“Awake?”At the ward, after Benjamin left, Summer lay alone on the hospital bed. Her face was pale. Summer glanced at Ace and said in a hoarse voice, “My mother... is dead.”Ace stopped walking, frozen in place. He stood beside the hospital bed and touched Summer’s face. “It was her own choice.” “Why? Why are they so vicious and why must they destroy my family?” Summer’s voice quivered a little. ‘Even if it was Josse, he should not hate them to this extent. Why...?’“You know who he is, right?” Summer stared fixedly at Ace. “Help me get revenge.” “Why are you so sure that I know?” Ace asked faintly. “Because you’re Ace.” Summer sat up straight and looked outside the window. “I have lost my family, haven't I? I have nothing left. Aside from you, I can’t think of anyone else whom I can rely on.” Ace pulled Summer into his arms and sighed gently. “If you understood this earlier and did not make me angry, maybe everything could have been avoided.” Summer clenched her hands
“You can ask someone to tell Natalie secretly that Summer is very worked up now after her mother’s death. Then, ask Natalie to visit her in the hospital. When she visits Summer in the hospital, she will not bring along her assistant and agent. When she’s in the hospital, ask your men to kidnap her. Isn’t this killing two birds with a stone? You can kidnap Natalie and make Summer get even more worked up.”“But wouldn’t this be against the law…?” Lisa was a little alarmed. “If you’re paying a sufficient amount of money, even if the police found out, what can they do? If they keep their mouths shut, what does this have to do with you?” Azula said profoundly. “That’s right...” Lisa clenched her fists tightly. “I don’t believe that Yadon will still care about her when that vixen’s reputation is destroyed.”Azula smirked and drank the coffee, wearing a profound expression. Lisa nodded. Her face looked pale with panic. At Sea City Hospital...“Sum!” Natalie shouted nervously as s
“Sum, to be honest, I think Chairman Miller…”“Let’s not talk about that.” Summer changed the topic. “Sum, I'm a little scared. Sometimes you know me, sometimes you don’t. And sometimes you hate it when I mention Chairman Miller. I’m really lost…” Natalie whispered. She could not tell when the person that she was with was Summer and when the person turned into a stranger. “I won’t be anyone else from now on.” Summer smiled wanly. She originally thought that she could go against Ace. After disguising herself as the primary identity, Ace would either give up or be unable to see through her. But the truth was that Ace already knew it from the very beginning.She resented Ace, but he never got himself involved in anything from the start… He was right. He had predicted it in advance, but he never tried to stop it. Was it wrong of him to do that?Vroom… All of a sudden, a few people closed in on them from behind. They raised their hands and covered Summer and Natalie’s mouths. “Ta
“You'd better think carefully!” Jasper clenched his hands tightly and pushed Aaron aside. “I’m going back to Sea City.”“Jasper, calm down, my dad has no reason to lie to us now. You'd better ask yourself, does Summer have any other enemies in Summer?” Aaron chased after Jasper. He guessed that Josse would not attack Summer now.What was more, Josse had always been afraid of Ace. Anyone who feared death would not dare to do anything to Summer.Buzz!Jasper’s phone vibrated. Casper called. “A female actress named Natalie was abducted at the same time. The kidnappers are very unprofessional. They revealed their faces to the camera and the license plate number was not hidden. Although it was a fake number plate, the culprits were quickly identified as the few troublemakers in Sea City. The police are currently pursuing them.”“Natalie?” Jasper frowned. After Jasper ended the call, he called Yadon. “Take care of your own woman. Who did she offend? Both Summer and Natalie were abdu
“Bro, we've found the location of the car. It’s at Western Oriental Mall!” Casper’s expression darkened as he got into his car. He immediately stepped on the accelerator and left, emitting a cold aura. Fergus and Toby gulped. ‘Some people are just heedless of consequences. How dare they touch our boss’ girl?’“At Western Oriental Mall?” Yadon’s tone was cold when he received the call. “Yadon, my dad said he’ll let us go home together tonight…“Yadon?” Lisa felt guilty as she saw Yadon angrily getting ready to leave. “Yadon, where are you going?”“You better make sure that the matter of Natalie has nothing to do with you. Otherwise, I’ll make sure to bury you and the rest of the Snyder family alive!” Yadon looked back to warn Lisa with a murderous gaze.Lisa took a step back in a panic. After watching Yadon leave, she trembled as she called Azula. “What should I do? Before he hurried off, he gave me a warning. Is he suspecting me?”“Don’t worry. No one can do anything when th
“That’s the wrong answer. Try again,” Summer said coldly. These kidnappers were inexperienced, judging by their knot-tying skills or the way they covered their faces. Obviously, they had never done anything like this before. “Ah, someone paid us… Ahh!” The man tried to speak as Summer pushed the sharp tip deeper into his neck. “I’ll give you one last chance.” Summer took a deep breath. Summer’s expression looked so scary that the few men did not even dare to get closer to her. “A wealthy woman paid us. We don’t know who she is… She called us.” The man’s voice was trembling. Blood gushed out from his neck. “Give me your phone.” Summer retracted the pole. She stretched out her hand, motioning to him to give her the phone. The man immediately handed his phone to Summer. He then raised his hand to cover his neck as blood splattered everywhere. His vision was getting a little blurry.‘This madwoman is really trying to kill me!’“He has a broken artery and will go into shock
“Get out…” Summer took a step back and stood in front of Natalie. “Everyone, except Yadon, get out.”Casper raised his hand to stop the other policemen, who were following after him, from coming in any further. He then glanced at Samson. “Mr. Ardly, let's…”Samson nodded. Even though he was a little worried, he still followed after Casper and left. “Natalie…” Yadon looked at Natalie, who was curled up in a corner. He took a deep breath and wanted to get nearer to her. “Don’t touch her, you scum.” Summer said in a hoarse voice as she stopped Yadon. “Excuse me…?” Yadon frowned. “I said, you scum.” Summer raised her head and looked at Yadon with an icy gaze. “You’re a jerk. You don’t deserve her. You should just go to hell.”Summer gritted her teeth. She looked straight into Yadon’s eyes as she spoke.Slap!Summer gave Yadon a slap. “She has tried her best to leave you. Why can’t you just leave her alone! This slap is on Natalie’s behalf.”Yadon frowned. No woman had ever da
“Not you, the favor is for Summer.” Samson looked at Jasper and frowned slightly.Jasper did not say anything. He kept his hands in his pockets. He looked calm, although his palms had been sweating. “What are you going to do to the Snyders? After all, the Snyders have partnerships with Yadon. And Lisa’s father has an intimidating reputation along the coast.” Samson said again. “Whoever dares to harm my woman will not find it ends well for them, no matter who they are.” Jasper said coldly. They should blame it on their disappointing daughter who harmed his woman. At the Princecourt Hotel, Ace stood up gloomily and glanced sideways. “Those men have been taken away by the cops?” “There is one man who was wounded, he is now under custody in the hospital.” his subordinate spoke hastily. Ace clenched his hands tightly with a meaningful look in his eyes before he turned to leave.In Snyder’s Mansion at Sea City... Slap! Liza’s father slapped her hard in the face. “Dad, di
“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.