Sophia sat on a stool next to the coffee table and began munching on snacks. She asked, “What do you like about Ms. Reid?”“Oh, she’s my idol! I love everything about her!” Mary looked like an innocent kid when talking about her idol.Fia, on the other hand, brought Sharon to a side and treated her to some fruits.Sharon whispered to her ear, “Mommy was angry a few seconds ago.”“Why?” Fia whispered back.“Because she wants to talk to William on the phone. But Daddy said the camp is really strict with its rules. And he doesn’t want to trouble Uncle Conrad too much.”Fia nodded. “I see. Do you miss your brother, Sharon?”Pondering for a few seconds, Sharon said, “I miss him. Sometimes.”“Sometimes? Why? Come on, I’m your godmother. You can tell me.”“Yeah. William is a nuisance when he throws a temper tantrum.” Suddenly, Sharon noticed someone was staring at her. She raised her head and locked eyes with Eileen. “Oh, it’s you, the pretty lady! Why are you staring at me?”“Lem
Conrad pressed on with his proposal, “There’s something in it for you too.”“Right! I knew you wouldn’t ask me to do it for free! But what about you?” Tyler sounded a bit pissed. “Your cousin is a bad apple in your family. He had it coming. You don’t have to help him, you know?”“But Eileen is Fia’s best friend. Fia cares about her a lot. And Eileen would not stand by and watch Victor get into trouble…”The truth was that Conrad did not want Eileen to have anything to do with Victor ever again! Still, he could not tell the whole thing to just anyone. Tyler rolled his eyes at Conrad. “What? You’re going to interfere with other people’s relationships too?”“Fia doesn’t want her best friend to get hurt again.”“Fine, I’ll help you. This is all for your dearest wife.” Tyler pouted. “But I ain’t gonna do it for free. I want some of your cousin’s stocks.”“Sure, I’ll have Silas negotiate it for you.”“No, it’s fine. I can negotiate it myself! If he doesn’t agree, I’ll just opt for t
The girls were doing this for her. So, she did not want to see them getting hurt.“It’s okay, dear. I’ll go first. You can follow after I make sure it’s safe.” Mary patted Fia’s shoulder, comforting her. “Sophia and I will grab you later when you descend. It’ll be fine.”Sophia skilfully helped Mary to the ground before untying the rope around her waist. “Gee, this is even scarier than when I was training the kids in the camp.”After all, these girls were proper ladies from high society. She would get in so much trouble if they got hurt!Fia took a huge breath before saying, “Okay. My turn.”Eileen patted her back and comforted her. “Don’t worry. I’ll be right behind you.”She kept looking at the rope next to the window, not daring to let her eyes off of it. If the rope broke, she would do everything to pull it up so that her best friend would not get hurt.This was why she decided to go last, so she could protect Fia.Fia, on the other hand, was too nervous to notice her frien
But she made too many mistakes today.… “Are you crazy?!”When Tyler got the news and dragged Mary back home, he roared at her right in front of Sharon.Sharon blinked as she sent text messages to her godmother.When Fia received the text, she smiled when she imagined the scene in her mind.“You find it funny?” Conrad asked with a dark expression on his face, unhappy with her reaction.Fia raised her head and gave him a glance. “How do you want me to react then? With a tearful cry?”“Fia,” Conrad said as he knelt down. “Do you know how dangerous that was? What if you fell?”“Sophia and the others would have protected me. I’m fine,” Fia replied as she lowered her head and ignored him as she replied to Sharon's text.“The person that slipped today was Eileen. What about next time?” Conrad said as his tone became more serious. He knew that Fia cared a lot abou
“What did you say?” Sophia didn’t hear her clearly.“It’s nothing,” Eileen said as she tried to widen her eyes to look at Peter’s face as she had slight nearsightedness.However, when she was able to get a better look, she gasped. “Mr. Peter Hall!”Peter instantly looked at the bushes. “Who’s there?!”Sophia was speechless as she pinched Eileen’s waist. “What are you doing?”“I… Couldn’t help myself!” Eileen said regretfully.“Come out!” Peter walked toward the bushes.Eileen stood up with her head lowered. “Haha… What a coincidence, Peter.”“Eileen Reid?” Peter was genuinely surprised. “What are you doing here? Why are you hiding in the bushes?”“Well…” Eileen tried to play the fool as she looked around. “I have a lot of free time lately and I’m wandering around, trying to explore new sceneries.”Peter then pointed at the bushes. “Are you telling me that there are nice sceneries around here? Are you going crazy from all the acting or are you trying to fool me?”“I’m not foo
“Why are you here?”Esme only had her eyes on Peter and completely missed Eileen and Sophia.Without uttering a word, Eileen strode over to Esme and delivered a swift, stinging slap across her cheek. “Die, you whore!”Esme could only hear buzzing in her ears after she was hit. After she spent a moment regaining her composure, she saw Eileen’s face in front of her.She was in so much shock that she momentarily forgot who she was supposed to be. “Why are you here?!” Eileen immediately understood the meaning behind those words and didn’t hesitate to deliver another slap.Peter instinctively stopped her and said, “What are you doing?”“Move!” Eileen could feel the rage building inside of her. It seemed like Peter really did have some unspeakable relationship with the whore!Esme hid behind Peter and said, “Peter, isn’t she some kind of celebrity? Why is she here in front of my house and hitting me? I don’t know her!”“Don’t touch me!” Peter pushed Esme away despite her holding hi
“Britney?” Barbara held Britney’s shoulders tightly. “You heard everything I said, right?”Britney mumbled, “Barbara… I was just thinking… Maybe… He was deceived too?”“How could he be deceived?! He’s hurting you so much and he did all of it himself! No one forced him!”“But…”“Britney!” Barbara wanted to continue to console her, but her phone rang suddenly.“It’s him again.” She showed her phone to Britney. “Do you want to answer?”Britney looked at it with mixed feelings and finally said, “Why don’t you pick it up?”Barbara sighed and picked up the call. “Hello?” Her tone was very chilling.“Barbara, there’s something I need to ask you,” Peter said in an icy tone. He didn’t feel any guilt despite committing so many crimes.“I don’t believe there’s anything for us to talk about.”“Barbara.” Peter held his phone tightly and said, “If you don’t talk to me, I’ll talk to your parents directly!”Barbara’s chest tightened. “What do you mean? We don’t owe you anything! Do you thin
Barbara and Britney couldn’t say a word. They felt that Fia was also a tragic figure in all of this. Fia said, “All I can say is that if you can accept the worst possible outcome, we can all make that bet.”Eileen took a step forward. “I’ll go with you!”Barbara looked at the two of them, her vision blurred by tears. “Thank you.”When Fia saw her like that, she suddenly remembered a certain Parker.“Barbara… To be honest, you can speak with Director Parker about this. He might be able to suggest to us a better way of doing this.”“No!” Barbara said as she wiped the tears off her face. “I'd rather die than speak to him about this!”Only she knew how torturous it was when she married into the Parkers.She really didn’t want anything to do with them anymore!When Fia saw Britney holding Barbara’s hand, she whispered, “I can see that you two mean a lot to each other. As the older sister, if you want to help your younger sister, you need to sacrifice something too, right?”Barbar