Next to the entrance, Marcus turned around and saw Mindy, still frozen in place where Selene once stood. She stood alone, her eyes socket sank deeply into her skin, giving her the resemblance of a sewer rat."You ugly troll! You were bullying my mommy at the door just now, why are you still here? Aren't you sisters with that other troll? She is already gone, why aren't you gone too?" Aino confronted her sharply within her great-grandfather's arms.Mindy couldn't respond in any way. She simply looked at Marcus with an unspoken plea in her eyes. Marcus, on the other hand, stared back fiercely. The judgment and contempt was undeniable in his eyes. Mindy's heart sank into despair at the realization that her cousin had lost any form of sympathy for her."Cousin Marcus..." she tried again."Don't call for me!" He rejected her plea in an instant.Tears welled up in Mindy's eyes as she struggled to call out again. "Grandpa Shaw..."The old Master Shaw didn't have the heart to ignore her.
Kingston nodded seriously. "Yes.""Do not tell Sabrina about this just yet," Sebastian commanded expressionlessly."I understand, Master Sebastian, but...Mrs. Ford said she wanted to go back to her hometown a few days ago, and now...""Everything will go as she planned. She hasn't been back for a long time now, it's normal that she wants to go pay a visit. I'll go with her, maybe then I'll be able to pick up some hints on this.""Yes, Master Sebastian! I'll take my leave now," said Kingston. Though his cousin was here as a guest, he still felt that it would be inappropriate for an assistant like him to remain in the hall unless he was summoned.After Kingston left, Sabrina leaned over to Sebastian curiously. "What happened?"Sebastian paused for a moment before explaining, "I asked Kingston to send the old Master Shaw and Marcus back. He came back to report to me that Marcus refused his offer and will send his grandfather home himself.""Oh...""Do you hate him?"Sabrina shrug
The lady wasn't lying. A beauty like her would look great in anything."Hehe! Aunty, I'm giving you my medicine candy!" Aino jumped up and down cheerfully and propped herself up, trying to deliver the candy into the lady's mouth.The lady instinctively blurted out, "Little princess, is this candy a soft one or a hard one?""It's hard on the outside and soft on the inside," Aino whispered mischievously.The lady instantly understood her intention and refused to become yet another victim of her prank. She placed the candy into her mouth gingerly and bit down. "Oh...it really is soft! Really sweet, too!""Hahaha! I wasn't tricking you, aunty!" Aino laughed smugly."Mm...very sweet!" The lady replied, and she wasn't simply referring to the candy. The Ford couple and their little princess had filled the air with sweetness from the way they interacted with one another. Though there had been incidents at the very beginning, the party ended on a good note.The family banquet had introd
Amused by the interaction, Kingston let out a laugh. He tried to hold it in but didn't manage to do so. He choked and started coughing hysterically, which woke the little princess who was deeply asleep just moments ago."Uncle Kingston, what are you laughing at?" Aino asked dazedly."I- I wasn't laughing, just coughing," Kingston explained, still trying to catch his breath."You are obviously coughing because of laughing too hard. Is there something funny? Tell me so I can laugh too."Kingston remained quiet as he tried to think of an excuse.But the little princess was determined. "Mommy, what was Uncle Kingston laughing about?"Sabrina blushed a crimson brighter than even the color one would see on melted metal. She buried her face into the crook of Sebastian's neck and refused to answer the question."Fine!" Aino lifted an eyebrow at her father wordlessly.Finally, Sebastian caved and answered, "Your mom said she is going to pamper me.""That's what Uncle Kingston was laughing about
"Mention his name in front of me again and I'll break his legs and throw him into a coursing river," Sebastian deadpanned.Both Sabrina and Kingston were stunned.Kingston glanced back helplessly and thought to himself, "Mrs. Ford, you...how could you...You have been with Master Sebastian for some time now, you know that he is a henpecked man, but how do you miss the fact that he also gets jealous very easily?"Sabrina gaped at the man next to him in disbelief. She couldn't comprehend the tenderness he showed towards her today, especially when he put her heels on for her for everyone to see. She felt like she was walking on clouds, wondering how it was possible for a man to be so gentle and caring. But at this moment, it was almost as though he was possessed by another spirit. No. This was his true self! The man who lovingly put her shoes on for her, who walked around with his arm wrapped around her waist and stood up for her was not him!Frustrated, Sabrina turned around and sulke
Tonight would be the night that he punished her. But instead of a punishment, it was more like a gift. In the end, even he himself didn’t know whether he was punishing her or the other way round. Perhaps it could be a reward, in a way?“Should I carry you to the bathroom for a shower?” he asked her gently.“No! I just showered.”After a few seconds, Sebastian said, “Come on, be a good girl. I haven’t showered yet.”“No!”Sebastian sighed. “Have you forgotten what you promised Yvonne and Ruth this morning? That you’ll bring Aino shopping with them. You are not allowed to go tomorrow if you continue to insist. So be a good girl.”Sabrina was speechless. How could he say that? She was so angry that she wanted to bite him hard on the shoulder, however, she was reluctant to bite him hard. In the end, she gave in and let him carry her to the bathroom.“Who said I can’t handle someone like you!” Sebastian teased. Sabrina wasn’t sure how to respond.“Turn over!” he ordered.“Hmph, I’m
Sebastian was confused. Was she dreaming that he was washing her feet? He couldn’t help laughing. How dare she! He took a blanket and covered both of them. Then, he took a nice picture of them with his phone. In an instant, the photo was posted on the Ford Group’s official website, with the caption, “Goodnight”.His happiness was brought by the mother-daughter duo. Making Sabrina and Aino happy, that was what he wanted to do his whole life. Tonight, many who slept late had witnessed the happiness of the director of the Ford Group. Some wished for their happiness while others cursed them. The Lynn family was definitely cursing them. It was a sleepless night for them. More precisely, Lincoln, Jade and Selene were sleepless after they got kicked out from the Ford mansion.“You piece of thrash! At the party, you started to pity Sabrina, didn’t you?” Jade lashed out at Lincoln.Lincoln glared at Jade angrily. “Isn’t it normal for me to pity her? Look at what you and your daughter did.
Lincoln and Jade looked at Selene. At that moment, Selene was very calm. Her eyes were vicious. “Daddy, Mum, there’s no chance of redemption for us whatever we do. If that’s true, why not cause more trouble?”Even a cornered dog would jump over the wall. The same went to Selene. She was clear about what she would do. If she were to continue to stay in South City, she had no chance of marrying Sebastian, and she might even lose her life. There was nothing more important than her own life.She told Lincoln and Jade her plan and both were shocked after listening to her plan. Recovering, Lincoln asked, “Are you sure this would work? We are not familiar with the place, plus…”“Daddy, we will die eventually if we continue to stay here doing nothing,” Selene interrupted. “Or, perhaps you don’t want to leave Sabrina?”Lincoln immediately refuted. “That’s impossible! Every minute and every second of the day, she wants me dead. Why would I want to stay with her?”Selene smirked. “Good then.
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