‘I'll never, ever fall in love with you!’Pearl was stunned. She felt as if someone had stabbed her in her heart. Her shoulders trembled, and tears began to roll down from her eyes.“I didn’t—” Tanner clasped his hands on her cheeks and pulled her closer.Pearl bit into his shoulder so hard that he pushed her away reflexively in pain, causing her to fall on the glass shards on the floor.“Pearl!” Tanner hurriedly ran over and scooped her up from the floor. His whole body trembled when he saw the scene in front of him. The glass shards had stabbed into Pearl's cheek.Tanner carried her in his arms and rushed her to the hospital.At the hospital…Tanner sat against the wall of the emergency exit. The floor was littered with cigarette butts, and his palm and collar were dyed with her blood.When he thought about the wounds on Pearl's cheek, Tanner covered his face with his palms in pain as a tear slid down in the darkness.He returned to the ward despondently and sat down on th
Tanner drove to the beach and saw a person standing under the lighthouse not far away. He braked the car abruptly, got out of the car, and dashed straight toward the lighthouse, not even bothering to answer the ringing phone.“Pearl!” Tanner ran towards the figure. “Don’t—”Pearl plunged into the ocean without hesitation, and the turbulent sea engulfed her whole.The icy seawater blocked all sounds the moment she jumped into the sea, wrapping her sinking body. An arm held onto her, and Tanner carried her upstream.On the shore, he placed his hands one over the other, pressed them against her chest, and performed CPR. The bone-piercing chill stiffened his entire body, but he did not dare to stop, not even for a moment.“Pearl, please—” Tanner’s arm muscles contracted and relaxed over and over again as he continued performing CPR. “Please wake up!”Several cars parked behind Tanner’s car, and Helios led his men out of the car.One of the bodyguards pointed to the lighthouse. “Over
Antonio came to the nurse station and asked one of the nurses who were on duty, “Excuse me, why hasn’t my daughter woken up after so many days?”The nurse skimmed through Pearl’s diagnosis and case and then explained slowly, “When a patient exhibits such a condition, it can only be concluded that it’s due to certain psychological factors. This usually happens to patients who have mood swings or wish to escape from reality through extreme means. That’s why they’ll remain in self-isolation even after being cured.“If the patient is conscious but unwilling to wake up, family members should stay here, accompany her more frequently, and communicate with her to stimulate her cranial nerves. That might help her regain consciousness prematurely.”Antonio nodded.He walked back to the ward with a heavy heart and saw Mrs. Santiago standing by the bed, watching over her daughter and sobbing silently. He took a deep breath, grabbed his coat, walked up to her, and draped it on her. “You should
Tanner quickly got up and ran outside to summon the doctor. The doctor rushed into the ward to run a thorough check-up on her. Not long after the incident, Mrs. Santiago and Antonio hurried over.“Pearl!” Seeing her daughter sitting on the bed, Mrs. Santiago completely ignored Tanner’s existence, reached out, and caressed her cheeks excitedly. She could not help but cry. “My precious daughter, you’re finally awake.”“It’s great that you’ve finally woken up. This is great.” Antonio seemed to be relieved, and a huge stone seemed to have been lifted from his heart at this moment.Pearl looked expressionless. Even though she had regained consciousness, she had not uttered a single word.Mrs. Santiago stared at her suspiciously and stroked the long hair that was hanging over Pearl’s cheeks to reveal her entire face. “Pearl?”At that moment, Pearl moved her dry lips, and her hoarse voice sounded. “Who are you?”Mrs. Santiago and Antonio were immediately stunned.The two looked at Ta
Pearl nodded, and she seemed very curious.Tanner gazed into the distance. “It all started with my marriage to her. At that time, I only agreed to the marriage at the request of my family, but I didn’t like her…”‘I first met Pearl at the dinner between the Hannigans and the Santiagos. It wasn’t that I hadn’t seen Ms. Santiago from the La Perla Group, and it wasn’t that I didn’t know her. Pearl Santiago has always been rumored to be an arrogant and domineering b*tch, and the scandal that took place at the socialite party a few years ago was the event that turned her into the target of public criticism.‘Because Maizie’s actions had implicated the Hannigans, in order to consolidate the Hannigans’ status in Bassburgh, father asked me to marry such an unbearable and disgraced woman. And I couldn’t help but find this whole facade ironic.‘I met Pearl at that dinner, and that was the first time I really got to her.’‘She did not look arrogant at all. She looked just like any other dign
‘I was thinking at that time, didn’t she want me to marry her? Her cautions, her understanding, and all her grievances were all fake?‘It was not that I didn’t sympathize with her, but whenever I sympathized with this woman and wanted to make up for her, she gave me a feeling that she didn’t need me to sympathize with her.‘Was she heartless? I didn’t know, and I didn’t want to know. Even though I had a fling with Sandy, and she actually knew about it, she had never stopped me. Was she so self-abased?‘Actually, no, she was not self-abased. She was just colder and more heartless than any ordinary woman.‘I started to feel like I could never see through her. She would be happy whenever I treated her better. However, I had never seen her be happy, and I had seldom seen her smile ever since. Even if I offered to accompany her to dinner, she would always come up with any kind of excuse to avoid me.‘Yes, she started avoiding me.‘Perhaps it was because I had already gotten used to he
‘But she didn’t.‘Sandy’s pregnancy was like a ticking time bomb that had exploded right next to me and completely caught me off guard. On one side, it was the ex who I couldn’t get my mind off and was pregnant with my child; on the other, it was the woman who wanted to marry me. I really didn’t know what to do.‘Whenever I saw Sandy cry, I would always think of Pearl. Pearl has never cried, and I’ve never seen her cry or show her fragile side to me ever since I got to know her.‘When the engagement was canceled, and she moved out of the apartment, I couldn’t control my urge any longer and defiled her while I was drunk. I finally got my hands on the woman that I once despised.‘She isn’t as bad as I thought, and it wasn’t that she couldn’t or wouldn’t cry. It was just that she didn’t care. It hurts me deep down when I see her crying. That’s why I didn’t want to see her cry.‘It’s undeniable that I have feelings for Pearl. Perhaps I was already tempted from the moment I started pay
“Colton—” Maisie wanted to stop him, but it was already too late.‘He could’ve mentioned anyone, but he mentioned Nollace instead.’Sure enough, when Daisie heard Nollace’s name, her delighted face dimmed in an instant.Colton realized that he had misspoken and scratched his head. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that. Just invite whoever you want. I’m not—”Before he could finish speaking, Daisie had already sprinted upstairs, and the slamming of a door followed the series of footsteps.Maisie glanced at Colton, and the latter pouted. “I didn’t mean it.”Maisie patted his head. “Go and comfort your sister.”“I know.” Colton put down the flower in her hand and followed Daisie upstairs.He came to Daisie’s room and knocked on the door. “Daisie, it was all my fault, and I’m apologizing to you now! So please open the door!”Daisie, who was standing downstairs, heard Colton’s voice and could not help but chuckle.‘Colton can be disagreeable and critical from time to time, but he