Standing outside the store, Shannon listened to Laura's words and her eyes turned red.'Miss Walker is treating me really well,' thought Shannon."Laura, do you not know your place? Why are you helping outsiders?" Shona couldn't help but reach out and point at Laura. "Do you think that you're married, so the Walker family has nothing to do with you anymore? You didn't give us any bride price when you got married and you didn't even help out with your brother's house either. Not that your brother doesn't have a job, you're not even letting him work at your store? Do you not know who's family? Do you see that girl or your brother as family?"The more Shona looked at Laura, the more angry she became. She was so angry that she wanted to slap Laura.Laura looked away to hide the disappointment and pain in her eyes. She then said in a cold voice, "I'd rather not have a family like you."When she was little, she had looked forward to Shona treating her a little better. However, all she g
Shannon was still shocked as she looked behind her. That was when she locked gazes with a pair of familiar eyes."Harry." Laura breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Harry catch Shannon.Harry pursed his lips and helped Shannon to stand back up.He came looking for his brother. When he walked past Laura's store, he couldn't help but take a look inside and just happened to see what was happening.His body reacted faster than his mind. When he realized what he was doing, he had already rushed over and caught Shannon in his arms.Before Shannon could recover from her previous shock, she was shocked again.Laura didn't notice anything unusual about Shannon. She thought that Shannon had been shocked by Shona and said coldly, "The whole store is under surveillance. If you touch my staff again, I won't let you off so easily.""How dare you? Who do you think you are?" Shona shouted angrily.Harry, who had been standing to one side, furrowed his brows. He knew that Laura's family didn'
In the past, Luke's attitude towards Laura had always been disdainful, even though he didn't make it too obvious. He wouldn't care about Laura's feelings at all. The only thing he would talk to Laura about was to ask her for money.However, he was actually thinking on Laura's behalf now.Meeting Jessica's shocking gaze, Luke knew what she was thinking about.The truth was that he didn't know when, but his attitude towards Laura had suddenly changed.In the past, he would listen to Shona's words and that Laura should give him all the money she had. She was his elder sister, so she should give him everything that he wanted.His attitude changed probably because of that slap Laura gave him, or because of the things she had said to him the past couple of times, or even because Laura was the first person who came looking for him when he ran away from home.When Luke thought of the times when they were little, he and Laura had a really good relationship. When Shona was out playing card
Looking at Laura's receding figure, Luke moved his lips. He seemed to want to say something, but didn't know what to say.It was probably just like what Laura had said, Shona might be a good mother in Luke's mind, but she wasn't to Laura.Luke wanted Shona and Laura to get along, but it was impossible for Laura.Laura took a deep breath to calm herself down. She brightened up her mood before going back into the convenience store.Due to Shona being present just now, Laura didn't notice anything wrong. However, now, as soon as she walked into the store, she felt that something was wrong.She looked at Harry and then at Shannon.Laura saw Shannon had her head lowered and was fiddling with her fingers. Harry had his head lowered and was looking at his shoes. However, he would occasionally glance in Shannon's direction.Laura cocked her brows. Her instincts told her that something happened between the two of them.Laura recalled how the two of them interacted in the past. Harry wou
Chris passed the lamp to Laura. When he looked at the white and slender arm in front of him, he couldn't help but swallow. Laura was a little scared at first, but when she remembered that Chris was outside, and that she was able to hear the sound from his phone, Laura felt much more relaxed.She quickly finished having a shower, got changed and then came out of the bathroom."Quick tuck yourself in bed. I'll go see what's going on."Chris looked at the pajamas that Laura was wearing and could see that it was quite thin."Okay." Laura nodded and walked towards the bedroom. However, she still said subconsciously, "Come back soon."The room was pitch black and empty. Laura still felt a little scared and didn't want to stay by herself in the house."Okay. I'll be back very soon."Chris only left when he saw Laura entering her bedroom.Just like what he had said, Chris returned very quickly."One of the units was using too much power and burned the wires. This caused our whole buil
Laura was taken aback for an instant. It was obvious that she didn't expect Chris to come under the bed cover with her.It was probably because of the difference between men and women. Laura immediately felt it was warmer as soon as Chris came under the bed cover.Laura wasn't a pretentious person. In the past, when she lived at Madam Jacobs' house, because Madam Jacobs was present, she had to sleep in the same room as Chris as well. Back then, there was only one bed cover in the room and she would share it with Chris as well."Okay, you can warm the bed for me.""Okay." Chris nodded. He looked at his phone and realized that he was getting late. He then reminded Laura, "You can sleep now. I'll wait for you to fall asleep before I go.""Okay."Laura was tired as well, so she closed her eyes.She had planned on taking a nap for now and would become fully relaxed after Chris was gone. However, when she closed her eyes and smelled the faint scent of Chris, she somehow fell into a de
"How come?" Madam Jacobs' attention was immediately distracted."He's been quite close to a girl recently." Chris didn't hesitate to sell his brother out.When Madam Jacobs heard those words, her eyes lit up. She then quickly asked, "Who is it?"She wondered if she was going to have another granddaughter-in-law.Chris furrowed his brows and thought about it before saying, "I think she's called Shannon.""Shannon... I think I've heard this name somewhere." Madam Jacobs thought about it and said in surprise, "Is she the staff at Laura's convenience store?""Yes, that's right.""I think that girl's quite cute." Madam Jacobs' eyes lit up even more. "Well, well, well. I was wondering when Harry was going to bring home a wife. I need to give him a call and find out what's going on."Madam Jacobs' biggest wish was to see both Chris and Harry get married and give birth to a child.Chris was already married. He was unwilling at first, when Madam Jacobs told him to marry Laura, but from
"Ahem." Chris clenched one of his fists and coughed lightly. "Well, Mr. Jacobs gave it to me. There isn't a lot.""Mr. Jacobs treats you really well!" Laura exclaimed.She felt that the CEO of such a large company was very kind.Chris glanced at one of the drawers of the table. There were countless boxes of different kinds of expensive tea inside."How about some food? I'm a little hungry." Chris stood up from the sofa and changed the subject.As expected, Laura's attention was no longer on the tea. She nodded and said, "The food's ready. We can eat now."Just as the two of them were eating, Laura's phone began to vibrate on the table. Laura picked it up and looked at the screen. It was a video chat invite on WhatsApp from Shannon.Laura pressed the accept button and then saw a couple of kittens."What are you doing right now, Miss Walker?""I'm having breakfast at the moment. Why are there so many kittens?"The kittens were all Ragdolls. This caused Laura's eyes to light up.