Alex switched to another venue, and ordered three bottles of sprites at one go. There was no one else in the spacious private room except himself. Just like that, he unhappily downed glass after glass. His vision was a blur. His mind was heavy, but his feet felt light, unable to support his weight. In his mind, the memories of the life he shared with Jane kept replaying like the reel of a movie.In his dreams, he still saw the scenes of his shared life with Jane. She was a woman of few words. When he remained quiet, she would never disturb him. She was also very attentive. Seeing him come home alone, tired and weary, she would immediately rush to him and help him take off his trench coat, then with a hand on his shoulder, help him sit down on the bench in the doorway. He did not have to do anything.She would personally help him remove his shoes, and slip into a pair of slippers. He did not even have to wash his hands, all he had to do was sit quietly in the kitchen, and she wo
Of course he would choose the wife. Any man with an ounce of conscience would know this. So, was he wrong in choosing Lily? He never said he would choose Jane! Right from the first day, he just saved her because he pitied her, pitied her for almost being beaten to death, and that was why he had saved her. He never loved her. The one he loved and missed with all his heart was always Lily. The little swan that he watched grew up. But why was he suffering so much? Why was he in so much pain! He downed another glass of wine. Suddenly, he retched and vomited.“Sir, Sir!” The manager held onto Alex’s arm. Alex had already lost consciousness. The manager hurried Alex to the hospital. The doctors put him on a drip, and because there was no one else to care for him, the manager had no choice but to stay beside him through the night.The next morning, Alex’s phone rang. It was a call from Lily.The manager answered. “Who is this?” “Who the hell are you! Every friend of Alex’s knows
His features were sharp and defined, beneath the warm contours of his face lay an ice-cold man. And he was a very capable man, claiming his throne as the top dog of Kidon City. Lily Parker would never hand over such an excellent man to another woman! With the help of two caretakers, they helped Alex into the car and Lily drove him directly back to the summer house. Together with the help of the servants, Lily supported Alex into the house and onto his bed. Only then, did she look at the man she brought home. She said in a pitiful tone, as if she felt bad for herself. “You can only see how nice I am now! When you’re drunk and unconscious, I am the woman who is beside you! It’s me, do you know that! Where is Jane? Why isn’t she here to take care of you! Get up, turn over, I’ll take off your shoes for you!” Lily flipped Alex over with rough, big, movements. Alex slept sweetly and soundly, but he kept muttering, “Jane…Jane…Jane, where are you? What will you do when you run out of mon
Lily raised her blurred eyes and looked seductively at the man who was questioning her. He looked very unfamiliar, a face she had never seen before. “Who…who are you?” Lily asked, trying to sound arrogant. The man’s tone was much colder than hers. “It’s none of your business.”Lily lifted her head and barked out a laugh. “You…you idiot! Even if…you don’t tell me, I know…who you are! You…must definitely be close to Sabrina. I heard that b*tch intoxicated the air of South City with her dirty breath…”Before she could finish her sentence, a loud, tight, slap landed on her face. Lily immediately flung the wine glass in her hands away. “Damn you! You slapped me! How dare you slap me! Do you know who I am?!” It felt like all five years’ worth of bad luck had befallen her in the past two days! Just yesterday, she was beaten up! And today, she was slapped again! The person slapping her now was even a man! A strangely unfamiliar man.He grabbed onto her hair. “I don’t give a damn who
At this moment, Lily felt as if she was surrounded by enemies on all sides. She looked around her, hoping someone would come and save her. If this happened in the past, someone would definitely come and save her. But today, no one was offering her airtight protection. Suddenly, Lily felt afraid. Her eyelashes fluttered in fear, gazing in absolute fear at the man who kicked her. His ruthless eyes were looking at her. “Don’t…don’t come near me…” Lily was well and truly scared now. She was a strong and sturdy woman, but no matter what, she was still a woman. She could never withstand the fists of a man. His expression was cold and indifferent, his tone calm. “Didn’t I tell you to stop scolding her just now! If you continue cursing her, I will beat you to the death!” Lily immediately looked toward the bartender. “Call the police, call the police!” But everyone ignored her. The bartender had ducked under the bar table to hide in shock.“Don’t…don’t come near me!” Without an ounce o
Lily pondered the information for a minute. “Holden Payne? I haven’t heard of you before.”“You don’t have to!” His tone was cold and ruthless. With that, he pulled her roughly out of the bed, not caring whether she was clothed or not, and forced her to stand up. Before Lily could react, the man pummeled his fists onto her entire body, from front to back. Lily was in so much pain she felt as if she could hardly breath. “You…” Lily gritted her teeth and said, “What, what are you doing!” The man sounded disgusted. “I don’t want you to bear my children!”Lily struggled. After the beating, the man slipped into his own clothes, then counted to himself. Within this period of time, he did not say a single word. Before leaving, he took a stack of cash out of his pocket. After counting out the bills, he took two hundred-dollar bills out of the stack and flung them at her. “You don’t even deserve these!”Lily yelled out. “Holden Payne, stand right where you are!”Holden did not even
