"I just felt upset that you were speaking up for Laura back there. I'm your daughter..."Tears began to well up in Nancy's eyes as she said those words.Mrs. Summers passed her a piece of tissue. "I wasn't on anyone's side. I was just asking if there was some kind of misunderstanding between the two of you. After all, trying to pour boiling water on someone isn't a small matter."Nancy gritted her teeth. "I know. But Mom, I'm your daughter, I wouldn't slander Laura for no reason either. I don't know why she tried to pour boiling water on me. It's probably because you said that you wanted to be her godmother and I said that you will need her parents to agree as well. This delayed you becoming her godmother, so she was probably upset about it."After saying those words, Nancy quickly lowered her head and pretended to look pitiful.Mrs. Summers frowned. "I think you've mistaken, Nancy. The way I see it, even if Laura's parents agreed, Laura wouldn't.""Why? Our family's so rich," Na
Mrs. Summers pursed her lips and her face became a little dark.On the morning of the next day.Laura came to the convenience store to start the day. That was when a middle-aged woman walked in. She was in her middle ages, but she had a tall and elegant figure."Mrs. Summers, what brought you here?"When the two of them were talking on WhatsApp, Laura had mentioned to Mrs. Summers that she had a convenience store next to the Jacobs Group's office building. Therefore, it was easy for Mrs. Summers to find where Laura worked.She had brought quite a lot of things with her.Laura quickly walked over and said, "What are you doing, Mrs. Summers?"Mrs. Summers smiled and wrapped her arm around Laura's. "It's nothing, Laura. Just some gifts I brought for you."Mrs. Summers wasn't someone who liked to beat around the bush, so apologized for what happened the previous day."I didn't expect Nancy would slander you. I'll make sure to teach her not to do so in the future."Laura hesitated
Lena and Luke had been married for a while now, so it was normal for Lena to be pregnant.Shona continued, "Your grandmother misses you. When are you planning on going back home to visit her?"Laura squinted her eyes as soon as she heard Shona's words. 'She's asking me to go back home to visit Grandma?'Shona felt a little embarrassed being looked at by Laura, so she avoided Laura's eyes."What do you want now?" Laura looked away and asked indifferently."Who was that woman that just walked out of your store just now?" Shona asked straightforwardly."Why?" Laura frowned."I'm just asking. Laura, you need to be careful what friends you make now. Don't try and be friends with anyone you come across. They might sell you out at any time. I don't think that woman just now is a good person at all."Shona's words about Mrs. Summers caused Laura's face to change. "I'd advise you to show some respect for others."Seeing the look on Laura's face, Shona's heart skipped a beat. 'Laura's s
It was a good thing that Chris knew he shouldn't go too far.Earlier in the afternoon, Laura had sent the guide to Mrs. Summers and asked for her opinion. Mrs. Summers felt it was fine.The weather recently was quite hot, so Laura planned to set off quite early in the morning, around six o'clock.Mrs. Summer had put on a hat and when she saw Laura, she walked over with a smile. "Have you had any breakfast, Laura?""Not yet." Laura shook her head."I haven't either. Let's go have some breakfast together."Laura didn't have any problems with that, but Nancy, who was behind Mrs. Summers looked at Laura gloomily. 'She's so annoying. Why do you have to set off so early in the morning anyway? She might be able to get up so early, but that doesn't mean we all can.'Ever since Nancy was taken back in by the Summers family, it had been a long time since she had gotten up so early.Back when she was running the convenience store, she would get up at around five o'clock in the morning and
Amelia immediately realized that Shona was talking about Mrs. Summers."I know," she said again.Shona was still wondering how she should word things to remind Amelia on the other end of the line.After all, Shona didn't know that Amelia already knew everything. She hadn't told Amelia who she was yet."Huh? You know?"Shona was a little dumbfounded after hearing what Amelia had said."The woman you're talking about is my mother. My mother and Laura know each other. She's gone to Empfield on holiday and asked Laura to be her guide."When Shona heard Amelia say the word "mother", her heart raced.However, a bitter feeling soon rose in her heart.Her daughter thought someone else was her mother, but she couldn't tell her daughter the truth.There was a moment of silence between Amelia and Shona.Amelia tightened her grip on the phone and said, "I know what you're thinking. You don't need to do anything. I have my own plans."Shona was feeling down at the moment and didn't real
When the phone was unlocked, Lena saw a WhatsApp chat window.Shona had sent a picture of the food she had cooked that day.The other party's reply was, "Looks delicious."Shona then replied with a smiley face emoji.Lena looked at the name of the person Shona was talking to. It showed the word "Amelia".'Amelia?' Lena remembered the name of the daughter of the Summers family, Amelia Summers. 'Since when did Shona start being so nice to Amelia? They're on a first-name basis now as well. Last I remember they've only met a few times.'Out of a woman's instinct, Lena felt that things weren't that simple."What are you doing?"A voice sounded behind Lena and startled her.She turned around and saw that it was Luke.Lena patted her chest to calm herself down. "You've scared me. Why did you sneak up on me like that?"Luke's gaze landed on the phone in Lena's hand. "What are you doing with my mom's phone?"Lena quickly walked forward and covered Luke's mouth. "Shhh! Be quiet."Le
Nancy then convinced herself that she could walk for a little longer.With that thought in mind, Nancy curved her lips and wrapped her arms around Mrs. Summers'. "Mom, I think you're right. Since we're here in Empfield, then we should take a good look around. Otherwise, we would have come all the way here for nothing. The scenery at night in Empfield can be quite good. I'll stay with you."Mrs. Summers smiled and nodded.The three of them came to a playground area. Laura was introducing the surroundings to Mrs. Summers when a woman's voice suddenly sounded and was calling Laura's name."Laura? I can't believe it's really you."Laura raised her head and looked forward. That was when she saw Jessica standing there.It had been quite a while since she last saw Jessica.At that moment, Jessica's face was a little pale. The clothes she was wearing were quite old as well. She had also cut her hair short and looked exhausted.When she saw Laura, she quickly walked towards her."Laura
Laura's words caused Jessica to feel completely hopeless.However, Laura was Jessica's last hope.No one knew how excited she was when she saw Laura just now.Seeing that a crowd had gathered around them, Jessica bit her lip and kneeled down in front of Laura. Her knees collided with the ground with a loud thud."Please, Laura. I beg of you! Can't you pity me and let me be taken back in by the Walker family?"Jessica's actions shocked Laura.Nancy also widened her eyes in shock, but the next second, she looked at Laura gloatingly. 'It's a good thing that I chose to stay behind today. Otherwise, I would have missed such a good show.'When Jessica kneeled down in front of Laura, the crowd began talking among themselves.Jessica's hair was a mess and she was apologizing to Laura as well, but Laura just stood there with an indifferent look on her face. This caused the faces of the crowd to change."Who is that woman standing there? I can't believe she got someone else to kneel dow
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