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
Britney looked away. “What if Conrad wants to help Esme? What should we do?”Barbara recalled Fia’s suggestion. “Then we’ll ask Finn for help! The Parkers owe me, and I’ll tell him everything! If he still has a heart, he will help us!”Britney shook her head. “Barbara, I don’t want to drag you into this.”Barbara wrapped her arms around her. “You’re not dragging me into anything. That woman knows how to get on our parents’ good side. If this continues, she’ll eventually take over everything that our family owns. I can’t let that happen!”When Britney thought about her father, she asked, “Dad… Didn’t hesitate in accepting her as me at all?”“Ha! It’ll be weird if he grew suspicious at all. He wished both of us would put profit first even since he was little. Esme… She suits his every expectation!” As Barbara said that, she logged into her home’s security system through her phone and deleted the footage without raising any alarm. Around nine at night, Esme remained awake waiting f
Esme eavesdropped from the stairs and smiled, satisfied.… The next morning.Fia heard noises as soon as she got off the staircase.She followed the noise and saw Barbara being blocked outside by the bodyguards.Barbara yelled, “I want to meet with your madam!”The bodyguard simply shook his head. “I’m sorry. But, without Mr. Maxwell’s permission, no one is allowed to see the madam.”When Barbara saw Fia, she quickly waved her hand. “Mrs. Maxwell, I’m here to see you!”Fia nodded and said to the bodyguard, “Let her in.”“I’m sorry, madam. However, Mr. Maxwell was very clear about it when he left this morning. We aren’t allowed to let you see any outsider,” the bodyguard lowered his head and replied.Fia said, “Give him a call and I’ll talk to him.”The bodyguard was worried that she might hurt herself and the children in her womb, so he had no choice but to give Conrad a call.Fia grabbed his phone and spoke in an irritated tone. “What’s wrong with you again? Are you impri
Fia shut her eyes. She didn’t want to know what happened anymore.But Barbara had no one to turn to and told her everything in detail.“When they were fighting, someone pulled down Britney’s hat and mask. My dad immediately said that she’s a hideous monster, that she’s going against basic morality, and said a lot of other hurtful things.“He may be only treating Britney so callously because he doesn’t know the truth, it’s especially cruel toward her. She had gone through so much… Would she not feel upset when her own father was the one that said it? Not to mention that she was already emotionally scarred beforehand…”Fia took a deep breath. “Have you ever thought about telling your parents the whole truth?”“I almost did it today, but Britney stopped me. She must be really upset… That her own father couldn’t recognize her and said so many hurtful things to her.”Barbara blamed herself for all of what happened as she lowered her head.“I talked with her a few times already, telli