Sabrina narrowed her eyes in contempt. The woman paled in fear and continued to explain frantically. "It's just...your friend's parents really did borrow a million dollars from us. They said that they needed the money for their other daughter, who was sick and needed treatment to survive. They said they are sending the other daughter here to me and that they didn't care if I sold her off as long as she is alive. I was only doing this because they couldn't pay me back, it's not like I could just give out a million dollars like that, right? That's why-""I get it." Sabrina refused to look at the woman and tightened her arms around Ruth."Pl-please have mercy on us," the woman pleaded."Clothes!" Sabrina roared again."I'll have them hurry!"Very soon, the woman came back with two enormous bags of clothes."Shower room!"The woman hurriedly took Sabrina and Ruth to the shower room."Ruth, take a shower and put on some clothes. I'll take you home.""Thank you, Sabrina. Thank you so much,"
"Sabrina, I...do you know what it feels like to be deceived, betrayed and tossed aside by your own kin?" Ruth asked in tears. Then she shook her head and continued, "You don't. Your father is no longer around, but he loved you with all his heart when he was still alive. Your mother is missing, but she loved you too. You wouldn't know how it feels to be deceived and sold out by your own parents. I don't think I can live like this any longer, Sabrina."Sabrina patted Ruth on her hand. "You are your own person, Ruth. Stay strong. I...I can understand what you are saying, I know the feeling.""You do?""Yeah. To be cut off, insulted and hurt by your father, I can empathize with what you feel," she responded gloomily. She lifted her glance to meet Ruth's eyes. "Tell me, what did they do to you?"Ruth flinched as she recalled what her parents had done to her."They..." Her sight was blurred from all the tears, her voice was trembling in despair and helplessness. "I...did you know, Sabri
But she also knew that she wasn't worthy enough to have him. Just as Ruth lowered her face to hide her blush and struggled to find the right words, Ryan lifted her chin up with his injured arm. His fingers held her jaw in place and forced her to look him in the eyes."Look at me," he said. Ruth's blush darkened and he smirked. "You can't act like this didn't happen! I saved your life today, so you are going to have to repay me with yourself. You don't have the right to reject me now, you are going to be my wife whether you like it or not!"Before Ruth could react in any way, the man had already wrapped his other arm around her waist and pulled her towards him. "Master Ryan, don't..."Her mind went blank and lost herself in what happened next. She had no idea when Ryan managed to tear her clothes off or lift her up to the bed, but by the time she came to, she was snuggled up in his arms."Ma-Master Ryan." She couldn't bring herself to lift her head up. Were her clothes even wearable at
Upon hearing that her mother was sick, Ruth's heart ached. "Mom...how did she get sick?""Because you pissed her off!" Her father snapped.Ruth's voice trembled. "Dad, what exactly did I do wrong? Are you doing this to me simply because I refused to help my cousin? I can understand that you want to be nice to her because she lost her parents when she was still a child. I've never protested that you favor her over me. But she went as far as to attack me with sulfuric acid, and mom is angry at me instead? If you don't want me as your daughter, just say so, dad. I'll just stay away from now on. Don't worry, though, I will still pay every penny to support you and mom."Ruth had never been so determined before until now. She was devastated!Her father's tone softened at her words. "You have always had your parents right by your side for your entire life, do you have any idea how frustrating life could be for a kid without parents? Try putting yourself in her shoes. What if both of your pare
How could a father not notice his daughter blushing. What was she thinking? Her father spluttered, "You! You two are together?"Ruth flashed crimson and muttered, "Dad...he is going to marry me."Her father was silent, his expression darkened for a split second. But Ruth was too focused on being embarrassed that she failed to notice it."Dad, I'll just give Ryan a call and let him know," she said, still reed.Her father nodded. "Sure."Ruth pulled her phone out and called Ryan. Ryan had just woken up to a red heart-shaped note on his nightstand that read 'Hubby, I went down to get you breakfast. If you wake up to this note, call me and let me know if you want anything specific'.Ryan chuckled at the heart-warming note. "That little woman sure knows how to take care of me."It was almost as soon as he finished reading the note that his phone rang, and he picked it up. "Hello?""Ryan," said Ruth. She was too shy to call him 'hubby' in front of her father, but Ryan wasn't having it."Call
"What are we doing?" Ruth's mother stepped out of her room and kicked at Ruth. "You little skank! Where is your conscience? How dare you step over our sister to get into the elite community? Huh? How could you be this cheap? Do you really want to really be a part of the elite society that badly? Do you want to take your sister's resources from her that badly? Aren't you sisters? How could you be this cheap? How shameless!"Her mother kicked Ruth a few times, more viciously. Ruth wailed in pain, she couldn't see a thing with her head in the sack, so she could only plead. "Mom, can you please just take this off me first? Let me out and-and you can scold me or beat me however you want, okay?""We can let you out!" said her father. "But not until we take your phone and every last penny you own from your bag. We have to tie you up before we remove the sack."Her parents immediately leaped into action after that to go through her bag. Her phone, cash and the shopping card Sabrina had given h
"You have driven yourself insane thinking about climbing your way up the social ladder! But you never belong! You are a Mann, not a Shaw! Do you really think that you can rule over South City and Kidon City simply because you have the support of the old Master Shaw? Just how stupid can you be? You want to marry my husband-to-be, but do you know how he sees you? You are barely even a maggot to him! Wealthy families are not as simple as you think they are! A woman like you, who would harm your own cousin only for a chance to marry into a wealthy family, will never become a lady of high status! You will always be pathetic!""Go to hell!" Mindy gritted out. She was surprised at herself for actually listening to what Ruth had to say about her. She pulled at Ruth's hair viciously and barked, "Uncle, auntie, get me a knife, now! I'm going to destroy her face, let's see how Master Ryan would like that!"Destroy her face? Ruth couldn't care less. She had found peace in her heart and could final
"Say, Sabrina..." Ruth's eyes were swollen from all the crying at this point. "Are they really my parents? I've always cared for them, I even plan on giving them most of my salary once I get it, keeping only a small part to cover my own expenses. They were supposed to be my family, but now..."After narrowly escaping a fate worse than death, Ruth didn't know whether she was supposed to hate them. All she knew was that her heart was filled with nothing but pain. Sabrina didn't know what she should say. She, too, was doubting if Mr. and Mrs. Mann were actually Ruth's parents. But who was she to comment on this? Her own father was merciless towards her as well. Sabrina handed a tissue to Ruth and comforted her. "Don't cry, Ruth, you survived it. It's always darkest before dawn, you know? You are an adult now, there are still going to be a lot of obstacles that await you in the future, but you will have your own family after marrying Ryan and having your own children. You have no idea how
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