Jared Crawford was still indifferent as though he was an emotionless robot. “Yes, get the butler to arrange it. Let’s have it in one week’s time.” Janice was overwhelmed by immense joy. She had waited for many years, and he finally agreed to marry her! She could not describe how elated she was at that moment, so she cried tears of joy while she held Jared’s hands. “Thank you, Jared, thank you for willing to take me as your wife. I’ve been waiting for this day for a very, very long time…” Nonetheless, Jared still stared with hollow eyes at the ceiling. Nobody knew what he was thinking. …… The news of Jared marrying Janice was soon spread to Grandpa Crawford. The old man was so furious that he pounded his walking stick on the ground. “B*stard! B*stard! Gwen had just passed away, her funeral hasn’t been held, and it hasn’t even been seven days. How could he marry another woman? Is he crazy?!” In order to prevent the Crawford family from losing another backbone, the butler quic
The butler simply smiled politely and ignored Janice’s bark. He left the study after putting down the cup of coffee, leaving Janice to rage on her own. He followed Jared to the courtyard, but the wind was strong due to the heavy rain outside. “Mr. Crawford, the wind is too strong outside. You haven’t fully recovered after being discharged from the hospital a while ago, so you should go back inside.” “She said something similar in the past,” Jared suddenly uttered. The butler was startled. However, Jared kept staring at the falling rain as he took a trip down the memory lane. “When we were still studying at university, she would always run to my class when it rains to give me an umbrella. She never cared if she was caught in the rain — she was always so silly.” He suddenly smiled, and his pale face glowed as though he was yearning for something. “She always brought me a towel and a bottle of mineral water whenever I played basketball; she spectated every single tournament I pl
Jared Crawford was dispirited. He neither cared about his company nor left his room nor ate. Nobody could get him to leave his room — it did not matter who tried to persuade him. Jared found a diary among Gwen’s belongings, and he had been crying and laughing at it for a few days. He sat on the ground below the windowsill and held the wooden figures that were carved by Gwen. Once again, he flipped through her diary, which felt extremely heavy to him. …… [23 September 201X. [Happy!!! [Today is the day Jared and I are getting married. He’s on his way to pick me up, and I’m so happy yet nervous that I don’t know what to do. Mom suggested that I keep a post-marriage diary. She has kept one in the past, and she only stopped writing when Dad passed away. [I’ve decided to keep this diary, and I’ll write until either me or Jared dies one day! [It never occurred to me that I’ll actually become Jared’s wife one day, so I thought I was dreaming when Mom told me! [Mom and Grand
The day before the wedding, Jared Crawford’s butler was ordered to make a trip to the Sanders residence. The Sanders family was bustling about at that moment for the wedding. When the butler arrived with a team of people, Janice’s parents welcomed them with joy because they thought the people had dropped by to send some gifts. In the end, the butler informed Janice’s parents that the wedding was canceled. Janice had stayed in her room because she wanted to be reserved, but she was perturbed after hearing the news, hence she dashed out. “The wedding’s canceled? Why?” The butler replied to her word by word, “It’s Mr. Crawford’s idea.” “I don’t believe it! Jared told me that he wants to marry me! How can he change his mind the day before the marriage?” Janice shouted because it was too absurd and too unbelievable, “I want to meet Jared! Now!” “Mr. Crawford doesn’t want to see you.” The butler shook his head. Janice yelled furiously, “You dirty dog! Get lost!!” The butler w
Once Jared Crawford’s butler was done settling the matter, he returned to the villa to report to Jared on the completion of his task. “Mr. Crawford, Miss Sanders has been taken away by the police, but she doesn’t admit that she killed Mrs. Crawford — she insists that it was a suicide.” “Get to the bottom of it.” Jared seemed to have changed into another person overnight. He was initially only harsh and indifferent, but he had suddenly become sharp and grim like a sword from a scabbard, which was incredibly sharp. The butler could not help but lower his head. “I will.” However, there was no proof that Janice killed Gwen and no trace could be found at the scene. Due to the lack of witnesses and material evidence, Janice was released after being in jail for three days. The first thing she did after she was released was to find Jared at the Crawford villa! Janice used to have full access to the place in the past, but just as she wanted to enter this time, she was stopped by t
“Uncle, can you help me get that?” Someone with a baby’s voice called out to Jared. When Jared lowered his head to look, he saw a fair-skinned and exceptionally adorable little girl, who was roughly 3 years old. He became soft-hearted at once and handed her the pudding that she wanted. The little girl had great manners, so she thanked Jared after she received the pudding, “Thank you.” Jared asked after some thought, “Are you Lou?” “Uncle, do you know me?” The little girl widened her eyes. “I saw your parents looking for you, so quickly find them and don’t make them worry.” Jared guessed it right. A cute little girl like her definitely had a mom who liked to act childishly. Lou pouted her lips and responded, “Did they finally remember their daughter? I thought they only saw each other! Okay, I should go back to them. Bye, Uncle!” “Mm, goodbye.” Lou hopped away. Based on what she said, Jared figured that her parents were very much in love. Jared watched enviously as the
The cruise that was arranged by Grandpa Crawford would last for five days and four nights. Jared met Miss Lawson as soon as he got on the ship. She was a good-looking lady, but he was reluctant to be with her, hence he was indifferent toward her throughout the journey. Nonetheless, Miss Lawson did not give up. She tried to initiate a conversation. “Jared, can I call you that? You can call me Wendy.” Jared stood on the deck as he looked into the distance without an expression. Miss Lawson added, “Jared, I’ve actually known you since a long time ago, but you haven’t divorced your ex-wife back then…” “I don’t have an ex-white, Gwen is forever my wife.” Jared cut her off coldly. “Jared, don’t be mad, that’s not what I meant. Gwen and I used to be classmates when we were in university, we had a great relationship, so I won’t speak ill of her,” Miss Lawson quickly explained. She gulped before she continued with a softer voice, “What I meant was I was too shy to greet you in the p
Jared left Miss Lawson alone and ran into the crowd regardless of everything. “Gwen! Gwen!” Miss Lawson was startled. “Jared, what are you doing?” Jared pushed away everyone in his way and grabbed the woman, who looked exactly like Gwen. He was exceptionally agitated. “Gwen! It’s really you!” The woman, whom he grabbed, was shocked. “You…” “Gwen, I knew it, I knew you’d still come back, I knew you’d come back!” Jared immediately hugged her. “Excuse me, Mr., are you drunk? You’ve gotten the wrong person, I’m not Gwen. I’m Stella, Stella Rose.” The woman in Jared’s arms struggled to push him away, and she resisted him very much. Even then, Jared could not hear a word she said. ‘This is my Gwen, the Gwen whom I’ve been missing for five years!’ A man furrowed his eyebrows upon seeing the scene, hence he forcefully separated them and protected the woman by standing in front of her. The man then uttered coldly, “Excuse me, you really mistook her for someone else. This is my w