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."
"Not a monster! I'm human!" The dark figure shouted. When Sabrina went for a closer inspection, she realized that it was a person dressed in black, black shirt and trousers, curled up against the door. With his position, there was no telling if he was human or a monster at first sight.The person looked up with an extremely exhausted expression. "I missed it again, Sabrina.""Alex?"He chuckled pathetically. "You didn't think that I would show up at your door in the morning two times in a row, did you?"Sabrina was dumbfounded."Jane has learnt how to be sly. The location she called you last time with that number led me to a graveyard. I have searched inside every bush and behind every tree on that mountain, but apart from graves and weed, there weren't even wild animals, not to mention people."Sabrina was relieved. She had been worried that things might worsen if Alex managed to find Jane, so the fact that he didn't work out for the best. She went and called Sebastian down to h
However, pregnant women could get tired very easily with the tendency to feel sore on the back or feet, what would she do then?"Uncle Alex, you dirt ball! You dirtied our sofa! Hmph!" Aino said. She had been angry at Alex a lot lately so anything he did triggered her anger. Had it been any other person who was sick that had ruined their sofa, Aino would not have blamed them. In fact, she would have sympathized and gotten them a glass of water. But not if that person was Alex.Ever since he had chased Jane away, Aino had resented him. "Hurry up and get out of my house! If you don't, I'm going to beat you up!" Aino gritted out with her hands resting on her hips. The little girl had just woken up in her onesie pajamas and her hair was tied into a messy bun. The particular sweet scent that only children had came oozing from her. Her voice was sweet, but her words were fierce.When Alex looked at her, he was instantly drawn into an imagination in his mind. If Jane, too, was having a bab
"I don't know!" Sabrina said impatiently. She was still irritated about the phone call Lori was on earlier."Thank you, Sabrina! Yvonne finally made up with me!" Marcus grinned innocently.Relieved, Sabrina smiled. "Congratulations, Cousin Marcus, be good to Yvonne. She is a good girl with no dramas or schemes, just a very bright and cheerful girl.""I know, Sabbie. I know," Marcus reassured, still extremely excited.Sabrina had wanted to ask him if he was going to have lunch with Lori, but when she thought about it, she realized she had no right to ask him about it. She changed the subject. "It seems like Ruth and I won't be able to have lunch with Yvonne today. I'm guessing that the two of you are having lunch together, right?""Of course!""Let's go, then, we should get to work."For the rest of the morning, Sabrina was so caught up with work that she barely even had the time to take a sip of water. It wasn't until noon that Ruth said to her, "Stop drawing, Sabrina. You are
Three women were all it took to have fun. They ordered tuna sushi, mango cheese sushi, and shrimp sushi with three little bottles of mild sake. That afternoon, the three chatted while sipping on their sake and that had been fun enough."Now all that's missing is Jane," Yvonne said."I'm not sure if Ryan's uncle will ever find Aunt Jane again. I miss her, too. If Aunt Jane can't marry into the Poole family and I have to do it alone, a little firecracker like me will still be scared.""He didn't find anything this time. I feel like Jane might not want to come back. Otherwise, she wouldn't have hidden from Alex over and over again," Sabrina commented, sounding as though she was relieved.Both Yvonne and Ruth looked at her and Yvonne asked, "Sabrina, didn't you say that Jane is pregnant? What is she going to do if she doesn't come back?""There are plenty of great men out there, so she doesn't have to settle with Alex." Sabrina grinned. She paused for a moment before continuing, "Jane
Sabrina froze. "Which woman?"Marcus immediately explained. "Sabbie, this is my fault. That… That cousin of mine, Lori… She works for a finance firm. She somehow managed to convince my dad, your uncle.""..."She was instantly displeased as soon as she heard Lori's name."I don't know what she told my dad, but my dad gave her my business card. She then took my business card with her and went to the Ford Group, saying something about discussing investments.""..." Sabrina stormed out at the speed of lightning at his words."Sabrina, Sabrina!" Yvonne called out after her.Sabrina had already arrived by the entrance. She looked back and said to Yvonne and Ruth, "Help me inform the office that I need half a day off!"After that, she disappeared. She caught a taxi and went straight to the Ford Group. Sabrina had always wanted to go to Sebastian's company. However, though she was the real Mrs. Ford that Sebastian had already made a public announcement about, she knew nothing about th
The receptionist nodded. "Okay!"Just as the two were gossiping, Sabrina had pushed on further. Her heels hit against the floor in a steady, slow and rhythmic pace that sounded like the steps of a woman who worked in high management with considerable power within the Ford Group.Footsteps that sounded like that had Lori, who was sitting in Sebastian's office at the time, feel even smugger than ever. She could tell that a female employee was walking toward Sebastian’s office and, judging from the sound of it, the female employee must have a high position. Announcing her presence to a female employee at the appropriate time was exactly what Lori had planned for."Director Ford, you have studied my proposal for over an hour now. Shouldn't you give me a precise answer by now?" Lori sat across Sebastian with her torso leaning forward, and the deep V-neck of her top became even more revealing.She did not look like this when she first came in. She came in with a seersucker scarf wrapped
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