Shawn was worried that Hattie would do something to Ollie that would traumatize him, so he was driving faster than usual. He had always followed traffic laws. However, he didn't hesitate and ran the red light. The traffic police officer, who wanted to chase after him, noticed it was Shawn's sports car. Not wanting to cause unnecessary trouble, he didn't do anything.When Shawn reached the Snyder house, he didn't care about being polite and repeatedly rang the doorbell as if he was scared the people inside wouldn't hear him. "Who's that? I'm coming! Stop ringing the bell!" The maid quickly opened the door as she was irritated by the sound."Where's Hattie? Is she home? I have something important to discuss with her." Once the door was opened, Shawn did not wait for the maid to speak and went straight to the point."Yes, she's upstairs. I'll go and get her." The maid saw that Shawn was in a hurry and dared not waste time. She turned and was about to go get Hattie."No, thank you.
"What do I mean? Do you think what you did is righteous? Do you think you've hidden the fact that you've framed her perfectly? Wake up! Don't be such a fool. You want evidence? If I bring Javier the evidence, what would he do? And how would you end up? I really am curious." Shawn snorted. He looked at her condescendingly and smiled. Hattie was now frightened. "Shawn, don't mess around, please!"Shawn did not speak and looked at her."Shawn, please don't act like this…" Hattie's eyes were red, and tears streamed down her face, making her look pitiful. "What's the matter? Now that your misdeeds are exposed, you're crying to me? Where was that arrogance from a few moments ago, huh?" Shawn ridiculed her. Hattie bit her lip, and her eyes were red. If Javier had seen the evidence, she would never get the chance to marry him. Thinking of that, she composed herself. She had plotted all this for so long just to be with Javier. Once Shawn showed the evidence, everything would be in vain.
Behind Shawn, Hattie screamed anxiously, "Shawn, please don't tell Javier about it."However, he didn't answer her and left. Hattie stood there and looked down at herself. Finally, a feeling of shame filled her heart. She trembled from the shock and cried. "Hattie Snyder, when did you become so shameless?" she muttered. Then, she slapped herself. The burning pain spread across her cheek and seemed to reach her heart. Finally, she couldn't bear it and cried. Javier stopped his car in the garage. His brows were tightly knitted. Although he had reached home, he had no intention of getting out of the car. Ollie was nowhere to be found, and he had sent many men to find him. Still, he received no news. It was as if Ollie had disappeared from this world."Impossible!" Javier was anxious, and his grip on the steering wheel tightened. His eyes were cold as he wondered if someone had kidnapped Ollie…Suddenly there was a knock on the car window, and it was the butler. "Sir, please come do
"My conscience left when you stopped me from marrying Claire. Now, I'm going to find her and Ollie, and you had better hope they're safe. If not, this wedding is not going to happen!" Javier said directly. Pedro lay on the couch in anger while Sofia tried to calm him down, feeling anxious herself. The wedding invitations had been sent throughout the city. If they didn't get married, the Marquez family's reputation would go down the gutter, and they'd become the joke of the city.Sofia cared highly about the Marquez family's reputation. Now that the news was spread, it would affect the family if there were changes or if the wedding was canceled. So, she was anxious when Javier said he would refuse to go on with the wedding. She wanted to stop her son and tell him what he was doing was wrong and that it would be bad for the family's reputation. "We have announced the wedding, and you want to cancel it? Do you even care about our reputation?" Sofia angrily asked. If they went back
Hattie was unrelenting. She couldn’t just watch her hard work crumble just because of Javier. However, she knew that this wedding would be over if anything happened to Ollie and Claire. Suddenly, she realized she could only ensure that Claire and Ollie were fine. Ollie was currently locked in a secret room by her. If something happened to him and Javier found out, she would be doomed. Javier would not let the wedding go as planned if they were hurt. With no other choice, she could only go to the secret room and find Ollie. She was thinking about how to deal with him so this matter could be perfectly sealed. Every time Hattie was reminded that Javier only cared about Ollie and Claire, she would feel deep jealousy and hate.In the secret room, Ollie had been making a fuss ever since he was locked here by Hattie. As a result, everything in the room was a mess. Although Hattie ordered the Snyder family’s maid to keep an eye on Ollie, they were human after all. When they saw how cut
Ollie held his breath and was so terrified that his whole body trembled. Still, he gritted his teeth and did not make a sound. Then, he heard footsteps coming his way. It seemed they were chasing over in the direction he escaped.“Quick! Find that little bastard!” Hattie ordered.She had searched around the house to no avail. Suddenly she realized that although Ollie was a kid, he was smart. Even with so many people looking after him, he could escape. He should be hiding somewhere. “Yes.” The maids caring for Ollie quickly took action and dared not waste time.After seeing those people leave, Ollie ran to the gates of the Snyder family. Just as Ollie thought he could run out of the house, he met Hattie’s subordinates. “Kid, stop running!”Shocked, Ollie ran even faster. Just as he was about to reach the gates, he fell.However, he quickly crawled up. Then, he glanced back and found that they were about to chase him and was in a trance for a while. He was terrified of being cap
