After work the next day, Daniel returned to the mansion. The butler happily greeted him. “Young Master, you’re back.”Daniel faintly hummed an acknowledgment and took off his suit jacket. The butler took it to be hung on the hanger.Julia Silver knew that he was coming back today, so she had been waiting for him on the sofa watching a variety show. But when she saw that he was back, she did not show any joy. “If I hadn’t called you, would you have come back to see me?”He unbuttoned his cufflinks as he walked to the sofa. He sat down on the armchair next to Julia and gently said, “But I’m back, aren’t I?”Julia knew that he was busy with work, so she didn’t mind. Suddenly, she remembered something and carefully asked, “A woman answered the call yesterday.”Daniel’s gentle face remained calm and indifferent. “Yes.”Though Julia wasn’t satisfied with his answer, she couldn’t ask any more direct questions. She simply observed his expression and tactfully said, “Other than Caleb, you have
Arabella grabbed her bag strap tightly. The noise from her surroundings buzzed in her ears, but she could not hear anything. It was as if she was deaf. She took the elevator to the first floor in a daze and walked towards the hospital’s main entrance.When she passed by the flower garden outside the hospital, she almost bumped into someone. The man’s handsome hand held her arm and stabilized her. His voice was filled with surprise. “Ara?”Arabella looked up and saw John in an exquisite suit standing before her. His handsome face looked even clearer under the afterglow.She quickly masked her loss of composure and calmed herself. Donning a smile, she asked, “What are you doing at the hospital?”John stared at her with his dark eyes. “My dad is hospitalized. I’m here to see him.”Arabella had met Zach Grant before but did not like remembering what she had learned about John’s family background.John was not the son of Zach’s first wife. His birth mother was Nina Hess, Zach’s ex-lover. W
Since he asked, she decided to say, “I’ve been a little tired from work recently. I want to take a few days off to rest.”“Tired from work?” Daniel looked up head from his documents. His eyes were dark. “Are you as tired as me?”Arabella was speechless because of him. If he did not want her to take leave, he should just say it directly. There was no need to beat around the bush.After leaving the president’s office, she sat back at her desk and looked at the numbers circled on the calendar. Her heart felt bitter.After the check-up that day, the hospital saw that her face was pale and her hand was trembling. They said, “If you don’t want it, you can make an appointment for an abortion.”She thought for a moment, conflicted and struggling. “Then… Next Wednesday.”The number she circled on the calendar was next Wednesday.Although she didn’t have morning sickness, she was afraid her colleagues would find out about it. Therefore, she didn’t go to the company’s cafeteria with her colleagu
In terms of family background, the current Rivera family was not worth mentioning at all. On the other hand, the Bower family was thriving day by day. She was also the only daughter of Jack Bower. And soon, the Bower family would belong to her, which would make her the most likely woman to be worthy of Daniel.Daniel finished three cigarettes but Arabella was nowhere to be seen. He looked at his watch. It was already 8:30 pm. His furrowed brows showed his impatience.Linda already had a phone ready, Arabella’s number on display. The moment she saw Daniel take his phone out, she immediately dialed Arabella’s number.The call was connected and Arabella’s gentle voice came from the other end. “Miss Bower?”“Arabella, what are you doing?” asked Linda as she left the park.By the time Daniel dialed Arabella’s number, all he heard was the busy tone. He threw his unfinished cigarette butt on the ground in frustration and stomped on it to extinguish it. Then, he opened the car door and drove
Daniel stood in front of the window with a cigarette between his fingers. Through the gap in the curtains, he looked at the secretary’s office outside. His deep and dark gaze was fixed on Arabella.In the morning, Caleb reported his schedule for the day and the results of the investigation. He also personally called the director of the hospital to confirm that Arabella was indeed pregnant. According to the timeline, the child was undoubtedly his.The first thought in his mind was that she had asked him to meet her at Chorley Park two days ago to tell him the news and then use the child to threaten him.However, the director told him that she had made an appointment for an abortion next Wednesday, so she did not intend to keep the child.If other women were pregnant with his child, they would definitely ask him to take responsibility or for a large sum of money. As for her, not only did she not tell him, she even wanted to get rid of it secretly.Even if she had a child, she did not wa
As Arabella listened attentively, a hand was suddenly placed on her shoulder. She turned around in shock and looked at the person before her with eyes wide open in fear. She instinctively took a step back and she almost fell over into the flowerbed.Simon reached out to support her, then looked at the two people talking. With a fake smile, he said, “Ms. Arabella, it’s not good to peep and eavesdrop on others.”Arabella balanced herself and pushed his hand away from her arm. Her palm was wet, but she calmly said, “I just happened to pass by. And I don’t have time to peep for a hobby.”Simon had been behind her the whole time, so he knew how much she had heard. He smiled evilly as he looked at her pretty face. “I used to think you would become my sister-in-law. Unfortunately, John married someone else. Why don’t you be with me instead?”His hand had found its way to her cheek, caressing it. Arabella immediately pushed his hand away as her watery eyes turned cold. “My mother is still wai
