Tina was conflicted. However, she still decided to answer John’s phone call.“Hello, John…”“Tina, are you there yet?” John asked in a gentle voice.Tina looked at her haggard appearance and asked, “John, can we change our dinner plan to another date?”Since she had just escaped from Samuel’s wicked grasp, she didn’t have the time to rent a gown. If she were to enter the restaurant in this state, she knew she would be chased out immediately.Sensing that something was wrong, John’s gentle tone grew stern. “Tina, what happened?”“Nothing happened.” Tina didn’t want John to worry about her, so she said, “I just realized that the restaurant required a formal dress code, and I didn’t have enough time to prepare for one. I’m sorry about that, John.”“Oh, so that’s the problem,” John sounded relieved.“Yeah.” Tina was overwhelmed with guilt. She was the one who wanted to treat John to a meal, but she ended up canceling it instead.“I thought something bad happened to you. I was worr
“I’m so sorry, Miss Young. We are fully booked tonight. You can opt for an appointment the next time you visit…”‘Miss Young is here?’ Tina jolted in surprise.When Tina heard that, she spotted Cindy at the counter almost instantly.‘What am I going to do now?’ Tina was in panic.Tina didn’t know what to do. This morning, she had yet another misunderstanding with Cindy and Samuel. Who would’ve known that they would meet again tonight?If Samuel saw her at The Navy, he would think that Tina was bumping into them on purpose. He'd definitely end her then and there!Fearful, Tina didn’t want to stay in the garden anymore. She grabbed the hem of her dress and dashed towards her private lounge.Cindy, for her part, was irritated by the manager’s words. However, she knew she couldn’t throw a fit in front of everyone. She had to maintain her angelic image. So, she said, “I have an important appointment with Mr. Langford tonight. Could you go around the lounges and ask for a free spot?
Tired of his tricks, Tina stomped on his legs as hard as he could.“Get away from me! Stop blocking my way!”Mr. Jackson was caught unawares and shrieked in pain. Tina grabbed the chance to flee. Mr. Jackson was shocked. ‘I thought the ladies here were all shy and cute. I’ve never seen one so unreserved and cruel!’ “You!”Mr. Jackson wanted to chase after her, but a sweet and gentle voice stopped him.“Hello there, may I know your name?”Mr. Jackson looked at the woman in front of him and immediately recognized her as Cindy Young. Although Samuel treated Cindy like a younger sister, everyone knew that Cindy was Samuel’s girlfriend.Mr. Jackson regained his gentlemanly demeanor and answered in a tender voice, “Hello, Miss Young. You can call me Mr. Jackson.”Cindy was well aware of Mr. Jackson’s reputation as a playboy in Freesia. Though she scorned him deep down, she still had to put up an innocent facade.“Mr. Jackson, I heard that the restaurant is fully-booked, but Samue
He couldn’t help but ask, “Why are you hiding? What happened?”“Nothing!” Tina replied immediately. “Are you sure?”Tina didn’t want to tell John about what happened today, so she told him about the incident with Mr. Jackson moments ago.“I was strolling in the backyard just now when some man kept pestering me for my number. I took to my heel right after I stepped on his feet to distract him. That’s why I was so anxious when I came back to the lounge.”John smiled and thought, ‘That really does sound like what Tina would do!’“You must be scared out of your wits! Not to worry, maybe some good food will make you feel better.” Tina nodded. Only then did she heave a sigh of relief.After the dishes were served, John’s assistant entered the room and whispered something into his ears.John was surprised. “Samuel is here too?”When Tina heard the name ‘Samuel’, she was so afraid that she couldn’t even hold the cutlery properly. They slipped her hand and fell to the floor with a l
The moment Tina heard Cindy’s voice, she stopped in her tracks and immediately hid behind the door.John replied with a casual tone, “Miss Young, Mr. Langford. Good evening.”‘Sh*t, Samuel’s here too!’ Tina was horrified.She patted her chest, feeling her heart hammering against it. She was relieved she didn’t show herself just now. If she did, she was sure she would suffer a terrible fate!In the corridor, Cindy wrapped her arm around Samuel’s while greeting John with a sweet smile.“It’s such a coincidence to meet you here! Today is Samuel’s birthday. Do you want to celebrate with us?”“Today’s your birthday?” John sounded surprised.“Yes. At first, Samuel wasn’t keen on the idea of a birthday party because of his grandmother’s recent health condition. However, I managed to persuade him to have dinner with some of our friends today as a small celebration.”Cindy’s casual tone implied that she and Samuel had an intimate relationship, and that she had a special place in Samuel’
“Ouch!” She let out a painful gasp, but covered her mouth almost immediately. Then, she slid under the table and covered herself with the thick tablecloth.Samuel happened to hear that voice and strode into the room, but there was nobody there.Cindy trailed from behind and scanned the room, “Samuel, there’s no one here. Everyone’s enjoying the fireworks in the backyard. You must’ve heard wrongly.”Samuel rubbed his forehead. “Hm.”Cindy’s heart was pounding hard in her chest. She couldn’t contain her excitement any longer.Tonight, Samuel had consumed a lot of alcohol.Just now, she had drugged his drink and made sure he emptied the cup.Now that the crucial step had been completed, the only thing she needed to do was to wait for the drugs to take effect in his system.By then, she’d be able to sleep with Samuel and become his official wife.Cindy coaxed him in a gentle voice, “Samuel, today’s not only your birthday, but it’s also our ten-year anniversary. Do you remember?”
“Ouch!”Tina was promptly knocked to the ground. She felt like she had bumped into a wall of steel.Her head dizzy from the impact, Tina was certain she was the unluckiest woman in the world. Bad things kept hitting her one after another.“Who are you? Watch where you’re going!”Tina was about to fight back, when the street lights illuminated the person in front of her.It was none other than Samuel Langford!He glared at her condescendingly.As ill-luck would have it, she still ended up bumping into him after trying to avoid him for the entire day.Samuel frowned immediately.“You…!”Tina was frightened beyond words. Noticing his gesture, she shoved his hand away with all her strength.“Get away from me, you maniac! Don’t touch me!”She turned and ran for her life. She thought that Samuel would chase after her, but she could only hear a loud thud from afar.Turning around, Tina saw Samuel lying unconscious on the ground.All of a sudden, she felt conflicted.She nudged
In the past, she carried a boy with grave injuries on her back when escaping something.When Tina finally arrived at a place with people, she fainted from exhaustion. After she woke up, she was already adopted by the Lynd family.She heard that a lot of children died in the kidnapping incident. She wasn’t even sure if the young boy survived.While preoccupied with her thoughts, she finally arrived at the living room while enduring the pain in her ankle.She caressed Samuel’s forehead, and realized that his temperature was soaring high.Fortunately, she knew where the kitchen was because she used to live at the villa for a few days.After getting some ice and a towel, she placed them on his forehead. After weighing her chances, she unbuttoned his shirt. She was about to wipe his body when Samuel grabbed her hand.He opened his eyes and stared at her with a cold gaze.Feeling uncomfortable, she wasn’t sure if Samuel had recognized her. So, she explained immediately.“Samuel, are
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