Hattie squeezed Ollie's face and forced him to look at her. She was strong, and his cheeks hurt. However, the harder she squeezed, the more he held back his tears. He was Mommy's brave soldier, so he could not cry."Kid," Hattie spoke and looked at his eyes filled with tears. Still, he maintained a stubborn expression. She felt conflicted as Ollie's expression looked similar to Javier's, his father, and the man she loved.However, she quickly denied this feeling, as everyone knew Ollie wasn't biologically Javier's child. Then, she looked at Ollie, who was on the verge of tears, and narrowed her eyes. She gradually put on more force as she pinched his face. "Kid, you're now in my hands, so you'd better listen to me. Don't think I don't know what's on your mind. If you're disobedient, you'll never get to leave."Ollie stubbornly looked at her while a tear rolled down his face. He clenched his fists and yelled, "You're an evil woman. Because of you, Dad and Mommy canceled the wedding
Once Hattie was gone, Ollie only looked up at her retreating figure. He thought that although she fed him, he still hated her. She bullied him and his mommy and even wanted to take Dad away from them.So, he had to eat more to gain energy and think of a way to leave this place. Hattie returned to her room. Then, she closed the door and pulled the curtains close. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. By doing so, no one could eavesdrop. She took out her phone and dialed a number. Once it was answered, she flirtatiously said, “Hello? It’s me. Hattie.”Her sweet tone and her ferociously yelling at Ollie were completely different. The other person replied, “Oh? Hattie. Is there anything I can help you with?”“Igor, I want that medicine.” Before Hattie could explain, Igor said, “That thing? I don’t have it. Why don’t I give you Richard’s number? He’s mad that you haven’t been calling him. You should give him a call.”“What?” Hattie knew Richard was difficult to deal with.“Yes.
Hattie looked extremely sincere in her pleading. However, when Sofia did not answer or even look at her, she began to lose confidence. Sofia's face was impassive. "Hattie, I've known you since you were a baby, but I can't help you with this. Please leave." She did not want to discuss the other stuff with her yet.However, Hattie was obstinate. She looked at her with tears in her eyes. "Aunt Sofia, please, please help me. I know it's not much trouble for you, but it can save our entire family. You've always been so kind to me. I promise that the Snyder family will repay you for your kindness!"Hearing this, Sofia felt uncomfortable. She raised her head and gazed at her coldly. "In this case, Hattie, I'll tell you why I won't help you," she said impatiently. "Do you really not know what you've done? I won't say it, but I know exactly what you've done to Ollie. You deserve everything that's happening to you now."Hattie widened her eyes, partly in shock and partly in disbelief when she h
Javier paused outside the door and waited until Claire left before giving his subordinates a look. They understood perfectly and grabbed Chantelle at once.As Javier had ordered, they were to send this woman abroad as far away as possible and leave her to fend for herself.Outside the hotel, Claire looked up at the sky blankly. She felt like a huge burden had been taken off her shoulders; for the first time in a long time, she felt relieved of all the hurt that she had suffered five years ago. Turning back, she told Javier, "Thank you, Javier, for allowing me to face my fears. I feel so relieved now."Javier's expression fell when he heard her thank him. He tapped her on the nose fondly in exasperation. "What are you talking about? Of course, I won't let those who hurt you get off so easily. They have to pay for what they have done."Claire was touched to see him so protective of her. A surge of warmness spread in her chest as she gazed at him fondly. "I'm lucky to have you, Javier."T
That was all Armand could think of.In just a few minutes, Chantelle admitted to everything she had done to Claire over the past few years.From drugging Claire out of jealousy and getting a stranger to assault her to getting Liam to banish her abroad, she admitted to everything. Claire knew some of them, but not all; only now did she know the extent of her crimes.When she was finished, everyone in the room sported conflicting expressions. Liam looked especially hurt and remorseful. It turned out that his younger daughter had always been evil, and he had wrongfully blamed Claire for all these years.Armand, on the other hand, didn't know how to feel about all this. He glanced at Claire and Javier. He felt that he really didn't deserve Claire, after all he had done. He had thought Chantelle to be kind and naive and had trusted her blindly to the point that he almost married her.Thank goodness the wedding didn't happen. Even so, he had lost Claire thanks to this. It made him regret eve
