Azula’s breathing was irregular after crying in the washroom for a long time. ‘Turns out, Rafferty truly hates me. He’s disgusted with me.‘Well, for Rafferty, I’m an unscrupulous woman. Compared to so many women, of course, I'm not worthy of him.’After wiping her tears, she smiled bitterly. ‘I thought I knew that once I chose the path of revenge, I’d sacrifice my future. I thought I’d seen this coming… ‘Since I’ve chosen this path myself, I should finish what I started…’…… Jasper was at Miller Corporation. His vision dimmed as he had not been able to rest well for the past few days.“Chairman Miller, please take a nap.” The assistant felt sorry for him. He looked haggard. “You’re not looking well. If you were to collapse, Sea City would be in total chaos.”If something were to happen to Jasper, the mastermind would truly win.What they wanted to see most was them in a mess.Over the years, they had tried their best and found ways to disrupt them. This was exactly the re
“No. You left in such a hurry. We didn’t know...” The nanny shook her head nervously. Summer called Jasper, feeling worried. “Where are you?”“Sum, I’m in the office. I’ll be really busy for this time being. You don’t need to wait for me. Rest well,” Jasper said anxiously. “I’m back home early today. Have you had your dinner?” Summer asked softly. “No, but I’ll eat in a while. I won’t be coming home tonight. I don’t want to disrupt your rest time.” Jasper sounded stiff. Sure enough, he was unable to lie to Summer. “Make some more soup. I’ll bring it to him.” Without thinking much, Summer hung up the call and motioned for the nanny to make more soup for her. After bathing and disinfecting herself, she went to Melody’s room and checked on her children. “Honey, do you miss your mother?” The little kid was still unable to talk. Little Chestnut shrieked with joy. “Mother, I’ll be bringing dinner to Jasper later. Thank you for taking care of them.” Summer felt grateful for M
“Well, you’ve worked really hard during this time.” Summer nodded. She wanted to treat Jasper nicely. Jasper felt flattered as he looked intensely at the insulated lunch box. “It smells so good. Did you make it?”Summer rolled her eyes. “The nanny did it.”Jasper felt a little disappointed. “Oh.”“My father says he’ll be coming over tomorrow night. Both our fathers want to have dinner at our place. This time, the incident does have a great impact. They’re extremely worried.” Summer said softly as she poured Jasper a glass of warm water.“Sum, I might need to travel for work for some time. Miller Corporation is quite stable but Coleman Corporation and Yadon’s side are a little chaotic. The headquarters of the Caballero family is located at the bay.” Jasper told this to Summer in advance. He did not know how to face Summer. He was worried, hoping that if he was really infected, it would not hurt her as much. “For how long?” Summer nodded. Yadon was in a coma and Holton was still
Yadon still put quite a lot of importance in his family’s beliefs. The Caballero family cared so much about family lineage; if in any case he did not consent to it...Therefore, they still have to ask for Yadon's agreement.If Yadon agreed, she would take care of the child and Natalie. If Yadon disagreed, it would not be too late to send the child back to the orphanage.......At the intensive care unit..."With Yadon’s current situation, you can't visit him yet." The doctor and nurse came out of the ward.Elly supported Natalie and motioned her not to worry too much. "Yadon has woken up. Don't be afraid."Natalie nodded. Her eyes were terribly swollen. Perhaps everything was just a dream."Chairman Caballero, Mr. Miller has gone to the bay for you. The situation is not looking too good. You need to get better soon," the assistant said in a low voice. He was sanitized under the doctor’s directions before going into the ICU. Yadon nodded weakly. He was confident in Jasper in
"When you come out of the mud, do you care more about other people's judgement or about yourself?" Summer glanced at Azula and spoke again, "The lotus flower also grows from the mud. Yet, the lotus blooms pure and untainted. A person can have gone through a terrible environment, yet still remain pure and of good character. One’s cleanliness and purity are not based on the opinions and thoughts of others, but on yourself." Azula's body stiffened for a long time. She bit the corner of her lower lip and got up. "Give me three days to adjust myself, and I will be back in action soon." Summer let out a sigh of relief. "Take care of yourself, don't think too much. In this world, only you will be the harshest on yourself." "Alright." Azula left, but she was still feeling a little depressed. Summer wanted to call Rafferty to ask, but thinking that this was someone else's personal matter, she did not say anything. "Are you at the company?" After answering the call, Summer's walkin
