"Sir, I have news from Oceanford. Ms. Angeline's adoptive mother got into a car accident after seeking Mr. Fletcher out. She didn't survive," Taylor said over the phone call.Sean tensed immediately, his grip tightening around his phone. "Got it."After hanging up the phone, Sean grabbed his coat from the chair and put it on. "There's an urgent matter I need to deal with.""Spend more time with Ms. Monica." Robert sat back in his chair, leg crossed over the other. He took a book from the table to his side and continued, "You're bound to be the family patriarch. Having the Scott family's support will help secure your position."Robert's implied meaning was that he was immensely pleased with Monica Scott marrying into the family, so Sean had to feel the same way whether he liked it or not.Sean knew it would be a long way to go before Robert would accept Angeline.Being the only child in her family, Jessica had been doted on by her family since young. She had been tormented to hel
Angeline dialed Zachary's number as soon as she left the airplane. "How's Anne?"Zachary didn't dare tell Angeline the truth. "She… She's still undergoing surgery."After hanging up the phone, Angeline didn't bother queuing up to get a taxi. She barged into someone else's ride before anyone could stop her.The driver originally wanted to force Angeline to go back in line, but when she told him the hospital's address with reddened eyes, he immediately drove to the destination. He even consoled her, "Is your loved one at the hospital, kid? Don't panic! We should reach the hospital in a jiffy. There's not a lot of cars on the road right now.""Okay," Angeline mumbled, her fingers turning white because of how hard they gripped her phone.Zachary awaited Angeline's arrival outside the hospital entrance with an umbrella in hand. He paced back and forth as he waited, repeatedly rehearsing how to break the news of Anne's death to Angeline later.But death was death. No matter how Zachary
"Anne… Anne!" Angeline croaked out softly, throat clogged with pain.Tears finally flowed freely from her eyes. "Anne!"Angeline clutched onto Anne's arm, crying. "You promised you'd make me beef stew and meatballs!"She didn't want Ned anymore. She really didn't want him anymore. She only wanted Anne to come back to life.Zachary's eyes reddened as he stood outside the morgue listening to Angeline sob her heart out. He rarely ever saw her cry when they grew up together. Angeline didn't even cry when she woke up from her coma only to hear that her beloved Ned had amnesia and lost his past memories. Angeline had only wiped her tears away and said she would make Ned regain his memories.She had never had such a terrible breakdown.Zachary had thought Angeline was as cold and distant as others said and that she was able to calmly deal with whatever obstacles she faced.Zachary waited outside the morgue for nearly two hours until the sounds of crying ceased from within. Only then
Zachary and Ingrid turned around."Angie!""A-Angie!"Both cried out at the same time.Angeline was extremely pale under the dim hallway light. She was staring fixedly at Ned with bloodshot eyes."You pushed Anne?" Her voice was deathly cold and raspy."Angie, Ned didn't mean to! Anne kept pushing Ned, wanting him to look at some photos so Ned just pushed her a little. We were on the sidewalk. None of us expected a car to swerve toward her!" Ingrid hurriedly explained to Angeline.Ingrid carefully held the latter's arm. "Ned immediately reached out to grab Anne when the car drove onto the sidewalk, but he didn't manage to do so in time. He fractured his arm in the process too. He never expected…"Angeline wasn't listening to anything Ingrid was saying. The only thing echoing in her mind was Ingrid's words from earlier that the car wouldn't have struck Anne if Ned hadn't pushed her.Despair and fury consumed Angeline. Tears poured from her eyes as she flung Ingrid's hand away a
"Leave! All of you!" Angeline cried, tears still falling down her cheeks. She was quivering as she glared hatefully at Ned, waving her arms. "Leave right now!"Sean turned to Ned. "Or do you need Mr. Fletcher Sr. to personally escort you?"The coldness in Sean's eyes persuaded Ned to leave. He wrapped an arm around Ingrid and left the floor with her. Before Ned entered the elevator, however, he shot one last look in Angeline's direction."Thank you for your help today. You should go back home and rest," Sean said to Zachary.Sean had gotten to know what had happened on his way here. It was Zachary who had helped handle Anne's affairs after her accident.Zachary gazed at Angeline who was being held up by Sean, unwilling to leave. But Taylor was already gesturing for Zachary to leave. "Mr. Stone…""Then please console Angie." Zachary figured Angeline might be more susceptible to Sean's words since they were related.Just before Zachary entered the elevator, he turned around to see
Sean hadn't slept the entire night, so exhaustion was clear on his face. His eyes were vaguely bloodshot too."How is Ms. Angeline?" Taylor asked. He had been working for Sean for so many years, so it was only natural that he knew about Angelina's affairs just as well as Sean did. This was the first time Taylor had seen Angelina in such a terrible state.Sean didn't answer the question. He returned the laptop to Taylor. "Good work. Get some rest or a bite to eat."After Sean gave James a call to inform him of what happened with Angeline, he went to take a shower in the guest room.When Angeline finally woke up from her dream, her eyes were incredibly swollen and her vision blurry.She seemed to have dreamt that Anne was gone.When Angeline saw that she was in Sean's master bedroom in his Oceanford villa, she realized Anne was gone for real.Angeline blinked quietly as tears fell from her eyes again. She quickly wiped them away and got off the bed, trying to find a pair of slippe
Two knocks.Angeline couldn't hold her tears back anymore. "I'm going to hang up first."Two more knocks.After hanging up the call, Angeline forced some food down.Taylor explained what had happened based on the surveillance footage outside the restaurant to Angeline at the table. He explained that Ned pushed Anne, but he did try to pull her back when the car swerved onto the sidewalk. His arm was fractured because of it.Taylor didn't want Angeline to watch the footage at first, but Angeline insisted.Anne was going up to Ned with some photographs in hand. The cameras didn't capture any audio, so Angeline didn't know what Anne was saying. It looked like she was pleading with Ned to look at the photos, however.Angeline's eyes grew reddened. She stopped watching the footage right when Ned reached out to pull Anne from being struck by the car. She then shut the laptop and covered her face with her hands, tears falling uncontrollably.Sean took the laptop away and set a warm gla
When Sean turned to look at Taylor, the latter switched his laptop off.Taylor withstood the overwhelming pressure he felt and said seriously, "You are no ordinary man, sir. Mr. Lawson Senior doesn't want you to cross paths with Ms. Angeline anymore, yet you still disobeyed his wishes countless times. "You even helped Fletcher Corporation for Ms. Angeline's sake. Mr. Lawson Senior is already incredibly displeased by all this. If you disobey his wishes in regards to your marriage, I'm worried you'll face hardship in taking over Lawson Global."What was more, Sean never revealed the pressure he was under when helping Angeline out. If Angeline was still married into the Fletcher family, she could still potentially help Sean out.Not only did Angeline not know just how much Sean had secretly helped her, there was no way she could help Sean out now that she had divorced Ned Fletcher."Leave." Sean's voice was icy.Taylor's lips pulled tight. He retreated from the study, knowing he wo