"Of course you haven't because I'm probably not even human to you. When you first rescued me, you probably thought of it as saving some weakened animal that was about to die, instead of a human, didn't you? Which is why you have no idea that, when you ran me out without my identification card, I couldn't even find a hotel to stay even if I had the money for it. To stay alive, I had to walk all the way back to your house, hoping that I could get my card back and take a few clothes with me because I had nowhere to stay. I didn't want to cling onto you. I stayed the entire night outside by the bushes outside your mountain mansion, and do you have any idea on how I pulled through? Do you know how scared and helpless I felt? You don't, because you have always objectified me instead of treating me as a human being. We've been living together like a married couple for years. I know you best, and I dare say that I'm the woman who loves you most in the world, which was why I didn't beg or try t
"..." Never had Alex imagined that a fragile woman who had only ever said ‘Yes’ or ‘Yes, Alex" in front of him; who only said ‘I'll leave’ with a smile on the day he chased her out, could be so logical and good at defending her case. Her mind was clear and organized, with no resemblance of the woman that had been by his side for the past seven to eight years. On top of that, Alex realized that everything she said was true."’That's right! I blamed her for finding someone else after four months away from me, but how did I manage to forget that I was the one who chased her out without any hesitation? Have I thought about where she was going to stay? Or that she could tell the directions? Or how helpless she would feel when I tossed her out hurriedly without even giving her identification card? I haven't, because I've always thought that her love to me was natural and when I showed her even the slightest adoration, that's supposed to be some sort of a gift,’ he thought with a frown, as h
Therefore, dead or alive, staying together was the most important thing. Noah cried out to Jane over and over again, but Jane couldn't seem to stop her tears from falling."Noah, stop talking, Noah. Listen to me. You are only forty; after saving up for three to four years, you can still find yourself another wife. Mom wants a grandchild so bad, Noah, you have so much more to live for. A man as kind-hearted as you will live a long life with plenty of children and grandchildren. Just remember to set a grave up in my name then and come to visit every now and then, and I'll be more than satisfied," Jane said with a smile that shone with contentment. She did not need much. She wanted so little, very little, to the point that she would be happy as long as there was someone who thought of her in this world."By the way, Noah," Jane added. "Will you please return the money Sabrina lent me after my death? She is my savior, the best girl I've ever known in this world. You have to help me retur
"Wh--What did you say?"Jane, too, snapped her head up to look at Alex. "Wh--What did you just say?""And you wouldn't admit it when I say you are vicious! Woman, look at the mess you've caused. I was here to set up an emergency defense and thanks to you, it's all wasted.""..."Summoning his courage somehow, Garrett wiped his tears off and immediately rushed over to help Jane up. "Mrs. Poole, no… Ms. Sheen, you… You've misunderstood Master Alex. He isn't here to look for you. He's staking out here for something else.""Re--Really?" she asked."You've been with me for almost eight years, don't you know me at all? When have I ever murdered people as I please like Sebastian? How could you think of me like this? You even went and said all those things about how I'm going to torture you! Pregnant or not, you can't get so paranoid because of it, can you?""...""A Poole would never be so petty. You are just a woman, and don’t even mention all the things you've done for me in the pas
"Oh, okay, we… We will leave right now!"Jane and Noah helped each other up and just as the two had taken a step to leave, Jane suddenly paused and said, "Wait.""What's wrong?" Noah asked."Food. Our food. The food the owner gave us, Noah. I won't be able to work this job as Master Alex is asking us to leave this city. We need to eat something before we leave, my food…"It was only then that Jane had finally remembered the food in her pouch. She turned around abruptly and stared at the leftovers that she had thrown to the ground. The food in the pouch had been liquid and had spilled all over the ground, leaving nothing much inside the pouch. Even so, Jane could not bring herself to throw it away. After spending seven years by Alex's side, she had forgotten how hard life could be, but back when she was imprisoned by her husband, she had once been starved for three whole days, and even pet food would have tasted like heaven back then. When she was on the run with Noah, the three of
"Your one million," Alex replied calmly. Startled, Jane backed off. "I… I didn't ask you for money. I… I won't ask for a penny from you, don't worry.""Didn't you say so yourself, that you've worked for almost eight years as a maid at my house? A maid should be paid every month and one million shouldn't be too much for the past seven years.""...""Take it, you've earned this."Jane still refused to take the card. "I'm Alex Poole, I can't have people thinking that I am someone who would owe a maid her salary despite my enormous wealth, so just take it."With that, Jane finally accepted the card hesitantly. But then, he pulled out another card and presented it to her. Both Jane and Noah were confused. She gazed up at him and asked, "Wh-why are… you giving me another?""Alimony.""...""You said so yourself. You have always been the one who took protection and I've never done so. I am the one to blame for your pregnancy and for how damaged your body is right now. It's my chil
"It's okay," Alex said to Jane gently. "Actually…" Jane's eyes shone with loneliness for a brief moment. "Actually… You and Ms. Park look really good together. You practically grew up together and you've waited for her for ten years. The two of you are from equally powerful families. She has travelled the world and has seen plenty. I think… Maybe you weren't the one behind everything when Ms. Park went after my life, were you? I can kind of understand Ms. Park's intention now, she… She must really love you for her to be this jealous of me. I know now. I won't resent her any longer. You two have my blessings. I hope you could be together til your last day and uh… have plenty of children. You are so tall and handsome, while Ms. Park is also very interesting, I'm guessing that… your children… will probably be beautiful. Um… Goodbye. I will never appear before you again. We are going to live our lives well now that we have the money for it…" she said as she walked away with Noah, both in
"What did you say, miss? What's your command?" Lily's driver asked. He had received quite a handsome sum of profit from her and had been spending nights in the hotel with Lily, and was currently completely enslaved by her to the point that he was willing to be a dog she kept around. However, he was a bit upset when he saw Jane and Alex break up, because that would mean that Alex would be marrying Lily in Kidon City in the near future. The driver did not think that Alex would be able to keep the promises he roared toward the sky, and stared at Lily eagerly as he thought so. "I'm going to destroy Jane's happiness!" Lily said viciously. "But… She is already separated from Master Alex, so why would you..." The driver looked at the evil woman before him in confusion. ‘What a skillful woman! She almost became the death of me last night. Why wouldn't Master Alex be interested in a woman as desirable as her? Wait, Master Alex seemed to have waited for ten years for her as well, but now h
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