“Mommy, wait.” The little girl stood up and hopped back to her princess-style bedroom, took a polka-dotted bow, and handed it to her. “Mommy, tie your hair up into a bun.” Sabrina listened to her daughter and obediently tied her hair up into a half-bun. Now, she looked even more like a teenaged, high school student. Aino was extremely satisfied with her mother’s style. However, Sabrina herself felt that she was dressed too casually. But still, she did not change because today her bones felt as if they were barely hanging from their sockets. After breakfast, as usual, Kingston picked up the family. When they drove Aino to kindergarten, Sabrina did not see Lori, but that was nothing out of the ordinary. Maybe she felt ashamed and transferred her daughter to another school. After entrusting her daughter to her teacher, Sabrina climbed back into her car and headed for her office. When they arrived at her office, she was just in time. She stepped out and bid farewell to her husb
Lori addressing him as her cousin made fury burn in his chest, but at the thought that last night, she and her mother did indeed help cheer up his grandfather, making him livelier, Marcus suppressed his anger.“Why did you come here all of a sudden?” he asked. “Uhm, I was walking past.” Lori looked at Marcus openly and smiled. “Marcus, didn’t you and Uncle Oliver say yesterday that my mother and I were to move back home. So we bought some daily necessities in the mall nearby and bought some presents for Granduncle and your parents.” Lori glanced at Sabrina carelessly. She wanted Sabrina to hear her. As she spoke, she handed him the luxuriously wrapped box that she held in her hands. “This is for you, Marcus.” As if on instinct, he said in disgust, “I don’t want it!” Lori: “…”Fury flitted across her features. Beside them, Sabrina smiled faintly. At that moment, Lori did not look cold and distant at all, merely whining and begging like a b*tch. She could not even bear to loo
Seeing the two of them mutter to each other, bent all over the place, Lori suddenly snorted in contempt. “Marcus, your relatives are so fun.”Then, Lori glanced at Ruth again, and said, sounding as if she was the master of the house. “Hi, since you’re my cousin’s cousin, then that means you’re my cousin too. Let me introduce myself; my name is Lori Gibson. I just returned from abroad. I’m sorry, Cousin, I didn’t bring you a present today.” Ruth: “…” She stammered, scratching her head awkwardly. “Coward!” Yvonne scolded. Then, Yvonne laughed coldly and looked at Lori. “I’m sorry but you’re trying to buy the wrong person! If you want to join the Shaw family, first you’ll have to get through me, your cousin’s girlfriend!”Lori raised an eyebrow. “Uhm…I’m moving into the Shaw family residence today…”“No! You’ll leave the way you came!” Yvonne roared in anger. The way she looked with her hand on her hip, like a madwoman, was head and shoulders above Ruth. Lori smiled casually, ple
Lori: “Marcus, you…”Marcus’s tone and expression warmed slightly. “You, your mother, and your daughter can all move into the Shaw family residence, but keep to yourself; don’t try to cause trouble around the house. If you think my words are cruel, you can choose not to move in!” Lori never expected Marcus would change his attitude so quickly. As if he did not acknowledge her as his relative at all, but her mother told her that her mother had grown up in the Shaw family home. She loved every tree and every blade of grass in their courtyard. According to her mother, she was practically the princess of the Shaw family, like a little lady of the house. Why were things so different now? Lori hated it! But she remembered what her mother told her. “Lori, times are different now, the aunt that loved me like her own is dead, and the uncle who also loved me is now an old man. Now, we have to rely on the power and influence of the Shaw family, so we have to obey them.”At this thought,
Lori laughed immediately. Suddenly, she felt confident. “Mom! In the future, both of us must marry into the Ford family! We have the right to become the most revered and noble women in this city!” Jennie answered, “Of course!” She pulled her daughter into her arms. “That’s why, for the moment, we have to cling onto the Shaws, they’re our relatives and our biggest stepping stone, do you understand?” “I… I understand, Mom.” The mother and daughter drove further and further away.Meanwhile, on this side, Sabrina was feeling depressed too. Lori had made it clear that she and her mother would be moving into the Shaw family home today. Just yesterday, Kingston had also made it clear that Sean Ford planned to hold a family banquet and invite the Shaws. If Sabrina guessed correctly, the main goal in holding a banquet and inviting the Shaws was because they wanted to invite Jennie Gibson, right? Somehow, the news made her sad. She remembered her own mother. That night after work, S
“Aunt Gloria, actually… You still care a lot about my grandfather, right?” Marcus asked carefully on the other end of the phone. Gloria laughed lightly. “Marcus, if I said no, would you feel bad?” Marcus replied, “No, Aunt Gloria.” “Marcus, you are a good child, I will always acknowledge you as my nephew because biologically, you and I are connected by blood. We are very close. And, you are different from your grandfather and your father; you never rejected me. Not only that, you… You even took care of your step-grandmother’s old house. I know you’re a loyal and affectionate man.”“Thank you, Aunt Gloria,” Marcus said with a smile.“But your grandfather was different,” Gloria said dully. “When your grandfather abandoned me, I was just born, and I didn't have any ability to fight back. Throughout my entire childhood and adolescence, I was rejected by my birth father.“Your grandfather made me understand that I am a sinner, a sinner who was cast aside and spat on the moment she
The Shaw family house… Years had passed since the last time she was here. This was the place which she both longed for and where she was also humiliated. When she was a girl, she was terrified, even when she walked past this house, worried that the dogs would come out and bite her. When she was seventeen or eighteen, she had been thrown out by the servant with her arms crossed over her chest. Later, she managed to get into music school but had no money to pay tuition, and back then, her mother was also in hospital and needed money urgently. Back then, she secretly came here, trying to contact Old Master Shaw.However, not only did she fail to find him, she was also caught by Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. Shaw brought her to a corner not far from the Shaw residence and threatened her. “In the future, if you try to sneak into the Shaw residence again, I will sell you the dirtiest establishments so that you will never see the sun again.”Back then, she was in utter despair. Now when she recalled
Gloria was staring dazedly at the sight before her eyes. The old man and the young woman in front of her looked like father and daughter, based on their chemistry. Even after decades apart without seeing her, Gloria recognized her with a single glance. The years had not left many marks on Jennie’s features. Jennie was truly blessed by the heavens. She still looked as noble as ever, living a princess-like existence. And what about herself? Bleak and desolate from head to toe; because she was worried about her daughter’s happiness, she left her home without even combing her hair. At that moment, standing in front of such a noble and graceful lady, Gloria truly felt unworthy and inadequate. The old man in the wheelchair, he smiled very happily just now."Your relatives are back?" Gloria asked, her voice hoarse. Old Master Shaw: “…” He saw his own daughter. She was so haggard and so sad. The old man felt as if his heart had been carved out of his chest cavity with a knife. Act
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