Marcus was stunned by her openness to borrowing money.After a moment, he only said, “I don’t have any cash on me. Could you leave your phone number with me? After the banquet ends, I would go get it for you.”Sabrina nodded. “Mm, thank you.”She then gave her number to a stranger she just met and only had a brief exchange. “Marcus!” A man nearby called out to Marcus.Marcus turned his head and saw Nigel. Marcus held a glass of wine and came to Nigel, “Master Nigel, what have you been up to lately?”Nigel gave Marcus a friendly punch. “Master Shaw, this is a banquet held by my grandpa to select a fiancée for my cousin, Sebastian. All the girls who attended the banquet today are socialites from South City and Kidon City. Why don’t you take the opportunity to pick one among them for yourself?” Marcus shook his head with a smile.Nigel smiled again. “Your cousin, Mindy, was also interested in Sebastian?”Marcus sighed and smiled. “Since Sebastian successfully took over the wh
Sabrina did not say anything. From the first moment Nigel approached her, she could tell that Nigel was a rich man who was just looking for some fun to divert himself from boredom and loneliness.Sabrina could not afford to play this kind of game, but she also could not afford to offend Nigel either.She forced a smile at Nigel, then continued to walk forward. “Get in!” Nigel leisurely rested an arm on the car window, then laughed and said, “You don’t have to be afraid. I wouldn’t eat you. If I had evil intentions, I don’t have the guts. Otherwise, my cousin would chop me into ground meat.”Sabrina glanced at Nigel.Nigel parked the car, got out, and pulled open the door. “If you went on foot in the dark like this, you might meet a man that could be worse than me. What would you do then?”Sabrina hesitated for a moment. She got into the car.Nigel closed the door, abruptly started the car, and made a sharp turn. Sabrina lost her balance and fell onto Nigel.Nigel wrapped a
Nigel did not plan to let her off the hook. “I’ll pay for you in advance. When you get paid, you could pay me back double." Sabrina was extremely hungry in actuality. Nigel brought her to a small restaurant and only ordered a few affordable dishes, as well as two bowls of Alphabet Chicken Soup. As soon as the pasta arrived, Sabrina could not wait and ate with her head lowered. She did not even look up as she finished half of the bowl of it. When she was almost done, she looked up to see that Nigel did not even touch his utensils.“Why… are you not eating?” Sabrina asked. Nigel casually spoke and cursed, “D*mn it! I would demolish this small restaurant tomorrow!“I asked them if the food was my favorite local cuisine that was on the sweeter end. They said yes, but when the dishes came and I took a bite, it was not sweet at all!” “It’s all oily and salty.”“I’m not happy about it!” “Were the dishes to your liking? If they were to your liking, then you should eat more. I d
“Sabrina! Sabrina! Wake up!” Sebastian raised his hand and placed it on Sabrina’s forehead. He realized that her forehead was burning hot.The man carried Sabrina and quickly walked towards the car. He pulled open the door and put Sabrina into the car. The man then got in and started the engine. After a cloud of black smoke came out from the car's rear end, the car was driven away swiftly.Selene cried out desperately behind him, “Darling Sebastian…”However, Sebastian’s car was already gone without a trace.Selene was so angry that she pounded the planter box outside of Sebastian’s building with all might. Her skin on the back of the hand was bruised from pounding which made her howl in pain as she sat on the ground.After she was exhausted from crying, she drove home with indignation.At that moment, Lincoln and Jade were waiting for Selene in the living room with a hopeful expression. They expected good things to happen in their hearts but the couple did not notice something w
The three members of the Lynn family, who were hiding in the distance, went weak in the knees with fear.Sebastian had already followed the doctor into the emergency room. The almost unconscious Sabrina had her eyes tightly shut, and her brows contracted. Her thick and curly eyelashes were covered with tears. Her eyelashes were initially beautiful, but they dropped lifelessly today. The face that was smaller than the palm of his hand turned crimson red like the afterglow due to the fever. Sebastian came close to Sabrina, who was still mumbling nonsense, “Baby, don’t leave Mommy… Don’t leave Mommy, Mommy has no family. Mommy… is lonely. Mommy… need a companion to continue living …”Her tone was bleak and pitiful. The doctor who was giving her first aid could not help but shed tears. Sebastian was watching all these with a cold expression, then asked in a deep voice, “Other than a high dosage of antipyretic drugs, then it’s only rapid physical cooling left?”“Yes.” The doctor no
There was also Marcus, whom she only met once. They were all wealthy men with high status. However, Sabrina was only a joke to them, a laughing stock that could amuse them.After her fever had subsided and she had woken up, Sabrina knew she still had no way out. She initially wanted to return to Sebastian’s place and honestly disclose everything to him. She had been framed by the Lynn family when she was in prison and was forced to sleep with a dying man. She then conceived a child, but that man was dead instead.However, when Sabrina saw Selene in Sebastian’s arms this morning, she kept her mouth shut. She knew about Selene and Sebastian’s relationship, and she could not say anything anymore. It would be a quicker way to death if she said it. A cold voice came from above. “Open your eyes if you’re awake. I have something to ask you!”Sabrina tiredly opened her eyes, and what met her eyes was Sebastian’s frosty and ghastly gaze that was like a piercing sword. The gaze was
“He died,” Sabrina said bluntly. Sebastian first froze for a moment as he did not expect such a reply from her.He curled his lips and smiled, “First get pregnant, then kill the man later? Your viciousness truly exceeded my expectations.”Sabrina did not speak again. Since any form of explanation would be a wasted effort, it was better to not deny and silently agree with everything to the end.She looked up. “Have you decided to keep me still to console your mother?”“Don’t tell me that you want to break the contract?” Sebastian asked instead. “You have exposed my deceptive scheme, I thought you…”Sebastian interrupted her with a sneer. “Since the contract has been signed, you must serve my mother obediently until she dies! Your scheme? You would first have to see if your schemes could be tougher than my tactics!”Sabrina was speechless. The man turned around and was about to leave, but Sabrina called out to him from behind. “You… Wait a minute.”Sebastian looked back at
“We’ve been through many hardships to be where we are today. I have endured sufferings that are beyond his imagination to protect him. Likewise, to protect me, the counterattack that he struck up was also something beyond my imagination as a mother. Sebastian has made a lot of enemies along the way to achieve his success today. If he found out that I longed for the land of the Ford Residence, Sebastian would let me move in at all costs. I didn’t want him to make a big fuss for me.” Grace’s tone was regretful, but it was more accurate to say she felt sorry for her son. However, Sabrina heard the loneliness of a woman’s life in it.Grace had never worn a wedding dress and had never been recognized by the Ford family in her life. Grace still could not fulfill her wish because she had layers of concerns even though her son had control of everything now.How similar could the fate of Grace and Sabrina be?They both were pregnant out of wedlock.Grace had been alone her whole life, and
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