Thomas narrowed his eyes when he heard this. "Is that true?"This was new."Of course it is!" A glimmer of triumph flashed through Tina's eyes when she sensed Thomas' attitude letting up. "Of course it's true. I know I lied to you before, Thomas, but I wouldn't dare to do it anymore."After all, you know how good that helper of yours, Joshua Lynch, is at his job—he's already claimed most of the family inheritance. Your father knows that if he doesn't admit his mistake now, he won't have any way to fight back against you."At the same time, he's still holding onto his ego, so he insisted I call you and persuade you to come home. Then, he'll apologize to you, and you can discuss everything together."Tina was trying her best to coax Thomas to come home.Thomas narrowed his eyes at this.A split second later, he curled his lips into a smirk and scoffed. "Well, he should've thought of this in the first place."This was why he had enlisted Joshua's help—to get back what was rightful
Yannie was at the hospital with Luna and Rachel in the midst of comforting Gwen when she received Thomas' call.From the moment she returned to the hotel, Gwen had been sitting in silence in front of the window, staring out at the view.No matter what Luna and Rachel did, Gwen would stare out the window blankly as though she could not hear a single word they said—until Yannie arrived.Yannie held her hand and patiently described everything that had happened to Steven to her.This was when the familiar gleam in Gwen's eyes began to return.She lifted her head to stare at Yannie in puzzlement. "Are you saying that Steven and Luke were possibly brothers or even twins?"Yannie nodded. "I overheard Thomas' spy saying this. Apparently, the Hughes family had been blessed with a set of twin boys, but for some reason, the boys had been ill since birth, and one of them even almost died."Therefore, they sought out the help of a fortune teller who foretold that…"Yannie paused for a momen
Yannie paused and instinctively glanced at the closed door. "I'm with Gwen—""I need you, Yannie," Thomas interrupted before she could even finish her sentence. There was a hint of excitement in his tired voice as he said, "Because…this could turn out to be one of the most memorable days in my life, so I want you to witness it with me."Yannie bit her lip and fell silent upon hearing Thomas' earnest request, then finally agreed. "Alright, I'll come with you."She agreed to go with him not because she was fine with leaving Gwen but because…Gwen had Luna and Rachel with her, but she was the only person Thomas had. Even though he was a world-famous celebrity with good looks, wealth, and good family background, Yannie knew better than anyone just how lonely he truly was.Ever since his mother passed and his father remarried, Thomas had always felt abandoned and spent most of his time alone.She and Riley were the closest people he had to a family.Thomas rarely told Yannie things l
Yannie lifted her head to gaze at Thomas' handsome face, smiling. "Not too long ago.""Liar." Thomas sighed, gently wiped the sweat off her forehead with his sleeve, and then helped her get into the car. "Let's go."Sitting in the front passenger seat, Yannie buckled her seatbelt and turned to stare at Thomas. "What are we doing this afternoon?"Thomas curled his lips into a smile and said, smiling, as he started the engine, "You'll find out soon enough; I've been waiting for this day since ages ago."Even though Thomas knew that his wretched father was not apologizing out of genuine remorse, due to the situation at hand, the fact that he was willing to admit his mistake was enough.When his mother's birthday rolled around, he could finally visit his mother's grave and declare to her that her son had finally helped avenge her death.Yannie sighed when she saw Thomas smiling but did not ask further questions.Since he was not willing to reveal anything yet, she would wait patient
Tina let out an awkward chuckle. "Your father had been waiting for you at home, but an urgent situation arose at the company branch, so he had to leave early…"Tina could not help sighing as she added, "You of all people should know what's happening with our company right now. That friend of yours, Joshua Lynch, is so good that even after handing over the company to you, he can't manage the branch all by himself either…"Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to resort to inviting you here to apologize."Thomas furrowed his brow dubiously.He hesitated for a moment, then sent a quick message to Joshua before taking Yannie's hand and following Tina and Denise into the dining room.The servants were busy setting the table, and Yannie could not help pursing her lips when she saw all the lavish food on the table.This was her third time coming to Howard Mansion. The first time, she had come with Thomas, and the second time, Tina had forced her here without Thomas' knowledge to attack her al
Yannie never thought that Tina would suddenly target her. She bit her lip and instinctively glanced at Thomas.Thomas furrowed his brow and turned to stare coldly at Tina. "Don't terrorize her.""You think she's terrorizing her?" Denise was upset by the way Thomas defended Yannie. "Thomas, Godmom is just trying to be nice."It's already lunchtime, yet the two of you refuse to touch even a single bite. Do you somehow think that Godmom and I have spiked the food?"Denise picked up her fork and placed a bite of every dish onto her plate, then said, sneering, "Since you guys are convinced the food is poisoned, feel free to stay hungry."Then, she lowered her head and began to eat.Yannie bit her lip and glanced first at Thomas, then at Tina and Denise, who was sitting across from her.The atmosphere in the room was awkward.Yannie sighed and contemplated for a long time, then finally picked up a spoonful of food.Since she and Thomas had already shown up, it meant that they had al
"This cooking…" Thomas furrowed his brow after tasting all the dishes, then instinctively glanced in Tina's direction."Tastes familiar, doesn't it?" Tina curled her lips into a smile and stared back at Thomas with a triumphant look. "This is probably what your mother's cooking used to taste like."She sighed and added, "I had spent a lot of time and effort sending people over to your mother's hometown to brush up their cooking skills."Not only that, but I even forced your father to taste-test multiple times before finally confirming that this is indeed how your mother's cooking used to taste like."Thomas narrowed his eyes. "Why are you trying so hard to get on my good side?"Tina chuckled. "Well, that's because…"A look of helplessness washed over her as she explained, "After all, the entire Howard family—even the entire Saigen City—is now at your and Joshua's beck and call, so of course I'd want to get on your good side."She was lying, of course.The truth was, the chef wh
Almost 20 bodyguards surged forward at the sound of Tina's order and surrounded Thomas and Yannie.Thomas narrowed his eyes, pulled Yannie close to him, and lifted his head to stare coldly at Tina. "That old geezer hadn't intended to apologize to me or my mother at all, right?"This was all his fault.With Joshua's help, Thomas had witnessed just how defeated his wretched father had become. Not only that, but since many years ago, he had already dreamed of the day that the old geezer would apologize to him and his mother, Eanne.This was why he had been so delighted by Tina's call that he did not stop to consider the consequences.He should not have believed Tina when she claimed that Senior Howard wanted to invite him to Howard Mansion for a formal apology!"You guessed it," Tina said curtly as she stared at Thomas' face. "I was lying to you; your father hadn't intended to apologize to you at all. He even told me that you're a bastard son—you even brought an outsider in to confr