Sally could not hold in her tears anymore. Her tears streamed down her cheeks.She quickly wiped off her tears and said, “They’re our mom and dad, not just mine! They had hoped to see you getting married and having a child. They had always wanted to care for and dot on their grandchild! How can you just up and leave them like this?!”If it were not for that wicked Esme, her good brother would not have lost his mind like this! She was not convinced that Esme would really behave herself. There was no way she would marry Peter and give birth to his child!“Sally, I’ve made the best compromise I could. Why can’t you understand?” Peter said in anguish. He felt that he had no right to face his little sister anymore.Sally said sarcastically, “Understand? Understand what? Understand why you’d leave your dearest family for true love? Peter, I could not shed that thought from my head in the past three days… That if no one came to save me that day, my life would be completely ruined! If that
Fia was stunned. “Have your injuries completely healed? You don’t have to be in such a rush to learn the massaging technique. My chest isn’t in any pain lately and I’m doing alright.”“The earlier I master it, the better I’ll feel,” Sally said. Then, her thoughts wandered to her own brother and she couldn’t help but ask, “Fia, there’s something I want to ask of you.”Fia said, “Just say it, Sally.”“Can you ask Conrad for help? Don’t let my brother get married when I’m not around.”“With who?” Fia asked sternly. “Esme?”Sally said in frustration, “Fia, I don’t have proof that she’s Esme. Can you ask Conrad to put in more effort to investigate her? He’s familiar with Esme… He should be able to find something.”Fia remembered how well Conrad treated Esme in the past. Even now she still had suspicions that he still had some feelings for her.If possible, she really didn’t want Conrad and Esme to have any chance to be together alone.However, Sally did too much for her already. Sh
“The Halls was one of the worst hits. Doctor Sally’s father jumped off a building when he couldn’t handle the stress. However, he didn’t die from it. Instead, his wife and his children had to suffer for it. Peter, who was less than sixteen years old back then, had to bear the responsibility of keeping the family together. He would study and work part-time a lot, and some of them were even…”Silas couldn’t tell him due to the unsavory nature.Conrad frowned and said nothing.Silas then said, “Right, sir. Peter’s record back in university is a little weird.”“How weird?”“Other than attending the classes for his core subjects, he was almost non-existent on campus. And I couldn’t find out what kind of part-time job he worked,” Silas said, still confused.Peter was not even sixteen then and already had to bear his familial duties. Not only did he have to pay for his parents’ living costs, he also had to finance Sally and his own tuition and living expenses.During the period of time
“You’re here, Peter!”“Hello, sir.” Peter stood up and greeted him like a gentleman.“Have a seat! You don’t have to be so polite here.” Mr. Thomas walked over with a wide smile on his face and pulled him down to sit.Peter glanced at him and sat away discreetly.“Peter, you only mentioned wanting to marry Britney last time and we haven’t gone through the details yet. So… I want to ask you some things. I hope you don’t mind.”“Sure. Ask away.”“After you and Britney get married, are you going to move out or continue to live with your parents?”Peter replied with a smile while maintaining his courtesy, “It’s up to Britney.”Mr. Thomas gave him a thumbs up. Originally, he was thinking of having Britney join Maxwell Corporation and marry Conrad.But from the looks of it, they had no chance anymore.Peter was at least someone diligent and talented. If he could fulfill his requests, he wouldn’t mind agreeing to them being together!“Shall we continue where we left off last time?”
However, all Peter felt was how ridiculous it was. He hadn’t even invested in it and he already said that it was “our development project”. The old man was quite thick-skinned.“What do you think about it, Peter?” Mr. Thomas asked as he rubbed his hands, looking at Peter like a gold mine.Peter remembered that little girl that had run around behind him since he was little.“Three million dollars shall be the bride price, then,” he said calmly. Mr. Thomas opened his eyes wide and he was almost going to jump out of pure glee.He was already prepared to wear him down with more speeches, but he didn’t expect the boy to be so obedient!“However, this is after Britney and I are officially wedded,” Peter added and looked at him with his deep eyes.“Of course! We never had any problems with your marriage. You can get your marriage certificate tomorrow if you want!” Mr. Thomas happily got up and walked away, wanting to tell his wife about the good news.It wasn’t long after Mr. Thomas
Peter asked coldly, “Who do you want to show the footage to by putting a surveillance camera in my car?”“What?” Esme was startled. “I didn’t put any camera in your car.”Peter frowned. “It's not you?”“Why would I? So that I can record how you and I are making out here inside your car?” Esme suddenly thought that the way he thought about things could be quite strange.She had to be crazy to record videos of how the two of them made out or how he choked her!She never believed that she could take those videos and report Peter to the police, hoping that the police could help her.“What’s the point of me setting up a surveillance camera? You know all my secrets already,” Esme quickly explained.Peter let go of her, realizing that his line of thought was wrong.“Then who could it be?”“Could it be your sister?” Esme didn’t care if Sally did it. She had to shift the suspicion to Sally!Peter didn’t argue back. Sally did drive his car.However, if Sally really did see something,
Jason frowned. “Why would there be pictures of Fia on her computer?”Kent bit his lips. “More than one, too.”“Can you tell me everything in one go? Don’t make me keep asking you!” Jason said as his temper flared up.“Look at how you’re acting right now! You look like your older brother from another mother!” Kent said. But when he saw how Jason’s expression darkened even more and even curled his fingers into fists, he quickly continued saying, “She even photoshopped her photos, making her face bloodied or completely shredded apart.”Jason’s expression got darker.Kent said, “Why are you staring at me like that? It wasn’t me that did that.”“Did you copy the photos?” Jason asked.“What’s the point of copying them? They can’t prove that she’s Esme. At most, it’ll only prove that she’s hostile toward Fia. The cops didn’t catch her doing anything that would harm Fia, so what can you do?” Kent said as he rolled her eyes. “I also restored the things that she deleted. There’s nothing t
Kent let out a radiant smile and said, “Leave it to me! I’ll go to Maxwell Corporation and meet up with Conrad.”“Alright.” Jason lowered his eyes, looking somewhat vulnerable.Kent sighed and stood up, patting his shoulder, and gave his phone back to him. “Listen to me. Letting her go is the best blessing for her.”Jason gulped as a storm brewed in his heart, but he had to give Kent a smile.… Conrad increased his pace, seeing that it was almost time to leave work. He wanted to take Fia home on time.Silas knocked on the door. “Sir, Mr. Gilbert wants to see you.”“Kent Gilbert?”“Yes.”Conrad glanced at Fia and said, “Have him wait for half an hour.”He needed to finish work as soon as possible.“No, have him come in first.” Fia glared at Conrad and said, “He saved Sally that day, so he is a friend of mine too. You’ve got the nerve asking him to wait!”Conrad nodded at Silas weakly. “Let him in.”Silas quickly went out.Conrad was planning to stop with his work only to