And the child! The little six-year-old child. She was so, so cute. The child called him Uncle Holden. No! Why would fate play such a cruel trick on him! It was impossible! After leaving his brother and his sister-in-law, Holden slipped into South City alone. He did not plan on returning home alive. He was determined to question his birth father, Sean Ford, why! Why did he abandon his wife and sons? As for anything else, he thought he might as well die. It would be best if he died in South City. That was why he was not worried if anyone called the police, and he was not afraid of making a big mess or attracting attention. Without even bothering to turn back, Holden left Lily’s room. Behind him, Lily roared in anger. “You, you don’t even want to know my name?” “Why would I want to know the name of a prostitute!”Lily gaped at him. She supported her waist that was almost beaten into a pulp by Holden, and painstakingly put on her clothes, then drove away pitifully. Her face was sti
The person crouching at the entrance was Jane Sheen.Half a month ago, Jane was thrown to the top of the mountain and beaten up under Lily’s orders until she was hanging onto her last breath. Then, Lily took away her only debit card. That night, Jane thought she was at death’s doors. She lay curled up alone at the top of the mountain, surrounded by the call of wild beasts and chirp of birds in the night. But at that moment, Jane was not afraid anymore. She was going to die anyway, what else was there to be afraid of? Laying on the top of the mountain, when she was in so much pain she could barely open her eyes, Alex no longer came to mind. That’s right! He never promised her anything. He only treated her like a servant. He was just a kind man who was very nice to his servants. That’s why he brought her along when he left the house, giving her the false impression that she was someone important, when in fact, she was still just a servant. Even the money that he gave her was saved
In a blink of an eye, Aino was already 18.She was already going to college.Her husband, Mister Ford, already had gray hairs on his sideburns and was already a man who was pushing 50.Both Sebastian and her had gone through thick and thin together for almost twenty years.That was so fast."Old man," Sabrina called out.Sebastian turned her head to the side and looked at Sabrina. "What did you just call me?"Sabrina smiled. "Isn't that right? You're going to be fifty next year, and I'm only in my early forties. I'm not an old lady, but you are a proper old man! Let me ask you something. Your sideburns have turned gray, are you going to dye your hair on our wedding day?""I'm not going to! I simply want others to say that an old man like me is marrying a young wife! Listen to me. You'd better stop dressing up and putting on makeup in the future!" Sebastian said to his wife, who looked ten years younger than him.How unreasonable!This old lady simply has not aged a day since
Yvonne hugged her children and lifted her head to look at her mother. At that moment, she was incredibly excited. She was both excited and aggrieved, which made her cry inconsolably. She rushed into her mother's arms. Immediately after, her father also hugged both her and her mother. The family of three was finally reunited. No, it should be a family of five at that moment. It would be a family of six with Marcus included. The family of six hugged each other and cried so much that the people at the side could not help but cry as well. Even the nurse also teared up.It was after a long while that Yvonne's parents let go of her."Alright, my child, let's go home. Let's go home."Helena raised her head and looked at Yvonne. Her child did not have her original face anymore, but she was truly her child. After her child went missing for five years, she finally got her child back. During that time, Yvonne got a rare condition that was hard to cure in any part of the world, but she was cure
After everything, all of it, was handled, Marcus suddenly burst out in tears."What's the matter, my son?" Missus Shaw has lost three sons and he was the only son left by her side. When she saw her son crying like that, it was only natural that she felt very saddened."Mom…I just feel that karma really is a funny thing. It's really making a fool of all of us! It turned out that everything was already destined. Everything was destined!" Marcus was covered in tears.Missus Shaw was confused. "What's the matter, my child?"Marcus cried and then he smiled. "Mom, I've finally understood why God let Yvonne go through this disaster that lasted for five years. It turned out that God had given her the biggest hardship which seemed so inhumane, but God had given her the best reward. Otherwise, the person who truly died would've been my Yvonne, wouldn't it? I would've been my Yvonne."Hearing him saying that, Missus Shaw said extremely emotionally as well, "That's right. At the end of it all
