Roanne never thought that Charlotte would bring a weapon with her.As blood spurted out of her body and the pain shot through her stomach, Roanne lifted her head to stare at Charlotte, disbelief glossing her eyes.Even though she knew better than anyone how cruel and heartless Charlotte could be, she never thought that Charlotte would resort to murder.However, a smile played on her lips as she watched the bright red blood seep out of her abdomen and trickle down the dagger's hilt.She stared at Charlotte, who glared at her in fury, with a somewhat dazed look but still said with a smile, "Do you think I recorded all of that, Charlotte?"Do you think I was trying to have you admit your past crimes and keep them as a recording so that I can use them against you in the future?"As she said this, Roanne spat out a mouthful of blood and grinned. "Well, that isn't the case at all."She grabbed hold of the stroller next to her and wheeled it toward Charlotte. "Take a look."Charlotte
Worse still, there were plenty more others.It turned out that everything between him and Charlotte had been fake.Nothing had been real.Jim closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "Charlotte, if you send Roanne to the hospital right now, things will still be salvageable. Please don't continue down the wrong road."Jim knew that Charlotte had committed too many crimes to count, but for some reason, maybe it was because of the drug, or perhaps because she had indeed waited for him for many years…Jim suddenly thought that if Charlotte were to wake up to her mistakes at this moment, he could find it in himself to forgive her one last time.However, he was disappointed by what happened next.Charlotte's entire body stiffened when she heard Jim's voice ringing out of the wireless speaker, and she stared at the dark lens of the camera.She let out a bitter chuckle. "Things will still be salvageable, you say? 'Don't continue down the wrong road,' huh?"Jim, do you know how much I sacri
Theo's entire body stiffened when he heard this.He never thought Roanne would ask this of him.Theo knew from the start that he was the reason Roanne had come to a rude awakening and refused to continue being under Charlotte's control.He was Roanne's ideal type, so she had fallen in love with the idea of starting a new life with him away from Charlotte, which was why she had been secretly helping Luna and Bonnie.As for what happened that day…Roanne had known of Theo's intentions to plant the hidden camera and microphone, but not only did she not get upset at him, but she even feigned innocence and kept deliberately leading Charlotte to admit the crimes she had committed.Even though one would say that Roanne had suddenly developed a conscience, Theo knew, for a fact, that she had done this for him.However, despite knowing this, he had never reciprocated Roanne's love.At this moment, as he held a limp and almost lifeless Roanne in his arms, Theo could not help feeling that
"However, Heather betrayed you in the end, and your face became disfigured in this incident."After your accident, you underwent plastic surgery countless times to reconstruct your face…but even with all that, y—you never gave up trying to return to Jim's side."Charlotte, even after your looks were disfigured, you kept trying desperately to find a way to return to Jim's side. Don't you think you're even more shameless than I am…?"Charlotte widened her eyes in shock upon hearing this.How dare this bitch talk to her like this? She was too soft on this backstabber!She gritted her teeth and glared at Roanne. "I'll kill you, Roanne! You'd better kill yourself first, or I'm going to make your life a living hell!"Roanne sneered. "You can try."All of a sudden, she started coughing violently again, and every time she did so, she would spit out a mouthful of blood.Theo could not help feeling a twinge of pain shoot through his heart as he stared at a pale-faced Roanne. "You shouldn
Joshua furrowed his brows as soon as he heard Jim's voice.He turned around, picked up the camera, and pointed it at Charlotte. "Are you still going to protect this woman after all that?""Jim!" A surge of energy rushed through Charlotte's body as soon as she heard that familiar voice.She quickly picked herself up from the ground and stormed toward the camera like a madwoman.At this moment, her hair was loose around her head, and her face and body were covered in the blood that had spilled out of Roanne's body. Her face was still twisted in a grotesque, sinister leer that made her look like a demon that had crawled right out of hell.She snatched the camera out of Joshua's hand and pointed it toward her face. "Jim! I knew you still loved me! You can't bear to see me being sent away, can you? I knew it!"Tears spilled down her cheeks, mixing with the blood on her face and making her look even more terrifying than before.She hugged the camera close to her and said, "Jim, after
After all, Jim had lost his memories, so he was not the same person as before.Since Jim thought it would be better to keep Charlotte in prison, Joshua would do as he said.As soon as he thought of this, Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and replied, "Alright. I'll send Charlotte to the police station right now."Regardless, he could not help reminding, "I do hope that you can continue to keep your eyes wide open, Master Landry."If you see her in the future, please remember everything that she said and did in the past. Don't show her mercy simply because you still love her; this woman is a crooked, deceitful witch."The color drained from Charlotte's face as soon as she heard this.She slumped onto the ground in sheer disbelief, her entire body frozen in shock as though she had been struck by lightning.She thought Jim had wanted to save her when he stopped Joshua from taking her away, but…It turned out that he had done this so that he could send her to prison, where it wou
