Charmine had yet to wake up, and Anthony's eyes were still wide open.The two of them had been through so much to be together. Why was God so harsh on them?Annabel could not watch this anymore. She bit her pale lip before carefully choosing her words, saying, "President Bailey, I’m going out to get breakfast."Anthony did not seem to hear her. He sat by the bed and held Charmine's hand, his bloodshot gaze never leaving Charmine.Annabel looked away and turned to leave.The sky was dark, and the streets were being cleaned. The smell of all sorts of breakfast dishes being prepared in shops wafted from afar.Annabel stopped a taxi and went straight to the church.Upon arriving, she noted that the ancient church was quiet, and the door up ahead was still shut.She looked around and let out a sigh of relief. She had feared she was not the first to arrive, that she would not be the first to offer her prayers.She went to the gate of the church and thought of what Susan said to her.
[Annabel]There was an article on Annabel going to pray at the church, and there was also a video about it.In that video, Annabel was shown to have arrived at the church's gates when the sky was still dark. She knelt every three steps over the course of a few hundred meters of the pavement. She knocked her head along the way.Even though her knees and head were swollen, she did not care about herself. She remained determined and managed to be the first to get into the church.When she prayed, she prayed sincerely for Charmine.Everyone was shocked.[Annabel is so sincere and prayed for Charmine, her supposed enemy?][She knelt for an hour! Her knees are even bleeding!][Annabel is too kind! She seems to be weak, but at such an important moment, she could do such a thing!][No wonder Anthony and Charmine are willing to let her in. She is so kind][I feel that she'd be a better Mrs. Bailey. She is kind and will bring luck to her husband.]…Susan woke up early and sat on the
"It doesn’t hurt," replied Annabel kindly. "This is nothing serious."Grandma Bailey felt aggrieved as she looked at Annabel. "Silly girl, you actually knelt all the way from the gate to the church… If it works, there wouldn't be any illness in the world."Annabel had a determined look in her eyes. "As long as there’s hope even in the slightest, even if it’s one in a thousandth, I'll try it for Ms. Charmine. This is all that I can do for her. This is nothing compared to what she had done for me…"Annabel looked troubled with guilt; it should have been her laying in that bed.Anthony, on the other hand, paused upon hearing Annabel's words.She…went to pray for Charmine? She knelt all the way from the gate to the church?Anthony thought of how she had left at four in the morning, and his bloodshot eyes mellowed at this.He glanced at her, and after a moment, he continued to look at Charmine.When Grandma Bailey heard this, she was moved and touched.She looked at Annabel lovingl
“Annabel, you must take good care of your body. You have our blood in your belly, our only hope if Charmine doesn’t wake up…” Grandma Bailey wiped off the tears and fell silent for a very long while. After sobbing for a while, she said, “If this is true, only you can take care of Anthony and Momo in the future…” Annabel’s pale face was filled with tears. Her watery eyes were filled with tears, she said with determination, “No, Miss Charmine will wake up, she will… I prayed for her at the church sincerely, she is a blessed lady, God will not want her suffering. She must wake up…” Grandma Bailey saw how genuine her look was, she was very touched. Hopefully… She held on to her hand tightly, the both of them stood before the bed and looked at Charmine who had not woken up in bed… The time had passed. Up until the night time, Charmine still had not woken up. Grandma Bailey was feeling sad and unsettled. She almost fainted and the crowd had to send her home. When Doctor Wei
Anthony halted. Right, he almost forgot that if it was not for Coco, that if Derek taught his daughter correctly, Charmine would not have ended up like this!Derek must have done this on purpose! He would never forgive those who hurt Charmine!His reddened eyes turned cold. He looked at a demon from hell. Annabel said, “President Bailey, go on. And wash up. I will stay here to look after Miss Charmine. When you come back, she will be awake.” Anthony glanced at Annabel. Thinking of how considerate she had been over the past five days, he did not suspect her and stood up to leave. When he went out of the ward, Anthony phoned Luke, “Within three days, get hold of all of Derek’s shares. I want him with nothing left and reputation ruined!” … Late at night, inside the ward. Annabel was sitting by the bed, looking at Charmine who was not waking up, her pale face was filled with guilt. She looked at the clock inside the ward, the time was getting closer to twelve. Tonight
Anthony could only try her best to stay calm. She shook her pale face and said in a wronged tone, “Miss Charmine, I don’t know what you’re talking about…I didn’t want to hurt you, really. I saw the pipe tilted and so I wanted to help you fix it…” “Ha! You’re still denying it at this moment? It seems that you won’t admit it!” Charmine clapped her hands. Instantly, the door was opened again and Kay came in with Felix. When Felix saw the crowd, he pointed his finger at Annabel and said, “This woman asked me to ruin the motorcycle and then act along with her. She then paid me handsomely. She is the mastermind!: Annabel glared at him and growled, “No! It wasn’t me! Someone must have bribed you!” “Ha! I knew you would deny it, so I recorded you!” Felix smiled and took out his phone from the pocket. He played out the recording of his conversation with Annabel. Instantly, everyone heard the deal between Felix and Annabel. Anyone could tell that the gentle voice belonged to Annabe
Anthony walked in and asked her from behind, “Would you like me to help you?” Charmine was speechless. “I’m not actually ill, so no?” Since he was being overly nice today, she found it hard to get used to it. Anthony looked at her and curled up his lips, “You’re my wife, of course I should take good care of you!” His tone was very loving. Although it was only a show in the past five days, when he saw her laying there, he felt as if he had actually lost her. It felt horrible and therefore, he treasured her even more now. Charmine saw the look on his face and could not help laughing, “If you really want to help, go to the backyard to get me some flower petals for the bath.” The flowers in the backyard were all planted by Anthony for her. He did so for her to see the flowers without having to go out. So that she could be happy. “Okay.” Anthony ruffled her hair and lowered his head to kiss her forehead before turning to leave. The backyard was dark, there was only
Annabel looked at him with her watery eyes, she looked so harmless and innocent. While Anthony remained cold and unmoved. He was not shocked by this so-called “secret”. Annabel looked at him perplexed, “President Bailey, are you not shocked that it wasn’t me whom you slept with five years ago?” Anthony scoffed, “I feel lucky!” His tone was cold with a hint of disgust. It was as if he wanted nothing to do with this woman! Since he had figured this out some time ago. When Annabel heard this, her pale face turned even paler. She bit her pale lips and said, “Have you forgotten about when we were still students? You…” “Shut up!” Anthony glared at her, “I merely pitied you, I felt nothing for you! No matter in the past or present, I will never like a fake woman like you!” He said coldly and turned to leave. “Anthony Bailey!” Annabel growled at him. Anthony did not stop and continued to walk forward. Annabel panicked, she said, “You slept with Charmine five years a
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