"Benjamin, I'm just afraid that Jodie can be cruel and not care about us! Also, didn't the lawyer say George had signed the adoption paper and accepted that York lady's money? Now that Jodie mentioned—" Before Katie could finish, Benjamin grabbed a glass of water from the table and threw it at her, shocking her to back away. Although it didn't hit her, the water had splashed all over her trousers. "Nag, nag, nag. Will you just shut up?" Benjamin scowled at Katie. "She's Dad's daughter. The Emmerson family gave her a life. If she doesn't do what we say, I'll beat the crap out of her! If I died before her eyes, how would she explain herself before the Emmerson's ancestors when she dies? I guarantee she won't dare to refuse us!" George returned from outside and said happily to Benjamin, "Benjamin! A lot of people called asking to donate money to you. They also told us not to be scared of that bitch Jodie and that we must fight her to the end." "How much money did we get?" Ju
InternforBlack'sAnatomy: "Dude! I'm so mad at this! Can somebody tell me if I can get back my donation? I want to slap myself every time I remember myself donating to these bastards."Man-in-Red: "I sincerely apologize for bad-mouthing you, Ms. Lawson! I'm shifting to your side. I'm going to bad mouth those Emmerson people—no, Emmerson animals!"ShintheCrayonboi: "Wait for me, Man-in-Red! I'm coming with you. I had readied my pitchfork, sharpened my knife, and was about to face Ms. Lawson. But after watching these videos, I've changed my mind. My pitchfork and knife are for that damn Emmerson family!"Angeline's live interview was announced two days ago. The Emmersons were all watching the stream when it was live They rubbed their hands together, waiting for the host to ask Angeline about Benjamin's kidney donation and abandoning her disabled father, George.But when Angeline maintained her firm attitude and said she wasn't a God, Benjamin started condemning her in the live chat. But h
Many people, both patients and their relatives alike, started crowding and rubbernecking them. "I want you to give me back my money!" the burly chap said. "You've made false claims saying you have no money for medical treatment. I donated because I pitied you. But you bastard used my money to top-up your games, yet you have the audacity to call me an idiot? Pay me back today, or else!" "Help! Somebody call the cops! Nurse? Nurse!" Juliet shouted. "Somebody help! He's trying to kill him! Over here!" The nurse at the nurse station soon noticed the commotion and called security. From the first day when the Emmersons moved into the hospital, Juliet's fixed daily task was to cry about her tragedy to all the patients in every single ward. Everyone in the hospital now knew the Emmersons were relatives of Lawson Global's Angeline Lawson. Almost everyone on the same floor as the Emmersons had watched the live stream and knew what kind of people they were. Some newly admitted pat
The Emmersons had said on The Family Search that they were selling Angeline to an old man in a fishing village after accepting his wedding gifts. The netizens were furious and wrote hateful comments on George's and Benjamin's accounts. Some netizens were glad Angeline had gone through the legal adoption procedure with Anne. Otherwise, the Emmersons would've continued to leech off of her. Some also said Robert had a discerning eye for adopting Angeline into the Lawson family, thus putting an end to her hardships. The netizens also praised Sean for being a great relative to Angeline. They learned it was Sean who stayed by Angeline's side when she was comatose after the car accident on the day of her marriage registration with Ned. Sean was the one who transferred Angeline to another hospital and paid all of her medical expenses. The netizens also discovered that Angeline was comatose because she was trying to save Sean. It, in turn, brought up Ned's story, where he was amnesi
The conspiracy theorists quickly suspected it was Angeline's revenge on the Fletcher family. Some netizens learned that Fletcher Corporation went bankrupt because of Tommy Yates, Ingrid's cousin and the only son of the Yates family, who also bankrupted Yates Group. It was all because he had stolen Vitality Biotech Group's formula and mortgaged it to the casino. To keep the formula a trade secret, Vitality Biotech Group signed an NDA with Fletcher Corporation, where the compensation cost a fortune. But who would've thought Fletcher Corporation broke the contract and shared some of the orders with Yates Group along with the formula? Strictly speaking, Fletcher Corporation was gone because of the Yates family. With this, Ingrid quickly became the target of netizens, condemning her for ruining Fletcher Corporation. Shippers of Ingrid and Ned immediately stood up for her, telling them to stop being busybodies when Ned hadn't even said anything. Some also said it was the Yates fa
Akin to sharks having smelt blood in the water, the reporters turned eager and asked, "So, does this mean Mr. Fletcher dumped Ms. Dalton after he recovered his memory? Is it because he found out his true love is still Ms Lawson? Or is it because she had become the president of Lawson Global?""What are you trying to say? Are you saying Ned fell in love with Angeline because of her current status?" Sherryn was enraged. "Don't make me laugh! Do you want to know why Ned fell in love with Ms. Dalton after the car accident? Just compare her outfit and appearance back then to when she first enrolled at Oceanford University. Then, you'll know why Ned fell in love with Ms. Dalton at first sight!"I know my son better than anyone else! His relationship with Angeline back then was the hottest in all of Oceanford. Everyone in Oceanford knew about their relationship, even back in high school. Ms. Dalton was their junior in high school and university. Why wouldn't she know about their relatio
