Sebastian did not intend to go easy on Axel despite the fact that he had been rendered speechless. The one whom Sebastian owed his life to was the old Master Shaw, not Axel. The only reason why Axel thought he could stand there and confront Sebastian was solely because he was taking advantage of his partnership with the old Master Shaw. As easy as that might sound, it would be more challenging for him to escape the situation he had gotten himself into. One assault after another, starting from Emma's merciless attack on Sabrina to Axel trying to kill Sebastian, Sebastian didn't even have the chance to confront Axel before. Now that he came to Sebastian on his own, Sebastian would not let him off easily. With a voice as cold and composed as ever, Sebastian deadpanned, "Mr. Poole, your hatred towards me has shown in every way possible. You sent your daughter to seduce me ten years ago, and when she failed, she became resentful towards me. Just how stupid do you think a man who was exile
"Let me tell you the truth, Mr. Poole, about just how many years I've been waiting for those weapons of yours. Based on my personal financial capabilities, to actually purchase those weapons with my own money would be far too costly for me to bear, but now, I managed to obtain them without spending a penny! I have plotted for six whole years to set up this trip for you! And you just jumped right into it. I must say, I am extremely thankful, Uncle Axel!""Why you...!" Axel raised his arm abruptly, his eyes widened in anger as he stared daggers at Sebastian. He wanted desperately to punch Sebastian's skull in, but his arm fell to his side helplessly. He couldn't unless he had a death wish, because Axel realized that he no longer had any leverage against Sebastian."Uncle Axel, if it weren't for you trying to harm me over and over again, how would I have succeeded in taking over one third of your weapons? You asked for this. Back in Kidon City, you were no match to Alex even when you ha
The figure that suddenly appeared before Jane was a monstrous doll almost half the size of a normal person. The doll bore its teeth mischievously and the body was decorated with musical notes."What on earth is this??" Jane screamed in her mind. She was so frightened that she was actually in tears.Aino, who was holding the doll with an innocent and proud expression, looked at her and asked, "Aunt Jane, are...are you scared?"Jane tried her best to ignore her fear upon hearing Aino's sweet innocent voice, and looked down to find the child holding the doll up as though she was showing it off to Jane."Auntie, this doll is for you."Jane wasn't sure how to respond."You little thing, if Aunt Jane gets sick because you scared her, Uncle Alex is going to teach you a lesson!" Alex reached out and pinched Aino on the nose.Jane immediately felt bad for the child and stopped him. "Alex, don't scare the child!""Auntie, this is for you. Do you like it?" Aino asked with her head tilting
"Pretty Aunt Ruth...!" Upon seeing Ruth, Aino wiggled her way out of Jane's arms immediately and ran towards Ruth. “Pretty Aunt Ruth, I have something fo-"Before Aino could finish, Sabrina scooped her up and covered her mouth. "Stop it. You are going to scare Aunt Ruth in broad daylight!"Aino paused for a moment before nodding. "Ohhh, roger, Mother!"Aino then continued to hurry her way towards Ruth.Ryan, too, was shouting enthusiastically. "Uncle Sebastian, Aunt Sabrina, little sis Aino! I wanted to pick you guys up from the airport but Ruth wouldn't let me, so we have no choice but to come meet you guys here instead."Ruth punched Ryan lightly. "Aino calls me pretty Aunt Ruth, and you call Aino little sis. So what should you be calling me then?"Ryan casted an evil smirk her way. "Ruth, do you believe me if I say I'm going to tame you tonight?""Sabrina, Sabrina!" Ruth immediately shouted. "Look at him, get Mr. Ford to teach him a lesson. He calls Mr. Ford uncle anyways."
The sound of Emma's chilling sneer immediately came through the other side of the line. "Dad! Of course I did everything you told me to!""That's my girl!" Axel gritted out."Aren't uncle and my cousin trying to cut us out?" Emma deadpanned, her voice cold. "Didn't Sebastian take over most of your weapons? Isn't he all about protecting that skank of a wife he has? We are going to sink our teeth into them even if it means death! Let them all catch rabies! That woman will be heading back as soon as possible! Soon, we can sit and enjoy all the drama!""Well, then, daddy can be assured. That's all for now!" Axel chuckled casually and hung up. After that, Axel left from the side door without announcing himself to his nephew and grandnephew.Over on the other side, no one noticed when Axel took his leave or that he made such a malicious phone call, Sebastian and the others remained cheerful in their conversations. The past two weeks in Star Island had been a complete success to Sebastian
Ruth was bending down and talking to Aino. "My beautiful Aino, your mom interrupted you earlier when you were about to say something to pretty Aunt Ruth, which got me thinking, did you bring a gift from Star Island for me?"Though Ruth was an honest-to-god person and could sometimes be a bit slow, though at times she could be rather sly as well. When dealing with people her age, she was hardly as thoughtful as others, but when she communicated with children like Aino, her wittiness shone through. Ruth saw the monstrous doll in Alex's hand earlier and found it horrendous and dark with a sense of humor. The doll was huge and awkward-looking, with its teeth being musical keys. It didn't take much for Ruth to figure out that Alex wasn't the type of person who would buy something like that. None of the others would either. Even Sabrina, who was closest to Ruth, couldn't possibly buy such oddly-fashioned toys that were likely used in pranks, because she was a serious person who rarely joked
Ruth didn't respond immediately, as she thought to herself, ‘Me? Beating you up? I wouldn't even have a chance to raise my hand at you before your dad, your mom, your bodyguard Kingston and probably Yvonne, too, beat me up first instead. How do I even beat you up?’"Of course I won't beat you up! Just give me my gift already! If you don't do it right now, let's see if I'm going to beat you up right now and here," Ruth glared at Aino sternly.Aino flinched. "Alright, then." She ran off to the back of the car and took her gift for Ruth out."Here you go, pretty Aunt Ruth." Aino cocked her little head to the side and held her gift up high towards Ruth."Ah...!" Startled, Ruth immediately jumped into Ryan's arms.Jane, who was next to them, was amused and glad to realize that Aino loved her after all. Jane found her gift beautiful and heart-warming, in comparison to Ruth's gift."You...! Aino Scott! Our friendship is over! You...what on earth is this thing you are giving me?""It's
Aino sighed. "I'll show you now, then.""No! Just pass it to your Aunt Yvonne, Aunt Ruth won't look at it for now." Ruth grinned mischievously. She had been scared to obliviation and so she wanted Yvonne to experience the same.‘Hehe! I'm sorry, Yvonne, but it's your fault for not coming here to see Sabrina!’ she thought.Aino ceased hurrying towards her gifts at Ruth's words. She didn't want to show Ruth her gift to Yvonne to begin with, because she wanted to keep it mysterious for the surprise.After handing out all the gifts, it was time for Sabrina, Aino and Sebastian to head home. Kingston drove them home and when the three sat in the car, they were all overwhelmed with the feeling of returning home after a lifetime. Familiar streets, familiar roads, even the street lights felt like home. Sabrina gazed out the window.The car went towards their residential area and before they reached the gates, Sabrina accidentally saw those long-lost eyes, only that this time, she saw it di
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