“Madam, Ms. Reid, time for lunch.”Mrs. Taylor came up and called out to them. It had been Master Maxwell who would usually tell them that it was time for lunch for the past few days, but he was away today.Eileen led Fia down the stairs and took her seat at the dinner table. Fia asked while pretending not to care, “Mrs. Taylor, did he call saying that he’ll come back for lunch?”Mrs. Taylor choked. She wanted to be honest but worried that it would hurt her.“Maybe there’s too much work in the company today and he was delayed.”“True, he must be quite busy!” Eileen agreed.“No matter how busy he is, would he miss lunch?” Fia asked coldly as she tried to find the spoon and hold it.For the past two days, she could already drink soup on her own.She believed that she would be able to eat and walk on her own before long.Only then would Eileen stop missing her when she had to leave.Mrs. Taylor walked out of the dining room and then saw Conrad who walked in quickly. She was over
“Are you angry with me, Fia?”“You’re thinking too much.”“Am I?” Conrad looked at her gray eyes and couldn’t help but feel the pain thumping in his chest.He carefully bent down and put his face next to hers.“Then I am afraid and think too much.”Fia’s heart, which seemed to be under a lot of stress, trembled. But it only trembled. The stress was still there.“I went over to the autopsy department to look at Esme’s body,” he said slowly, worried that he might agitate her.Fia couldn’t help but curl her hands into a ball.“Now that you’ve seen it, are you sad? She’s dead. There’s no more chance for you to redo it anymore.”Conrad held the woman in his arms. He hadn't hugged her properly since she woke up.This time, she didn’t push him away. He was obsessed. All he wanted was to treasure this moment.“Do you regret it? If you knew that she’d die, you wouldn’t have submitted that evidence, right?”Conrad frowned. “Am I that disgusting in your eyes?”“You have her in your h
Fia then asked, confused, “You doubted her since then? Is that why you personally sent her to prison?”“Correct.”Now faced with Conrad’s honesty, Fia didn’t know how to face him.“I know that you still don’t trust me, but I can prove myself to you in the future!”Fia’s eyes blinked. “No one knows what will happen in the future.”“Fia, her death has nothing to do with you. Don’t worry about it.”He understood her now. No matter how cold she looked, she was still that same, kind woman.Not to mention that Esme had pretended to be her big sister. Of course, she would have some good memories with her.Fia could feel the pain in her chest as if she had been exposed.Her eyes opened wide, but she couldn’t see him. All she could hear was his breathing.She then asked, “Are you sad that she died?”Conrad looked into Fia’s empty eyes. He wanted to tell her that he didn’t feel sad. To tell her that he hadn’t vented off all his fury yet.How could Fia suffer so much while she escaped
“Take a look at these, Jason.”Jason picked them up curiously, and the designs that Fia gave them appeared in his mind.While it was a different style, he could sense that there were some familiarities in them.“The designs that you gave me and the ones that I showed you are definitely from the same designers!”“Let me take a look!” Clarice grabbed the designs that Jason was holding and then looked at Garrett.“Isn’t… Isn’t these the new designs that Conrad’s company just released?”“Correct!”Garrett looked at Jason. “Do you have anything you want to explain?”“There’s nothing to explain.” Since his parents knew, Jason became even more honest.“She didn’t copy anyone else’s designs. I don’t need to explain!”“Seriously?! She’s your older brother’s wife! She’s not someone that you can think of!”“Dad, Maxwell Corporation’s theme focuses on extravagance and alternative fashion. This simple and graceful design is completely different than what they’ve been doing all this while
“I managed to sell your designs. They’re very generous and will pay you a 50% royalty and have already paid a 1.5 million fee on top of it!”Fia was shocked. “What company is this? Why are they so generous?!”“They’re an investment company from overseas. They’ll sell the product overseas as well.”“What’s the name?”Eileen then looked at her before moving her eyes away. “They just started and haven’t even a name yet.”Fia didn’t dwell too deeply on it, since she had already received the money and signed the contract. It didn’t affect her much.“What's the second piece of good news?”Eileen was slightly stunned and said, “The second piece of good news is that a company had made me an offer.”“Huh?” Fia turned, and her empty eyes looked in Eileen’s direction.Eileen’s heart wrenched and adjusted her face’s direction.“I’m over here. You’re not looking at me.”Fia smiled. “That company is trying to poach you?”“Yes,” Eileen said with a heavy heart. Since they separated after t
“But I want to.”“…” Conrad frowned. He didn’t want her to go. He was worried that the Mannings and the Lawsons would humiliate her.“Please take a photo album out of my luggage.”“Sure.”Conrad opened Fia’s luggage in her changing room.It was a very old photo album. He saw two booklets.He opened it. His grandpa had faked their marriage photo.Fia wasn’t legally old enough to get married at the time, so the marriage certificate was done overseas.He had never seen it. His grandpa had given it to Fia after he was done with it.He felt regretful when he looked at it.If only the wedding photo was real.“Did you find it, Conrad?” Fia’s voice could be heard from the bedroom.Conrad put the two red booklets back.“Found it.”Fia took it and opened it, her fingers touching them.She couldn’t see. It was for Conrad to see.Conrad’s eyes followed her fingers and he saw the photos with a frown.They were photos of Esme and Fia when they were around ten years old.Even when t
Esme’s funeral.Fia changed into a black attire. Her long hair had been tied up and was held by a wooden hairpin. She wore no accessories.Her face was pale, and she looked slender and frail.When she appeared at the cemetery, the Lawsons and Manning looked at the two of them, their eyes filled with various kinds of emotions.Fia couldn’t see their expressions. All she could do was hold Conrad tightly and follow him.Conrad’s eyes looked at the photo on the tombstone.The woman in the picture smiled gently.He felt disgusted!“Did you see her?” Fia suddenly stopped and asked the man next to her.“I did.” Conrad looked at all the people surrounding them, his eyes cold and expression violent.He was making a statement. If any of them said anything they shouldn’t to Fia, he would make them regret their whole lives!Hank’s company had declared bankruptcy and his assets were seized. He now stood there without strength, and the Mannings didn’t dare to say a word.“Conrad, let’s g
They’re family… They had the same blood. They’re an extension of their parents.But now… Everything changed when she married Conrad.“Fia.”The man’s voice hummed in her ears as she bit her lips.Conrad held her and lowered his head. Their foreheads met.“I’m your family. You’re not alone.”Fia’s eyes trembled and the tears fell.Conrad wiped her tears away and picked her up, then walked out of the cemetery as all of them looked.Just as they were almost in the car, someone called out from behind. “Fia! Wait!”Fia’s uncles, Wallace, Douglas, and Hector Lawson, called out to her.She patted Conrad’s arm and said, “Let me down.”Conrad put her down and then glared at Fia’s uncles warily.”The three of them looked at Conrad. Their expressions turned sour when they thought about Esme.All of them believed that he was the bringer of misfortune!“Fia, there’s something we want to say to you.” Wallace glanced at Conrad. “Can we go somewhere else?”Fia smiled, but it was insin