After such a lovely dinner, Renee suddenly felt like calling Quinton. Usually, she'd come up with an excuse to end calls with Quinton because of her condition, but after tonight, she felt much more relaxed. She had calmly accepted her condition, and bravely called Quinton.After a while, Quinton picked up her call. "Renee, why are you calling? Are you in trouble?" At that moment, Quinton was south of the sea, gathering manpower and materials to go diving for the treasure that had suddenly capsized. He'd been feeling rather defeated because he hadn't gotten anything, and he'd also been worrying that Renee might bump into crooks at Beach City. Unfortunately, he couldn't go home just yet, so he was happy to see that Renee called. However, he couldn't help but feel worried as well because Renee wouldn't call without a reason."You're so pessimistic, Quinton. Can't I call because I want to share something happy with you?" Renee asked teasingly as she sat on the bean bag on the top floor a
"What's the matter, master?" Stefan asked teasingly."Stop messing around. It's serious," Renee grumbled, "I was on the phone with my brother, and I told him that I found a good helper, but he thinks you have ulterior motives and wants to interrogate you. So, you've got to talk to him nicely when you call him later. Don't expose yourself, okay?"Stefan frowned. "Why do you want to keep me a secret?""It's just better to avoid trouble. I told him long ago that I would cut myself off from you, and I've already broken my promise. Forget about my brother being disappointed in me, I'm disappointed in myself!" Renee complained. She thought that she was someone who always kept her word and stuck to her principles, but it seemed like she broke all her rules when it came to Stefan."I'm sure he can recognize my voice. How can I not expose myself?" "Well, you can try to talk in a feminine voice, I'm sure he won't be able to tell... It's perfect since you're a helper too," Renee suggested m
Before Stefan could answer, Renee snatched her phone back and said quickly, "It's getting late, Quinton. You'd better go to bed!" A sigh escaped Quinton. "You're protecting him again. It looks like you still haven't learned from your mistakes.""I know what I'm doing. He and I have soldiered through a lot of hardships, and all I want to do now is lead a peaceful life and take things one step at a time..." Renee was still devastated over the loss of her sight, and she felt that if she couldn't follow her heart and spend the rest of her life with her beloved, her life would be as dark as her world. She did not want to spend the rest of her life in misery."But you both can't live peacefully together, your identities have always prevented that from happening. I've found some clues about the families who conspired to attack our family back then, and I feel like the enemies we're going to face will be stronger than anyone we've ever encountered." Quinton's voice grew more solemn. Genera
"It's getting late; go to bed early. As for that guy... Keep him if he can help you, but don't rely on him too much. It might not end well." Quinton knew that he couldn't change Renee's mind, so he just let her be."So you're okay with us being together? You won't object anymore?" Renee was overjoyed. She thought that she would never get Quinton's approval since he and Stefan had been enemies in the past, but unexpectedly, her brother had allowed it. "What's the use of me objecting to it? You have the final say, and I've thought it through. He nearly killed me that year, and I nearly killed him after that. In the end, he saved me, so I think we should just let bygones be bygones." Quinton's grudge had faded after his successful face recovery surgery, and after two near-death experiences, he realized that he was just lucky to be alive. Besides, he didn't want to stand in the way of his sister's happiness. "Thank you, Quinton. I feel better with your support," Renee said gratefully,
Renee instantly knew what Stefan wanted, and said bluntly, "No way!"Defeated, Stefan went to rest in the storeroom in the backyard alone, yearning for Renee. The minute he entered the room, his mind went back to the strange sketch of his mother that he saw, and he decided to search the room to find clues. After all, if something had happened between Renee's father and Stefan's mother... Renee and Stefan might actually be siblings. After locking the door of the workroom, he checked the books on the bookshelf until he found something that looked like a diary. He picked it up and found that it was locked. It seemed inappropriate to take a peek at his father-in-law's diary, but at last, his curiosity won out. Generally, people used the birthdays of their loved ones as passwords, so Stefan tried Renee's father, mother, and her birthday, but the lock did not open. "Could it be my mother's birthday?" At the thought of it, anxiety overwhelmed him. If the password was his mother's birth
The subsequent content of the diary was normal, and there was nothing more about Stefan's mother. Most of it was about Renee's family, and from those entries, Stefan could picture Renee's childhood. Renee lived in a very loving family. Her parents were gentle, and they spent a lot more time with her compared to other parents in rich families.[X month, X Day. It's sunny, and I'm feeling good. Today, Ren turns three, and she's getting cuter every day. Compared to the other kids, she loves playing with Legos, and she even assembled over five hundred Lego blocks in two hours! I feel like she's going to be an expert in programming.][X month, X Day. It's sunny, and I'm excited. Ren is turning twelve today, and my wife said that she's now a young woman. No wonder she kept hiding in the washroom today. As her father, I don't know what to feel. It just seems like girls are bound to suffer more in this world. I'm worried sick at the thought of her graduation, wedding, and childbirth. I just
"What relationship?" Francine was stunned, not expecting that Stefan would ask her that. After composing herself, she answered coolly, "What do you think? We're in-laws, of course.""Just in-laws?" Stefan didn't believe her—only two people who were madly in love would experience the kind of things recorded in Renee's father's diary. Francine and Renee's father were surely more than in-laws."Are you doubting me?" Francine sounded calm but dignified. "There are a lot of things I don't understand, and I'm scared...""You're scared?" Francine laughed and said meaningfully, "You don't have to be. You and Renee aren't siblings. If you were, I wouldn't have tried to pair you both up.""Does that mean that you did date Renee's father in the past?" Stefan asked directly once he realized his mother knew what he was talking about."Yes, I did. Is that important?" Francine heaved a long sigh as if she was recalling past memories, then said sadly, "He's no longer alive, and I'm not young an
Stefan was not feeling cold, but he felt that Margaret might know something. After all, she was around Francine's age, and she had been working for the Everhearts for many years. If anything had happened, surely she would know about it. "Yeah, I'm feeling a bit cold." Stefan got up and opened the door. "I'm sorry, Mr. Hunt—Ms. Ren can be stubborn sometimes. Maybe she's mad at you, so she made you sleep in the storeroom. Let me give you another blanket so you won't be cold." While talking, Margaret carefully laid out a blanket for Stefan. "Margaret, may I know how long you've been working for the Everheart family?"Margaret stopped, then smiled and asked, "Why are you asking?""No, it's just that I find you very responsible and diligent. It's rare to find someone so loyal to a family even after so many years." "Ah, you flatter me. It's because Renee's parents were very nice, and they regarded me as their child. I'm just repaying their kindness." "I heard from Renee that your