“Just like us. I chose to live with you, but I needed to hurt Esme.”Fia smiled bitterly. “Just like if you chose to chase after your love, the baby inside of me would suffer, right?”Conrad frowned as he found it to be quite offensive.He noticed that no matter what he said, Fia would never believe that he really wanted to cut Esme out. “Speaking of which, the reason that you changed must be because you pitied me for losing my mom and grandma, and now because I have a child. Most of this is because of the child, isn’t it?”Fia felt that her thoughts were getting more and more muddled.“You can think of anything, but why won’t you believe that it’s because I have feelings for you?” Conrad said angrily. He said it in a rush to the point that he frowned.There was no mistake that he had feelings for her. However, he didn’t know how deep they were.He had grown to dislike Esme’s plots and changes, and he missed the Fia who he had been married to for the past three years.Yes… He w
After the two of them finished their lunch and Conrad cleaned up the picnic basket and wiped the table, he moved the documents over.“These are all the documents regarding your grandma’s project. The contract is ready too. Take a look. If everything is alright, you can sign the papers.”Fia couldn’t wait as she opened the folder. She wanted to see her grandma’s glory.Conrad stared at her and slowly said, “Sign it, and this project will be yours. You’ll be its owner from now on. You’ll be able to make all the decisions over it.”“Stop. Let me finish first.” The more Fia read about it, the more surprised she became. Her grandma’s project was a fashion project, and its main feature was its emphasis on the traditional style.All of her grandma’s designs back then were extremely beautiful. Every single pattern and style she made was superb and they were all very fresh.Inside the documents were also the results of the lawsuits throughout the years. All of them were targeted cases whe
Fia bit her lips and said, “I want to visit Eileen. Can you bring me to her?”She rubbed her belly. “I can’t get off the bed and walk around like this.”Conrad got some medicine out from the drawer and said, “Take your medicine first.”Fia quickly ate it and looked at him expectantly.“Can we go now?”“Leave Doctor Hall a message.” With that, Conrad carried Fia like a princess.Fia sent a message to Sally while she was in his arms, then she grabbed Conrad’s neck tightly.He gave her buttocks a pat and asked, “Where to?”“Bellwood Hills.”Conrad frowned. “She has a place there?”“Yes, I’ve been there once.”“Victor has a mansion there too.”Fia frowned.Conrad then said coldly, “Sapphire saved her this once. She wouldn’t save her again.”Fia’s heart sank. She knew that he was trying to tell her not to let Eileen stay with Victor.“Tell her to move out from Bellwood Hills. Fia, I’m doing this because of you.”“I know.”Conrad was worried that Fia would get hurt while the
Fia stared at Victor with a fire burning in her eyes.She hated how lightly he was making the situation sound!“You’re Conrad’s cousin, so I should call you cousin-in-law as well. So, what are you going to do to Eileen next, dear cousin-in-law?”Victor’s eyes turned frigid. “This is between me and her. I have no need to tell you anything.”Conrad then said, “Fia can refuse the transfer using the same reason as well.”“…”Eileen looked at the three of them who looked like they were going to start a war at any time and said, “We should deal with the transfer first. If you think that it’s not convenient for you, don’t worry about it. I’ll ask my personal assistant about it later.”“You misunderstood me, Eileen. I’m willing to help you. But if someone wanted to really dig into this matter, they’ll still find some traces even if the title was transferred a few times. It’s not the best way to deal with this.”Fia then turned and gave Conrad a look.Conrad looked at Victor and said,
Eileen paused, but she stood with her back straight. “There’s no need to reconsider my options. Please thank Ms. Starling on my behalf. I’m a human, after all. Not an animal. I can’t hurt another innocent person knowingly!”Fia looked at Eileen worriedly. After she got into the car from the other side, she looked out of the car numbly.“Our future will only get better.”“Yeah.” Eileen sighed before flashing a smile at Fia. “Don’t worry, I’m fine.”Conrad focused on driving the whole way and didn’t cut in between their conversation.He drove directly to the Koi Gardens basement. No one knew Eileen Reid would be here, so there was no one here at all.Even when she got down the car, Eileen was still covering herself. She then said to Conrad, “Take Fia back to the hospital. I can head up myself.”“Eileen…” Fia looked at her with worry on her face as she held onto Eileen’s hand.Eileen grinned at her, saying, “I’m not that weak. Trust me.”“I want to stay with you.”“Now that the
When they were on their way back from Koi Gardens to the hospital, the two of them didn’t speak to each other.Conrad carried Fia back to her ward in the hospital, but there was already someone sitting there.“Conrad…”Esme looked at Conrad carrying Fia with teary eyes. She tightened her hands and cursed at Fia to die sooner than later in her mind.Conrad looked at her with a frown before putting Fia back on the bed and he said in a frosty demeanor, “Didn’t I tell you not to come here and disturb Fia?”“I have something important to tell you. It’s very important. I’ve been waiting for an hour, and I didn’t even eat breakfast.”Fia raised an eyebrow as she lay on the bed. She sighed. ‘Here we go again. She’s trying to act pitiful to get more attention.’“What is it?” Conrad sat next to the bed and said to her coldly.Esme kept on acting and said, “After what happened to Eileen, I don’t know how they did their investigation but they pinned it on me. Your cousin then started to at
Conrad frowned even deeper and looked at Esme coldly, upset.“That’s not what I…” Mean.Before he could say the final word, Esme cried out first. “Fia, I know that you don’t like how Conrad and I were together. But everyone has a past! No matter what, we can’t erase what happened in the past to make you feel better.”Fia could only feel the pain in her head throbbing as if her heart had been skewered by something.She slapped Conrad's hand away as she stared at her with red eyes and brutally said, “Esme, a shameless whore like you will die a terrible death! Go to hell!”“Why are you cursing me like that, Fia? I didn’t say anything at all!”The more Esme was pretending, the worse Fia lost control of her emotions. She scratched Conrad’s hand and growled, “Let go!”“Calm down!” Conrad stood up, hoping to calm her down by holding her shoulders. Instead, she bit him on the hand instead.“Ah…” He gasped out in pain.“What are you doing, Fia?! You’re not a dog. You shouldn’t be bitin
The person on the other end was silent for two seconds. “Ms. Manning offered 300 thousand.”“Give me an account number. I’ll transfer 150 thousand first. Once it’s done, I’ll transfer the remaining 450 thousand.”After she hung up, Fia could feel her limbs go cold as she felt nervousness overtake her.She had never spoken with those people, but she really couldn’t let go of what Esme wanted to do to her.She must reveal the true face of his childhood love to him!Inside the general surgeon’s office.“Conrad!” Esme grabbed Conrad’s arm, her face filled with fear.Conrad gave the doctor that was bandaging her a look and said, “I can’t help with anything here. The doctor will deal with your injuries.”Esme grabbed his arm and refused to let go.Conrad pulled his arm out of her grasp and the impatience in his eyes became apparent.“I won’t repeat myself and there’s nothing else to say. Goodbye.”He turned around and walked out, worried that Fia would let her mind wander too far