"Ingrid obviously did it for her own sake, yet she insisted it was for Ned. How shameless!" Sherryn fumed, her chest heaving violently.She had told her son to come forward and clarify the situation, but Ned, being a fool, insisted it was his fault and that he owed Ingrid. He would only clarify their relationship once she was ready.Even after Sherryn told him that Ingrid had deliberately imitated Angeline to get close to him, he maintained that it was his fault for wasting Ingrid's youth for so many years.Sherryn was so infuriated by her son that she almost had a heart attack. So, she decided to stop mentioning Ingrid to avoid getting angry.Unexpectedly, the news about Ingrid taking on several roles simultaneously broke out. She would hear sarcastic comments from her friends at the beauty salon.They remarked that Ned was lucky to have a superstar fiancée who was willing to support him and his mother, even though Fletcher Corporation had gone bankrupt.Upset by their comments,
Dexter was surprised that Angeline was so agreeable.As he smiled and reached for the cup of tea she had pushed toward him, she said, "Since we are already partners, Mr. Kingston, could you do me a favor? Hand over the person who arranged for the car to hit Mr. Lawson."Dexter paused, his hand mid-air. He looked at her."You must have seen the news about me online. Mr. Lawson is not just family to me but also… my savior. Since I'm now working with you, I can't possibly take revenge on you. So I must at least do something to repay him!"Angeline's voice was gentle when she continued, "Of course, this has nothing to do with our current collaboration. I give you my word that our work will not be affected."Dexter understood the implication behind her words.She had feelings for Sean, who had saved her life. She knew that they had sent someone to kill Shane Kingston but ended up hurting him instead.Now, she wanted to avenge him but had to work with Dexter. She hoped Dexter could ha
As soon as the words were out of Angeline's mouth, the sound of lounge slippers padding across the floor rang out. Yasmine ignored the shock on Ned's face and turned to reach for Sean. "Hold me, Daddy!"Sean smiled and lifted her into his arms. Then, he stood beside Angeline and looked at Ned imperiously. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Fletcher. I'm Shane Kingston. Thank you for pushing Angie away in the past—it led to my relationship with her."Ned knew precisely who "Shane" was. Just a few days ago, he'd seen the news about Melissa's press conference explaining her relationship with "Shane".His mind buzzed. He knew Sean and Shane looked similar enough for Dexter's men to have gotten the wrong person. However, he hadn't expected "Shane" to have anything to do with Angeline!"You… Are you the kids' father?" Ned's voice was incredibly shaky."Yes, and again, thank you for that!" Sean smiled. "We've never told anyone about this because I didn't want to endanger Angie and the kids.
Sean didn't give Angeline the chance to finish. "You were right to bring this up to me!"He wrapped his arms around her from behind and continued, "You and the kids will always be my main priority. I know I said I want Melissa to remain safe and happy under my watch, but my feelings for her are purely familial love."She's family to me, and I must care for her. But you and the kids mean more to me than anything else in the world, including her."His honesty made Angeline feel slightly more at ease. She said, "Those are your words, not mine…""I swear on my life that I mean every word." He pressed a kiss to her head. "Can I stay here tonight? I want to sleep with you and the kids. Also, I came from Brayden's place upstairs, so no one will know I'm here.""Granddad made it clear that if anyone finds out about this, he won't allow the kids to see you anymore.""Got it. Don't worry about a thing. Mr. Lawson Senior raised me, and I owe him for that. I won't put him in a tough
Angeline nodded without saying anything. Once Nathaniel was gone, she received a call from Sean."Now that everything has been taken care of, I want to give you a gift," he said, the smile in his tone evident. "Can you have the kids spend Friday night at Grand Court Residences? I want to show all three of you my gift on Saturday."He missed Yasmine and Xavier terribly. Before resolving the issue with Melissa, he hadn't dared to say he wanted to see them. Even if Angeline were okay with it, Robert probably would've objected to his wishes. Now that the dust had settled, he couldn't wait to see them."I don't call the shots regarding the kids now. I'll have to ask Granddad," Angeline said."I'll talk to him about it." Sean was worried Robert would take his anger out on her. "This all started because I insisted on being with you, so I'll handle it. I'll visit Mr. Lawson Senior later today."Angeline didn't know how Sean's conversation with Robert went, but Robert had Asher drop
