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Taking Irene’s hand in his, Isaac said, "Is there anything you want? I can give it to you."Irene giggled, "Don't worry. I’ll get my one pound of flesh." Then, she steered the conversation away while acting casual, asking, "Where have you been today?""The office, of course." Isaac grinned, since she rarely asked him about his whereabouts. "What, worried about me?""Of course. I was worried you'd have an affair," Irene replied.Isaac chuckled softly in amusement.Irene shot him a glare. "What's so funny?""I just liked it that you asked. That's all," he replied.Irene was left speechless for a moment, and then suddenly remembered something else. "I've put together an agreement to hand Spencer Holdings over to Ricky. He's alone now that Samantha’s gone, and I hope that the company would encourage him to keep himself together—maybe he’d forget his misery if he's busy."She thought it necessary to Isaac.They had now decided to live together, and be involved in each others' l
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Kathy’s doctor asked, "Who’s she to you?" Irene actually did not hear the doctor, because what she read was too shocking! They actually checked her for that?!"When was she admitted? Who brought her in?" she asked, when she eventually looked up."Just today," the doctor replied. "Kathy York, was it? She was brought in by this heartthrob—I heard he's the CEO of Sky Group and the most eligible bachelor in the city. Her clothes were in pieces, and there were clear signs of foul play."Irene was disgusted, and hid her lips behind her hand as she retched."Are you alright?" the doctor asked in concern."I'm fine, thanks for asking." Irene waved it off, and returned the clipboard to the doctor. "It's nothing," the doctor said."Next dinner is my treat," Irene added."Thanks," the doctor smiled.Once again, Irene avoided meeting Kathy at her ward, because her mind was a mess at the moment.She didn’t want to doubt Isaac, but she did ask, and he didn’t tell her that he was the o
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Isaac stared at Irene from the back. She had smiled at him, but he felt no warmth from it.In fact, it felt icy.What had gotten into her?Suddenly not drowsy at all, he kept his eyes widened, his eyes glimmering in the dark room. On the other hand, Irene was sitting on the toilet although she turned on the shower sprinklers, and her clothes were still on.She had calmed herself on the way home, but for some reason, seeing Isaac left her flustered. She was afraid something really did happen between Kathy and Isaac. If there really was nothing between them, Isaac would’ve never allowed Kathy to be that close to him.Irene took out her phone to see that photo again: the angle was perfect, and it looked just like Kathy was pouting at Isaac as she tugged on his jacket. While Isaac was not facing the camera, anyone would think that they looked just like lovers.Irene felt a pain on her chest, and suffocated a little.She patted herself on the chest. Steam soon swirled all ove
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"I'm not…" Irene denied it at first, but soon became silent for a while.Eventually, she admitted, "Yeah, I don't want you to go."Isaac loved that she was being clingy. "Okay," he replied quickly without hesitation. That actually left Irene doubtful. Was it possible that she misunderstood him? After all, he really loved Tommy."What's in your mind?" Isaac reached out to gather her in her arms while she was left conflicted.Irene evaded him by instinct even though she didn’t mean to—her suspicion of him getting it on with Kathy made her repulsed by the notion of being intimate with him. As Isaac's hands were left hanging mid-air, she quickly tried to divert his attention. "Hmm… Where's Tommy?"Isaac glanced at the bed, where their son was sleeping soundly. It looked like Tommy wasn’t about to wake up anytime soon.He had actually noticed that Irene was being weird, but did not point it out. Even so, he calmly lowered his hands and pinched her button nose. "I won't get u
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Irene struggled, not eager to go with it. "Mmph… Stop it…! Isaac!"Isaac didn’t let her go, however, and instead kissed her even more fiercely. Unable to resist, Irene turned into jelly in his arms.After a long while, she finally gave up on reisting, he let go.Irene slowly looked up, crystalline tears lingering on her thick, curled eyelashes. "Why are you doing this?" Her voice was hoarse and tearful.Even though she didn’t like to cry, she felt utterly miserable at the moment.Isaac held her gaze. "Does it hurt? Your heart, I mean.""What…?""Couldn't you ask me if you have a question? Did you think I was cheating on you?" Irene was stunned, her gaze watery just then. "H-How'd you know?" Isaac did not answer, and instead asked, "Did you talk to Kathy?"Irene shook her head. "No.""Really?' Isaac was doubtful."You know I'm a doctor, and I have doctor friends," she explained. "I've only checked her medical records.""And you thought it was me?"Irene simply slippe
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Kathy asked, "Is Isaac not going to fall for me now?"'He wouldn't even if you weren't defiled,' Stan thought to himself. 'Why are you still not giving up?'He couldn’t say it, however, and instead said, "Yeah. You have no chance now after what Quincy did to you."Even if Stan didn’t continue directing Kathy's spite to Quincy Moore, Kathy absolutely loathed the woman now. "I hate her."With that, Stan stopped playing the recording. "My observation is that she really hates Quincy now. That spite can't be feigned."Irene promptly asked them, "So? Can you now tell me what happened?"Stan glanced at Isaac Jefferson then, and seeing his approval, began, "Well, it started with…"…When he was finished, Stan summed up, "And Kathy’s now still at the hospital."Irene patted her chest as he finished.Thank goodness Isaac wasn’t involved!So Kathy believed in Quincy and was exploited. The thought that Quincy was willing to ruin her chastity on a whim left Irene wary. She must be ca
