Noah looked at them. He couldn't help lingering a little longer on Yvonne. Among all the women there, she was the most gorgeous one that day.He looked at Stephen once more with a hint of jealousy.Soon, he changed into a gentle smile. "Stephen, I'm glad you could make it.""It's your wedding. How could I not come?" Stephen smiled vaguely. "Everyone is saying that we don't get along. If I hadn't come, wouldn't that just make the rumor true?"Stephen said in a hushed tone, his voice extremely charming yet icy, "By then, you might be happy, but I'll be the unlucky one."Noah's smile was plastered on his face. Yvonne pretended to be curious. She looked around. "Why can't I see the bride? She'd sent me an invitation. Why isn't she here?""She's resting in her room," Noah said without any change in his expression. "I'll get her to come and greet the guests soon.""I see." Yvonne smiled. "You're such a thoughtful husband."Under the lights, her smile was dazzling. Noah was in
The entire sound system was shut down.In a fit of rage, Noah thought of Stephen. He quickly went over to Stephen and threw a punch at him without saying anything.Stephen stumbled and knocked over the tower of champagne flutes. The floor was covered with glass shards. He was drenched too.He raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He looked at Noah. "Noah, what's the meaning of this?""It's you! You're slandering me!"Seeing Noah go for Stephen once more, Yvonne took a step in between them. She looked at Noah coldly. "Do you think that you'll be clear of the crimes you've committed by creating a diversion?""You …" Noah gritted his teeth. "You two are in this together!"Yvonne smiled. "Everyone heard what your wife said. How do you still have the nerve to blame it on us? Stephen and I had long guessed that Mr. Anderson Senior's incident was no accident. "The truth is out now. Not only are you not remorseful, but you even want to drag your cousin do
Soon, the guards found Katie and led her inside.The moment Katie's blindfold was taken off, a slap landed on her face. She could instantly taste blood!Before she could come to her senses, Noah was sitting on top of her, slapping her mercilessly!"You bitch! How dare you betray me! Die, you bitch!" Noah yelled with murderous intent.Katie was in a daze after the slaps. Her ears were buzzing.William stopped Noah by grabbing his hands, and she finally had a moment to catch her breath."Stop hitting her. Are you trying to kill her? No matter what, she is now your wife, and you—""Wife?" Noah shrugged William's hand off. He pointed at Katie. "She betrayed me, yet she still thinks she can be my wife? She can dream on! I'll get a divorce tomorrow!"Divorce?Katie was dumbstruck. She instantly sobered up and looked at Noah in disbelief. "W—why are you divorcing me? W—what did I do wrong?"Katie's face was swollen. The moment she spoke, blood flowed out of her mouth. It was a sca
In the room, Hazel told the servants to apply medication to Katie's wounds. After that, she got them to leave them alone.As the door closed, Hazel asked grimly, "Are you really pregnant?"Katie nodded. "I have a report from the hospital. If you need, I'll—""There's no need," Hazel interrupted her. She added curtly, "I don't think you'd have the guts to lie to us about this."Five years ago, Hazel had forced Simone to have an abortion. Later, Hazel had reached the age where she wanted to be a grandmother. After she'd seen Noah get older year after year and refuse to settle down, Hazel had indeed regretted her choice back then.Noah was finally married now, and his wife was also pregnant. If Hazel were to let Noah divorce Katie and make her abort the child, there was no telling how long she would have to wait before she could be a grandmother. Thinking about that, Hazel harrumphed. "Consider yourself lucky to be pregnant. If not, I would have made Noah divorce you."Katie low
All the shareholders and executives of Anderson Group agreed that Stephen should resume his position as CEO of Anderson Group.When everyone left after the meeting, Carmen asked, "How are you planning to deal with Noah? Do you want to hand this over to the police and take him to court?"Stephen looked at the sunny scenery out of the window, yet his gaze was extremely darkened."I don't think Grandpa would like to see that happen."Carmen furrowed her brows. "But if you let him go just like that, it might cause problems in the future." Although she didn't want to see the family at each other's throats, she knew that Noah would surely take this defeat to heart. If they did nothing about him now, there might be even more serious problems down the line.Stephen knew what Carmen's worries were, but she didn't know that the incident this time was a complete setup.Katie would never confess and point the finger at Noah. If that came to light, Yvonne would be embroiled in the case too.
"I mean that Katie didn't betray you. The video looked like it was livestreamed, but it was edited. The editing skills were so amazing that the video couldn't be deconstructed." Mark said calmly, "But it's pointless even if we prove that the video is fake. That night at the dinner, you had already tacitly admitted to the crimes.""What?" Noah was bewildered. "N—No. That wasn't …" When he thought back about what Katie said, he finally realized. Those people's plan had worked because they had taken advantage of his mistrust of Katie and his guilt!"How despicable!" Noah slammed the table furiously.Mark looked at Noah with some disdain in his eyes. If Noah had been smarter, he would have realized how unclear Katie's speech was that night.Everything was too late. This time, Noah had truly messed up.Mark collected his thoughts and said, "Think on the bright side. They would only do this because they don't have enough evidence to arrest you yet. If not, you would be in prison rig
Yvonne smiled with pursed lips. She placed the phone in her ear. "I hear that you've been really busy, Mr. Anderson.""Missed me?" Stephen asked directly. His tone had a subtle hint of amusement.Yvonne's heart skipped a beat. She replied glumly, "I'm busy too. I don't have time for unnecessary things.""But I missed you," Stephen said directly. "And also, Elvin."Yvonne didn't know how to respond, so she remained silent.The night was quiet. Stephen listened to the rustling noises on the other end of the line. His gaze turned tender. "I haven't been back at Anderson Group for a long time. Ms. Lynch has been handing over a lot of work to me, so I haven't had the time to see you both.""It's fine." Yvonne stretched on the couch. "I forgot to congratulate you.""It's all thanks to you." Stephen paused for a while. "So I had to come over personally to thank you.""What?" Yvonne was still reeling from the surprise.Stephen said, "I'm downstairs."Ten minutes later, he saw Yvo
A week later, Katie went to the gynecology department in sunglasses and a face mask. Although the bruise on her face was better, it was still quite obvious. She couldn't go out and get caught with a bruise on her face.Hazel had initially wanted to follow her to the hospital. But when she saw the bruise on Katie's face, she found it too embarrassing and changed her mind at the last minute. Thus, Katie went to the hospital alone. She had been pregnant for six weeks. They could start to observe the child's growth through ultrasound.Katie lay in bed, nervously looking at the doctor scanning her abdomen.The doctor said nothing. Katie's heart sank. She silently asked, "Doctor, how is the child?""There isn't a heartbeat yet. The situation isn't too good. Show the report to the doctor later. Perhaps the fetal development is just slower."Then, the doctor passed Katie some tissues to wipe away the gel on her abdomen.Katie was in a daze. It wasn't until the doctor called out to her