Eugene quietly stood by Leah’s side.Occasionally, he opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out.Jerome kept on side–eyeing him. If looks could kill, Eugene would have been sent to meet his Maker already.Jerome couldn’t believe that Eugene, whom he deemed an asshole, was the one who had married his precious Leah. Did he actually think he deserved her? Jerome thought Eugene was useless.“Mr. King!”Jessica cried, running up to Jerome, ‘I’m really sorry about tonight. I made a grave mistake, I really didn’t know Leah was your daughter I misunderstood her relationship with Mr. Jason. I’m so sorry…”Jerome didn’t even look at her. “So you’re saying that if Leah weren’t my daughter, you would have continued talking trash about her and ruining her reputation?”“I–I didn’t mean that.” Jessica stuttered.Eugene remembered how Jessica had accused Leah and Jason of sleeping together in front of Jerome and his grandfather.Jessica’s gaze then had taken on a shade of deviousness Eugene had n
The Moore’s might be one of the established elites in the City, but the stock price of the Moore Group would have doubled following the news of the marriage with the King Family.Alas, it was too late.*******In the dark of the night, Leah looked out of the window with a vacant look and an empty heart. She replayed the memory of Eugene’s shattered expression when he demanded to know why she had married him in the first place.Somehow, looking at the frustration and indignance on his face, she felt like she had abandoned him.She clenched her fist and shook her head hard. She reminded herself not to spare any sympathy for men, for that was how tragedies start.Eugene couldn’t possibly fall in love with her now, not after she had waited for him for three years to no avail. Perhaps he had only pretended to look resentful and bitter in front of Grandpa Moore to absolve himself of his cruelness in their marriage.“So, why did you marry him?” Jerome gritted his teeth and cracked his knuckl
“Eugene did not even inform us when he decided on the divorce. Of course, he wouldn’t tell me his intention to call off the marriage!”“Those are different things!” Sarah’s voice was shrill, unlike her usual comforting tone. “Eugenedoes not love Leah King at all. Unlike Leah,Jessica is his childhood sweetheart. They have a deep bond!”“Right. That’s beyond me too. If they share a deep bond, what else did Jessica want from him? Why couldn’t she behave instead of stirring trouble with Ms. Leah?”“She has humiliated our family with the infidelity drama in front of Dad. I will not help her thistime, and I can’t guarantee whether the marriage will happen!”His chest tightened when he recalled his father’s taunt. “I wouldn’t have advised Eugene to seekdivorce if I had known better. Jessica is not the right match for our family; worse, she’s a troublemaker. It’s indeed hard to get along with those from different backgrounds!”Sarah’s shoulders slumped when she realized that Ezra wanted no
“It’s fine as long as you made it here before 5:00 pm. We’ll have to wait a day more if the city hall is closed.” Leah dropped a chilly remark and marched to the entrance, leaving Eugene behind.His throat tightened.He was brought back to the day they registered their marriage three years ago. As he was notified of an emergency meeting by Yoarkley’s project manager, he had no choice but to stay back at the company.After the meeting, he had to host a VIP who dropped by. When the meeting was over, it struck him that he had forgotten to inform Leah about the postponement of the marriage registration.The memories of that day were vivid and cruel. When he rushed over to the city hall, the place was almost empty. There, he found Leah alone, looking downcast. Her frail figure appeared lonely and pitiful.He did not expect her to wait all day for him. Her stubbornness was one of a kind.He had wanted to apologize to her. However, he did not do so because he struggled with mixedemotions fr
“Mr. Moore!”******Eugene woke up to find himself lying on a patient bed.“Leah.”The first thing out of his mouth was her name.“The tendon in your right hand is injured. We observed some light concussion and a bit of blood clot, but they shouldn’t pose an issue.”Leah stood by the windows with her back against the light, leaving him with the sight of her lovely silhouette.When Eugene was in a coma, Tristan filled in Leah with the details of the car crash.Tristan claimed that Jasper had not slept at all. He found Eugene in the study filled with suffocating cigarette smoke in the morning.“I think he must have lost his focus because he didn’t sleep well. His headache might haveaffected his driving as well.”Leah was aware of the intensity of Eugene’s headache. For that reason, he had rarely drivenhimself anywhere in recent years.He had pulled off sleep deprivation, heavy smoking, and refusal of medical treatment in one day.“Who are you torturing yourself for? Jessica might feel
Susan was prepared to take the bullet for everyone else as long as Lyla and Colene were not implicated“Why didn’t you tell me? You should have known better than my daughter! Didn’t you feel badwatching her living in hell?”Jerome was taking out his anger on Susan.“Jerome, it’s all my fault.”Susan slowly rose from her seat. She couldn’t be more humble as the proud daughter of the Lovelace Family. “Don’t blame it on Leah. Fault me instead. I did not pay enough attention to her.”Leah felt her chest tightened. She was about to defend Susan when the hot–tempered Coleneshot up from the couch and blurted out, “Don’t blame it on Susan! I’m responsible too! I knewabout Leah’s marriage from the start!”“What?” Jerome’s eyes popped out of his head.“M–Me too…” Lyla meekly raised her hand. “I knew about it… way before this.”“Lyla, even you are involved… They are a bad influence on you!” His head was spinning when he learned that the innocent Lyla had learned to lie.Tears filled Leah’s eyes
“A name list of your suitors.”Jerome looked amused.Everyone was dumbfounded at his announcement. Even Fabiola, who had impeccable manners, dropped her utensils in shock. Marcel almost spat out his coffee and was coughing with a red face.“Jerome!”Leah sprung up with a sharp frown. “You’re taking revenge against me, right? That’snot very gentlemanly!”“Revenge is sweet.” He took a casual sip of his coffee. “Anyway, why would I take revenge on my daughter? I know you’re low profile, but the news of the divorce will spread in our circle soon.They’ll be laughing at you. If Eugene is marrying someone new after the divorce, I’d doanything to make sure you have what he’s having.”“So, if he gets the case of the crazies, do I get that too?” She fired back with a snicker.“Anyway, I have made the decision. I rushed Neil to compile a list overnight covering bachelors ofyour age from similar family backgrounds in the nation. Get ready to meet with at least five ofthem weekly, starting next
Leah’s lashes fluttered. Eugene’s knowledge gave her the goosebumps.“How did you know I am a size 5.5?”He remained stoic. “Your feet look tiny. It was a blind guess.”She curled her feet in the slippers awkwardly but did not forget to take a dig at him. “All men arethe same. They’re either leering or openly touching the opposite sex”He went silent. Deep down, he knew he wasn’t being upfront. He learned about her shoe size only because he had carefully scrutinized every single item she left behind at his house.He also learned that she had a stockpile of snacks at home, like a squirrel collecting nuts. Most of them are chocolates. Her favorite perfume was La fille de Berlin by Serge Lutens, which he remembered well.At first, he thought the spicy scent did not suit her. Looking back, he was wrong. The arrogant and intense scent was created just for her.He learned about her shoe size. Her collection of white shoes was laid out cleanly on the shoe rack, as though she would return at