"You are..." Sabrina felt that the voice she heard was somewhat familiar, but the idea was soon denied after a split moment of hesitation. She had never heard of this voice before."How...are you doing lately?" The person who called sounded like an old friend or an old foe, as though he had plenty of conflicts with Sabrina that he wanted to let go and couldn't do so. Sabrina's heart sank as she subconsciously glanced over at Sebastian.Sebastian noticed the frown on her face. "What's wrong?"He had thought that it was from his father. Could it be that his father turned to call Sabrina after Sebastian ended the call?Sabrina handed her phone over to him and Sebastian answered in a tone as cold and sharp as a sword forged from ice. "Hello?"Nothing. There was no sound at all. Not even noises of the person breathing, but Sebastian could distinctly hear the snapping sound of the person hanging up. He exchanged looks with Sabrina, both were confused.After a while, Sabrina suggested,
Kingston replied respectfully, "Mrs. Ford, I woke up late this morning. In order to save time, I had my breakfast right after I woke up and hurt my throat."Concerned, Sabrina immediately said, "Assistant Yates, you should go to the hospital, then. You shouldn't drive, let Sebastian drive instead, you should hurry and go-"Sebastian interrupted her by pulling her back into his embrace, stopping her from continuing.The car drove towards Sabrina's office and stopped on the outside of the building. They spotted Ryan and Marcus parking their cars and were about to step into the building, as the car pulled over.It had been a while since Marcus had been to the office, but because his grandfather was ill, he had to stay by his side at the hospital for a while. The motto of the Shaw Family had always been to be dutiful and respectful for one's parents, which was why he had left all operational issues at the hands of Ryan. It wasn't until today that he finally showed up at the office. Coi
Sabrina froze for a moment. Instinctively, she thought that Marcus might want to take her to see the old Master Shaw. She rejected him politely. "I'm sorry, Director Shaw, but if you want to bring me to your grandfather, then I..."To her surprise, Marcus denied the notion decisively. "I'd never! The way my grandfather has hurt you has caused me to resent him as well, so I would never force you into meeting him."Sabrina smiled in response. "That's good. Thank you, Cousin Marcus.""Are you willing to refer to me as your cousin?""Haven't you been seeing me as your cousin right from the start?""Of course!" Marcus beamed."Where are you taking me?" she asked."Come, I'll take you there now!"Sabrina remained still. "Is...it something important? My work is piling up and you know that if I fail to complete my tasks, it would affect the others in the department as well."Marcus grinned. "Right, I forgot about it. My cousin Sabrina has always been careful with her job. It's lucky t
Sabrina couldn't help but to feel confused. "Director Shaw, what is..."Marcus casted a reassuring smile at Sabrina. "Don't worry, Sabrina. What I'm about to show you will surely bring you comfort."It would bring her comfort? Had they located Jane? Or perhaps her brother Zayn had returned? With a heart filled with anticipation, Sabrina refrained from asking questions and allowed Marcus to drive towards their destination.Approximately half an hour later, the car had driven off the city area and into a quiet remote land. Just as Sabrina felt even more confused than she had already been, Marcus made a turn and stopped the car. She looked out the window and saw an establishment with high walls, with the words “Inmate Medical Treatment Centre” written outside. She froze and looked over to Marcus."That's right, they are serving their sentences!""She...isn't dead?" she asked. For the past month, Sabrina had been far too busy to pay attention to what happened to her nemesis. In her mi
Selene shivered and turned her dazed eyes to look at the old man by the door."Grandpa...?" She called out, before darting towards him like he was her savior. "Grandpa, aren't you the person who loves me most?"The old Master Shaw kicked her aside mercilessly. "I love my granddaughter, are you truly my granddaughter?"Selene whimpered.The old Master Shaw coughed and gritted out. "You knew right from the start that you are not my granddaughter, and yet you tried everything you could to impersonate my granddaughter! Not only did you do that, but you and your family even went and got me to help you out by hurting my actual granddaughter over and over again! Can there be a family crueler than the three of you on this earth?"He paused and grinned, before continuing, "It has been so many years. How much sin have I committed against my conscience for you with my power? It was precisely my power that you people were aiming for, and indeed, I have just that. But have you ever thought tha
"Dad..." Selene saw hope as soon as Lincoln came into sight. She shouted in surprise. "Dad, Grandpa just went out. Can you ask for his mercy for my sake? Grandpa is Sabrina's grandfather and you are Sabrina's father, after all..."Before Selene could finish the sentence, Lincoln raised his leg and landed a vicious kick on her. "Who are you calling your dad? You damn bast*rd!" His legs had been chained up, so he could raise his legs even if he wanted to kick, but the shackles came close to shattering Selene's skull in the process. However, it seemed as though Lincoln did not want Selene to die either, and therefore avoided a direct blow to her head.Selene clung onto Lincoln's leg and wailed, "Just kill me, Dad!"He stepped onto her hand and crushed it hard. "You disgusting bald moron, stay alive and suffer, this is the best way you can repent for what you did to me! Hmph!"Lincoln stomped hard on Selene's knee. Her knees had been hurting already and the pain grew with his assault,
Sabrina's expression remained extremely calm. The supervisors, too, spotted Sabrina and Marcus. One of them greeted Marcus respectfully. "Master Marcus, your grandfather had just been here earlier."He nodded. "I know."Seeing that the supervisor was conversing with Marcus, Lincoln pleaded. "Supervisor, please. That...that is my daughter. I...want to speak with her, just a few words. M-may I?"The supervisor did not respond and looked to Marcus for approval. He nodded, and Lincoln immediately hurried his way through the front door to the window while dragging his shackles behind him. He spoke to Sabrina under the monitoring of superiors."Sabbie...Are...are you doing okay?""I'm fine.""And...your mom?""Even better." Her tone remained unwavering.Lincoln rubbed his hands together eagerly. "Da-Daddy...""I'm not your daughter, your daughter..." She glanced over at Selene, who curled up in a ball with tears on her cheeks like a frightened rabbit, and pointed Lincoln to that dir
And how he dragged Sabrina out of prison, used her, caused her to later become pregnant and tried to kill her every time he had the chance. The entire process had been like the side effect of the medication Selene was taking, a nightmare. No decent person would have done the same to a young girl even if they were not at all related. Yet as a father, Lincoln had harmed his own daughter to such an extent. There truly was no other like him! Lincoln wailed miserably behind her and turned in an attempt to run into the wall, but was stopped by two supervisors behind him. One of them said with no mercy, "Mr. Lynn, you have no right to die here. Please don't try to give us any trouble.""Let me die, let me die...!" He shouted, "I can only repent for what I did with death.""I'm sorry, but you don't have the right to announce your own death sentence.""Ah...!" He screamed, so loud that even Sabrina, who was by the gate could hear him.She had been in tears by that point, and Marcus was over
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