Deborah didn't know that William was making up an excuse. William had given her enough reason, so she could also explain it to Angel. She hung up the phone and looked at Angel, who was sobbing and sitting next to her. "Did you hear what your cousin said? They said that your sign is conflicting with the day of their marriage and it can't be changed. Even I can't do anything about it." Angel didn't believe in these things, but William's reasoning could not be wrong. She had no reason to cry again. If she continued, Fandrey and Deborah would think that she wasn't sensible. She felt helpless, but there was nothing she could do. Angel bitterly shed her tears. When Deborah saw that Angel had stopped crying, she took out a paper towel to wipe the younger girl's tears. After all, Angel was her granddaughter, so she also felt distressed. "I really can't do anything about your invitation to your cousin's wedding. Don't be angry. I have some happy news to tell you."
Madelyn came here knowing that Emily would outright reject her proposal. She already had plans in mind and rubbed her eyes a few times while humbly requesting, "Emily, I desperately want a job and I am aware that the Floyd family would pay handsomely for hiring a servant. Why don't you ask this favor from Callum? Please, I'm begging you!" "What are you talking about? Have you gone mad? Don't you know that I have cut ties with him long ago?" Emily had a stern expression on her face. "I understand how persistent of you in keeping a distance from him. However, Callum had always been thinking about you, right?" "Nonsense! You should know that Callum is already married. Why on earth would I have anything to do with him?" "Didn't you help Azalea out last time? Why can't you lend me a helping hand just like how you have assisted her?" Madelyn decided to use her triumph card. Emily glanced at her coldly and said, "You have gotten things mixed up. I did not help Az
Madelyn had gotten ahold of Emily with confidence as she had assumed that things would go her way. She did not expect a twist of event. She was not feeling great due to her unsuccessful plan and left Emily's house in an upset mood. She then gave Meadow a call upon reaching the apartment's lobby. "Meadow, I went to meet with my sister not long ago and told her everything as per your instruction. However, things eventually did not work out." "Why would that happen? Could it be that your sister is not willing to lend you a helping hand?" Meadow swiftly questioned. "Nope. My sister gave Mr. Smith a call during my presence and he was not being polite to her at all. He refused my sister's request without thinking twice and said that Mrs. Floyd was the one in charge of hiring servants. I have heard their conversation clearly and it was evident that he did not take my sister seriously at all." "Really?" Meadow hesitated for a moment and queried, "What are you going to d
"Are you desperate to know about it?" William glanced at Richard with a faint smile on his face. Richard nodded and waited for him to spill the beans. However, William had leaned back instead and queried, "Why should I tell you?" "Does this mean that you have no idea about it?" Richard tried to provoke him by saying, "Let's end this topic if you are unaware of this matter. We shall assume that I did not ask you about it." "Who says that I was not kept in the loop? I am well aware of it but I am currently not in the mood to fill you in." Richard was interested upon hearing about it and replied, "You are just talking big, arent you? I will allow you to slap me in the face should you really know about it." "I'm not interested in going rough on you and I would prefer you to offer something valuable to me instead. I am a boring person as I am only interested in material possessions." Richard was utterly agitated upon hearing his reply and said, "What do you wan
Valeria and the others arrived in Arcadia at eight in the evening. They were swiftly greeted by the transporter being courtesy of William having business here. They got on the vehicle and eventually checked into the hotel. A table of mouthwatering dishes had already been prepared for Valeria and the guests. It consisted of sausage bread, trout fillet, roasted pork with sauerkraut, alongside chicory and walnut salad. However, the meal would not be complete with a charcoal-grilled pork knuckle. Valeria was not able to have a pint as she was currently pregnant. She had no choice but to enviously witness both Abbie and Braelynn enjoying their beer. "How does it taste?" "It's so refreshing and tasty." Abbie nodded in agreement and offered, "Would you like to have a small sip of it?" Hayden and Gavin were in a midst of a conversation and turned their head around upon hearing about Abbie's idea. They glared at her and said, "Abbie, you are not allowed to be
William hung up the phone and grabbed his coat before wanting to head out. Richard immediately reached out his hand to halt his movement. "William, are you planning to leave already?" "Of course, my wife has instructed me to call it a day. Someone else may try to badmouth me should I continue to linger around here. I would be much safer in heading home right now." "Why would you take my joke so seriously?" Richard did not want to let him go and continued speaking, "Let's just hang out for a little longer as I have something to ask you. It is regarding Braelynn..." "No thank you! I am not in the mood to discuss this topic with you," William outright refused him. Richard muttered to himself upon seeing William marched out of the pub, "I'm just goofing around with him. Why would he be so petty?" Richard felt nervous upon thinking that Braelynn might currently be dating an attractive guy. No way, he could not stay put just like this. It was better in departing
