Bianca walked aimlessly in the street with a mournful look.Those big eyes of hers that were always clear and pure were covered with a dark shadow.In the bustling city, there was traffic on both sides, and she was lost in her thoughts. She did not even look at the traffic lights, much less the cars.She was like a wandering soul as she crossed the road without looking.A speeding black car immediately braked when the driver saw Bianca suddenly crossing the road.A driver with a big head rolled down the window and yelled at Bianca, "Damn you, woman! Can't you see that it's a red light for pedestrians? Are you blind? I can’t believe I’m so f*cking unlucky to meet a crazy woman!"The cold wind and the driver's insults floated to Bianca's ears.She acted as if she did not hear it, but a few teardrops slid down from the corners of her eyes.After coming out of the hotel, Bianca did not know where to go. Without her realizing it, she walked to the center of A City—Pearl Tower.The
When she heard the familiar sound of the sports car engine, Bianca knew that it was Luke who was back.She jerked her head up like a startled bird.Luke's tall figure slowly walked in her direction with his back against the sunlight.He was still as dazzling as ever.When he saw Bianca staring at him in a daze, Luke's sexy Adam’s apple moved slightly. He was focused on her beautiful but pale face.He did not say anything to her and just smiled at her. After that, he stretched out his strong arms to hug her into his chest as usual.However, this close proximity caused her to tense up for no reason.The guilt, fear, and anxiety in her heart were like an electric current that instantly shot to her limbs, making all of her nerves tense up as well.The more she tried to control her emotions, the more they betrayed her. She could not hold her tears in anymore and they were about to burst out of her eyes.Bianca's body trembled slightly.She looked at Luke's handsome face and wanted
The rehab center had a single room for Leia, so it would only be her during the day. Where did all those tall, tough women come from at night?They would come and go like ghosts! It was simply unbelievable!Leia had her guard up as she stared at the women who had appeared again. She was afraid and nervous, but she threatened them fiercely, "W-What do you guys want? I’m warning you, when I get out, I’ll kill all of you one by one! I'm going to shout for someone..."The group of women looked as if they had gone crazy and their eyes overflowed with ill intent.When they heard what she said, instead of being alarmed, they looked at each other for a moment before laughing wildly.One of them was a fierce-looking woman in her early 30s. She pointed her thick round finger at Leia's face and insulted her wantonly, "Sl*t, haven’t we taught you enough lessons? Why are you still so naive? Do you really think you can walk out of here? And do you think you can call for someone to help you? Hah
Queenie pulled Bianca into the living room and sat her daughter down on the sofa.The caretaker served some pastries, fruits, and tea on the table.Queenie peeled a fruit for her daughter and handed it to her, but Bianca shook her head. She took the fruit and set it aside on a plate."Mom, I don't have an appetite right now, so can I put it aside for now?"Queenie sat beside Bianca, took her hand, and gazed at her pale complexion. She sighed slightly. "Bea, what happened to you? Why do you look so listless? Are you sick? Or did you get into a fight with Luke?""..."Bianca did not say anything. Instead, she just fixed her gaze on the glass of water on the coffee table before her face turned even paler.She shook her head gently but did not say anything.Queenie lovingly patted Bianca's head and said gently, "I'm your mother, is there anything that you can't tell me? Bianca, we’re not just mother and daughter, but we’re also best friends. If you have anything to tell me, I can b
Queenie walked up to Bianca, pulled her by her shoulders, and forced Bianca to face her. Her gentle voice trembled as she asked, "Bianca, what are you talking about? What do you mean you were drugged? Tell me what happened.”Bianca looked miserable, and despair flashed across her eyes.She cried and fell into Queenie's arms as she sobbed. She stammered as she told her mother the truth about what had happened that night.After Queenie listened to her daughter's cries, her whole body froze up."B-Bianca, how could you be so stupid? How many times have I told you that you can’t trust anyone in this world except for your closest family? But did you listen to me?!" Her mother, who had always doted on Bianca, raised her hand high due to the regret she was feeling for her daughter not living up to her expectations. However, when she saw her daughter's miserable appearance, Queenie finally softened up and reached out to wipe away the tears on the corners of her eyes. "My poor girls. What
Bianca anxiously went to buy a pregnancy test.When she came back, she could not wait to do the urine test.When she saw the positive result on the pregnancy test, she was dumbfounded and shook her head helplessly. She was close to crumbling.Why was fate playing such a trick on her?It was bad enough that she had been raped by a strange man. The matter had already plunged her into the abyss, so why did fate continue the horrible game and make her pregnant with the man's evil seed?She had clearly taken Plan B a month ago!No!She absolutely would not have this child!This child would haunt her about the day she got raped! She did not want the man's dirty blood inside of her!"Ah..." Bianca punched her stomach like a madwoman while hysterically screaming, not holding back any strength.‘Let me just die! I’ll go to hell with this child!’When Queenie heard the commotion in the room, she realized that something was wrong and slammed the door open from the outside.When she sa
