"I was the one who suggested the idea to Patricia. So, it's purely not her fault. Please stop blaming Patricia for all this, Daniel."Daniel raised one eyebrow. Lidya's head and body lowered as if to illustrate how sorry she was for the crazy idea.In between her tears, Patricia faintly drew the lines of a smile. She was relieved that Lidya always had her back. She felt lucky that Audrey's parents loved her so much that they would do anything and everything she wanted.Of course, Patricia would not give up what she had now and give it back to Audrey. Patricia would never do that.Lidya's treatment added fuel to her fire.She would not let Daniel go for Audrey. No matter how the woman teased Daniel, it was clear that she would not let Daniel go just like that."Everything you think about Patricia is wrong, Daniel. In the past, Patricia did have cancer. You know that, right? And the doctor gave her no more than three months to live. Because Mr. Abraham wanted Patricia to be your wife so
Daniel enters the password to the cabinet lock, and the door opens to reveal Alea curled up in a ball, sobbing.As soon as she saw Daniel appear. Alea threw herself into Daniel's arms. She looked so scared.Earlier, when it was raining heavily, Alea ran to find a place to take shelter and when the thunder rumbled and was heard very clearly, the little girl entered a room, who knows what room it was.Alea saw an open closet door and entered it. But she immediately regretted doing so because, once the door was closed, Alea couldn't open it again. She became even more frightened."Are you okay?" asked Daniel as he examined the child's body.Daniel didn't want anything bad to happen to Alea. Her mother would surely panic even more. Even at the office, Audrey looked very worried.Alea shook her head. "I'm really scared," she said.Hearing this, Daniel immediately pulled Alea back into his arms. He rubbed her back lovingly.Daniel felt strange, he usually hated crying children, but when he
Audrey snorted coldly at Patricia's reaction to her. The woman seemed to be getting bolder and bolder.She had Bryan, Lidya, and Abraham behind her to support her."Where is my son?" Ignoring Patricia's question, Audrey suspected that they were all conspiring to take Alea away from her."Seriously, Audrey, haven't you had enough of accusing us and ransacking our home? And now you're here to do the same, huh?"Audrey rolled her eyes, ignoring Patricia, and entered the house, ignoring Patricia's screams.Patricia immediately blocked Audrey by spreading her arms. "You can't just walk in here. Maybe at home, you can behave, but not at Grandpa Abraham's house."Audrey tilted her head, shooting Patricia a glare.Audrey knew that Patricia must be making faces at Abraham and trying to be a heroine. And Audrey wasn't going to let that happen."Audrey, get out of here!" Patricia commanded.Hearing Patricia's order, she took a step forward decisively, making Patricia tremble between still being
After saying this, Audrey immediately left Daniel and rushed out of the house. She was too sick of being in that house. Besides, staying there was not good for Alea. There were only evil and heartless people there. Audrey didn't want Alea to grow up in that environment. Like herself, she would always be the subject of insults and ridicule. As a mother, Audrey would give her best for Alea, and protect her from anything because for God's sake, right now her top priority was Alea. Her only biological daughter.No matter if it's a storm or thunder, Audrey will be the shield to protect Alea. As he passed through the main room, Abraham, who saw Audrey walking, immediately approached her with deeply furrowed brows. He was both surprised and curious about the little boy Audrey was holding. "Wait! Who is he?" Abraham asked while blocking Audrey's departure. He squinted and searched Alea's eyes. "Who she is has nothing to do with you at all, so it's better that you stay out of it." Patric
Daniel didn't budge. Seeing how Nicky hugged the woman he loved so much, his heart burned and he couldn't take it.His hands were clenched tightly. His shoulders heaved with anger.Not long after, Audrey let go of his embrace. Audrey only hugged him for a short duration. She was confused because Nicky continued to hug her, even though Audrey had tried to end it.Nicky saw Daniel frozen in place. He then took advantage of it by wanting to kiss Audrey. In front of Daniel. He wanted to show the man that Audrey was his.He wanted Daniel to realize that Audrey had chosen him, not him anymore. However, his desire was inversely proportional to the response displayed by Audrey.Audrey reflexively shied away.All this time, Nicky had never done so, let alone forced Audrey to do anything. Audrey was confused and surprised by Nicky. She felt it was inappropriate for Nicky to do this, especially since they were in someone else's place, and Alea was also nearby.Audrey's evasive movement led to Ni
Now the two were heading back to Audrey's residence. Along the way, Audrey only watched Nicky anxiously. Nicky's face was covered in bruises, making her grimace in disgust."Are you okay?" asked Audrey.Nicky nodded. "Yes, I'm fine, you don't need to worry."Audrey touched the tip of Nicky's bleeding lip again. She used a tissue to wipe off the blood. However, unexpectedly, Nicky grasped Audrey's hand and looked at her closely."Do you still love Daniel?" Nicky asked.Audrey turned her face away. "Why are you asking me that, anyway?""I guess you love him a lot?" Nicky replied with some uncertainty. However, she wanted to confirm it herself rather than guessing.Because of Nicky's unexpected remark, Audrey reflexively looked at him while widening her eyes. "How can you say that?"Nicky had been very respectful to Audrey, not once did he touch her. He treasured her and guarded her like an expensive item.Even though they had been in contact for years, Nicky had no idea how Audrey felt.