Every time she ate Mrs. Watson’s chestnut chicken, she would sigh emotionally. Back then, she had asked, “Mrs. Watson, your cooking has improved again. Why aren’t you our chef? This way, I can eat your chestnut chicken every day.”Although Mrs. Watson was already old, she was still young at heart. She had long known that Arabella’s relationship with John was not ordinary.Mrs. Watson smiled and said, “When you marry Third Young Master in the future, I’ll cook for you every day, as long as you don’t get tired of it.”Arabella’s eyes lit up when she heard that. Then, she hugged John’s arm and coyly said, “John, let’s get married after I graduate from university.”John had a gentle smile on his face as he caressed her hair. “Judging from your tone, it seems you’d rather not wait until then.”She pouted and glared at him with clear and bright eyes. “You have to marry me anyway.”The smile in John’s eyes deepened. “If it weren’t for the fact that you’re not old enough, I would have registe
Without waiting for him to finish, Daniel coldly said, “Don’t tell me there will be a next time.”After he finished speaking, he pulled Arabella towards his car, opened the door, and shoved her in. He walked around the front of the car and sat in the driver’s seat. With a glance at her pale face, he said, “Seat belt.”Arabella immediately came to her senses and fastened her seatbelt mechanically. “How did you…”Daniel started the engine, fixing his gaze on the road ahead. With a hint of suppressed anger in his usually warm voice. “Where was he taking you?”What happened earlier on the road was extremely dangerous. The fear still lingered in Arabella’s heart but her heartbeat had managed to slow down a little. “I’m just… I just overheard their conversation. He probably wanted to shut me up.”Daniel did not continue asking as if he was not interested in the ‘conversation’ she was talking about.Arabella could not figure out why he was angry. After a while, she felt the cold aura on his
The phone in his pocket rang. He took it out and saw that it was her calling. He threw the phone on the seat next to him. After a few seconds, the phone stopped ringing.He took out a cigarette and put it into his mouth. His phone rang again. He took a glimpse at it from the corner of his eye and saw that it was still from her.He let it ring and took out a lighter to light the cigarette. He rolled down the window and blew out smoke rings that were carried away by the night wind.When it rang for the third time, he pressed the reject button in frustration and turned off his phone. The night was quiet again.Arabella paced around the room in her pajamas, holding her phone in her hand. She had called Daniel many times, but his phone was eventually switched off.It was already two o’clock in the morning but she was also hesitant to call Caleb since it was too late in the night.She walked to the bed and sat waiting. Her phone was always in her hand, ready to pick up a call the moment it
Master Samson took a single look at her before turning the other way, turning a deaf ear to her words.The pale yellow liquid in the medicine bag flowed down the white tube drop by drop into his bloodstream through the needle on the back of his hand.Arabella didn’t care about Master Samson’s attitude as she silently retreated to the side and stood there. Helena Turner patted her hand lightly, indicating to the former not to take it to heart.The attending doctor listened to Master Samson’s heartbeat with a stethoscope and wrote down a string of numbers in a folder. Then, Benjamin Rivera followed him out of the ward.Master Samson looked at Serenity who was sitting by the bed and holding his hand. “For the sake of your future with Eva, you should remarry John.”The old man had been trying to get Serenity and John back together after returning from Oakland, but his granddaughter had been avoiding him. Because of this, Master Samson had gotten so angry that he was hospitalized.“We won’
While Arabella was stunned for a moment, John took the tissue from her and carefully wiped the water off her sleeves. Then, he pulled out a small part of her inner sleeve over the sleeves of her windbreaker a little so that the wet parts would not stick to her skin.“Are you feeling better?” His clear voice was low and gentle.She pulled her hand back, still feeling the warmth of his fingertips on the skin of her wrist. “Much better.” After a pause, she said, “Thank you, President Grant.”The immediate distance she put between them simply from her words felt as if she had just stabbed John. He pursed his pale lips and difficultly said, “Arabella, we shouldn’t be like this.”“From the moment you decided to marry my Sis, we were already destined to end up like this.” She was unfazed.John held her shoulders and seriously said, “But you know-”“That won’t change the truth!” She interrupted him, though rather calmly which scared John a little.He could see the prideful stubbornness in her