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Irene wanted to build her career steadily, and Isaac chuckled. "Alright, if that's what you want… but," he said, his tone changing sharply, "Come to me directly if you feel doubtful again. Don't bottle it in and stress yourself out.""Yeah, I should've trusted you," Irene murmured softly—this was certainly her own shortcoming, because she should not have doubted him over nothing!If Isaac never noticed and she kept acting suspicious, their relationship definitely would have been affected—since they had just started, they did not hold absolute faith in each other yet.Picking up a piece of pie and holding it inches from her lips, he said, "Try this. It's good."Irene felt a sliver of embarrassment, but ate it eventually. The crunchy crust and the sweetness of the filling unfurled in her mouth, and she held a hand over her mouth as she said, "It's good."She then picked up another slice, and Isaac watched as she stuffed her cheeks like a hamster. Unable to resist smiling in amusem
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Ricky asked, "What's wrong?" Irene had already sprung to her feet. "Look at the date—it's today, and it starts at nine… but it's 8:50 now! I won't make it if I don't go now. I should attend it too, since it must've been hard to get this. I can't miss it.""Thanks, Ricky," Irene said, not forgetting to thank him as well. "It's nothing," Ricky replied, watching her. "You're my sister, after all.""I'll treat you to a nice dinner next time," she said as she reached the doorway. "Bye!"Hurrying to Jimmy, she said, "Quick, take me to the Central Hospital." Although Jimmy started the car right away, he asked in curiosity, "Again?""Something came up," Irene said patiently. "Hurry, or I'll be late.""Okay," Jimmy replied.They arrived at 9:25, but when Irene reached the conference hall of the hospital, she found it empty.Puzzled, she glanced at the address on the invitation, but she was at the right place… So why was it empty? She whipped out her phone to call Ricky, but tha
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Soon after the wedding, Mr. Fowler proposed for Stan to work at his company to get used to the work over there.He was worried as he did not have much time left, and it would not do if he was gone before the proper arrangements were made.Still, Stan returned to Franconia with Isaac and his family, sorting out things at work and finishing every task he had on hand.While Isaac used to have a lot of free time with Stan around, he was just slightly busier after Stan left. After all, no company should operate in a way that losing a single person would stall all their operations.And after a week, Stan sorted out all the remaining tasks he had in Franconia and returned to Zidonia to start work at the Fowlers' family business.While Stan had property in Zidonia too, he moved into the Fowlers' mansion, but not as a live-in son-in-law. He was simply aware of Mr. Fowler's illness, and Rea wanted to spend more time with her parents.And as the son-in-law, he was obliged to do that much.
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Despite feeling wistful, Mr. Fowler eventually passed Rea's hand to Stan. "I hope you will both cherish each other from now on."Rea told him, "We will."Thereafter, it was the usual proceedings of a wedding, with exchange of rings and vows, the wedding speech, and the luncheon!Though everything went smoothly, Mrs. Fowler could not help shedding tears.She was pleased that her daughter was finally getting married, especially since she was looking forward to this.But now that Rea really did marry, she was worried that her life might get difficult and unhappy.Such was the worrisome nature of mothers.-Later, Stan led Rea to Isaac's table.They were all acquainted, but Stan introduced everyone once again to reacquaint them with Rea.After all, she was no longer Zachary's friend's cousin now, but Stan's wife.Erin was grinning from ear to ear. "Congratulations.""Thank you." Rea smiled in return."Congrats," Baby said, imitating the adults.Rea reached out to stroke his c
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Zachary said, "I heard you sealed the deal with Rea Fowler, and her family is preparing for your wedding."Stan smiled. "I'm the look of success—getting a girl couldn't be simpler. See? I'm getting married already.""Well, I guess we're all taken now," Erin said.Tommy poked his head up just then. "Congratulations, Uncle Stan.""Thank you." Stan chuckled, patting his head."Also, I heard that you're marrying into the Fowler family?" Zachary asked.Everyone turned to stare at Stan in shock, but it was understandable.Stan was not that modest that he would have to go that far—he had money and was successful enough to afford a wife.Still, Zachary—who knew the Fowlers—suggested, "To be fair, they do need someone to take care of the family business…"-Either way, it meant that Irene's family would be delaying their return trip to Franconia.After all, none of them had expected to attend Stan's wedding so soon after Zachary's.Stan himself did not expect that either, as he had
