Charmine glared at the Baileys. “You guys convinced Grandma Bailey that I must earn the Cherny family’s approval to marry Anthony, and some of you even made Grandma Bailey aware that the red wolf bone can save Momo, which routes me to have more interactions with Guy. This is the root of the problem. We haven’t fixed many things because Grandma Granger drugged me. I’ll have severe migraines from time to time, and only Guy’s blood can help me! It’ll take approximately two months for this to go away!” Charmine paused as her fiery gaze swept across Susan to the rest of them. “Would this have happened had you guys not meddled in our business? Are you sure you want to blame me for that?” Everyone was stunned. Charmine had to spend two months with Guy? They merely did not want to approve of Charmine. Who would have expected Anthony to threaten to leave the Bailey family and insisted on marrying Charmine? Great. Guy and Charmine had to spend two months together as well? How would tha
Once the rest of the Baileys had left, Grandma Bailey said to Charmine, “I’ve wronged you here, Charmine. I was the one who asked you to do this, but now that this has happened, let’s all face it together. You’ll do well to take good care of your body, and make sure Nial and Momo take good care of you. Anthony and I have things to talk about.” Anthony frowned. Grandma Bailey wanted to talk to Anthony? What about? Although she was curious, she could only lower her eyes and nodded. Grandma Bailey shot a look at Anthony, and she formally spoke, “Come with me, Anthony.” Anthony reached out to hold Charmine's hand. “You come with me.” Charmine was dumbfounded. Anthony threw Guy an unpleasant look. Would he have to leave Charmine and Guy alone if he went in with Grandma Bailey? It unsettled him to do that. “I have matters to discuss with you, Anthony,” deadpanned Grandma Bailey. “Charmine can’t listen to it, but we’ll only be gone for a few minutes. Momo and Nial will help y
Charmine, by the pond with Chris, felt something was off. It was strange. Why would there be a burglar in the Bailey mansion? It was then she spotted Susan standing not far away in the corner of her eyes, and she instantly understood. Her eyes narrowed as she then spoke to Nial, “Bring Momo to the fruit room and pick some fruits.” “No way, Daddy said we must protect you!” Chris refuted. “Be a good boy,” coaxed Charmine. “The fruit room is only twenty meters away from here. If anything happens, I’ll call you guys.” Chris felt like he was on a seesaw of emotions, but Nial was smart enough to make out what Charmine was implying. “Alright,” answered Nial, “we’ll go there for a while. Call us if there’s anything.” Charmine nodded. Nial placed the medical box by the side and walked away, holding Chris’ hand as he did. Hidden from sight, Susan was about to make them go away when she then spotted Nial and Chris leaving before she did anything. Her red lips curled up wit
Before Susan could speak, Charmine continued, “Putting aside the world assuming that Guy and I are in love, even if they assumed that I’m in love with every man on earth, I’ll still be with one man! No matter what you try to offer me, I won’t leave Anthony or Momo. You better stop planning against me and get rid of those ideas you shouldn’t be having. Stop these unnecessary calculations, or you’ll come to regret them.” Charmine’s words were loud and clear, and it caused Susan’s face to turn green in fury. How could Charmine be so haughty? She was so arrogant! Susan gritted her teeth. “Well then, don’t forget to show me some respect in that case, Charmine, since you insisted on becoming my daughter-in-law! Is this how you’re going to be treating me?” Before Charmine could speak, Guy suddenly marched toward them. He walked to Charmine and glared at Susan, “Mrs. Bailey, you got it wrong! Since Charmine insisted on becoming your daughter-in-law, you should be the one showing her
Charmine was on the verge of losing consciousness at that moment and did not hear anything. All she felt was pain. This was the first time Chris saw Charmine suffering from the migraines. He only knew Guy had to give blood to her, but he did not know it was so painful. Chris cried by Charmine’s side, “You have to hold on, Mommy! Please hold on! Don’t scare Momo! Nial! Uncle Nial! Hurry and save Mommy!” Nial rushed and knelt beside them with syringe needles readied. He went to Guy and naturally extracted blood from him before he quickly transfused the blood into Charmine. Charmine, who was in pain, quickly grew calm. Anthony walked to her side. Although his expression was still dark, he still reached out to hold on to her. Susan quickly walked forward to stop him. “Anthony, didn’t you hear what I said? Charmine hugs Guy instinctively—Guy is that important to her! They’ve only just met, but if this goes on, she’ll cheat on you one day!” Charmine, leaning into Guy’s hold
Susan was so frustrated that she wanted to cry! Grandma Bailey and Anthony were in another room, and they were nowhere close to this area. Even the window did not face this direction! How would she have seen it? She was intentionally helping Charmine! That was bad enough, yet she wanted her to apologize to Charmine? No way! She haughtily argued, “Grandma Bailey, please be more rational! Charmine still has to spend two months with Guy Granger. She needs his blood every day. How will they not develop some feelings down the road? Furthermore, in two months, how are we going to tell the world about this? The D’Cruz family is pestering us! We won’t be able to drag on for two months! Anthony can be with Waverly or even McKenzie, while Charmine could be with Guy. Everything will be resolved! Isn’t that good?” “You’re very wrong! If Charmine would fall for Guy, she wouldn’t be suffering all the pain right now! She has the determination to endure the pain! Do you think she’d easily fa
