Hector stammered. “D-Did…Tessa tell you about this?”Zayn smiled lightly. “No. Didn’t you say that when you took in Tessa’s mother, she was only eighteen, so you can’t officially register to get married?”“Yes, yes, back then, it was because of this matter that was why I did not get married to that woman, but we were in fact husband and wife.”Zayn nodded. “I know.” He paused for a while. “If that’s the case, since she is Tessa’s mother after all, see if you could ask her out if you happened to meet her? Let me have a chat with her.”“Zayn, you treat me too well,” Tessa said.“You’ve already said it yourself. I’m the future son-in-law of this family. Of course, I have to bear the responsibility of a future son-in-law,” Zayn replied.The entire family laughed, they were delighted. Tessa was even more elated. She even coquettishly leaned her head on Zayn’s shoulder in front of her father and grandmother. However, there was something on Zayn’s mind. His instincts were not wrong. Bac
“Alright, I will certainly introduce you to one.” Tessa replied.“He must be a successful and mature man.”Tessa laughed. “I’ll introduce a man so mature that he is twenty years older than you, alright?”“That’s fine too! I like mature men. Besides, Director Zayn is twelve years older than you, twenty years older is not much. I’m fine with it.”“Hahaha. Are you looking for a dad or a husband?”“Pfft…”Everyone was joking and was only half-genuine. However, everybody's envy towards Tessa was real. Zayn was said to be a mature man because of his age, but he did not have the slightest trace of an old man. He clearly was still very young and rich. Who would not be envious of Tessa?Tessa was incomparably satisfied. Being envied by these female colleagues made her feel joyful. In any case, the company did not have a limit on how long they could stay, and Tessa also did not despise staying on. She still had her arms wrapped around Zayn’s arm and did not let him leave.She then openly
Tessa suddenly shuddered when she heard that voice behind her. Tessa and Zayn both turned around at the same time. As expected, Zayn saw that woman from a few days ago. That was the same woman that the little child, Aino, wanted to introduce to her uncle to be his girlfriend. The woman was still wearing the same clothes as a few days ago, and she still had a very deep vertical wrinkle in between her eyebrows.“It’s you?” Zayn knowingly asked.However, the woman did not look at Zayn, but she looked at Tessa instead. “Tessa, he is older than you. He is so much older than you. You are not suitable for each other. Tessa, can’t you date normally?”At that moment, Tessa’s face was completely flustered. She gritted her teeth and stared at the woman with both her eyes reddened with rage. “You…go to hell! Go to hell! To hell! I feel so disgusted! Why don’t you go to hell!”Tessa was outraged. She did not care about her image at all. She never expected that not only would Hana normally call
Tessa turned around and looked at Zayn with her face covered in tears. “Zayn! Do you think I’ve gone too far? But do you know how far this woman has gone? She did not give me enough affection at all! She only gave birth to me, but she had never brought me up at all! She left all the housework and trivial matters to my dad. I grew up being a child from a single-parent family! I have never had a mom since I was young. My dad also doesn’t have a wife! She doesn’t deserve to be a human being at all!”Zayn was speechless. At this moment, he was even slightly caught between a rock and a hard place.“You d*mned woman! Are you still not getting lost? Do you want me to hit you to death?” Tessa looked at Hana, who was on the ground, with repulse.“Tessa…I can’t watch you get yourself in danger…”“Get lost!”“You get lost! Get lost now! I am firing you on my father’s behalf! Get lost immediately!” Suddenly, a small figure scurried over and pushed Tessa so violently that Tessa fell a couple o
Zayn was the first to scold Aino. “Aino, don’t talk nonsense!”Aino instantly broke out in tears. “I am not talking nonsense! I have a discerning eye! I’ve decided that this beautiful lady is my aunt! I don’t want Tessa to be my aunt!”Tessa instantly burst into tears. She pointed at Hana, who was sitting on the ground all confused, and cursed. “Hana Sharpe! How cheap are you? It was not for my own good that you don’t let me date Zayn. It turned out that you have your eyes on Zayn? You even already buttered up the little princess? Hana Sharpe, are you still human? Are you actually a human?”Hana, who was still collapsed on the ground, uttered, “I…”What has she done? She had no clue at all. She did not know who this fierce little princess in front of her was. She did not even know who Zayn was. She just saw that Zayn looked older compared to her daughter, so she was worried that her daughter would follow in her footsteps. She had no clue about the rest of it.“You’re pretending, t
“Kingston,” Sebastian called out.Kingston responded immediately. “I’m here, Master Sebastian.”“Send the little princess and this woman to the car.”Kingston obeyed. “Yes, Master Sebastian!”Kingston had already told Sebastian what had happened earlier. Kingston had the same opinion as Zayn. They found the woman that fell on the ground very pitiful. However, nobody understood how great the conflict between Tessa and her mother was. After all, who could clearly tell right from wrong when they had not personally gone through the experience themselves? However, Sebastian actually admired his daughter very much. As her father, Sebastian completely understood his daughter’s intentions.Aino, her mother, as well as her uncle, had once spent six years wandering out there. In those six years, Sabrina was also once so destitute. Sometimes, Sabrina even had it worse than this woman. It was because his daughter was very compassionate after all. Seeing this kind of woman, Aino could not help
Zayn was stunned when he heard such words. Zayn originally did not have a good impression of Hector, and he was even more suspicious when he saw Hector's evasive behavior.“Why?” asked Zayn.“I don’t…don’t want to trouble him,” Hector said.Zayn looked directly at Hector. “This matter has already become a sore point for Tessa. It has already severely affected Tessa’s work and life. She has always been very afraid that it was unable to settle and the case could not be won after taking it to court. Sebastian is going to take charge and settle it for you guys now. Could it be that you have secrets that are difficult for you to disclose?Tessa persuaded Hector. “Dad, if Director Ford wants to settle this matter, then he will certainly resolve it thoroughly! Why don’t you agree? What are you afraid of?”Hector was hesitant to speak. In the end, he said in a disheartened manner, “Your mother cheated on me. Who in this world is willing to publicly disclose the matter of being cheated on
“What’s the matter?” Zayn asked gently, then he coaxed her softly. “Why are you crying?”“Zayn, do you feel that I’ve gone too far with what I’ve done outside the company today?” asked Tessa.Zayn was speechless. To be honest, he did feel that she went a little too far.Seeing that Zayn did not say anything for a long while, Tessa then said even more miserably, “I know, in the eyes of others, they will certainly say that she is your mother, how could you be so cruel to her? However, who could understand my misery? I grew up without a mother’s love. When others could jump into their mothers’ embrace and be pampered, I could only watch. I spent countless nights wetting my pillow with tears by myself. How much do I need my mother? Nobody could understand how I felt. But what about her? She did not give me any motherly love at all! What she gave me and my father was an endless shame! Now, I no longer need a mother’s love anymore, not even a little bit, but she wants to force me and emot
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