"Nick!" Claudia said angrily. "Stop talking like that!"She shook Nicholas, but he remained unmoved. Back when I first married Nicholas, I was still a girl who dreamt of love, imagining we would grow old together.Occasionally, when we slept together, I would sneak into his arms. When my attempts to
I laughed at my own foolish thoughts. How could a dead person leave a note? It was probably just Nicholas avoiding divorce. Such a lame excuse to run away!I left the hospital and went back to the manor. I figured he had to come home eventually. Claudia and Frances were still here after all. Where c
I really didn't want Hawk Corporation's shares, but tempting Frances was just as true.Facing such temptation, Frances didn't even pretend to think it over. She immediately agreed. I knew she wouldn't resist.I had already spoken with Douglas about slowly transferring the shares to her. We would alw
Not long ago, Nicholas had carried me into the Hawk manor, with lights guiding our way even in the dead of night. But now, I was leaving alone. No one paid attention to my actions. Yet, something in my heart felt off.The cool night air filled my lungs as I took deep breaths, but it didn't taste li
I took some time to get back to work. Once again, I became a frequent flyer, barely setting foot in Radiant City over the past month. With a few cases successfully going to trial, my personal brand took off. The public now knew me as the "gorgeous pro bono lawyer". It was a new label given by netiz
Only the sound of Deena's sighs could be heard over the phone.It turned out that those herbal tonics Frances had prepared for me during the start of my marriage with Nicholas weren't meant to boost fertility. Instead, it was something akin to a type of birth control.Those tonics would not harm a m
Although I was smiling when I looked at Frances, my heart was bleeding. I wondered how she could talk to me with such a sweet tone. Did she ever once think of me as family when she gave me those bowls of herbal tonics?Frances' words immediately caused an uproar in the once-quiet meeting room. It wa
Frances was overjoyed as she immersed herself in her dream of being surrounded by mountains of wealth.Once she left, Douglas asked, "Are you really going to help her? Aren't you being too easy on her?"I shook my head. "She'll only be able to watch us earn a sum if she doesn't invest. Have someone