In the dimly lit stairwell, Giselle was held by Chester's burning hand around her waist. Their bodies were pressed together, and their breaths intertwined.On the wall, their shadows overlapped, creating an air of intimacy."Gigi, help me take off my glasses." Chester's hoarse, pleasant voice carried a hint of gentle coaxing. As he kissed her collarbone, his warm breath sent shivers down her spine.Giselle's long lashes fluttered lightly. Her fair arms draped over his broad shoulders, and a soft moan slipped from her lips.Her mind was in disarray. She did whatever Chester said.As she removed his glasses, the barrier between them was gone. Chester's kiss grew even more daring.Slowly, he moved upward, and Giselle surrendered to his tenderness.Suddenly, another person burst into the stairwell. "Giselle! You whore! How dare you seduce my uncle?" Jonathan's expression was like that of a husband catching his wife cheating on him.…Giselle immediately jolted awake. Her hai
With the ten million dollars Giselle had managed to get from Jonathan, she now had a total of 16 million.She had initially planned to split the ten million with Emma, but the latter refused to take a cent.Emma's exact words were, "You keep it. Do I look like I need money? After divorcing Larry, we split the assets down the middle. If you'd known me sooner, Jonathan would've had it worse!"Giselle reluctantly accepted the money. She decided to donate half of the ten million, under both her and Emma's names, to poverty-stricken areas in the mountains. After all, one should do some good deeds.She cleaned the house while waiting for a response from the companies. She applied to nine different companies, but eight rejected her.The reason was always the same. "Our boss had someone read the company's fortune. We can't sign the contract with anyone named Stone."Giselle had expected this, but luckily, the first company she applied to passed her through smoothly. She could sign the co
"Now it's time for us to take questions, which are done anonymously. I will help you resolve your problems in order." Giselle's voice was cool and aloof, and very recognizable. A slender, fair hand appeared on screen. The virtual gift the caller gave her was a carousel worth 188. There was the sound of the special effects associated with the gift, and the first speaker came on. It was a young lady.She sounded like she had been crying, and there was a tearful note in her voice as she said, "Can you help me out, Madam? I don't want to break up with my boyfriend. I can do anything for him." By the end of her sentence, she sounded as if she was about to break down. She was clearly madly in love with him.Giselle asked her to calm down and speak slowly.After taking a couple of minutes to calm down, the young lady said, "My boyfriend and I have been together for four years, and we met each other's parents last year. "We agreed on a wedding gift of 288 thousand, and his parents agr
"I'm sorry, but I can't help you," Giselle said firmly.The best way to cure a terminal-stage hopeless romantic was to leave them with no way out. Even if they tried to persuade the young lady to break up with her boyfriend, she wouldn't be able to accept it at all.Hadn't Giselle once been exactly the same?…Chester finished watching the entire thing.Tony stood beside him and said, "Chet, I think it's going to be difficult for you to win Giselle over. She's too smart."It was hard to imagine how someone like Giselle could have wasted seven years on Jonathan. Anyone could see that he didn't care about her.However, Giselle herself had seemed completely blind to the fact, as if she had been bewitched.It was a testament to the fact that it was always easy to see things clearly when one was looking in from the outside."Do you like the dumb ones?" Chester was very blunt.Tony thought about how much of a clown he had been in the past and scratched his head awkwardly. "That's n
It was close to midnight, and the pharmacy was fairly empty. It made the voice sound like a trumpet.Giselle ignored her and punched in the last digit of her PIN number for her bank card.She received a notification telling her that the transaction had gone through, and it annoyed the person speaking beside her. "Giselle, I'm asking you a question!"Vivian rushed up to push Giselle, who skilfully avoided her.Giselle's gaze swept over her, and she said scornfully, "I thought I heard a dog barking.""Giselle!" Vivian was hot-tempered, and the jibe had made her turn red with anger. She was wearing a tight, white spaghetti-strap top with a denim skirt that barely covered her thighs. It made her look rebellious and daring.There was a young woman beside her who looked like she was around the same age. They were dressed very similarly, but the other young woman had a huge scrape on her knee. It looked rather frightening.She followed Vivian's gaze and looked judgmentally at Giselle
"I'm pregnant," Emma said.Silence descended into the room.Emma sat on the couch and said, "I feel like my entire life is a joke. I couldn't get pregnant for a year no matter how much I tried to, but now that I'm divorced, I've succeeded!"She had laughed out of sheer anger when she saw the result.Based on how things had been between them after she and Larry fell out, she had probably been pregnant for a while.She had thought that her nausea and lack of appetite had been the effects of gastroenteritis. Giselle poured her a glass of water. "Are you planning to keep it or abort it?"Emma was an opinionated person who was very modern in her thinking. Giselle felt that she was perfectly capable of keeping the child while getting rid of Larry.As she had expected, Emma said, "If I hadn't taken those drugs, I would keep the child. It's a pity that we're just not meant to be."Emma was a woman of action. After she had vented her feelings to Giselle, she booked an appointment for
