He pretended not to hear Aino’s stomping, and went straight to the ward with Aino.“Stinky Bum, where are you taking me? Are you trying to sell me to the orphanage?” Aino asked angrily, but she knew the Stinky Bum would never sell her.“There’s an old man who wants to see you.” Sebastian said truthfully.An old man? Aino could not think of anyone, and followed Sebastian into the ward.The ward was very luxurious, and five specialized nurses were inside. Sean Ford and Rose Quinton were also there.“Father.” Sebastian called out when he entered.When Sean saw Aino, he was stunned. Rose had an ugly expression on her face.She had three children, but all of them had passed away during their prime, not even leaving behind any grandchildren for her. Instead, it was that bastard child’s daughter that was now the remaining descendant of the Ford family. It was incredibly humiliating.Sebastian was a bastard son, and his daughter was also a bastard daughter.A look of disdain flashed th
Sebastian’s calm tone left no room for debate. “Scott.”“Are you not planning on recognizing this child?” Rose asked.Sebastian’s lips twitched. “Isn’t that what you are hoping for?”“You!” Sean’s face was red with anger. “How ruthless can you be?! No matter how much I didn’t acknowledge you, you were still a Ford! You still inherited the Ford empire! You are better, you aren’t even letting your daughter be a Ford!”“You are the cruelest!” Sebastian smiled coldly. His own daughter, no matter what she was named, would still be Sebastian’s daughter. Even if she had her mother’s name her whole life, she would still inherit the Ford Group in the future! With regards to that matter, no one had anything to say. Sebastian did not bother giving any explanations. Even he did not like the Ford name, what more his daughter? From his perspective, it was better for her to have her mother’s name!At that time, his stepmother sighed, “It seems like, just like the rumors say, you really hate th
The other three in the room were stunned.As it happened, the doctor in charge of Henry was there to perform a checkup. Behind him were some younger doctors, nurses, and another group of people. Arriving at the door, they were all stunned.For a whole thirty seconds, none of them said anything.The first to react was the head doctor. “My god! The old master’s condition is not stable and he can’t be disturbed right now! Where on earth did this child come from? She is so unruly and mischievous, and seems to be uneducated! Someone get that child out of here now!”To the doctor’s knowledge, the Ford family did not have such a young child.She couldn’t be part of the Ford family, nor the Conor family.By right, that child should have no relation to Old Master Henry.Just as he had been about to chase the child out himself, the doctor suddenly heard Old Master Henry’s wizened laugh. “Hahaha, ah, my little granddaughter, you’re going to pull out my nose. It hurts, please let it go. I’l
Sebastian looked at Old Master Henry calmly as he started to speak. “I’m her father, I’ll decide what her name should be. Didn’t you just want to take a look at her? Since you’ve seen her now, she should be going back to kindergarten.” Sebastian then turned his attention to the small child. “Aino, let’s go, you should be in kindergarten.”Aino, on the other hand, looked away from Sebastian, clearly unwilling to follow him anywhere.Why did he have to badmouth her mother?Sebastian’s face straightened. “Haven’t I already apologized? Have you never done anything wrong before?”Aino didn’t know how to react. She was a very bright child, but there was no way she could win an argument with Sebastian. After all, he had indeed apologized to her.She was reluctant to leave with Sebastian, but didn’t really have a say in the matter either.Aino did not say anything to Sebastian throughout the journey. When they arrived at the kindergarten, Sebastian was about to hold her hand and bring
On the way home, Kingston focused on driving while Sebastian remained silent.It only made Aino want to talk to him more, asking him who the man and woman she met this morning were, as well as the old man lying on the bed.However, when she noticed that Stinky Bum was not saying anything at all, Aino decided to stop asking.Sebastian was lost in his thoughts.At eleven that day, just as he had finished his meeting at the company, Sebastian received a phone call from his father.“Dad? What is it?” Sebastian asked calmly.“Sebastian, you can’t abandon that child!” Sean said on the other end of the call.Sebastian smiled sarcastically at that. “It’s my own child, so why do you think you have a say in whether I want to keep her or not?”Sean’s tone suddenly turned gentle. “Sebastian! I know my words don’t hold much weight to you, but let me tell you something from my own experiences. I was the one who failed you and your mother all those years ago, allowing the two of you to suffer
While taking off his shoes, Sebastian asked, “What is it?”Aino had already let go of Sebastian’s hand and was now running into Sabrina’s arms. She started to tell her excitedly, “Mother, I met two old men and an old lady today. The old lady is a little fierce, and so is the smaller old man, but the old man on the bed wasn’t. I defeated him!”Sabrina immediately realized who Aino was talking about.She looked at Sebastian, puzzled. “You brought Aino to the hospital to visit… Your grandfather?”Sebastian did not answer. Instead, he asked Sabrina calmly, “Didn’t you have something to discuss with me?”Sabrina bit her lips and asked carefully, “You’ve actually already accepted Aino as your daughter, right?”Yes!She wasn’t dumb!Sebastian continued looking at Sabrina. “What did you want to discuss with me?”Right after he asked that, Sebastian brought Aino to the washroom to wash her hands, and sat her at the dining table.Aunt Lewis, who was in charge of dinner, brought many di
Sebastian quickly fanned it for Aino. Once he felt that the corn was cool enough, he carefully put it into her mouth. As she ate it, joy spread throughout her body“I want juice,” Aino demanded.Sabrina immediately went to get a fresh glass of orange juice for Aino.“Corn!” Aino looked innocently at Sebastian.Without skipping a beat, Sebastian put the corn into Aino’s mouth.Even back when he had no social status and lived his life drifting about, Sebastian had never served anyone like that before. It was his first time obeying anyone so subserviently and serving them, much less a five year old girl.As he looked at Aino eating away happily, a sense of fondness overwhelmed himSabrina furrowed her eyebrows and pretended to scold Aino but failed to hide her smile in the end. “Aino! You can’t be like this! We might be from a small town, but I’ve always made sure that you had enough to eat. Why are you eating just like a country bumpkin?“You look so ugly eating away like this,
Before she had even asked the question, Sabrina already knew that Sebastian was unlikely to agree to her request. She smiled self-mockingly. “I was just joking around.”Architecture was her greatest passion in life, and a skill that she had relied on to make a living. It was definitely not a joke.However, if Sebastian did not agree to it, there was nothing more she could do.The man did not spare her another glance, and left for the toy room. Sabrina stood outside the room, her eyes still on himAino had been playing by herself in a wooden toy house.“Do you know what the password is?” Aino asked Sebastian.Sebastian answered in a serious tone, “I don’t know, can you tell me?”Aino had a serious look on her as well. “The password is three five one two seven eight eight.” Sebastian repeated the numbers.Aino said happily, “That’s the correct answer, you can enter!”The man carefully walked in.Sabrina was dazed when she saw all this.Was this the same cold-blooded and ruth
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