Before Charmine could make sense of it all, Yvonne walked up to her and naturally hooked her arms around hers, smiling as she did. “Sorry to be disturbing you in the following days, Charmine, hope you don’t mind.” Charmine was never one to be so jovial to others. Not only that, but she would suffer migraines every day, and she would not be able to accompany Yvonne. She could not even leave home. She wanted to turn it down but Anthony said, “Alright, come with us.” Charmine eyed Anthony strangely. Did her ears play tricks on her, or did Anthony just agree to it? Anthony was always cold even to his own mother, yet all of a sudden, he agreed to bring a cousin home? This was very strange… “Yay! Thank you, Anthony!” beamed the happy Yvonne as she grabbed her hand, walking her out. Though wary, Charmine could care less of it all. She grabbed Chris' hand and left. It was only then Chris snapped out from the shock he had after watching Charmine in pain. When he saw someone el
Charmine was about to help Yvonne with her luggage when Guy, who was by the side, went forward. “Let me have it.” Anthony’s eyes squinted as his pupils instantly darkened. It was apparent Guy cared about Charmine, always seemingly attentive to Charmine’s needs… Anthony looked at Yvonne. Yvonne quickly turned to Guy and said, “It’s okay, Mr. Granger. I’m an adult, and I can carry it myself.” With that said, she used her strength to pick up the suitcase. She went upstairs with the suitcase, her small figure looking capable of hauling it. Charmine followed behind her and they all went upstairs, with Chris behind them as always. When the three of them were in, Yvonne placed down her suitcase and closed the door. Alert at that, Chris instantly jumped in front of Charmine in a shield-like manner. He glared at Yvonne. “What do you want to do?” “Momo, be good. Don’t worry, Ms. Yvonne has good-intentions. She’s here to help us,” Charmine comforted. Yvonne frowned and look
There was an unnoticeable glint in Sonia's eyes. She nestled herself further into Harry's arms as she added, "Let’s go to Pares. We'll come back after I give birth to the baby.""Alright."Harry stayed by Sonia's side as he watched over her, cared for her, and talked to her until she finally slept in his care.He stood up tiredly and walked out of the room to sit in the living room.Thuck!Something fell out of his pocket.He narrowed his eyes to the source of sound and spotted a USB.Since when did he have a USB in his pocket?With a small frown on his face, Harry curiously picked it up and noticed the front side of the USB glowing. Something was carved onto its surface, too.[Granger].Was it Dior’s USB? Why was her USB inside his pocket?Harry’s clear fingers held on the USB tightly. He thought for a moment before he took out a laptop, turned it on, and plugged in the USB.A moment later, the screen showed what seemed to be peculiar surveillance footage with a descriptio
Dior was still lost in her storm of thoughts when a shadowy figure zipped past her and ran toward Harry.When she spotted this familiar figure, she reacted quickly and held onto him."Let go of me!" growled Guy. "How dare he slap you and misunderstood you? I have to beat some sense into him!"Harry broke free and chased after Harry.Dior, despite having lost all hope and life in her, mustered the last strand of her will to chase after Guy and reeled him back. "Brother, don't," she muttered, "spare your energy…" Her sorrow clouded her eyes as she mumbled, "He’s the man I love. Even though he hates me, I won’t allow you to hurt him. As for the explanation…"Dior smiled ironically. "Whatever. That slap decimated every beautiful daydream I have about him, anyway."She no longer expected anything from him.He had no trust in her, so what would it matter if she finally got him? He did not even love her, and he did not trust her either.Dior smiled elegantly, but her eyes were fille
Dior looked forward to that new shift.She watched as Harry made his way into the restaurant silently, unable to deter her mind from the daydreams she had of him, of the new chapter of their story they would have.He would apologize to her, trying to redeem himself, and kiss her dearly as he embraced her. Later down the line, they would have a child of their own, too.Harry's long legs walked in strides, his dark gaze trained on Dior.The bright light shone on Dior’s delicately stunning face, and she also wore a red dress.He remembered her wearing this back in Mount Village.He could remember how alluring she looked back then, how they stayed in the same room, how she put down her ego to treat him with so much gentleness.Harry’s cold face mellowed down, but recalling a certain memory, the vague wistfulness in him vanished and he sat in front of her.Dior looked at him fondly, like she always would. "Long time no see."Her eyes burned brightly as if she wanted to drink in his
