Mark bent slightly and picked Summer up in his arms, and then carried her on his shoulders.“Mark, let go of me! You need to put me down. Now! You bastard!” She kicked him with her legs and her stomach hurt from the tight grip.After tricking Charlotte out, Mark closed the door. Pa! His big hands were already on her hips. “How am I a bastard, huh?”“I shouldn’t believe your words! You’ll give me everything I want? It’s all lies!”Four years ago, the password of the bank card was Raine’s birthday, and four years later, the password of the laptop was still Raine’s birthday!He stooped to put her on the bed, and then he bent over her, and their bodies were close together. “Tell me what happened…”Her chest was heaving, she was panting, and her eyes were burning with anger. She did not answer his question.“Even if I’m sentenced, you’ll have to let me know what I did wrong, don’t you?”“The password!” She glared at him and squeezed two words out of her mouth.The password...He l
As Summer got out of the car, she remembered what she had seen at the restaurant. She looked at Mark, the corners of her mouth moving slightly but she held back.She wanted to say something, but she did not know how to say it, and the words were stuck in her throat, making her feel uncomfortable.After all, this was not an ordinary thing, the other party was his father. How could she say it properly?“Go up now, Charlotte can’t keep her eyes open. I’ll take her to kindergarten tomorrow.” He put his trench coat on Charlotte as he spoke.Summer nodded, swallowing the words back. She needed time to think things out before she told him.…In the hospitalRonald asked his assistant to get the report, and the results showed that Summer was indeed adopted.If so, then Summer was already 80 percent Samantha’s daughter, but one final step was needed.Samantha leaned back in bed, thinking of Summer and chuckling. She did not look like her at all.“You’ll have to let her know eventually
Looking at his back, Summer could not help but think of the scene under the table, and suddenly she felt uncomfortable from head to toe.They sat down and ordered a few dishes, and Summer came right to the point and asked, “Uncle, why do you want to see me?”“This, I think I should give you.” A brown envelope. Ronald handed it to her and took a sip of water. “Take a look.”Summer frowned, took the brown envelope, opened it, pulled out what seemed to be a report, held it in front of her, and looked down, reading it line by line…The further she read, the higher her eyebrows raised, the tighter her brow furrowed, the faster she breathed, and her chest started heaving.Summer closed her eyes, took a deep breath, pushed the paper away, turned and smiled at the waitress. “Is the food ready yet?”Ronald was surprised by her response. “You don’t believe this report?”“I don’t know why you want me to see something like this. I’m curious about it.” She took a sip of tea.“In fact, it wa
“Grandma, you eat the biggest piece. I’m the youngest. I’ll eat the smaller piece.” Charlotte handed Daisy the largest piece of watermelon back while nibbling the one in her hand.“Oh, my granddaughter is so kind. Tell me, what did you learn at school today?”“Respect our olders.” She thought carefully and said in a soft, tender voice.Hearing this, Daisy could not help laughing. “Respect our elders, honey, not olders.”“Err, right, elders.” Charlotte rubbed her face awkwardly.Summer kept wanting to talk about the issue but held back, and eventually, she did not ask the question. After lulling Charlotte to sleep, she went to the living room for a glass of water and found Daisy still sitting on the sofa, sorting out Charlotte’s childhood photos.In front of her lay three or four photo albums. Sitting down on the sofa, she picked up a photo album and flipped through it at random. She found that those were her photos, taken when she was very young. The whole album was all pictures
“I’ve raised you since you were a baby, now you’ve grown up to be so beautiful, nobody can take you away from me. Now tell me, what did you hear from someone else?”Summer shook her head and said casually, “No, I just heard some gossip, so I tried to get some reaction from you, but I didn’t expect you to confess so easily.”“You silly girl! I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want you to have any bad feelings. I raised you since you were just a baby; you are my own daughter, and if anyone says anything else, just ignore it.”They sat on the sofa and talked for a long time before saying good night to each other and going to bed.Summer was lying in bed. Her mind was in such a whirl that it could no longer function properly. It was only one day, but she felt her life had turned 180 degrees.Samantha was her biological mother, yet she was sleeping with Ronald!But Summer did not even want to acknowledge Samantha as her biological mother. Her life was good and peaceful now. She did no
With a burst of laughter, Summer felt a lot of relief from the annoyance she had been feeling today. The annoyance had dissipated a great deal from her mind.The call was not short, all the way from the office to the school gate. After getting into the taxi, Summer hung up the phone.Charlotte had been picked up by Daisy. Summer went straight back to her house, locked herself in her room, and began sorting out her confused thoughts and deciding what was the right thing to do.After thinking about it for a while, she got an idea in her mind and made a decision. She called Ronald and made an appointment to meet him later.The meeting place was not far from home. When Summer arrived, she saw Ronald and Samantha sitting side by side. She sat opposite them.“Summer, you asked us out at this hour. Have you made up your mind?” Ronald asked.Summer nodded her head faintly, her eyes brushing across Samantha. She looked calm, not excited or delighted.“If you want me to donate bone marrow
She called Ronald and asked him where he was.Ronald said he was meeting with someone important in Santabaca. They exchanged a few words, then hung up.She showered, put on her makeup, changed her clothes, and carried her bags. Yvette dressed up, paying attention to the details from head to toe and did not leave Valentine mansion until she was satisfied with herself.In the hospitalRonald hung up and peeled the apple. Samantha was lying in the hospital bed and looking at him, smiling. “Your wife?”“Yup.” Ronald cut the apple into small pieces and fed it directly into her mouth. “Why did you abandon your child?”“Of course there are reasons for doing that.” Samantha clearly did not like the topic. She looked languidly out the window. “Autumn is coming.”Looking out of the window, she could see that the leaves on the trees on both sides of the hospital had gradually turned yellow, and were falling gently with the autumn wind.Ronald poured another cup of warm water and went to o
Yvette’s hair was now a mess from the struggle. Her simple and elegant hairdo had become disheveled. She kicked and scratched Ronald, and then she lowered her head to bite his wrist.The bite took all her strength. Yvette did not let go of the bite until the faint taste of blood spread between her lips and teeth.Ronald took a gasp of pain and forcefully pushed Yvette away. Next, she picked up a glass and threw it at Samantha.Samantha jumped out of bed, but the glass smashed into the wall behind the bed, sending shards of glass flying in every direction. Some of the pieces cut her face, some cut her arms, and trickles of blood started oozing out.Ronald called the doctor in and, without saying a word, yanked the frantic Yvette out of the room.Back at the Valentine mansion, they inevitably had a violent quarrel. Valentine mansion became a mess in a moment, and everything that could be thrown was smashed. Ronald’s abdomen was hit by something thrown his way, and he was sitting on