Claire quickly found Ollie. She couldn't see a thing, so she could only hug him tightly. However, the first thing she felt was a warm liquid that made her body go numb."Someone! Help!" Claire yelled with all her might, quickly hugging Ollie. Then, she tried to find the exit through touch. The basement was too dark, and her legs trembled uncontrollably. Sofia was shocked. She quickly told her subordinate, "Go and take a look at the situation."The subordinate dared not delay and quickly brought Ollie up from the basement. Since there was a long flight of stairs, Ollie's body was covered with bruises when he stumbled down. His head was also bleeding, and the scene was shocking. When Sofia saw this, she almost fell to the ground, and her face turned pale. She couldn't even utter a word. Claire panicked and asked the maids to put Ollie on the bed while the private doctor and nurses rushed over to Ollie, who was unconscious. At this point, Claire's mind was blank. She didn't know
Everyone knew that Ollie wasn’t Javier’s biological child. No one knew who his biological father was, and he wasn’t related to Javier at all. However, they still treated Ollie respectfully, as he was under Javier’s care.At such a time, the doctor was worried when Claire insisted on the blood transfusion. If something happened to the baby in her stomach, they would also lose their jobs. However, they would also face heavy consequences if Ollie couldn’t be saved. The doctor panicked at the thought of that. Without any other choice, he looked at Claire, who was weak and lifeless. Finally, he said, "Mrs. Marquez, please don’t be agitated. Don’t worry. Your child is currently fine. I will stabilize his condition." Only then did some hope return to Claire’s lifeless eyes. She seemed to have grabbed the last saving straw and looked at the doctor in a panic. "Doctor, what should I do now? What can I do? I can donate my blood." Helpless, the doctor looked at her pitifully and said, "Mrs
If one were to look closely, one could see a deep sense of exhaustion in Javier's eyes as he had not been asleep for the whole night. However, Claire was so unhappy that she didn't care where Javier came from or how he rushed there. At this moment, she only felt contempt listening to what Javier said. She sneered and stared at Javier's handsome face in disbelief. "Guarantee? What can you guarantee? Ollie was fine, but what did your mother do? She ruthlessly harmed him. At this point, how can I still believe you?" Javier only found out about what happened, but it was only a brief summary. Pain appeared in his eyes when he heard what Claire said, but he was clueless about what he could do."Claire, it's my mother's fault. But I promise I will never let it happen again, okay? I also feel distressed that Ollie is hurt." Claire could only remember the scene of Sofia pushing Ollie into the basement. Other than resentment and pain, she couldn't process what Javier told her. She only fe
Just like that, they quietly waited for the test results. Due to Javier's connections, the doctor rushed over with the test results very quickly. "Mrs. Marquez, your blood type doesn't match the patient. You can't donate your blood," the doctor reported respectfully, and there was sympathy in his gaze. However, he dared not look at Javier behind Claire. The doctor could feel a dangerous stare from Javier. Claire widened her eyes in shock. The continuous blow was too much on her, and she almost fainted. Fortunately, Javier was behind her and quickly supported her. Nevertheless, Claire couldn't care about anything else and asked, "How is this possible? Doctor, I'm his biological mother. Plus, isn't it okay to transfuse blood as long as it is of the same blood type, right? He doesn't need a direct relative, right? Are you guys doing this on purpose?"All of a sudden, Claire was doubtful about the doctor's words. She couldn't help but question whether Javier told the doctor to say t
Javier wanted to say something more, but he saw Sofia pulling Pedro's arm with a conflicted expression. Then, she said, "This is my fault. However, I didn't mean to do it. It was an accident. This won't happen if the kid hadn't stopped me."Claire sneered, "Yes! If Ollie didn't stop me. You would've hit me again. What else do you want?" This time Claire was no longer afraid of Sofia and her nasty intentions. Her fear was wiped away after Ollie was injured. Sofia felt embarrassed when Claire pointed out the truth and showed a pained expression. She wanted to continue but couldn't utter a word in the end. Then, she looked at the operating theater with a complex gaze and opened her mouth. She felt guilty, so she couldn't speak. In the end, she turned to leave in shame.Pedro saw her reaction and was unhappy. After all, he also felt guilty, so he glared at Javier resentfully before leaving with his wife. Once Sofia and Pedro were gone, Claire breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't s
Javier was thinking about this matter, and his gaze was filled with complicated emotions. Unexpectedly, Claire shook her head in a dispirited manner. "Javier, I don’t want to listen to anything you say. I don’t feel safe with you right now. Please don’t torture me, okay?" Javier wished to hug Claire as tightly as possible when he heard that. However, he couldn’t find a suitable reason to do so. In the end, he sighed and said, "Claire, I know you’re upset because of Ollie’s accident. Please take care of yourself too. No matter what happens, I’ll be by your side and go through this difficult time with you." Claire closed her eyes tiredly, and tears slid down her face. She didn’t say anything else even though she had prepared many vicious words to say. In the end, all that was left was helplessness and pain. Now her priority was finding out what was going on with Ollie and making sure he recovered soon. She didn’t have time to deal with her relationship with Javier. Ollie was inside
Javier started to panic and snapped, "What are you dawdling for? Just tell us the truth." The doctor was worried that Claire had taken too much of a blow and might be upset again. That was why he slowed down. When he heard Javier's words, he was helpless and sighed, "Mr. and Mrs. Marquez, I'll just be frank. A suitable bone marrow transplant is the only way to save Ollie. Ollie is still a kid. If we find him a suitable donor, he'll heal very quickly." Claire was taken aback and was also confused. "I'm his mother. Can't you use mine?"However, things weren't always as simple as she thought. Otherwise, the doctor wouldn't show such a complicated emotion. The doctor said, "Mrs. Marquez, we're sorry. Unfortunately, your bone marrow isn't a match after we've taken the blood test. It's better if you could bring all of Ollie's direct relatives to have a check." After finishing, the doctor could obviously feel the changes in the atmosphere. He was momentarily taken aback before realiz
Javier thought that he just needed a little more time, and he could finally live a peaceful life with Claire. He didn’t expect Ollie to encounter such a tragedy. Moreover, it was caused by his mother, Sofia. Javier was scared to imagine how much hatred Claire would have for him after she woke up. How could they continue their relationship in this state? After going through so much misery, could they return to the happy times in the past? But no matter what happened, he would never let go of Claire. He would be by her side and face the upcoming challenges ahead. Even if Claire ignored him, he would carry on his duties as he wished to do it. For a whole night, Claire quietly slept on the bed. She was eerily still, like a porcelain doll that would shatter once touched. Javier sat by the bed. He seemed to have lost all the energy in his body and accompanied her silently. He stared at Claire’s features in a daze. This was the woman he loved, but he caused her to go through so much pai
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