He will return earlier, but he will hide this from Summer. "Okay." The assistant nodded. ...... At Sea City Hospital… Summer brought Ace to the hospital and received a message from Jasper that he was on the way to the bay, so he would not come to see her. A trace of disappointment flashed through Summer's mind, but she still replied very understandingly. "Be careful." "Miss Summer, Mr. Yadon is awake and wants to see you." Summer nodded, Yadon would definitely see her first. Signaling Ace to wait outside, Summer entered the intensive care unit alone. "Yadon will be fine, right?" Natalie muttered to herself, wondering why Yadon refused to see herself. "He will be fine, don't worry." Ivy whispered and comforted her. "I just went to see the baby. The baby is very healthy." Natalie whispered, deceiving herself and choosing to live in her world of make-believe. Ace gave Natalie a meaningful look. She was another poor woman living in her own world... After sighing,
Ace turned around and went to the smoking area. He said in a low voice, "Annabelle Tanner?" "Yes, She’s Natalie's aunt." Ace frowned, then the corners of his mouth rose slightly. This was interesting. What a small world. ...... At the intensive care unit... "Do you remember who attacked you?" Summer asked while sitting at the side of the bed. Yadon shook his head, as he raised his hand wanting to touch his forehead. "Don't move." Summer frowned. "Do you know something happened to Natalie?" "That's why I want to talk to you first...What happened?" Yadon was a little worried, but he did not dare to simply ask Natalie. "The child… is gone, she had a miscarriage. In order to save Natalie, a hysterectomy was done. She lost her right to be a mother..." Summer took a deep breath, her voice trembling a little. Yadon's body was stiff for a long time, and his sight became shaky. "Asshole......" "Don't lose your composure, all Natalie's hope lies on you now..." Summer low
"Yadon is awake. I went to visit him." Summer could not handle such sweet talk from Jasper, and quickly changed the subject. "He also feels terrible for something so terrible to happen to Natalie." "You don't even know how much Yadon looked forward to welcoming the child into the world." Jasper's voice was weak, and he spoke again after a long time, "Just to welcome the child into the world, he would call me in the middle of the night, and I would get so annoyed that I wanted to strangle him. From the child's bottles to food, clothing, housing, and transportation, he had planned everything for his child up to the age of three..." Summer felt a piercing pain in her heart. Parents put their hopes on their children. "It’s really difficult… for him to accept this incident." Summer nodded. "The abandoned baby, we have also spoken with the hospital, Natalie and Yadon will treat this child well." "Then from now on, Yadon's child is still alive." Jasper reminded Summer that no slip of
“I just find it hard to accept the truth. I don’t actually hate you…” After staying silent for a long time, Summer spoke again. “It was… too sudden for me. Give me some time to process this.”Mabel looked at her in shock and covered her mouth. “Sum…”Summer smiled at her and said, “Before I’m able to completely accept it, can I continue to call you Madam?”Mabel covered her mouth in panic and nodded vigorously. “Sure… Call me anything you want…”She actually never cared what Summer called her. It was good enough for her as long as she did not try to avoid her. “Can I hug you?” Summer took the initiative and stretched out her arms. Jasper had told Summer quite a lot about Mabel’s family. Her family was in a very scary place. They started falling into decadence in the later years. In fact, they started showing signs of having a lack of sons. Every leader of the family became anxious about who the next leader would be. They were so worried about who would be the head of the family
Without realizing it, Summer had subconsciously returned to the Miller family’s mansion. “Wifey…” Jasper rushed over to her, wanting to give her a surprise. But instead, she did not react. Her face looked pale too. “Wifey?” He panicked and knelt in front of her. “Sum…”He truly panicked this time. ‘Did she find out about something that I did in the past and is now mad at me?’“Jasper, do you care who my mother is?” Summer asked softly. His heart stopped beating for a second. He felt both distressed and relieved. “No, I don’t. I only care about you.”“Why do I care so much, then…” Summer smiled and hugged him tightly. “I shouldn’t care about it too…”“Everyone has something that they don’t have control over. Sum, go easy on yourself.”Summer lay on top of him, picked up the glass of red wine on the table, and drank it.Jasper just realized that she smelled strongly of alcohol.“Sum…” He was a little worried. His heart ached for her too, but he also wanted to let her be.
