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
Unfortunately, their plan was too optimistic. Rubio hid the evidence well. On the surface, there seemed to be nothing wrong with Pascal Manor at all. Even after an extended search, Shelley found nothing.Three hours had already gone by. It was time for her to meet up with Renee.She arrived at the rendezvous point they had agreed upon, but even after waiting for a long time, Renee was still nowhere to be seen.“Oh, no! Did something happen to her?”Shelley called Renee.The call was not answered.“Do I really have to call the police?”Shelley hesitated. In the end, she decided not to call the police but instead sought help from Stefan.“Mr. Hunt, are you busy? Can you come to Pascal Manor immediately? Ms. Everheart is in danger!”She believed that Stefan's presence definitely carried more weight than the police's. If Rubio really was doing something bad to Renee, upon hearing Stefan's name, he would definitely become so scared that he would not dare to do anything.Stefan rem
Renee covered her lips, her tone filled with disbelief. "I…cut myself." Justin leaned against the corner and frowned deeply. He was in deep pain."Why did you cut yourself?" Renee was scared out of her wits and grew more sober. In her panic, she threw herself at him and tried to stop his bleeding.Justin reacted aggressively as he waved his dagger and warned fiercely, "Get away from me! Don't touch me!" "I…" Renee paused, too afraid to act recklessly. She pointed at his wound and said, "I'm just worried about you. You're bleeding. It must hurt a lot. Why did you hurt yourself?" "It's better to be in pain!" Justin gnashed his teeth and said in agony, "The pain will knock some sense into me, so I won't act like an animal and lose control of myself.""I see…" Stunned, Renee was moved to tears. She understood why he cut himself. Surprisingly, he wanted to stay sober and not be controlled by the drug in the wine.He could have used her to satisfy his desire, and she would never b
"You're playing with fire!" Justin leaned close to Renee's ears and said fiercely, "What do you think there is in the wine? Maybe I'm not someone who will take liberty on women, but I can't promise that the wine won't make me so." "So, you're saying that the wine…" Suddenly, Renee realized the wine was not as simple as she thought. She also understood why Rose had behaved in such a mysterious manner. "Stay…away from me!" Suddenly, she became frightened and wanted to keep some distance from Justin. She knew that people could not be trusted completely, especially under the effects of chemical reactions. Things would certainly get out of control. Justin probably did not want to do anything to her, but both of them would lose their minds under the effect of the wine and do something that would fill them with regret. The only way to prevent such an incident was to avoid each other."You want to stay away from me, but it's too late now. I'm no saint. I'm just a normal guy!"Just
"I'm so thirsty!" The burning sensation of the wine made Renee thirsty. She wanted to drink some water.In the dark, she heard some rustling. The next second, something was on her lips. It seemed to be someone else's lips. She wondered if someone had secretly kissed her."Who are you?" Renee grabbed the person in front of her and interrogated angrily, "How dare you kiss me without my permission! Do you know who I am? I'll cut off your lips!""Let's see if you can do that or not." The man sounded dull and drunk, but he was also overbearing.Although Renee was drunk, she could discern who it was. She called out in the dark and tried to confirm her doubt. "Haze…?" "Yeah, it's me," Justin admitted, but he did not plan to let her go. He used a more overbearing manner and trapped her between him and the door."What do you want?" Renee panicked. She wanted to kick him away, but she did not resist when she learned that it was Justin. After she had done so many things to hurt him, s
The servant walked forward with trepidation and helped Justin back to his room. Austin's eyes were dark. He whispered to his assistant, who nodded and immediately carried out his order.After two glasses of strong wine, Renee felt dizzy and could not stand steadily. "It's weird. Is this wine this strong? I just had two glasses of it, but I feel quite dizzy." It was hard for her to exit the hall. She could not stand properly, so she supported herself against the wall."Ms. Everheart, you didn't seem well. Let me help you to get some rest." Austin's assistant caught up to her and stood behind her. He even sounded respectful. "It's… fine. I can go back to my room." Renee waved; she didn't want to trouble others. Besides, she did not want others to see how miserable she was. She had assumed that she was good at drinking and would not get drunk, but it seemed like she had overestimated herself. After two glasses of wine, she became quite drowsy. She would not easily leave if s