Daniel gave Patricia a disapproving look. He felt very silly.How could that woman look so cheap by always approaching him to the point of being willing to do anything?Patricia squatted down in front of Daniel and took one of his hands, saying some nonsense.Audrey wasn't like the old Audrey anymore...Audrey was already with Nicky and no longer loved Daniel...Not wanting to hear too much, Daniel stood up and brushed Patricia's hand away. He didn't want to hear anything from her mouth.Patricia sighed in frustration. Because she always received rejection from Daniel, she finally moved back a step and then unbuttoned her shirt one by one.If Daniel always rejected her, Patricia had a thousand ways to attract Daniel's attention again. Any man would never refuse this.Daniel was a man and Patricia was sure he would be attracted by Patricia's beautiful body."What are you doing?" Daniel looked at her sharply.Because now Patricia's hands had reached the bottom button and her cleavage wa
Daniel watched Kenzi who was currently standing with a blank look. Today's events must have left the boy in shock and confusion.As he saw everyone blaming and insulting the woman, it must have been a question in Kenzie's mind. What was going on?Daniel was worried that this would affect Kenzi's psychology in the future.With steady steps, he approached Kenzie, then tapped her lightly on the shoulder to get her attention. Kenzie turned his head. It was with an expressionless face."What are you doing here?" Daniel asked gently. He watched Kenzie's eyes, trying to figure out the meaning of the boy's expression.Kenzie just looked at his father with a lot of thoughts. There were so many questions gathering in his head right now, that Kenzie himself felt confused about where to start asking them.Why did Alea's mother slap his father that afternoon? Why did their family seem to hate Alea's mother? And... about herself. Kenzie felt strange because he felt so close to Alea's mother. They d
Audrey let out a long sigh, she felt that Vincent was not her rival, so she was not interested in racing with him at all. Besides, she had more important things to do than just racing.Audrey shook her head. "I don't want to," she said, taking another swig of her drink and casting her eyes forward. "Why don't you take the other racers? With your family's last name, you can take them all instead of wasting time with me."Vincent chuckled. He just wanted to compete with Audrey, the woman who had beaten him out of boredom. The more Audrey rejected him, the more curious Vincent became about her."How can you like car racing? From the looks of you, you're not the type of woman who likes a challenge."Audrey laughed. "What you see is not necessarily the truth," Audrey said ambiguously.That was also what was currently happening to her. What she had seen from Daniel, how he had tried to convince her that he would love her for life and it turned out to be nothing but nonsense.Audrey was now
Audrey broke away from Vincent, she took a deep breath before returning her facial expression, trying to look normal.No, she wasn't crying. She must not cry. Daniel couldn't make her like this."Are you okay?" asked Vincent as he searched Audrey's eyes.She then squinted at Vincent. "Yes, I'm fine," she said firmly. Refusing to be looked at with a pitying gaze.Vincent pointed at Audrey's wet under-eye. Audrey immediately wiped it away and said loudly that she was not crying. "I got dust in my eyes earlier," she reasoned.Vincent smiled at her. Even under these circumstances, the woman still showed her pride.Audrey's hand looked up at Vincent. He frowned, not understanding what she wanted."The car keys. Give it to me, let me drive. You're too slow to drive." Audrey complained.She wanted something to get her adrenaline going right now. That way, it would be easy for Audrey to forget for a moment what made her heart so disturbed.Vincent seemed hesitant to give it to her, so Audre
Seeing that, Audrey couldn't resist going deeper and checking further.Audrey moved into the living room without Lili's permission. She knew she shouldn't have done such an unethical act, but her heart couldn't resist finding out more information.Asha was too clever to manipulate Audrey's feelings right now, so she could no longer think clearly and only suspicion dominated her mind.Audrey examined the living room carefully, then who knows what wind made her step back in without the owner's permission."What exactly are you looking for?" Lili asked Audrey. She knew that the woman in front of her right now was her boss's ex-wife. And because Lili had a specific purpose, the woman deliberately ended up confessing."Do you live alone here?" asked Audrey who seemed to be still examining in detail everything she passed."No, I don't. This is my house and Daniel's too."Audrey flinched for a moment at that, before she went back to her normal demeanor, trying to hide the hole in her heart.
