After hearing Chase's words, Renee became even more confident of her suspicions. She quickly pulled her two children aside and warned them, "Close your eyes first. Wait until I confirm that there's nothing inside there that's inappropriate for children, and you can open your eyes."Then, Renee turned to Mr. Q and said, "You don't have to open the door. I'm not interested in your perverted things. As long as you admit before my children that you're a bad guy and promise to stay away from them in the future, that's enough."Renee had considered many things and was worried that the pervert would attack indiscriminately if he were exposed, so she planned to take her children away before figuring out how to save whoever was inside the room.Mr. Q ignored her and ordered Chase again, "I said to open the door. Didn't you hear me?""Um..." Even though Chase was visibly unhappy, he didn't dare disobey a direct order from his boss. He pulled out the key and opened the door."Watch out!" R
"Um..." The woman hesitated to speak as if she had difficulty expressing her thoughts."If you're in any trouble, just let me know. I'll shoulder the consequences for you. But if you insist on protecting a bad person, then I won't care about you!" Renee was a little angry when she saw how the pitiful woman so quickly shouldered the blame when she'd done nothing wrong.It was precisely because of their weakness that evil had become so rampant. After all, it would "cost" nothing to be evil."No, you've misunderstood! I'm not trying to protect a bad person! I just..."The woman took a deep breath and mustered up her courage before continuing, "Fine. I don't want you to misunderstand Mr. Q, so I'll be honest. I'm a single mother, and it's been hard raising my child all alone. At one point, I couldn't even afford to eat. I had to work in a nightclub, which was filled with bad hats. I unknowingly got involved with them."One time, a client tricked me. Mr. Q and Chase saved me. They
"Mommy, Daddy Q has been busy all night. Do you know what he's doing?" Abigail asked Renee in a soft and gentle voice.The corners of Renee's eyes were slightly red, and she asked hoarsely, "What was he busy with?""You'll find out if you come with us!" Abigail said mysteriously. She led Renee to the observation deck on the second floor of the shop.The observation deck was built by the seaside at the junction of the three countries, and the view up there was breathtaking."Abby, why did you bring me here?" Renee asked in confusion as she looked up at the stars in the sky.Abigail smiled mysteriously and asked, "Do you know what day it is, Mommy?""Huh? The day? Uh... the weekend?" Renee answered with a puzzled look on her face."It's the ninth of August, which is your birthday, silly Mommy!" Abigail said sweetly."Today... is the ninth of August?" Renee suddenly realized.Today was her birthday!"Look behind you, Mommy!" Renee turned, following Abigail's finger, seeing Cha
Renee snapped out of her immersion immediately and turned around to face the man with a guarded look."What are you going to do?" Renee asked."It's simple!" Mr. Q continued whispering in her ear. "Last time, I asked you to let me take Abby as my goddaughter before reclaiming Sun Island. Now I want to add on to that...""What do you want to add? You can't possibly want my son as your godson now?!""That's not all!" Mr. Q grinned and continued whispering, "I want Abby to be my goddaughter, Adie to be my godson, and you... to be mine.""You're insane!" Renee jumped away from him as quickly as a lightning bolt, standing warily as if facing a fierce beast. "I knew it! You're like the weasel who pretended to pay homage to the chicken so that it could steal food! You only have bad intentions!"I knew you were too good to be true! You made my favorite food, baked a cake with the kids, and even set off fireworks for my birthday... It turns out you were just waiting for this! You're so gr
"Stop being so full of yourself. The way I see it, Adie is interested in you because you and Stefan are enemies. So, the enemy of his enemy is his friend."Renee considered inwardly whether or not to go along with Mr. Q's proposal and pretend to be a loving couple with him to fulfill the wishes of her two children.If he was a good man, having one more person to love her two children wouldn't be a bad thing.If he were a bad man, however, he would eventually reveal his true colors, and the two children would no longer be fooled."So, do you want to give it a try?" Mr. Q asked, and when he saw the hesitation in the woman, he pushed further and said, "Give me a response. The children are looking at us from afar. If we agree, they will definitely be overjoyed."Renee looked towards her children. She saw them standing not too far away, their eyes shining with expectation.Even if Renee had a heart made of steel, she couldn't bear to disappoint her children. So, she turned to Mr. Q an
After returning from Carmine Pawnshop, Aiden and Abigail were visibly happier than ever. The smile on their faces never dropped, and they pulled Renee along as they pestered her to give them new siblings with Mr. Q."Mommy, when will you and Daddy Q have your wedding? Can Adie and I be your flower girl? After you hold the wedding, we can live together as a family, then you and Daddy Q can give us siblings!"Abigail was already envisioning a wonderful life where Mr. Q lived with them. As the family's little princess, she had always been carefully sheltered by everyone. Now thinking about having future younger siblings, her little heart had also developed a sense of responsibility and the yearning to protect them."Yeah! When your relationship is stable, you should hold a wedding as soon as possible. Then Q can live with us and take care of you. He can make your favorite food, plant the sunflowers you love, share the pressure of your work, and deal with that jerk, Stefan! It's perfe
“Well...”Renee tried to confess several times, but seeing how happy everyone was, she couldn't bear to kill their joy, so she ended up staying quiet. Amidst the joyful mood, Abigail's cute round face suddenly paled. A pained expression crept onto her face.“Aah! It hurts, Mommy! It hurts so bad!”The little girl grabbed her chest. She was having difficulty breathing.Everyone immediately became alert.“Margaret, the inhaler! Hurry up and grab the inhaler!”Renee hugged Abigail while rubbing her chest and comforting her, "Abby, don't panic. Breathe slowly. Inhale, exhale, inhale... The inhaler will be here soon.”Margaret quickly handed Renee the inhaler. "Here you go, Ms. Ren!”Renee took the inhaler from Margaret, put it in Abigail's mouth with practiced familiarity, and started pressing it.Abigail's breathing slowly returned to normal. Her cheeks, which had gone pale, gradually regained color.“Mommy, I'm sorry for scaring you. I was too happy today, so I forgot to take
Early the next morning, Renee picked up the necessary documents and met up with her assistant, Shelley, at a subway station.“Ms. Everheart, I'm here!”After Shelley walked out of the subway entrance, she pushed her black-framed glasses up her nose, jogged over to Renee's car, and climbed in.“Ms. Everheart, I'm so happy to see that you're okay. You have no idea how worried we are for you. We're afraid that you might have left us!”Shelley looked at Renee with sparkly eyes like she was looking at her idol as she spoke excitedly.Ever since Renee was sexually assaulted, she had never shown herself, so Shelley and the other employees in the company were all worried about her. They all wondered what was going on with her.Shelley had kept her mouth shut. She did not tell anyone about what happened to Renee for the sake of Renee's reputation.Renee gave Shelley a little smile and joked, "Why? Are you afraid that I might run away without paying your salary?”“That's not it. All the