Jane was seeing stars from all the beating she took before that, but immediately reacted by hanging onto Alex's leg. "Hel-help me, please help me. Take me away, I'll do anything, take me away, please?"Alex was dressed in a navy green uniform with a cloak thrown over it at the time. His majestic and righteous image instantly reassured her. Ben dared not utter a word and froze at the spot five meters away from them. Ben sat on the ground and crawled backward in fear that Alex might kick him to death the next instant. By then, Alex had squatted down. His splendid navy green cloak piled onto the ground, but he paid no mind to it getting dirty. He simply stared steadily at Jane, who was curling up on the floor with blood still streaming from the corner of her mouth. Still, she clung onto him with both of her arms."Help me...I can be your maid, I can do the hardest chores, all I ask is to be fed. Help me, please don't let me die, please?" She gazed desperately at Alex, but he remained sile
"She has suffered from long-term malnutrition. Her skin is pale and because of malnutrition and lack of exposure to sunlight, her bones are actually underdeveloped, about five years younger than her actual age. Her skin was pale and tender to the touch, but there were multiple injuries on her body. I suspect that she has been abused for years,” said the doctor. Alex paused for a moment before lowering his voice. "Just fix her, we will talk about the rest once she heals.""Understood!" The doctor responded hurriedly.Jane remained under medical care in the hospital for an entire week and all costs were covered by Alex. The medical charge itself was not much, considering that most of her injuries were minor. However, Alex had to spend a ton on supplements. He also took the time to look into Jane's past for the past week. It was hard for him to believe that something like this could happen in the modern world.Jane smiled sadly from her sick bed. "The world is huge and filled with wonder
A week after Alex had rescued Jane, he made her his in the hospital. The entire hospital knew that Jane was sent there by Alex and assumed that she was his. The doctors who worked there all had mixed feelings about the discovery. Female doctors and nurses who were still young and single couldn't help but feel bitter about it. After all, Alex Poole was the symbol of majestic power at a very young age in Kidon City. There were as many women in Kidon City who wanted to marry Alex as women in South City who dreamt of marrying Sebastian. And now, they had to watch him spend countless nights with the patient in her room. The way he carried her into the bathroom to wash up and how a blush appeared on the woman's pale face that was just as small as her palms. They even had to listen to her calling Alex 'hubby'. That was the story of how Jane was taken away in Alex's car to his home, all the while being the target of jealousy from many female doctors, nurses and even patients.All the servants
"Yes," she replied, tears welling in her eyes. "They took me for a paternity test."Alex listened to her silently."When we got older," Jane continued, as though she couldn't stop after starting to talk about the past, "there were more and more things that they had to spend on. My parents' business was just not making ends meet, so they sold the flat in order to send my siblings to school, but not me. I had to follow them back to their homeland, and they sold me off to a fool for two millions! I was imprisoned for four whole years. Four years without so much as seeing the sun. Do you know why I'm this pale? It's not like I'm this way because I did a lot of skincare, it's because I lived in the basement for four years without coming out at all. I cried, I shouted, but no one wanted to help because they think that we are legally married. Do you know how hopeless I felt? The fool died after that, but then that cripple brought me back to Kidon City. He gambled away all our money. That day
Jane truly was happy, extremely happy. The night that Alex took her back to his house, she cried into her blankets until it was soaked in tears. No one had ever treated her like a human-being since she was born. She didn't understand why her parents would bring her to this world. Why give birth to her if they weren't going to love her? She tried protesting against the injustice and argued with her parents, asking them why they didn't love her. But they always had more excuses and reasons.Her father would say, "Jane, we gave you life and fed you. Not only are you not appreciative of us, but you want to fight for attention? Your mother and I are not petty people, so why would we have a child like you?""All my brothers and sisters have their own rooms? Why am I the only one sleeping out here like a dog?" she asked in tears."Your brothers and sisters are twins, what about you?"Her mother added, "Your siblings are much sweeter when they call us and would never complain like you do! Besi
She felt a sting in her heart when she heard what Alex had to say, and it hurt horribly, but Jane forced a smile. "Okay, whatever you say, let's just go with the implant."That day, Alex took her to get the subdermal contraceptive implants, and treated her with more care from that point onward. He took care of Jane’s family by sending some to prison and let some face certain punishment in accordance with law. He even took Jane back to the Sheen Family and made her parents sign an official declaration that they no longer had any relation with their daughter.When they were done, Jane left without turning back, and her parents and siblings were all frozen in place. She was already a few steps away from them when her mother shouted, "Stupid Jane, are you abandoning your Mommy and Daddy?"Tears streamed down Jane's cheek. She took some time to stabilise herself before turning around to look at her parents with an eerily calm expression. "Stupid Jane is dead."Both her parents were instantl
Noticing his expression darkening, Jane immediately responded with a gentle tone. "I'm sorry, Mr. Poole, I shouldn't have said that. I will be more careful in the future, it won't happen again."Alex remained quiet as he looked at her. She was a woman who knew when to advance and when to back off. Jane went and took the bowl he was holding and placed it aside, before wrapping her arms around his neck. "To make up for saying the wrong thing, you can punish me however you want, how about that?""Do you really love me?"She lowered her gaze and hesitated for a moment before nodding. "I really do love you. That's how I feel so I wanted to say it out loud, even though I shouldn't have. I know that saying too much could mean ruining the beauty of certain things. But don't worry, Mr. Poole, I don't want to burden you in any way. I'm an adult, not a twenty-year-old little girl. You do not need to be concerned at all. If someday you want me to move out but don't want to say it, just tell me 'Wo
She never badgered him into saying anything like he loved her, she even refused when he offered to give her some money to keep as savings. She would say to him, "Alex, I still have all my limbs, I can earn my own living. I am a good cook, I can also massage, these are my skills. I don't need any money from you."Seeing that she truly didn't want it, he decided not to push the matter, partly because of his own selfish consideration as well. She had been by his side for so long, but he couldn't define his feelings towards her. Was it love? No! Alex lost the ability to love another a long time ago, perhaps they had simply merged with one another. He was scared that if he gave her money, she would run off with some other man and give birth to his children for a more peaceful life. If that happened, Alex couldn't guarantee that he would beat that man up, which was why he gave up when Jane refused the money. He could easily support her for the rest of her life. She could be a little woman th
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