The woman became agitated. “Sit down and talk? Ahaha! Eileen, how can you say something like that? How can someone so despicable and filthy like you even say those words?!”Eileen closed her eyes and sneered. “There’s no need to do this, Sapphire.” Sapphire froze. “How did you know it’s me?”“You had treated Fia well since she was little, and I’m grateful.”“Grateful? You’re so grateful that you stole my husband? I married him for five years! Why won’t you free him?!”Sapphire stood up and switched on the light in the basement. Her face was pale, but her expression was brutal.Eileen looked at her. “You shouldn’t have become like this.”“This is all because of you...” Sapphire grabbed the chair and hurled it in her direction. “Without you, Victor will stick with me. We’ll get married, and we’ll have children. Then, we’ll live till we reach ripe old age!”She was filled with resentment.“But because of you, even if we didn’t get a divorce, his heart isn’t with me! My marriage
“Haha...” Sapphire was tied and couldn’t move as she lay on the ground. She simply stared at Victor with hate and sorrow. “It’s all because of you! It’s because you still have her in your heart!”All Victor could feel was how ridiculous she was. “I haven’t kept in touch with her during the past five years!”“But you don’t love me! You didn’t treat me as your wife!” Sapphire sobbed. “You didn’t even touch me! Every time our family and friends saw me, they would tell me to get pregnant! How am I supposed to get pregnant alone?! Are you telling me that I should cheat?!”Victor’s expression became gloomy. “Let’s get a divorce, Sapphire.”He couldn’t force himself to sleep with her.And he knew that he had hurt her for the past five years.“Don’t even think about it!” Sapphire roared. “I’ve spent so much time on you. I’ll never let you escape me!”“We can go to court, then.” Victor then turned and spoke to his subordinate. “Call the cops.”Sapphire had already hurt Eileen five years
Victor didn’t know how he walked out of the hospital. His uncle’s words were too shocking for him.For the past five years, he didn’t dare to get close to Eileen again because of her lineage.But now, he was told that he was not a Maxwell at all?Then, who was he?Who were his parents?Garrett’s last words were simply, “Ask your parents.”“Can you let me in to see my daughter now?” Garrett looked at Fia, almost begging.Fia blocked the door, and the image of Victor leaving in despair replayed in her mind.All she felt was how selfish Garrett was!He disregarded everyone else’s feelings for his own sake.“I wonder if you still remember that you have a son called Conrad?”Garrett looked at her in shock. “Who are you?”“Everyone knows that you’re Conrad’s father, right?” Fia sneered. “Ask anyone on the street that pays attention to the news on finance. They all know that the boss of Maxwell Corporation has a father who practically disowned him!”“I already gave him the compan
When Victor’s mother heard the sound of the car outside, she quickly ran out.Victor got out of the car and simply stared at her, tired.“Why are you alone? Where’s Sapphire?”“Mom...” He choked. “She kidnapped Eileen and almost killed her. The cops took her to the station.”“What?!” She cried out in shock. “Why did she do that?!”Victor said, “Uncle Garrett went over to acknowledge Eileen as his daughter.”Her face instantly paled. “How... How can she be Garrett’s daughter?”“All those years ago, Uncle Garrett and Aunt Clarice had a daughter, but she fell into the sea. They couldn’t even find her corpse despite searching for several days.”Victor explained everything without putting in any emotion in his words, as if he had lost part of himself.His mother knew about his relationship with Eileen. However, both she and his father didn’t like Eileen, thinking that she was filthy because of her identity as a celebrity.Both husband and wife were hoping that their son could get
Fia and Eileen both looked at their phones.Victor was all over the news.His livestream was there, and there were also posts from his social media.They were all about how he was not a descendant of the Maxwell family and was actually an adopted son.He even posted all the paperwork that his adoptive parents filled up when adopting him. Even the manager of the orphanage appeared as a witness.All the reporters there didn’t understand why he would give up the support of the Maxwell family.Even if he wasn’t meant to take over the family, he could still benefit from his status.He then gently looked at the camera and said, “That’s because I owe a woman a lot. I have to give up on everything that I have before we can reclaim what was once ours.”...Eileen couldn’t calm down even after a very long time.All Victor didn’t do was to announce her name to the public.“What are you going to do?” Fia asked.“I don’t know.” Eileen remembered how Sapphire wanted to kill her. “I can u
Fia really couldn’t imagine how Conrad gave the two children a bath.“Don’t you believe me?” Irene said with a grin. “You can stand and watch next time he does it.”Fia could feel her heartbeat accelerate and she quickly changed the subject. “You two have to go home after staying here for a while. I’ll accompany you and your Aunt Eileen for a while more.”“Mommy! I have to tell you something happy!” Irene smiled. “Aunt Sophia’s back! She came back after you left.”Fia was stunned. “Daddy told her to come back?”Irene nodded. “That’s right. She is making ravioli at home and said that she’ll get you and Aunt Eileen some later.”“Alright, let’s go. Don’t disturb Aunt Eileen from her rest,” Adrian said as he pulled her sister.The two children were good kids with observant eyes. When they noticed how exhausted Eileen was when she sat there, they went home together with Conrad.Fia was standing by the door and said, “Thanks.”“It’s what I should do.” Conrad paused. “Don’t worry abo
Just then, the ringtone from a phone cut them off.Fia glanced at her phone. “It’s Victor. Pick it up?”Eileen looked at the phone. “It’s up to you.”“Then I will.” Fia wanted to hear what Victor had to say.“Excuse me,” Victor said politely. “I can’t get through to Eileen’s number, so my only choice is to call you. You two are together, right?”“Yeah.”“I’ve already openly announced that I’m not a Maxwell. From now on, I have nothing to do with the Maxwells. I’ve already started the divorce proceedings. Sapphire and I have been like strangers for the past five years. There’s nothing much to say about the divorce.“Can you please tell Eileen that I’ll wait for her?“I love her. The only woman that I have ever loved is her.”Fia looked at the phone that was already disconnected, not sure what to say.Eileen asked in a dispassionate tone, “What did he say to you?”Fia immediately played the recording.“Eileen, you never let him go. Why don’t you give each other a chance? It d
Sophia had been sent to a laboratory in the past few days, and there were plenty of terrifying jars there.Inside them were some kind of chemical, and soaking inside were animal organs.She would see changes in those organs every single day as if she were watching a scene from a science fiction movie.The staff inside told her that their master was going to use them against his enemies in the future.“No,” Fia said as she put the ravioli in Eileen’s fridge before going back with her.Conrad was playing blocks with the kids in the children’s room.She pulled Sophia into the bedroom and consoled her. “I’ve found out a lot about Lucifer in the past five years. Sophia, you have to trust me. Trust me that even if he were to turn on me, I still have ways to deal with him, alright?”Sophia remained silent.“He knows very well that I hold his weakness, so he won’t openly antagonize me.”Sophia was consoled, and she slowly eased down.She said, embarrassed, “I didn’t know that I’d be