Natalie nervously gave her friend a call. He might be able to give her a hand. “Eddie, have you seen today's news? Summer is my boss. I was at the scene yesterday. It was not what the media reported. Is there any way we can take down the news or report the truth?”“Do you have evidence?” On the other line, Eddie tried to calm Natalie down. “I'll try to find a way. Yesterday, several colleagues in the company recorded videos. There must be videos with the original audio that have not been edited. I'll find them!” Natalie hung up nervously and got on a bus headed to Plath Corporation Branch.At Plath Corporation… “Mr. Wade, Mr. Wade. Have you seen the news? I don’t know who else to go in the company. Can you help Chairman Plath?” Natalie rushed into Brighton’s office. She feared that the longer the news stayed around, the worse the things the public would say. Back then… her dad died because of public opinion. He committed suicide because he was unable to handle the stress. B
Natalie smiled briefly. Summer was older than her, yet she felt like a child. She pretended to be so strong in front of others that Natalie felt like complimenting her. “You did well.”She especially wanted to compliment her for her good habit of recording audios the moment she was threatened. It was something Natalie could learn from her. “Sum, Mr. Miller asked me to accompany you. Please do not take things too hard. This matter has nothing to do with you, and you must not be affected. If you are, the person behind this will succeed.” Natalie calmed down and sat beside Summer. She grabbed Summer's hand. “Trust Mr. Miller. He can handle it.”“I’m just worried. He’s the one who’s going to be in the most trouble.” Summer knew everything.She grew up in the dark. She understood how fragile a human heart could be. She was not supposed to exist. It just happened that the other Summer passed this body to her. “Let me tell you a secret… Honestly, they wouldn’t be able to harm me
At Bayman International Resort Hotel… “Are you done?” Rose asked in a cold voice. She was seated on a sofa. Ben sat there quietly. He looked coldly at the man who kidnapped him. “You’re the only person in the world who would bring your son back to you this way, Mother.”“Your Sea City dialect sounds great. I’m now regretting teaching you the dialect so early.” Rose laughed, feeling completely nonchalant of Ben’s words. “Would you come back obediently if I didn’t do this? A mother knows her son best.”“Samson is your son too. Do you know him well?” Ben asked coldly. Rose frowned, ignoring him. “Mother, Samson and I listen to you because you’re our mother. Blood is thicker than water. At the end of the day, a bond between family is closer than any other bond. You said this before, didn’t you?” Ben raised his head and asked. Rose narrowed her eyes as if she was satisfied with Ben’s answer. “You're right. In the end, only family members are true companions.”Ben did not utter
When Summer arrived at the hospital, Natalie first tried to call Jasper, but his phone was not in the service area.It seemed that there was a signal jammer where Jasper was.She did not know whether Summer's approach was safe. She nervously called the cell phone number. "Hello, Sum asked me to contact you. She's in the Emergency Department."Benjamin received the call, got up, and looked downstairs from the window.Emergency Department?When he reached the hospital today, the first thing he heard was that someone committed suicide by jumping off the building. After asking around, he found out that the person was Mr. Larson, Lydia’s father.To get Jasper, Lydia was even willing to sacrifice her father. She was really cruel.After hanging up, Benjamin smoothed out his white coat and walked out."Where are you going?" In the corridor, Aaron was leaning on the wall and playing with his cell phone. He could not help but keep an eye out on Benjamin 24/7, for fear that some madman wo
"Lydia, I have always wanted to tell you something personally. When Mr. Larson was around, he was worried about your condition. He and you are the only ones who understand the real reason behind why he committed suicide." Jasper was silent for a moment before he continued, "Being used by others and being used willingly are two different things, understand?"Lydia's hands around Jasper’s arm stiffened for a long time. Her breathing became somewhat rapid."Lydia, before this, because of Mr. Larson, I treated you as my younger sister. If you are in poor health, I would do my best to help you. I was only with you the last time because Mr. Larson knelt and begged me. I thought you would be able to differentiate between what was real and what was fake. Even without Summer, we still can't be together because I only treat you as a younger sister, understand?" Jasper made himself very clear."Jasper... do you have to tell me this now?" Lydia felt extremely aggrieved. Why does it have to be l
When the doctor left the ward and stood outside, he called Rose. "Summer has indeed experienced shock, she has pregnancy-induced hypertension, sharp pain in the abdomen, and was even bleeding. She shows symptoms of premature delivery. If you don't want that child to be born, it’s probably the best chance to take this opportunity to get rid of Summer by giving her another shock."In the parking lot, when Jasper restarted his cell phone, he could finally receive signals in his phone. Ding! The phone rang more than a dozen times. Some people gave him a lot of calls; Summer herself had already made five to six calls to him.Ding! In addition to the message notification for missed calls, there was also a message from Summer. [Jaz, I called 999, and I'm in the Emergency Department. If Lydia comes to deliver a shock to me, it means that she must be aware of Mr. Larson's death. If she’s still working with the people scheming behind all this, then she would not be the Lydia you used to
"Lydia, you misunderstand. Things are not like what they seem. Mr. Larson begged me, but... we did not have any conflict, and I didn’t know that Mr. Larson would suddenly commit suicide." Summer supported her stomach and sat up."Don't say anything else, it's because of you, it's all because of you! You’re just afraid, you’re afraid that Jasper knows that the child in your stomach is not his, and that Jasper still has feelings for me, right?!" Lydia said, attempting to provoke Summer.Summer was stunned for a moment, and her face became paler while touching her belly. "I don't know what you are talking about. Why would Mr. Larson commit suicide? It has nothing to do with me.""Summer, you’re really selfish, what are you afraid of? Jasper hasn’t come to see you even after what happened to you, right? What did he tell you? Did he just say that I was just his younger sister? Well then, did you know that we were officially together three years ago? Do you know why I disappeared? It’s be
"Lydia, you know very well whether I’m the one using you or if you were the one who willingly let yourself be used by me. You know the answer in your heart. It’s the same whether you asked me or yourself," Rose said nonchalantly. She had accomplished her goal. There was little value in continuing to keep Lydia around. "So you took advantage of me, asked me to pretend to be in depression, and send a doctor you knew to help me, so that Jasper will feel sorry for me, will come to pity me, will pretend to be good to me, and will return to my side!" Everything was just her deluding herself. She knew that she was deceiving herself and others, but she still believed it and scrambled down the path. "You were the one using yourself and your father. When I asked you to use your father to beg Jasper and Summer to help you, you agreed to it. You think he can change the situation too, didn’t you? Who killed your father? It’s you. Lydia, he died for you. But who was the indirect cause of all
“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.