Dior examined the footage the moment she received it.True enough, it showed Sonia and George talking about their little deal. It also showed how Dior was telling the truth while they both ganged up on her.Dior’s frail heart felt as though it was rejuvenated once more, feeling as though blood was once more pumped into her heart. Her dull eyes devoid of hope regained their lost luster once more.Not thinking twice, she dialed Harry's number with this evidence, though he had to be busy, seeing as he did not pick up even after the phone rang for a long while.Just as she was about to hang up, Harry picked up the phone."What do you want?"On the other end of the call was the voice that she had missed for so long. His low, hoarse voice sounded so cold and emotionless.Hearing his voice brought Dior back to the image of his handsome face, and her heart skipped a beat.She tried her best to restrain her fluttering emotions as she tried to speak calmly, "Do you have time? I’d like to
At Mount Village…Inside the elegant bamboo house was Dior, dressed in a beige dress. She sat in the front yard as she took sips of her wine.The sunlight shone past the leaves and illuminated her, yet she exuded an air of loneliness.She swirled the glass and could not help recalling the moments she spent with Harry.In the beginning, she was attracted by his looks; he looked so gentle and elegant.She gave him money, kept him company, and continuously showed up around him in hopes of conquering him.Alas, she ended up in this state.The time she spent with him in Mount Village was the happiest time she had ever had. They had lived inside the bamboo house together, where he took care of her and claimed her to be his woman.They even laid inside the same room.Everything was so beautiful.Cursed was her luck, however, that it was just an illusion. He had been using her from the start, while he chose to stay with the woman who lied to him and even hurt him!No matter how mu
"Although Susan was unhappy, she should've voiced out her displeasure instead of bottling things. Cheating is wrong, regardless. Furthermore, if she wanted a career, she didn't have to stay home and depend on her husband."Grandma Bailey halted.Was that what Charmine truly thought of?Grandma Bailey thought Charmine would find Susan too aggressive unto herself.Charmine glanced at Susan again and apathetically commented, "She doesn't want to make money on her own, but she wants to be rich while complaining about her man not making time for her and taking care of her? If a woman has no ability of her own and also blames others for her miseries, all she's worth is to sit quietly at home and wait for her husband to come home. She also has no right to cheat! This is how the world works."Charmine patted Grandma Bailey’s shoulder and held Anthony’s hand, her words met with everyone's evidently surprised gazes and their silence.Grandma Bailey was shocked. Sure, Charmine sounded rathe
The colossal cruise started to drift away from the pier.Eric stood on the cruise and let the wind blow at him, loneliness and hatred still oozing from his being.He stared at the blue ocean ahead of him as Charmine's words rang in his mind unceasingly.'Will you really feel good after you've killed them?''You saw Susan suffering from a serious wound; would you still kill the one sibling you have left in the world?'"Forgive them and yourself.'Deliberating everything carefully, his lips curled into a bitter smile.It was true, after all, that Charmine understood him the most.Eric poured himself another drink and downed it with loneliness as he allowed the cruise to bring him wherever it would take him.…Susan was still inside the operating room when Charmine and the rest of the Baileys rushed into the hospital.Darryl stood before the room, his expression blank, his figure lonely and helpless.So many things had happened in half a day.He found out about his wife's inf
"No one's stopping you now. Eat!"Anthony clenched his hands tightly and took another glance at Charmine. He was more determined than before, and he was close to eating the pills in the bottle.Charmine, who was held hostage, gradually opened her eyes at that moment. Her gaze drifted toward Eric before she asked, her tone challenging, "Will you really feel good after you've killed them? You saw Susan suffering from a serious wound; would you still kill the one sibling you have left in the world?"Eric halted, and his eyes darkened.Charmine had just woken up, yet what she said…He cast a cold glance at Charmine. "It's my business, and it has nothing to do with you!"They were his family, and he did not want a family like this!Charmine looked squarely at him. "Eric, I don’t care if you used me or plotted against me all these years; I've treated you like a true friend, nothing more nor less. You were the only person who stayed by my side in the past five years, so I hope that you
Anthony's breath hitched when he saw Charmine.He clenched his fists and, without doubting himself, relented "I can agree to your terms, so let her go right away. This has nothing to do with her; you only hate me after all. As long as you let her go, I'll take the pill. Everything will end right away."Susan shook her head. "We'll die after eating the pill. I’m not taking that!"She had just reunited with Eric, and she did not want to die yet. She looked at Eric and begged, "Please let Anthony be, why don't you? He’s your brother, after all, and he doesn’t even know about your existence. If you’re really angry, just kill Charmine, and I'll make it up to you—"Anthony's expression contorted in sheer fury upon hearing Susan's plea, and he glared at her with murderous intent."This was all your fault, so what right do you have to make Charmine take your blame?!""What on earth are you going on about?" snapped Grandma Bailey. "Charmine has been kidnapped because of you, yet you want