"I don't care!" Mr. Hoffman did not notice Steven approaching from behind and instead waved his hand dismissively at Mr. and Mrs. Hughes. "You were the ones who promised me I'd be able to have fun with that woman. Now, not only am I left unsatisfied, but she even jumped off a building right in front of me!"Because of you, I'm now being investigated by the police. I literally just came out from being interrogated, and my wife has found out about my cheating on her. All of you should be responsible for this!"He scoffed and added, "This is all your fault—none of you could control her well enough! I will rebuke our previous contract, and you have to pay me back the money I gave you!"Not only that, but you need to give me extra compensation! If you don't, I'll spread the news about your wrongdoing all over town, and you'll pay the price for deceiving me!"With that, he turned around and was just about to leave when he came face-to-face with Steven."What the hell?" he shot Steven a
At the thought of this, Steven could not help recalling the despair in Denise's voice when she uttered those words to him.His heart clenched at the thought of this.He lifted his head to stare at the couple standing before him.At this moment, the two of them were exchanging accusatory glances at each other, as though they were still blaming each other for the falling through of their business transaction with Mr. Hoffman.Steven let out another gasp as he clenched his fists in fury.He had no idea that his own parents were such despicable people!Denise had lived with them for more than 20 years. Even though she was not biologically related to them, even though they treated her merely as a bargaining tool…she was still human!She was a living, breathing person who spent her entire life with them!People regularly grew attached to pets, yet both his parents seemed to care for Denise less than any ordinary folk cared for their pet dog!She was nothing but a tool to them!At t
Steven's parents had terrible looks on their faces after listening to what Steven said.On the other hand, Steven slowly felt there was hope when he saw his parent's pale faces. He thought his parent might change their thoughts and their indifference was unnecessary after what he said.However, what happened next was unexpected…"That bitch bewitched you!" Mrs. Hughes approached Steven angrily and grabbed his arm. She sounded very angry, "It's not just Gwen that bitch. And Denise too! Those two women had bewitched you. It's this how you talk to me and your father? We are just doing all of these because of you. If it weren't for you, do you think we don't want to be good people that everyone praised? And you're saying this sort of thing to us? Steven Hughes, are you human?"Mrs. Hughes treated Steven like he was still a kid by pulling his ear, "Stop embarrassing me! Go home with me now!"After that, Steven realized many people were starting to gather around them. He smiled bitterly
"I'm not being childish!" Steven furrowed his brow and threw away his father's hand. "I have my own life. Mr. Hughes, keep your hand away from me!"He turned around and left.Mr. Hughes looked at Steven walking away. He frowned and looked at his wife.Mrs. Hughes squinted his eyes while her eyes wavered in coldness. "Ignore him! Let's go back!"After saying that, she raised her hand to grab her husband's hand. They walked away from those bystanders and left. The crowd finally dispersed after the Hughes couple left.When Luna and Joshua arrived there, they did not see Steven, Gwen, or the Hughes couple. Luna frowned and took out her telephone and called Gwen. At that time, Sean called her.Lucas and the others had just rescued Luke from Hughes' residence and were on their way to the hotel."Luna," When the phone was connected, Sean asked nervously, "Did you find Denise? How is she doing? Is she hurt?""When I was at the Hughes' residence, I wanted to go rescue her together with
When Joshua mentioned Adrian, Luna could not help and sigh. She wanted to say something and in the end, she did not say it.She approached Joshua and held his hand, "You're different from him.""Yes, I'm different." Joshua smiled bitterly. "Steven lives a happier life than me. At least…"He looked to the far side while looking helpless and sad, "At least Steven's parent still thinks of him no matter how badly they treated the outsider. Yes, they are selfish. Using Steven as an excuse to do all bad things. At least they are really good to him. But my father…"Adrian had never liked Joshua. He was the one who make his mother suffer. Yet, he kept blaming Rianna's death on Joshua. He told everyone the reason he hated Joshua was that Rianna died when delivering Joshua to this world.Joshua squinted his eyes. It was about time for him to settle with Adrian."Joshua." Luna looked at the sorrow in Joshua's eyes. Her heart was in pain. She sighed and grabbed his hand tightly and pressed h
The second day Steven left Saigen City, Joshua and Thomas acted on behalf of Gwen to provide the court with evidence of how the Hughes family and the Miller family cheated and lied to Luke. Incidentally, they also provided the court with all the information Sean found in the information room in Hughes's residence.A week later. After much debating, the court finally had a result. The Hughes family and the Miller family had acted against the will of the other party and illegal appropriation of another person's organ. Therefore, the court found them guilty of the charges and sentenced the chief of both families to ten years of prison.In addition, after all the sinful crimes the Hughes couple committed, the court sentenced the couple to an additional twenty years of prison each.On the day of the result, Steven did not appear. Denise was still unconscious in the hospital. The only two people who attended were Sean and Gwen.Gwen shivered excitingly when she heard the sentence. On the
Mrs. Hughes' face turned pale at what Gwen said. She widened her eyes and glared at Gwen, "It's none of your business how we end up in the future. We will be out sooner than you think. I will never forgive you!"Gwen laughed, "Sure. I will be waiting for you."She looked at the time and said, "Twenty years later, I will be waiting for you here. I hope you will perform well in prison and do not let them extend the sentence. Goodbye."She pulled Sean and wanted to leave. Nonetheless, Sean frowned and let go of her hand. "Gwen, there's something I want to talk to them about."Gwen frowned and looked at Sean. "I'll wait for you outside?"Sean nodded.After Gwen left the court, Sean took a deep breath. He looked at Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Hughes coldly, "Denise is still unconscious. Since Denise committed suicide by jumping off the building, the judge did not include Denise's matter in the sentence today."Mrs. Hughes felt pleased. "So what? Do you want to take revenge for her? Too bad,
Sean frowned when he heard the lowly and weak voice from behind. He stopped and looked back. Mr. Hughes was kneeling on the ground with his cuffed hand and legs. The two police beside him tried hard to pull him up.Sean could not help and sneer as he saw it. "How funny. I can't believe Luke and Steven actually have you this useless and indecisive man as their biological father."Although Sean did not know Steven well enough, he could tell Steven was a good guy from how he treated Denise and Gwen. At least he did not harbor his parent and knew that his parent made many mistakes when he was the beneficiary in the entire incident. It was really quite something.Mr. Hughes' body became stiff. He lowered his head and asked timidly, "Can you...think about my two sons and…""I will ask the gang member to 'look after' you because of your two sons." He purposely emphasized 'look after' when he said that.Mr. Hughes' body trembled."Stop kneeling. I won't be soft on you." After that, he tu