“Adrian, Irene. Mommy will always love you. I will always be with you, providing whatever you need.”Irene tilted her head and asked, “But Mommy, don’t you want to reconcile with him?”Hearing this, Adrian got a little upset. “He had treated Mommy so badly that she wanted to die! How can you ask Mommy to reconcile with that jerk?!”“But I want them to be together,” Irene said as tears welling in her eyes.She felt like this was a huge problem that she would never be able to solve. She thought Daddy was her father but he was not—it was someone else! Not only that, that person was Uncle Conrad, an uncle that she liked a lot. Yet, it turned out that this man had hurt Mommy a lot in the past.This was such an impossible problem to solve!“Are you an idiot?!” Adrian scolded his teared-up sister, “He’s a bad man! He can’t be our father!”“But… But he’s got a bad leg… He looks so pitiful… I…”Fia was hurt seeing her children become so conflicted and fighting like this. Yet, she could
“He won’t let go of his prey once he’s set on his target! He won’t let me go if he suspects me of anything!” Fia then glared at Lucifer with her red, tearful eyes. “I don’t know what’s the point of this final mission that you’ve arranged for me. But you shouldn’t expose my children to a risk like this!”Lucifer glared back at her coldly. “It’s not my intention to involve the kids.”“But it has happened anyway. Because you don’t know him! You don’t know Conrad Maxwell!” Fia grabbed her head, trying to get her hysterics under control. “Five years…! It’s been five years! Why does he suddenly want to organize the memorial now?! Could it be that he’s found out about me?!”“If he did, he wouldn’t have organized this grand memorial. He would instead come to get you,” Lucifer answered calmly.Fia frowned and glared at him. “What if he has though? What if he’s playing tricks on me?”Lucifer grabbed Fia and pressed her face on his chest, trying to soothe her.“Fia Lawson, I won’t let any
She had to find Sia. She was left with no choice but to make her brother take any medicine she obtained from her. She knew Peter had done a lot of bad things overseas. So, she had always been worried that someone would come looking to hurt him for revenge.Peter was her brother. She had to protect him with whatever she could.Half an hour later, Mrs. Hall put a hand on Peter’s forehead to check his body temperature. “Oh my, it’s still really hot!”Sally unbuttoned Peter’s shirt to perform a simple medical checkup. A few seconds later, she exclaimed in joy, “He’s sweating! Oh, thank goodness! Mom, he’s sweating! It’s a sign that the fever is fading.”“Really? You don’t have to comfort me, Sally.”“It’s true, mom! Don’t worry. Peter is getting better now. You go get some rest. I’ll look after him.”Wiping off her tears, Mrs. Hall sobbed in joy. “Thank goodness. If this goes on, I don’t know what to tell your father.”Sally patted on her mother’s back and sighed. “It’s fine now
“What is it?” Noticing Peter gawking from behind, Lucifer stopped and turned toward him impatiently.Regaining his composure, Peter said instinctively, “Nothing. It’s just that… It’s great to see you like this.”“Like this? What do you mean by that?” Lucifer looked at Peter intently with his inhospitable, cold eyes.Seeing his master's unfriendly gaze, Peter could feel extreme anxiety and fear filling his mind. Yet, he took a deep breath and worked up his courage to say it.“This is the first time I’ve seen you warming up to people. It’s great to see you like this.”“Heh, so this is what you have to say when we’re meeting for the first time? What? Is this your new, creative way of begging for my kindness?” Lucifer said sarcastically. “…”Peter dared not say more. He lowered his head and silently followed his master to the elevator. Entering it, Lucifer took a glance at the security camera as the door closed. Before exiting the elevator, they did not say a word at all.As th
“Heh, you don’t get it. She’s indeed a little smarter than the rest of you. More importantly, she had a close relationship with Conrad Maxwell so she has more use than all of you.”Finishing his words, Lucifer began gulping down the whiskey from the bottle.Staring at his master, Peter had a feeling that he was not speaking truthfully. Yet, he did not dare to call him out on it.“Are you done talking?” Lucifer gave him a cold side-eye.Remaining silent for a few seconds, Peter finally opened his mouth again.“Master, I just wish that you do not repeat my mistake.”“…”“No matter what your intention is, Ms. Sia is innocent. She’s like Britney, a victim through and through from the beginning. I hope that you do not treat her as another dispensable pawn.”Taking a deep breath, Peter continued, “I wish that you’d live a normal, peaceful life. You’ve lived such a lonely life all these years, Master. Seeing you living happily with Ms. Sia and her children… I feel that this is the lif
“Once this last mission is done, I will just be another normal man. I’ll be Adrian and Irene’s daddy.”As Lucifer said that, he grasped Fia’s wrist even tighter.“What are you worried about?” Fia asked, pretending not to know why.Lucifer wished he could break her wrist. “You let them discover Conrad is their real father!”Fia lowered her gaze. “We can’t hide it from them forever.”“Aren’t you worried?”“Adrian and Irene have no feelings for him. He’s less important than you. How could he be compared to me? Their own birth mother?”“Ha!” Lucifer let go of her. “Fia, you bend like a reed. You’re like a madwoman.”Fia said nothing.“Alright, stand properly and stop lying,” Lucifer said with a smile.Fia was a bit embarrassed and said in an irritated tone, “You don’t have to worry about me. You better put your focus on whether you can outplay Conrad!”She turned around and went back to her room to take a nap.Evening. Lucifer woke up from his drunkenness. He then took his car
As Conrad and Lucifer exchanged words, the atmosphere got awkward.Silas glanced at Conrad, to Lucifer, and then back again. He wasn’t sure what Lucifer was trying to say.Despite how he was being courteous toward his boss and showed that he cared…Silas felt his senses tingling.Conrad stared at Lucifer for another two seconds before asking, “Seems like you’re interested in me a lot?”“Of course I am. The young hero of the business world… How can others not be impressed?“But who knew that you almost didn’t survive after letting a car run you over because of your dead wife, and that you lost your memories as a result of that.“I wonder if I should feel pity for how you and your wife aren’t meant to be together, or if I should praise you for your persistence.”Lucifer then let out a pretentious sigh. “So many kings and heroes couldn’t escape the stings of beauties since ancient times.”Conrad’s expression became even colder. “I don’t know what you’re trying to say to me.”“Yo
When Silas finished his explanation but saw how Conrad was unmoved, he realized that this was the result he wanted.“Thank you,” Conrad said faintly. “You should leave.”“Let me stay with you.”“I’m going to sleep. You don’t need to be here.”Silas said nothing.When Conrad saw that he wasn’t leaving, he said, “Stay at the company tomorrow. Without me there, things will go out of hand if you’re absent too.”“Alright. I’ll leave in a while.” Silas was still worried. He was hoping that Conrad would tell Tiger to come back.But he said that he still hadn’t fully recovered his memories. He couldn’t remember how to log into the Training Camp’s site.But now, even he suspected that it was not that his boss hadn’t recovered his full memories… He simply didn’t want to look for Tiger.“I’m going to bed now. You’ll only disturb me if you stay here!” Conrad’s tone was cold and filled with disdain.Silas had no more excuses to stay. After arranging for the bodyguards and caretaker, he le