Jim's other hand was clutching his chest, and he appeared as though he was in excruciating pain.Bonnie's entire body stiffened at this sight.After hesitating for a moment, she let out an exhale, strode over, and helped him up from the ground. Then, she asked with a hint of repulse in her voice, "What's wrong?"Jim furrowed his brows and shook his head but did not reply.Bonnie knew that by shaking his head, he was trying to tell her that he was fine. "Do you expect me to believe you're fine after what just happened?"She rolled her eyes at him, helped him off the ground, and took out his phone from his pocket. Then, she dialed the number of the person he had saved on his phone as 'M'. "Hey, Mickey, are you at Landry Mansion now?"Jim has gotten injured, and we're near the drug warehouse in the backyard. Come help us."She had come out of the house in such a hurry that she forgot to bring her phone. On top of that, Sean was responsible for protecting Harvey and Shelly, so she c
"No."As soon as Jim's words escaped his mouth, Bonnie interjected without even a single hint of hesitation.She handed Jim over to Mickey and added in a voice so cold that there was barely any warmth in it, "How can he and I possibly get back together? Mr. Jim is still waiting to marry his precious Charlotte."With that, she turned and left.Jim remained motionless, deep in his thoughts as he watched her leave.When Bonnie disappeared from his view, he turned to glance at Mickey. "She and I…""You two were together in the past, and you were very close too," Mickey replied in his deep voice as he lowered his head. "If Ms. Charlotte hadn't come back to Merchant City, the person you would've been marrying would be Ms. Bonnie by now."Jim furrowed his brows when he heard this. He glanced coldly at Mickey and asked, "Does this mean that I was the one who had wronged her?"Even though he could feel the displeasure in Jim's gaze, Mickey still nodded in defiance. "Well, according to w
"What curse are you going to put on me?""I haven't decided yet.""Is that it, or do you love me too much to put a curse on me?"…Jim and Bonnie were so intimate in Jim's dream that it seemed so surreal.Jim awoke from his dream and quickly took a sip from his tea to settle his nerves.Everything that happened in his dream still made him a little worried just thinking back on it.Had he and Bonnie been as close as they had in the dream?If that was true, why was he unable to recall these memories of them together, and why did he have no recollection of her at all?"Mr. Landry, it's time to wake up and eat breakfast," a woman's voice rang out from outside the door.Jim recognized that voice. It was Roanne, Charlotte's younger sister.He furrowed his brows and murmured a reply, then got off the bed and decided to freshen himself up in hopes that it would calm him.In the dining room, Roanne had already prepared an entire table full of food.Jim sat at the table, and as he c
Bonnie's appearance in the dining room surprised the two of them.Jim glanced at her, frowning, and said with disapproval, "Since when did you arrive?"Who gave her the right to eavesdrop on the conversation between him and Roanne?Bonnie's lips were pressed together in a thin line, and her gaze was on Roanne, who was still kneeling on the ground. "Roanne, repeat what you just said," she repeated, albeit with an unsteady voice. "Who… Whose identity did Charlotte take?"Roanne, too, was shocked that Bonnie would appear at this moment.She had seized the opportunity of Charlotte not being around to tell Jim the truth and plant the seed of doubt within his mind.However, Bonnie's sudden appearance threw her off a little. She did not know whether she should get up from her position or if she should remain on her knees before Jim.Therefore, she had no choice but to glance rather sheepishly at Bonnie and repeat in a low voice, "Charlotte…took the place of another girl named Number-9
Bonnie's memories of her stay at the orphanage surged into her mind.Number-12 was none other than Charlotte!Bonnie had seen photos of Charlotte before she suffered her burns before, and at this moment, she was certain that Charlotte and Number-12 were the same people!Charlotte was the tiny, timid little girl who followed her everywhere and with whom she shared her food, and she had even constantly called Bonnie her big sister!Because of that, before Bonnie left the orphanage, she had given Charlotte all the red clothes she liked and even warned the rest of the children not to bully Charlotte. She had told them that from that day onward, Number-12 was the new Number-9, and no one was allowed to take advantage of her.It did not matter that she was adopted. If anyone were to bully Number-12, she would return to the orphanage to whip their asses!At that time, Bonnie truly thought of Charlotte as her friend, but…It turned out that when Jim returned to the orphanage for her, Ch
Bonnie's entire body stiffened when she heard this.Staring at the disdainful look on his face, she swallowed her words and curled her lips into a self-deprecating smirk. "How can that be? Even if I was the Number-9 you've been searching for, you're not the young boy I knew."You're nothing compared to him."With that, she turned around, grabbed Harvey's hand, and strode away, all the while suppressing the pain in her heart.Jim narrowed his eyes as he watched her leave.Was she mocking him?A gust of wind blew, and the door slammed shut behind them with a loud thud that made Roanne jump.Jim finally turned his attention back toward Roanne and shot her a cold glance. Then, he said in a tone so cold there was not a hint of emotion within it, "Roanne, Charlotte has treated you as her sister all these years, so how could you deliberately tarnish her name behind her back and attempt to drive a wedge between us? What are your intentions in doing this?"Roanne felt her blood run cold
The flash drive contained every crime Charlotte committed, including her intentions of burning Bonnie but getting betrayed by Heather at the last minute, which led to her burns and subsequent disfigurement, as well as how Charlotte had deliberately cut Roanne's face with a knife to experiment with the various plastic surgeries before committing to them.These were cold, hard facts, and Roanne refused to believe that Jim would still want to be with Charlotte after finding out the truth.However, she never thought that Jim would refuse to look through the flash drive altogether!The poison that Charlotte had put him under was so strong that he did not doubt her at all, not even for a second.As soon as she thought of this, Roanne bit her lip and lifted her head to stare at Jim. "It's my fault. I shouldn't have placed everything in the flash drive to waste your time… I should've told you instead!"She opened her mouth and yelled at the top of her lungs, "Bonnie is Harvey's birth moth
"You know where my son is?"Bonnie, who was inside the house and was feeding Shelly, tossed the milk bottle to Harvey and strode out of the house without even waiting for Sean to get her.Outside the door, Roanne was standing in the middle of the garden with her suitcase, smiling at Bonnie. "That's right. Not only do I know where he is, but I can help you find him."Bonnie was overwhelmed with joy to hear news about her lost son, but she still tried to suppress her emotions and glanced at Roanne with a hint of suspicion. "Are you sure?"Even Bonnie herself was unsure if her child was a boy or girl.When she was in Banyan City, no matter how hard she tried to force Ms. Jennifer to tell her the truth, she could not get a certain answer."At that time, two people had come to me and taken two children away from me, one boy and one girl… I honestly have no idea if the child that belonged to you was a boy or a girl."If I had known, Ms. Craig, I would've told you the truth by now…"B