Giselle glanced at Emma's phone.The woman in the live stream had on elaborate makeup, and there was a huge screen behind her that had a few sentences on it."…love can conquer all difficulties. If you truly love your boyfriend, you should choose him without wavering," the woman was saying.With the support and management of Sharkwise, there were already more than one million people online in Charlotte's live stream.The effects of the virtual gifts being sent kept flashing across the stream. Giselle didn't feel much emotion, but she moved slightly when she heard the voice of the person speaking.Wasn't that the young lady who had been first on the line during her livestream yesterday? Why had she gone over to Charlotte's?"Ms. Grant, you're the one who truly understands me. You're so much better than that hideous woman I was on the line with yesterday, and I spent 188 dollars on her! Forget it. I'll just think of it as charity."Giselle was rendered speechless. She hadn't expec
Emma was connected to an IV drip. She looked frail, and there was a bitter smile on her lips."Gigi, I had a dream last night. In my dream, a little girl was crying as she told me not to give up on her and that she would behave well."Emma choked up, which was unlike her. Her eyes turned red, and she continued, "But I still chose to give her up. Gigi, do you think that I was too ruthless?"Before lying down on that operating table, Emma had acted as if she was fine.However, while she was lying there, everything that she tried to avoid thinking about had popped up in her mind. The physical pain she felt had intensified her feelings of grief. It was only now that Emma belatedly realized that she had once been a child's mother, albeit very briefly. Giselle held Emma's hand tightly to comfort her. She said gently, "You made the right choice. She'll understand why you did it."Apart from whether or not the fetus would be healthy, Emma would probably end up entangled further with L
"Hi, do you have any candles?"Under the bright light, the teenager stood tall with a healthy complexion. Even though his features were still youthful and soft, there were already hints of captivating charm.His dark eyes carried a faint uneasiness, and his tightly clenched fingers had turned pale.Giselle retracted her scrutinizing gaze. "The property management is staffed 24/7. You can just call them if there's a power outage."Faced with a male stranger knocking on her door late at night, Giselle remained highly vigilant.Then, she stepped back. She was about to close the door when the boy suddenly fell forward with a loud thud, landing flat on his face.Giselle was shocked. Was her new neighbor trying to scam her?She called for an ambulance and crouched down to turn him over, bending her finger to check if he was breathing. There was a faint, warm flow. He was alive.Giselle let out a sigh of relief and leaned against the doorframe, waiting for the ambulance. After som
"It has nothing to do with Lottie." Jonathan finally said.He downed drink after drink, his dark and oppressive demeanor making it impossible for anyone to provoke him.Oddly enough, he felt that it was a little quieter than when he was alone despite the crowded setting.Larry drank a few glasses with him. Then, out of nowhere, he heard Jonathan ask, "Larry, what would you do if your ex got together with your uncle?"Larry's brain didn't process the question. Ex? Uncle? Together?"Jon, you must be drunk. What kind of nonsense are you saying…""Answer me." The commanding tone swallowed the rest of Larry's words."If my ex got together with my uncle? I would probably laugh my head off."My uncle is a gambler and a womanizer. If she chooses him, isn't that just self-torture? If my ex found someone worse than me, I would joke about it for the rest of my life."…Meanwhile, Emma transferred the one thousand dollars to Giselle's account.Then, she texted Giselle. "Gigi, that was b
Giselle remained expressionless, though she felt the urge to laugh.Then, she typed a reply. "You already said she's your ex. Whoever she's with now has nothing to do with you. So, I suggest you mind your own business."Yesterday, in the Lawson family's wine cellar, she had used Chester to ruthlessly provoke Jonathan. She even boldly declared she'd make him call her Aunt Giselle.For someone as prideful as Jonathan, such humiliation was unbearable. He was so furious he skipped dinner entirely.Later, without consulting Richard or anyone else, he impulsively decided to get engaged to Charlotte. Of course, there was an element of spite involved."She can't be with my uncle!"The thought of meeting her in the future and being forced to call his ex his aunt made Jonathan feel suffocated.The image of Giselle kissing Chester remained vivid in his mind.How bad was it? It made him dream of the two kissing right in front of him at night. And after the kiss, they interlocked their fing
Everyone understood the words, but somehow, when strung together, they didn't make sense anymore."Did he save your life or something?" This was the phrase Giselle had asked repeatedly.She swallowed her frustration at the caller's naive words before saying, "He went out with another woman before breaking up with you. It shows that he clearly didn't respect you or value your feelings. If he truly loved you, he would have respected you and upheld the boundaries of a relationship."The commenters instantly agreed with her. "Madam is absolutely right. Don't be foolish, girl. We don't need useless men.""While you're here moping around, he's already enjoying himself with someone new.""No need to win him back. There are plenty of men out there. DM me, and I'll introduce you to some hot guys!"The woman in the call started crying. "But I really like him…""Liking him alone isn't enough. If you lower yourself to beg for reconciliation, you're just degrading yourself," said Giselle.
