Fueled by her victory, Renee happily went around breaking all the things she had bought for Stefan. After all, it should be fine since she was the one who had bought them. "Now you're done for, Mrs. Hunt. You broke all his favourite things, and I bet he's going to be furious. Why don't you run away now? I fear the consequences might be dire.""He'll be furious?" Renee finally stopped, breathing hard. Grinning wickedly at Elijah, she said, "Well, that's exactly what I'm hoping for. He started it, so it's only right that I end it."Renee looked around Stefan's office and pursed her lips contemplatively. 'Ugh, I can't believe I bought so many things for that ungrateful turd. I'm so tired that I can't even break them all.' Finally, her gaze landed on the coffee machine she bought him, and she walked over to it. Just as she lifted it up, Stefan strode into the room. He grabbed her wrist and sneered, "Are you done making a scene?""Well, well… Master Hunt finally joined the party. I'l
Stefan glared at Elijah and demanded, "What do you mean? Why would she buy me things?""Well, it was Miss Everheart who bought these...""Ahem, ahem!" Seeing that Elijah was about to let the cat out of the bag, she immediately interrupted him. She then looked at Stefan and said quickly, "Mr. Hunt, you're very smart. You know I wouldn't buy you something unless I had an ulterior motive.""Hmph, you know yourself well," he scoffed in disdain. When he looked at the mess all over the floor, he said icily, "Buy me these things again, and I'll let you off the hook."That was his final compromise. If he had not lost control and wronged her the night before, he would never have forgiven her this easily. "Fine, I'll buy them for you. These aren't expensive, after all, so I can easily afford them," Renee sneered. After all, she was the one who gave him those things, so it was easy for her to buy them again. "But Master Hunt, you should also do something to quell my anger, right?" Stefan
Stefan knew that he could no longer keep the incident a secret. He stared at Renee, his gaze contemplative. "What do you think of Quinton?" He asked finally.Renee thought about it for a while, then said objectively, "I know that Quinton did a lot of crazy things. He isn't a good guy, but he's not an evil villain either. He usually made extreme choices because he was forced to—he just wanted to survive. Carmine Pawnshop only made it because they had to resort to a lot of illegal things, but these were usually done in the open sea which was under no one's jurisdiction. Hence, the police couldn't do anything about it.""Well, you certainly know how to find excuses for him. I suppose that since you can empathise with a villain, you're probably hiding your own dark side," Stefan said with a smirk, raising an eyebrow lazily.Renee was speechless for a while, then sneered, "Yes, my brother and I are villains with dark sides, but you're not so good yourself either, Mr. Hunt. You tricked a
When Renee noticed that Stefan was about to leave, she quickly said with a smile, "My bad, go on. I won't doubt you again. I'll believe whatever you say." He might be arrogant, but he did have his principles. She knew he wouldn't falsely accuse others. "Joanne fell out with Quinton because… she was pregnant with Quinton's child, but he forcefully aborted the child," Stefan said softly after a while, revealing the dark secret that he had kept hidden for so long. "Wh-What?" Renee was so shocked that her body started to tremble. She couldn't accept Stefan's words at all!Stefan continued, "Before that, Quinton had killed her biological parents and brother, but she still hadn't given up hope on him… until he killed her child. She went berserk and vowed to take revenge for her deceased child, and that's when she came to me and told me about Carmine Pawnshop' weakness. She was the one who obtained a dagger and stabbed Quinton in the chest; she wanted to take him down with her.""No,
After Renee left Hunt Enterprise, she wandered around for a long time on the street before returning to Carmine Pawnshop.When Margaret saw her, she was filled with both joy and worry. "Miss Ren, you're finally home! Please comfort Mr. Everheart… he's in a very bad mood." During the few days that Renee was away, many things happened to Carmine Pawnshop. Quinton, who was usually rather spirited, suddenly became strangely downcast. He locked himself in his room and neither spoke nor smiled, refusing to have any contact with anyone."Really? What a coincidence—I'm in a bad mood too. He's not the only victim in the world." Renee scoffed, sounding rather aloof and reproachful. As Quinton's sister, she felt that she did have to help him resolve this bitterness and hatred inside him, but when she thought of what he did to Joanne… She understood why they called him a demon. He was like a stranger to her now, and it made her heart ache.Margaret looked at Renee in surprise and asked worr
After the servant left, Renee quietly walked to the door and knocked on it. Sighing softly, she whispered, "Quinton." It was as if her voice held some kind of enchantment. Quinton, who was initially dispirited, instantly reacted. Quinton quickly opened the door and looked at Renee with bright eyes. "Renee, you're finally home! I would have gone mad if you took any longer."Quinton's voice was weak because he hadn't eaten or drank anything for a few days, and his face was full of stubble too. Although his mask hid more than half of his face, his downcast expression could still be seen.Renee frowned at him. "What's the matter with you? They said you locked yourself up in your room and haven't been eating or drinking." "Don't listen to their crap. I was just annoyed and looked forward to your return. I didn't care about anyone else." Quinton's lips curved into a grin."Is… Is that so?" Renee forced a smile onto her face. At first, she wanted to interrogate him, but she could not b
Quinton immediately panicked when he saw Renee's teary face, and grabbed her shoulders. "Renee, are you okay? Do you hate me for restoring this place? Stop crying. I'll make a call now and ask them to demolish it, and we can rebuild it the way you like. What do you think?" With a shake of her head, Renee wiped away her tears and hugged Quinton. "No, you did such a good job that I thought we had travelled back in time. It looks exactly like the Everheart Manor I grew up in. I'm only crying because I'm touched and recalled a lot of my childhood memories. How nice it would be if you weren't kidnapped back then and you grew up with me..."Renee confessed her inner thoughts to Quinton. She was indeed very touched; only family members could give one this kind of feeling. However, when she thought of how Quinton had done those cruel things, she felt conflicted."Silly girl, we can't change the past, but we have control over the present and future. We should live in the moment." Quinton pa
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Quinton asked her hesitantly. He could tell that something was weighing on Renee's mind, and he could pretty much guess what it was. He didn't want to open Pandora's box, so he didn't ask her about it, but now it seemed like he could not ignore it any longer. He had to face the consequences of his actions."Ask me whatever you want to ask. I'll tell you everything honestly." Quinton stopped smiling and became serious too.Renee clenched her fists and said, "I want you to tell me about what happened in the past with Stefan. Are you really as innocent as you claim?""I never said that I was innocent. Every battle will have a winner and a loser. Stefan was capable but shameless when he defeated me back then. I have nothing to say about that. The only thing I can do is try to defeat him this time..." His eyes glittered, and he said shrewdly, "Like now. It's a great chance for us to defeat him since everyone is now on our side. We need