Meanwhile, Sabrina could not find peace within her at all. She knew that she was stuck in the middle of a whirlpool with danger lurking at every corner. The members of the Lynn Family would do everything in their power to make sure she suffered. She was aware that Nigel considered his kindness to her as mere charity. She ultimately knew that the reason Sebastian kept her around despite finding out about her pregnancy was simply for his mother's sake. She was another lowly woman who had no one to depend on in this society. She could only remind herself to be cautious, over and over again. She went straight into her bedroom as soon as she entered Sebastian's house and refused to step out, not even for food, when in truth, she was starving.She waited until eleven at night before finally coming out with a basin. She assumed Sebastian and Selene would not be in the living room and headed towards the bathroom to get some hot water for a bath, and to her surprise, she found Sebastian si
Sabrina did not register the woman before her as Mindy, but she instantly recognized Marcus."Excuse me," she said politely, as the two were blocking her way to the counter. She slid by them and walked towards the counter."Excuse me, I've received a couple of calls from Master Tong and I...I am here to return the camera...the cost of it, I mean.""May I know how to address you ma'am?" The lady at the cashier asked."Ms. Sabrina. I rented a digital camera that was worth $1,500 USD from you four days ago, and I am here today to return it...the cost of it," Sabrina repeated."Ms. Sabrina!" The lady seemed delighted to see her and responded, "please bear with me a moment. Our boss has been looking everywhere for you."Sabrina watched in silence. Her stomach sank as she knew that she was three days late and was worried the boss would accuse her of breaching the terms.‘It should be fine, I have $3,000 USD with me right now. This had to be enough to pay them back.’ The thought of
If the camera was not lost, she no longer needed the money she borrowed from Nigel."So...I didn't have to pay?" Sabrina asked cheerfully."Not even the rental fee," said Master Tong."Thank, thank you, thank you so much. I...I would get going then?" Sabrina reconfirmed in relief."Yes, of course, Miss Scott."Sabrina sighed a long breath of relief and walked out of the Leasing Center feeling like all troubles were behind her."Miss Scott, if I could borrow a minute of your time," Marcus called out from behind her. He instantly realized that Sabrina had asked to borrow $2,000 USD from him back at the banquet to compensate for a lost camera, and $2,000 USD could not even compare to what Marcus spent for a single meal."What did you need, Mr. Shaw?" Sabrina asked."Do you still need the money?" Marcus asked, struggling as to where he should start to explain himself."As you could see, I...no longer need it," Sabrina smiled gently."I had thought that you were one of those young
From Sebastian's point of view, she was simply playing hard to get with Marcus and the thought had him scowling wordlessly."Master Shaw..." Kingston exclaimed, "Master Shaw comes from a very strict background. The old Master of the Shaw Family would never allowed him to be involved in any scandal.” “Besides, Master Shaw was very disciplined himself as well, how did..." Kingston looked over to Sebastian and immediately stopped himself from continuing. He meant to say that Sabrina was too resourceful to have not only successfully bound herself to Master Sebastian, but somehow managed to have flings with Master Nigel and with a self-disciplined elite such as Master Shaw. She was far from an ordinary woman. However, he refrained from commenting further upon seeing the viciousness on Sebastian's face.Meanwhile, both Sabrina and Marcus were unaware that Sebastian witnessed every detail of their interaction from his car parked not far away."Mr. Shaw, please leave me alone!" She dema
Her son had visited her at noon and had brought her all sorts of nutritious delicacies for lunch, which she was fed up with at this point. She craved nothing more than a normal home-cooked meal, and today, her wish came true."My daughter-in-law is the sweetest," Grace praised sincerely."If you really like it this much, I am more than willing to bring you lunch every day. With that small side income I got, it should be enough to keep both of us fed," Sabrina smiled joyfully from her heart, feeling as lucky as though she came across the money on the road."Let me tell you a little secret. I couldn’t care for the dishes made by famous cooks that my son has been bringing me. I'd rather have what you brought me. I'm going to forbid Sebastian from ever bringing me lunch, and I would only be eating food brought to me by my sweet Sabbie!" Grace picked fun at her son in front of Sabrina playfully."Deal!" Sabrina raised her hand to high-five with Grace, and the two laughed cheerfully. Non
"What do you want?" Sabrina's tone remained composed and distant."Don't you think that you are good-for-nothing, Sabrina? I kidnapped you and almost had you killed. Master Sebastian might have gotten you out, but he didn't have the heart to punish me even when he knew that I was behind it. Up until now I am still unscathed, what a loser of a wife you are!" Selene vented in frustration arrogantly."Keep harassing me on the phone and I will tell Master Sebastian's mother about this. So the next time when she comes looking for you and your mother, it won't be to get your mother to just slap you, but to completely destroy that face of yours. I look forward to finding out how you could marry Sebastian with a ruined face!""Why you..." Selene was at complete loss of words from the fierceness in Sabrina's tone. She paused for a few moments before sneering mysteriously and continued, "Just you wait, Sabrina. Soon a grand show will be made out of you for all to see!""What do you mean?" Sa
Burning the midnight oil to design drafts was Sabrina's favorite hobby and was also the major she had studied in university. Her encounter with Aunt Grace in prison had been most fruitful as Aunt Grace was a professional in architecture; the two clicked right off the bat with most of their conversations focusing on the subject. Aunt Grace was experienced in the field and had taught Sabrina much within the two years they spent together in prison, which was the reason why Sabrina managed to enrich her knowledge on the field despite being in prison.She completed the drafts of her proposal by herself in three days, utilizing the time she had after work. What set her apart was that she had drafted the designs by hand, as she didn't have access to a computer. In the bedroom that was hardly spacious to begin with, crumbled papers of her drafts began to surround her feet as the night went by.The next day, she woke up late as she had overslept and rushed out to work, forgetting to close the
"Please get out of the way!" Sabrina demanded in disgust, not bothering to cast a look at the woman in front of her. She never liked girls from wealthy backgrounds, always sticking their noses to where they didn't belong. Mindy blocked Sabrina's way and continued to ask, "You are in desperate need of money?""Mind your own business!" Sabrina retorted."I know you are just another girl who wants to climb your way to the top but has no clue how you could go about doing that. Choosing to be one of the waitresses at the banquet that the Ford family held for the purpose of finding Master Sebastian a wife, and using that as a stepping stone was quite ambitious. Unfortunately, you only ended up being used by Sebastian."Sabrina had no intention of wasting her time with this woman and wanted nothing more than to leave with all the food she had bought, but was helpless with Mindy blocking her way at the entrance."You have good taste," Mindy carried on, "to have picked out my cousin Marcu
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