Renee blinked and smiled brightly at Justin, asking him, "Are you worried about me?" "No, I'm not worried about you!" Justin said angrily. "I don't want you to get killed here. I can't explain it to your brother and kids. It's hard to handle the three of them."He was not lying. Although he had befriended Quinton, Adie and Abby might make a scene there if they realized that Renee had drunk so much wine at the party. They were witty, always full of ideas.Hence, it was better not to cause trouble. Before they could make a scene and things get out of control, Justin must stop Renee. He wasn't worried about her at all. "So, you're not worried about me?" Renee's gaze turned dull as she sighed. "It looks like you didn't forgive me. So, I must drink this glass of wine." Something was wrong with Renee, or perhaps she just wanted to torture herself. It seemed like she insisted on drinking the wine. She swung off Justin's hand and gulped down the wine."You're out of your mind!" Justi
The aged white wine was strong. Ordinary people would find it hard to drink a glass of it. Yet, Renee had drunk two glasses of it consecutively. It was a little dangerous. Everyone at the dining table was initially watching the fun, but they showed Renee some pity after she drank two glasses of wine consecutively. After wiping her lips clean, Renee staggered and said to Justin, "Let me toast to you now. I've wronged you the most." Justin, sitting there, said with a poker face, "You don't have to say sorry to me. We don't hold each other any grudge. After all, we can't make others fall in love with us.""No, I must apologize to you. It's for my sake." After that, Renee used a bigger glass and filled it with wine."Whatever!" Justin frowned and ignored Renee. He had no idea what was wrong with her. He had yielded and let her off, but she stubbornly wanted to keep drinking the wine.He wondered if she had forgotten the fact that she had just recovered from a serious illness. She
Suddenly, Justin became mature and stopped making jokes. He talked steadily and was no longer emotional. It filled Austin with worry because it made him feel like Justin was an emotionless robot.In comparison, he liked Justin's previous self better. At that time, Justin was simple and sentimental. He was the grandson Austin doted on the most.Sophia grinned and commented, "Dad, you don't have to worry about Justin. Men will change. Previously, he was just a childish kid even though he was in his twenties. He didn't know how to see through people's pretense. But he's all grown up now. He knows what's right or wrong. That's a great thing!" As a mother, she naturally did not want her son to get hurt. Although she favored Renee and wanted the latter to be her daughter-in-law, she would give up since Renee had let her son down and harmed him. All she wanted was to see Renee get away from her son."Yes, you're right. People need to grow up. He has grown up a lot lately, but the price
After a while, a servant quickly came back with a bottle of wine tied with a piece of red cloth. "Sir, Madam, this bottle of white wine was brewed more than ten years ago. It comes with a rich taste and is strong. I'm sure it's suitable for Ms. Everheart to toast to everyone as a form of apology.""That's good. That's what I want." Rose accepted the heavy bottle of wine. Although it was yet to be unscrewed, she could smell its pungent scent. "I won't easily let anyone drink this. Plus… Believe it or not, a glass of this wine can knock out anyone here." Rose carried the bottle of wine and walked around the table. Finally, she stopped in front of Renee. "I'm letting a sinner like you enjoy such a great thing today. You must drink all of it. You can't waste it.""Huh? Does she have to drink it all? I'm afraid she'll vomit from drinking.""People will lose themselves with only three to five glasses of this wine. If they drink half of it, they might get alcohol poisoning no matter
If any Baldwin demanded an explanation from Renee, she would not resent them."Fine, I won't go easy on you since you said so." Rose laughed recklessly, looking malicious. Everyone knew Rose was fierce and malicious. But none of them said anything, including Justin. They behaved like onlookers and wanted to see how Rose would punish Renee. "Please go ahead." Renee nodded and sounded very calm. "Don't worry. Regardless, you were the only woman my dear grandnephew had loved and wanted to marry. So, I won't be harsh on you. If not, he won't forgive me." At that point, Rose purposely paused and wanted to see how Justin would react.However, Justin merely sat there indifferently and had no intention to get Renee out of the predicament. Hence, Rose became bolder. "Well, let's do this. You've wronged not only Justin but everyone in my family. Since you're here to apologize, you should toast to all of us. Then, we can forget about this."After that, Rose turned to Austin and asked