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"What's the problem? We've already slept together," Rea said as she put her clothes on.She frowned as Stan was still on the bed and not moving. "What, are you going to stay in my bed forever?""What am I supposed to wear?" Stan shrugged. "You haven't brought my clothes here.""I'll get it for you."Rea remembered his suitcase then and hurried downstairs to bring it up."Wear whatever you like. I'll be waiting downstairs," she said and hurried away.Stan got out of bed and put on a suit—it was only right to dress formally when it came to discussing marriage.After cleaning up and heading downstairs, he found Rea sandwiched by her parents.Stan had no idea if she had already mentioned it, but both Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were both staring at him, leaving him further tense.Clearing his throat, Stan began, "Excuse me, but—""Yes, we agree to you marrying our daughter.""You mean marrying into our family," Rea corrected them.Everyone else was staring at her before asking all at o
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If Rea asked her parents now, they would only get sad, and life would become difficult for everyoneWhat should she do to make them happy?Right, she could get married! Her parents would definitely be pleased. As for the choice of bridegroom, did she not have one readily available here?If Stan could pretend to be her boyfriend, he could definitely be her husband too.They could fake their marriage if they had to!Putting the medical file back where she found it, she wobbled up to her feet and left the room.Stan had yet to step out of the bathroom when she returned, so she sat on the bed and waited.After a while, Stan stepped out with a towel around his waist and paused when he saw Rea sitting there. "Where are my clothes?" He asked, presuming that Rea had forgotten since there was nothing on the bed or the table. "My suitcase is still in your car trunk."Rea turned toward him. "Let's get married."Stan was left speechless for a moment and soon chuckled, "Did you forge
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Mrs. Fowler smacked her daughter, but while Rea thought she was angry, she said instead, "Just do your best."Rea's mind was blown—were her parents bewitched? They were completely different from before! A long time ago, her parents had used to tell her that she did not have to marry as long as she was happy.But later on, they had persistently sent her on blind dates… and now, they were telling her to seduce a man?Touching her mother's forehead, Rea asked, "Are you sick?"Mrs. Fowler slapped her hand off. "Your dad and I are leaving now.""Yeah." Mr. Fowler nodded. "The chauffeur is waiting."Rea walked them to the door and watched as their car left before returning inside.She did not go upstairs since Stan was asleep, and she would be bored—she was the type who just could not sit still.However, it was inappropriate if she left since that would leave nobody home.In her boredom, she thought of pranking Stan. She headed upstairs to find him asleep, and soundly at that.Ca
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Unable to argue against her parents, Rea said, "Fine, fine. Whatever you say."Mrs. Fowler smiled. "Then help Stan upstairs to get some rest.""Which room?" Rea asked.Mrs. Fowler realized with a start and quickly said, "Oh, there's no bedding in the guest room… So let him stay in your room."Rea was left staring at her in shock. "When did you get so open-minded? Letting a man stay in your daughter's room?"Mrs. Fowler shrugged. "What can he do when he's drunk?""Haven't you heard of drunken fumbles?" Rea asked.Both Mr. and Mrs. Fowler shook their heads at the same time. "Nope."Rea was left totally speechless—this was just outrageous!She would think that Stan was actually their son, if it was not for the fact that they were not acquainted before.They were not like this before either—even if they were urging her to get married, they were not throwing her at a man like this!Mr. Fowler then said, "If anything happens, we'll demand that he takes responsibility and marries y
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"I get it," Stan replied quietly. "I wouldn't have been upset even if you didn't explain yourself. But since you did, I forgive you."Rea's brow creased as she pursed her lips. "See? I knew it. We really shouldn't be too nice to you."While Stan was speechless, Mrs. Fowler was enthusiastically putting food on Stan's plate. "This is our family's favorite dish. Try it."Stan nodded after a bite. "It's good."Mrs. Fowler smiled, while Mr. Fowler poured him a glass of wine. "Can you hold your liquor?"Stan smiled. "More or less.""You're being humble now." Mr. Fowler smiled at him. "You're definitely a good drinker.""A little."Rea had enough right then. "Dad, Stan has work to do, and he has to return to Franconia tomorrow. You're going to make things difficult for him."Mr. Fowler smiled awkwardly. "Right…" "You think?" Rea huffed, snatching his wine away. "Everyone only gets to have one glass."Mr. Fowler glared at Rea. "Party pooper."Rea shrugged. "I'm doing this for your
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Rea turned her head aside. "Then what's your hobby?"Stan did a double take and remembered his life… which was work and more work.It had been years since he took leave, and he would not get to goof off the last few days if it had not been for Zachary's wedding.Hobby? He certainly did not have anything like that.Now that he thought about it, his life was boring and monotonous, and he did not have anyone very close.That was why he wanted a kind, understanding wife to care and offer him company while he took care of her needs.When he looked up at Rea, he clearly felt that she was not for him—he needed someone to take care of him, but with her, he would be busy taking care of her instead."You're looking at me weirdly," Rea suddenly said."How so?" Stan asked.Rea moved closer, looking him in the eyes and asking solemnly, "Don't tell me—you've fallen for me?""You don't just suffer from a flawed personality—you're narcissistic too."Stan pursed his lips and checked the tim
