And yet, Emma never expected that she would trip and fall in the hands of a five-year-old girl. The bottle of acid in her hands had cracked open slightly when she fell and poured right onto her back. She was pierced by glass and now burned by acid. It hurt so badly!Emma’s howls of pain were so loud they could almost bring the roof down. “Ryan…Ryan, please, save me, send me to hospital now! I need anesthesia right now! As long as you save me, I’ll…let you in on an important piece of information…”Ryan finally took out his phone and called the ambulance. But it wasn’t because he was curious about the nugget of information she was offering, nor was it because of his pity toward his cousin. It was because a woman like her was a sore sight to behold.The ambulance arrived in an instant. They heaved Emma onto a stretcher, loaded her into the ambulance, and drove away. The private room was cleaned and finally enveloped in peace and quiet.Amongst four of Sebastian’s blood brothers, Ryan
“Master Sebastian, I just saw her too. I’ll follow her right now, this time I’m confident I can catch up to her,” Kingston said over the phone.Sebastian glanced at Sabrina.“What’s wrong, Sebastian?” Sabrina asked.He shook his head and hung up the phone. “Nothing.”At that moment, seated in the car, Kingston stared at the homeless woman unblinkingly. She looked like a beggar, her clothes torn and dirty, her hair matted together into a clump with dirt. Her long hair covered her face, so Kingston could see nothing but only her eyes. Her eyes were strained on the clubhouse. Her level of concentration made Kingston feel like she might barge inside at any moment.While she was fully concentrated on the clubhouse, Kingston opened the car door and hurtled toward her. Unexpectedly, her reflexes were well-honed. She had noticed him leaving his car and before he reached her, she turned and ran. She ran recklessly, straight into the busy roads and ignoring the oncoming traffic. Fortunately, she
Kelvin White was dumbfounded.“Then what kind of bee are you?”“I don’t think you look like a bumblebee, you’re much fatter than a bumblebee. Are you a hornet then? But you’re not as cute as a hornet. And even if you’re a hornet, you’re not the kind of bee I like. I like tiny, cute little bees, like sweat bees. Uncle Kelvin, do you know what sweat bees are?”Kelvin laughed. “I want a daughter!”Aino frowned. “Huh?”“No! I want two daughters! I’m worried one alone wouldn’t be enough to fight against your daughter!” Kelvin smirked at Sebastian.Sebastian sneered. “Even if you had three daughters, they might not be able to take on my daughter.”“You…”Sebastian started straight ahead, completely refusing to look at Kelvin. The few people beside them wanted to laugh, but suppressed their urge to do so.“I…I want to steal your daughter away from you! Raise her as mine!”“No, I only want my parents!” Aino immediately climbed onto her father’s lap.“I’ll buy you lots of beautiful dresses.”“N
Sabrina was shocked too when she heard his words. She didn’t realize that he would take it so seriously even though he never said it out loud. She never forgot her hatred for the Lynn family. Who said he was cruel and cold-blooded? Her husband was the most loyal and sentimental man there ever was.At that moment, Sabrina’s gaze that looked at Sebastian was gentler than ever. She looked at her husband like an adoring fangirl, sitting beside him like the good and gentle wife she was.“I heard that Old Master Shaw personally sent the Lynns onto Star Island?” Kelvin asked Sebastian in confirmation.Sebastian nodded. “That’s right.”“Ryan!” Kelvin looked at Ryan again. “What’s happening? We all know the old man’s influence is mainly in Kidon City. His most loyal subordinate is your uncle, Emma and Autumn’s father, and what’s his name again? Axel Poole…”“Why are you scared of him?” Ryan asked.“I’m not!” Kelvin said brutishly. “I’m worried he’ll cause trouble for Sebastian. Now that he has
When Jane smiled, her eyebrows curled beautifully into little crescents. She was extremely beautiful too, the kind of beauty that was reminiscent of a precious flower that was delicately watered and trimmed every day. Her figure and physical appearance were carefully curated, her dressing sense too did not lose out to Sabrina at all. With a mere glance, Sabrina could tell she was the kind of woman who was well-protected by her man and yet didn’t act out based on that love and protection. She was obedient and well-mannered, but she was not delicate or squeamish. Instead, she was gentle and carried herself with ease and confidence. But Sabrina was different, she had edges. Even when she was quiet, she emitted a cold and hard vibe. And now, much of her coldness had evaporated, and in its place was an independence carved by her career success. Jane admired her for that. She was uncontrollably attracted to her. It might be because Ryan had been extremely nice to Sabrina right from the sta
Sebastian focused all his attention on her, but didn’t hear her say a single word. Raising his head, he saw that Sabrina’s face was flushed as red as a ripe tomato.“Refuse to talk?” he huffed. “If you don’t tell me, we’ll see how I punish you tonight.”Sabrina’s laugh was both sweet and cheeky. “You can punish me, I don’t mind. I enjoy your punishment. I like you punishing me.”Sebastian huffed again. “That’s because I never punished you seriously. If I did, you wouldn’t be able to leave the bed for a week. By then, the job that those ladies admire you so much for, do you think you can still…?”“Don’t!” Sabrina lifted her hand and covered the man’s lips. “I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you, okay?”Sebastian looked at her expectantly. “Alright, tell me.”“Jane asked me, how did I…control you. Whether I have any techniques, physically, to make you so compliant.” Sabrina’s face was once again as red as the burning sun. Sebastian was speechless. She controlled him! She controlled him? But seein
Nigel had been quite close with Marcus recently, and surprisingly, Marcus was the one who approached Nigel. Maybe it was because he noticed Nigel had been improving himself recently, becoming more and more responsible, so Marcus wanted to cooperate with him on more projects. Nevertheless, he didn’t bring Nigel to the office today to discuss work. Nigel was the one who had asked Marcus to bring him here just to see Sabrina. Nigel grabbed Sabrina’s arm, asking her anxiously, “Sabrina! Did you know that the Lynns have escaped to Star Island?”Sabrina raised her eyebrows. “And?”Nigel was still anxious. “You knew about it?”Sabrina merely glanced at Marcus silently. Marcus immediately lowered his head. “Yes…my grandfather did help the three of them escape there. Sabrina, all I can do is apologize. I…I couldn’t stop my grandfather. Not only that, he tried to hide it from me. If I had known, I would have definitely stopped him, I’m sorry.”Sabrina shook her head. “It’s all right, this has n
Sabrina turned and saw Old Master Shaw.“Grandpa!” Marcus looked at this grandfather, slightly mad. “You’re too much!”Old Master Shaw studied his grandson with sharp eyes. “Marcus! Are you angry at me for coming to my own grandson’s company? You haven’t been home in a week, not even when your parents call you and ask you to come home, and now I can’t come to your company to visit my grandson?”Ever since Marcus found out Old Master Shaw orchestrated the Lynn family’s escape to Star Island, he was so angry he didn’t go home. Instead, he chose to stay in a hotel where none of his family could find him.“You can!” Marcus said patiently. “But why are you biased against Sabrina?”The old man barked out coldly, “Am I biased against her? This is fact! Look at her, does she look at all like the lady of a rich and famous family? Fooling around with two men in public and corrupting public morals, you think you’re doing so well, don’t you? You are such an embarrassment!”Sabrina looked at the ol
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