That night, Melissa called Sean. "Shane, let's publicly announce our divorce. We can tell everyone that we only got married on paper so the Lane family could offer you its protection."Tell them that Dexter repeatedly tried to harm you so he could take the Kingston family fortune, and tell them how he tried to snatch you from the Lane family so he could secretly deal with you."She paused, then continued, "Now that Dexter's in prison, we can get a divorce, and Lori can adopt me as her daughter. We'll become cousins, and we'll still be a family.""Melissa…"Sean was surprised. He didn't expect her to see the light in such a short time."Since you don't have any feelings for me and won't ever make me your wife, I'll settle to be Lori's daughter. That way, you'll always be my family!" Tears streamed down Melissa's face as she spoke. "I adore Lori and want to be her daughter.""Alright," Sean said."Can you head to Keman with me, then? We can visit Dad together before getting
Melissa stared at Lori, who chuckled gently. "It's alright. There's no need to rush into anything. Take your time to think about it. Get good rest for a few days, then go shopping with me. We can buy some clothes to keep up with the changing seasons."I heard from Brayden and Sean that you're the expert in fashion and dressing up. I've always wanted a daughter who could shop, exercise, travel, café hop, and go on spa days with me."She paused and continued, "I didn't get to do any of this with you because you weren't in the best state before this. Now, though, you're all better. You're back to normal, and you've regained your memories!""I'd love that!" Melissa said without hesitation. She'd only done these things with her mother and Emelia in her dreams, but that was all they were—dreams. She was delighted now that Lori was back and willing to make her dreams come true.Sean sat on the couch and sipped his coffee. He knew Lori was doing everything she could to make his life ea
Melissa nodded. Sean said, "I know you have no company management experience. Mr. Lane might have entrusted Trustworth Group to me, but it's still yours. Before you find someone to take over, my plan for the company is still to move its focus back to Lonla."The global situation isn't the best now, and Lonla is the safest place for expansion. That's why the company's focus has to return to Lonla—""You can hand the company over to Brayden," Melissa interrupted. "The only people in this world I trust are you, Dad, and Brayden. Now that Dad's in prison and you don't want me anymore, Brayden is all I have left.""I'm still your kin, Melissa. I won't kick you to the curb and leave you to die. Nevertheless, Trustworth Group is yours. You can have whoever you want to manage it. Brayden is capable of that." Sean looked at Brayden. "What do you think? Are you willing to take over Trustworth Group?""I'll do it as long as Melissa is okay with it!" Brayden nodded. He turned to look
"That's not it! I've always been willing to care for you, and I'm more than willing to care for you in the future! It's not something that I'm forced to do…" Brayden feared his words would inadvertently hurt Melissa, so he decided not to continue in that vein.He said, "C'mon, you should head downstairs to eat something. You've already slept the day away.""I don't want to eat!" Melissa lay down again and pulled the sheets around herself. She said dully, "I want to sleep for a bit longer. Shut the door on your way out."Seeing that she'd already shut her eyes and started weeping, Brayden said softly, "I'll have the kitchen keep the food warm for you. Remember to call me when you wake up, okay? I'll be right downstairs!""Okay." Brayden left the room after hearing Melissa's muffled reply. He shut the door behind him.Melissa remained upstairs. She didn't head downstairs, even when Sean returned. Sean had already spoken to Angeline on the phone and told her he wouldn't meet
Melissa slept in her room and only woke up at night. She removed her headphones and opened her red, swollen eyes. She stared dazedly at the night sky, only returning to her senses when her headphones fell out of her hands.Brayden, who'd been waiting outside this whole time, heard them fall to the floor and hurried into the room. He saw Melissa sitting cross-legged on the bed. She propped herself on one arm while leaning down to pick up the headphones.He hurried forward and picked them up for her, then remained on one knee by the bed. He looked up at her and said, "You slept for ages, Melissa. Do you want to have anything to eat? I got all your favorites, and there are different cuisines. I also got your favorite fruits and snacks!"He'd already had the maids throw out the food he'd bought at noon. Then, he'd had his subordinate buy a fresh batch.Melissa turned to look at him dazedly. She said hoarsely, "Brayden…""I'm here," he said. "C'mon, should we get something to eat
Melissa knew Sean well. So, it was impossible for her not to know if he was being serious. Sean was indeed threatening her, and he was using his life to do it. That way, she wouldn't dare to harm Angeline for fear of hurting him.She loved Sean so much that she could give up her life for him. She wondered why he was treating her that way. He knew she wouldn't allow even the slightest possibility of her threatening his safety.Just then, Sean received a call from Brayden. He said, "...Yeah, I've already picked Melissa up. We're heading to Southstream Manor now… Yeah, you can head over there. Buy some food on your way—Melissa probably hasn't eaten anything yet. She should be hungry."At his words, Melissa couldn't hold back her tears any longer. She covered her face and started sobbing. She'd spent her whole life dreaming of becoming Sean's wife, but he was now in love with someone else and no longer wanted her.Yet, she couldn't do anything about the situation, or she'd be hurting