That crisp sound of a slap brought existing resentment to new heights.With the exception of Giselle and Emma, almost everyone else was startled by this sudden turn of events.Charlotte, who had just been slapped, was in utter disbelief as she held a hand to her cheek. Her face became increasingly flushed, and the throbbing pain made her feel even more humiliated.Wendy recovered from the shock and muttered, "Gigi…"Giselle loosened her hold on Wendy. With a nonchalant attitude and an icy cold gaze, she looked at Charlotte as if she was an ant."Think of it as a free facial massage. You're welcome."Some people could never say anything nice, so something had to be done.Charlotte had always been such a person. While her parents and brother would always spoil her, Giselle would never.Charlotte was just picking on those weaker than her.She could see that Wendy was a softie who was an easy target. That was why she went all out and used harsh words, verbally abusing her.It was
Arriving at this thought, Giselle took a glance at Anthony's charming face out of the corner of her eyes. She could only think about what a waste it was; she did not say anything out loud. Once again, Giselle placed her attention back on the four Grants in front of her. Having been provoked incessantly, Harold's hand began to rise with intent. However, he saw the nurse approaching with a team of security personnel. He had no choice but to lower his hand.The nurse had come over to tell them off sternly for having caused a commotion."I don't care if you have unfinished business or family drama that hasn't been resolved. This is a hospital! The patients and their family members need to rest. If you're going to fight, please take it outside. Otherwise, I'm going to have these guards take you out."The hospital was a sacred place. It was not some random place where they could just wreak havoc and leave.The nurse had also been observing in secret. It was obvious that the Grants ha
Meanwhile, after doing the checkup at Chester's ward, Hector had everyone leave the room. Then, he pulled a chair over and sat by the bed."Chet, you should stop running around and just rest. Otherwise, Giselle's gonna run away with some other guy, and when that time comes, you won't even be able to chase after her."His wound kept getting torn open. It was undeniable that Chester was a ruthless person.As a doctor, Hector only spoke the truth. He did not exaggerate one bit.The wound was already in a compromised position. If the recovery period was prolonged and the wound was not healed, there could be irreversible consequences. He did not want to be held responsible for this.Hector managed to secure a cold look from Chester, but he was already used to this. He took this opportunity to tell Chester about the things that happened with Wendy and the rest. He might not be entirely sure of the exact details, but his intuition told him that there had to be an astronomical secret in
The day after, Anthony intended for Sebastian to catch him coming out of Wendy's room. He had initially expected Sebastian to kick up a huge fuss. He did not expect Sebastian to keep it all to himself.Everything was out of Anthony's expectations. It was not until Wendy gave birth to Yarick that Anthony realized he'd messed up his plans. He had secretly done a paternity test and found out that Yarick was his biological son.It was obvious that Sebastian knew about this as well. However, he still chose not to say anything and decided to just pretend that Yarick was his son.Suddenly, the sound of a slap was heard. This time, it was not from Giselle.It was a slap from Wendy to Anthony. Everything became silent.Anthony prodded his inner cheek with the tip of his tongue. His eyes were lowered as he said nothing.With a trembling voice, Wendy yelled angrily, "You're a monster!"Her perfect life had been completely ruined by Anthony! It was the Grants that he had enmity with, so why
Everyone there knew who Jonathan was, but it was not the right timing. Other than Charlotte, no one went up to greet him."Jonathan…" Charlotte extended her arms and cried out piteously.Instantly, Jonathan frowned. A trace of disgust flashed across his eyes. He took a step back to avoid Charlotte's hand.Her expression froze instantaneously.Jonathan then said, "Ms. Grant, please. Have some self-respect."These words took everyone, including Giselle, by surprise. Everyone knew about the little 'situation' between Jonathan and Charlotte. It was just that nobody had dared to talk about it behind their backs due to Jonathan's background. All this while, Jonathan had intimately addressed Charlotte. Why did he suddenly address her as 'Ms. Grant' today? Did the two fight? This was the first guess that popped up in everyone's mind. Charlotte looked at Jonathan in disbelief as she whined, "Jonathan…"A few minutes ago, she had sent Jonathan a text message. She had asked him to come
