Barbara went mad before Bethany said anything to Antonio. She came up and blocked between Bethany and Antonio. "How dare you bring up that matter!? Joanna would never have the chance to marry if it wasn't me!" she said, looking furious. Antonio was shocked by Barbara’s reaction "Calm down, Barbara!" he said. "No,"Barbara shouted, clenching her hands into fists, "No! Why do I have to calm down? ! After all the vile things that your daughter has done to my precious Benny, I never doubt it! And now you want Bethany to be a nice person and forgive Joanna? Never!" She held Bethany in her arms again and said to her when she finished her sentence to Antonio, "Let's go, honey." Bethany nodded. Bethany and Barbara didn't say anything more to Antonio and Daphne . They left the police station. Barbara was still mad at Antonio on their ride back to the hospital. She couldn't help thinking about it. She found it hard to accept the fact that Joanna was going to get married into an elite family
Zayn lowered his eyes to hide his emotions. "I should be the one who takes the most responsibility if you're right. It has nothing to do with Bethany if I fall in love with her. But why don't you come to me?""No! She's the one who should take responsibility! Because she seduces you!" Joanna shook her head and insisted that Bethany was the problem.Zayn looked at Joanna again and said "You are being unreasonable! Let me tell you something. You shouldn't hurt anyone no matter whose fault it is. I have tolerated you for quite a long time,Joanna. I'll call the press and tell them I'm breaking the engagement between you and young master Sebastian .""Not Never! I will not agree!" Joanna forgot her leg was in a cast and supported her both up with her arms. 'You want to break off my engagement and you wish to get together with Bethany? No way!' she thought."You think you could stop me?" Zayn's lips curled into a teasing smile. Joanna finally knew he meant it.Something came to her mind. Jo
Zayn was just about to answer her when another severe electric current appeared. Bethany had to put her hands over her ears for the reason that her eardrums were so painful as if they had been perforated. But what she did was only a temporary solution. She still suffered the impact of the sound of electric currents. Zayn saw a painful look on her face. He set his mouth in a grim line, and then he took off his coat to cover it over. Bethany’s head, suffering from the pain, Zayn put his hands over her hands, through the coat, to help her against the hurt from the electric currents. Then Bethany could hardly hear the electric currents. The painful look gradually disappeared from her face. She looked up at zayn. At that moment, she realised that Zayn was protecting her when he suffered from the great pain caused by the electric currents. She was deeply touched and then her nose twitched. "Mr. Meyer." Bethany called his name softly, in a strangled voice. Because of the noise, Zayn c
Jeff didn't move at all. Bethany was not sure if he was awake. Three hours later, the plane made a slow descent. Bethany woke Jeff up. After coming back to his senses,Jeff had a spasm of nausea and dizziness.He tried hard to control himself. Unfortunately, it only succeeded for a short time. When he got off the plane, he couldn't help it and threw up into a trash can. Bethany stood beside him, unscrewing a bottle of water. When he finished vomiting, she handed him water and tissues. Taking the water and tissues, Jeff thanked her weakly with a pale face. Bethany was somewhat amused. She looked at him and asked, "You've suffered before. Why are you so airsick this time?" Jeff drank the water and then answered, "I forgot to take my air sickness medicine this time." "Oh, I will buy you some later in case you will suffer again." Hearing his words, Bethany quickly said. Jeff smiled. "You are so nice! Well, I think you need to help me walk. My legs are weak" "No problem” Bethany put
He remembered that she had said these two words to him the night she had wept and panted beneath him. "Boss, what's wrong?" Zayn suddenly stood still. Gael, who was following him, asked. Zayn came back to his senses and coughed softly, pressing his fist to his lips. Then he answered calmly, "Nothing" Glancing at Bethany, who was still surprised not far away, he boarded the cruise. Gael followed him. Seeing Gael and Zayn, Bethany wanted to greet them. However, Jeff suddenly stood in front of her, blocking her view. "What are you looking at?" He asked with a smile. Bethany turned her gaze and shook her head. "Nothing. When will we board?" "Now. We need to check in." Jeff pointed to the front desk and held out his hand to her. Bethany was confused by his action. Jeff explained, "This time, you're here as my girlfriend, so we have to act like a couple. Otherwise, people will suspect." "I see." Bethany gave a faint smile and took him by the hand. Jeff held her hand tightly and le
Bethany was struggling in the water, shouting and waving her arms around frantically.Perhaps it was because she had been struggling for so long that her action had begun to slow down.She was unable to exert herself, and her body began to slowly descend. Seeing this, Jeff immediately dropped the envelope with the pictures in it, jumped over the railing, and swam toward Bethany. "Benny!" When he reached her, he grabbed her by the neck, held her head up, and tock her toward the cruise ship's water-date.But the cruise ship kept moving. It was slow, but it was still much faster than a human's swimming speed. He swam for a long time but did not reach the cruise ship. Instead, he was left behind. But the good news was that someone on the cruise ship had dropped the life buoy. If he grabbed it, people on the cruise ship could pull them out. But he was taking Bethany while swimming, so it wasn't easy to catch the buoy. Plus, he hadn't swum for a long time and hadn't warmed up before j