Outside the window, it suddenly rained heavily and the sound of thunder rang through the sky, sounding like the devil's roar.Inside the clean white ward, however, it was unbelievably quiet.The soft wall lamp shone on the person on the hospital bed.Bianca, who was on the bed, had an extremely pale complexion. She looked haggard, frail, and listless as if she had lost too much blood.Queenie held her hand and looked at her daughter's lifeless face, sighing incessantly.Jack stood by the side, quietly looking at his daughter's troubled sleeping face. His face, which had always looked vigorous, seemed as if it had weathered through blows of attacks.When Luke came in, he saw Queenie wiping the tears on Bianca's face and Jack standing by the side.He felt incredibly bad as he greeted them, "Dad, Mom."Jack nodded at him and shifted his focus away from him soon after. His attitude was a bit cold. "Come here."He resented Luke.He could not bear to let his baby girl, whom he had
Luke's words were more shocking than the booming thunder outside the window. Bianca's body was trembling slightly. She shook her head in despair, and she asked with an extremely soft voice, "So the man that night was you? So the reason why the room was reserved with my ID was that you know it very well? So that's why the clothes on the bed fit me perfectly, because you planned all that?" Luke's hawk-like eyes narrowed slightly when he saw how Bianca was holding back her tears while asking those questions. "I'm sorry, I didn't know what I was thinking back then. I didn't expect the incident to cause so much harm to you. I thought I'd teach you a lesson not to easily trust others. I didn't mean anything else. I didn't expect…" Bianca glared at him. Her gaze was hollow. Her frail body was as weak and helpless as a leaf floating on the surface of the water. Suddenly, she started to laugh. She bit her lips tightly, which made for a sorrowful yet beautiful scene of despair. "Do you
“You don’t need to remind me. I was going to check anyway.” Abel shot Luca a chilling look.She took a step back and stayed silent.Abel turned to the pale-faced Hera and said, “If you’ve got low blood sugar, get up and eat something.”“I’ll eat now,” Hera replied, sitting up.Luca handed her the takeout.Abel glanced at the food and then frowned at Luca. “Why didn’t you make breakfast this morning?”“I was busy,” Luca explained with a calm indifference, her expression unwavering. She showed no fear, even under Abel’s questioning.Hera suddenly found herself admiring Luca. Everyone feared this man, yet Luca remained composed even when facing potential punishment. Not just anyone could pull that off.At the thought of this, Hera opened the takeout and kept quiet.Abel narrowed his eyes, glancing between Hera and Luca. His gaze was not exactly gentle as he muttered, “Stop eating this junk. It’s bad for you.”“I know, babe. Just this once. After this, I’ll have what Luca cooks f
Hera panicked the moment she heard that. “I trust her!”Luca and Shanks were both watching her.Hera repeated herself, saying, “I trust her, okay? What kind of treatment does she need? I’ll cooperate with anything. But what about Abel…”“I’ll tell him it’s just to help improve your overall health,” replied Shanks. Then, he turned around, opened the medicine cabinet, and started preparing the prescription.Hera let out a sigh of relief. As long as Abel did not find out about her health condition, that was all that mattered.If he knew she was unwell, he would send her back to A City. Without free medical help and no way to make extra money, she would be in serious trouble.“Thank you,” said Hera.“Wait outside,” instructed Shanks.“Okay.” Hera carefully stepped out.Luca, however, remained where she was, waiting.While preparing the medicine, Shanks asked, “Do you know which acupoints to target for her?”“Yes,” Luca replied confidently. As long as she checked Hera’s pulse, sh
“There are a lot of issues.” Luca did not hide anything and handed Hera the phone.Hera looked at it and frowned.“I can't understand any of this.” Hera felt dizzy just looking at the text, let alone the long list of medical terms. It was giving her a headache.“Look at these summaries and indicators. Compare the values on top with the normal values at the bottom, and you'll see what I mean,” explained Luca.Hera did not trust her. Therefore, Luca decided to let her see for herself. Seeing it with her own eyes would prevent any doubts later.Luca pointed out how to read the test results, and after a moment, Hera managed to understand the report. Her face turned pale. “How can there be so many problems?”She looked at Luca and questioned, “Did you fake this?”“I don’t have the power to make the medical center fake anything. Besides, the report has the medical center’s official stamp. If you don’t believe me, you can go directly to the medical center and ask for the official cop
