“Hey, Jasper. Are you free to meet up? We need to talk.”“Sure, Mr. Watts. I’m actually thinking of meeting up with you too, now that Keane is almost fully recovered,” Jasper said politely. “Alright. We’ll discuss the time and meet up tomorrow.”After the call ended, Jasper looked at Samson in a profound manner. “They’re faster than we thought. If Sea City has new funds injected into the development, it must go through the mayor first. So…”“Get ready, we have to hurry up.” Samson glanced at Summer, seemingly wanting to know what she had in mind.Samson had finally understood. Regardless of who Summer chose, he would accept it because it was her decision.Summer lowered her gaze and hesitated for a long time. “Okay. Plath Corporation will be hosting a conference tomorrow. My father and I will be there, and I guess Rose’s subordinates will attend the conference too.”“Don’t worry about her. She hasn’t been able to get what she wants for so long, she’s the most pitiful one.” Sams
“Adrian followed Sea City Hospital's medical team to Africa.” Alaric had thought about it too.“He has come to accept what has happened…” Josse sighed. For the past ten years of his imprisonment, this nephew of his was the only one who treated him well. “He knew he had lost his asylum once he left Sea City. However, he went to Africa despite my brother's opposition. It’ll be so easy for those who want to get rid of him.”“I will send someone to protect him.” Alaric was also worried about Adrian.In Coleman Corporation… “Chairman Coleman, a person named Paul Seawind wants to see you.”Gilbert frowned as his expression darkened. “I don’t want to see him.”“He said that Mr. Adrian Seawind’s medical team was in danger, and he was sacrificed while trying to protect the medical supplies…” Gilbert’s fingers turned slightly numb as the pen that he was holding fell onto the table. His heart felt terribly numb as his expression turned extremely unpleasant. “Investigate it.”“It’s t
Before he came to Sea City and back when he was still in Country M… “Have someone keep an eye on Paul.” Gilbert was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Paul leave as he spoke in a cold voice. If something really had happened to Adrian, Paul would become even more unrestrained with his actions. But who would do something like that to Adrian? And why did he do that? Paul must have known better than anyone. What really killed his son was no one else, but himself, with his own greed.At the Miller family’s mansion. “Why are you drinking so much wine?” Summer had just come back from Melody’s place. She wanted to talk to Jasper about the press conference held in the evening. It was early in the morning, yet Jasper was drinking at home when he was supposed to be at the company. The smell of alcohol was giving Summer a headache. She reached out to take the wine bottle from Jasper’s hand. “You have a weak stomach, if you keep drinking like this...” “Mmm...” Befor
“This is Plath Corporation’s press conference. Do the questions you have asked have anything to do with the theme? Who sent you here?” Brighton and several staff were a little angry, thinking that those reporters were way out of line. “Ms. Summer, are you avoiding this question? It is said that your child isn’t Mr. Jasper’s. Is it the reason for your divorce? So, who is the father of your child?” Summer’s gaze sharpened with anger. “You need to take responsibility for the words you say.” “Ms. Summer, is Mr. Samson the father of your child?” “Ms. Summer, you were seen together with a cop earlier. Is he the father…?” Those people seemed to be aiming at Summer’s weakness. “Wah-wah!” Before Summer could say anything, a child’s aggrieved cry spread across the room. Summer was taken aback for a moment. Little Chestnut? “Is it not over yet?” Jasper walked over with their child in his arms, looking at Summer dotingly, as if the one who drunkenly hugged Summer and cried in the m
“Look what you've done!” The face of Lisa’s father was pale with rage. “Of all the people in the world, why did you have to mess with the Plaths? Alaric Plath, that old fox, has even come to see me personally. He said you messed with his daughter!” “Dad, I didn’t. I really didn’t. It was a friend of mine who came up with the idea. All I did was hire a few men. I didn’t ask anyone to kidnap Summer, and I didn’t really want to hurt Nattie.” “Shut up! You’re coming with me tonight to apologize to the Plaths!” Lisa had an aggrieved expression on her face, she did not feel like apologizing. “You listen to me, Lisa Snyder, since Yadon has decided to break off the engagement, that only means you two are not meant for each other! You can’t blame anyone else. You’re going to apologize to the Plaths. And then, you’re going to crawl back to Country M! Don’t let me see you again! You darn thing!” Lisa cried even harder. She had fallen in love with Yadon, she did not want to break off the
You must be Gilbert, right? I’m Nat’s mom. You’re so handsome.” Natalie’s mother greeted them joyfully. “Hi Mrs. Tanner.” Gilbert nodded politely and took Natalie’s hand. “Come sit down, come on. Nat told me that you’re a prominent businessman in Sea City, right?” Natalie’s father’s eyes were glowing, he seemed more excited than a mosquito seeing blood. “Not really.” Gilbert replied humbly. “Stop being so modest. I saw it all on the financial news channel. You’re outstanding and you’re rich.” Natalie’s father grinned with delight. Natalie was a little embarrassed and ashamed. She came from a family like this. Her parents were mercenary. They would let her drop out of school, just to support her brother. “Mr. Coleman,” Natalie called his name in a small voice, “please don’t mind this.” “You can just call me Gilbert.” Gilbert’s voice was gentle. “Gilbert, my parents are like that. Don’t take it to heart. We’ll be leaving soon.” Natalie whispered. “Leave? It’s getting l
“Mr. Yadon, you’re getting a little out of line.” Gilbert frowned as he stood up to stare at Yadon coldly. “Slap!” After quavering for a long time, Natalie raised her hand and slapped Yadon on the face. She had wanted to hit him for a long time, and she finally got to do it today. “You can insult me, but you shouldn’t insult my fiance. Gilbert is my fiance. He’s good to me. We’re getting married soon. Please get out of here!” Natalie’s voice was trembling a little. “Natalie!” Yadon did not expect that Natalie would slap him. Though, he had also seen the determination in Natalie’s eyes. “Please leave!” Natalie’s tone was firm. “Natalie, I’m being serious.” Yadon sucked it up. If he did not soften up, the woman he loved was going to become someone else’s wife. “Sorry, but I’m being serious too.” With tears in her eyes, Natalie felt quite determined. “I mean…” Natalie’s father hesitated for a bit, as both men were his golden geese. “How about this? Let’s see who can offer
Summer knitted her brows. She knew Azula did it on purpose. Ace would not use Azula without any reason. He must know other secrets of Azula’s. “Azula, it has been a long time.” Summer smiled, blocked her from getting closer to Jasper, and hugged Azula tightly. “Stay out of my life.” Summer lowered her voice and warned coldly. She purposely hugged Azula tightly, pretended as if they were very close, and let the reporters outside the door snap photos. Azula’s body stiffened for a while, and she clenched her hands tightly. Summer smiled, in any case Azula’s back was similar to hers. So, in the previous photo, when Jasper and Azula were photographed when they went out, only their backs were seen. If Summer insisted she was the one in the photo, who could investigate it?“I’m sorry. Jasper is not meeting anyone. Goodbye.” As she finished, Summer pushed Azula out and pulled her outside the door. “How did you get in?”“I’m Jasper’s fiancee,” Azula said provocatively. “You shou
“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.