She remembered that Jeff had saved her before Zayn did, but Jeff suffered a cramp in his calf and was also drowning then. She wondered if he was fine now. Zayn's calm face darkened when Bethany mentioned Jeff.He took her glass and put it on the bed heavily. "You care so much about your boyfriend?" he sneered. "Boyfriend?" Bethany was surprised. Zayn set his mouth in a grim line. "Isn't Jeff your boyfriend?" “Of course not." Bethany was amused "It'sa hoax . We are just friends" “Hoax?"Zayn was feeling better. "Yes.He knew he would meet Miss Quade here. So he asked me to pretend to be his girlfriend, to let Miss Quade give up." "Do you believe his words?" Zayn leaned back in his chair. Bethany blinked. "Why not?" Zayn looked into her clear eyes and felt helpless.She was so simple. It seemed to her that she was pretending to be Jeff’s girlfriend to help him get rid of Ms.Quade but Zayn knew that this was only one of Jeff's purposes. Jeff wanted everyone to regard Bethany as hi
Suddenly, his phone rang. In an instant, Zayn's smile disappeared. He put the photo down, picked up his phone, looked at it, and held it to his ear. "Hello?" “Oh, good. I know you are still up." Davis giggled. Zayn leaned back in his chair. "What's the matter?" "I wouldn't have called you in the night if it wasn't about Jessie." Dave rolled his eyes. Zayn rubbed his temples. "Say it. What's the matter?" "It's about the cornea again. Today the hospital could offer another pair of corneas, but she was not satisfied and refused to have surgery anyway. At this rate, she'll be blind in a few months." Dave sighed. Hearing Dave's words, Zayn felt displeased too. He set his mouth in a grim line. "What does she want to do? Why isn't she satisfied?" "I've asked her this question too. She told Me that she wanted someone's cornea "“Is that one alive?" Zayn's hand clenched on the phone and his face darkened. Dave shook his head. "She said that person would soon die." That person would s
…..That night at Bethany’s mansion.Bethany was scrolling through a file on her laptop when her phone rang.It was a call from Barbara.“Darling, I have gone to pay my rest at the temple along with Vella. We will be back home very soon, don't worry everything is fine and Vella is having a lot of fun” Barbara excitedly explains everything in one goal.Bethany smiled, hearing her words.“Donnie, I hope you had fun visiting the places you wanted. And Vella wanted to see the greenery, hope she enjoyed it” Bethany stopped scrolling and asked with a smile on her face. “Yes, she did but she wanted Jenna to accompany her to see the green water fountain. So, she refuses to visit it without her” Barbara ruffled Vella’s hair and said. She looked at the little girl’s face and smiled.Vella beamed back at her. “Really? I should have sent Jenna along with her but Jenna didn't want to go back yet, she was worried about something but it's been taken care of. When you're back, I'll go along with t
“Don't be faster than your shadows. Zayn is not the type to get distracted by things like that. Let's lay low and strike when least expected” Joanna suggested. She knew his Zayn was like and didn't want things to get messed up. Bent on the other held his phone in his hands while his chest rose and fell at the mention of Bethany. Bethany had managed to capture Zayn’s heart and was a great asset to him, how could she go missing? “Talking of Bethany.That cocky woman humiliated me so much before, why are we even talking about her?” Sapphira was boiling with rage once she saw Bethany’s name. “You are not the only one.Bethany was like a huge thorn in my flesh, she came after me like a rival.I have a very bad feeling about that woman” Daphne cringed her face, thinking of the times Bethany made her life difficult. “Who is this Bethany and why was she after you all?” Dimitri seemed to be the only one who didn't have any encounter with Bethany. “That miserable girl was a menace. Who knew
Hearing his words, Mr.Meyer turned to look at him with seriousness.The expression appeared as though something had been awakened in his mind.“Do you really think so? If that's the case then we don't deserve to call ourselves her family, how could we fail to find her?” He viciously blames himself.“Why are you blaming yourself, old master Meyer? It's not even confirmed that the young mistress is alive yet. On top of that, the situation was too complicated and no one knew the truth.” Mr.Meyer Sr looked ghastly at the dark view of the sea and muttered.“If there's a chance that my dear Giselle is out there somewhere, I'll turn the whole world down to bring her back no matter what”His firm tone and cold expressions were a testament to his serious he was.“What are you planning to do, Master Meyer? What's on your mind?” The Butler asked, seeing his expression.“It's her death anniversary very soon. Wouldn't it be nice if we found her before then? That way we will get to celebrate her bi