The fake Yvonne was still conscious the second before she died. She watched herself fall over with her eyes widened. She never would have expected it. After she had plotted everything, she was only one step away from the wedding, and then she could have replaced the real Yvonne and truly be a part of the high society of South City and be the wife of a rich man. However, she was fatally shot. Who was it?There was no time for her to look into it in detail before she fell to the ground. All of her regrets were forever sealed in her body. Without even a cry or shouting, she fell to the ground. She was feeling so reluctant to accept defeat that her heart had already stopped beating but her eyes were still wide open.Marcus was also stunned. He did intend to have Bonnie's entire gang arrested in one go, and he had already done it. The police were simply there that day to have this group of people surrounded. However, never in a million years would Marcus expect that someone would kill Bon
Two female attendants wheeled out a completely sealed glass cart. The ring that was carefully kept inside the glass cart was truly colorful and dazzling. Every side of the gem was radiating in different colors as the light shone upon it through the glass chart. The fake Yvonne was stunned silly when she saw it. Another person who was also stunned silly was the tan and fat man holding a pair of binoculars while sitting in a car across from the jewelry store.The tan and fat man muttered, "Gosh! This man must love her so much. He actually is willing to spend so much on her! This woman really deserves to die! She deserves to die too much!"Inside the jewelry store, Marcus looked at the fake Yvonne gently. "Do you like the ring I'm giving you?"The fake Yvonne was so excited that tears streamed down her face. "I like it. I love it too much! I truly love it so much!""I should've given you this ring four years ago. It was such a pity that at that time…""It's fine, hubby, it's fine. Is
All thirty people in the banquet hall were stunned. At that moment, they still have not made sense of what the hell has happened. How come a group of police came in once Yvonne left? Did they arrest the wrong people?"No, officer, we're…friends of Master Marcus of the Shaw family in South City. We've saved his wife. Master Marcus even said he is going to give me two apartments as gifts. Did you…have the wrong place?" Bella boldly asked the police at that moment.Nobody answered Bella. A few police officers came up and confiscated all of their phones. Not a single one was left behind.Bella could not hold herself back anymore and said while trembling, "We're Marcus' friends. He is not an ordinary person in South City. If Marcus knew that you've arrested us, when the time comes…"A police officer sneered. "The people we're arresting are all of you, the group of Marcus' friends!""Huh? Why?" Bella did not understand. Actually, she was not too familiar with the law. She just knew tha
"A billion dollars! Isn't he just insulting us, the three Shaw brothers? Marcus loves this bitch so much! When I see her looking so happy, I just want to kill her immediately! I have to have her killed!"At this end of the call, the tan and fat man asked Marcus' eldest brother very respectfully, "Sir, as long as you give an order. Just tell me, how do you want to get this woman killed? Why don't I kill her now?""No!" Marcus' brother stopped him and said. "It's not the best time now. There are too many people in there, so it's not going to be easy for you to escape. I only have a loyal servant like you. I can't let you die. You have to find a place outside that you can easily run away after getting the deed done. Now is not the right time!"The tan and fat man instantly said, "Alright, Sir, whatever you say. I'll find an even messier place and have this woman killed! I'll be hanging up now, sir!"After he hung up the call, the tan and fat man continued watching everything inside th
When Bella heard Marcus saying that, she immediately said shyly, "Gosh, how can I trouble Master Marcus in everything? No…there's nothing else.""Come on, Bella, whatever difficulties you have, just say it. My husband is the second most powerful person in South City anyway. There's really nothing he can't do." The fake Yvonne lifted her head and looked at Marcus coquettishly. "Am I right, hubby?"Marcus looked at the fake Yvonne very dotingly. "Baby, what do you think? I'm a husband that you've picked, so could you have been mistaken?""That's right!" The fake Yvonne happily leaned her head on Marcus' shoulder. Marcus hugged the fake Yvonne and was feeling so disgusted that he almost threw up. This Yvonne and his Yvonne indeed look very alike. They looked extremely alike! If this Yvonne did not speak and remained quiet, Marcus would feel that this is his Yvonne and his wife whom he had been thinking of all day and all night. However, the real Yvonne would never make such a request o
Of course, the fake Yvonne agreed. Three days later, they held a banquet for the fake Yvonne's benefactors at the most luxurious hotel in South City. Some of them were out-of-towners. There were also some from South City. Marcus roughly scanned them and surely, the middle-aged woman was there. She was the woman who was staying in the same area with Mila back then and the one who suggested letting Mile do a DNA test.Marcus held the fake Yvonne's hand and came to the middle-aged woman. "Miss, do you still recognize me?"The fake Yvonne immediately introduced her to him. "Darling, let me tell you, this is the lady who had helped me the most. Her name is Bella Hughes. She has always been taking great care of me, including the time I had a miscarriage. She was the one who took care of me. I feel we should give her two apartments!"The middle-aged woman named Bella immediately waved. "No need, no need. There's really no need for that. To be able to escort you back to your husband's side