"Are you attempting to test my limit?" Abbie felt increasingly mad once again. "I do not doubt it at all! I'm still well and fine! Abbie, I'm indeed a bastard who lured you here just to get ahold of you. I am aware that you are upset with me but it is uncontrollable for my desire to see you. I deserve to be punished as I am an absolute asshole! I can always choose to not love you, right? However, I am really struggling at it!" Michael took a deep breath before he continued speaking, "I feel absolutely terrible when I am unable to spend time with you. I came here ahead of schedule in hopes to meet with you and I genuinely want to get along with you. I aspire to make you happy but I can't seem to do that. It's better for me to end my life in being such a loser!" "Well, why aren't you dead yet? What is your incentive for deceiving me? Michael, I terribly despise people who would manipulate me. It is outrageous for you to make me a fool several times! You're absolutely si
The two of them soon entered Michael's room one after another. Abbie headed towards the bathroom to fill the bathtub with water. Michael grinned and secretly giggled to himself. He was picturing the things that may occur in the bathroom later. He felt satisfied as his injury was worth it after all. Abbie turned on the tap and glanced at him with an annoyed look on her face. "What are you laughing at? I shall warn you beforehand that I am merely helping you to take a shower. Don't you dare think about nonsense in your head. I will kill you without mercy should you try to be cheeky!" "Duly noted. Besides, I won't have the mood to do so judging by my current circumstance," Michael had a sudden change of expression from being excited to lifeless. "Come on in!" Michael took his time before finally entering the bathroom. He did not dare to play any tricks after receiving a heads-up from Abbie not long ago. He casually requested her to wash his hair. Abbie was ra
On the day of Azalea's recovery, she was escorted out of the hospital by two police officers to wait for her sentence. She was wearing shackles and handcuffs as she walked through the parking lot. She saw Michael with Abbie, who was holding Emma in her arms. Michael was holding Abbie's waist, ready to get into their car. Seeing that Michael had recovered, Azalea was extremely perplexed. She had learned from the police that Leonard's man had tried to kill her to silence her and knew that Leonard was using her, so she did not regret her vicious behavior. Azalea stared at the child in Abbie's arms and Michael as she started to have vicious thoughts. If the one who got injured that day was Abbie, and if Abbie died, everything would be different now, wouldn't it? Michael would be living a life worse than death. His child would not have a mother anymore, and no one could have what she couldn't. She would be satisfied. However, all of this was just her imaginatio
After Leonard's matter was settled, Richard returned to the Clark family. Abbie wasn't asleep yet and was sitting alone in the living room in a daze. Richard walked to her and sat down. Then, he reached out and patted her on the shoulder. "Why aren't you asleep yet?" "I can't sleep. Richard, he... he will be fine, won't he?" "Don't think too much. He will be fine." "I don't want anything to happen to him... Richard, I actually hate him very much and have never thought of being with him again. I have suffered enough! Every time I made up my mind to cut all ties with him, something bad would happen like what happened now. Richard, what should I do?" Richard understood Abbie's dilemma. "Abbie, do you still love him?" "I don't know! I hate him! I hate him so much!" "You can't let him go, can you? You and he broke up three times, but he has always been in your heart." Richard sighed. "To be honest, I don't want you and him to start over again. After
It was late at night in Azalea's ward as she lay on the bed and fell asleep with her eyes closed. Three of Azalea's ribs were broken while one of her hands was handcuffed to the hospital bed. The policeman guarding her felt that there was no way she could escape, so he relaxed his guard. The man who was arranged by Leonard's assistant had been waiting for the right moment in the hospital. Then, they immediately entered the ward and attacked Azalea when they saw that the policeman had left. Just as they covered Azalea's mouth and were about to suffocate her to death, a soft voice could be heard by the door of the ward. "Hey! Are you trying to silence her?" The man turned his head and saw that Bobby were taking photos with his mobile phone while Silas was bent over in laughter. Later, Leonard was woken up at 2 a.m. in the morning when Richard and his bodyguards came to visit him furiously. Leonard had already guessed the purpose of Richard's visit as soon as