She took a sip from the glass of water. Since they were already married, there would always be a chance for her to meet the aunt in the future.Still, since she was angry at him for acting on his own and Daniel was not someone who would admit his mistake or apologize first, the couple did not speak to each other for the rest of the day – they simply minded their own business and nonchalantly ignored each other.Daniel rested at home for a week before going back to work. Once he did, only Arabella and Mrs. Winstead were left at home.XXXOne day after lunch, Arabella drove to the cafe at which she had agreed to meet Sam.It had been a week since they last met and Sam seemed to have become a lot more dispirited. But when he saw her, his usual cheeky smile returned. “A rich lady is indeed different. I would never dare dream of driving a car like this in my entire life.”Indeed, Arabella was driving a luxury car worth millions. He hadn’t even saved enough money to wed a wife yet. Such was
Julia Silver Garcia looked around the room at the others present before her eyes finally landed on her son in bed. “Such a big thing happened and yet you did not think to tell me and your father?”“Even if I didn’t call you, someone would have informed you.” The corners of Daniel’s lips curled into a mocking smile.Julia didn’t care about his tone. “I heard about what happened this time. You were too impulsive. No matter what, you shouldn’t have risked your own life-”“If you’re here to teach me a lesson, you might as well not come,” said Daniel, interrupting her in a tone devoid of respect.Julia’s expression changed slightly. There were outsiders present, yet he didn’t seem to care.Arabella decided to step in as she said, “Mom, don’t misunderstand. I’m very happy that you came to see him. You know his temper very well. It’s just that he can be a bit cold sometimes.”Unfortunately, Julia didn’t ease up. Mrs. Winstead had called the main residence to inform the Master and Madam of th
A Blatant InvitationHis deep yet bright eyes watched Arabella quietly, reflecting her silhouette. He had spoken with such seriousness that her eyes started to heat up and she had to do her best to suppress the layers of mist forming.Arabella gently held his right hand, her slender fingertips hooked the bandage wrapped around it, and her eyes turned sour.If he had not found her in time, she would probably have lost her life.Daniel used his left hand to caress her pale face. “You must be hungry. Mrs. Winstead sent over black chicken soup this morning. I’ll go get it for you.”He pushed the wheelchair to the table, opened the thermos flask, and poured some chicken soup into a bowl. He held the bowl with his bandaged left hand and pushed the wheelchair back to the bed with his other hand.” It’s still hot.”Arabella received the bowl of soup and took a few sips but did not touch a single piece of chicken.Daniel knew she must not have much of an appetite yet, so he did not force her. I
The Child Is Very HealthyHowever, he now knew that John and Serenity had put on a wedding ring for a fake marriage, so Daniel knew Arabella was referring to them, the young master and young madam of the Rivera family.He untied the wish on the branch, came down from the bamboo ladder, and put it into his suit pocket.The little monk complained, saying, “Why did you take down her wish? It won’t come true like this.”“I will be the one to fulfill all her wishes.” Daniel left this sentence with the monk and entered the temple. He took off his raincoat and threw it to Caleb, who had been following behind him.Caleb and Xeno were stunned by the appearance of the man before them. He was drenched, his black hair was messy, and his trousers below his knees had been soaked in mud and water. His walk was not as strong as usual and the movement of his legs was a little stiff.When they arrived at the guest room, Daniel was already sitting by Arabella’s bedside, his large palm placed on her abdo
If Something Happened To Her, It Would BeA Dead Body And Two Lives (2)Ms. Lewis and the others looked at him in shock while Mr. Shiloh muttered a realization to himself. “No wonder President Garcia was so anxious and reckless.”“The signal tower collapsed?” Caleb frowned.“Ms. Arabella is at the signal tower.” Mr. Shiloh nodded.“What?” Caleb’s eyes opened wide in shock. “Young Madam is pregnant. If anything happens to her, both of us will die!”“What?” Sam had just reached the door when he heard this. “What?”They looked at the door and saw a man supporting Sam, both wearing large black raincoats.Sam took off the raincoat, revealing his frighteningly pale face. “No wonder she said her stomach hurts. She’s pregnant.”As soon as he said that, not only Caleb, but even Mr. Shiloh and the others broke out in cold sweat.Ms. Lewis looked at Xeno, scared and anxious. She was afraid that something had happened to Arabella.“I’ll go up the mountain to find them,” said Xeno after pondering
If Something Happened to HerSam’s eyes widened as he gritted his teeth. “What did you see me write?”He had been talking all day long about his dream to be a great photographer in the future. Everyone in the magazine agency knew about it. So what did she need to peek for?“I didn’t peek.” Afraid that he wouldn’t believe her, she continued to say, “Everyone in the magazine agency knows what your wish is.”Sam felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head. “Don’t tell them that we had already come here to make a wish. You mustn’t tell them. Otherwise, they’ll make fun of me again.”“It depends on my mood,” said Arabella teasingly.Sam’s face turned pale.The wind started to pick up, and the red wishes on the branches started to dance wildly. Arabella looked up at the sky and noticed the gathering dark clouds. “I think it’s time we meet back with the rest.”“What’s the hurry? We-”A loud boom followed a bright bolt of lightning, cutting off Sam’s words. The two looked at each other,