On the other end, Old Master Shaw smiled.Sebastian looked at Sabrina, stunned.He never expected Sabrina to agree to Old Master Shaw’s request.Sabrina and Old Master Shaw were still on the phone, “However, Mr. Shaw, if your secret is not worth it, or if you’re lying to me, you’ll never meet your granddaughter again!”Old Master Shaw’s tone was much more relaxed, “Don’t worry, for my whole life, I’ve always been a man of great integrity. If I said I had an earth-shattering secret, then I have one. Your mother-in-law, Sebastian’s mother, wanted me to keep that secret. If I hadn’t been forced, I planned on keeping it to myself my whole life.”“It’s not just for me. It’s for Sebastian’s mother’s sake.”“However, now that Sebastian has effortlessly taken down Star Island, it’s actually better for him to know this secret.”Sabrina said, “What’s the secret?”Old Master Shaw smiled coldly, “I’ll tell you after my granddaughter is back in South City! Also, if this secret is that great
“Hahaha, hehehe…” Sitting in between her parents, Aino laughed until she could not control herself anymore and almost fell to the ground.The sound of their laughter rudely awakened Nigel, who was resting in the adjoining hospital ward.The pure white ceiling entered his eyes the moment he opened them. He turned to look at his surroundings, and it was filled with the same pure, clinical white. He then dropped his eyes down and saw the bedcovers. They were also in that same clinical white. A bad feeling engulfed his chest. At that moment, Nigel felt as if he had even stopped breathing.Did he stop breathing?He sat in silence and quietly listened to the voices coming from the room beside his.It was a clean, childish pitch. “Daddy, Mommy, when are we going home, I...I miss my friends from kindergarten. I haven’t been to school for three days, Daddy.” Aino asked guiltily as she laid on her mother’s thighs while her head rested on her father’s stomach. Sebastian’s tone was incred
Aino jumped up in shock. Sabrina and Sebastian looked toward the neighboring hospital ward simultaneously. The doctor did mention yesterday afternoon that Nigel would wake up this morning.Both of them immediately climbed down from the bed and went to the neighboring room. Each held one of Aino’s hands in theirs. The moment they arrived, they saw Nigel lying on the bed and crying like a baby. Nigel was not at all surprised to see Sebastian and Sabrina walk up to him. He looked at Sebastian with tears flowing from his eyes, “Sebastian, I…Did I die just like this? I…I’m not like you, I’m not married yet. I still want to marry a loyal and faithful wife like Sabrina, I…I don’t even have a child. The three of you can be together forever, but what about me? I can’t! Sob, sob, sob…I haven’t lived my life fully yet. I don’t want to die!”Sebastian barked out a cold laugh, “If you still have your eyes on your sister-in-law, I can consider sending you to heaven immediately!”Nigel sat
Aino looked at Nigel. A cheeky smile hung from her lips.Nigel laughed immediately. It had been years since he felt so at ease as he is right now. So relaxed and so…warm. He finally stopped worrying.He sucked on the lollipop in his mouth and said, “Seeing you healthy and happy, with no injuries whatsoever, is my biggest wish. Aino, you’re so cute. If only I had a few more little nieces like you, how nice would it be?”Aino stood on her tiptoes and playfully bobbed his nose. She laughed cheerily as she said, “I want a few more uncles too, biological uncles. This way, I’ll have more people protecting me.” Children were indeed naïve and innocent. She indeed found her Uncle Nigel cute. A six-year-old child like her even realized she might not have been able to see her parents ever again if it were not for her Uncle Nigel. Although she did not thank him fervently, her actions were enough to demonstrate her gratitude. Moreover, she deeply realized how nice it would be to have more biol
Sebastian nodded in Holden’s direction and said emotionlessly, “It’s good to have you leading the way. After all, I’m not as familiar with your Payne Manor as you are.”Holden said, “This way, please!”Sabrina was stunned. She was impressed. How could Holden still remain so calm at a time like this?Sabrina did not move. Aino did not move either. Holden turned and looked sadly at the mother and daughter pair, then smiled, “Why? The two of you weren’t afraid to be here at all yesterday. Now that your husband has rounded up my manor, is this when you start fearing me?”Sabrina bit her lip and was about to say something, but the little girl whose hand she held in hers, cut her to it. “Uncle Holden,” Aino called out to him.Sabrina was silent.Sebastian was silent too.However, the one who was the most shocked was Holden. The expression on his face switched from surprise to touched gratitude. He looked at Aino and asked softly, “Aino, you…what did you just call me?”Aino looked
However, Sebastian’s laugh sounded incredibly calm and emotionless in comparison. “I won’t restrict the way you think. If you hurt even a hair on their heads, your head would be separated from your body right now. Holden Payne, do you know why I asked you to lead the way? Why did I ask you to lead us to your place first? That’s purely because of the love and care you had for my wife and daughter.”Holden fell silent.In this moment, he was in extreme despair. The entire island had taken every single precaution. They were ready. They even borrowed so many weapons and soldiers from the Poole family in Kidon City. However, they did not use any of it in the end.They were rounded up by Sebastian’s men instead without sparing an ounce of effort. His soldiers lined the grounds outside the manor.In this moment, Holden was even prepared to commit suicide.Sebastian seemed to have eyes on his back, “Lead the way! If you can give me a most suitable explanation, I can consider not killing y
“Hahaha! You ugly little thing! You came to cause trouble again.” At that moment, Aino, who was lying in her mother’s arms, burst out laughing.The person who barged in was none other than Selene Lynn.The white bandages were still wrapped around her head, and she looked like a clown indeed. Moreover, she was so stick-thin, without a hint of color or life in her cheeks.Aino’s words were true. She looked like a mixture of a ghost and a clown. However, Selene did not care whether Aino addressed her as a clown or a ghost at that moment. All she wanted was to make sure Sebastian would not really kill her and would even send her safely home to South City. Her grandfather called her earlier and confirmed this. Selene was delighted. She ignored Aino’s taunts and only looked at Sebastian with a face full of gleeful satisfaction.Sebastian raised his head and threw a glance at her, then said coolly to the hired soldier standing guard, “Throw this woman out. If you see her coming in a
However, the Summer family disagreed. All sorts of conflicts of interest combined with the weak and inability of the Summer family drove them to extinction.It was only natural in the business world, where the strong feasted on the weak. However, 20 years later, the daughter of the Summer family was forced to become a mistress to one of the Ford men. It was the woes and source of resentment between the Ford family of South City and the Summer family of Star Island.Sebastian was the Summer family’s maternal grandson, but he was the paternal grandson of the Ford family. What was he supposed to do then?The dead could never come back alive. He could only rebuild and repair the family residence that remained on this island as an homage to them.As for the hatred between the two families, Sebastian had killed almost all of the Ford family. Finally, it was only himself, his father, and his daughter that were left. Who else could he kill?“Do you know my mother?” Sebastian asked o
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