She really was arrogant and conceited.In contrast, there was nothing special about Selene. She was much like ordinary flowers that blended into the background of sceneries. The two silhouettes kept crossing Sebastian’s mind. Sabrina, who was always surrounded by men. Yet, even though she was always with different men, Sabrina had admitted to him before that her motives were not impure. Yet, the image that remained in Sebastian’s mind was that of a cold and aloof Sabrina, with her prideful gaze. Sebastian imagined that was what she had looked like as she took away Kenton’s manhood.Another image he couldn’t get rid of was that of Sabrina raising her arms to block the daggers meant for Nigel. The same scenes replayed over and over again in Sebastian’s mind.And Selene?Selene was the woman who saved his life and had his child. No matter how much he hated her, it was a responsibility that he needed to bear.That afternoon, Sebastian remained at Grace’s grave for several hours,
Sabrina took the heavy envelope, her heart still restless.If she had any other alternative, she would choose not to take the money. A hundred thousand bucks was probably not a lot for Sebastian, but it was enough to crush her dignity. However, when it was a question of survival, what was dignity worth? Sabrina bit her lips and tried to keep her emotions in check, taking the money while looking at Sebastian coolly, “Thank you.”Sebastian said nothing.‘I wanted to give you five million, but you did not think I could be trusted!’His expression was cold as usual. “No need to thank me!”Sabrina’s heart was a mess.Walking out of the city hall after having formalised their divorce, Sabrina knew that she would no longer have anything to do with Sebastian anymore. Their marriage did not last longer than two months, but it had gone through countless ups and downs and different challenges, to say the least.Yet, for some reason, Sabrina suddenly felt reluctant to walk away. Right at th
“So what if it’s true or not?” Sabrina looked at Sebastian with a sarcastic smile, “Does that have anything to do with you, Mr Ford? Even if I’m having Kenton’s child, it was before we got married anyways. If I really did have a relationship with him, does it have anything to do with you right now?“We’ve already divorced!“What happens between me and the Horst family is none of your business!“Then get lost!” Sebastian snapped back at her angrily.“Remember, you were the one who asked me to stop!” Sabrina cried out, unable to control her emotions as she felt wronged, “Mr Ford, we’ll never meet again!”Having said that, Sabrina turned around and left.She had actually planned to ask Sebastian whether she could visit Aunt Grace’s grave in the future but in the spur of the moment, she forgot.Sabrina only managed to take one step forward before Kingston grabbed her arm.This was very out of character for Kingston, who had always been a very disciplined bodyguard and assistant to
Blood flowed out from Sebastian’s hand where the knife had struck, but he remained calm. Sabrina,still nestled in Sebastian’s arms, was so shocked that she started to tear. “Sebastian, you… is your hand bleeding?”She had called his name using that tone before only when they had been in front of Aunt Grace.Sebastian knit his eyebrows and exclaimed in a low voice, “Why are you crying?!”Meanwhile, the woman who tried to stab Sabrina had been kicked away by Kingston.She spat out a mouthful of blood.Sebastian then took out the knife that was lodged in his hand, which prompted Sabrina to hold his injured hand in hers. Watching Sebastian bleed more and more frightened Sabrina so much that she started to tremble.However, Sebastian only smiled coldly at her. “When you stabbed Kenton, wasn’t there a lot of blood as well?”Sabrina said, distressed, “I only injured him to protect myself. At that moment, I was so furious that I wanted to kill him, even forgetting my fear in the meantim
The woman was from the countryside, and was barely literate. However, because of her attractive looks, she had been able to attach herself to Kenton when she was a little over twenty years old, even though the man was already approaching sixty. In the ten years she spent with him, the woman was shielded from the perils of the outside world.So, when her world was turned upside down, Jade and Selene took it to themselves to instigate her further, turning her into their tool. Selene really thought that their plan would succeed this time, and end up causing Sabrina a lot of trouble.Yet, at the most fatal moment, Sebastian had saved Sabrina.Selene’s heart was once again filled with jealousy.When she returned home, Jade saw Selene’s teary and dispirited look. She asked, “Selene, what happened? Did that woman end up killing Sabrina?”“Mom, boohoo.” Selene started sobbing even harder, “When will we ever be able to get rid of Sabrina? That despicable woman is just too lucky!”When s
“Who are you? Why do you have my husband’s phone?” On the other end of the line was Selene’s sharp and accusing voice.Sabrina muttered, “I…”She turned to look at Sebastian with an afflicted look on her face, her heart sinking deeper every second.She did expect that the call would be from Selene, because her number was not saved on Sebastian’s phone. Yet, the moment she heard Selene’s accusing and sharp tone, Sabrina immediately felt like she was in the wrong.Still, she put the phone to Sebastian’s ear. “Hello?!” Sebastian sounded extremely unhappy. “Hubby… Young Master, boohoo, why is there a woman by your side? She even answered the phone for you, who is she? Boohoo.” Selene sobbed, but still maintaining a delicate tone. Even though she had said that, Selene actually knew who that voice belonged to.Just by hearing the voice, Selene could tell that Sabrina was the one who had answered the phone for Sebastian.It did make sense, because Selene had watched as Sebastian b
“Well, Mr Ford has already been properly bandaged, and should be fine now. I don’t think I need to be here anymore. Please thank Mr Ford for me, I am truly grateful to him. I will never forget the debt I owe him for saving my life. Right, Mr Yates, if you ever have time in the future, could you please help me ask Mr Ford if he would be willing to allow me to visit Aunt Grace’s grave?”Kingston didn’t know how to respond.“Aunt Grace will forever be family to me, which is also why I was adamant to forfeit the money agreed on the contract. I won’t define our relationship with money,” Sabrina said.“I will certainly ask that on your behalf.” Kingston answered. “Miss Scott, the young master’s wound was just bandaged, would you mind just taking care of him for just a little longer?”Sabrina smiled, “Mr Ford is in the middle of a phone call now… with his fiance, Selene.”“But he doesn’t love Selene!” Kingston suddenly cried, his voice full of resolve. Sabrina didn’t know what to make
“Sab… Sabrina.” Nigel didn’t know where to start. He looked bashful, much unlike his usual self.Standing in front of Sabrina, with his face unshaven and expression haggard, Nigel looked like he had met death.In contrast, Sabrina’s expression was relaxed. “Mr Conor, you should just speak up if you have anything to say.”“Sabrina, I’m sorry,” Nigel managed to say.“You already told me that a week ago. I accept your apology,” Sabrina replied with a kind smile.“I hope you can forgive me.”“I’ve already forgiven you,” admitted Sabrina.“Do you… still love me then?” Nigel asked carefully.When she heard this, Sabrina lowered her head and fell silent. After a while, she raised it again to face Nigel. “I can’t lie to you, Mr Conor, I… have never loved you.”Nigel was taken aback.“I’ve never truly loved you.” she confessed, while trying to maintain her composure. “Ever since I was sent away at twelve, I learnt how to gauge the temperaments of others. In the eight years that I spen
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