It had been two days since Leonard's assistant brought Azalea back to the city and she was specially sent here today to attack Michael. Although Azalea hated Michael, she did love him immensely in the past and she didn't want to kill him. The one she hated the most was still Abbie. She had been overshadowed by Abbie since she was a child and she had never won against her before. It was all thanks to Abbie now that she ended up like this. Michael wouldn't deal with her if it weren't for Abbie, and she wouldn't have been driven to a dead end like this. She was going to die in the end anyway, so she wanted nothing more than to drag Abbie down with her. She knew that she couldn't get close to Abbie. Besides, she also knew very well that Leonard wanted to use her to kill Michael so that he could marry Abbie. Azalea acted as if she had been persuaded by Leonard's assistant to attack Michael, but in fact, her target was Abbie all along. She saw how desperat
Azalea looked up when she heard the voice and met Leonard's assistant's gaze in the car. She stopped crying once he got out of the car. "Miss Clark, I've been looking for you everywhere!" Azalea lowered her head frantically when she saw him, but he said warmly, "Miss Clark, get in the car." She didn't know if Leonard's assistant knew about the murder she'd committed, so she hesitated for a moment before getting into the car. He then gave her a bottle of water and some food. Azalea was famished because she hadn't eaten anything for a few days, so she wolfed down her food desperately. Leonard's assistant had been observing Azalea all this time, and he said once she finished eating, "I know what you've done! The police are now looking for you everywhere." Azalea's expression was filled with panic. "Are you going to hand me over to the police?" "No, I'm here to help you." "How can you do that?" Azalea asked in frustration. "I won't be a
It started to rain again early in the morning, which made the air in the mountains damp and cold. Meanwhile, Azalea lay motionlessly on the messy bed. She could hear the child's wailing from outside while Monthel's mother tried to coax the child. However, there was no sign of it ending even after some time. Monthel's mother started to become angry as well, so she scolded the child and eventually began to target Azalea again. "Why are you still lying in bed at this time? I've never seen someone as lazy as you. A wife should get up early in the morning to cook, but you are the only one who will laze around like this!" This was not the first time that Azalea had been scolded. Monthel's mother had begun to pick on her the second day after she arrived. Azalea would fight back initially, but she no longer dared to talk back after she was slapped in the face by Monthel. Monthel's mother cursed outside for a while. Then, she lifted the curtain and came into the ro
Leonard's expression turned very ugly, but Richard did not give him a chance to even catch his breath. "After I learnt of your relationship with her, I sent someone to extract the DNA of the fetus in Evelyn's belly and compare it with yours. The results show that she's indeed pregnant with your child, but you can verify it personally if you don't believe me." Since Richard dared to say this, there was no possibility for Leonard to turn the tables. The veins on Leonard's forehead bulged as he was filled with humiliation. He initially wanted to get back at Fandrey by asking him to propose the marriage to the Clark family, but she ended up being embarrased like this. He was furious, but Richard continued, "We are very grateful to you for saving Abbie's life. Although she can't marry you, we can continue to be friends if you want to." What could Leonard say? He had done a terrible mistake, so he couldn't possibly tell Richard that he wanted to cut all ties between t
Abbie tried her best to escape, but it was useless. Michael even kissed her on the face a few times, which made her so angry that her voice trembled. "Michael... F*ck you... I'm going to kill you!" Michael turned a deaf ear to her words because he hadn't been so close to Abbie for such a long time. He missed her like crazy, so how could he bring himself to let her go? Abbie kept struggling desperately, but her physical strength was no match for Michael's. Michael then carried her back to the sofa, which made her furious because she couldn't escape. "Michael, what are you trying to do?" Michael did not answer her at all. Instead, he just hugged her so tightly as if he didn't want to let her go at all. He hugged her for such a long time that her whole body had gone numb. "Michael, what's wrong with you? Let go of me! I can't move!" It was only then did Michael let go of Abbie. Her limbs had already gone numb and she felt extremely uncomfortable. Just t
Michael happily placed the coffee he ordered for Abbie in front of her. "Here, I've ordered your favourite coffee." However, Abbie sneered and picked up the coffee to splash it all over him. The coffee was very hot, but Michael just smiled bitterly and said, "Do you hate me so much?" "What do you think?" Abbie looked at Michael coldly without any affection in her eyes. "My feelings for you have never changed! What happened between me and Azalea is all fake, and I've never had anything to do with her. The news with Anastasia was also fake. I was the one who used her to provoke Azalea, but Leonard made up those news articles to get back at me. I swear, I haven't been with anyone else apart from you!" Abbie let out a cold laugh, "Really?" "I'm serious! I swear that I'm not lying to you!" "There's no need to swear, or else even you'll beleive your own lies." Michael became desperate when it was obvious that Abbie didn't believe him. "What do I have