A while had passed and Chris and Laura were about to leave. This made Amelia desperate and quickly stopped them."Are you going to stay for a little while longer?" Amelia asked awkwardly.Seeing the arm in front of Laura, Chris looked at Amelia coldly.His gaze sent chills down Amelia's back. But she still didn't pull her hand back."My mom really likes you. I apologize for what I've done in the past. I shouldn't have been making things difficult for you. I hope we can be on good terms in the future," said Amelia.After hearing the words "be on good terms", Laura was a little taken aback. She then exchanged gazes with Chris.Both of them felt that Amelia wasn't feeling right.Laura smiled. "That's not necessary, Miss Summers."Everyone fell silent once again.Alex had been doing business for many years and had dealt with all kinds of different situations. He immediately saw that Amelia was behaving strangely.He knew that Laura didn't like Amelia, but the latter was trying to
"Dad, why didn't you ask Chris to stay for a little longer?" Nancy still wouldn't give up."Do you have feelings for Chris?" Alex looked at Nancy."I... I do have feelings for Chris. So what?" Nancy didn't expect Alex to know about her feelings for Chris, so she decided to admit to it.Alex tried to be subtle with Nancy about his matter, but she just wouldn't listen."He's married, so you can get him out of your head and forget about him.""What do you mean I should get him out of my head? I can't control my feelings for him. Why does Laura get to be by his side and I can't? If I were the one who got to know him first, he wouldn't even lay eyes on that poor woman. She's not worthy of him!"Nancy had always thought that she was the only woman who was worthy of Chris. She was the daughter of the Summers family and only she could be helpful towards Chris's career."You..." Alex pointed at Nancy and he was so angry that he had no idea what to say.He didn't expect Nancy would have
Chris called for a car recovery truck so that their car could be taken to a garage for repairs.On the way to the hospital, Chris remained silent. He seemed to be thinking of something.As for Laura, all her attention was on Chris's wound. She also tried urging the taxi driver to speed up.She had checked Chris's wound. It wasn't just a scratch like he had said. The cut was actually quite deep."Don't worry. It's alright." Seeing how desperate Laura was, Chris pulled Laura into his arms to comfort her."We're here." The driver pulled over at the side of the road.Chris paid the taxi fare and then went into the hospital with Laura."It's no big deal. Just make sure that the wound isn't infected for the next few days," said the doctor after bandaging Chris up."Thank you, doctor." Laura thanked the doctor and then went to pick up the medicine that the doctor had prescribed. "I want to wash my hands."Some of the blood from Chris's arm had stained Laura's hands and clothes. She w
Amelia wasn't going to waste such a good chance to slander Laura. She immediately called the police.When the police found out what happened and knew that it was Mrs. Summers who was injured, they immediately sent officers over and were going to take Laura away."I didn't do it. You have no proof, so you can't arrest me."Laura was in a panic and didn't know what to do when she saw Mrs. Summers' condition. She was also a little nervous when she was faced with Amelia's questioning. This caused her to have missed something.Now that she had calmed down, she thought back to the conversation she had heard back in the toilets. She felt that something wasn't right, but she didn't know what exactly was the problem.One of the officers snorted. "No murderer would admit they have murdered someone. We can't just believe what you say.""I'd suggest you behave yourself and come with us. It'll look bad if we take you back by force."The officers knew who they could and couldn't offend betwee
Nancy was still sulking about what Alex had said. She had no idea what happened inside Mrs. Summers' ward. Amelia told her everything and even made other things up."What? I can't believe Laura had the guts to do such a thing. How dare she hurt Mom?" Nancy was shocked after listening to Amelia's words."I know, right? You should know what kind of person Laura is. I'm not sure if Mom will make it this time. If anything happens to her, I will never forgive Laura!" Amelia pretended to wipe the tears from her face."That's right! Putting her behind bars will be going easy on her. We should torture her until she dies," Nancy said fiercely."But I thought Laura went back home? Why did she come back?" Nancy felt a little puzzled."She probably wanted to do this a long time ago. That's why she came back to hurt Mom," Amelia said angrily."Does Chris know about what Laura has done?" asked Nancy.'If he finds out then he will know what kind of person Laura is and abandon her to be with me
Seeing Chris stop, Nancy quickly rushed over to him. She gritted her teeth and said, "Laura wanted to kill my mom, so she was taken away by the police. Laura's such a ruthless person. My mom treated her so well and wanted to be her godmother, but Laura ended up wanting to kill her. You might as well..."Nancy was lost in her own world and didn't notice Chris's cold gaze."That's enough!" Chris interrupted coldly."I'm telling the truth!" Nancy's eyes were red and looked very pitiful."I've already told you, she's not someone you can slander." Chris glared at her with eyes full of disgust. He then turned to leave as Nancy stood there by herself.Nancy was dumbfounded and tears welled up in her eyes. She looked at Chris's receding figure with eyes full of disbelief.She only came back to her senses a while later. Her hands were shaking and her face had become twisted and full of jealousy.'I'm not lying! Laura is a ruthless person. Why wouldn't Chris believe me?' wondered Nancy. S
The inside of the police station was very complicated. There were three floors. Every floor had an elegant design. They were luxurious but majestic at the same time.The chief of police, Conner, led Chris through all the twists and turns in the station before arriving outside the interrogation room.Two police officers were interrogating Laura. Conner asked them to leave the room."Mr. Jacobs, this is the person you wanted to see." Chris had told Conner to keep his identity a secret."Laura, are you alright?" Chris walked over and felt relieved when he saw that Laura was fine."Chris? Why are you here?" Laura was surprised to see Chris.She was still wondering how to notify Chris of her situation. She knew that Chris would be worried if she just disappeared like that."I bumped into Nancy when I was looking for you. She told me where you are." Disgust appeared on Chris's face when he mentioned Nancy.Laura understood what was going on and explained, "I didn't hurt Mrs. Summers.
Alex had arranged for his men to check the surveillance footage, but it was a coincidence that all the cameras were down for the past couple of days.This meant that Alex wasn't sure if anyone else had gone into Mrs. Summers' ward except Laura.From what he could see at the moment, Laura was the biggest suspect.However, everything looked simple, but it was actually very complicated.Alex was in the ward with Mrs. Summers. Therefore, if someone went into the ward there would be noise. But throughout the whole process, Alex remained asleep and didn't notice anyone coming into the room.Alex was also able to figure something out from what the police told him. Laura had tried to wake him up, but wasn't able to.If Laura was telling the truth, then something was wrong.However, Alex felt that Laura could be lying.But his instincts told him that Laura wasn't lying.What was even more strange was that the bodyguards that he had placed outside the ward were all sent somewhere else.
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