Chris smiled. "Okay, but I have plans tonight. How about another day?" Harry smiled."Okay." Shannon nodded.Harry added Shannon on WhatsApp and then said goodbye to everyone before leaving.Madam Jacobs came over after she had lunch, but Chris, Laura and Shannon didn't have anything to eat yet.Laura and Chris went to make lunch whilst Shannon kept Madam Jacobs company.After lunch, Madam Jacobs didn't stay to disturb Laura and Shannon and was prepared to head home.Madam Jacob would have a driver and some bodyguards of the Jacobs family with her every time she headed out, but sometimes she liked to take a walk alone. After all, no one liked to be followed all the time.She didn't have anything to do today, so she asked the driver and bodyguards to head back first. She planned on going to a shopping center alone and buying some wool to knit some gloves and scarves for her future great-grandchild.Madam Jacobs looked forward to having great grandchildren.After she had finishe
One of the police officers described what happened in the afternoon to Laura and Chris.The address of the little girl's house was in a small alleyway and away from the city center. It was in an old part of Empfield.After Madam Jacobs accompanied the little girl home, she came across the criminal. There was no way for an elder woman to be able to resist a criminal armed with a knife.The alleyway was very old, so there were no security guards around. Madam Jacobs' arm was injured by the knife and when the criminal was about to stab Madam Jacobs, Helen appeared from the side and shielded Madam Jacobs.However, the knife stabbed into Helen's belly and the child was killed.Laura was gobsmacked.Chris looked at Helen, who was lying on the hospital bed, with sharp eyes and said, "Why were you in that alleyway?"Helen's eyes were red and she forced a smile on her pale face. She just wanted to say something, but suddenly began coughing.When Lewis saw this, he stood up from the side
Lewis kept on crying.Chris asked the doctor about the situation. The wound on Madam Jacobs' arm was quite deep and would need careful treatment. Chris arranged for an independent ward for Madam Jacobs and walked out of Helen's ward with her. Laura chose to stay behind and keep Madam Jacobs company."Grandma, do you want some apples?"It was the winter and the apples were a little cold. Therefore, Laura rinsed them with some hot water from the tap.After Chris had finished arranging the ward for Madam Jacobs, he went downstairs and headed to the police station.Outside the police station, Assistant Jacobs was already waiting."Mr. Jacobs." When Assistant Jacobs saw Chris, he walked over to him. "The identity of the attacker has been verified. It was said that he's a broke businessman. He has a mother, wife and daughter, but because he was under too much pressure, he became a psychopath. He had just escaped from mental hospital not too long ago. After hurting Madam Jacobs, he ran
"I gave her a million dollars."The money was requested by Lewis. At first, he requested 2 million dollars and also for Chris to give him back his position in the Jacobs Group, but Chris didn't let him get what he wanted.If the criminal had nothing to do with Helen and Helen's child really was killed because she tried to save Madam Jacobs, then Chris wouldn't mind giving him another 1 million dollars. This was what Helen deserved. It was payment for saving Madam Jacobs' life.Chris felt that if he found out that the criminal was related to Helen, then he would make her and Lewis spit out the money he gave them. It wouldn't be that easy to get money from him.A ruthless look appeared in Chris's eyes.When Madam Jacobs heard Chris's words, she nodded her head.It was just as she had expected. She was planning on telling Chris to give Lewis money as well. That way, she would owe him and Helen anything. Especially Helen.After all, Madam Jacobs had lived in an affluent family most
Shona's words caused Laura's face to darken.Linda also said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?""It's alright."Since Laura was present, Madam Jacobs didn't want to make a fuss about what Shona had just said. She still kept a smile on her face.However, Linda said, "Shona, you can go and take a walk if you have nothing to do. Don't just sit there!""What do you mean I have nothing to do? It's so cold outside, there's no way I'm going out there." Shona rolled her eyes at Linda and ignored her. "Madam Jacobs, the way I see it, you're getting old as well and Helen saved your life. Since she and Lewis had been together for so long, you might as well let them return to the Jacobs family.It was obvious that Shona was speaking on Helen's behalf."Do you like to stick your nose into other people's business so much?" Laura and Chris walked into the ward together with a dark face.Chris placed the lunchbox in his hand on the table."You bit..." Shona subconsciously wanted
Lewis wasn't in the ward, but there was a middle-aged man in doctor's overalls in the room.The man sized Helen up and down and then his gaze landed on Helen's pale face. There seemed to be a scheming look on that tender face of his. "When will I receive the 200 thousand dollars you promised me?""After a while."The wound on Helen's abdomen would cause her to be in pain every time she spoke. She opened her mouth a little to breathe and then said, "I think Chris is already getting suspicious. You know how hard it is to fool him. If I transfer you the money now, he won't be able to get away with it as well when he finds out the truth."The man smiled and didn't retort. "You've been with Lewis for 20 years, but in the end, you weren't even allowed into the Jacobs family. You don't even have a title. Why don't you be my woman?""Be your woman?" A sarcastic look appeared on Helen's face. "Lewis is still a member of the Jacobs family no matter what. Who do you think you are?"Helen's
