"Lucas has been injured for so many days. Miss Lopez should have visited him, right?"Amy’s back stiffened, and she instinctively replied, "Of course."But in reality, only she knew how guilty she felt when she said those two words.Actually, she did go to the hospital the day Lucas was injured. She even stayed outside the ICU all night. When she found out that Lucas was injured because of that despicable Lila, she wanted to rush to Lila’s ward and tear her apart.Unfortunately, she was stopped at the emergency department because Leo had already instructed the hospital security guards and emergency doctors and nurses not to let anyone from the Montgomery or Lopez families contact Ella.So, Amy had to turn back and stay outside Lucas’s ward all night. When the doctor finally told her that he was temporarily out of danger, they also said that Lucas’s condition was still very serious and that relatives could not visit him for the time being.She could only persuade Leah to go home firs
Amy tried every trick in her book—tears, trembling voice, the whole soap opera special—but it wasn’t working. Leah wasn’t buying it. "Auntie, don't blame me for being like this. I was also very angry when I just found out about this." Slap— A hot slap landed directly on Amy's face, leaving her stunned. She looked up at Leah in disbelief for a while before raising her head pitifully with red eyes. "Auntie, I really don't know what's going on. Someone else gave me this paternity test and said that Lucas did it when the child was just born." Slap— The second one landed harder, making Amy’s head snap to the side. Her vision blurred for a moment, not from tears but sheer disbelief. "And you still want to argue until now! Lucas is not a fool. If he really knew that you were carrying someone else's child, how could he rush to raise the child for someone else? Amy, I have loved you for so many years in vain. You really disappoint me!" Leah became angrier as she spoke. Thinking tha
King Lopez had long known that he was considered a discarded son by the Quinn family, so he had prepared to pack up and run away early on. He had originally wanted to take Amy with him, but she was a public figure and had recently been embroiled in scandals, losing the support of the Montgomery family. King felt that taking her would only increase the trouble of running away, so in the end, he only took his son and money to escape.But what he never expected was that as soon as the plane landed in France, he was arrested at the airport on suspicion of "intentional homicide." King's legs went weak when he heard this. He wanted to argue, but the police who came to arrest him for deportation were French men, and he only knew a few words of French. He finally managed to choke out a request for a lawyer, but the police sneered, "A lawyer? Go back to your country and find one slowly. We're only responsible for deporting you!" And then they ignored him.King's escape route was completely
Jenna had mentally prepared herself for this, but hearing it still took her breath away. After a moment, she asked, "So, on the day when Kai had stomach pains, it wasn't real, but he guessed that his mother had an accident?""Yes," came the reply.Jenna took a deep breath and suddenly felt the urge to slap herself. Even Kai had noticed that something was wrong, but she hadn't realized anything!"I'm going to buy a ticket to go back to Fairfield right now."Leo tried to comfort her, "Miss Jenna, there’s no need to be in such a hurry. Although Lila hasn’t woken up yet, she's not in any danger, and her body is slowly recovering in other ways."But how could Jenna not be in a hurry?Moreover, she had already finished filming her part in the drama, so there was no issue of breach of contract. She hung up the phone and immediately booked the next available flight, taking Kaia and Amelia with her straight to the airport.In the hospital room, Leo hung up the phone and looked at Ella, whos
Ella was a bit flustered.Just as she was about to speak, there was a knock on the door again. She instinctively brightened up and asked, "Is it my dad?"However, it was a five or six-year-old boy who came in, looking very delicate, with a hint of Ella's shadow in his eyebrows and eyes.Ella remembered what Leo had just said, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in her mind. Sure enough, the next second, the little boy rushed toward her directly and exclaimed, "Mom, you finally woke up!"Ella: "...!"So, she really transmigrated… No, according to Leo's words, she really lost her memory?Lost seven whole years of memory from the age of twenty-one to twenty-eight?The twenty-one-year-old Ella was really unable to accept the reality that she had such a big child. She let Kai hold her stiff body, her hands so nervous that she didn't know where to put them."Mom, you slept for so long... so long that even Kaia felt something was wrong. That girl should have come back in the afternoon..."