If Chantelle told Claire the truth about what happened that night, then there would be nothing stopping her from having a happily-ever-after with Javier.Back then, driven by jealousy, she had drugged Claire and put her in Javier's bed without their consent. She had planned all of this out herself meticulously. She had gotten Armand to catch Claire in the act so that he would call off the engagement and be with her instead. Liam banished Claire abroad to fend for herself. However, if she had known that the random stranger she had arranged to assault Claire was Javier, she never would've done it.Even so, it was a perfect plan worthy of a blockbuster film. Claire and Javier never found out the truth, nor did they know that Ollie was actually Javier's son.It took them two years of skirting around each other only to find out that they were meant to be in the first place. Now that the truth was out, Claire would not settle for prison as a punishment for the cause of all her suffering. Sh
After a lot of persuasion, Claire and Sofia finally managed to get Ollie to agree to stay in the hospital for another three days.Of course, three days weren't enough. Sofia and Pedro tried everything they could to convince Ollie to stay in the hospital for as long as possible.However, Ollie was smart enough to see through their ruse. He felt guilty when he saw them trying to cajole him into staying, so one day, after another attempt, he spoke up hesitantly, "Grandma, Grandpa, I'm glad that you're trying to keep me happy, and I'm touched that you're concerned about me, but I've been in the hospital for too long and it's making me sad. I promise that I'll listen to the doctor even when I'm at home, okay?" Under his bright, clear gaze, Sofia's protests died in her throat, leaving only exasperation and wordless sorrow.Ollie was too mature for his age. How could they not love him?Therefore, Ollie got his wish and was discharged three days later. In order to take care of Ollie, Sofia an
Hearing this, Javier narrowed his eyes. He felt like he was on the verge of grasping something, but the feeling passed too quickly for him to register it. Softening his tone, he said, "There's no need to be scared, Ollie. We're all right here with you. We'll protect you no matter what happens. Can you tell me what you remembered?"Ollie might have regained his memories from before he'd been drugged.Buoyed by the encouragement, Ollie thought hard for a moment and said with a frown, "I … I remember a lady beating me. She locked me up and didn't let me eat anything while saying bad things about me and Mommy all the time. I wanted to fight back, but I was too weak. After I tried to run, she caught me and beat me up some more and forced me to eat food off the floor." Toward the end of this, Ollie burst into tears.Claire's heart hurt for him. She wanted to hug him, but Javier got there first."Tell me, Ollie, do you know her name?" Javier's voice was thick with tears as well. "Do you remem
With that, Henry threw a glance at the rest of the employees and hurried them out. He also dragged Raina and Thomas out with him, leaving only Claire and Javier's parents to keep him company.Since it was only a small procedure for Javier, he did not get a lot of anesthesia. He tried to wriggle his body a little. Realizing what he was doing, Claire quickly helped him sit up.Javier did not look like he had just come out of surgery. Thanks to his strong physique, he looked fine.Seeing this, Sofia finally eased up a little on her worries. "How are you feeling, Javier?"Javier shook his head. "I'm fine, Mom. I just need some rest. How about Ollie? Did they say when he'll wake up?" He already knew that the surgery was a success, so he wanted to know when he would be able to see Ollie."Randy said that Ollie will be out for some time, but he's fine," Claire replied. Javier nodded. He, too, finally eased up on the tight knot of worry that was weighing his chest.Once he was sure that Javie
The surgery took three hours.As time went by, Claire got more and more anxious. However, there was nothing she could do but wait.In the end, Sofia was the first to crack. She went up to Claire and said anxiously, "Claire, are you sure that Dr. Xenos is good? It's been three hours, why aren't they out yet? I have a bad feeling about this."Claire wasn't exactly relaxed either, but she didn't show it. She gathered her thoughts and comforted Sofia. "Everything will be fine, Mrs. Marquez. Randy is a well-known surgeon, I'm sure he knows what he's doing. Don't worry." She wanted to reach out to comfort her, but in the end, she just sat there with an awkward expression. This was probably how their relationship would be in the foreseeable future—awkward and distant.Pedro watched their interaction with an air of knowingness. "Stop crying, Sofia," he said. "They're fine, you don't have to cry about them. Claire's still pregnant, don't upset her."Sofia was about to get angry about his admoni
At that, Javier narrowed his eyes dangerously.The Weiss family wasn't in a stable condition right now, so it wouldn't be hard for him to take revenge on Claire's behalf. Now that he knew the truth of what had happened, he had to find a way to punish the perpetrators.The news that Ollie was Javier's biological son quickly spread, especially after Sofia held a party in celebration. In fact, it made headlines the day before Ollie's scheduled surgery.Javier wasn't surprised about it. He had been looking for an opportunity to announce it to the public so that there wouldn't be unsightly rumors that would affect Claire. Claire, on the other hand, felt a little uncomfortable about the announcement. After all, she had always been a private person; she didn't want anyone to disturb her peaceful life.After a while, though, she got used to it.The most important contributor to this was that it benefited Ollie. From now on, he wasn't a fatherless child anymore. He could tell anyone who would l