Giselle had learned from Charlotte to gloat over the other party's misfortune. Emma joined in on the fun as well. Instantly, Charlotte's face became flushed. She felt so humiliated that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She did not expect Jonathan to find out about such a private matter.Giselle Stone must have been the one to reveal her secret! She must have been jealous that Charlotte had taken her place in the Lawson family. She must have not been able to bear the fact that Charlotte was living her best life!It was as if laser beams were about to shoot out of Charlotte's eyes. She was so mad that her head began spinning. Her entire body started to tremble."Jonathan, don't buy into Giselle's lies. It's not what you think. Hear me out…" After barely calming down, Charlotte anxiously tried explaining herself to Jonathan. There was no emotion on his stern face. The way he looked at her was terrifyingly cold. Sebastian stood up at this moment, wanting to advocate for hi
"Jonathan, I'm sorry. If I did anything to upset you, I'll apologize. Please don't be like this…" Charlotte's tears were falling even more intensely.Ever since her transformation, she had made herself out to be the ultimate beauty. But after the slap and splashing of the drink on her face, her teary face looked a little funny.A trace of repulsion flashed across Jonathan's eyes. "Ms. Grant, there are a lot of people here. Are you sure that you want me to expose all the things you've done?" His deep voice pressed down on Charlotte like a huge mountain.She had sent Jonathan the text message so that he would come to defend her. It was not so that he could destroy her reputation and status!Charlotte had become afraid. She began trembling all over before she ran away in tears.With one of the main protagonists gone, the topic of discussion shifted back to Wendy and the rest.While the entire fiasco with Charlotte was happening, Wendy had already made up her mind.She wiped the tea
Giselle answered the call, and she could hear the sound of a commotion."You little brat. Don't you know whose territory you're on?""It's the Fordham's. What about it? Are you going to tell on me?"I'd like to see for myself if you even have the chance to!""You'd better not run away!"Giselle looked at the caller ID first. She then frowned. "Lindsay?"There was no answer. All she could hear was muffled noise in the background.Giselle did not hang up the phone. Instead, she went to look for Chester.Her arrival came as a surprise to him as Chester was just about to send her a text message. She arrived even before he hit send.At this very moment, he was the only person inside the ward."My dear—" Chester had just called when an eager Giselle interrupted him, saying, "Mr. Fordham, do you have Tony's contact?"If she remembered correctly, Tony was an accomplished hacker. She urgently needed someone with this set of skills to help her locate Lindsay's location.It did not ta
Emma and Giselle spent most of the evening talking about the Lawsons. Only a small fraction of the time was spent discussing the Stones.Rumor had it that the Stones found their long-lost daughter. As for why it had not been announced yet, the rumors varied.Even after listening to the rumors from her colleagues the entire day, Emma was not able to get a clear picture. This was why she decided she might as well look for Giselle to have an in-depth discussion the entire night."Yeah. The results of the paternity test are out. I'm not related to the Stones." Giselle said this with an indifferent expression on her face.She took a sip of the beer. It burned a little as it traveled down her throat.For a while, Emma was stunned. "Not related? That's impossible. You look just like them…"Even though she had never met Lyla before, her sixth sense as a woman told her that Giselle was the real heiress of the Stones."There are so many people in this world who look alike. Would you say t
It had been almost a year since Chester returned to the country. Hence, it was odd for Jonathan to have asked Chester that question. Later, it was the doctor's explanation that unraveled the confusion that he and Jean had."It seems like he has amnesia."Chester pondered further, an inexplicable look flashing in his eyes. The term "amnesia" did not seem appropriate in this context.Jonathan did not forget anyone. He just had his memory reset to the time he was 18 years old.Back then, the love Jonathan and Giselle shared was for the movie screens, and everyone envied them.Giselle's brows furrowed. "Amnesia?"All Angela did was slip him a few love bugs. What did she do to make him lose his memories?Unless… Jonathan was putting on an act."Yeah. The doctor said that it was trauma-induced. They're not sure when he will recover."Giselle did not linger on this question any further.Chester continued, "Oh, another thing. The paternity test results are out."As soon as he sa
Chester did not elaborate further.This made Harry itch with curiosity.Giselle pushed back her live broadcast work and agreed to go with them.Harry pestered Chester like an annoying pest, but Chester remained tight-lipped, his face cold and stern."Chet, just tell me already!"With Harry's persistent pestering, Chester became annoyed and said, "It's the first day of school, and you're itching to get a day off, are you?"It was way past the new year.The seniors were all going back to school and preparing for the brutal examination that was to come in June.Harry was not the least bit concerned.Since he could not get good grades for the life of him, he thought he might as well find some other way to make a living. Harry could find out where his passion lay and how he would turn it into a career. Fortunately, he had a few older brothers. Otherwise, he would surely have suffered a great deal!Harry immediately pulled a long face. "Chet, can you not rub salt on my wound?""
