Sick and tired of listening to her insufferable yapping, Giselle grabbed Maddie's wrist, pushed Charlotte aside, and walked forward.Charlotte's face was contorted with rage when she saw how arrogant Giselle was being.Even though Charlotte was boiling on the inside, she did not go after them.Once she saw Giselle open the door of the room Cody was in, she scurried into the adjacent room 4006.With the door closed, they were sealed away from everything that was happening outside.The dim light in the room dampened the blazing fire inside her. Restlessness soon began taking hold of her.It was Charlotte who contacted Cody this evening. She was the one who had set everything up.Considering the current situation the Grants were going through, she could no longer afford to wait until the end of the year for the engagement.The engagement date was just too far away. There were too many variables at play. If Jonathan happened to change his mind down the road, what would become of he
Concurrently, Giselle had kicked the door of the adjacent room wide open. At that exact moment, Cody had a woman in each of his arms.Maddie was livid, her entire body trembling with fury.Giselle stood behind her so that she could catch Maddie if she collapsed from shock."M-Maddie…" The colors drained from Cody's face. He unknowingly pushed the women in his embrace away, eager to rush over and explain himself.In a hurry, he knocked the glasses off the table.Maddie cried out, "Don't come near me!"The entire time she walked down the hallway, she had wished that everything was a misunderstanding. That Cody had only hired those ladies for entertaining the guests, and that he would not be touching any of them.But reality dealt her a heavy blow.Cody was the only man inside the room. And there was not only one but two women in his embrace!Maddie broke down. No longer able to hold herself back, she began crying like a broken faucet. Her sobs became more and more rapid. She lif
With the inclusion of this relationship, Maddie had only been in a relationship twice.The first relationship ended because her ex-boyfriend cheated on her.She had thought that history would not repeat itself. Who knew that it would be a double blow instead?Cody used work as a cover-up to fool around with escort girls for his personal entertainment.How revolting.How truly repulsive!Maddie's stomach churned terribly. She bent over and began dry heaving.Cody lifted his hand, wanting to go over and hold her up, but Giselle's quick hands immediately slapped his hand away.The man yelped in pain as he retracted his hand in pain."What the fuck?"Giselle shot him a glare. She wanted to let him know the pain.Jonathan began piecing things together.His interim assistant had hired escort girls under the guise of work so he could fool around behind his girlfriend's back. And now that he got caught red-handed, he was pinning it all on Jonathan.Jonathan let out a snicker bef
Just as Jonathan raised his arms, Giselle delivered a nimble roundhouse kick, effectively hitting him on the forearm.The cry of pain filled the air as Cody failed to brake in time, the glass shard clutched in his hand slicing into Jonathan's shoulder.The blood gradually dyed his shirt in crimson. Jonathan's complexion turned somber and pale."M-Mr. Lawson…"Cody was so petrified that he began trembling, "I-I didn't mean to hurt you. It's not my fault. It's all this bitch's fault!"He really was a professional in shifting the blame onto someone else. Giselle snickered. "Right, right. I used my psychokinetic abilities and mind-controlled you to attack Jonathan."She realized at that moment that she really had the talent for being a scapegoat.Giselle could not help but doubt herself. Did she really look like a pushover?People were always making her their scapegoat, and they always made it look so real. They were always so sure that she was a pushover who would not fight back
It was not until he got hit in the face with an object that his mind snapped back to reality.The object that Maddie threw at him appeared to be a crystal bracelet.Cody had gotten the cheap beads off of Wish. It only cost him a few pennies for a huge bag of beads.He had made it himself, so it was, in a sense, the only one in the entire world. Still, Maddie never regarded it as something cheap and worthless. In contrast, she had always worn it as if it was made of precious gemstone.Cody started to become worried."Maddie—""Cody, let's break up."Maddie was so heartbroken that she could feel the air being sucked out of her lungs. Her tears had already dried up. Her breathing was rapid, as evidenced by the tremors in her voice.Despite the pain she was feeling, she was resolute. Her boyfriend had severely overstepped the boundaries she had set. She could no longer tolerate it anymore.Even if she still loved him a lot, she no longer wanted to keep this relationship.Cody w
The phone rang for more than ten seconds before Giselle finally answered.As the screen flashed open, the enlarged face of a gorgeous man appeared on her phone.The image was a little shaky. Chester had switched to the rear camera.Giselle was puzzled for a second.She stared at the screen, bemused. She had no idea why Chester raised his hand and walked around the room.She was waiting for him to explain.Eventually, he showed her every nook and cranny of the room, including the bottom of the bed, the wardrobe, and other inconspicuous areas as well.Five minutes later, Chester switched it back to the front camera again.He raised the phone with one hand while the other went to loosen his tie.Those exquisite hands of his were like finely carved works of art."I'm here alone. There's no one else here."That deep and hypnotic voice of his flowed out of the speaker.Giselle became slightly startled. It took a moment for her to realize that Chester was giving her a report.But
