Five black cars were stopped outside the place. The moment Sebastian left and got into a car, someone gave him a report.“Young Master, the Young Madam and the princess are in great condition at the moment. The Payne family hasn’t done anything untoward to them.”Sebastian said, “Alright.”“According to our reports earlier, Holden prepared the best room for the princess and the madam, and they’re now asleep. I heard…”The subordinate stopped the report halfway through and did not continue.Kingston said, “What did you hear? Just speak up.”The subordinate then said, “I heard that the little princess beat Miss Selene, who was a guest of the Payne family, until her head was swollen and full of bruises.”“Oh…” Kingston let out a snort of laughter.The subordinate did not dare to do so.After all, the subordinate was not as familiar with Sebastian as Kingston.After that, Kingston said, “Continue…”“Yes, I even heard that. The princess actually…actually used Holden Payne as a ho
When he saw that it was really Nigel, Kingston asked, “Young Master, should we get out of the car to ask?”Sebastian turned around, not answering as he said to the driver, “Drive!”The driver replied, “Yes, Young Master!”The car continued on. In the car, Sebastian remained quiet, so no one spoke as well.The driver did not ask Sebastian where they were going. He merely drove on and on until the car silently entered Poole Manor, and Poole Manor’s gates shut.The night was extremely quiet.That night was abnormally peaceful.That night could allow anyone to sleep peacefully. It could also lead to many unexpected and drastic changes.The night allowed the swelling on Selene’s head to abate quite a bit after the medication. It also let Sabrina and Aino sleep peacefully and sweetly.To prevent anyone in Poole Manor from discovering Sebastian’s whereabouts, Sabrina had kept her phone off.The next morning, the sky was clear when they woke up.Aino and Sabrina washed up before t
How nice would it be if Aino would call him father?A title he did not even have to work for?Even better!Holden liked it!During breakfast, Sabrina did not do anything. It had been Holden who was feeding Aino.Sabrina was so shocked that she did not know what to do.After they ate, Aino made a big deal of wanting to go out.Sabrina felt like going out was a good idea. She would at least be able to observe the local geography and scenery. Star Island was a small place, and a day was enough to tour the whole place.Sabrina held Aino’s hand as they excitedly left the East Hall, and they coincidentally saw the doctors opening the door in the West Hall, going in to treat Selene’s head.Selene was sitting on a recliner in the courtyard.Aino let out a burst of uncontrollable laughter when she suddenly saw Selene’s bandaged head, “Haha, Mom, look, that ugly monster’s head is still full of bruises. Her purple bruises might look a bit better, but now her whole head is wrapped in whi
Holden immediately straightened his body in shock when he heard that voice, “You… You dared to call me?”Sebastian did not answer. He merely said, “Holden, there’s something I wanted to ask you. 50 years ago, do you know about the secret between the Payne family and the Summer family?”Holden was speechless.His tongue was tied, and he did not know what to say.Sebastian’s wife and daughter were in his hands, and they were practically hostages, but Sebastian did not seem anxious at all.Did he not care about Sabrina and Aino’s lives anymore?If that was the case, was Holden not a lucky man then?However, Holden still asked Sebastian in disbelief, “Ford! You… You’re still a man! You’re the king of South City! You… Don’t you know that your wife and daughter are in my hands?”On the other end, Sebastian’s tone was still calm and cool, “What are you trying to say?”“Aren’t you afraid that I will…”“If you touched them at all, you would already have been chopped up to pieces,” Seb
Sebastian was speechless.“I’ve never cared about Star Island. This small place is underdeveloped and relies on charity each year. I’m just like you. I have businesses overseas as well! I’ll still live very comfortably overseas even if I leave Star Island! Sebastian, you can’t threaten me! My brother currently has the support of Old Master Shaw and the Poole family. We still don’t know who the final victor would be!”“Don’t worry, I’ve never been a coward!”“I won’t ask for any mercy even if I’m captured by you and skinned alive!”After that, Holden hung up.On the other end, Sebastian was thoughtful.“What is it, young master?” Kingston asked behind him.Sebastian smiled plainly, “I wanted to ask Holden where he is. He brought Sabrina and Aino out. The Poole Manor is much safer than outside. However, I’m worried there’ll be an accident outside, so I called Holden, in the end…”Sebastian never expected that Holden’s personality would be so intense.He suddenly felt a sense of
Nigel was in incredible pain. A knife was stuck to his back, and bright red blood poured out, yet he used his whole back to protect Aino and one hand to cover Aino’s eyes.He did not want the six-old-girl to witness the bloody sight.“Sabrina, run! Quickly, run!” Nigel shouted at Sabrina loudly.At that time, the skinny thug wanted to take a stab at the girl beneath Nigel. He took out another knife but was immediately kicked away by Sabrina’s full force.The man fell to the floor.The knife in his hand fell out as well.Sabrina took a clear look at the man.She had only seen him once, but he left a deep impression on her.It was the man who was very close to Jade.She never expected that the man would come to Star Island with Jade.What a sinister woman!At that time, Holden snapped back to reality. He stood up from his chair, and with a wave of his hand, a dozen of his subordinates surrounded the skinny man. However, before they could even get close, that skinny man had his
Nigel curled up into a ball and the blood on his back spurted out. He looked at Sebastian with a painful expression, “Cousin, I… I didn’t do anything to Sabrina. I just wanted to protect her… To protect her daughter, Sabrina has already suffered so much…”Sebastian supported Nigel with one arm, shouting back, “Get a car here, send him to the hospital right now! Get the best doctor to operate on him. He has to live!”A car quickly sent Nigel straight to the hospital.Sebastian hugged Sabrina with one hand and carried his daughter with the other.“You… How did you barge in? Were you always hiding nearby? Everything my brother and I did, you… You knew all of it?” Holden looked at Sebastian with a fearful expression.He knew how vicious Sebastian was.He knew that Sebastian would do anything he said he would.Since Sebastian said he wanted to attack Star Island, Sebastian had prepared for the matter for six or seven years before carrying it out. Since Sebastian was here, even withou
On the other end was an incredibly old and tired laugh, “Sebastian, how could you not recognize my voice?”Sebastian could finally tell that it was Old Master Shaw on the other end.He suddenly sat up straight, “Old man, what are you saying?!”“I can tell you the secret of Star Island.” Old Master Shaw said again.Sebastian was speechless.After a moment, he asked, “Did you know about it from the start?”“Yes!” Old Master Shaw admitted it bluntly.“Why did you not tell me sooner then? Why did you wait for me to attack this place?” Sebastian asked.On the other end, Old Master Shaw’s voice sounded even older, “One of the reasons I didn’t tell you was that I once swore to your mother and your maternal family that I would keep the secret forever.”“The other reason is that if I told you the secret back then, you would only speed up your attack on Star Island. That was why I always concealed the secret. I planned on letting it rot with me forever, never telling you, but now…”On
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