With the sudden mention of Jonathan's name, Giselle narrowed her eyes."What about him?"Jean was silent for a moment. There seemed to be a lot on her mind as she recalled how Jonathan looked when he woke up.After a brief moment, she said, "You'll know when you see him."It wasn't that Jean didn't want to tell Giselle. She simply did not know how to.After all, the fact that he was suffering from memory deterioration was simply too inconceivable.The doctor said it did not affect his intelligence, only that his memory had regressed to a certain age. As for how long it would take to recover, the doctors were not able to give a definite answer.With Jean hanging up the phone, Giselle had a bad feeling.Nevertheless, she did not give it much thought.After all, she and Jonathan had completely fallen out. It would be downright brazen of him to get any nearer to her.Giselle turned off the lights and went to bed.…The next day, her phone was bombarded with missed calls once ag
Harry: "How'd you know that? Lyla will be using the guest room for the time being as her room's not quite ready yet."The paternity test results for Lyla and the Stones were already out. Logically speaking, Harry should be busy catching up on all the lost time with Lyla. However, for some reason, he just could not bring himself to do that.What's more, Harry would feel uncomfortable anytime he was with Lyla.Being the carefree person he was, Harry had never given much thought to these details. Ultimately, it all came down to the fact that they had hardly spent time together. As such, it was only natural for them to feel distant from each other.But Harry had forgotten something.He'd felt a strong sense of familiarity upon his first meeting with Giselle.Harry: "It's quite late now, so why aren't you asleep yet? Are you thinking about what happened with the Lawsons today?"The matter regarding Jonathan might not have been spread online, but those who went to the charity banq
Giselle had just come out of the bathroom when she received this text message.Her long black hair was wet, hanging behind her back as water droplets fell to the ground.The white bathrobe was loosely wrapped around her body, revealing her delicate, fair skin. Her skin was as white as snow, so much so that it was almost dazzling.Chester was asking her how she was planning to deal with Charlotte.Since laws had to be abided by, getting her killed was out of the question.Besides, Giselle did not think death was the best punishment.The most painful form of torture would be to reduce someone to a point where they begged to be killed.Charlotte had the privilege of enjoying a life of luxury and wealth for over two decades as the fake heiress of the Grant family.People often said that going from rags to riches was easy, but going from riches to rags was hard.There was no way the Grants would be able to make a comeback. Presently, they were inundated by a mountain of debt. If no
The feeling of wanting to escape but not being able to was agonizing.After a while, Angela mustered the courage and said in a trembling voice, "We live in a c-civil society. I could sue you. My husband's from the Lawson family. You can't afford to cross—""Your husband?" Jean could not help but interrupt when she heard those two words.The piercing cold glare in her sharp eyes was comparable to Chester's.There was no doubt that they were siblings."Angela, the divorce certificate hasn't been issued, which means he isn't your husband yet."Knowing Jean's personality, there was absolutely no chance she would get back together with Perry.But that did not stop her from feeling annoyed by Angela.Angela's face instantly turned pale. She bit the bullet and said, "Perry no longer loves you. There's no future for you two, even if you don't get a divorce.""If I don't get the divorce, you'll never be able to be his official wife."Jean hit where it hurt.She had always been strong
Everyone in the room tensed up upon the sudden mention of Giselle's name.Harry did not think much of it. "Giselle's super nice! The first time we met, she saved my life. If it wasn't for her, none of you would be able to see me today!"He might have exaggerated the story a little. Still, it was evident that Harry liked Giselle a lot.Eugene and Moira knew Harry well. He was a good judge of character. Anyone he claimed to be a good person would turn out to be as such.What's more, seeing Giselle for the first time gave them a sense of familiarity that could not be put into words.Those eyebrows were impeccably refined.It was certainly genetics at work.If not for Lyla and the paternity test report, they might have truly believed that Giselle was their actual child without hesitation.With her hands hidden behind her back, Holly secretly clenched her fists. For a moment, darkness flashed through that gentle expression of hers.It was not until she heard Jackie's voice next to
Charlotte even tried to act pitiful to gain Jonathan's sympathy.It was just too bad that Jonathan had already seen her for who she truly was.With the aphrodisiac taking over his entire body, Jonathan bit Charlotte's lips like an irrational beast.Charlotte kept fighting against him.With her airway cut off, Charlotte's face turned bright red. Just as her struggle against Jonathan was starting to wane, Jonathan suddenly got up and left her.Some of his sanity had returned. With a loud bang, Jonathan locked himself inside the bathroom.He turned on the faucet and let the ice cold water fill the bathtub. Then, he submerged himself into the water, trembling from head to toe.His palm had been cut open. Drops of blood that were eerily red swirled in the cold water.He could not touch Charlotte.Because Giselle would not want him then.Even though Jonathan was thinking rationally right now, the intense heat he was feeling inside his body had not been doused by the cold water.