Just as Shona finished speaking, Helen began to cough and her face paled even more.She leaned against the head of the bed and forced a smile on her face. "It's alright. As long as I can be together with Lewis, I don't care about the rest..."When Lewis returned after buying breakfast, he heard Helen's words at the door and was moved."Helen..." Lewis walked into the room. "Helen, breakfast is here. These are all your favorites."Lewis walked over to set up the foldaway table in front of Helen and placed the food on it.Shona looked at the bag and saw the words "Supreme Cuisine".She had heard of the Supreme Cuisine before. It was a very high-class restaurant in Empfield. Their takeaways would be limited every day and they wouldn't accept pre-orders. One would need to go to the restaurant and queue up in person for hours and might not even be able to purchase the takeaway. A lot of people in Empfield wanted to taste the food from Supreme Cuisine.'Do all men from the Jacobs fami
As his only granddaughter, even though she was adopted, Nicole was still spoilt by the people around her.However, when she came to visit the people in this room, they treated her as if she was just an insignificant person.Nicole couldn't help but feel frustrated.She wanted to just leave, but she knew the person that her grandfather cared about the most was this sister of his. If she left just like that, her grandfather would definitely be mad at her."Grandaunt, my grandfather's hospitalized as well, so he didn't come this time and told me to come visit you. He told me not to head back home until you got better. Therefore, where am I going to live for the next few days?"The ward was filled with the smell of disinfectant, so Nicole didn't want to stay any longer.Madam Jacobs' brother was an entrepreneur and wanted to only rely on himself for his career. Even though his sister had married into the Jacobs family, he still chose not to tell anyone about his relationship with the
The two children attracted Laura's attention and she just watched them play.The two children looked a little alike. The boy was obviously a little older than the girl. They were most likely brother and sister.The little girl noticed Laura's gaze, so she walked up to her. "Are you looking at us?"The little boy noticed his sister standing in front of two strangers. He then rushed over and stood between the girl, and Laura and Chris with an alarming look on his face."Don't worry. We won't hurt you." Laura squatted down so that she was the same height as the two children."I think I know what she wants, Owen," the little girl suddenly said with a serious face."What does she want?" The little boy's face softened when he looked at the little girl."She's looking at us, so she must be wanting to play with us!" the girl said innocently and then looked at Laura. "Am I right?"Laura squatted down and pinched the girl's face with a smile. "Yes, you are! I love children who are cute l
"Harry and I are planning to go to the beach after this, do you want to come with us?" Shannon asked Laura.After giving it some thought, Laura nodded. "Sure!"The three of them waited for about a quarter of an hour after the meal before Chris came to pick them up."Have you finished?" Chris was asking everyone but his eyes were fixed on Laura."Yes, we have. I have to admit, the food here is actually quite nice," said Harry.He seemed to not have had enough as he placed some more food in his mouth."Do you want some more? We're in no rush anyway."Laura was worried that Harry didn't have enough to eat."No, I'm full. Let's head to the beach." The thought of going to the beach and enjoying the night view with Shannon made Harry very excited."What beach?" asked Chris. He was a little puzzled."Shannon just said that they were going to the beach and asked me if I wanted to join them. It felt like a good idea to me so I agreed. Do you want to come as well?" Laura turned to look
Lucas and Dawn waited for a while but their food still wasn't served."What's taking them so long?" mumbled Dawn."They're probably busy. We don't have any other plans tonight, there's no rush."Lucas picked up his phone and began playing a game. At the same time, he poured a glass of water for Dawn. "Here, have some water., it'll ease the hunger"Dawn was rendered speechless.She picked up the glass, took a sip of water, and then began looking around. That was when she noticed a table of a man and two women receiving their food as soon as they sat down.Seeing that, Dawn shouted, "Waitress!"A girl in her early 20s quickly walked over to her. "How may I help?""When will our food be served? We've already been waiting for a long time." Dawn was a little dissatisfied."I'm sorry, Miss. The kitchen is already preparing your dishes and the food will be served very soon," the waitress said apologetically."What do you mean by that? We've already been waiting for ages. Not only th
