“Sir, you haven’t eaten anything for almost ten hours. Why don’t you eat something?”It was the fourth time Silas had taken food upstairs for the day.The study was a mess.Conrad was sitting on the floor with his back against the wall, his voice raspy. “You’ve got news?”Silas said, “I’ve already sent more people to find her. We’ll find the madam.”“Is she… hiding?” Conrad covered his head with his hands. “She must have seen the post!”“…When we find her, you need to explain to her. She’ll trust you,” Silas said, upset.Conrad shook his head. “She must have seen it. She won’t believe me again. That’s why she’s hid herself away.”Silas didn’t know how to console him anymore.His boss’s emotional state had completely collapsed. It was best if she had simply hid herself away. If she was captured by the person that was controlling everything… They would be in a lot of trouble.Conrad struggled to get up and walked over to Silas, his breath filled with the smell of alcohol.“Wha
Esme looked at Conrad. “Why are you looking at me like that? It’s not like I didn’t give you any chances. You abandoned me, betrayed me, forcing me to work with others against you.”Slap! Conrad hit her across the cheek.He said in disdain, “I’ve never loved you, so don’t talk to me about me ever abandoning or betraying you!”Esme froze. “That can’t be true. We’re…”“Esme, you’re just a stain in my personal history!” Conrad looked at her with scorn. “Fia’s the one that taught me what true love is! You have never been my love!”Esme couldn’t accept it, shaking her head and mumbling, “That’s impossible. You just don’t want to admit it. You’re simply holding a grudge over me going overseas all those years ago.”“Tiger, shut her mouth!” If he kept listening to her ramblings, he was worried that he might lose control and kill her!Tiger said nothing and stuffed a piece of rag into her mouth.As her hands were tied and she couldn’t spit out the rag, all she could do was make some noi
Shortly after, the Thomas family appeared.Conrad personally went down to meet them.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, as well as Barbara, looked at him with a complicated gaze.Mrs. Thomas cried the moment she saw him. “Mr. Maxwell, please give us back our daughter.”Mr. Thomas asked in confusion, “We’ve not been able to contact her since last night after we received photos of you and Britney together. What exactly have you done to her? If you like her, you can tell us, elders. We are not unreasonable parents.”Mr. Thomas was still hoping to leech off Conrad, but Mrs. Thomas had seen the news of Conrad exposing his wife, so she did not want her daughter to have anything to do with him. The couple immediately started to argue the moment they did not agree.Seeing her parents acting like this, Barbara felt really bad for her sister! They didn’t even know that their “daughter” was not Britney but Esme! Conrad couldn’t be bothered with the two of them. He looked coldly at Barbara and said,
Barbara took two deep breaths and tried to calm down, not wanting to appear too hideous!“Tell me, where did Britney go? Why did you show up when it was she who invited Mr. Maxwell!”“Hehehehhe.” Esme laughed like a madman. “What do you, as her sister, think?”Barbara really did not wish for Conrad’s words to be the truth, that her kind and innocent sister had changed.She was afraid that her sister already had thoughts of using her since she came back. “Britney is kind. It must be you who threatened her! She is afraid of you. That’s why she helped you to invite Mr. Maxwell!” “Really?” The mockery on Esme’s face reduced substantially and she looked serious as she said lightly, “You used to understand her. Do you understand her now?”Barbara was slightly stunned.Esme continued, “Since she intentionally appeared before you overseas, did you not have the least bit of suspicion? She had so many injuries. How did she escape the hands of the bad guys? And so accurately found you?
Tiger was stunned. He immediately guessed that Conrad was being threatened. He suddenly thought of himself. If Sophia was caught by someone and that person used her life to threaten him, he would also act like his boss, wouldn’t he? However, how was he to explain to the person he loved after everything was settled?“Go!” Conrad’s gaze was full of pain.Tiger agreed with great difficulty, and went to the basement to release his prisoner. Barbara was preparing to drive away when she received Conrad’s call.“Bring Esme back with you!”Barbara asked in astonishment, “Why?”“If you don’t want your sister to die, then don’t expose Esme’s identity!” Conrad shouted.Barbara’s feelings were complicated. After all, she had worked under him for quite a number of years and more or less knew his temper.He must have been threatened. No matter how much she hated Esme, no matter how much she wished Esme dead, she could only be like Mr. Maxwell.Tiger sent Esme to Barbara’s car and l
Fia watched Britney make the bed expressionlessly and when she was done, she said faintly, “Thank you.” “If there’s anything you need, you can tell me the next time I send food.” After Britney finished speaking, she got ready to leave. “You said you wanted to marry Peter. Is it for real or is it fake?” Fia suddenly asked.She was curious why Britney would work with Esme. Could it be that Esme agreed to her marrying Peter? Britney turned around and sat by the side.Her gaze was calm as she looked at Fia, speaking without hiding anything. “When I returned, it was true that I was full of hope toward all of you.”Fia was speechless. She no longer believed in Britney. All the words she said, regardless of whether they were true or false, were just words she could listen to but not take to heart.“However, you all made me lose hope. No one could fix my looks, and no one could bring down Esme to restore my innocence.”Britney smiled ironically. “I could only find other ways.” F
The man watched her through the surveillance monitor. He swirled the tall glass and took a sip of his wine.His dark blue eyes gleamed, a playful light reflected on them.No one would be able to calmly face such a betrayal, would they?“Ah!” In the image, Fia covered her ears as she yelled, breaking down. Her injured bottom lip kept bleeding.She got off the bed barefooted and rushed toward the wall!The man put down the tall glass strongly. “Useless thing!”After scolding her, he immediately got up, grabbed the key, and left the room. *** “Britney, you are our family’s lucky star!” Mr. Thomas held Esme’s hand, extremely happy.Mrs. Thomas was full of worry as she spoke. “What exactly is going on? Everything was fine. Why did he suddenly go separate ways with Fia? And just wants to marry you?”Esme acted as if she was very upset for being suspected.“Mom, are you suspecting that I interfered in their marriage?”“That, that is not what I mean.” Mrs. Thomas was confident o
On the second floor, Barbara heard the conversation between the three and was so angry that her entire body shook. She rushed down the stairs with heavy footsteps. “Barbara, where are you going?” Esme was the first to stand up, looking at Barbara cheerfully.She was worried that Barbara would break her beautiful dream.Barbara looked at the three of them. “I’m an adult. Can’t I leave the house?” After she spoke, she strode off.Mr. Thomas was so angry that he pointed at her back and scolded, “Such an unfilial daughter! How did I bring such a daughter to life!”Barbara felt her heart chill from his words. She really hoped that the day the truth was revealed, her good father would not collapse!“That’s enough. Barbara has always been like this,” Mrs. Thomas advised, not hoping for the gap between her husband and eldest daughter to widen further.“You are the one who spoiled her! Now, she is not even acting nicely toward Britney!” After Mr. Thomas vented his anger, he grabbe