Joshua furrowed his brows when he heard this."Wait," he spat coldly, then strode toward Charlotte.He stared at her from his great height, an air of danger hanging around him like a thick fog. "What did you just say? Repeat that."Charlotte froze before lifting her head to meet Joshua's cold, penetrating stare. The look in his eyes was so dark that it was as though he would choke her at any minute.Charlotte instinctively shrunk back from him.She had blurted this out of desperation, but when faced with Joshua's furious stare, she suddenly realized she should not have said this.She should not have said this so bluntly!After all, Joshua was the person who could dictate her fate from here on out, and if she were to offend him, there was no telling what he could do to her.Regretting this was too late, unfortunately.Charlotte swiveled her gaze and quickly added, "Joshua, I know where your daughter is. You and Luna's daughter is still alive!"She shot Joshua a pleading look a
Charlotte let out an exhale and said, "You're right; I was the one who killed Heather."She was the reason I almost died in that fire six years ago, and so I took my revenge on her!"Then, she shot Luna a pleading look and added, "But me killing Heather did help you in this, didn't it? If Heather didn't die, she'll only make your life even more difficult in the future!"In a way, I helped you, Luna! I don't ask for a lot in return; I just hope that…"I just hope you can talk to Mr. Lynch about not sending me to prison. If you guys let me go, this will be your payback for my kindness!""Your kindness?" Luna could not help snickering when she heard this.She curled her lips into a smirk and slowly walked over to Charlotte's side, her gaze fixated on Charlotte's eyes. "So you do know the concept of giving back to people who helped you, huh?"Well, you probably remember how kind Number-9 treated you back at the orphanage. She shared all of her food with you and even gave you her ext
At that, he looked at Gwen. "Actually…"Steven found himself unable to finish his sentence. After a long while, he shook his head and smiled. "Forget about it.""Steven…" Gwen looked at him, and her tears fell.Her heart was not made of stone. How could she not know Steven's feelings toward her?She was silent for a long while. In the end, she stood up and slowly walked over to Steven with arms opened wide. "Give me a hug."Steven hesitated for a while, but he still stood up.They hugged."Gwen." Steven hugged her thin figure. "I have to meet you earlier in the next life so I can compete fairly with my brother."Gwen nodded with tears streaming down her face. "Okay."They thus hugged once more. Minutes later…"He's gone," said Stefan.Tears kept falling.They hugged for a while longer before pulling apart. Gwen looked at Stefan with her tear-stricken face. He had tears on his face as well.She bit her lips and reached out to wipe his tears. "A—Are these tears…yours or his?
The next day, Rachel flew from Merchant City to Sharnwick City to diagnose Anne's condition. Theo tagged along as well because he had another identity, Rachel's boyfriend."According to the report, Anne's condition is slowly recuperating." Rachel was relieved after assessing the report. "Although she is very weak, she is going to get better with lots of rest."There is nothing wrong with her vocal cords too. It could be a psychological thing that makes her lose her voice. A knot in her heart that causes it." She looked at Luna, then at John. "Considering all factors, I think that knot is Luna."Rachel continued, "John, I know Luna is the root cause of all these bad things. Being away from Luna, Joshua, and other people is going to guarantee a safer life for you and your family. But have you thought about it from Anne's point of view? Other than you and Sammie, she has her own life and her circle of friends. Never has she blamed Luna for what happened, yet you forced her to leave Lun
It was almost a miracle for Anne to willingly leave the house just to visit him!Robyn, meanwhile, sobbed at the sight.The nurse who accompanied Anne to the ward was puzzled. What was going on with these people?She snuck her phone out of her pocket and took a photo of this surreptitiously. Then, she sent it into the nurse's group chat with the caption, [What a strange family I met today.]The nurses in the group chat began gossiping about this. One of them tagged a fellow nurse named Daisy and said, [Hey, isn't this the guy who saved the old man you're looking after? What a hero!]Daisy was, at this moment, walking into Andy's room to help him change his wound dressing. She saw the message but was not able to type on her keyboard to respond, so she recorded a voice message instead. "Yes, that's the man. What's wrong with his family? What are you guys talking about?"As soon as she finished her sentence, she lifted her head and finally realized that Andy was not there.Instead,
