“And what kind of person am I?” Summer smiled and asked, looking completely harmless. Grace felt a chill run down her spine. She looked at Summer in terror as she walked over.‘She... I thought the paparazzi said that she just gave birth to her baby. Why isn’t she going through her confinement period instead of coming out to take a walk around?‘Or do the people from Country M not have the habit to rest at home after giving birth?’“C-Chairman Plath...” Grace only dared try and speak behind Summer’s back. She was still terrified when she saw Summer. After all, Summer was still the chairman of Plath Corporation and the wife of Jasper. “Chairman Plath, why are you here?” Natalie immediately stood up and ran over worriedly. “Why’re you not resting at home? How about the baby?”Summer did not say anything. She felt sorry for Natalie and touched her red and swollen chin. “If I knew acting was so tough, I would have just given you administrative work after I hired you.”“Summer, I
“I’m back.” Summer smiled, went to the dressing room, and changed her attire. Then, she held her baby. “Did Little Chestnut make a fuss?”“She has been really good!” Elly said with a smile. She smiled sincerely whenever she was playing with the baby.Summer nodded and seemed to remember something. “You and Keane...”Elly instantly became wary again before Summer finished her words.“No worries, I heard that you have a good relationship with Keane. Can you please ask him for a favor? His uncle is the mayor, right? Recently, the anti-corruption department is quite strict. I heard that there is someone called Rania in the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, and he manages the approval of films. He has already accepted quite a lot of bribes.” Summer smiled and asked Elly to rest assured. “SN Entertainment, Plath Corporation, and Universal Movies have collaborated on a TV series, so I would like to ask for his help.”“Did he offend you?” Elly tried to ask. It should be
After Jasper reached his mansion in West City, he did not get out of his car immediately. He sat in his car for a long time as he subconsciously fiddled with his ring. Beneath the ring was the spot that had just been tattooed. It was still a little red, and the words carried a great weight to them.Jasper let out a sigh and massaged the space between his eyebrows. If only he had not been so persistent, if only he let Samson have Summer, she would not have followed him and have to live on tenterhooks. Buzz!His phone vibrated for a moment.“We found the confinement lady’s information. She replaced the original one at the last minute. There is nothing suspicious about her work and professionalism. But I just checked her bank deposit information. Recently, a sum of more than twenty thousand dollars was transferred to her personal account from an overseas bank.”Jasper sucked in a deep breath. ‘It looks like someone has bribed her.‘It would be a risk if I keep her around.‘I
Elly and Keane were from two very different worlds. James was right. Both of them would never have a chance to be together. “Why do you keep assuming that I’m playing around? Is it because I am much younger than you or do I look not mature enough? I am not that immature, and neither do I have the time to treat this as a game. I’ve been looking for you for a long time. I’ve liked you for ages, Amanda Lea!”Elly’s mind went blank as she became short of breath. It had been decades since anyone called her by that name. “If you get tired of me and leave without a single word one day or if you toyed with me, I will kill you…” Elly stood on her tiptoes and kissed Keane back. She admitted that she had fallen for Keane. From the moment Keane started shamelessly pestering her, there was no more way out for her from this trap.She had fallen for him, even though she knew that this might be a trap and even though she would be the one who would get hurt in the end… At Victor’s hous
“You’re good.” Ivan let go of Victor. He picked up his coat in satisfaction. “At least you’re a rare and unique existence in this world."‘He’s perfect, and he’s also the most beautiful person in the world.’Victor stiffened. He could not react even after a long time had passed.By the time he came back to his senses, Ivan had already left. Victor raised his hands and touched his lips, then gave a mocking sneer.He did not expect Ivan to complete this task. If he were smart enough, he could escape from him and explain everything to Rose. Ivan might be able to survive then.At the mansion in West City, Summer stood by the window and stared at Jasper’s car for a long time. ‘Even if he’s just smoking, he could have come in. What happened?’“Jaz…” Jasper only came back in during dinner with a darkened expression. Summer called out nervously. She was a little worried.Jasper neither uttered a word nor glanced at Summer. He directly went upstairs into the study room. Summer’s h
Summer’s heart ached for Jasper. She patted him on the back. “After all this is over, we’ll be together for good.” She whispered, and the words she said were also her lying to herself.Rose came prepared. But she was not the only one that Summer was worried about. Rose was just a woman. She had left the Ardly family with no backing and had disappeared for so many years.It would be impossible if there was no one secretly working with her. With her capabilities alone, it was impossible for Rose to have contacted the Ross family in Country M. It would also have been impossible for her to plan so many things.“Sum, do you regret it?” Jasper asked in a depressed manner. “Regret what?” Summer was confused. “Do you regret choosing me? If you chose Samson in the beginning, everything would be different.” If Summer had chosen Samson, Samson would be on the same side as Plath Corporation. With that, Rose would not go against Summer. Instead, she would butter up to her.After all,
The news had gone viral by four o’clock in the morning. The wife of the previous chairman of Ardly Corporation, Colden Ardly, went missing for a few years and suddenly came back with her son to start a fight for his property. Colden’s missing wife, Rose had suddenly returned home. It was revealed that Rose had eloped with another man many years ago, and the resentment between the powerful families escalated again.Samson’s mother, Rose brought home an eight-year-old boy who happened to be Samson’s younger brother to fight for Colden’s property. Rose had an affair with a popular rock singer in the past, Josse Seawind. Photographs of them dating were taken secretly. Once a person got viral, everything from their past would be dug out. The thing that Julia kept hidden from Summer all this while was Rose’s relationship with the Seawind family. Everyone knew that both Valarie and Josse were head over heels with each other. But not many people knew that Josse and Rose were toget
Aaron did not say anything and clenched his fists tightly.Even if Ivan almost killed him because he decided to obey Rose's orders... at the end of the day, they were still friends.Without Ivan, he would have starved to death the year Josse had committed suicide.It was Ivan who picked him up on the street and took him to the North District… Then, he was taken away by Rose."Things are chaotic now over at Rose’s place. Someone fell from the twenty-sixth floor. The police have already been dispatched. I am afraid things would be very troublesome," Aaron said. They were at Sea City. If Rose committed murder so blatantly, it meant that she had panicked, and she was panicking badly!Summer listened nervously on the phone, got up and looked out the window. "Ivan must have taken away fatal blackmail material to Rose. Otherwise, with Rose's personality, she would not have lost her cool like this.”"Find Ivan, make sure he doesn’t die, and make sure the item is safe," Benjamin said vigi
“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.