Tobias and Lucy made love in the car, which was parked in the suburbs, for a long time. Just thinking about it would be enough to make anyone blush.Tobias and Lucy still hadn't adjusted to the jet lag. They were extremely exhausted. So, they dozed off in the car. It was already evening by the time they woke up. Both of them were starving, too."Darling…" Lucy said with a lilting voice and stared at Tobias. He opened his eyes and stared at her profoundly."I'm hungry. We should go home and have dinner.""Yeah," Tobias responded softly. Both of their outfits were so messy that they couldn't wear it anymore. So, he gave Finn a call. "Bring me and Lucy some clothes. I'll send you the location on WhatsApp."Tobias was about to hang up when Finn added. "There's just one more thing, Mr. Ripley. I let Chad slip away from me when I was taking him to the police department…"Finn trailed off into silence toward the end of his sentence. His voice was extremely low, too.Lucy was sittin
"Tobias, I'm explaining myself, but you just won't listen. It doesn't matter what I say—you'll just think that I'm wrong, and you're right. I can't reason with you!"I don't want to talk to you right now. You can calm down by yourself!"Both of them were infuriated after the fight. Lucy had never thought that there would come a day when Tobias would mindlessly accuse her. Tobias noticed that Lucy was getting out of the car. He instinctively grabbed her hand, but he was worried that he was too rough and might've hurt her. So, he withdrew his hand again. "Where are you going?"Lucy said angrily, "Mind your own business!"She felt so sorry for herself. She had sacrificed so much for Tobias, but he was actually doubting her love for him. He must have a screw loose!The more Lucy thought about it, the more sorry she felt for herself. Tears welled up in her eyes as she turned on her phone's flashlight and searched for the pair of wedding bands in the bushes. "I told you. Forget ab
Joey had seen through Tobias and Lucy, but neither of them denied it. Instead, they put on a stern expression and turned their heads sideways, not intending to see each other. Zayne said, "Married couples patched things up right away after they had a fight, son. Don't let a trivial matter hurt your relationship."Tobias sneered and asked, "Are you trying to give me advice? Perhaps you should take a look at yourself before you do that."Tobias was so ruthless that the smile on Zayne's face froze. "Tobias Ripley!"Zayne was so enraged that his face was reddened. Tobias gave him a cold sidelong glance and said out of nowhere, "Did I say something wrong?"The air in the room became so tense that one could cut it with a knife. It felt as if Tobias and Zayne were about to get into a physical fight. Lucy grabbed Tobias' arm tightly and said, "Be nice, darling."Tobias raised his eyebrow. They had just had a fight in which they addressed each other by their full names. The moment he h
Tobias was confused. "Who is that?"Walter said, "The daughter of the Hawkins family, Ms. Fiona Hawkins!"Speaking of the devil, the catalyst that had instigated the conflict had just shown up in person. Tobias narrowed his eyes, his voice dangerous as he said, "Let her in.""Tobias!" Joey's voice had a hint of panic. "Why are you letting her in?"Joey felt unexplainably nervous, as if the secrets she had been hiding for decades were about to be exposed at this very moment."She'll be such a killjoy. You should send her away." Joey tried her best to stop Tobias from meeting Fiona."I listened to the both of you argue about her all the time when I grew up. I want to meet her and see what kind of woman could come between both of you! Walter, bring her in.""Okay."After a while, Walter brought Fiona to the living hall.Fiona wore professional attire and had medium-long hair. She looked refined, even at her age.When she entered, Joey was as defensive as a porcupine with its qui
Uncontainable rage burned in Tobias' eyes, making him look like a triggered lion. To him, Howard was more important than his own life!He thought about how everyone had kept the truth that Howard was admitted to the ICU. He was enraged and worried about Howard's condition."I…" Joey's mouth hung open. She wanted to say something, but she swallowed her words when she saw how outraged Tobias was. He looked like he was about to eat her alive."Tell me!" Tobias was practically roaring. "Why did you keep this from me? I had to learn about Grandpa's hospitalization from an outsider!"Tobias felt this situation was ridiculous and pathetic.Fiona felt inexplicably uncomfortable when she heard Tobias address her as an outsider.Zayne felt guilty and was at a loss for words.Eventually, Tobias's gaze fell on Walter. The latter sensed Tobias' domineering glare and knew he had to come clean. Walter sighed and said, "Mr. Ripley, everyone was speculating Ripley Group would go bankrupt durin
Tobias arrived at Howard's bedside at the hospital. Howard was about to head to bed. He'd never thought Tobias would appear before him. He was perplexed."Why are you here, Tobias?""Grandpa, why didn't you tell me you were hospitalized?"Tobias was anxious about Howard's condition. He held Howard's hand, feeling extremely worried for him.Lucy said with concern, "How are you feeling, Grandpa? Do you feel any discomfort?"Tobias said, "Grandpa, why don't we let the doctor run a full-body examination on you? Why did you stay here? Why don't we admit you to a hospital under Ripley Group?"The couple was sincerely concerned for Howard."I'm okay. Don't worry about me." Howard held Tobias' and Lucy's hands and stacked them together. He didn't know Tobias and Lucy had argued again. However, when Tobias and Lucy's hands were clasped together, something was off between them, but neither pulled away.Howard spoke from the bottom of his heart. "However, I'm old. I could leave this wor
Howard was just asking out of concern, but Tobias and Lucy felt uncomfortable as they heard it.Howard didn't know that Lucy couldn't get pregnant again.Lucy's face turned pale as she heard the question by the door. She looked at her toned belly. A hint of despair flickered in her eyes.Tobias lowered his gaze, hiding the sorrow in his eyes. Someone had hurt them to the point that they were no longer able to be parents. Only they knew the pain.Tobias swallowed hard. He didn't answer the question and changed the topic. "Enough about us, Grandpa. Do you know that Mom and Dad are getting married again?""Getting married?"Howard's voice turned sharper at this point in the conversation. "Why are they planning to get married again? Why didn't they tell me about it?"Tobias scoffed at his response. "It looks like they planned only to inform you after they acted on it."Lucy stood by the door and heard the conversation to this point. She collected herself and knocked on the door lig
Joey wanted to say more on the call, but Tobias had hung up.Joey's heart dropped. She called Tobias again. After two beeps, a voice came through the phone. "Sorry, the person you called is unavailable."She was like a deflated balloon. "Zayne, what should I do now? Our son blocked me.""He is still furious. Contacting him now will anger him more.""What if he announces to the public that he is disowning me?"Zayne struggled to answer her. There was no point in Joey being angry with him when things had reached such a point.If she didn't act fast, she'd bring disgrace to the Sheltons and become a laughingstock when Tobias announced the news.Joey collected herself as she thought about it and said, "I'm hungry, Zayne. Can you get me food from downstairs?"Zayne didn't give it further thought and agreed.After sending Zayne away, Joey called Ross. "Dad, the cat's out of the bag. Tobias found out I was the reason his grandfather was hospitalized. Now, he wants to have nothing to