Shortly, Gwen and Steven arrived at the hospital. Everything was just as Joshua expected; the hospital was so heavily guarded that they did not have the chance to enter.The guard at the entrance was very persistent and serious. "I'm sorry, but this is a private hospital. After the death of Mr. Howard, his family reserved the hospital. No one is allowed to enter other than the employees of this hospital and the patients who have been staying in this hospital and their families."After the explanation, the guard glanced at Steven and continued, "Mr. Hughes, why are you involving yourself with the Howard family's business?"That simple question had cut off Steven's thought of fabricating his identity to enter the hospital. If the guard at the entrance knew Steven, the guard would never let him in no matter what kind of identity he made up.Without any choice, Steven and Gwen returned to the car. At that moment, Gwen's phone rang. She looked at the screen and was enlightened as Neil w
After that reply, the atmosphere in the car became dead silent.Steven looked at Gwen's intricate and exquisite face. He wanted to say something as he opened his mouth, but he did not know what to say. He thus closed his eyes and sighed deeply.Nevermind. He was not Luke and not her lover. He did not have the right to stop her from leaving.Nonetheless…Was there any meaning for him to turn into Luke if she was gone?"Let's go."At that moment, Gwen's voice interrupted his thinking. When Steven's senses returned, Gwen had already opened the door and walked toward the car park. He felt listless for a moment, but he quickly made his move to chase after her.With guidance from Nigel via the phone, they avoided all of the guards and most of the surveillance cameras. Finally, they reached a resting room in the inner part of the underground car park. They also found Mr. Zink, who was locked up in the room.Mr. Zink was not like his usual spirited self when they found him. In fact, he
As Gwen and Steven were running out of choices, Gwen took a deep breath and dashed to where Steven was. Before she could reach him, he had thrown a few more punches.This time, his punches hit home as they slammed into the bulkier guard's face. As the thinner guard returned, Steven turned around and fought with the thinner guard.The scene shook Gwen to the core. Her eyes widened as she stopped running, knowing not to intervene. At that moment, she felt like she was seeing Luke fighting the guards instead of Steven.'Yes, he is Luke!' She strongly believed the man fighting in front of her was Luke. Only Luke was capable of fighting so fiercely, on point, and in a relaxed manner.With the two guards taken down, Steven turned back and smiled at Gwen. "Done."Gwen stood still as she gripped her fists tightly. It felt as though something was lodged in her heart. She could only bite her lip and stare at the man in front of her silently.While she tried to find words to say, no words c
Gwen's question was too sharp that it startled Mr. Zink.After a while, after much staring from Gwen and Steven, he sighed deeply and eventually fessed up. "I… Well, I didn't really know he was going to die."He sighed again. "It's a long story.""Then you can tell us on the way." Steven looked around and thought it was not safe to stay for too long.He only managed to knock out the two guards, and once they woke up, they would surely inform the other guards. By then, there would not be just two guards stopping them.It was hard enough for him to take down those two guards, and he did not know if he could deliver the same result if there were more of them."Yes. You can tell us on the road."Steven's words prompted Gwen. She nodded vehemently and helped the weak Mr. Zink up to his feet with Steven's help. They used the same route they took before and helped Mr. Zink to escape the underground car park.The three of them entered the cars, and Steven was the driver. Gwen sat at th
"You said that, not me," said Mr. Zink swiftly upon hearing what Steven said. "Mr. Hughes, I never said Senior Howard's death is related to Mrs. Hughes and Dan!"After that, he looked at Gwen and begged her to agree with him. "Miss, I'm sure you heard what I said. I never said that, right?"Gwen furrowed her brow and felt bad for how pitiful Mr. Zink looked. As a lawyer, it was his duty to fight for justice, but since he was badly injured, he did not even dare to tell the truth as he was afraid it would cause more trouble.She sighed and said, "Mr. Zink, you don't have to be so afraid. Steven… He's not the same as the others. He won't betray you, so you don't have to be afraid that he'd ask you to testify."As she was talking, she looked at Steven who was driving. Gwen's reply shocked Steven because he never thought Gwen would say that to Mr. Zink. For a moment there, he did not know if he was more surprised or thrilled to hear that.Even though he knew there was a higher chance G
Inside Howard Mansion, Dan could not help curling his lips into a smirk when he read the comments about Thomas and Joshua on the internet."That Joshua Lynch has always been a pain in the ass. I've always wanted to find some way to get rid of him, but I never thought he'd wind up like Thomas." He lifted his wine glass to his lips and took a sip from it. "If I'd known killing that old geezer would bring us so much help, I would've done this sooner."Not only did we manage to get rid of Thomas, but we even chased that Joshua Lynch right out of Saigen City too. What a pleasant surprise!"Tina gazed out the window as she took a sip from her wine glass. "That's right. I never thought that old geezer's death would solve all our problems like this. We've finally reaped what we sowed. I can't believe that after all these years, we finally lived to see our hard work pay off!"Even though it was in the middle of winter and temperatures were subzero, Tina could not help feeling a surge of war
"What the hell are you talking about?" Tina despised hearing things like this, so she immediately flew into a rage when she heard her own son talking this way. "Can you not be such a party pooper? We were celebrating our victory! What could've gone wrong?"She strode over to Dan and snatched the laptop out of his hands. "We've won. Unless that old geezer somehow was raised from the dead, there's no way we could've failed. Besides, haven't we already confirmed his death? How could he possibly be revived?"Before she could even finish her sentence, she caught sight of the image on the screen.Senior Howard was dead, alright, but at this moment, she was staring at an image of him before his demise.In the video, Senior Howard was leaning against his headboard, wearing the familiar hospital gown. His face appeared pale, but his voice was just as boisterous as ever."If you're watching this video, it means that I'm probably dead by now, but there are some things I'd like to clarify to
Tina's entire body froze upon hearing this.She stared dazedly at the man on the screen, her ears ringing so hard that she could not even hear her son calling her name.Dan was right…They were screwed.With Mr. Zink being abducted and Senior Howard's last words announced on the internet, everyone in Saigen City would know that Dan was not Senior Howard's biological son and that she had deceived him.Tina had put in so much effort to plan this and naively thought she had succeeded, but it turned out that Joshua was always one step ahead!The night before, when she and Dan were still figuring out how to kill Senior Howard without anyone suspecting them, Joshua had already laid out his plan.Tina closed her eyes, her face as pale as a ghost."Everyone," all of a sudden, Joshua's voice rang out. "This video was taken when I went to visit Senior Howard yesterday. I promised him that if he pulled through, I'd never reveal this video for the whole world to see, but the fact that all