...All she could do was draw a sketch of a design for him.Yet, the designs that came out of this examination were beyond fantastic.Conrad felt fortunate to have uncovered her talent early. If not, there would be so many men fighting viciously just to get her.Fia, feeling itchy from all his sweet nothings, lightly pushed him away. “Then, what about my certificate? I have graduated, haven’t I?”“It’s right here.” Conrad took a laminated document from the bedside table and handed it to her. “Have a look.”Fia sat up as she held her graduation certificate in her hands. She put it near her face, almost as if she wanted to glue it onto her face.Even though she could only see a tiny bit of it, she was already beyond satisfied and happy.After so many years of regret, she was now finally a graduate! A graduate from a college!Conrad looked at his wife ogling at her certificate. He thought it was because she could not see so she had to stick it to her face to feel it. Seeing this,
Annie tried her best to suppress the uneasiness that was boiling in her heart. This man was so cold and cruel.When she thought about how gentle and warm he was when he looked after Fia, and compared that to how he treated her, Annie could not help but to feel an intense dread.As she tried to calm down, Annie said, “I am here to apologize on behalf of my uncle.”She put on a hurt look.“My uncle has been troubling Maxwell Corporation because Fia does not want to come home. It was unfair of him to do that to you. But, Mr. Maxwell! If you could convince Fia to come home, to call my uncle her dad, he would not cause any trouble any more.”Conrad looked at Annie as though he was looking at a clown. “So, you think I’m a man who would sell off his wife for profit?”“No, no!” Annie waved her hand nervously. “I just don’t want you to endure so many unnecessary problems that could be easily avoided.“If… If Fia knew, she would also not want to cause you this much trouble.”Conrad smirk
After a few rings, the call was answered but there was no sound from the other side. Annie looked at Britney worriedly.Britney mouthed “Good luck” and gave her a thumb’s up.“Fia… I know you don’t have any feelings toward us, the Parkers. But Mr. Maxwell is innocent. Uncle’s Parker Group is a very huge and resourceful goliath in the business world. If my uncle keeps on bothering Maxwell Corporation like this…”“Fine.” Fia interrupted Annie halfway. She did not think this little witch was talking out of kindness.Well, sure, perhaps she was. But that kindness was for her husband, not for her. And that kindness came with a price, with her taking her place as his wife.After hanging up, Fia hesitated. She could not decide if she should go and face Conall Parker.She had no intention of calling that man her father. Yet, there was no way she could allow him to attack her husband like that.After lunch, Fia said to Mrs. Whitley, who was cleaning up the table, “Mrs. Whitley, could you
“My child, that’s because you don’t know her completely. She’s just worried that you wouldn’t accept me if she had just dropped the truth about your birth on you all of a sudden.”Conall looked at Fia earnestly and continued on, “When she was dying, she made a phone call to your uncles. She asked them to tell you about me after she’s gone.”“Liar!” A crack seemed to have appeared on Fia’s cold and stern face.Conall said sadly, “I know it’s difficult to believe this. Much has happened since then. Here’s a letter from your mother. She left it with your Uncle Wallace before she died.”Conall took out a letter from his jacket. “Your Uncle Wallace did not give it to you the first chance he got because he wanted you to spend some time to process your mother’s passing. Now that I’ve come to find you, Wallace decided to hand it to me instead.”“Liar!” Fia repeated her rejection again. This time, however, her resolute determination to reject this man was slowly wavering.Before her mom p
Fia did not understand. The man had not shown up in her life for so many years. There was no connection between them whatsoever.But why? Why did he save her like how he did?“Mr. Maxwell, her head was hurt from the fall. Yet, she insisted on staying here, not wanting to see a doctor. Please, sir. You should bring her for treatment.”Seeing that the surgery was still ongoing, Conrad ordered Silas to stay there as he carried Fia to a doctor.Along the way, Fia fit herself tightly in his embrace, completely dazed with confusion from what had happened.“Why… Why did he save me... I said so many hurtful things to him. Yet… why…?”Conrad could not help feeling sorry for her. He hugged her tighter and kissed the tears off her eyes.“Because you are a girl who is worth dying for.”Fia, upon hearing this, began to sob on his chest. Then, from sobbing, she began to weep and wail loudly.“Fia…”Conrad did not know how to comfort her. Suddenly, there was no sound from her. Conrad qui
A few minutes after Silas left, someone knocked on the door again.Conrad, upon hearing this, responded calmly, “Come in.”The tall and muscular visitor had a conflicted expression on his face.“Fia, are you not going to pay him a visit?”It was Finn.Fia, still tightly in Conrad’s embrace, bit her lips. Given the circumstances, she could not show animosity toward the Parkers.Conrad lightly tapped her back. “We are thankful for Mr. Parker’s noble act in saving my wife’s life. I’ll personally visit him to extend our gratitude.” Finn sighed. “Fia, I know you’ve lived with your mother your whole life, and now you want nothing to do with us. But please understand that we earnestly want the best for you.”Fia grabbed Conrad’s waist tighter, not wanting to face Finn.Conrad looked toward Finn and answered on her behalf, “She needs rest.”Finn nodded. “Of course. Fia, don’t feel too pressured about it. We’ve gotten the best physicians flying over from Lumenpolis. Your father will
Sure enough, after a while, there were people attempting to pay Fia a visit. They were Sally, Jason, Annie, Barbara, and Britney. However, their request for a visit was rejected by the bodyguards.Being the professional physician that she was, Sally explained to everyone, “Fia’s emotionally unstable at the moment. Too much has happened lately, so it’s only natural for her to want to have some peace of mind. Let’s let her be for now, shall we?”Conrad heard someone talking outside of the private ward. And judging from the footsteps, there were a lot of people too. He had only just soothed Fia to sleep a few minutes ago. So, he got up to get the door. He needed to send them away so his wife could get a good rest.Seeing that the door was opened, Sally quickly took a peek into the ward. Conrad closed the door behind him, glaring at the people who were walking away, “Did you call them over?”“No, I didn’t.” Sally shook her head with a puzzled face. Come on now, she had many patient
Conrad knew that she hesitated because of her silence.He put a hand behind her back and stroked, trying to find an excuse for her.“Let’s not be so hasty. I’m not sure either, so let’s wait here for another two days?”She nodded and buried herself in his arms.Conrad put her back in bed, pulled her blanket carefully, and stared into her eyes.Their eyes didn’t meet and Fia simply closed her eyes.Conrad stared at her as he became even more suspicious.Fia then said, “Let me sleep.”“Wait, I’ll apply some medicine first.”Conrad carefully moved her hair away with the medicine in hand and saw her gently trembling eyes.After looking at her for two seconds, he sprayed the medicine on her head.“Alright. Sleep.”“Alright.” She placed her hands on the blanket, her face beautiful but cold.Despite being at the age where she was supposed to be full of vigor, she looked so depressed.Conrad couldn’t help holding her two hands with his.“If you’re worried that you’ll get disturb