The difference in power in their relationship was simply far too big for her to ever escape him. He could care for her, teach her how to drive, get a marriage certificate with her or even take her back to the Ford Residence to announce his claim over her, but when it came back to choosing between his best friend and her, Sabrina knew she was disposable. She remained silent even after they arrived home and left Aino to spend time with Sebastian after dinner, as they always did. She took her phone and went back to the bedroom, before opening the private group chat among parents of the kindergarten Aino went to and started checking all the messages. She didn't have the time to check and now that she had, she noticed that there were people in the group that questioned her worthiness of being added into the chat room. When she had failed to reply, the few mothers that were more active than others began gossiping and said something along the lines of "Aino's mother just keeps quiet wheneve
"A very important phone call? Should I go up to ask for the money from him?" Sabrina considered for a moment before giving up and decided to wait for him downstairs instead. Sabrina thought that it must have been something he didn't want anyone to know if he went all the way to the top floor for the call. She was right, Sebastian did not want Sabrina anywhere near him when he was on that call.Ten years ago when Sebastian was exiled overseas, the second lady of the Poole Family, Emma who had just turned eighteen, pursued him passionately. However, Sebastian was on the run at the time and had no interest in romance. Furthermore, he disliked the arrogance and selfishness of wealthy young women like Emma so had therefore rejected her multiple times. When that didn't work, Sebastian escalated to verbal insults in order to be rid of Emma's persistent pursuit. Needless to say, Emma was heartbroken and remained so for a year or two afterwards, when she finally gave up on Sebastian.Every time
He responded by taking her into the study room with his arm around her. He went to retrieve a card from the drawer before handing it to her. "There's five million, the pin is your birthday.""Fifty thousand dollars is enough, I don't need this much," Sabrina muttered."This was meant for you as a form of compensation," he explained. The card was the one that he intended on giving Sabrina, but was later rejected by her six years ago after his mother Grace Summer had passed.Compensation? Was it for the manipulation and insult she was about to face at the hands of Emma? Was he paying her five million ahead of time for the suffering she had to endure? ‘That's not too bad, I guess,’ Sabrina thought. ‘As long as I live through it, the five million is more than enough for me to finally go back and visit my mother's grave. What's left can be utilized for many things, at least Aino could keep it as an insurance for her future.’"Okay." She swiftly took the card and turned to leave.Sebastian p
"My, my, aren't you good at familiarizing with people," Emma drawled casually. "We have only spoken once yesterday and immediately you managed to recognize my voice. If you are this good at familiarizing yourself with people and are capable of getting all the men of the South City elite community to be brothers by sharing you six years ago. Why on earth would you pretend to be ordinary in front of Aire, flaunting how everything is beneath like a peacock in heat?"Emma was apparently skilled in the art of insulting someone, but Sabrina was not affected. "I will go to work as per usual, let's continue this conversation then!" And with that, she hung up. Her daughter was standing right next to her and the last thing Sabrina wanted was for Aino to realize that her mother was in conflict with someone. She squatted down to look Aino directly in the eyes and asked, "Why don't you tell mommy what daddy is doing?""Daddy is going on a business trip for a few days and won't be home until then. Y
She then looked over to Aino and Susan. "The two of you should hurry and go in now."After the two little girls had left hand in hand, the contempt on Susan's mother's expression was no longer concealed. She turned to Sabrina and asked, "Aino's mommy, what happened to your private transport?""My husband is on a business trip," Sabrina gritted out, trying to suppress the annoyance she felt."But your clothes! They are so ordinary, what difference is there from wandering out to the street in your pajamas when you are dressed like this?"Sabrina paused for a moment before saying, "Susan's mommy, what are you really trying to say?""Could it be that you sold the car and your branded clothes in order to gather up fifty thousand dollars? Be honest, are you the same kind of person like those other mothers, trying to pretend like you are rich when you are not? If that's your background, this group, no, this kindergarten has no place for your kind!" Susan's mother got increasingly agitated as
Sabrina didn't have to turn around to know that it was Emma, and so she didn't. She had thought it through, she might be weak, but she was still capable of ignorance. She planned on simply ignoring Emma whatever she decided to do with her. Sabrina didn't want much, she was content as long as she could live to see Aino grow up happily."No wonder they say dead pigs have no fear towards boiling water," said Emma as she walked towards Sabrina. She was followed by the manager of the Human Resources, the Director and the Design Director. All of them seemed extremely upset with Sabrina.Every person in the entire Design Department held their breath in anticipation, even the women who kept bothering Sabrina were anxious with the feeling that something catastrophic was going to happen. The men, too, were worried about Sabrina."Your colleagues must all be wondering," Emma continued, "why wouldn't you fight back despite how much I've made you suffer, so much so that you show up at work obedient
"Oh my God, this skank even has a daughter?""Skanks will always be skanks! She sure was good at hiding it!""Who knew a skank like her could be so charming that the guys in the office had fallen head over heels for her, I seriously suspect that some of them had already been contaminated by this woman. Hey, you guys better run to the hospital to check for STD," Linda shouted mockingly. She was the one who hated Sabrina most, after Ruth.The men she spoke directly to were William Kiel, Lucas Clark, Joel Dunn and Andrew Schamber. They looked at one another in the midst of rage. The four of them liked Sabrina, not in a romantic way. But they all agreed that though she looked quiet and powerless, Sabrina had shown determination and perseverance within her. She had been bullied by Ruth since the first day she joined the company, but managed to handle Ruth without a warning; she was then isolated by Linda and her friends, but still she helped resolve the issue that Linda had caused and even
Sabrina couldn't help but gasp. She never thought Emma would come up with such a way to punish her. Ruth, who was still holding the pair of old shoes, was also stunned. Ruth might walk around saying that she was from a wealthy background, she was barely capable enough to brag in front of the normal working class and was hardly comparable to ladies of truly wealthy families. The only reason she was called over by Emma was nothing more than to run errands for her. Emma did not even spare a look at her when they were in her car, it was only when the car passed by a bridge that Emma pulled out a thousand dollars and passed it over to Ruth."Go on, go buy a pair of old shoes from that cobbler over there," she had ordered.Ruth didn't understand why she needed old shoes and asked, stuttering. "Miss....Ms. Poole, what...what do you need them for?""To hang them around Sabrina's neck," Emma replied cheerfully.That was the moment Ruth realized how creative the second lady of the Poole Family w
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