As if what mattered most to her was being destroyed before her eyes, Hannah bawled as she spoke.Seeing the tears on her sister’s face, Heather’s anger reached its peak instead. ‘When has she ever cried like this? I had beaten her and locked her up for half a year, and she had never cried and made a scene like now. As a mere substitute and a shadow of mine, she shouldn’t have her own thoughts, and yet she is begging me to let her have the stupid ring!’‘With her shoulder injured, she can’t even lift her arm. What kind of power pushes her to grab my hand for the ring?’ Heather thought she was wrong to underestimate Ralph Russell's influence over Hannah. She never expected that a d*uchebag like him could undo her years of nurturing Hannah and make her rebel against her. ‘I must never let her keep the ring!’Having made the decision, her gaze turned grim, and she jerked her hand before kicking Hannah. “F*ck off!” The impact was so severe that Hannah flew and crashed heavily onto
Having been agitated while suffering from the wound, Heather could hardly sleep that night. She was in a bad mood, feeling a headache and pain in her chest. She got up to take a sip of water. She reached out for her phone and realized she had smashed it. ‘Well, I guess I’ve got to get a new one.’Bored to have stayed at home for two days, she decided to go out while thinking about what she should do next. Now that Alexander knew what she was trying to do, it would be hard to get the secret handbook. There would be no point in going to Alexander’s house again, as the handbook would no longer be there. However, having spent years trying to find it, she couldn’t give up now. ‘My head!’She ate a painkiller and tried to pull herself together. Looking at her reflection in the mirror, she found herself getting thinner and looking more like Hannah, who had always been slimmer. She grew dismayed thinking about her. “Chump!” Walking over to the bedroom door, she opened it and shou
“You… you’re Ms. Riggs, right?” Confronted, one of the sales assistants thought she might as well ask her directly. “Yes.” Heather nodded. “You know me?”“Oh my God!” Their reaction surprised Heather as they screamed in excitement. “You’re really Ms. Riggs! We guessed you were when you entered our shop and you’re much prettier than how you looked on TV! We’re so happy for you. Congratulation on your marriage!”Heather was stunned. She was clueless about what they were saying about TV and marriage. ‘Wait! Marriage?’Reminded of what Hannah did, she narrowed her eyes. “Where did you see me? I mean, on TV?”“Yeah, yeah!” One of them nodded vigorously. “The video of Mr. Russell proposing to you had gone viral on the Internet. It’s so romantic and you two make such a great couple!” ‘Great couple, my ass!’Her expression grew serious, and her gaze became fierce. The salesgirls had not expected her to react like this. Not only was she not happy, but she had also become
Ralph jolted awake when he heard something. He looked over his shoulder and saw Heather sitting inside the approaching car and excitedly jogged to it.Chump noticed him, looked over his shoulder, and said, “Miss?”“Ignore him and drive!” Heather said coldly.Chump followed her orders and stepped on the accelerator as the car swished past Ralph so fast that it nearly knocked him over if he had not gotten out of the way in time.Ralph was shocked. He saw the gate to her house open, but when he caught himself and went after the car, it closed again, and he slammed into it with a bang. The impact was so significant that he clenched his teeth in pain.Having the gate shut in his face, Ralph was perplexed and angry. If he had been tolerating the woman before this, he decided she had gone too far now.‘Although women are as mercurial as the temperature, Heather alternated between extremes. If other women change their minds every other week, Heather might change hers dozens of times in a
Ralph would have been dead if he did not dodge the arrows in time.‘This is too much!’He got up and got mad seeing the row of arrows and shouted, “Heather Riggs, I know you can hear me! What’s the meaning of this?! We have to talk through this today!”Even though he coveted her properties and wanted to join forces with the Riggs family to defeat Alexander, he could no longer take it. He believed he might lose his life thanks to this capricious woman before he could do anything to Alexander.‘I might be able to tolerate her temper, but what she’s doing today is too much! Is she trying to kill her husband?‘She was fine yesterday and even shyly accepted my marriage proposal, yet she’s become highly hostile today. Such a dramatic reversal is too much, and no woman in her right mind would do so!‘Yes, she has a screw loose. Heather must be a nutcase!’ Ralph got angrier the more he thought about it. He stood there, arms akimbo, and shouted at the surveillance camera, “Come out, Heath
Ralph saw the gate open before his eyes and wondered if Heather had finally decided to let him in. Now that she had finally opened the gate, Ralph hesitated. ‘I’ve scolded her for so long. Is she trying to lure me in so she can attack me inside?’ Thinking so, he grew scared but did not want to appear as a coward.He chuckled coldly toward the surveillance camera. “Why? Must I enter if you open the gate? I simply won’t! Why should I do what you want me to do? I’m telling you, Heather, I’ve had enough!“I let you do what you want because you’re the daughter of the Riggs family, but I’m somebody from the Russel family, and you've gone too far lately. I won’t entertain you anymore!” Ralph turned to leave.Meanwhile, in the living area, Chump saw Ralph heading toward his car, lowering his head slightly. “Miss, should I bring him inside?”Heather curled her lips, and Chump knowingly went away. There was a vroom of a motorcycle as it raced away.Outside the gate, Ralph was genuinely le
Although Chump said nothing, he controlled the speed well so Ralph would not die from this. However, by the time he rode over to the main entrance of the house, Heather, who stood on the staircase, could see that Ralph could hardly scold her anymore. His haute couture suit was in tatters, and the man lay feebly on the ground, looking as though he was dying. “Oh, it’s you, the famous Mr. Russell. What’s the matter? I thought you wanted to say something to my face?” Curling her lips, Heather was in a much better mood now. ‘No one can leave safely after criticizing me. I won’t let it happen!’ Ralph wanted to curse her, but his whole body was falling apart. Feeling pain all over, he suspected his skin was scraped here and there and wondered if any of his bones were broken. ‘How could this woman do this to me!’ Being the youngest son, Ralph was not his father’s favorite and had not been made the heir to the family’s business, but he was pampered by his mother and had always enjoye
Giving him a thoughtful look, Heather turned and headed back to the house. “Follow me!”Staring after her, Ralph took a moment to respond. He looked over his shoulder at the emotionless man standing near him and lifted his foot to follow her. Walking up the stairs caused him to feel pain all over. Clenching his teeth, he took a breath and glanced at the man as he moved past him. He vowed inwardly that he must get even with him one day. Entering through the door, he saw Heather sitting on the sofa, making tea as if nothing had happened.Upset deep down, he strode over to the sofa in front of her and sat down despite the dirt on him. Heather shot him a glance and said, “Chump, bring Mr. Russell to take a shower and prepare clean clothes for him,”When Chump was about to leave, Ralph held up his hand. “There’s no need. I think at least I’m being unique, aren’t I? Stop dawdling and just get to the point. I don’t deserve to wear your clothes anyway.”He was being sarcastic. ‘It’s