“I heard from the boss that he's coming because of Vivian.” Gale paused for a moment before adding, “But never mind, you don't seem interested in her affairs anyway. I'm just letting you know he's on his way.”Gordan frowned. Ray was coming for Vivian?What could that ugly woman possibly need?“What do you mean by that?” asked Gordan.Gale smirked. “If you and Ray meet, that’s bound to end in a fight. And since you can't win against him, you might want to mentally prepare yourself, or better yet, find somewhere else to stay. It’d be safer that way.”Gordan's expression darkened. “If you have nothing nice to say, just zip it.”Gale grinned, clearly pleased with himself like he had just hit a sore spot.Gordan exhaled sharply. “Of all times, why is he coming to A City now? He’s just making things worse.”“It can't be helped. Vivian's situation is urgent.” Gale covered his mouth mockingly after he said that. “Oh, right. I forgot you don’t like hearing about her.”Ray wanted to br
Luke sat in the villa, staring at Luca’s message.He was worried.For a moment, he considered calling her, but then he remembered that there were surveillance cameras everywhere on her side. He dismissed the idea immediately.Her safety came first.Luke reminded her: [Take care of yourself. Don’t worry, I’ll handle everything. Just focus on keeping yourself safe.] The worry in his heart refused to subside, but at this moment, there was no better solution.“Boss, you’re worried about your wife, huh? If you really can’t stand it, we can sneak you in again during the next shift change, just like last time,” said Gale.It had been his idea last time.Now, the real Lucius was still locked up in the basement of the villa.It had been nearly a month. Luke had forced him to take the antidote Luca had recreated. The man was still alive, proving the antidote worked perfectly.“That plan is too risky.” Luke put his phone away. His gaze was dark and thoughtful.“Risky, sure. But at lea
Luca had not expected Abel and Shanks’ relationship to be like this.It seemed Abel still did not trust Shanks.Shanks continued, “Abel isn’t someone who trusts people easily. He doesn’t trust anyone. You think he’s devoted to Kassy now, right? That’s just his obsession. He's allowing Kassy to receive my treatment, but if it were him… No matter if he were blind or crippled, his safety would always come first. If he were seriously injured, maybe he’d accept treatment, but he definitely wouldn’t do it right away.”Luca stayed silent. Shanks really understood Abel well.Abel did not trust anyone—not even Kassy.Calling him paranoid would not be an exaggeration.Luca felt like they were getting off-topic, but she had never seen this side of Shanks before.In her mind, he was always buried in his work at the lab, only leaving for meals and sleep. Other than that, he was practically never outside.The lab was like his home…“Are you troubled by Hera’s situation?” Luca asked directly
Hera was startled by Luca's words.The refusal that had been on the tip of her tongue suddenly got stuck in her throat.“I…” Hera hesitated, feeling conflicted. Leaving Abel might not be such a bad idea. At least she would not have to live in constant fear.She was finally realizing how unpredictable his moods were. At first, she thought it did not matter as she could still look at other men. She just had to ensure there was no physical contact. In reality, even if she so much as glanced at someone, Abel's expression would darken with anger.It was frustrating. Now, the only person she was allowed to look at was Gerald. Still, what was the point of just looking at Gerald?At that thought, she lifted her gaze to Luca.Luca added, “I’ll give you five minutes. If you refuse treatment after that, I’ll take the medicine back to Mr. Shanks and won’t try to convince you again.”Hera's heart tightened. She did not even need five minutes. She had made her decision within 30 seconds.“I’
“If Abel finds out that Hera's body isn't suitable for organ donation to Kassy, what do you think he'll do?” asked Shanks.He already knew the answer, but he still wanted to hear Luca’s thoughts.“He has invested a lot of time and money in Hera. If he gets nothing out of it, he won’t let her off easily,” Luca said bluntly.Luca and Shanks were on the same page.They did not have a good relationship with Hera, but they had no intention of ruining her either.Hera’s personality was unpleasant, but that was not enough for them to hate her so much that they wanted to see her suffer.“What methods do you think he’ll use?” Shanks asked again.Luca was silent for a long moment.Shanks already knew the answer, yet he still wanted her to say it out loud.After thinking it over, she finally said, “There are plenty of ways he could go about it, but no matter what he chooses, Hera’s fate is sealed. She’s as good as dead…”She lowered her gaze, her tone firm and certain.Shanks nodded.
Hera heard that Luca had returned and immediately went to find Shanks. She narrowed her eyes.That woman went to see Shanks. Could she be talking about her?The thought made Hera uneasy. She had a nagging feeling that something was wrong with her medical report.However, when they left the medical center earlier, Abel asked Luca when the report would be ready, and she said it would be available tomorrow.Hera turned to Gerald and said, “Take these back for me first.”“Alright.” Gerald carried the bags as he walked away. He could not help but wonder what exactly Hera bought. These bags were really heavy!Only after Gerald went upstairs did Hera slowly make her way up as well. Her room was on the third floor, but she stopped when she reached the second floor. She glanced around to make sure no one was watching before heading toward the laboratory.The door was closed.Instead of knocking, Hera pressed her ear against it, trying to eavesdrop.However, the laboratory was special