"Oh, it's Ms. Lawson. She sprained her ankle last night.""Ms. Lawson is in Keman?" Sean was surprised. "Yes. Ms. Lawson is here to inspect a collaborative project." Jamie didn't reveal the details to Sean. "What a coincidence that we meet here…" Sean turned toward Wilfred, signaling him to buy flowers and a fruit basket. "I should pay Ms. Lawson a visit." Angeline was on her phone when Jamie and Sean entered her ward. "Please wait a moment." Jamie smiled while asking Sean to wait by the door before entering the ward. Jamie didn't close the door, and Angeline's faint smile could be seen from the slightly ajar door. Sean's heart thumped, trying to restrain his longing for Angeline. "Yeah, there's no need to trouble you to come visit me. But you caught the news about my hospitalization quickly, Mr. Dexter…" Sean knew Angeline was talking to Dexter. After listening to Dexter over the phone, the corners of Angeline's lips curled even higher. "Don't worry, Mr. D
Sean wasn't even in Angeline's ward for five minutes when he was chased away. His smile faded as he entered the elevator, and then he ordered Wilfred, "Check when Ms. Lawson arrived in Showal last night and the time she was admitted into the hospital." "Yes, Mr. Kingston!" Sean's driver drove the car to the hospital entrance. Wilfred quickly opened the back seat door for Sean. However, Sean walked toward the driver's side and knocked on the window, signaling the driver to step out of the vehicle. "You didn't sleep well last night, Mr. Kingston. You should let the driver send you home while you rest!" Wilfred advised. "Get out," Sean said with furrowed brows. The driver unbuckled his seat belt and exited the car, allowing Sean to enter the driver's seat. He stepped on the pedal and drove off until he reached a section where he could stop. Then, he called Angeline's phone. However, Angeline's phone was busy for the entire time. When it finally got through, Angeline answer
"The doctor said you can't get pregnant with your current health, Mrs. Kingston. Yet, you're insisting on giving birth to this baby?" Angeline laughed. "I'm sure you and Mr. Kingston will still have children in the future, Mrs. Kingston. Why are you so insistent on keeping this one?"Melissa tightened her grip on her stomach. "I'm afraid he's lying to me! He refused to let me get pregnant before this because he was afraid my body wouldn't be able to handle it. This baby… I had to pull some tricks to conceive it. I'm not afraid of dying—I just want to leave him with our child!"Melissa gave a determined look. Melissa once told Sean she didn't mind him keeping Monica in his heart. She only wanted to have Sean's child, yet he never even touched her. So, she drugged both her and Sean. Lo and behold, she indeed fell pregnant. She didn't know if Sean might consider staying for the child's sake after he had completed his revenge plan once Melissa gave birth.Melissa was ecstati
It would be difficult for Thomas to investigate the matter from the bottom up, but Dexter could change that. Things would be much easier if he could provide an avenue for Thomas to look into the matter from the very top.Angeline discussed the battery plant's location with the government department in charge. Then, she met with the senior executives of the partnering company. When it got too late, she postponed the site visit to the following day.It was already nighttime when she returned to the hotel. She knew Dexter's people had been following her since she'd left the hotel—he was deathly afraid of her secretly having anything to do with Sean.Angeline's phone vibrated. She answered it when she saw it was Danny calling. "Hello?""Did you manage to see Tom?""Not yet. Word about me being in Keman is already out. He should approach me soon after hearing about it." She felt a little tired."You sound exhausted, boss. Maybe I should head there, too.""No, don't." Angeline s
"I'm not a god, Sean, nor can I read your mind. I told you that I'm open to listening to your explanation." Angeline's expression was calm, but her fingers were cold to the touch. "If you're lying to me because you're worried I'll expose your identity after our breakup, I can assure you that you don't need to."I still need to protect the Lawson family and Lawson Global. More importantly, I don't want your freak of a wife to know that we used to be involved. I wouldn't want to end up in an accident like Monica did.""What?" Sean looked nonplussed."Your ex-fiancée, Monica Scott, got into an accident yesterday. I suspect Melissa has something to do with it." Angeline didn't hide her suspicions."That's impossible. Melissa is willful and a little ruthless, but she's only like that to her enemies." Sean didn't sound too confident. He thought about how Melissa had probed him and how the psycho hadn't been by her side recently.Angeline clenched her fist around the recorder.
"Two days," Sean said."Is that enough? I'll give you three. I hope the so-called evidence you show me then will be enough to convince me," Angeline said.His grip tightened on her shoulders. He could see the mistrust in her eyes behind the smile. There were even traces of mockery.They stared into each other's eyes for a while before Angeline looked away. She removed Sean's hands from her shoulders and headed to the couch. "I asked Dexter to hand someone over to me to take the fall for your 'death', so I could avenge you."He called me today to say he's giving that person some time to settle matters with his family. He'll hand the guy to me at the beginning of next month. You can take him away then.""I'll show you proof in three days!"Angeline clenched her fist tightly around the recorder as she watched Sean slam the door behind him. At the moment, she genuinely had no idea who else she could trust besides her blood relatives.Sean had comforted Melissa and told her they wo
Sean was put in a lousy mood by Angeline's indifference. He held her face and kissed her, pushing his way into the hotel room and kicking the door shut behind him.His tongue slipped past her defenses, and he pushed her back until she was pinned to the wall. One of her shoes fell off, and her ankle throbbed from their movements.Angeline frowned deeply while holding herself steady against the wall behind her. She stood there, stiff and tense, as Sean pulled her tongue into a dance with his. She slowly clenched her fists.Sensing her resistance, he bit her lip. Yet she remained silent as if she didn't even feel the pain.He released her and looked into her eyes, which were devoid of desire. He traced the corner of her lips with his finger and pressed a feather-light kiss there.Angeline didn't dodge him, but she didn't respond, either. It wasn't like how they typically were. She would usually show some sort of response no matter how shy she felt.Sean said, "I'll show you proof."
When Jamie knocked on Angeline's door to tell her it was for the battery plant visit, the latter had already gotten dressed and ended a brief meeting with Gary.Jamie asked, "Should I order room service for you, or would you like to eat at the restaurant?""Let's go to the restaurant. Is Kerri already up? If she is, we can leave after eating together." Angeline put on her coat."Ms. Lloyd and Mr. Webb are already at the restaurant.""Alright. Let's go."Kerri and Hanson had arrived at Keman before Angeline, so they'd already spoken to the partnering company. Angeline had yet to do so because she'd been hospitalized on the first day she arrived and had yet to recover entirely on her second.The three of them exchanged notes on the person in charge in Keman during breakfast. They agreed to leave after finishing breakfast. Just then, someone approached them and stood by their table."Angie…"Angeline looked up. She was taken aback to see Ned. She'd instructed her bodyguards to s
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