Grandma Granger was still suspicious, but when she lowered her head to see the girl’s clear, watery eyes, nothing raised her wariness. She must have overanalyzed things, then. The other woman persisted, “Young girl, why are you so silly? After one meal—” “Shut up!” Before she could finish her sentence, Grandma Granger cut her short coldly. “Don’t you think I don’t know what you’re thinking. Stay away if you’re smart, or I'll call the police!” When the woman saw that Grandma Granger was dressed up elegantly, she knew she was of a prominent background and could not be offended. Reluctantly, the woman left. The young girl looked up at Grandma Granger with admiration. “You’re so cool, Grandma. You’re like a high-ranking soldier!” Grandma Granger smiled a friendly smile, unable to tell this adorable girl the dark truth. She asked, “What’s your name? How old are you?” “My name is Momo.” Grandma Granger took her into her arms. “This name was given to me by the orphanage’s
“Yeah!” Momo’s pitiable face finally had a child-like smile on it. “Thank you for your blessing, Grandma! You’re the kindest angel I’ve met!” “Good girl.” Grandma Granger brought her to a bun stall to buy her some buns. Momo had no intention of eating the bun in her hands, but as she eyed Grandma Granger discreetly, she had to take a bite to stuff up her mouth. “So yummy!” she chirped, though with a full mouth. “This is the best thing I’ve eaten in the world! Thank you, Grandma. I’ll always remember this! I’m going to look for Mommy now.” With that said, she ran away. She would throw up if she had to take another bite of this! Grandma Granger was unwilling to let her go. This girl was so young. What would she do with her next meal? What about at night? The day after? “Young girl, hold on!” Grandma Granger held her hand. “Would you like to stay with me for a few days? I’ll ask people to investigate your Mommy. Get some rest, alright?” What she meant, however, was that she
Inside the hospital. Guy was in a stable condition, somewhat, and had no emergencies in the afternoon. Nial called them beforehand to tell Charmine and Anthony that he had things to attend to, that he would not be back so soon, so they both stayed in the ward from afternoon until the sky turned dark. Charmine looked at the time. It was past six. She phoned Dior but all she heard was, “Sorry, the number you’ve dialed is currently…” She frowned and grew anxious. Did Dior turn off her phone? Grandma Granger would grow suspicious if she noticed that Dior was not around. It would then be harder for them to distract her when Guy needed his next blood transfusion. Noticing her growing anxiety, Anthony reached out with his big palm to hold her ice-cold hand. “Wait for a while. It’ll be fine as long as she comes back before Grandma Granger does.” “Yeah.” Meanwhile... After arriving at the exhibition, Dior went to the waiting lounge. When she opened the door, she saw
“Okay.” Well, he was a sight for sore eyes, still. The man seemed very grateful. “Thank you.” “You’re welcome.” Dior led him to pay and wrap up the painting. After the man had left, the assistant asked, “Ms. Granger, you sold off your painting at such a low price?” “I don’t care about money.” Dior flipped her hair. “I care about people.” The assistant thought to herself, ‘Okay. You’re rich, so you do you.’ Dior reclined on the seat as her bright eyes stared at the back of the leaving man… She felt almost heartbroken. It was not until the man had vanished from her sight that she turned around to hand out her card to the assistant. “Use my card to fill up the remaining amount.” Although she owned this gallery, there were two other partners. They had to keep the numbers right. After sorting out everything, Dior drove back to the hospital. Her eyes wandered as she stopped before the traffic light, yet among the crowd, she noticed the same man from the museum... He ha
The man’s eyes narrowed when he noticed the woman on his lap. Was it her? Realizing their position, he gulped and hoarsely questioned, “What are you doing?” Dior heard his alluring voice and was knocked off her feet. When she finally reacted, she said, “She’s just a woman. Why end yourself for her? There are so many better women in the world, and you don’t have to do this! Even if you don’t care about your life, think of your parents! It wasn’t easy raising you!” Harry was baffled. “When did I say I’m killing myself?” “Huh? You were walking into the sea!” rambled Dior. “Are you not committing suicide?” “No, you just thought too much into it.” He looked at their position again and his eyes darkened. “Oh.” Knowing that he was not killing himself, Dior was more reassured. After that, she finally realized…that she was sitting on top of him! Her hand was touching his chest! “Ah...haha…! What a misunderstanding…” Dior smiled dryly and got off of him unwillingly.
Harry looked muscular under his shirt and looked in shape with the shirt on. However, this man showed no interest in her! Was there a sadder thing than this in the world? Dior pitied herself before going to pay for it at the cashier. Harry was like a useless man as he followed behind her, and Dior was rather upset as they walked out of the mall. She was really going back this time! She turned back to look at him. “Goodbye, then.” “Okay.” She took her bag and walked toward her car. Harry stood on the same spot and watched as she left. After she had left, he turned and walked back to the cashier, speaking authoritatively, “Refund the money back to the lady’s account.” “Yes, President.” … Before Charmine and Anthony managed to see Dior, a nurse rushed in urgently. “Ms. Jordan, Mr. Bailey, Grandma Granger is downstairs.” Charmine frowned and could only instruct the nurse, “Take care of Mr. Granger. If she asks, just tell her what I told you earlier.” “Okay.”
The question kept Charmine awake all night. Unable to come up with a win-win solution, it caused her to lose her sleep… She tossed and turned in bed before she was pulled into Anthony’s arms abruptly. His voice huskily tingled her ears, “What are you hinting at me by twisting around?” Charmine looked at his darkening eyes, and her face turned hot. She explained, “I’m thinking about Guy.” Anthony’s face sank. “It seems that my sense of presence is too low!” She was in his arms while thinking of another man! “No, I...uhh...” Before she could finish, Anthony lifted her face by her chin and arrogantly kissed her lips as a punishment. Knowing that she was tired, he let go of her and embraced her, declaring, “Just sleep. I’ll take care of everything.” Charmine frowned. Did he have a solution? Grandma Granger would attend to Guy personally from then on, and she would not leave. Although Charmine was tired, she did not want Anthony to get jealous again, so she did not
“I don’t want others to be around me when I work.” Grandma Granger frowned. She looked at Guy who was still in a coma. After a moment of hesitation, she walked out of the ward with Anthony. When the door was shut, the so-called Dr. Nancy lowered her head to look at her costume with a disgusted look. She quickly took out a tube of blood and started transfusing blood into Guy. … Charmine turned around in the huge bed to hug Anthony, but her arms felt nothing beside her. She abruptly opened her eyes and noticed that the space beside her was empty. Anthony was not there. She thought of what Anthony said last night, and she instantly called him. After the call was accepted, she asked, “Anthony, how did it go? Did you manage to get the blood to Guy?” Anthony was not pleased. She woke up and the first thing she asked about was Guy!? He glowered. “We’ve successfully transfused his blood. You don’t have to come to the hospital. Just go and meet those from M35 Lab.” “Okay.”
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