Before Leo could think about it, suddenly, there was a crisp sound from the side.Smash!His heart dropped. That was the unmistakable sound of glass shattering.Leo panicked and quickly turned to look at Ella, only to see Ella’s face pale, her hands covering her face, her voice trembling: "This is not me... Leo, this is not my face!"It was only then that Leo realized that Ella wanted to drink water just now but ended up seeing her current face reflected in the water glass.In this way, even if he wanted to hide it, he couldn’t hide it anymore.“Ella, listen—”“Don’t ‘Ella, listen’ me! What’s going on?!” she shot back, her voice trembling but demanding answers.Leo clenched his fists, his jaw tightening. This wasn’t how he wanted her to find out. But there was no avoiding it now.“Ella,” he said carefully, “calm down. This is you. Your face... it’s just... uh... been adjusted. Minor adjustments.”Ella blinked at him, utterly unconvinced. Her lips quivered as she bit out, “Leo, I may h
“What?”“What did you just say about me suspecting Lucas before? Has everything been cleared up now? Did he marry me for some ulterior motive?”Leo’s hand, hanging by his side, unconsciously clenched.Although Ella had lost her memory, why did she still keep coming back to this name…“Leo? What’s wrong? Is there something difficult?”Leo took a deep breath. “We did suspect him before, but now, based on the evidence we have and his actions, he doesn’t seem to have been involved in the fire six years ago.”Ella listened, still confused.She just felt that Leo wouldn’t lie to her, so she nodded thoughtfully. Then she asked, “What about the nurse who said that if it weren’t for Lucas protecting me during the explosion, was it him?”“Yes.”“How is he now?”“He’s in worse condition than you. He hasn’t woken up yet.” Leo paused. “If you want to see him, I’ll take you to see him when you’re feeling better and can move around.”Ella thought for a moment and nodded. “Thank you, Leo. Even though
Leo sighed, his voice tinged with helplessness and pity.“Because I think if your mother hadn’t lost her memory, she wouldn’t want to have much to do with Lucas again. Even though this incident proves that he didn’t participate in the plot to harm your mother, he still had an affair with Amy while your mother was pregnant with you, which broke your mother’s heart.”Kai remained silent, his head bowed. After a while, he suddenly looked up and asked, “Uncle Leo, did he really have an affair?”Leo was taken aback and almost blurted out, “Of course!” He paused and continued, “Your mother had an accident back then because she found out about his affair and child outside, and had a fight with him. She left to go to your grandfather’s medicine factory in a fit of anger and happened to run into the fire.”Kai nodded thoughtfully.Leo thought Kai had finally accepted his explanation and was about to reach out to pat his head to comfort him. Unexpectedly, Kai spoke again.“However, Uncle Leo, c
However, Ella suddenly thought of something and looked up. "Dante, the lawyer, did you hire him?"As expected, Dante was stunned before replying, "How did you know?"Although everyone knew that the mastermind behind the Montgomery family's fire six years ago was not only Leo, but also possibly involved the Lopez family, it was also known that it was difficult to bring down the Lopez family with their current momentum.Therefore, both Ella and Lucas did not act rashly.Yesterday, Leo's lawyer suddenly threw out evidence in court implicating the Lopez family, and Ella felt that the lawyer was suspicious, but she couldn't figure out who arranged it.Until just now, when she heard Dante's words, she suddenly understood that it could only be Dante.Ella suddenly felt warm in her heart.She looked at Dante and bowed deeply. "Thank you."DANTE was confused. "Thank me for what?" After a while, she suddenly reacted, "Wait, you don't think I hired a lawyer to save him, do you? You're wrong. I
With this thought, Ella suddenly realized that Kaia not only had a poker face like Lucas, but also had some resemblance to Lucas in his facial features."This is...""My son," Lucas lowered his head and said to Kai, "Kai, call Uncle Dante."Kai obediently called out, "Hello, Uncle Dante."Uncle Dante said he was not good at all.He stared at Kai, his face full of disbelief. "This, this child is yours and Lucas'...""Dante I brought the child over for an exam, and time is tight, so I won't chat with you anymore. You can do as you please."Ella didn't want to discuss the issue of her child's identity with this half-stranger so early in the morning, so she smiled at Dante, then took Kai and walked away.Dante had finally run into her, how could he just let her go like this?But he also realized that Ella didn't want to discuss this topic, so after coming back to his senses, he quickly caught up and steered the conversation towards Kai. "Your son is so young and already taking exams? What
Lucas asked again, "Is there anyone else at home while Amy is out?""There’s a nanny.""Does the nanny take good care of you?"Theo didn’t answer.Lucas frowned at his hesitant expression.If the nanny treated Theo well, he wouldn’t hesitate like this. But if she didn’t, with Theo’s tendency to complain and cause trouble, how could he possibly cover up for her?Could it be that this little guy, at such a young age, had already learned to be afraid of the strong and bully the weak?Thinking of this, Lucas’s expression turned cold."Stand up straight!"Theo trembled and tried to straighten his body like a small pine tree."I’m asking you, is the nanny good to you or not? If you lie, I won’t take care of you anymore."Theo panicked at these words.If Dad didn’t want him and Amy was gone, what would he do in the future?"Not good! The nanny hits me and says I’m a bastard, not Dad’s child! She won’t let me complain to Amy, or else she’ll sell me to a remote mountain and let Amy and Dad nev
