Third person POVIsmail did not want to make Queen Meylani unhappy, so he followed Hazel out of the dining room to have his wound treated.Once Hazel was done, Ismail went back to the dining table to have breakfast. By then, everyone else had finished eating. At the dining table, there were only Queen Meylani, Hazel and him.Hazel could sense that Queen Meylani had intentionally stayed at the table, so she took a piece of bread from the plate and said to the two of them, "Queen Meylani, Ismail, you guys enjoy your breakfast. I'll go to work first."After Hazel left, Queen Meylani turned to Ismail and said, "Did you manage to find the girl that the witch asked you to find?"Ismail did not expect that his mother would suddenly ask this question. He stopped eating and said, "Not yet.""Did you even try to find her or not?""I did. I couldn't find her," said Ismail."Who is this girl? Why is it so hard to find her?" Queen Meylani became anxious. Lillian seemed like she did not care about
Third-person perspective.In the store, Ismail was lounging on the sofa and flipping through a magazine when his phone pinged. He quickly finished skimming through the article in the magazine before he reached for his phone and clicked on the message:"Your card has been charged $1600."He had given his secondary card to no one else but Lillian, while the rest of the women he commonly paid off using cheques.He'd given her the card back then because she had returned the clothes, and he'd needed her to repurchase them. She had never swiped the card again until the one thousand-plus dollars this day.He was wondering what she'd spent the money on when the door of the locker room suddenly opened. In waltzed Katrina, clad in a seductive dress, standing in front of him with a smile. "What do you think? Is this okay?"Looking her up and down from head to toe, he stuffed his phone back into his pocket and stood up from the sofa. He raised his uninjured hand and adjusted the rose on her shoul
Lillian's perspective.Looking as the medical personnel shuffled away with Lillian on the stretcher, Ismail breathed in relief. In fact, he himself didn't know why he'd been gripped by anxiety when he saw her fall.It was blatantly obvious that he didn't want this child. So why did it feel like he had been to h*ll and back when he realized that she might lose the child? Why had he sent her to the hospital in the shortest time possible?"Don't worry, Ismail. She will be fine." Sitting down beside him, Hazel comforted him.He nodded, then turned his head to ask, "Why were you two at the mall?""Why were we?" Hazel laughed. "Well, didn't Mother always want me to spend more time with Chloe? I didn't have to work overtime today, so I could hang around with her. She was buying baby clothes in the store. That's when she saw you... and your assistant who was testing out a dress. I think she, you know, probably chose to take the elevator because she didn't want to bump into you guys." As she s
Lillian's perspective.I couldn't resist gulping, a manifestation of my fear.I really wished I could portray that Ismail-esque indifference to the results of the examination.Taking a deep breath, I put on a straight face and confronted his gaze. "I know my child best. He's very healthy, thank you very much. I hope you can keep your promise when the time comes."He nodded. "Of course. Right back at you."I took another deep breath and turned my face away from him.The ward had just quieted down when there was a series of frantic knocks on the door, after which Helen pushed the door open and dashed in. Scanning the surroundings of the ward, she fixed her eyes on the two of us and said anxiously, "Something bad happened, Luna. The Queen... the Queen fainted.""What did you say? How did that happen?" Ismail frowned and asked anxiously as he followed Helen out.As soon as I heard that the Queen fainted, I immediately got off the bed and chased after them to the emergency room."Her Majes
Lillian's POVHanging up the phone, I called Rebecca and asked her to help me reach out to Sofia.Sofia's husband was the CEO of Starlight Hospital, which was equal in standing to Hogen Hospital, a large private hospital.I would have to ask Sofia for help every time I encountered something, and that made me feel really guilty. I had little choice but to ask Rebecca for this favor.The three of us decided to meet at a coffee shop opposite Starlight Hospital. Despite being in the same city, it had been half a year since we last met.I looked at Sofia. She was still so pure, like a breath of fresh air, or a flower that bloomed in the cold. How in God's name had I even fallen out with her?The last time we'd met was in the second week after my wedding, during which I'd spent time contemplating if I should tell my best friends the truth about my marriage.But the last thing I would have expected was for Sofia to spring up from the couch after hearing what I'd disclosed. She'd picked up th
Lillian's POV"What do you think?" I said, "I can't choose between the two. It's impossible for me to kill my own baby for my brother. Well, that's all. Just give me your answer tomorrow."I ended the call.I stood in front of the window for a while. Lying down on the bed, I closed my eyes and kept replaying in my mind what had happened today.Now that I had time to think about it, this decision was the best. If everything went well tomorrow, I would have a brand new life. I would no longer have to be trapped in the gilded cage that was the Amus family. I would no longer be torn between hating and harboring any feelings that I shouldn't have for Ismail, Grandma's murderer.I was not worried that Mira would reject me. She wouldn't. This was a win-win opportunity.Early the next morning, I received a call from her.Because I was worried that the Amus family would find me, I'd turned off my phone after I came out of the coffee shop. I didn't turn off my phone again, except for last night
Lillian's POVStanding in the line waiting to pass the security check, I turned on my phone. I was trying to find out how many calls I'd missed when I received a call from Rebecca.I swiped to answer, and the first thing I heard was her howl and wail. "Lillian! You finally turned on the phone. My hand is getting numb from calling you. I...""What's wrong? What happened?" I interrupted her wailing."It's that A-hole Ismail! What kind of a d*ckhead is he! He threatened to kill me if I didn't tell him where you were...""Did you tell him?"I heard a muffled and guilty "Uhm..." followed by "I'm sorry, I had to. I'm sorry..."My mind went blank. I quickly cut off the call and peeked at the queue. There were still two people in front of me. Everything would be fine as long as I passed the security check and got on the plane. I hoped that he would not catch up so soon.I closed my eyes and prayed in my heart. Then I turned around. Through the crowd, I saw him heading toward me, his chilly ey
Lillian's POVAs I sat in Ismail's car, I felt uncomfortable. No matter how I adjust myself, I still could not find a comfortable position.I stole a glance at Ismail and remembered the scene when he held me from behind and his lips on my neck. "Why did he do that? Why?"I unconsciously touched the part of my neck where he kissed. I took a deep breath. This man was getting more and more difficult to see through.As if sensing my discomfort, Ismail tilted his head to look at me. "What are you afraid of? Where did your courage to jump off the bridge go?""I..." I looked at his calm face and said, "I'm afraid that I would suffer more if I lived rather than died."The corners of Ismail's lips twitched. "If you insist on giving birth to this child, it will be worse than death."I smiled bitterly. This wasn't what I was afraid of.Before I could say anything more, we pulled up in front of the Amus family mansion. I unconsciously straightened my back and the expression on my face gradually b