“What about it? We’re talking about equality between men and women here. Love is a collision of souls,” Summer said softly as she tried her best not to think about Mrs. Plath. “But father, mother has loved you all her life, so you should have restrained yourself a little too.”Alaric lowered his gaze and nodded. “There’s another side of the story that you don’t know of.”Summer did not know much about it. She did not want to find out either.“I don't want to know. It's best to never let me know. I'm not stupid, but I can pretend to be,” Summer said in a profound manner. She stood up and headed towards the kitchen. “I’ll see if I can help out with anything. I’m calling Jasper and Stephen over for dinner.”“Stephen? Are you bringing that retard back?” Alaric asked softly.“How do you know Stephen? I haven’t told you about him. Did Jasper tell you about him?” Summer was slightly enraged. “Jasper is a good kid…” Alaric tried to take his son-in-law's side.“Stop it. If you think he’
This guy really had excellent acting skills. “Why did he hit you?” Jasper asked in a small voice and intuitively comforted him. “Don’t be afraid. Call me Jasper, I won’t let anyone bully you from now on.” Stephen frowned and hesitated for a long time. “No.” “You brat! I knew you were pretending to be innocent!” Jasper smacked Stephen’s head. “He’s a bad guy, so are you. You both hit me.” Stephen grunted. “I gave you candy after I hit you, did he give you candy?” Jasper took out another piece of candy from his pocket. He would stop giving him candy once he ruined all of Stephen’s teeth and made him die of pain. “He didn’t, he’s a bad guy.” Stephen took the candy happily, thinking that Jasper was not a bad guy now. Jasper groaned and looked at his phone. He had a missed call from Summer. “Yadon, Azula’s brother is here with me. I can basically determine that David had taken Azula’s brother away before, and that happened a long time ago.” Jasper gave Yadon a call. It was
“I want to see Sapphire.” Stephen looked at Jasper pitifully. “Call me Jasper and acknowledge me as your brother-in-law, then I’ll bring you to her.” Jasper raised the corner of his mouth, as he drove Stephen to see Yadon first. “No!” Stephen grunted as he stared outside of the window sulkily. “You’re not!” “Hey…” Jasper was amused. Was this little dummy truly ignorant? “Sapphire doesn’t want me anymore.” After a long pause, Stephen looked out the window and whispered sadly. Jasper was stunned for a moment, he realized that Stephen was talking about Azula. He heard that Azula disliked Stephen and abandoned him on purpose when they were children, as she thought of him as a burden to the family. “Your sister from the past doesn’t want you anymore, but the current one you have won’t abandon you. She’ll cherish you and protect you.” Jasper patted Stephen’s back as he concentrated on the road. “Someone has been tailing us.” Stephen pointed to the reflector and spoke in a sma
Summer raised her head to study the woman, whose eyes had indeed become red. That was too sensitive, even more sensitive than she was. “I’m just worried about Jasper and Stephen. I’ll bring Little Chestnut here to hang with you next time.” Summer added. Her sensitivity gave off the illusion that Summer was bullying her. Even though she did not do anything of the sort. “You have to protect yourself. The Millers’ foundation…is in Sea City, so they will come after the Millers and the Caballeros first. The Plaths’ foundation is in Country M, they couldn’t touch you for now, so you can take advantage of this and help the Millers to overcome this.” The woman said nervously, but her analysis was quite clear. Summer glanced at her and nodded. “Thank you.” “We...will help you. We will definitely help you.” The woman tried to put Summer’s mind at ease. “Are you a citizen of Country M?” Summer asked in a small voice. “I'm a citizen of Sea City now. The application of my identity h
“Is the food okay?” The woman was slightly nervous. “The food is okay, it’s great.” Jasper said politely and put some food into Summer’s plate. “You learned to make Sea City cuisine so quickly.” “It took me a long time to learn how to make it.” The woman was a little excited as she said nervously. “I’ve learned to make so many different dishes for you guys.” “Yes, she got bruises all over her hands when she was learning how to cook these.” Alaric said softly. Summer did not say anything at all. She was drinking the mushroom soup, though it tasted like cardboard as she could not taste anything. “Sum?” After everyone finished the dinner, Jasper called her nervously. He reached out to take Summer’s hand from under the table. Summer had been keeping her head down, she did not look up once. “Sum?” Jasper caught his breath. Summer looked up at Jasper, her eyes were terribly red. Jasper’s heart tightened instantly. He was feeling so bad to the extent that it would drive him
“Summer, don’t push this. Hand over my brother!” Azula’s voice quivered a little. “Brother? Azula, how long has it been since you last saw your brother? You didn’t even go back when your mom died, did you? What rights do you have to ask me to hand him over?” Summer sneered. “Summer! These are our family affairs. It’s none of your business. Give me back my brother!” Azula sounded anxious. “I warned you before not to mess with me again, but not only did you mess with the Caballero family, but you tried to harm Jasper too. You crossed the line. You’ll never get your brother back!” Summer’s aura was icy. “Summer, are you sure you want to do this?” Azula gasped and threatened her coldly. “What can you do to me? Has someone blown up my car, or done something more outrageous?” Summer tightened her fist. “Don’t think that you can do anything you want just because you are scheming from behind.” “I know what you’re talking about. The explosion of Jasper’s car has nothing to do with u
“I can help you. I can provide for you as well. But I didn’t say I will forgive you.” Natalie felt like she was cheated and immediately pushed Yadon away nervously. “You...”“If you don’t forgive me, I’ll just die...” Yadon said pitifully. Natalie clenched her hands nervously. She felt that she would not be able to escape from Yadon’s control. Buzz!The phone rang. Yadon stood up and picked up the phone. His expression was gloomy and serious. “Have a good rest in the hospital. I’ll come and visit you tonight.” …...Summer brought Stephen along to a cafe beside the street to wait for Azula. They waited for a long time, but Azula did not show up. “Sapphire, let’s go home. Go home!” Stephen suddenly made a fuss. He cried and wanted to pull Summer away.Summer looked around warily and called Azula. However, Azula did not pick up the call. “Damn!” Summer frowned, stood up, and pulled Stephen to leave.“Shhh!” Outside the cafe, Azula grabbed Summer and brought her into the a
“This has nothing to do with you!” Azula was a little panicked. “You just need to help me. As long as Yadon is willing to marry me...”“I’m not close with Yadon. I can’t do this.”Summer rejected her directly. It depended on Yadon whether he wanted to marry Azula or not. “Then, let Jasper marry me.” Azula clenched her hands. “You wish!” Summer looked at Azula warily. “Why do you want to get married so much?”“I just want status, Jasper, Yadon, or Samson will do. I want status. Even if it is a flash marriage or divorce, I can sign an agreement. I do not want their property. I just want status...” Azula sounded as if she was begging. “Why?” Summer could not understand. “Summer, are you not understanding things or just pretending not to understand? I’m just a tool, do you understand? I’m a tool that is not important. If I don’t change my current status and be known by other people, I’ll forever be a tool that can be abandoned anytime! I know too many things. Those people can ev
“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.