Of course, Azula did not want to admit that she could not establish contact with Ace these days. If she had not heard that Ace was here with Summer, she would not have come… ‘But how can this man be so resolute?’In fact, Ace made it very clear from the beginning that the deal between them would end when she successfully got close to Jasper. She used the news about Ace to cooperate with Jasper. She let Jasper help her to get back at that person… But Jasper died after he promised her. Oh well… “Stop deceiving yourself, Azula.” Casper shook his head. At that moment, he felt that he was similar to her. They fell in love with someone out of their league, someone they should not have fallen in love with. “Other than Jasper and Ace, there are two more people in Sea City who are equal to him…” Azula pushed Casper aside. She looked down and smiled. “Gilbert of Coleman Corporation and Samson of Ardly Corporation…”“Are you out of your mind? You must not provoke any of them!” Casper
Azula stood outside the ward, staring at Casper and Summer for a long time. Summer was laying on the bed. She then turned and left.‘We’re different? The only difference is that Summer is born a princess in the Plath family.‘And I’m just a cheap toy that can be trampled on.’Azula’s gaze darkened as she clenched her hands tightly. ‘If, one day, Summer were to be like me and if she were to experience everything that I’ve experienced, will there still be a difference between us?’ Azula wanted Summer to be her, and vice versa… She wanted to see what excuses Casper and Ace would use to claim that she was different from Summer!“You… you don’t recognize me?”In the ward, Casper was in shock for a long time. His voice trembled. “I’m… sorry. I feel like I've been sleeping for a long time. So, I might not be able to recall some memories clearly. You…” Summer said euphemistically, not sure if Casper knew what she was talking about.“You’re Summer’s…” Casper reacted fairly fast. I
“Casper, the police and the rescue team have been looking for Jasper these past few days but there’s still no trace of him. They couldn’t even find pieces of his torn clothes. It's impossible. I suspect…” Fergus leaned closer to Casper and whispered. “Do you think Jasper is still alive?”“Is he a god?” Casper was in disbelief. Even if he survived, without receiving any rescue, he would have sunk into the sea. “Continue to search for him!”“Casper, do you think…” Casper felt sorry for Jasper. Even though he was a powerful person, he could not possibly escape death. “Have you been observing Azula as I asked you to?” Casper asked coldly. “Yes. Orion Corporation will be hosting a cocktail party tonight. All significant people in Sea City will attend. Azula will attend in the name of Jasper's fiancee.” Fergus shrugged. The Miller family has no time to care about her now. She could be unscrupulous with this title of hers.”“Bro, bro, bro! Casper, Keane’s awake!”Right after Caspe
“He’s my brother. I'm more worried about him than you.” Jasper said coldly. Benjamin held on and blamed himself… Jasper wondered if Benjamin would be furious if he were to find out that Aaron and he deliberately feigned their deaths. “He called me Ron. You’re only his younger brother.” Aaron was more critically injured. He ignored Jasper as he turned and walked away. “Keane is awake,” Jasper said as he gave Aaron a sidelong glance. “Does your heart not ache about Summer?” Aaron changed the topic. “She said she doesn’t love me,” Jasper said faintly. He was actually clenching his hands tightly. “You poor child.” Aaron shook his head as he lit a cigarette. He held out his cigarette box. “You want some?”“I’ve quit smoking.” Jasper frowned. “Both of you are such a troublesome pair. You guys will cost a lot if I were to sell you all off now.” Ivan emerged from afar. He spoke as he took off his sunglasses. “Am I not worth any money?” Jasper felt that his worth had been decimat
“I can’t recognize any of them.” Keane shook his head.“Please look closely,” Casper asked Keane again.“This guy looked familiar. Perhaps he was wearing a hat and a mask that covered his mouth and forehead when we were in the ambulance. I wasn’t able to recognize his eyes correctly.” Keane pointed at the leader among the men in the photos. Casper nodded. “Is there anyone else?”“I will recognize the person if I see him, but not in these photos,” Keane said certainly. “That’s why you’re definitely still in danger. Now that you’re awake, it’s only a matter of time that they will be exposed. So, we must protect you. Apart from that, we need to find more clues through this person.” “How's Elly, my girlfriend?” Keane grabbed Casper’s wrist nervously.“She’s missing.” Casper did not plan to hide it from Keane. He would find out sooner or later anyway. “There’s also one more thing that you might need to be mentally prepared for.” Casper took a glance outside the ward. He knew tha
“Casper, we’ve found news about Josse. Do you want to have a look?” Fergus handed Casper the documents like he was handing him a sadistic script. “Summer’s father, Alaric Plath was acquainted with Josse way before he was married. At that time, Josse was just a bar singer. If the gossip at that time were true, there must be something going on between Alaric and Josse. Because, at that time, Alaric made Josse popular. It can be said that Alaric was the reason behind Josse's popularity, but… later on, Josse’s fame slowly declined because of Alaric too. In short, Alaric was the reason behind Josse’s success and failure.”Casper briefly looked through the documents and frowned a little. “Summer is not Mrs. Plath’s biological daughter, which she already knew for a long time.”He recalled that Summer used to ask him what he would do if one day he were to find out his parents were not his biological parents.Now that he thought about it, she had endured so much more than he thought.“Wel
Before Jasper had jumped into the sea, she had been completely tense with fear. When she thought about it later, she was actually a little glad that the incident did not affect more people.If Casper and Summer had participated too much in it, Casper could be dragged into this in the future. Casper was a police officer. He was different from Jasper, who could get involved in a relationship easily but could also put it away just as easily, but Casper could not. Certain things could become a crushing blow to Casper’s life. He still had a sister and a young nephew. And all of this stopped her from continuing to involve Casper in her dangerous life. “Can you do me a favor? Keane’s case has now come to a conclusion. And those who were involved in Lydia’s assault case have been arrested as well. Although the mastermind behind it hasn’t been found yet, the case is considered close. Make the Mountain City police transfer Casper back. It's too dangerous for him to stay in Sea City.” Wh
“Ms. Summer, are you pretending to have amnesia? Do you want to speak to your mom?” The caller sounded a little annoyed. “You really need to do better than this.” Summer hung up the phone directly. Her fingers were slightly shaking as she made a call to Plath Corporation. “Hello, Wade. My mom…” “Missus went out this morning to go to the hospital. She hasn't returned yet even now.” Brighton spoke anxiously, indicating that he had been looking for her for a long time. Summer took a deep breath. It looked like Mrs. Plath had been taken indeed. “Those people have abducted my mom. They are trying to make me sign the share transfer agreement.” After Summer hung up the phone, she raised her hand and rubbed her brows. They really were impatient. “Transfer the shares to who?” Samson asked nervously. “To my mom.” Summer looked up in a resigned manner, thinking that those people would not really hurt Mrs. Plath. They just believed that Mrs. Plath was better controlled than her.
“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.