Anne stared at John for a long time before forcibly smiling and told him in sign language, "Robyn didn't return after so long, so I got worried and came by to check on her.""Daddy, Aunt Robyn, are you two hugging?" Sammie asked, blinking innocently as she raised her head in curiosity.John and Robyn turned pale at this.It was understandable for such a young child like Sammie to misinterpret them as hugging, but what would Anne think of this?John leaped off the bed and staggered toward Anne. "Anne, it's just a misunderstanding…"However, he was still so weak that his legs could not hold up the full weight of his body at all, and he almost crumpled to the ground.Quick-witted Robyn managed to catch him before he could fall, but this gesture appeared once again rather intimate to both Anne and Sammie. Sammie furrowed her brow and asked rather indignantly, "Are you hugging again? Daddy, how can you hug Aunt Robyn like this when you've never even hugged Mommy and me like this befor
When the nurse pushed Anne to John's ward, she overheard John and Robyn fighting from the door. The fight was about how John was anxious to return home because he was worried about Anne and Sammie.However, as someone who used to work as a nurse, Robyn knew John should not leave the hospital after being shot by a gun. At least, he needed to stay in the hospital and be observed for 24 hours to make sure that he was fine before leaving the hospital. If an infection happened, John's body would crash easily and he would become weak just like Anne.In the ward, John frowned and talked with a serious tone, "I'm really fine. Get me my clothes so I can go upstairs to thank Miss Andie and go back home immediately. If Anne knows that I'm hurt, she is going to worry. She will easily be suspicious since you haven't gone back home for a long time. What if she worries about me and brings Sammie to the hospital to look for me? Can you bear yourself even just thinking about it? She's weak and Sammie
Sammie's soft and cute babyish voice melted Stefan's heart immediately. It had been quite some time since he actually put a smile on his face. "Hi, there. What's your name and how old are you?"Sammie tilted her head to look at Stefan's handsome face and smiled sweetly, "I'm Samantha but everyone calls me Sammie."Then she did not forget to introduce Anne to Stefan too. "This is my Mommy. Her name is Anne."At this point, Stefan had given all of his attention to Sammie and did not notice Sammie mentioned that her mother's name was Anne. He pinched Sammie's cheek and said, "Your Mommy is not feeling well. You have to be a good girl and take care of her, do you understand?"Sammie nodded seriously and said, "I will.""Alright, sir. I will bring them to where they want to go," the nurse saw Anne signing to her anxiously. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. I will take good care of them."The promise from the nurse gave an assurance to Stefan that they would be well taken off. He smil
This was the first time Anne brought Sammie out. Ever since she escaped from death, she became a different person—a recluse and was afraid of the sun. This situation became even worse after she became mute.The last time she left the house was two weeks ago when she had to go for surgery.However, she worried about John. In the morning, Robyn told her John was hurt and needed to stay in the hospital to rest. However, she had a hard time believing what Robyn said.After spending so many years together with John, Anne reckoned she was the one who knew John the most. If it was a minor injury, John would never want to stay in the hospital. He cared too much about her and Sammie, so he never dared to let her worry about him. Therefore, it just did not sound reasonable if John would stay in the hospital because of a small injury.Furthermore, Robyn had not returned home since the morning, which was nearly three hours since she left the house. After much consideration, she decided to call
Tara fell silent upon hearing this. She bit her lip nervously and shot Gwen a tentative glance. "I didn't mean to offend you, Gwen…" "I know." Gwen let out an exhale and interrupted Tara before she could finish, "I know you meant no harm, but I can't deny that this is something I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around. In the future, neither of you—even you, Luna—should bring this up again." Her love life was such a mess that not even she could unravel the ties, much less expect other people to understand. Tara pursed her lips and did not reply. Luna stared at Gwen in silence for a while before finally saying, "But you have to face this eventually, Gwennie. After all that you've been through with Luke, all of us hope for nothing but the best for the two of you. Even if you avoid it now, you'll have to face the truth eventually. Otherwise, are you planning on spending the rest of your life in this complicated relationship with Luke? Can you bear the thought of not being
Stefan was mildly amused by the look on her face. He extended his arms out in a gesture of defeat and said, "I never intended on ratting you out to Joshua. You three spoke about these secrets in my presence." With that, he shot Andy a rather helpless look. "Don't you agree, sir?" Andy was surprised to be called out all of a sudden. "Of course!" Although Gwen and Luke had been together for a long time, Luke had never much cared for maintaining good relations with his future father-in-law. He always thought his relationship with Gwen did not concern anyone else outside of the two of them. Combined with the fact that Andy had done some hurtful things to Gwen in the past, Luke grew even more disdainful of his future father-in-law. Because of this, he had never given Andy as much as a second glance throughout their relationship and rarely ever addressed him directly like this. The truth was, Stefan had already called out to Andy once before, during their rescue mission the day befor