Jonathan was dealing with the wound on his shoulder in the treatment room. Beside him, Charlotte stood silently, her heart aching as she gazed at the deep, angry gash."It was all my fault, Jonathan. You wouldn't have gotten hurt if I had pulled you back in time." She blamed herself, guilt weighing heavily on her shoulders as she spoke. There were tears in her eyes, but they didn't fall. At that moment, she knew perfectly well that she would only annoy him by crying.It would be fine to use tears sometimes to improve their relationship. However, when they faced difficulties, she had to be strong. That was the only way she could achieve her goals.Jonathan's face was pale and covered in sweat. "It's not your fault." Jonathan felt frustration building within him as he spoke. He figured if someone had to be blamed, it would be his instinctive reactions.Charlotte said, "I've already told my brother to deal with it. We should never let extremists like them go that easily!"After ten
Jonathan stayed silent for a long while after hearing Jean's question. He didn't answer her until they entered the elevator together."Charlotte and I are just friends," he said solemnly. He had never thought about marrying Charlotte—even in the past. After learning what had happened, the chances of that happening were even slimmer."Friends, huh?" Jean frowned deeply when she heard that. "Do you really think you two are just acting like friends?"She had personally seen how they interacted with each other many times. No matter how Jean looked at it, they definitely didn't seem like platonic friends. Instead, they looked more like a flirtatious couple.Jonathan was already in the wrong for being so close to another woman when he had a fiancée. Could he still not understand the unspoken rules of a relationship when he was already in his 20s?There was no way Jean would believe that. Surely he was pretending to be dumb while enjoying the thrill of flirting with someone else. With th
Giselle only went home after it turned dark outside.Penny had transferred some money to Giselle and thanked her once again for today.Penny texted, "I'm not sad at all anymore. If you hadn't gone with me today, I think I would've already died from frustration." As for the aftermath of the storm, Eugene took care of everything. Every single penny that she had spent on Zayn would be retrieved through legal means.Giselle replied, "You're welcome."Only after that did she have the time to check out the link Yvette had sent to her.It was about the incident from earlier today. Videos from the live stream had gone viral.Obviously, it was not from her own live stream but a third party's.Her fans, who had gone down to the location, had captured everything on camera. There was an explosion of comments beneath related videos.One of the videos was of Jonathan. It had been edited to look like he was the hero coming to his damsel's rescue.With the accompaniment of some background
In the past, Jean had reminded Jonathan more than once to keep his distance from Charlotte, but those words fell on deaf ears every single time. He never took her words seriously.It was too late for regrets now.Jonathan lowered his head. With a pair of sad eyes and a dejected voice, he mumbled, "I've said it before, Mom. I won't have anyone as my wife if it's not Giselle."His only wish was to marry Giselle. But everyone was telling him that he had cheated on her.Jonathan found it hard to believe that he would cheat on her. He was certain that there had to be some kind of misunderstanding.And the missing piece to this puzzle was none other than that woman named Charlotte. Jean, Francis, and Martha remained silent. Jonathan was hopelessly in love with Giselle. But if he was so madly in love with her, why did he cheat on her?And if he was not madly in love with her, then why had he not gotten over her yet?But wait. The reason he was still not over her was mainly due to t
It was merely a second ago when Giselle had told him to keep a distance from her, yet she was now in his car voluntarily.Jonathan did not move an inch. He still had his back against the inside of the car door as he faced Giselle, intently looking at her."Women are really fickle. Giselle must still have feelings for me. She's just too proud to admit it," he thought to himself.As for the rumors about her and Chester, they might just be putting on an act.Giselle did not know that Jonathan was in the process of gaslighting himself. When she noticed that he was not about to drive any time soon, she frowned and said, "If you're not going to drive, scram."Only then did Jonathan fix his position. He started the engine, and they headed for the hospital.At first, he was in a joyous mood. He tagged behind Giselle upon arrival at the hospital. It was not until he had reached a ward and saw who was seated on the hospital bed that his expression turned sullen.Giselle had gotten into
