Chloe pressed a palm over her mother’s mouth.“Mom! Lower your voice!”Nicole nodded, her expression harrowing. She lowered her voice and whispered, “He came to see you?”“Yes! I’m so scared! Mom, what should we do?”Nicole was flustered too as she paced around the room nervously.“Don’t panic, don’t panic. Tell me, how did he appear? And why did he want to see you?”Chloe sucked in a deep breath and reiterated the days’ happenings to her mother. “Mom, you need to think of a way! I gave him a thousand dollars, and the card is already expired but I lied saying there’s money inside. I couldn’t have chased him away otherwise!Once he realizes there’s no money in the card, with his personality, he won’t forgive me!”Nicole’s face turned pale as a ghost, “He knows you’re marrying into the Dawson family, he’ll definitely stick to you like a vampire!”Nicole was at a loss too, the more she thought about it, the more panicked she felt, “Why would he come here? How could he come here!”After sh
Liam made a call to James, ordering him to take care of the situation.Then, he stalked her, driving behind her leisurely.When Anna reached Fitzrovia Hills, Liam was right behind her.Anna turned around and saw him alighting from his car. He was wearing a black suit, though handsome as always, to her eyes, he looked more like the Grim Reaper than anything else. “You just got home?”She glanced towards his car; it wasn’t the flashy sports car he used to drive.“You followed me!” Anna suddenly realized; this car had been driving closely behind her the whole way.Liam didn’t even look at her, pressed the password to open the door, “Come in, quick.”His voice was soft but carried a commanding air that allowed no room for disagreement. Anna walked past the door quickly, followed him past the garden and into the villa. “Why did you follow me?” Anna stared at his tall frame suspiciously. “What evil trick are you planning again?” Liam turned and glanced at her, lips pressed softly togeth
The next day Anna went to the hospital to visit Nina, once again supporting her sore hip with a hand.Liam said he planned to make it so she couldn’t leave the bed, warm the bed for him 24 hours a day. If this went on, his words would come true soon.Nina saw Anna looking uncomfortable and asked her worriedly, “Anna, what’s wrong? Are you sick?”“No, no. I’m fine.” Anna smiled awkwardly.“But you’re walking funny. No, I better register you for an examination!” Nina hurriedly pulled Anna out of the door, Anna waved in protest.“Nina, I’m fine! Don’t worry!”Anna wriggled her hips to demonstrate she was fine. She forced the pain down and smiled.“How’s your mom? Is she still asleep? What did the doctor say?”Nina looked at her mother who was sleeping on the bed and sighed, “She woke up for a while, then fell asleep again. That’s good, I guess. She hasn’t been sleeping well lately.”“She didn’t throw a tantrum again when she woke up and found herself in a hospital, did she?”Nina shook he
Liam saw the loneliness in Anna’s eyes and his heart squeezed in pain.He felt a sudden urge to hold her in his arms and give her everything she wanted.Preserving the happiness in her eyes that she deserved.Anna and Liam headed out of the hospital.Unexpectedly, they bumped into Bryan and Chloe who were at the hospital for Chloe’s regular antenatal examinations.Every time Bryan saw Liam, he was polite and respectful. This made Chloe unhappy. Why would a man who intimated Bryan, always be by Anna’s side?“Anna and Liam sure are close. We always see you two together. Innocent onlookers might think you two are really dating.” Chloe said, her tone sharp and taunting.Anna gritted her teeth, “Chloe, you should keep your eyes on the road. You keep glancing at people. They might think you have nothing better to do other than trying to dig up some gossip!”Chloe scoffed, “Why do I see you in the hospital so often? You don’t need to do your maternity check-ups.”Bryan realized the dark expr
Bruce bought himself a clean set of clothes with 3000 dollars, visited a sauna to clean himself up, then rented a room for the night. The next morning.He looked at the remaining 100 dollars in his pocket and started to draw out a plan. Once he decided on one, he put on his clothes and left.He took the piece of paper that fell out of Chloe’s bag yesterday, it contained the address to a villa.It must’ve been left behind when she posted a parcel at the post office.He followed the address and found the villa.He was stunned by the big and luxurious mansion.“These rich buffoons sure know how to enjoy life, huh. That bitch Nicole is quite the trickster after all, managing to land a rich man like him.”Bruce pouted at the Dawson family mansion.“She has such rich in-laws, and yet she doesn’t honor her biological father. Hasn’t anyone ever taught her the value of filial piety?”Bruce wanted to rush into the villa, but the security guard stopped him.“Who are you! This villa isn’t a place
Bruce raised his voice and shouted, scaring Nicole so much that she hurriedly slapped a palm over his mouth to shut him up.“Can you quiet down! I really don’t have much money now. Even if you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do!”Bruce pulled her hand off of his mouth.Even if you have no money, Chloe’s in-laws are filthy rich! They’re the Dawsons. The Dawsons of Johannes City! A family of high status!”“Chloe and Bryan are not married yet, that’s why we don't have much money now! They have to get married first before Chloe can start gathering some money!She’s getting married soon, we will need a lot of money for all the preparations. We are the ones marrying upwards, we can’t be too shabby and make Chloe the laughing stock of the family?”Bruce didn’t believe a word of her lies, expression cold, “I was jailed because I believed you and your stupid tricks. You want me to trust you again? In your dreams! Enough with all the nonsense, just give me my money!”“I’m not asking for
Of course, Amelia knew Chloe had an agenda behind this shopping facade.She wouldn’t fall for a cheap trick like this!Chloe suppressed the anger rising in her chest and smiled, “Bryan has been very busy recently, besides I have an important matter to discuss with you, I know you’ll be very happy to hear it.”Where are you? I’ll come to you now.”“Oh? Really? Then I’ll wait for you at the Starbucks in Golden County International.Make it quick, I’m very busy.”With that, Amelia ended the call.She wanted to see what trick Chloe had hidden up her sleeve!Starbucks.Chloe pushed the door open, walked in, and saw Amelia sitting in the seat beside the window.Chloe rolled her eyes, Amelia was just a spoiled little girl lucky enough to be born with a golden spoon in her mouth. She had no right to act all high and mighty. Chloe stood in front of her, smiled, and addressed her politely, “Hello, Amelia. Good day to you.”Amelia felt nauseous at the sight of her.This woman was a sly fox with
Anna stationed herself at home for a whole day.She watched as Chloe and Nicole crept in and out of the house suspiciously, but had no idea what they were up to. There were only three more days till she had to report for work at the Ackman Group.These three days would be the last time she had so much free time.She planned to take a short trip, have some fun and come home ready for battle.She packed her clothes into her bag, intending to get an early start to her day when unexpectedly, she caught sight of a man hiding in the patch of trees downstairs outside her window. Not long after, Nicole crept in suspiciously.Anna remembered her father was out on a business trip and didn’t come home last night.She leaned on the window and stared in the direction of the small patch of trees.After some time, Nicole emerged from the trees, her face pale as a sheet of paper.Not long after, the middle-aged man walked out too. He headed in the opposite direction and walked away.Anna felt that t