The smile on Jennie's face widened. "Oh my, Marcus, Auntie had too many girl-friends back then, so many that I could barely count. From primary school to university, there had always been classmates that fought to be my girl-friends. Sigh...which little girl-friend of mine are you referring to, Marcus?"Marcus smiled. "I...I was just asking out of curiosity about all the fun things that happened in your childhood!""Oh yes, yes, my entire childhood was care-free," she responded, lamenting.Marcus threw his head back and squeezed his eyes shut, trying as hard as he could to suppress his anger. When he opened his eyes, he saw the anxiety and desperation in his father's expression. Marcus knew what his father was trying to say. She was his father's cousin, after all, so Marcus swallowed his anger. Luckily, Jennie did not continue on, perhaps because she noticed that Marcus was irritated, or maybe the fact that she was not welcomed by this family. She soon left without even staying for
After hanging up, she continued to sob. Meanwhile, Lori, who had already gotten in the car, stared at Jennie expressionlessly. "Mom! Didn't you see how Marcus ignored us? Grandpa Shaw, too! You treat him with such respect and his attitude towards you is no way near how a father would treat his daughter!"Jennie glanced at her daughter. "You are still young, with no clue how the world works. You don't know that we can only get what we want by going at it indirectly!"Lori only sobbed."Who do you think your mother is? I'm just Madam Shaw's nephew. My family name is Gibson, not Shaw! The only person I was related to in the entire Shaw Family was my aunt, your great-aunt, but it's been years since she passed away. There is an old saying that when people lose their value, they will be left behind. That's what this is.""Then why would you still cling onto them shamelessly?" Lori questioned rudely."So I shouldn't come and watch as the three of us end up on the streets? My branded hand
Marcus chuckled with resignation. "You are too smart and sharp-witted, Sabbie.""It's okay, I can understand it. You have been relatives for so long, after all, it's only natural that she would want to come home and visit her family. Besides, it has nothing to do with my mother anyways." She paused, before pleading honestly. "Cousin Marcus, do you mind not telling my mom about this?"She bit her lips and forced a bitter smile. "Though my mom refused to acknowledge her father and brother, the injustice and humiliation she faced when she was young was still imprinted on her. She had to watch as even the girl who was merely a distant relative could share the love of her father, while she was despised...""I know..." Marcus said. "I know what Aunt Gloria had been through. In my heart, I have only one aunt, and that's your mother, not anyone else. I won't trade my bond with Aunt Gloria for anything in the world, nor will I force her into acknowledging grandpa and my father as her family.
She felt great, for Jane."Can I say that she deserves it?" Sabrina said."Of course!" Marcus chuckled. "It wasn't after this that I heard about the fact that this woman travelled around the world with Mr. Poole supporting her financially the entire time. She became extremely arrogant from the pampering she received. Why did she think that she could come back to be his wife after being gone for so many years? Did she see everyone as fools? It's time she suffers and cries for what she did."Sabrina felt consoled in ways she couldn't describe in words. She silently prayed for Jane in her heart. "Stay alive, Jane, you have to stay alive so that Alex could make it up to you for the rest of his life and treat you like a queen when you come back! Smash those people who had once harmed you, Jane!"Later that night, the thought of Jane still lingered in Sabrina's mind, even in her sleep. She mumbled, "I wonder what is happening with Jane and her pregnancy."Sebastian's heart ached at the
Sabrina was so shaken that she didn't even know what she was saying. "You...Jane...Is that you, Jane?"Meanwhile, Jane's voice remained calm and gentle as she always had been. "I just want to tell you that it might take me a year or two to pay you back the ten thousand dollars you borrowed me, Sabrina."Sabrina immediately broke down in tears. "Don't...don't say anymore, Jane."She had not shed a single tear back when she was on the run, but she simply couldn't hold it in at that very moment. The hardship of having to watch your own back somewhere foreign with an unborn child, with no one to depend on, was something only Sabrina understood. Those days had been hell."I...I am doing fine," Jane reassured Sabrina."Jane...come back. I'll take care of you..."Jane cut her off and said, "My life has really become peaceful, peaceful and ordinary..."Jane, who called Sabrina at the time, had truly settled down with a place to stay at the very least. She and Noah were in the spacious f
A week later, Noah had gone through the entire field behind the mountain and planted the crops. All that was left was to go into town to look for work."Jane, rest here at home. If it gets too stuffy in here, get Mom to go outside for a sunbath with you. We are living in the mountains, so it's nothing like living in big cities like South City, you might not see another soul for a whole month," Noah said to Jane as he was heading out.Jane grabbed onto him. "I'm not afraid of being alone, Noah."Noah looked at her."I was once locked into a dark room for years, so I'm used to loneliness. I just want to go look for jobs like you. I want a job of my own, so at night, we can come home together. I want to provide my child with an extra layer of assurance," she pleaded as she stared eagerly at Noah.He could tell how much Jane wanted this from the look in her eyes. After all that she had been through, she finally realized that she shouldn't depend on anyone but herself. Though he didn't
She hasn't seen him in days. His brows were knitted together to form a deep line on his forehead, his voice alone told her just how exhausted he was. "Sabrina, I...didn't want to stay in Kidon City so I came back here to South City. I haven't gone back to my place yet, I just wanted to check with you if Jane has..."Alex wasn't suspicious regarding who Sabrina had been on the phone with earlier. He simply thought of going to Sabrina, because he knew that Jane would contact Sabrina if she was really left with no choice. Sabrina had been the one woman that Jane liked the most before."Mr. Poole." Sabrina cleared her throat and asked, "Did...did you see Lily for the past few days you spent in Kidon City?"He nodded. "I did, but I've completely severed all ties with her, Sabrina. To be honest, we have been broken up for ten years now, haven't we? She has nothing to do with me!"Sabrina nodded. "I know, Mr. Poole, I know." She paused for a split second before continuing, "Listen to me,
She would tremble in fear even if it was just a live prawn in front of her. However, she knew that he loved sautéed shrimp with broccoli and knew how picky he was. Worried that restaurants out there might not pick the intestines out of the shrimps before cooking with it or that they might use frozen ones, she went to the marketplace herself to pick out the meatiest shrimps there were. She bought them alive and cleaned the intestines out of them one after another while suppressing the boundless fear she felt the entire time. She had done plenty of selfless acts like that for him in the past, so how could she not love him?The others won't ever hear it, but Alex heard Jane saying "I love you, Alex" so many times that in the end, he felt that it was just normal to hear it.The reason why he didn't think of it as something important was because she would always insist, "don't feel burdened, Alex, it's okay if you don't love me. I am and always will be a maid you keep around the house."
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