Back in the hospital. The smile on Jessica’s face faded as soon as Zayn was gone.After he left, the smile on Jessica's face disappeared and she put on a cold face. The next moment, she pulled open the bedside drawer, took out a document, and opened it. She was a little sad. But soon she thought of something else and slowly touched on these words, revealing a frightening smile. Just then, she heard a soft knock on the door before Jeff walked into the room with his stethoscope in his hands. He carefully examined her and said.“Ms.Ferguson, there is nothing to worry about.If you look after yourself well, you'll be fine” “Dr.Emerson, why isn't Ms.Quest visiting you anymore? Did you two have a lover’s quarrel?” Jessica asked seriously with a pretentious smile. Jeff was caught off-guard. However, the mention of Bethany’s name caused his eyes to turn red with hate. Jessica was quick-witted, she saw his expressions but didn't say a word. “.Ms.Ferguson, Ms.Quest is quite busy that
“Jessie, Ms.Quest had gone on a business trip for a few days, she's not back yet. As soon as she comes back, I'll send her over to accompany you for a while” Jessica was disappointed when she found out about this.At first thing, she thought Bethany was keeping her distance from her after getting into a feud with Danica.She had read online that Bethany and Danica got into a fight after Danica’s show flopped but she didn't expect that things would get this harsh.Danica was the perfect villain and nks that things had gotten to this level, she song hold back anymore.“Is that so? That's alright.Ms.Quest is very kind hearted, she makes me so happy” Jessica said with a warm smile lingering under her eyelids.Zayn was surprised to see how sweetly she talks about Bethany.On Top of that, he noticed that the mention of Bethany’s name lit up a smile on her face.He didn't think too much about it and was glad.“Jessie, I'll arrange with the doctors and get you transferred to the Platinum Villa
“I'm dying, Zayn. I'm dying from everything, there's no reason to continue!” Jessica sounded so weak as if she had given up on life.A few weeks back, Zayn had motivated her to continue living no matter what.However, seeing that he had given up on her, Jessica decided she had no reason to live anymore.“What are you talking about, Jessica? You shouldn't give up so soon. I'm here with you now, I was a little busy and neglected you for a while, I'm so sorry” Zayn was apologetic as he took her hands into his and kissed them.Her thin hand was utterly cold and devoid of life. In the end, Zayn got scared.“You have too much to deal with now. Why would you bother yourself with my responsibility? I don't want to trouble you so don't worry about me”Even though it sounded as though Jessica was being considerate. In reality, she was pushing him to the edge to make him feel bad.Zayn couldn't bring himself to look her in the eyes, he blamed himself for her condition. So, he could only tighten
….In the hospital, Zayn waited at the door of the ward while the doctors attended to Jessica.He was worried sick and couldn't stand still no matter his much he tried.A few days ago, Jessica wanted him to visit her and stay by her side for a while to keep her warm and chase away her loneliness for some time.However, he was too busy and requested to visit her later.If things went wrong and she didn't make it, he would begrudge himself forever. At this time, a nurse came out of the treatment room anxiously and was heading out when Zayn stopped her in her tracks.“Nurse, what's happening to Jessica? She was just fine, right? How come she's critical?” Zayn demanded, feeling suffocated. Frustration was evident on his face as he couldn't help but worry about Jessica.“Mr.Meyer, I have no idea how Ms.Ferguson is faring right now. Her condition suddenly retrogressed and was rushed to the treatment room immediately then I had to call you up since there was no one else” Zayn was riled up
“ENOUGH! Shut the f*ck up, everyone!” After tapping his feet against the floor for umpteen times and they still continued to argue, Bent squealed loudly, causing them to stop brawling and look in his direction. “Do you know what your problem is? You never learn from a mistake. You all are so dumb and fall through without hassle!” Bent yelled, losing his patience at their trifling scuffle.Everyone was stunned by Bent's sudden outburst; no one knew what came over him.In the end, they all glared at him with curiosity and waited for him to say a word.Cone to think of it, Bent had been quiet the entire time and suddenly burst out with anger.“What's wrong with you, Bent? What's with outbursts? Did we do something wrong?!”Sapphira Grand, looked at her son and asked, tilting her head to grasp his expression.“How could you all not realise you are making a mistake right now? Do you not realize who the actual enemy is?” Bent asked, he had a somber seriousness to his tone. At the mentio
Once Zayn left, they turned to look at each other with complicated gazes. “Why would Zayn hurriedly leave in the middle of an important family meal? What was so urgent that he couldn't care less about Grandpa’s health before dashing off? Who knows if Zayn truly cares about Grandpa!”Joanna broke the silence with her rhetorical questions.Even though it sounded as if she was worried about the old man, she was simply trying to ignite the burning flame in his heart.She could vividly remember that Mr.Meyer Sr still held a grudge against Zayn for what happened to Giselle Medina. Joanna stole a glance at Mr.Meyer Sr and saw the vain expression on his face, she smiled hideously. She scoffed before saying.“Maybe, he's really busy today, Zayn’s never left Grandpa alone before especially while he's sick”At this time, everyone noticed the dark aura looming around Mr.Meyer Sr, he was getting offended at Joanna’s remarks but he couldn't say a word since he was telling the truth.Zayn had always