"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
She did not expect to be saved by Stefan, the guy she detested, once again.“I heard when the rapist was caught, he had already been beaten to a pulp with multiple broken bones in his body. Later on, when he was in the detention center, he cut off his own dick. Honestly, I definitely don't think he castrated himself; I think Mr. Hunt hired someone to do it. After all, the rapist actually tried to lay a hand on Mr. Hunt's woman. He got off easy with just a castration!”Shelley's admiration for Stefan was obvious. She asked again, "Ms. Everheart, were you moved by Mr. Hunt's actions? Have you been busy rekindling your relationship with him these days?”“No way!”Renee denied it vehemently. "I haven't seen him at all in the last few days. I don't want to have anything to do with him anymore.”“You don't, but Mr. Hunt definitely does. We could all tell that he has special feelings for you.”“That's his business. It has nothing to do with me.”Renee put aside her chaotic thoughts. Sh
Their car was stopped at the front gate by a muscular security guard.“Who are you? What business do you have here?”Renee slowly rolled down the car window. Her bright eyes as alluring as a fox's, she said seductively, "Hi, we have an appointment with Mr. Pascal. Can you let us in?”When the security guard's eyes met Renee's, his body went numb like he had been electrocuted.He shook his head to try and snap himself out of it, then asked, "Does Mr. Pascal have an appointment today? Why wasn't I notified?”“I'm not sure, but Mr. Pascal did ask us to come here. Do I look like I'm lying?”“Well...”The security guard checked out Renee's beautiful face and perfect figure and went numb again, almost getting a nosebleed.She was indeed the kind of stunningly beautiful “delicacy” that Mr. Pascal would regularly “order”!“If you don't let us in, I won't make things difficult for you. We'll leave right away.”Renee sighed with regret and pretended to turn the car around.“Wait, wait