"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
Ruth's heart sank. She had been hurt by her parents, and her only hope now was Ryan. Why didn't he tell her that he was getting discharged?Frustrated, Sabrina whined, "That Poole brat! Some man he is!" Ruth shook her head. "Sabrina, this isn't Master Ryan's fault. He called me but my phone was on silent mode, so I didn't notice it. When I did, I didn't dare to pick it up. I went through the history and he had called me a couple of times the first day I was gone, but after that...he just stopped.""Let me call him and ask him about it," said Sabrina."I tried." Ruth shook her head again with a bitter smile. "His phone has been turned off."Sabrina took her phone out and planned on calling Sebastian to get him to call Ryan and find out what was happening with this nephew of his. Just as she was about to do so, her phone rang. She glanced at it and sneered. She looked up at Ruth. "It's from Ryan, do you want to take this?""You should answer it, Sabrina," Ruth muttered, trapped in her o
On the other side of the line, Ryan explained carefully, "Babe, I'll tell you but promise me you won't beat me up for it."For a moment, Ruth was amused by Ryan's mannerism. Why would she beat him up? She couldn't treasure him enough. "Just tell me already.""That cousin of yours...she is asking me out.""What?!" Ruth exclaimed, almost dropping the phone. She finally realized what Ryan had meant by 'something urgent'. Tears began welling up her eyes. “And...and how do you feel about that?"Before Ryan could reply, Sabrina snatched the phone from Ruth. Sternly, she asked into the phone, "Young Master Poole, are you saying that you want to date Mindy?""As if!" Ryan snorted in contempt. "She is nothing but an Emophila! Let me tell you, Aunt Sabrina, I finally know where my Ruth inherited the Emophilia, it's from her cousin! I've been telling Ruth to chase her cousin out!"Sabrina smiled bitterly. "She will have to have support from her parents first to do that.""What do you mean?""It d
Ruth's expression eased into a smile. Seeing that Ruth had recovered, Sabrina could finally relax slightly. She did not even step foot in the office for the entire day and went straight home after picking Aino up. Upon arriving at their residential area, Sabrina subconsciously looked around her in search of those familiar eyes. But no matter how hard or long she looked, she couldn't find them. Sabrina returned home with a heavy heart, and remained gloomy during dinner and her playtime with Aino afterward.Sebastian came home to her like this. "What's wrong?"She sighed. "Sebastian, my mom...do you think she is still alive?"Sebastian didn't know what to say. He couldn't be certain of the answer so he couldn't promise her anything. He could only hold her close.That night, the two entwined into one with her taking most of the initiative. As though that wasn't enough, she seemed extremely eager to have another child. Each time, she would ask, "We have been together for a few months now,
Sabrina's expression remained composed. Next to her, Aino had just finished dressing herself up. She looked at her mother, doe-eyed. "Mommy, who is calling? Where is daddy? Daddy hasn't been having breakfast at home lately, he doesn't have time to play with me at night either, so I'm mad at daddy now. Is daddy calling to tell me he is sorry? If he is, tell daddy I forgive him. But he still has to come home at night to have dinner with me. I also want to see him in the morning, then only I will forgive him! Hmph!"The little princess was proud. Though she said she was not forgiving her father, in between every word were her thoughts and love towards the man.Hearing what the little girl had said, the person on the other side of the call had only grown more smug. "Aha! Sabrina! You pretend like the three of you are one sweet harmonious family on the outside, when actually your man isn't even home days and nights! Sabrina! You have been faking it! I've finally caught you red-handed!"Sabr
Sabrina sneered, "Selene Lynn! I see you still haven't figured it out! Let me tell you something, it doesn't matter if my husband wins. The three of us will remain as a family; whereas the three of you in the Lynn family will never escape me. I will never let you go! Even if I have nothing left but my teeth, I'm still going to tear you apart! No matter where you run to!" And with that, Sabrina hung up decisively.Over on the other side of the line, Selene was stunned and did not recover from the shock for a while. She had been messing with Sabrina, but never had she realized that Sabrina's hatred toward them had deepened to this extent. She suddenly felt a chill down her spine, startling her into jumping from her seat."Miss, are you alright?" one of the maids on the island asked."Scram!" Selene roared, and the maid immediately ran out in tears. Selene immediately made a call to the old Master Shaw. "Grandpa! I want Sabrina dead, she has to die!"The old Master Shaw was beginning
The old Master Shaw was instantly relieved. "Are you going to tell me that that kid Ryan is going on a date with you?""Yes, Grandpa Shaw!" Mindy replied proudly.Pleased with the news, the old Master Shaw said, "Good, let's set the venue for your date at Grandpa Shaw's house. Just think of it as a casual meal.""Okay, anything you say," she said, before pausing for a moment and suggesting, "Grandpa Shaw, I want to invite a few socialites who used to be close with me over as well! They all avoided me ever since Sebastian ordered to cut me off, so I want them to see that, even though Nigel broke up with me, I still managed to attract the interest of the young Master of Kidon City! This is the day I shine, Grandpa Shaw! From now on, one of your granddaughters will marry into the Poole family, while the other will marry Sebastian Ford. You are going to be the old man that holds the highest power in all of South City and Kidon City!"The elderly man was grinning from ear to ear at her
The old Master Shaw had teamed up with the Pooles against Sebastian, and Sebastian himself was focused on taking over Star Island, so there was no way that he would have the time to care if Mindy visited the Shaw family. The other reason Mindy had stopped coming to visit the Shaw Family was because of her cousin Marcus. Her cousin had always cared for her deeply since they were young, at least until Sabrina appeared six years ago. His attitude toward her changed drastically and, by now, he had grown sick of her. On top of that, he was starting to grow fond of Ruth instead. Was it because Ruth was close with Sabrina?"Sabrina Scott! I, Mindy Mann, am going to beat you! Together with Selene, we are going to defeat you and show that once a prisoner, you will always be a prisoner. Just like you were six years ago. I am going to strip you down to nothing and have you kneel before you crawl your way out of South City!" With an egocentric ambition in heart, Mindy stepped into the Shaw reside
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