“Don’t worry, I won’t run away since I didn’t do anything wrong. You guys can come with me.” “That’s a must,” the policewoman said as she headed over to the washroom with Fern. Fern walked into the washroom and called out, “Mrs. Woods, are you in here?” She opened the door of every single cubicle and checked inside, but she could not find Shannon Woods anywhere.What was going on? “Is the person you want to find not here?” The policewoman looked at her with an ambiguous smile on her face. Evidently, she thought that Fern was just coming up with an excuse to drag things out.Fern looked at the luggage. Suddenly, she felt that something was off. Could it be…She followed the police officers to the station and handed the luggage to them so that they could inspect its contents.The police officers opened the luggage. There were some female clothes inside the luggage. There was a black pouch as well.They proceeded to investigate the contents of the pouch. Fern watched them
All the guests could see the happiness on Sydney’s face through the white veil that she was wearing. Sharon sat in the guest seats. After Sydney appeared, she heard the people behind her gossiping about her. She even heard some immature kids giving remarks like, “The bride is an ugly witch!” The parents of the children covered their mouths at once to stop them from spouting nonsense. However, nothing could stop the people beside her from speaking in hushed voices. “The bride is quite pretty, but it’s a pity that one side of her face is ruined.” “She sacrificed half of her face in order to become President Eugene’s wife. As long as President Eugene doesn’t mind her appearance, she can enjoy living a luxurious life.” “That’s right. I wonder if President Eugene really doesn’t mind her appearance? After all, men like women for their looks.” “Who knows? However, her wedding gown looks expensive. The design looks exceptionally good as well.” “The wedding gown looks good
Sydney reflexively reached out to pull him back. She had a panicked expression on her face. “Eugene, where are you going?” Eugene seemed to finally remember that they were holding a wedding ceremony right now. He was a groom today! He frowned. There was a panicked look in his eyes. “Sydney, I need to settle something important right now. Let’s put the wedding ceremony on pause. Wait for me to come back.” He did not tell her that he would not marry her, nor did he tell her that the wedding ceremony was canceled. He simply asked her to wait. However, she was afraid. How long did she have to wait? Today was the day of their wedding and he was leaving her alone here. Would she not become a laughing stock? “Eugene Newton, what are you doing?” Old Master Newton got up and asked him with a cold expression on his face. Eugene seemed to be extremely panicked. “Grandfather, there’s something urgent that I need to settle right now. The wedding ceremony must be put on pause.”
Fern slumped into the chair. She was stunned. Nevertheless, her mind was filled with confusion. She had been scammed. There was no one named Shannon Woods on that flight. That meant the woman was not Jeremy’s mother! She had fallen into Jeremy’s trap. However, she could not understand why he wanted to do this to her. Drug possession came with a death sentence. There was not any bad blood between both of them. Why did he want her to die? “Sir, I’m really innocent. The luggage doesn’t belong to me. I was just there to pick someone up.” Fern could only repeat these words again and again although her explanation was still weak. Just then, another police officer entered the room. “Your friend, Jeremy Ziegler, is here,” he told her. Fern’s attention perked up as she got up. Jeremy was brought inside the room. She wanted to rush over and ask him to clarify everything to clear her name, but the police officer held her back. “Sit down.” He did not allow them to get too clos
Jeremy furrowed his brows tightly. He seemed to be extremely worried about her. “Fernie, if you tell them everything truthfully, you won’t be sentenced to death. If you were just helping to transport drugs, your sentence might be reduced as long as you tell them who your higher-up is.” “Jeremy Ziegler!” Fern finally could not resist roaring out loud. If the police officers were not in the room, she would have rushed over to strangle him and ask him why he was setting her up like this! “I’ve forgotten that you’re a top actor. Your acting skills are immaculate! I must’ve been blind for treating you as my best friend all along. I never once suspected you!” She shouted angrily. Finally, she pointed at Jeremy in front of the police officers and said, “Regardless of whether you believe me or not, he was the one who asked me to pick up that woman from the airport. He told me that Shannon Woods is his mother. He had everything planned out! You must arrest him as well!” “There’s no e
For a moment, Fern felt like getting up and throwing herself into his arms. However, what was left of her reasoning pulled her back to reality. She tightly clenched her hands into fists as she suppressed her urge to do so. At that moment, she was shocked to realize that he was still the one that she trusted most. She even thought of him as her final source of solace! She turned her head away and wiped the streaks of tears from the corner of her eyes before facing him once again. Both of them sat opposite each other at a table. Eugene was wearing a dark-colored shirt. He had removed the suit jacket that he was wearing during the wedding ceremony. Fern took in a deep breath and calmed herself down before speaking. “Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to get married today?” Eugene fixed his sharp gaze on her and spoke to her in a deep, cold voice. “So you know that I’m supposed to get married today? I suspect that you’re doing this on purpose. Did you do something lik
Eugene’s large palm was dry and warm. The warmth from his hand warmed up her cold hand and flowed all the way toward her heart.Her heart lurched harshly as she tried to withdraw her hand instinctively. However, he tightened his grip on her and stopped her from moving her hand away.She suddenly raised her eyes and met his dark gaze. She started to panic…“Also… you should bring Rue back home with you. I can’t take care of her for the time being. Tell her that I didn’t do anything bad and ask her to wait for me to get released.” She lowered her head as she did not dare to look him in the eye.“You don’t have to tell me what to do. Stay here and don’t worry. I’ll handle everything else.” Eugene patted her hand before letting go.“You… You’d better go back and complete the wedding ceremony before doing anything,” Fern said in a low voice.Eugene’s gaze faltered. “I’ll definitely complete the ceremony. You don’t need to worry about my affairs.” After speaking, he got up.Fern felt
Eugene’s cold face remained expressionless. His lips curled into a smirk as he said, “Hah, how daring of you to have such thoughts.” “Why won’t I dare? Besides, not only do I dare to think of such thoughts but I’m also acting on them.” Jeremy looked into his eyes with an ambiguous smile on his face. “Since you’re asking for my shares, do you plan to take over Newton Corporation?” Eugene reminded him in a cold voice. “Don’t even think about it. I don’t own the largest percentage of shares.” “You don’t need to bother about that. If you really want to save her, do as I say.” Jeremy paused as a harsh glint flashed across his gaze. “Of course, you can just ignore my conditions if you don’t wish to save her life and plan to let her get a death sentence instead.” It all depended on whether Fern Thompson was his Achilles’ heel. Eugene’s expression darkened as he exuded a terrifying sense of coldness. “You’re working in the entertainment industry. Why do you want to join the busin