"When did Giselle become so… violent?" Jonathan pondered.What had she gone through in the past eight years?For once, Jonathan was perplexed. In his memories, Giselle and him were childhood sweethearts who grew up together. Since kindergarten, they were always in the same class.As they began spending more time with each other, the budding romantic feelings gradually snuck up on him.In his mind, Giselle had always been someone demure and considerate. When had she ever shown him this violent side of her?There was one incident that left a deep impression in Jonathan's mind. It was during their senior year.Giselle had been picked on by people from other schools. The moment he heard about this, he became so furious that he stormed over to the other school right away to fight them.If Giselle had always been such a violent person, why was she even picked on in the first place?Jonathan stared at Giselle with deep contemplation.Giselle stared back at him. "Fancy getting your as
When Penny was done speaking, she directed her gaze toward Lana. "I guess it's time for you to look in the mirror and see for yourself how much of a slut you are!"Lana's makeup had melted off completely. The more she wiped her face, the more her makeup smudged, making her look like a comical clown.Her bare face was already on the less fortunate side. Some people were just ugly both on the outside and on the inside.Lana was livid. She shoved Zayn's hands away and immediately reached out, wanting to grab Penny by the face. "You're just jealous because Zayn likes me. Yeah, you're better than me in every way, but what's the use of that? The woman Zayn loves is me, not you."You got it right. I like going after men who are already taken, and Zayn knows this as well. It's precisely because of this that he asked you out!"I'm sure you don't know anything about this, but every penny that you gave him, he would use it to buy me gifts. On Valentine's Day, you failed to go on a date wit
Water was dripping from Giselle's face.Lana caught Giselle off guard, so the latter could not dodge in time.The fringe on Giselle's forehead was soaked. Strands of wet hair stuck to her porcelain white skin as water dripped down her face, falling onto the floor."I don't even know you, woman. What makes you think you have the right to slander me? Are you out of your mind?" Lana exclaimed in anger.Moira was sitting next to Giselle, so it was inevitable that some water got onto her.Without caring about herself, she quickly pulled a napkin out and wiped the water off Giselle's face. She felt a surge of anger in her heart.She was about to berate Lana when Giselle suddenly got up from her seat, filled the cup in front of her with water, and threw it at Lana's face.Lana screamed. With the racket she was making, the entire situation became chaotic.This particular moment happened to be captured by the local fans.The live stream chat box was in a frenzy, and the audience wished
Zayn had come with a business partner today. It was because of Penny that he asked said business partner to give him an extra 30 minutes. He needed to get some stuff sorted out. Only then would he sign the contract.Who knew Penny would just sit there and not say a word after having him come all the way?Didn't she say that she was going to shop for a house today?Why wasn't she saying anything?Zayn cracked open the cup's lid and handed it over to Penny. "Penny, didn't you ask me to come check out a house with you? When I came earlier, I noticed the door to the adjacent building was still open. Why don't we go there now?"Just like that, the flurry of comments started up again."They really have it all thought out. Shopping for a house? Why? So that you and your lover can pick one out together?""This cheap leech of a bastard! Those who're going in person, can you all give him a good beating? I need to vent or I might die of cardiac arrest.""What a shameless jerk!"The cha
These five minutes were unusually agonizing for the netizens who were waiting restlessly for the tea.At long last, footsteps could be heard approaching from behind. Penny clenched her fists tightly. She tried to calm her erratic heart that pounded against her chest.Her face was ashened."Penny, I'm here! Hey, why didn't you tell me you were bringing your friends along? I would've gotten two more cups of coffee."The bright cheerful voice of a man was approaching. Only when he had stepped in front of her did he realize that Penny had company. Next to her were two unfamiliar faces.One of them looked to be in her 30s. She exuded elegance and looked like someone of a prominent status.The other one looked like she was in her 20s and was really stunning.Amazement flashed across Zayn Carter's eyes before he quickly recomposed himself.While he was looking at Giselle and the others, they were also studying him.His eyebrows were well-defined, and he had broad shoulders and a sl
Moira's smile was gentle. Her gaze toward Giselle was filled with kindness.Giselle nodded. "That seems to be the case."The fact that they bumped into each other for such a specific event had to be fate. Because how else could one explain such a coincidence?While they waited for the adulterers to arrive, Giselle updated her status beforehand."This afternoon's drama. I'm catching adulterers in the wild"These nine words caused her viewership to skyrocket.Aside from money, the only other temptation that humans were not able to resist was gossip.Hidden within the depths of human nature was the desire to gossip. There was no reason for anyone to pass up on drama that was free of charge! Comments began pouring in. "Didn't even need to think twice to skip work. It's only $28 anyway. They can have it!""Catching a homewrecker on live stream? I bet there's going to be a LOT of people. I wonder if the server can handle it? I'm going to cry if it crashes.""Thank God for the co