In the following days, Belle worked diligently at her rental house in the urban village. In addition to the froston pill, she had also managed to develop affordable medical creams to be sold under the Sylvester name.As for Grayson, aside from his daily work, he had spent most of his time investigating the poisoning attempt on Belle.On that particular evening, when Belle returned home, she was taken aback to find Grayson sitting on the first-floor sofa. It was a rare sight, as he usually confined himself to his study or their bedroom whenever she came home.She didn't say much about it. She changed out of her shoes, took off her jacket, and hung it in the closet before heading upstairs.Grayson, however, called out to her. "Come here."Belle was intrigued and came to a halt. "What's up?"Grayson looked grim. "I want to talk to you about the poisoning."She curiously asked, "You found anything?"She walked over to sit on the sofa opposite him. Sixteen immediately ran over t
Both Belle and Grayson were jolted awake at the same time.Grayson took the lead and went outside, with Belle following behind after she put on a jacket.On the first floor, the unmistakable sounds of June sobbing reached their ears.Sam was present as well. He nervously looked at Grayson and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Page. Ms. June wouldn't listen to us and insisted on speaking with you directly. We were afraid of hurting her. She got into a taxi when we weren't paying attention, and so I—"Grayson was understandably pissed off. "Bring her in!"June's behavior struck him as audacious and unreasonable. Who in their right mind would be sobbing outside someone's house in the middle of the night?Soon, June entered the room, her tears still flowing despite her drenched appearance."Grayson, you can't just send me away! I don't want to go. I want to stay by your side! I don't want us to be separated!" June continued her cries.Grayson's face turned red from anger."I'm just sending
Grayson's expression had turned for the absolute worst. His furrowed eyebrows appeared to smolder with anger, and his chest heaved with every breath. He stared June in the face and spelled out his frustrations."I am undeniably related to your father's death, but I am not the one who killed him. If you wanted to use his death as an excuse, you should have asked your mother about how he died. Sam, take her away! Make sure I won't see her again for the rest of my life!"Grayson was genuinely livid, with veins pulsating on his forehead and clenched fists. His countenance was nothing short of terrifying.When Lionel met his demise years ago, June and Ingrid were left devastated. Grayson felt sorry for the pair and took great care of them.He treated June like his sister, giving her the absolute best for everything in life. He didn't expect that she would grow up to be so unreasonable.June was terrified. "Grayson—""Begone!"Sam hadn't seen Grayson lose his temper in a long while.
Once Belle had finished bandaging Grayson's wounds, she got up and made her way to the kitchen. She returned with two cans of cold beer.She tossed him a can before opening one for herself.As she was about to take a sip, Grayson immediately snatched her can of beer away and admonished her. "You shouldn't drink this!"Belle glared at him. "Hey now, I was just trying to keep you company.""Even so, you shouldn't be drinking this," explained Grayson as he drank half of his can in one go."Why not?" asked Belle."You're bad with alcohol."She was left speechless.Recognizing that Grayson was injured because of her actions, Belle opted not to argue further and exchanged her beer for a can of cola. She sat down beside Grayson and engaged in small talk."You never really liked June in the first place, did you?"Grayson didn't deny her observation and took a drag from his cigarette.Belle pressed on with her questions."You could have told me about it. I misunderstood for so long,
Belle lived a relatively peaceful life after that incident with June.June and Ingrid had been sent overseas. With no one left to harass her constantly, her days were at peace.Grayson, seemingly the busiest man in the world, buried himself in work as usual.His attention shifted to his work. He also ceased arguing with Belle about her supposedly trying to seduce him.While the two remained low in communication as usual, they no longer quarreled like before.Grayson initiated a conversation with Belle about Finneas' upcoming birthday one night.Finneas' birthday was always a major event. A banquet would be held where the entire Page family and upper-class friends would participate.As the next head of the Page family, Grayson was expected to attend the banquet. Likewise, as Grayson's wife, Belle would also be expected to attend.But their marriage was not public knowledge, and outsiders didn't know about their relationship. And thus, Belle could not participate in the banquet a
Belle looked at Grayson through narrowed eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"Grayson also looked surprised. He looked at Xenia with a frown and said, "What are you doing here?"Xenia looked even more surprised than they were. "Didn't Alice tell you she had urgent business overseas, so she sent me to teach Belle? I thought she informed you."Grayson checked his phone. There was indeed a missed call and a text from Alice. The text said, "Sorry Grayson. I have to go overseas on some urgent business. I'm so sorry I can't give Ms. Walters her dance class. "But I've already told Xenia to help me out. She's free lately. Don't worry, she's very good too. Ms. Walters will definitely put on a good show at Mr. Page Senior's birthday party!" Grayson frowned. Alice Sandler was his childhood friend. Although they didn't keep in touch frequently, they were still friends.She was a professional dancer and the best dancer in the city. That was why he had asked her to teach Belle dancing. He h
Belle couldn't help but feel confused once she stepped into the study. He had told her that she wasn't allowed in there.The last time she had been in his study was the night she had sneaked in to see the frostle pills. Now that she didn't want to be here, he forced her. Indeed, life was full of surprises. She immediately thought of the crystal pendant inside when she saw the safe. It was her family crest.She had forgotten to ask her grandfather about it because she had been busy lately. She had to ask him one day to find out if he had given it to Grayson.If he hadn't, then she would take it back. They would get divorced, so she couldn't let him keep it. Hadn't she also returned the bracelet? It was the same reasoning.Grayson said, "You don't like Xenia?" "Hmm?""What did she do to piss you off?"Belle pouted and said, "I dislike her because of you. I'm warning you not to let her be June number two.""I've already told you. There's nothing going on between Xenia and me,
Downstairs, Belle sat on the sofa drinking tea. Xenia smiled at her and said, "I had wanted to chat with you since we met at the Page residence, but I never got the chance. "Then, I wanted to ask you out for shopping, but I didn't get the chance either. Now's the perfect time for us to get to know each other since I'm going to teach you dancing."Belle looked up at her in confusion and asked, "Why do you want to get to know me?""So we can be friends.""But I don't want to be friends with you," said Belle bluntly.Belle believed that Grayson had no feelings for Xenia, but Xenia had feelings for him. Xenia would definitely dislike her since Xenia had intentions toward Grayson. She was just like June. June wouldn't have hated Belle if it wasn't because of Grayson.Therefore, Belle would rather be direct with Xenia right now so that they wouldn't get into a fight later on and make things awkward for Finneas.She didn't want to put on an act with Xenia. It was too tiring. Xenia