"What's the matter with me?"This mischievous child wouldn’t be able to harm her even if he wanted to.Ella paused and said, "Do you want to talk to him first? Otherwise, I'm standing here at the hospital entrance with people coming and going. It’s not good to block his mouth, but if I don’t block his mouth, I’m afraid he’ll say something harmful to you, Mr. Montgomery."As soon as Lucas heard her call him Mr. Montgomery, he knew she was in a bad mood again and immediately said, "Then give the phone to Theo."Ella handed the phone to Theo’s ear and took the tissue box out of his mouth."You little fox.""Theo, say one more word to her and see what happens."Theo’s fear of Lucas was almost innate, so even though Amy had been brainwashing him these days, saying that his father had been lured away by Lila, the fox spirit, and didn’t want them anymore, he still harbored resentment towards Lucas.But now, when he heard Lucas’s voice, he reflexively closed his mouth and even trembled slight
Just then, Ella heard a commotion coming from the direction of the TV station entrance, and faintly heard a child crying."You bad guy! Let go of me, I want to find my mommy...""Your mommy doesn't work here anymore! If you keep causing trouble, I'll call the police!""You're lying, my mommy told me yesterday that she's coming to work at the TV station!"Ella listened from afar and felt a sense of familiarity. Could it be that she had just lamented that Amy wasn’t here, and now she had encountered Amy’s child again?She pursed her lips and originally wanted to turn around and leave. After all, even if the child had lost the protection of his mother, since Lucas had woken up, he should take care of him. It wouldn't be long before someone came to take him away, and it wasn’t her place to play the saint at this time.But just as she took two steps, the child’s crying became even louder, and the voice of the security guard didn’t sound as harsh as before, but rather panicked."You, you
After leaving the court, Ella's mood was not very good.She had planned to go home and take a nap, but she received a call from the delivery company on the way. The furniture she had ordered online out of boredom while recuperating had been delivered in pieces over the past few days.The delivery company had been urging her to pick it up as the furniture took up space in their warehouse.Ella thought for a moment and decided to go to her new home to check on the furniture. She arranged a delivery time with the delivery man and headed to her new home.When she arrived at the doorstep of her new house, the delivery man had just arrived with the children's bed she had ordered. Even with two men carrying it, it took a lot of effort to move the pile of wooden boards.The online store had promised installation, but no one had come to install it even after half a day. Ella contacted customer service and was told that installation had to be scheduled separately. However, all the installati
"Life-saving benefactor?" Ella remained calm. "I never intended to take him away from the beginning."Lucas, who couldn't fit into his outfit, clung to Ella's hand. "You promised to take me to see the trial together today."Ella replied, "Yes, but I also said last night that we need the doctor's approval. I asked the doctor for you this morning, and he said you have to rest in the hospital."Lucas' face twisted into a bitter gourd. He was about to speak, but the ward door was pushed open at that moment."Lila, the discharge has been processed."Mrs. Kane's voice abruptly stopped.She stared at Ella, then at Lucas, and then at her own precious daughter's hand, tightly held by Lucas.The air fell into a deathly silence.Finally, it was Ella who reacted first. She pulled back her hand and smiled awkwardly at Mrs. Kane. "Um, Mom, Mr. Montgomery has something to discuss with me."Mrs. Kane replied, "Okay, you guys talk first. I'll wait for you outside."With complicated emotions, she clos
“Lucas?” Ella frowned. “Why did he come to me instead of resting in his own room?”Zane repeated, “Mr. Montgomery has something to discuss with you.”“Why couldn’t he just talk on the phone?”Zane hesitated for a moment before blurting out, “He needs you to answer the phone first.”Ella fell silent. She didn’t mean to ignore Lucas’s calls. When he called in the afternoon, she was on the phone with Officer Philip. After hearing about Kings Lopez’s confession and Leo’s desire to confess, she had no energy left to deal with Lucas’s matters.It was only when she ran into Matt at the hospital and was reminded of some memories from the past that she thought to ask a few questions.Ella rubbed her forehead and didn’t bother explaining to Zane. She pushed open the door and walked in.Mrs. Kane had been guided by Mr. Kane to watch less TV recently, so she still didn’t know about Leo’s car accident, let alone that he was a murderer.She thought Lila might reconcile with Dr. Leo. So when she h
After asking the question, Matt finally got his answer and stopped being curious.But Ella suddenly remembered something.She turned her head to look at Matt and, imitating his tone, asked a riddle, "That child is not his, right?"Matt: "..."This riddle really stumped Matt for a moment.The child was easy to guess—it was obviously Theo. But who was the "he" in Ella's question? If she was referring to Lucas, then the answer was definitely no.But if she was referring to Theo's father, then the answer would be completely different!After thinking for a while, Matt scratched his head and said, "Didn't we already make it clear that the child's name was Theo?"Ella immediately understood. She guessed it right—or, more accurately, it was Kai who reminded her. The child was actually Lucas’s good friend, Theo's father, Dylan!Ella thought for a moment and asked again, "So he kept the child's identity a secret from me because he had his reasons?"This time, Matt immediately understood that th