Giselle, Chester, and Hector were on the second floor of the restaurant.Following Hector's gaze downward, they spotted a woman who looked strikingly similar to Charlotte. She was being forcefully kissed by a man against the wall near the first-floor restroom.Giselle glanced at the scene briefly before withdrawing her gaze. "It is Charlotte."Giselle could recognize the woman who had disgusted her for years, even if she turned to ashes.Hector grew intrigued and clicked his tongue before adding teasingly, "Could the guy kissing her be Jonathan?"Judging by the build, the man seemed a bit too thin. He was also a little short compared to Jonathan. So, if it wasn't Jonathan, who could it be?Anyone within their circle could tell that Charlotte and Jonathan weren't merely ordinary friends. Would she really go out of his way to hurt his fiancée's feelings if he didn't have any feelings for the so-called friend?The trio didn't linger on the sight and followed the waiter into their p
Giselle stepped aside, causing Brady to miss. She raised an eyebrow lightly and looked at him icily. "Why wouldn't I dare?"Brady was so enraged that he lost all sense of reason. Any restraint he had about not hitting women was thrown out the window as he charged at Giselle.Just then, Lily let out a piercing scream. "Brady!"Brady thought he could overpower Giselle with brute force, but he had underestimated her strength.Giselle quickly grabbed his arm and threw him over her shoulder, slamming him hard onto the floor. This stunned everyone in the hospital room.Giselle calmly planted a foot on Brady's back and called the police."What do you want? Money? I have plenty! Name your price, and I'll pay if you delete the video!"Brady was in utter despair, feeling that his career was about to collapse. At this point, he didn't care if Giselle wanted money or men. He would find a way to fulfill her wishes!"Do I look like someone who needs money?" Giselle pressed harder with her fo
"Lily!"The man angrily kicked open the hospital room door, his loud voice echoing in the corridor.Giselle's expression turned cold as she took out her phone and started recording."Lily! Delete all that stuff online right now! Do you have any idea how much damage it's causing me? If you've lost your mind, go to a mental hospital! Don't drag me down with you!"Brady suddenly appeared after being busy with work for a long time.Lily's heart tightened, and she instinctively stepped in front of Yvonne to shield her.Brady removed his hat and mask, revealing the face that Lily had been infatuated with for over 20 years. Time had only added maturity to his features.But his handsome face was now contorted with rage, and the icy glint in his eyes carried a hint of malice.Lily felt her heart sink in an instant."Brady! Don't argue with me here! Yves needs to rest.""Rest? What kind of trick are you two playing this time? Let me tell you, your tactics won't work on me!" Brady let o
From getting to know Brady to falling in love, it seemed to be just Lily's one-sided infatuation.She was eleven years older than Brady. Back then, she was a highly sought-after screenwriter in the industry, while Brady was just a newbie starting out.She was attracted to his looks, and Brady went along with her desires. Their secret relationship had initially been based on a sugar mommy and sugar baby dynamic. But it evolved into what appeared to be a normal romance after Brady gained fame.From that point on, their roles reversed.Brady became so busy that he was barely around, sometimes not meeting her for half a year. This made Lily become insecure. She lost herself and became increasingly obsessive.But her tears had already dried up. Now, she was numb, like a lifeless puppet.At the moment, Giselle said, "Expose everything Brady has done."Lily never thought that her relationship of more than 20 years would end so bitterly. It felt like a thousand needles piercing her soft
Chester's black coat was draped over his arm. He was wearing a white shirt.With broad shoulders and a narrow waist, his unbuttoned collar added a casual and slightly languid air.Before Jean could say anything, Chester stopped right in front of Giselle.His eyes lowered, and his long lashes cast faint shadows on his cheeks. Then, he said in a crisp, cold tone, "Ms. Stone, let's go. I'll take you home."Jean was slightly surprised. She hadn't told him, but Chester had already volunteered to take Giselle? Since when was her younger brother so enthusiastic about helping others?Jean didn't have time to dwell on it and simply reminded them, "Be careful on the way. Gigi, text me when you're home."Giselle obediently agreed and forced herself to follow Chester out. The cool breeze outside blew away the heat from her flushed face, clearing her thoughts considerably.A black luxury car was parked in the courtyard. Chester opened the car door for her. When Giselle bent down to get in, h