Angeline's accusations toward the Lane family reverberated in Sean's mind. His gaze darkened as he lowered his arm and allowed Usman to leave."Mr. Lane, why have you tried time and time again to kill Monica? She was lucky enough not to die in her earlier accident, yet you sent someone after her again. Is it simply because she used to be my fiancée?" Sean felt a chill run down his spine.His tone was icy as he continued, "Do human lives mean that little to you? How are your actions any different from Wayne Pennington and the like?""I had no choice!" Brian couldn't stop his eyes from turning red. "Melissa's my only child, Shane. Marrying you has been her biggest dream since she was a child, and she's given up everything she could for your sake!"She's my treasure, Shane. She resorted to drugging you and herself so that she could be with you, yet you refused to touch her because of Monica. Look at how that turned out—she ended up sleeping with someone else and even getting pre
Brian wiped his tears. "This has nothing to do with Melissa. I'm the one who's behind everything, so push all the blame on me if you need someone to blame."Don't link Melissa to this, Shane. I've already got someone to do the job, and I can give you my life to make it up to you if you want. I only hope you can treat Melissa well. She's genuinely in love with you!"Sean was already sick of telling Brian that he only considered Melissa as his sister. He pursed his lips and remained silent. The iciness in his gaze made Brian feel smothered.Brian knew that this matter had already driven a wedge between them, so he decided to make things clear with Sean once and for all. "I'm not joking around, Shane. I'm willing to give up my life as long as you and Melissa are happy together."I only want to see you have a child with Melissa. I want her to have someone she can depend on in the future!"Sean said hoarsely, "You know she can't have children anymore, Mr. Lane.""She can! Vitality
Brian paled. His blood ran cold when he turned to see the door ajar.Sean was the first to snap to his senses and dart into the room. "Melissa!"She'd tugged her IV drip off, rolled off the bed, and hit her head on the bedside table. When she'd fallen, the machines that had been plugged into her had fallen with her. They'd crashed on top of her, making her bleed from the head.Sean lifted her into his arms and shouted, "Get the doctor!"Brian was stupefied for a moment when he saw Melissa's head covered in blood. Then, he snapped to his senses and pressed the call button for the doctor. "Get a doctor here right now!"…Angeline's injury was almost fully recovered, and she missed Yasmine and Xavier. Before getting off work, she called the old Lawson residence and told Sandy she would be back for dinner.She played with the children for a while before dinner. Then, she left them to watch a cartoon with Jessica keeping an eye on them. She headed to Robert's study.He wore a pa
Angeline lowered her gaze thoughtfully. Just then, Sally knocked on the door. "Mr. Lawson Senior, Ms. Angeline, dinner's served.""Let's eat first," Robert said. "I've yet to get back to Jeremy about this, so you can take some time to think things over. If you think it's feasible, we can start making preparations."You can head to the Hooper residence with me on Jeremy's birthday. But if you don't intend on going, I'll just bring the kids with me.""Alright." Angeline nodded and stood up.She took her seat at the dining table and took over from Sally to get food for the children. She'd just started peeling some shrimp for them when her phone rang. As she glanced at it, Sally handed her a warm towel.The call was from Nathaniel. Angeline wiped her hands before answering the call. "Hello?""Something's happened to the Scott family. Grace and Monica left the office in the same car today, and a drunk truck driver crashed into them as soon as they were out of the building. The
Lara: "I suspect Fabian's the one behind it. He did it to help Grace take Monica out! Monica opposes Grace at every step of the way, so he wants to get rid of her so that Grace has more power. It's too bad Grace and Monica were in the same car.Lara: "Or maybe he wants to kill them both and push the blame on me! Once Dad suspects me, Fabian can have his children brown-nose Dad and have him hand the company to them! That way, as their guardian, Fabian will be the ultimate victor!"Kieron: "And I thought my family drama was too much to handle. Your family's way worse!"Lara: "It's all because Grace was so blinded by her so-called love for Fabian and insisted on marrying him. God, the sight of him disgusts me."Kieron: "Angeline, where are you? Why haven't you said anything? What do you think about this?"Angeline didn't say anything. She wasn't a detective—what would she know? She couldn't possibly tell them she suspected Melissa was behind this.What would she say if they were to
Kieron was about to hurry over to break up the fight when Angeline stopped him. He turned to look at her in confusion.Nathaniel said, "They're dealing with a family matter now, so we should stay out of it. Don't you see how the assistants and bodyguards are keeping their distance?"He signaled for Kieron to look at the assistants and bodyguards who were standing dozens of feet away from the Scotts."I'll hit him if I want!" Lara screeched. "Why are you suddenly bringing up the prenuptial agreement? You're pissed that I forced you guys to sign it back then, aren't you? You wanna talk about that, huh? Fine! Your brother's an innocent man who only married Grace because he genuinely loves her!"He's never once been interested in the Scott family fortune! If that's the case, I want him to write a statement now—tell the world that he won't touch a dime that his children will inherit if anything happens to Grace. The Scott family will guard their inheritance until they're of age!""I
Angeline listened to Hiram and Rick talk about the possible mastermind behind the accident. She didn't say anything. She had her guesses but no evidence. Even if she did have evidence, she couldn't let anyone know.Rafael, who'd been by Fabian's side this whole time, glanced at Angeline. He told Fabian he was going to get a cup of coffee before leaving.Angeline's phone vibrated. It was a video call from Yasmine. She composed herself and walked aside to answer the call. She smiled when she saw Yasmine's chubby face appear on the screen. "Have you already taken your bath, Yasmine?""Yeah! It's Xavier's turn now. How is the lady in the accident, Mommy?" Yasmine asked. "Is she using the accident as an excuse to leave so she can go complete her secret mission? Just like Daddy did."She and Xavier were aware of Sean being their father. They'd been devastated when the media had reported about Sean's "death", so Robert had told them Sean had only used the accident as an excuse to leav
"Yeah." Angeline nodded and looked at her phone.Rafael's smile slowly faded, and his expression became desolate when he saw she hadn't taken the coffee he was holding out. "Ma'am—Ms. Lawson, don't tell me you think my brother's orchestrated this."Ms. Lara was slandering him! Fabian and Grace are genuinely in love with each other. He had no idea who she was when they got together!"Angeline wasn't interested in listening to him talk about Fabian and Grace's love story. Just then, she noticed that the operating theater's doors had opened. She said, "I need to go check on things."She was about to leave when he grabbed her wrist. He looked up at her, sounding choked up, asking, "Do you think my family's unworthy, too?""I don't think I'm someone you can have a heart-to-heart with, Rafael." Angeline frowned. "The doctor's out of the operating theater. Aren't you going to check on Grace?"Only then did Rafael turn to look at the operating theater. He straightened up when