What Tobias didn't know was that Lucy had woken up not long after he left the hospital. Upon gaining consciousness, she swept her eyes across the room she was in and realized that she was in a hospital.Lucy gradually recalled that she'd had a confrontation with Joey and found out a big secret. She had been about to tell Tobias about it, but she had gotten into a car accident. Her eyes were suddenly laced with coldness. She had no idea if it had truly just been an accident or if it had been orchestrated by someone.Lucy moved a little and felt that she could use her hands and feet, but she did feel a little pain. She checked herself and saw the signs of surgery. She sighed faintly.All of a sudden, there was some sound from outside the door. For an inexplicable reason, Lucy lay back down in bed and pretended to be asleep. "Lucy Everhart…"It was a voice Lucy had never heard before. There was nothing out of the ordinary with her. On the outside, she looked like she was asleep.
Maya was about to pull Quinton away, but he wouldn't have it.He bellowed, "Let me go, Maya. There's no need for you to be afraid of this scumbag. There are a lot of reporters here. He won't have the guts to do anything to you!"Maya appeared so fragile, and she was crying as well. In a matter of seconds, she won the sympathy of most of the people there. So, more and more people started to berate Tobias.Meanwhile, Tobias glanced at Maya coldly. No warmth could be seen in his eyes. Maya continued to pull Quinton away. "Let's leave, Dad…"Tobias roared, "None of you are leaving!" His voice was chilly. "The reporters are around. Let's seize the opportunity and lay everything on the table. You came to Ripley Residence and lied about having sex with me that day. Then, you went to the hospital for a test. Is that right?"Maya looked afraid; she hadn't expected Tobias to say all of that out loud. Tobias barked impatiently, "I asked you a question. Is that right?"Maya responded f
Lucy's eyes darkened as she watched the live broadcast. She turned off the phone and sighed gently. Emily had also seen the entire broadcast. She exclaimed in shock, "Gosh! I didn't see the twist coming at all, Ms. Lucy. I can't believe the Hudson family framed Mr. Ripley. He didn't do anything wrong, but he was berated terribly online. My heart breaks for him."Lucy looked out the window at the moon and sighed again. "Tobias and I are just trying to live our lives as any ordinary married couple does. But not everything in life goes according to our wishes. We're always haunted by such ridiculous scandals."Emily asked, "Judging by your tone, do you feel distressed about it?"Lucy nodded. "Yeah. We've been running into trouble every couple of days. It's as if the more loving we are, the more it bothers them."In the past year that Lucy and Tobias had been together, they had gone through too many hurdles. If today's incidents had happened to any other couple, they might've fallen
The next day, Tobias saw that Lucy hadn't woken up. He wanted to make it easier for himself to look after Lucy. So, he moved his office to the hospital and started working there. Lucy was pretending to be unconscious, but she could hear him clacking away on the keyboard. She couldn't move a muscle, even if she wanted to. Just as she couldn't take it anymore, she heard someone knock on the door. "Come in."Kate entered the ward with a fruit basket. "Hi, Mr. Ripley. I heard that Mrs. Ripley is in the hospital. So, I brought her some fruits."Tobias saw that it was Kate and put his document aside immediately. "You didn't come alone. Did you, Kate?"Kate shook her head and pointed at the door. "I came here with Mom."That was when Millie walked in and bowed awkwardly. "Hi, Mr. Ripley. Kate kept insisting on visiting Mrs. Ripley. I'm sorry for disturbing you two."Tobias turned his gaze to the bed and sighed gently. "It's fine. She's still unconscious. Go ahead and see her."Milli
Tobias saw that Kate was crying and felt a headache coming on. He exercised his patience and said, "Stop crying. I meant it when I said I can't do that."Lucy heard what he said and had an urge to get up to knock him on his head. He treated Kate so coldly that he was freaking her out.Kate continued bawling. "My friends are going to pick on me again." She wiped her tears. Now that Tobias rejected it, she had no choice but to leave. "Wait a minute." Tobias asked, "Do you often get picked on at school?"Kate nodded. "Yeah. They called me a bastard because I don't have a dad."Lucy was at a loss for words. How was it that children these days were this sharp-tongued? She was heartbroken when she heard what Kate said.At the same time, Tobias was also furious and heartbroken. However, he had no intention of impersonating someone else's dad. Tobias held Kate's shoulders and said, "You know I'm a public figure, Kate. Everyone knows Lucy is my wife. What would everyone think if I show
Tobias cast a glance at Lucy, who was lying on the bed unconsciously. He said, "Change it to a video conference.""This meeting is about the second round of funding for the piece of land downtown, Mr. Ripley. The shareholders are fighting with each other over this today. "Half of them think that we should sign the contract with Joaquin immediately to avoid complications down the road. Some of them maintain the stand that they should make a decision after you issue an instruction."This was what happened in large companies—people divided themselves into factions. Tobias frowned and said, "Give me the list of both factions.""I have it here, Mr. Ripley."Tobias took the list and read it. There were more than 20 shareholders. 12 of them thought that the company should sign the contract with Joaquin. Meanwhile, there were only eight shareholders who thought they should make a decision after Tobias gave his instructions.Looking at it, Tobias frowned. Out of the 20 shareholders, 10
Emily racked her brain and couldn't work out the logic behind Maya's actions. "I guess Maya's the only one who knows about it."Lucy asked, "Which police station is she in now?"Emily responded, "She's at Blackford Police Station. The officers are still interrogating her and looking into the case. What's your plan, Ms. Lucy?""Faith has been going to the police station recently. She was quite close to Miles. Maybe…" Lucy's eyes sparkled. "Make some arrangements, Emily. We need to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. Remember, we need proof!""Alrighty!" Emily added, "This is Joey and Mr. Ripley's parental test result. Also, I have the information about everything Joey did while she was overseas. Lastly, I secured the statement from the midwife who delivered Joey's child."One more thing. This is the paternal test result for Ms. Hawkins and Mr. Ripley."Lucy flipped through the test result, right down to the last page. Tobias and Fiona were confirmed to have blood ties.
"If this belongs to Tobias, I'll just put it on the desk." Like Rhett, Lucy didn't think too much about it, either. She took the report and laid it on the desk. Then, she gazed at Rhett, looking as though she had something to say. Rhett saw through her at one glance. "Just say everything on your mind, Lucy. Why bother biting your tongue?"Lucy blushed when she realized he could read her like a book. "What has Brett been up to lately?"Rhett shrugged. "We set up a few chain hotels at Crestview City this year, but they weren't doing too well. So, he went over there to work on it."Lucy was slightly surprised. The Eberhard family owned hotels in all corners of Clusia. It stood to reason to think that there were a lot of people working for Eberhard Group. She couldn't believe that the CEO had to handle this stuff in person. Lucy wondered if it was because Brett's employees were too incompetent or because Brett was too diligent in his work. Perhaps she'd be able to find out the who