Even if he was giving her money, he had never been nice to her. He basically always was very fierce to her and was annoyed at her. However, this Uncle Holden was very gentle to her. Minerva suddenly smiled."Uncle Holden, for so many years, I have always been able to take great care of myself. Compared to that Uncle Holden of mine, you knew how to take care of me more. That uncle had never been bothered to ask me where I was staying. He would only tell me fiercely, 'Don't spend other people's money! Not even a single penny! If you dare to fool around out there, I'll break your legs! If you want to spend money, I'll give you the money no matter how much!' That's basically how he talked to me.""Then, I'll also keep an eye on you more in the future as well. If you dare to not study well, I will beat you up!" Vireo immediately said with a stern expression."Hahaha. Uncle Holden…" Minerva was happy."What about…what about me?" A half-grown little child behind Vireo looked at him eagerl
The voice from the other end was a voice that Vireo wanted to forget and had already forgotten. However, it was a voice that would make him feel incomparably disgusted when he heard it again. That was Mira's voice.On the other end of the call, Mira still addressed him as she did in the past. "Hubby…""I'm sorry, madam. You seemed to have forgotten that we already had no relations with each other anymore. I'm hanging up now," Vireo immediately said coldly.After saying that, he immediately hung up the call.He and Mira had already been divorced. They would never have any relations with each other anymore in the future. Everything was already in the past. He did not want to hate, much less mention it. He was someone who wanted to thoroughly bid farewell to the past. His focus in the future would be in South City. The woman that he wanted to care for in the future was the girl in front of him named Isadora."Holden, who was it who called?" Isadora asked him gently."My ex-wife, but
He felt just as relaxed at that moment as how nervous he was earlier on. After he lay on the couch for a while, Vireo unexpectedly had a dream. In that dream, he met that face that was exactly like his again. That face was beaming from ear to ear, and he was very satisfied."You…your name is Holden? You are the younger brother of Sebastian, the director of the Ford Group?" asked Vireo.The man did not answer. He just smiled. Vireo repeated himself again. That man, however, floated backward and got further and further away. It was after Vireo's vision was blurred and he could no longer see clearly that he heard a distant voice."That's you. You're talking about yourself. You are me, and I am you…""Don't go. Don't you go away. Tell me what the hell is going on. Why is this happening? You…" That figure was no longer visible anymore."Take care of them…" In the end, that voice said that again when it was on the verge of vanishing."Don't you go…" Vireo abruptly woke up from his drea
When Isadora saw Vireo laughing, she felt even more embarrassed. "Holden, I'm sorry. I feel that I am a woman, so I should know how to cook. I wanted to cook something good for you and I'm afraid that you'll be hungry, but…"However, she had already finished using all the ingredients in Holden's fridge. In the end, she did not even manage to make a single decent dish. She was thinking that he had seen Jane making gnocchi when she had nothing to do at home. She had put tomatoes and some vegetables in it and the gnocchi was extremely delicious. Gnocchi were easy to make. It was just mashing and mixing some flour, potatoes, and egg, and it was all done after just boiling them. In the end, Isadora failed at making gnocchi even after she had finished a small bag of flour that Vireo had bought. Instead, her face, hair, and apron were all covered in flour.Since she failed at making gnocchi, she thought of making custard pudding. Isadora had often seen Jane making custard puddings for the c
The way she looked was extremely cute in Vireo's eyes. It was so heartwarming and it made him want to squeeze her tightly in his arms very badly."Are you hungry?" the man asked gently."Mm-hmm." Isadora was truly hungry. When she was at the restaurant, she was so focused on listening to Vireo talking about his past that she did not eat much at all. On top of that, she had spent more than an hour tidying up all the things in the rooms after she had entered the house, so she really was a little hungry."Come on, I'll take you to wash your face. After that, you can just sit and watch television in the living room and wait for me. I'll be done with the cooking in half an hour." The man led Isadora toward the bathroom. He could not bear to clean up her dirty little face, but he knew that Isadora would be shy.As expected, when Isadora saw herself in the mirror, she first lowered her head shyly, then she bent over laughing, and moved around in his arms. Her movements instantly ignited t
Isadora did not know how to do that. She knew nothing. She had been wandering everywhere with her brother, and she was dressed like a man for most of the time. She did not even have the chance to fall in love, much less kiss. Her life truly was very empty after living for more than thirty years. She looked at Vireo with a clear and confused, and also expectant and pitiful gaze. She did not know how to answer him.Vireo smiled. "What a silly girl."She knew nothing, so he suddenly felt guilty. She was so pure. He, on the other hand, had been married before, so he actually was very experienced in that aspect. He felt that she truly would be at a disadvantage if they were to get together. However, when he saw that she loved him so much through her eyes, Vireo felt that he certainly had to be even better to her in this life to compensate her.That night was filled with passion and it was perfect. Also, there was no doubt that it was Vireo who was taking the lead. He could not be too agg
She was a great mother. He especially wanted to meet her. He took both Aino and Minerva downstairs, and once the two children got into his car, one after another, they started to ask him questions."Uncle Holden, did you have a good time last night?""Uncle Holden, where is Isadora?""Uncle Holden, how did you and Aunt Isadora spend last night together?""Uncle Holden, when are you and Isadora planning to get married? Do you think I'm too old to be your flower girl? Are there any girls in their twenties who are still flower girls?""Uncle Holden, Uncle Holden, I'm only twelve years old. I can be the flower girl. Just forget about Miss Minerva.""I want to be one! This is my uncle!""He is also my uncle!""He is my uncle! You brat, if you keep fighting me over him, I'll beat you up!" Minerva had never been gracious to Aino.Aino had always been Minerva's little follower. She grinned and said, "Alright, alright. I'll let you have it since you're the beauty who is second to none
Right at the moment when he saw Sean, Vireo, no, his name should have already been Holden then. Right at the moment when he saw Sean, Holden was also stunned. He had an intense and indescribable feeling toward Sean. It was even more intense than the feeling he had for Sebastian. It was as if Sean was truly his father. However, that feeling was immediately suppressed by Holden. He bowed his head a little and smiled at Sean. "You should be Mister Ford, right?""Holden, my son…" Sean said.Holden was speechless."I have already wronged your mother enough. Your mother wanted to see you once the most before she died, but she did not get to do that. Ever since you died, I felt even more so that I've wronged your mother. I have never expected it, my son, I have never expected that you're still alive. You…you're actually still alive." Sean looked at Holden with tears streaming down his cheeks.Holden shook his head. "Mister Ford, I am not your son. I simply looked like your son. However, I
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