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
His phone suddenly rang. Wyatt glanced at the screen and said, “It’s a call from the old master.” Eugene’s eyes were still closed as he pinched the center of his brows. “Answer it,” he said in a low tone. Wyatt swiped across the screen to pick up the call. He then placed the phone in front of Eugene. “Are you planning to run away from your own wedding, you rascal? How long do you intend on leaving the bride and the guests here?” The old master’s infuriated voice rang out from the other end of the phone. Eugene suddenly remembered that his wedding ceremony was still being held. He had left his bride behind at the wedding ceremony. “Grandfather, I’m going back now.” There were some things that he had to complete. Eugene returned to the wedding hall. Sydney was silently waiting for him to return with red-rimmed eyes.She immediately got up after seeing him. She looked at him with uncontained joy. “Eugene, you’re back…” “Yes, the wedding ceremony will continue now. You…
Eugene had a heavy expression on his face. Perhaps it was because he was worried about the old master’s condition. “It has nothing to do with you,” he said softly. He stared up at the ceiling. It looked like he was deep in thought. Sydney felt that there was something off with him. She could not help but overthink things. “If you’re doing this because of me, you can back out of this marriage. I won’t blame you.” Eugene finally turned his head to look at her. He frowned at her and said, “I told you that it has nothing to do with you. I wanted to quit being the president of Newton Corporation a long time ago. You don’t need to worry that I won’t be able to afford our living expenses just because I’m no longer the president.” That was not what Sydney was worried about. She immediately tried to explain herself, “I…” Just then, Jim spoke up, “If you don’t want to be the president, you can just quit. Why must you hand me the position? Have you ever asked me what I thought about