"Mr. Summers, Mr. Scholfield is waiting for you in the meeting room.""Okay."Nathan tidied his desk, picked up a file and headed towards the meeting room.As soon as he walked in, he saw Lucas sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.Lucas had a lazy temperament and his lips were curved into a mischievous smile. He looked at his watch and said, "Mr. Summers, you're three minutes late."Nathan was used to Lucas's behavior, so he just looked at Lucas indifferently. "Here's the contract. Check to see if you have any problems with it."Lucas sat up, took the contract, and flicked through it casually. "Where's the pen?""Aren't you going to read it more carefully?""I don't think that Mr. Summers is going to trick me, right?" asked Lucas. His voice was casual and his hand was getting ready to hold a pen.Nathan smiled, took out a pen from a drawer, and signed his name on the contract before passing it to Lucas.Lucas held the pen tightly in his hand as he signed his name on the
Nathan waited in the police station with Amelia.About an hour later, two police officers brought a man in black and wearing a baseball cap in front of the two of them.There were wounds on his face as well. It was obvious that he had been beaten up.One of the officers passed a delicate purse to Amelia. "Miss Summers, is this your purse?"Amelia's eyes lit up. "Yes, that's the purse I lost.""This is the person who stole your purse, Miss Summers. What do you want us to do with him?" the other officer pointed at the man and asked.After giving it some thought, Amelia said, "I've just checked my purse and nothing's missing. I'll let him off this time.""Looks like you're in luck. Quick, thank Miss Summers for her kindness.""Thank you so much, Miss Summers!""Alright, just try not to steal things in the future. You can leave now." Amelia waved her hand.After the man in black was released, Amelia and Nathan headed back home as well.Amelia then sent a text to the man in black
"Get someone to find out why Amelia went to the police station today." Nathan gave the order."Yes, Mr. Summers. I'll get right on it." Dominic nodded and went out of the room.After giving it some thought, Nathan still felt that he should head to the police station in person to ask Amelia what she was doing.When Nathan arrived at the police station, Amelia had just finished talking to Jack."Amelia!" Nathan called out.Amelia stopped walking and turned around. She then looked at Nathan with a face full of surprise."Nathan, what are you doing here?" Amelia smiled and walked over to Nathan."I came to check if Jack had said anything else. I've also heard that you came to the police station instead of to work, so I thought I'd come to give you a lift on the way back."Amelia nodded with a smile. "Okay, I'll head back home with you once I've found my purse.""What purse?" Nathan felt a little puzzled."I was going out with a few friends, but I lost my purse on my way. There we
"Please take a seat, Miss Summers. We've already sent men to look for your purse. We'll find it soon." One of the officers put on a big smile and tried to please Amelia when he found out that she was the daughter of the Summers family.Amelia just nodded and then went to sit on the chair.A while later Amelia asked the officer that just spoke to her, "I'm a little bored. Can I take a look around?""Sure! I can...""There's no need. I want to take a look around by myself. Notify me when you find my purse."With that said, Amelia left the reception room and began walking around the police station.She didn't get far before she saw Jack."I need to speak to Jack," Amelia said to the guard outside the cell."I'm sorry, Miss Summers. Mr. Summers gave us specific orders to keep an eye on him and not let anyone visit him."The guard stopped Amelia. His attitude was respectful, but wasn't letting her anywhere near Jack."Do you not know who I am?" Amelia became a little angry. She co
After losing her memories, Mrs. Summers couldn't remember anything. She didn't want to dwell on this matter since it was in the past.However, Alex wasn't going to let Nancy off that easily. "She must be punished. Otherwise, who knows what she would do next time!"Nancy had become more and more arrogant. Alex felt that if he didn't teach her a lesson now, she would do something even worse.After hearing Alex's words, Mrs. Summers still didn't want to punish Nancy. "She's our child after all. We shouldn't criticize her too much. Everyone makes mistakes, right? Let her off this once for me."Nancy kept nodding her head after hearing Mrs. Summers' words. "Dad, I'm so sorry. I promise there won't be a next time. Please forgive me just this once."Seeing that Mrs. Summers was asking him to let Nancy off, Alex had no choice but to say, "Since your mom has forgiven you, then I'll let you off this once. But if there's a next time, I'll kick you out of the Summers family myself!"Nancy qu
Seeing the look on Nancy's face, Alex knew that she knew about the glass of water. His face immediately paled.Amelia quickly walked forward. "Dad, Nancy was just a little thoughtless, I think she didn't mean any harm."Her words made Alex even more infuriated. "She was thoughtless? Was that the reason to add sleeping pills to the water?"If it weren't for that glass of water, Alex wouldn't have been in a deep slumber and the things that followed wouldn't have happened.Nancy began shaking in fear. That was because she did add sleeping pills to the glass of water.She was planning on getting Chris to drink the water and then she would get someone to bring Chris to her room when he was asleep.That way, Chris would have to be responsible for her under the pressure of the Summers family.However, what Nancy didn't expect was that Alex drank the water instead of Chris.Amelia wasn't worried that Nancy would sell her out. That was because drugging Chris wasn't something appropriate