had a bad feeling. Despite that, she asked, "What... is it?""Moving into my room!" Samuel replied.His authoritative tone brooked no argument.In fact, this couldn't be called a request.If he wanted, this woman should have appeared in his room last night. He wouldn't have let her go to the room next to the children's.Samuel was just upset that this woman had failed to appreciate his kindness. Through this, he hoped that she would cooperate.However...Tina subconsciously blurted out, "No!"…The air in the car was frozen in an instant."Say it again?" Samuel forced the words out of his gritted teeth.His scowl frightened Tina so much that a cold sweat broke out on her back.She was too careless to blurt out her thoughts.She had to explain, "It's... not like that. I mean, the children need care
Chapter 820"Haha, Daddy is really nice. Daddy was worried about me and Mommy?!" Kara immediately said. Samuel, who didn't want to admit he was terribly worried, snorted. "Yes, I really was. I was worried that your mommy would kidnap you!"When she heard Samuel had specially come over to pick up their daughter, Tina had had some inexplicable feelings. But after hearing her explanation, she felt like he had poured a basin of cold water down her head, making all her feelings disappear. Yeah, of course, Samuel was worried! He didn't trust her at all, but treated their daughter so nicely as if she was a little princess. Of course, he was afraid that she would kidnap his precious daughter!Feeling so uncomfortable, she could not help but say, "I wasn't thinking about kidnapping the child…""Really?" Samuel asked with a very suspicious eye, "Do you think I'll believe what you say?!"Honestly, this little woman just turned around and ran away without any hesitation. But she d
Chapter 819When the car came into Tina's sight without any presage, her face turned pale.She was afraid that someone would get out of the car to harm her, so having no hesitation, she turned and ran with Kara in her arms.Immediately afterwards, a man's shout came from behind..."Tina! Where are you going?"His voice was pleasant to the ear, though it was tinged with annoyance.Tina's heart skipped a beat suddenly, and a sense of security came over her.‘It's Samuel!’She stopped running. Before she could turn around, Samuel had caught her wrist.It seemed that he was worried that Tina would run away with their daughter.Samuel exerted so much strength that Tina gave a gasp in pain."It hurts!" She subconsciously cried out and struggled. "Release me..."However, upon hearing her words, Samuel got angry.He was going to be infuriated by Tina!He went to the hospital in the morning. During the examination and treatment, he missed Tina and their children a lot.However, w
Chapter 818Mireya was pissed off. She grabbed Madam Langford's arm and angrily complained, "Godmother, look! How dare she publicly say that? She is so ambitious! "We must not let her marry Samuel!" Madam Langford patted Mireya's hand and said, "Don't worry! Samuel will only marry you! Such a slut cannot marry into our family!" "What about our previous plans..." Mireya asked. After thinking for a while, Madam Langford replied, "We'll leave this woman alone for a few days... Then we will..."People saw Mireya and Madam Langford whispering to each other, and they thought that Madam Langford was very fond of Mireya. "Mireya will definitely marry Mr. Langford. Look how close she is to Madam Langford!" "Yes! As for that woman..." Speaking of which, they turned their eyes to Tina. Even though Tina was never conspicuous, and neither did she care about others’ opinion, those people were always picking faults with Tina and slandered her. "Although Mr. Langford loves