Mabel was cooking in the kitchen of the Plath family's mansion. “Madam, stop cooking. Come and eat,” Summer called out to her softly. Mabel smiled at Summer as she emerged with her favorite dish, cinnamon-spiced beef stroganoff.“Sum, let’s eat.” Mabel treated her really well. She helped her with the dishes.Summer was also already used to it. She no longer felt shy. It was natural to her already. Alaric looked at Summer and smiled plainly. “Sum, follow me.” After dinner was over, he asked her to go to the study room. “Is Jasper treating you well?” Alaric asked. “Yes, he’s treating me well.” She smiled. ‘If Jasper hadn't been busy and gone to Mountain City, he would be sticking around, bothering me.’“He pushed back too much work to get ready for the wedding. He wants to finish making work arrangements as soon as possible and go on a honeymoon with me.”“Sum, there’s something that I’ve been hiding from you. You’ve always wanted to know your biological mother, right?” A
“Mr. Jasper Miller, do you take Summer Plath as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?”“I do,” Jasper said the two words confidently.‘I’m willing to take care of her and be by her side forever.‘I’ll always love her.‘She’ll always be my number one.’“Ms. Summer Plath, do you take Jasper Miller as your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?”“… I do.”She purposely hesitated for a long time. Jasper was so scared that his face turned pale.After she chuckled and said ‘I do’, he gritted his teeth, pulled her into his embrace, and kissed her.He kissed Summer even before the officiant had asked him to kiss the bride.She was so embarrassed by the kiss that her ears turned red.“Jasper!”Jas
Benjamin rolled his eyes at Aaron. “I belong to the bride's side. You should go to Jasper’s side.”“He doesn’t deserve it,” Aaron said stubbornly.Summer covered her mouth and chuckled. Everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere of the wedding. ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if we could stay this happy all the time?’“Hey, should we play a prank on the groom tomorrow? Let’s spice things up a little!” The bridesmaids started planning something.“You guys better be careful. You’re all pregnant. Don’t stir up too much chaos,” Summer said with a smile. “Seriously, it’s as they say: women always side with their husbands once they’re married. Look at you, you’re already siding with him.” A few of them teased Summer. Summer blushed so hard that she could not say anything in response. “Congratulations, Sum.”Hers and Jasper’s friends and relatives came one after another. All of them would be attending the wedding ceremony tomorrow afternoon. Edward would be there with Trent too.
After all, this matter was related to Edward’s mother because of her meeting with Hanna’s mother.She sat on the sofa and thought a lot. Would they get a divorce? Would Edward’s father hate her because of this?Edward sat on the sofa and quietly accompanied his mother. “About this matter... Let's not tell Jen first. She may not be able to handle it.”Edward’s mother nodded, in tears. Then, she shook her head. “It was all my fault.”Edward’s father finally came out of the study. Edward looked at his father nervously. He was afraid that his father would blame his mother.“I... I really did not know anything about it. I just thought she lived a difficult life. I felt guilty, so I asked someone to send her some money. I did not know what happened to her after that!” Edward’s mother panicked and started crying. Edward’s father walked to her side. He did not blame her, but passed her a tissue. “Is this how you should behave in front of your son? Stop crying.”Edward’s mother sobb
“I deserve it!”Nieva was brought away by the police. She should have expected that this was the consequence of offending Jasper.Jasper was busy with the wedding and he did not care much about her. Otherwise, she might have gone through worse than being arrested.…… At the Reeves family house in Mountain City...“Are you Hanna Delacruz? Let’s talk.”Edward’s father asked Hanna to go into the study, leaving Edward and his mother in the living room.“Edward, I already know about the issue concerning your father.”“Mom...” Edward felt a little guilty. “I know about everything.” Edward’s mother shook her head. “This matter is related to your father and me. This is what owed Hanna’s mother, but if you two have to pay for our mistakes. We...”“Mom, this is no one’s fault.” Edward shook his head. In the study...Edward’s father asked Hanna to go into the room. His expression was dreary. “Are you Venus’ daughter?”“Do you still remember my mother?” Hanna smiled and kept a stra
Samson nodded as he watched Rose leaving.Charlie ran out of the courtyard and stood still. He looked a little distressed.He was just a child...Perhaps it was because he had a mother who set up a scheme against him and used him as a chess piece that he was more mature than other children.In the past, he wanted to live. He wanted not just to live but to prevent his mother from setting up a scheme against him.He was still Rose’s son, even if Rose had used a despicable way to give birth to him.“Let’s go home...” Samson walked toward Charlie and rubbed his head.“Samson...” Charlie lifted his head, and his eyes were red.“From now on, you have not just me, but your friends, younger brothers and sisters, and many older brothers and sisters who love you.” Samson smiled at Charlie.Everyone could be redemption for other people, and other people could be their redemption, too.Charlie nodded and ran back to the Miller family’s mansion.Melody was carrying her grandchildren and
Jasper did not care whether Thomas intended to hurt Summer or not.As long as Summer was shocked, he would not allow it.“Tsk, tsk, tsk. Do you know Aiden, who is always with Thomas?” He was Summer’s childhood friend. Summer did not know that Aiden was secretly protecting her. He was seriously injured and almost lost his life many times because of Summer.”Jasper frowned. “Since he did not want to let Summer know about this, why is he making Summer more distressed?”Jasper admired Aiden a lot because he never showed his love for Summer, but he had silently done many things for Summer.“Jasper, you can just confess if you’re scared. You don’t have to put yourself in a higher status.” Keane rolled his eyes.“Fine, you will go to Country T for a business trip.” Jasper was threatening Keane.“Jasper, I’m sorry, it’s my fault...”…...The wedding was getting closer. Everyone was busy helping Jasper and Summer with their wedding.“Look at the dresses and gowns for my grandchildren.