"I can't come with you! I have something important to do!" Audrey refused when Vincent tried to force her to sit in his car.Audrey tried to leave, but Vincent pulled her back."All right, I'll drive you. Anywhere, I'm ready. As long as we can talk," Vincent said with a little force. He didn't mean any harm by forcing Audrey, all he wanted was a one-on-one talk with her.Audrey knew that he wouldn't mess with her. She looked at Vincent's face with an expectant expression.Not wanting to be the center of attention of the many people who were already glancing in their direction, Audrey was forced to follow Vincent and sat in his sports car.Audrey told him the address of her current destination and Vincent agreed to drive her. Along the way, Vincent continued to talk to Audrey about many things.He was still talking about what happened a few years ago.Audrey was not interested at all. Moreover, Vincent is one of the Anderson family members. First Daniel, then Asha, and now Vincent. It
Savi realized that she was being influenced by Asha's words. The woman was either intentional or not, but now Audrey began to think about it.Audrey admitted that she could not just close her ears and heart to what Asha said.And now she is very upset and has a prolonged dilemma.Initially, Audrey wanted to give Daniel a chance to fix everything. Start all over again. Maybe a new relationship would be much better for them.Especially now that Alea and Kenzie are filling their days. However, now Audrey feels that she is too naive.Daniel doesn't need her. Audrey should have realized that. Audrey felt that she was very stupid and she was sure that Daniel would consider her a woman who was easily tricked.Audrey exhaled slowly. Swallowing her heart so as not to affect her mood and behavior today. Some children were currently watching her.Audrey did not want the children to feel that her mother was not okay. Earlier, when they found out that Audrey's hand was injured by a knife slice, th
Audrey used the contact name viewer app even though she did not save the number.Asha. What else could she want? As Audrey remembered, Joni would take care of her.Audrey thought for a moment whether she should answer or not. Finally, she decided there was no harm in answering the call. Audrey wanted to know what the woman wanted to tell her."I thought you wouldn't answer my call," Asha said in a voice that sounded like it was smiling."What do you want?" she didn't want to waste time on small talk. After all, Asha wouldn't have called her just to say hello.Asha laughed. "I admit that you are indeed a smart woman. Unfortunately, your intelligence can't make Grandpa Abraham melt and accept you. You will never be accepted into the Anderson family. So don't even dream, Audrey."Audrey rolled her eyes in disgust. "So, you called me just to talk about this insignificant matter?"Asha was surprised that Audrey was not affected by her words at all.She thought Audrey would be upset or some
"Stop meddling with my personal life, Grandpa," Daniel warned Abraham. He took the last sip of his glass and left.Daniel briefly glanced at Asha who was currently choosing to look away.As the man exited the living room, Daniel bumped into Vincent who had just come down the stairs.Vincent didn't know what Daniel was here for and why. What was clear was that he didn't care. Vincent nodded in greeting to the man and Daniel nodded back. Afterward, they went their separate ways.After Daniel left, Asha looked very upset. She growled and held back her frustration. Asha did not expect that Daniel still liked Audrey. Even though five years have passed, the man still harbors his feelings for Audrey and Asha hates that right.Abraham saw Asha's unhappy expression."What's wrong, dear?" asked Abraham who immediately approached Asha."I hate Audrey, Grandpa. That woman always takes what I want. I'm upset and sad because Audrey has damaged a car that is very valuable to me." Asha bent her face
"Audrey!"When Asha said that name, Daniel immediately went silent.Now he knew the reason behind Audrey's morning rage and her coldness towards Daniel. She didn't like the car being given to Asha.If that's true, it means that the car is a special memory for Audrey so she doesn't want Asha to have it ...Knowing this, Daniel secretly smiled faintly.He felt happy, because that way, Audrey had shown her jealousy."You have to talk to Audrey so that she doesn't do whatever she wants. That car means a lot to me because it was given to me by you, but out of jealousy Audrey just destroyed it. She should realize that now-""Asha, enough," Daniel warned her. He didn't want Asha to sneer further at Audrey.Asha's mouth fell open when Daniel said that.She knew from that that he was still very much in love with his ex-wife.Asha did not like to see it. After five years, the woman should not have to come back and create new problems.She hated Audrey, and now Asha should be able to try to get
After finishing their porridge, the two children grabbed Audrey's attention and asked her to read them a royal fairy tale.Alea loves stories about kingdoms and now she wants to hear a fairy tale about a princess who is rescued by a prince. Kenzie, who has rarely heard a fairy tale, is eager to experience the same thing as Alea. He wanted to hear Audrey tell the story.So he readily agreed and looked very enthusiastic.Audrey was going to take care of some work that had previously been emailed by Joni, but once she saw the hopeful eyes of her two children, Audrey decided not to do it and instead chose to accompany them.Daniel, who was still struggling with the laptop in front of him and the pile of documents on the side of the table, occasionally glanced at Audrey.He noticed how Audrey gave warm affection to their children. Daniel's heart warmed instantly. He secretly smiled, though not fully.As he was enjoying this warm scene suddenly the ringing of his cell phone distracted Danie