Mayor Watts had come to an age of retirement, there was indeed nothing much he could do to help now. “The project at the bay is under the fire department’s investigation. The customs are holding our shipments like crazy, both exports and imports are blocked. They said it's a major inspection, but they found nothing, yet they still won't let my shipments through.” Yadon sneered. It was obvious that someone was screwing with him. Azula was obviously involved in this. “Ocean Shipyard Corporation has injected huge capital in this project. If something goes wrong, all that money will go down the drain.” Yadon narrowed his eyes. The person behind Azula had played it well. “What do you know about this Coleman guy?” Keane asked quietly with puzzlement. “Is he related to the Colemans?” “I’ve looked into him. He isn’t one of the Colemans, no one has seen him before.” Mayor Watts shook his head. “This incident is unusual; we have to be wary.” Jasper nodded. He gave Yadon a glance. “
Summer wiped Stephen’s hands with a wet towel. “Listen, before you eat, you have to wash your hands first, got it?” “Got it.” Stephen clapped his hands happily and hugged Summer tightly in his arms. “You’re so nice, Sapphire.” Jasper’s face instantly darkened. He reached out to lift Stephen up by his collar. “The time is now too late for a snack. Go to bed!” Stephen looked at Summer pitifully, begging for a hug. “I want to sleep with Sapphire...” “In your dreams!” Jasper was infuriated. His wife did not even sleep with him, there was no way he would let her sleep with this brat. “Why are you fighting with a child?” Summer laughed and freed Stephen from the grip. “Stephen, you’re a big boy now. You have to sleep by yourself from now on.” “I’m scared. I’m scared. Mom has left me. I’m scared…” Stephen wailed. Summer could not bear to see him like this, so she reached out and patted Stephen’s back. “Good boy, I’ll stay with you. I’ll stay here until you fall asleep.” Jasper
He loved Summer. He really loved her so much. But he did not know what more he could say to make her understand. He was getting tired, really tired. But he did not want to give up on Summer, he could not. “You don’t have to prove it. I’ve always loved you, my feelings for you never change.” Summer spoke in a small voice and hugged Jasper. “I know that you guys will go through hard and exhausting times. I don’t know much about businesses, but I can help. I want to share your burden too, so don’t hide anything from me.” Jasper’s body stiffened and his heart loosened a bit. “I don’t want us to remarry because I can’t guarantee anything for the future now. There is so much unpredictability in life, don’t you think?” Jasper nodded. He understood that Summer felt insecure. “Ace won’t let me remarry you. After we divorced, he rarely schemed against you. Actually, he is a very contradictory person. He doesn’t want me to belong to anyone else, but his feelings for me are also ba
“I only want to work with you.” Jasper drew Summer closer by her neck and kissed her. “Don’t push your luck!” Summer narrowed her eyes and bit him on the neck. Jasper, seemingly lacking self-consciousness, got up and carried Summer in his arms. “The guest room has been taken by Stephen. Let’s take the main bedroom.” “Jasper Miller!” Summer warned. “Don’t worry, I won’t touch you. Before we get remarried, I won’t touch you. We will just sleep on the bed together.” Summer rolled her eyes. Just sleeping... A guy like him would refrain himself from touching her? Did he really think she was naive? “Why did you bring Stephen back?” Jasper knew Summer very well. She might be kind, but she was not stupid. She wanted to bring Stephen back to Sea City, she must have something in mind. “Azula set me up like this, I must give her something in return.” Summer narrowed her eyes. “I plan to let Stephen do some heavy lifting work. I’ll film a video and send it to her.”“You’re s
“Yes, even I can’t beat that kid.” Casper smiled. “He...” Summer looked at Stephen warily. “Is he truly mentally impaired?” “Stephen was kidnapped by human traffickers when he was young. When he was young, Azula disliked him because she felt that because of his impairment, he took away all the love of their parents. So, Azula brought Stephen to the playground and lost him. This is the reason why Azula constantly feels guilt about her brother. It’s not just because her twin was born with cognitive defects.”“Casper, is Stephen born with cognitive defects?” Summer felt that something was strange.“This is real. I took him to the doctor before, and his birth diagnosis can even be found in the documents in the police station. There’s even his missing record. He was found back at the age of nineteen.” Summer was relieved and ruffled Stephen’s hair. ‘What did this poor child experience?’“Although Stephen has low intelligence, he is not aggressive. As long as you do not make him a
“I’ll protect you, Sapphire.” Stephen hugged Summer and whispered. Summer was still in shock. She lifted her hands and patted Stephen’s shoulders. “Ms. Summer, what is your relationship with this man?”“Ms. Summer, do you have a new lover now?” “Ms. Summer...” Soon, the mall was filled with reporters. They came for her. Summer frowned. This was her first step to fight with public opinion. It was obvious that these reporters had come prepared. Her whereabouts were now clearly known by these reporters. Summer’s expression was gloomy, and she glanced coldly at these reporters.She was not any celebrity or artist. Why did these reporters come after her, and at such a time?This was either to attack the Plath family or the Miller family.Plath Corporation was not focusing their business on Sea City, so this would not affect them greatly. But that was not the case for Miller Corporation, because Sea City was their core business location and the foundation of their company.
Jasper knew that Summer was trying to force herself to forget what she wanted to forget. The death of Mrs. Plath was a huge blow to Summer. But she never showed it, as if this matter had happened a long time ago. Besides, no one wanted to mention this matter, and no one wanted to poke her wound. When Stephen’s mother passed away, Jasper saw Summer trembling. Her body kept trembling. …… At Princecourt Hotel...“Ace, Summer and Jasper are now back together. You didn’t get what you wanted.” Azula looked at Ace warily and clenched her hands nervously.“Who said that I didn’t get what I wanted?” Ace smirked and remained calm, but Azula was fidgeting. “What are you afraid of?” “I know what you want. Ace, you can’t hurt me now.” Azula took a deep breath. “Hurt you? I certainly would not hurt you.” Ace sat straight and said, “I’m thinking we can still work together.” Azula looked at Ace warily. Ace knew everything that she did to Summer...No one could guess what Ace was thi
In Zambia...“Can they understand what I said?” Adrian was shocked. “The children over here learn the Sea City dialect from a young age because Sea City provides aid to this place.” The black and tall man smiled shyly. “We had lived in this place for a long time. We are here to provide support and to build the railway.”Adrian was shocked and nodded. “That’s amazing.”“How about you? You’re from Sea City. You have a fair complexion and seem to pay attention to your appearance, so why are you here? You don’t look like you’re here to do work that requires physical strength.” The man was confused.“The reason is quite fantastical. I am a doctor who came to provide relief, but I was attacked by someone, and pronounced dead. Then, I escaped to this place.” Adrian shrugged. “Ah?” The man was shocked. “You’re dead?” “Other people think that I’m dead.” Adrian smiled. “Then I can help you. I can send you back to Sea City safely.” That man laughed boldly. “No need. Just let me be a
“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.