Jim furrowed his brows when he heard this familiar voice. "Are you Bonnie?""I am, and you are…"Before she could finish her sentence, Bonnie lowered her voice and asked, "Are you Jim?""Yes, it's me." Jim lowered his head to glance at the time.It was 8 a.m.According to what he knew of Christopher, he was a night owl and would not be awake yet at this hour.However, at a time like this, Bonnie had answered his phone, which meant that…they had spent the night together.As soon as he thought of this, Jim's breath caught in his throat.A split second later, he changed his mind.Since Bonnie was Christopher's girlfriend, it would not be strange for them to spend the night together."What are you doing, calling Christopher so early in the morning?" Bonnie frowned when she noticed that Jim did not say anything else, and she turned to glance at Christopher, who was still sleeping on the couch. "Christopher isn't awake yet, so I'll ask him to call you back as soon as he wakes up."
Bonnie clutched her abdomen and whimpered as tears streamed down her face, "It hurts. It hurts so much."At this point, she could not even tell if the pain was of a physical origin or was it emotional.Maybe it was both.Christopher was shocked to see Bonnie like this.Without even having the time to think, he quickly helped Bonnie back into the room and sat her down on the sofa. Then, he began inspecting her wound.Just as he had guessed, the wound was already infected.Even though he had tried to clean it the night before, it was still too late.Christopher exhaled and grabbed Bonnie's hand. "I'm calling a cab right now. You have to go to a hospital immediately."Even though he was capable of helping Bonnie clean and heal her wounds at home…Luna was right; he should not have used Bonnie's physical pain to his advantage to teach her a lesson.As soon as he thought of this, he took the phone from Bonnie, and as soon as he held it in his hands, he suddenly realized that she h
The entire car fell silent for about two seconds.A split second later, Bonnie let out a somewhat awkward laugh as she stared out the window. "Don't joke around."How could she date another man just to get back at her boyfriend?She was not someone who could not survive without a man.As the CEO of Craig Group and the sole heiress to the Craig family fortune, why would she resort to such means to get revenge on Jim?Even though this was what her true thoughts were, Bonnie still curled her lips into a polite smile and said, "Christopher, I don't like you that way, so I don't think it's fair to start dating you just to get back at Jim for abandoning me."Christopher narrowed his eyes and replied in a low voice, "What if I'm willing to let you do that?"He grabbed Bonnie's arm and added, "Bonnie, I'm willing to put up an act with you."Maybe, just maybe, things would turn out just the way he wanted.Christopher had grabbed Bonnie's arm too tightly, and she immediately turned arou
Charlotte narrowed her eyes and quickly grabbed Jim's hand. "Don't you agree, Jim?"Jim finally snapped out of his daze and shifted his gaze away from Bonnie and Christopher. "I'm happy that Christopher finally met someone he likes, but I don't think…this woman is right for him."He and Christopher had grown up together.When he first met Number-9 at the orphanage, Christopher was immersed in his research of alternative medicine.After he had grown up and brought Number-9 home from the orphanage, Christopher was still immersed in his research of alternative medicine.Six years ago, when Charlotte was tricked by Heather and was forced to leave Merchant City, Christopher was still engrossed in his research.All of a sudden, the young Christopher, who had been absorbed in his love for medicine for all these years, had finally fallen in love with a woman.Jim should have been happy for him.However, his first impression of Bonnie was their encounter a day before, when she had trick
"Charlotte."Jim could tell that Charlotte was behaving a little strangely. He furrowed his brows and lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. "Don't you like Harvey?"There was a hint of questioning in his gaze, accompanied by hostility and coldness.His gaze was so sharp that it felt like it would penetrate all her thoughts and reach her deepest desires.She was a little terrified of this and did not dare to meet his eyes. Instead, she turned her head away and said, "I never said I don't like him."She sniffed and continued, "I'm just scared he won't like me…"After all, I had left Merchant City not long after he was born, and now that he's already six, I'm worried he won't accept me…"With that, she wiped her tears away and added, "I'm sure that he won't like me, and I…""Of course he will." A hint of pain shot through Jim's heart as he watched Charlotte cry. He pulled her into his arms and said in a low, melodic voice, "Don't worry about all this; leave it to me."As
"Now that Jim has lost all his memories of his past, every day feels like torture to him, so I decided to bring him here for a checkup to see if anything can be done to retrieve his memories."With that, she reached out and snaked her arm around Jim's taut waist as she added, "Not only that, but there are plenty of deceitful women out there who, knowing that Jim has lost his memories, try to trick him into thinking he had been disloyal and promiscuous over the last six years."These women are certainly quite a pain in the ass," she said, glancing at Bonnie. "Don't you agree, Ms. Craig?"Bonnie stared at Jim's arm, which was draped around Charlotte's shoulder, for a while before finally turning her head away to gaze at the changing numbers above the elevator doors. "You're right. These women who try to steal other people's boyfriends when they are in their most vulnerable states are certainly quite infuriating."Her tone was as icy as the expression on her face. "Because of this, th
Roanne could not help the bitter smile on her face when she heard Charlotte scolding her over the phone. "Charlotte, are you sure you want to talk so loudly to me?"With that, she lifted her head to glance at the butler. "Can you excuse us?"The butler paused for a moment, then got up and left the room.After hearing his footsteps disappear, Roanne finally curled her body into a more comfortable position and said in a low voice, "You still haven't managed to bribe the Landry family butler yet, so how can you talk so loudly to me, knowing you dialed his number to get to me? Do you want him to find out about what we did to Jim?"Charlotte furrowed her brows slightly upon hearing this, and most of her anger dissipated.She was so impatient to know the truth that she let all her rage loose as soon as she heard Roanne's voice. She even forgot that the butler had probably been there when Roanne picked up the phone.However, even after knowing it was her fault, she still tried to put al
"When that happens, what you did six years ago will eventually be exposed."However, if you make him remember Harvey's existence, then everything will change."Charlotte's furrowed brows immediately relaxed upon hearing this. She let out an exhale and asked, "Does this mean that letting him know about Harvey will prevent him from investigating what happened six years ago?""I guess you can say that." Roanne let out a sigh and explained, "The only thing Jim remembers now is that Harvey was conceived with a woman he met in Banyan City."You can pretend to help him track down this woman. Now that he trusts you, he won't doubt you at all, even if we don't manage to bring out any evidence of this woman being dead. That way, he won't be able to find out that Bonnie was Harvey's mother after all."Clutching her phone, Charlotte's expression relaxed visibly as she heaved a huge sigh of relief. "I guess you're the smart one after all, Roanne."What she was most afraid of was that Jim and