Receiving the necklace from Irene, Jason smiled at the girl before facing Fia again. “Your account number?”Fia took out her phone and logged onto her bank app, then showed Jason the receipt she had received earlier. It was then Jason finally knew the name of this woman—Sia*.Well, only half of the name. Her surname was censored so he could only see her first name.“What’s your last name?” he asked instinctively. “Stewart,” Fia answered coldly. She could not afford to blow her cover, not yet. Especially not in front of Jason.Hearing her surname, Jason nodded with a heavy heart and returned her the three million, which meant he even forfeited the profit.“What about the profit you earned from the auction?”“It’s fine. I could put this necklace up for auction again.” Jason said after a short moment of silence, “I hope we won’t face another buyer like you again, Ms. Stewart.”“…”“It’s true. This necklace isn’t worth three million. At best, this thing is only worth a few hundre
Fia was still staring at the ceiling even after Adrian and Irene had fallen asleep. Her mind drifted away as she reminisced about the past…Two hours later, she couldn't take it anymore. She snuck out the bedroom and went to the kitchen. She had kept several bottles of branded cocktails in her fridge. She took out a brandy flavored cocktail and finished it in one go.The weather was rather cold at the time. After gulping down the ice-cold cocktail from the fridge, Fia’s body felt even colder.“Mommy!”Adrian, who just got up from bed, walked into the kitchen barefooted.“Hey, Adrian! Why aren’t you wearing your slippers?” Fia hurried out the kitchen to get him his slippers.Following his mother, Adrian said, “I didn’t see you when I woke up. I was afraid that you might have gone out on a mission without saying goodbye again.”“…”Saddened by her son’s words, Fia held Arian in her arms to help him wear his slippers and said, “I’m here. Mommy isn’t going anywhere.”“I also thoug
She quickly entered her room to receive the call in private. “Hello?”“How are you lately?” A cold, modulated voice could be heard from the other end of the call. The voice that was clearly a result of a voice changer was still always as cold and uncomfortable to hear. Still, Beryl had gotten used to it by now. Every time she received his call, she would feel a rush of excitement. Even though she had not met this man behind that voice changer before, he had given her a great sense of security.After all, her son had become so submissive and docile to her in the last five years. And it was all thanks to him!“Thank you, master. Your drug is really effective. My son has not recovered his memories since.”“It’s my honor to be able to assist you,” the man said with a grin.“When will you be giving me the next dose? I’ve increased his dose so I’m running out soon.”“Sure, I can give you the next dose soon. But it depends on what you can do for me.”Beryl hung up the phone, satisf
Fine, so be it! Conrad decided to give in because Silas was genuinely concerned about his well-being. During this checkup, Silas had contacted the hospital to bring over a medical team in secret. When the hospital director brought his crew over, they had to wear long coats, sunglasses and face masks, fearing that people would recognize them.Seeing these people that Silas brought over, Conrad smirked and said sarcastically, “Why the secrecy? It’s just a checkup. A bunch of paranoid psychos!”Silas and the hospital director were used to being chastised by him by now. However, this time, Sally was forced to come over because the original assigned doctor was on medical leave. And Sally was not going to tolerate Conrad’s childishly bad temper at all.“Mr. Maxwell, you’re merely getting a medical checkup. And yet, you asked us to dress like this. Just who the heck is the paranoid psycho?” Sally glared at Conrad coldly before opening her med kit.The director stepped forward and whispe
“Don’t say her name! You don’t have the right to say her name!” Sally chastised him before storming out the study.…“Wow! Can I really have this, Adrian?”Irene yelled out in surprise when she saw the gift box in Adrian’s hands. She kept staring at it, curious about what was inside.Adrian giggled and said, “Yes! This is a present for my dear sister!”Adrian handed the gift box over and cautioned, “Be careful. It’s a little heavy. If you drop it, it might get hurt.”“Okay!” Irene eagerly carried the box in her arms and turned to Fia. “Mommy! Adrian gave me this present! Can I open it?”“Of course!” Fia squatted down and helped her daughter to bring the box to the table nearby.Irene climbed on a chair and excitedly opened the box.“Bark bark!”“Oh my! It’s a little puppy! A white puppy! He’s so cute! Oh, look! Its ears are pink! They look so pretty!”Irene keenly petted the puppy’s head and smiled from ear to ear when she saw the Pomeranian puppy inside the box. The Pomer
For the past five years, Charles had been serving Conrad loyally, fulfilling every task that was asked of him. Conrad felt that Charles was not as naggy as Silas; so, he would always ask him to bring him out in secret.“Just looking around.” Conrad peered out the car window as he thought of that woman and her children.Her children… The twins looked so cute and adorable. Their eyes were sparklingly beautiful. They had her eyes. Still, no matter how beautiful her eyes were, that woman always acted so cold around him. What a waste…Her eyes were the most beautiful eyes he had seen since he woke up from that car crash. Yet, she was so difficult to get along with.Charles said, “Sir, we can’t park the car here for too long.”“Drive into the area!”Hearing this, Charles complied and drove the car into Aurora Residences. Yet, when they reached the gate, there was a sign that clearly stated that no outsiders were allowed in.“Sir, what now?” Charles was speechless when he saw this.Co
Conrad was pretending, of course. He wanted to give them the impression that he did not know they lived here.“We live here!” the twins said to him in unison.Seeing Conrad talking to the children, the security guard asked them, “Do you two know him?”“We do, Uncle Security!” Irene gave a cute smile at the guard.Seeing this, the security guard calmed down from his heated argument with Conrad. “Then, you go in. I thought you’re a scammer since you insisted on not calling them over.”“This mister is no scammer!” Adrian could not help defending Conrad. To him, this poor man had already lost a leg. Why did everyone keep bullying him wherever he went?“Okay, okay. Now I know he’s not a scammer. You two can bring him in now. Geez, this man has such a bad temper. He keeps on yelling at us and refuses to listen to reason.”The security guard was speechless. He was not trying to give Conrad a hard time. This man had suddenly come here and began causing a ruckus, so they had to stop him
Irene directed a sympathetic gaze at Conrad and said, “Mister, you have a bad leg. You should take care of yourself more.”“Thank you,” Conrad replied warmly.Irene widened her pretty eyes and pulled his sleeve.“Mister, your eyes look so warm. They’re like the sun!”Adrian widened his eyes as well. “Oh, they have the same colors as mine! Look, my eyes are amber too!”Hearing this, Fia became apprehensive and lightly kicked on Adrian’s leg.“Whoah, what are you doing?!” Adrian quickly hopped away, “It hurts, Mommy.”Fia glared at him and said, “Have you forgotten what I told you?”Irene gave Adrian a silent stare. Her brother had broken the promise they made with their mother.“What’s wrong?” Conrad did not understand as he raised his head to look at Fia. He then noticed that her eyes were as black as obsidian. So, maybe she was envious that he and her son’s eyes shared the same color? She was mad at her son just because of that?“Come. Let’s go home.”Fia did not want t