Ever since she ran into the dirty and disheveled woman, all Sabrina wanted was to return home as soon as possible to take a look at her mother’s grave. In fact, she was desperate to do so. If only she could fly home right now.Sebastian’s lips gently pecked her forehead. “Apply for a leave tomorrow, I’ll book the flight tickets.”“Thanks, dear.” Sabrina slowly curled up in Sebastian’s arms and fell asleep, feeling safe and sound.Monday came.Even though her weekend had been quite eventful, Sabrina had still managed to find the time to draft some designs. As per Sebastian’s instructions, she went to see the director in the morning with the drafts in her hand to apply for leave. She planned to apply for a week’s break, so as to not miss out on too much work.However, the minute she walked into the building with her briefcase in hand, Sabrina ran into a few of her male colleagues. One of them, William Kiel, seemed very excited to see her. “Sabrina! You’ll have to give us snacks as
Ruth shuddered, as if she could sense the pair of eyes behind stalking her.“What’s wrong, Ruth?” Sabrina asked with a concerned look.Ruth simply smiled, “I just felt a cold breeze blow against me. Maybe it’s because I wore too little out today, since I wanted to look pretty, haha.”Sabrina smiled back and said, “You do look beautiful today.”“Thank you, but it's all thanks to you.” Even though Ruth was used to wearing expensive clothes, she was still extremely grateful to Sabrina for the clothes she had bought her. After all, her clothes were mostly hand-me-downs from Mindy that either didn’t fit her or that she didn’t like anymore. Unlike Sabrina, Mindy would never bring Ruth shopping or give her a chance to pick out the clothes she liked. At the thought of this, Ruth started to wonder if she had been blind in the past. How could she have resented Sabrina so much, scheming various tricks and plans to entrap her, when she was such a nice girl, one that was truly loyal to her f
Ruth’s phone suddenly rang as they were queuing up to pay.It was the phone that Sabrina had bought for Ruth yesterday. When she heard it ring, Sabrina started to tease her friend, saying, “It must be Master Ryan. You’ve just registered this number yesterday, so who else could it be? Say, now that you don’t want to marry him anymore, it looks like he’s coming after you instead. I bet he’s going to ask you out for dinner now”Ruth simply laughed at Sabrina’s remark as she held her phone up to look at the caller ID. When she saw who was calling, the smile on her lips instantly froze.It was her mother.Yesterday, after Sabrina had bought her the phone, the first thing Ruth did was call home.She desperately wanted to reconcile with her parents. Regardless of what happened, they were still her parents, and she couldn’t keep staying at Yvonne’s house. However, her parents didn’t share the same sentiment. The second the call connected, they began screaming at her. “You damn wench! Wh
“You witch! I’ll burn you to death! I’ll disfigure your face! Let’s see how you seduce rich men then! How dare you enjoy life when I was suffering! Ever since you got lucky, bad things started happening to me. First, my fiancé declared that he didn’t want me anymore. Then Sebastian ordered everyone to stop working with me and just two days ago, you even humiliated me at the Ford family banquet! You b*tch, I hope you die a painful death! I want to burn off that face of yours!” Despite being restrained by two security guards, Mindy did not stop roaring madly.At the same time, Ryan’s wails of pain also filled the air. "You bitch! You’re so cruel! How could you think of pouring such strong acid on your cousin?! Ouch...it hurts so badly!"The acid had created a hole the size of a palm on Ryan's sleeve. In addition, there was a burn mark, about five centimeters in diameter on his arm now. Ryan, who clearly looked like he was in pain, could only grit his teeth as cold sweat began to roll d
After learning her lesson, Ruth had become more cautious, and would avoid engaging in shameful acts whenever possible. As such, before this incident happened, she wouldn’t even so much as allow Ryan to hold her hand. However, now that she felt indebted to him, Ryan felt as if he had finally conquered the little vixen.Right as he was about to kiss Ruth, Marcus and Yvonne suddenly barged into the room.Marcus was the first to speak. “Ryan, what happened, are you badly injured?”Yvonne, on the other hand, was more concerned about her friend. “Ruth, are you okay? You didn’t hurt your face, did you?”Ruth immediately turned around to look at them with tear-filled eyes. She was clearly despondent. After all, the only people who cared about her wellbeing now were the two new friends she had met not too long ago. On top of that, the one who saved her from disfigurement was her boyfriend, whom she had just agreed to be in a relationship with a few minutes ago.Meanwhile, the people clos
Sebastian’s tone immediately turned solemn as he asked, “What’s wrong?”After making sure Sabrina was queuing in front of them, he said to Sebastian softly, “It’s the Lynn family, something has happened to them.”Before Sebastian could say anything, Kingston continued anxiously, “None of the men we sent to keep watch on the Lynn family has seen them in days. It’s possible that Jade and Selene are afraid to walk out of the house because they’re embarrassed, but even so, Lincoln has work matters to attend to right? Yet throughout the entire afternoon, our men didn’t spot a single one of them leaving or returning. Thinking that it was suspicious, they barged in to take a look and found that all three of them weren’t at home.”Sebastian was clearly frustrated by this piece of news. “… How can this be?! Why are they not home?!” He never expected this at all.“When they were being questioned by our men, the Lynn family servants claimed that the three of them went out on vacation,” Kingst
Both of her parents didn’t know how to react to her request.Meanwhile, the large airport was completely crowded with other travelers. Many of them had recognized Sebastian, but no one dared approach him to ask for photos or socialize. His reputation as a fearsome man did not betray him after all. Yet it was precisely this man who was just about to play rock, paper, scissors with his wife.Kingston, who was standing beside them, immediately covered his mouth. If he didn’t, he would burst out laughing! After overhearing their conversation, he could not help feeling impressed by the Little Princess, who was an expert in torturing her father.Alright! Even the man they called the King of South City was helpless in front of this little girl.Rock, paper, scissors!The director of the Ford Group was about to play rock, paper, scissors with his wife at the airport. On top of that, he had to find a way to cheat.Sebastian knew that even though his daughter had asked the both of them to
Back in South City, Sebastian was in the middle of a meeting.He sat in the middle of the room while Aino lay beside him, fast asleep on the sofa that had been placed there temporarily for her. Sitting opposite him around the long oval table were approximately 30 men and women. They were all his trusted subordinates.Yet, he didn’t hesitate to answer Sabrina’s call in the middle of this tense meeting. He lifted his hand to silence them while speaking into the phone. “Did you manage to book a hotel room yet?”Sabrina answered gently, “Yeah, it’s the best hotel in this county. The bed is almost as big as ours at home, but it just feels empty without you and Aino beside me.”Anyone who knew her would describe Sabrina as an independent woman, one who wasn’t easily affected by solitude. However, for the past few months, their little family had rarely stayed apart. Now that she had to leave her husband and child behind, it was only natural for Sabrina to feel lonely. Because of that, she
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