“Answer!”Kingston had no choice but to steel himself and pick up the call. “Madam.”On the other end of the line, Sabrina asked with a calm voice, “Mr Yates, Yvonne is your…”“Madam, that’s my cousin,” Kingston answered while sweating profusely.Sabrina’s tone did not change. “How did you find out that I was working here? And are you trying to get your cousin to spy on my every move? You don’t have to do that, I can just quit working if you want. I don’t want to be spied on like this!”On the other end, Kingston stuttered as he tried to explain himself. “That’s, that’s not it, madam. You… You definitely misunderstood. It’s like this, I… when I sent you Selene’s photos, didn’t I add you on WhatsApp? As I’m a contact of yours now, I… I can see the stories you post.“When I saw that story you posted about the company you joined, I realized that it was such a coincidence, as my cousin works there too. After I found out, I reported the situation to the young master. So, my cousin hel
Sabrina looked up at the woman who was shouting at her.The woman was wearing an incredibly expensive outfit, and also had on high heels that were over ten centimeters high. She wore very exaggerated earrings that matched her alluring black hair. Sabrina realised that the woman was still staring at her with a challenging expression. She started to shout again, “I’m asking you, why are you here?!”When Yvonne saw that woman, she shrank back behind Sabrina, and started to kick at her feet. Even though Yvonne did not say anything, Sabrina understood what she was trying to say. Yvonne was telling her that the woman in front of them should not be messed with.However, even as Sabrina took another look at the woman again, she still didn’t recognise her at all.Sabrina sometimes wondered if she had been born to attract trouble.Why did women whom Sabrina could not afford to offend always seem to know her?However, with all things considered, it did make some sense.She was a notorious
This workplace seemed to have niche and elite membership. Nevertheless, without even turning to look at Ruth, Sabrina said to Yvonne calmly, “It’s fine.”After all, she was just a person who had been captured by Sebastian and had lived every day knowing full well it could be her last.A person like her who has nothing to lose has no reason to be afraid of the people in power. She did not care at all.Yet, when Yvonne saw Sabrina’s reaction, she was speechless.Ruth, clearly furious, roared, “You! Stand up now!”She had shouted with such a loud and high pitched voice that the people around them started to turn their attention towards the table. Even those who were having their meals and packing food stopped whatever they were doing and kept their eyes on Sabrina. Among them was Linda, the architectural designer whom the director had ordered to take care of Sabrina for a week. “Hmph! Such a troublemaker. She’s already causing waves on her first day of work. On top of that,
Sabrina didn’t know how to react. The man standing in front of her was clearly in his early twenties. He did not look like Nigel’s age, but seemed a little familiar. Who did he look like?Sabrina could not remember at that moment. She could only stare at the smiling man in a daze. “You…I don’t know you,” said Sabrina bluntly. Everyone in the cafeteria, who was watching from behind, was shocked by her words. Ryan Poole!He was the second-largest shareholder of this company!Although the company was rather small with about 100 employees, and had only made one-to-two hundred million in annual turnovers that was to be shared among a few partners, the families backing this company were all very reputable.Marcus Shaw for instance, was the member of an eminent family in South City. Then there was Ryan, a descendant of arguably the most powerful family in the political sphere of Kidon City up north. Although his father did not hold a high position, his youngest uncle, Alex Poo
“She doesn’t care for it?”“She’s just pretending.”Sabrina truly did not care about Ryan or what he thought of her at all.She turned her attention back toward her food with her head lowered and started to eat again. When she heard what Ryan had said, she merely uttered “Oh…”Not one more word.However, seeing Sabrina’s reaction seemed to make Ryan laugh. “Master Ryan!” Ruth said furiously, “She’s a homewrecker! She ruined the relationship between my sister and my brother-in-law. She is the wench who seduced my brother-in-law!”Ryan glared at Ruth with a disdainful look. “Why are you acting like a hateful shrew?”When she heard this, Ruth was taken aback. “Master Ryan, you…what did you say?”She could not believe her own ears. Before today, she was a highly favored member of the company. The few shareholders had even treated her like a little sister, with Marcus doting on her as well. Yet, Ryan had called her a hateful shrew in front of so many people just now?Ruth grit
When he heard that, Ryan didn’t know how to react. After a moment, he started to speak again. “It’s your first day of work today, so you shouldn’t have much work assigned. How come you’re not free? If your reporting officer is the one who asked you to work overtime on your first day, that’ll harm the company’s image. I’ll go speak to her!”Sabrina was taken aback by his words.Then, Ryan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, “Now that the overtime problem has been resolved, there’s no reason for you to reject my invitation.”“There’s no reason,” Sabrina repeated softly.Before he could react, Sabrina had already picked up her leftover dishes and got up to leave. For a moment, Ryan was left speechless with his jaw agape.As he looked at Sabrina leaving the cafeteria, he put his hand to his forehead and started to laugh. He then muttered to himself, “This girl is quite interesting.”All the employees who were watching, especially the women, were all stunned.They could on
When she looked at Yvonne, Sabrina could suddenly feel a sense of warmth in her heart. She didn’t have any friends before this, after all. All her former classmates from college had cut off their ties with her after she was sentenced to imprisonment. Though Sabrina had gotten the opportunity to meet Grace and form a friendship with her in prison later on, she was already dead now. Then there was Zayn, who had sacrificed his life to protect Sabrina, and even lived with her for a while before being exiled to some unknown place by Sebastian. After having gone through so much, Sabrina was no longer a person who could make friends easily. Yet, when she had seen Yvonne’s cheerful smile and how much she admired her, Sabrina felt differently. She suddenly stopped when they had almost reached the entrance to the design department and said while looking at Yvonne, “If you became his girlfriend, do you think he will marry you?”Confused at her question, Yvonne replied, “Huh?”“Is he t
Sabrina turned around to the source of the voice and saw Linda walking in with her hands on her waist.“Linda,” Sabrina called out.“Are you the mistress?” Linda suddenly asked Sabrina with a fierce tone, as if she was the one who had stolen her man. She looked Sabrina dead in the eye.Linda was curious to see how Sabrina would get out of this mess. Meanwhile, their conversation had caught the attention of the other colleagues in the office who were now looking in their direction.No one in their right mind would enjoy being interrogated like that. Those who couldn’t stand the scrutiny might have even cried if they were asked such a question.However, Sabrina remained calm. “Whose mistress, if I may ask?”“What do you mean?!” Linda replied harshly.“If you are asking whether I’m your husband’s mistress, then I have to apologise, since I don’t even know who he is. And even if I am, you’re the one who should go home and teach your jerk of a husband a lesson first!”When she heard Sabrin
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