Esme’s eyes softened as she stood up properly. Britney’s face made her look like the girl next door.“Is there any reason for you to ask me here, Mr. Maxwell?”Conrad didn’t answer her and simply continued to descend the flight of stairs.He was holding a photo album in his hand as he walked over to the sofa. He sat down in a relaxed but cold manner.He then tossed the album onto the coffee table. “Take a look, Miss Thomas.”“What’s this?” Esme asked.Conrad wasn’t willing to say another word and simply gestured with his chin toward the album.Esme sat down in a ladylike manner and picked up the album.After she opened the album, she frowned extremely slightly.Conrad simply stared at her face coolly and didn’t miss her slight frown.However, she was disguising it extremely well. Her frown turned into curiosity almost immediately.She began flipping and looking at the photos in the album and asked, “Is this when Fia was little? She’s in a lot of pictures together with Esme.
“That’s right! I don’t know this man! There are so many scars on his face… I can’t even see his face properly!” Esme said as she pretended to be afraid.Conrad said, “This is that thief.”Esme tried her best to imitate Britney and moved her eyes away from the man.Conrad continued, “Originally, he was a staff member from my company. He was compensated after he got injured during work. However, he didn’t live a proper life and began to gamble. He was swayed to kidnap Fia and assassinate me.”His tone was indifferent, as if he was discussing the weather.Esme shut her mouth tightly as she grinded her teet,h doing her best not to expose herself.However, Silas suddenly extended his hand and grabbed her collar.She screamed, “What are you doing?!”Silas no longer wore his usual smile. Instead, his expression was one of desolation.“That day, when the madam left the hospital, this person disguised as Ms. Reid’s driver. Take a guess, Miss Thomas, why did he kidnap our madam?”“For…
Conrad stared at Esme’s figure from the back. He said to Tiger, “We’re wrong.”Tiger quickly asked, “Are you saying that Miss Thomas is not Ms. Manning?”“No,” Conrad said.Tiger said, “But the madam keeps saying that Miss Thomas is Ms. Manning!”“Fia’s getting emotionally unstable, and her words were full of inconsistencies. Her words can’t be trusted!”Esme sighed in relief despite her fear when she heard Conrad’s irritated tone.“But, why would the madam push her into the river? There’s no bad blood between them.” Tiger was doing his best to look curious.Conrad said, annoyed, “She must have hallucinated that Miss Thomas was Esme. That was why she pushed her into the river!”“What should we do? There’s no cure for the madam.”“Don’t ask me! Thanks to her, the progress for my work has been interrupted. It’s been interrupted enough!” Conrad kicked the coffee table before heading upstairs. Esme couldn’t help but turn around. She could feel the anger Conrad was radiating as h
The man looked at Esme when she was almost in the car and mumbled, “She looks so much like Ms. Manning from the back.”Tiger’s eyes narrowed. “What did you call her?”The man pointed at Esme, “She’s Ms. Manning, isn’t she? Wait, didn’t she die already? She died. I want to…”The man suddenly shut up. He almost exposed his secret.“Silas!” Tiger shouted.Silas turned around and asked, “What is it?”“Stop Miss Thomas!” Tiger roared.Silas immediately pulled Esme out of the car without showing any sort of gentleness.“What is it? Aren’t you letting me go?” Esme said in a scared tone.Tiger then dragged the man over. He then grabbed the man by the back of his neck and pushed him right in front of Esme.“Open your eyes and look carefully. Who is she?!”The man looked at the face that had been molded into Britney’s through surgery and mumbled, “That’s so strange… Why does she look like Ms. Manning from the back?”“Ms. Manning?” Esme frowned as she retorted, “Not only is Fia gettin
“I’ll take you to the hospital!”Fia looked at his face. He was running so fast that his bangs bounced in the air, revealing the scars on his forehead from the accident that was originally covered.She raised her hand and asked, “When you talked to her just now… Did you get anything from her?”“We’ll talk about it once we get back. Now, we should get you to the hospital,” Conrad said as he gently put her in the passenger seat and helped her put on the seat belt.Fia was silent for a moment. But when she saw him in the driver’s seat, she could see the layer of sweat on his nose from his nervousness.She said with a smile, “Why are you so nervous? I’m fine.”“Your chest is hurting, isn’t it? I’m worried that it might be from your previous sickness,” Conrad said sternly as he put on his seat belt and started the car.Fia then said, “But aren’t I emotionally unstable? My words are full of consistencies and I can’t be trusted?”Conrad was stunned as he stepped on the brakes and look
Once they were inside the doctor’s office, Fia pulled Conrad over. Once he was close enough, she whispered, “Can you please not tell so many people to come out next time? It’s very embarrassing.”Conrad disagreed and said, “This is a matter of life and death. We need all the specialists, and it has to be fast!”Fia was speechless. However, this was not something that they could come to an agreement now, so she decided to speak to him later at home.Conrad accompanied Fia all the way. Fia held one of his hands while his other hand was curled into a fist.While he looked calm, he was extremely nervous inside.He knew that having children was the ghost that haunted Fia’s heart.To him, the child meant more to him than just simple joy. The child was also the key to erasing their dark past.However, he didn’t dare to show any of it. He was worried that he would pressure her.Conrad asked all the specialists to run their battery of tests on her.Fia was quite healthy. She wasn’t sic
“When you’re pregnant, the hormones in your body will spike and that will stimulate the growth of your breast, which will cause nodules to become worse. However since Mrs. Maxwell’s is benign, it’ll be fine.” The doctor repeatedly told Fia it was a small matter, that it would not be a tumor, that it's not malignant, and all that.“Fia.” Conrad looked at Fia immediately and held her hand tight.Fia exchanged a gaze with him and suddenly guessed his thoughts.She shook her head. “I’m fine. Everything is fine.”Conrad swallowed. “Alright, let’s go home first.”“Alright!”The doctor looked at Conrad holding Fia’s hand as they left and could not help but say, “Remember to stay happy. Don’t stay up late. You need to watch your diet! Also, now is the early trimester of your pregnancy, so you must take good care of the fetal growth.”Fia suppressed her terrible mood and turned her head back to say thanks with a smile.The hospital director and the specialist looked at each other, both
“It won’t happen!” Sally shook her head in objection. “You’ve been fine all this while!”Peter said, “Just this year alone, I’ve lost two colleagues. You should also take notice.”Sally immediately said, “That was because the safety precautions in the research labs overseas weren’t sufficient! We are home now. It’ll be safe!”Peter smiled at Sally. “Better safe than sorry. In case any accidents happen, I’m afraid that I didn’t have the chance to let you know. When the time comes, how miserable would I be in hell?”He rubbed his sister’s head. “Why are you crying? How old are you already?”Sally wiped away her falling tears. “I’m not crying. My eyes are uncomfortable lately.”“Alright, you didn’t cry.” Peter smiled. “What did you want to tell your brother?”Sally looked at her gentle and considerate elder brother and felt upset that she was able to suspect her own closest brother!She immediately shook her head. “Nothing. It’s fine. It’s just something really small. I suddenly t