“Oh, alright. I won’t ask about it.” Rue stopped asking about it when she noticed the unpleasant expression on her father’s face. After all, the things that she would be telling him next may make him even more unhappy. “Is there anything that you need?” Eugene asked. Rue nodded and walked over to hold his arm. She said cautiously, “Daddy, I heard that Mommy has gotten injured. I want to stay with her for a few days to look after her. After she gets better, I’ll return.” Eugene turned his gaze to look at his daughter. He remained silent for a while. Actually, he knew of his daughter’s intentions long ago. On the day her mother returned, she already could not wait to move to her mother’s place. Eugene’s only concern was Fern’s senior, who was still looking after her in the hospital. If Rue stayed with her, they would behave more cautiously in front of a child. Besides, Rue would tell Eugene everything he wanted to know about Fern. Rue noticed Eugene’s dark expression a
When it was afternoon, Asher brought lunch over. “I brought you all your favorite dishes today.” Asher had prepared the dishes at home before bringing them over. “What delicious food did you bring over?” Fern was in a pretty good mood today. She caught a whiff of the mouth-watering aroma of the dishes when Asher opened the lunch box. “I prepared steamed dishes for you due to your injury. There are steamed pork ribs and fish.” She did not know how he cooked the dishes. Although they were all steamed dishes, they smelled extremely good. “I happened to be feeling hungry too.” “Let’s eat together.” Asher had brought two servings of rice and dishes so that he could eat with her. He arranged the small desk and placed all the dishes in front of her. Eugene stood at the door of the ward with the dishes that the cook had prepared at home. He saw them having lunch together. “Come, try this fish. I bought this fish from the market this morning. It’s extremely tasty,” A
After receiving a body check-up, the doctors said that Fern had mostly recovered. She could be discharged now.However, she still had to rest at home for a few days. Asher sent her back to her place. She lived in a three-room apartment that their company had arranged for her. Asher was her neighbor. “I’m finally back home. I was so bored when I was in the hospital,” Fern complained. “You should take a bath first. Tell me what you’d like to eat tonight. I’ll head to the supermarket to buy the ingredients later,” Asher said. “You’ve been cooking for me for the past few days. I shouldn’t be troubling you anymore.” She felt pretty embarrassed. “You’ve been eating the dishes I cooked for the past few days but you’re only embarrassed now?” Asher cast her a sideways glance. Fern smiled and said, “I’ll have to continue troubling you, then.” “That’s more like it.” He did not mind cooking delicious food for her every day. “Mommy, have you been discharged from the hospital?
“We can do that.” Rue thought that she had to evaluate Asher if he wanted to be his mother’s boyfriend. Asher bought a lot of ingredients. At night, Fern and Rue went to visit his place. Of course, he welcomed them. Fern brought Rue into Asher’s house. Rue noticed that the shoes in the shoe rack by the door were arranged neatly. As she walked inside, she noticed that the floor was so clean that there was not a speck of dust on it. Every corner of his house was extremely orderly and clean. Her mother must be right. Uncle Asher was a neat freak. He seemed to love maintaining cleanliness. A tidy man was all the more appealing. If he had good cooking skills, he would be even more perfect. “Sit here and watch TV. I’ll finish preparing the dishes soon.” Asher put on his apron and headed to the kitchen to cook. It was hard to imagine that he was an upstart in the financial circle. This was what it meant to be graceful in front of others and skillful in the kitchen, right?
Rue did not enter the kitchen. She did not expect her father to catch sight of such an intimate moment between her mother and Uncle Asher. She finally noticed the unpleasant expression on her father’s face. He minded it a lot, right? She returned to the sofa and called out, “Daddy...” “I’m still busy with work. Have a good meal.” Before Rue could say anything else, the video call ended. Rue could confirm that her father was unhappy. He did not like seeing Uncle Asher and her mother being so close with each other. Actually, she could sense that her father still had her mother in his heart. She did not understand why he decided to marry Aunt Sydney if that was the case. As for her mother… She was not sure if she still cared about her father. “Did you call someone?” Fern came out and saw Rue holding her phone in a daze. Her phone screen showed that she had just ended a call. Rue returned to her senses. She did not hide it from Fern and said, “It was a call from Da
After having dinner, Fern and Rue returned home. “Mommy, I think Uncle Asher is pretty nice. If he becomes my stepfather, I won’t have much to say about it,” Rue told Fern after going into the house. Fern stared at her daughter in shock. “Who told you that he’s going to be your stepfather? Did he win your heart over with that meal alone?” Rue looked at her intently and asked, “Have you never thought about it? I think that Uncle Asher really likes you. He’ll definitely confess to you sooner or later.” Fern was shocked. Did Asher really like her? She did not feel that way. She always thought that he was looking after her because she was his junior. After all, he had a girlfriend in the past. She had met his ex-girlfriend before too. She was a sexy and charming woman. She did not seem to be his type at all. However, she did not know why they broke up. It had been quite a long time as well. Fern knocked her daughter’s head and said, “Don’t have such thoughts. Uncle Asher
Sharon would go to the lab every day to formulate new fragrances. She was shocked when Sydney appeared in the laboratory. She met Sydney in her office. She had been waiting for her for some time.“Sydney, why are you here? You aren’t here to ask me to formulate a perfume for you, right?” She chuckled as she walked over. Sydney got up when she saw her. “I’m here to ask for your help.” Sharon found it odd. What could she help her with? “We’re family. You don’t have to ask me for my help. Sit down and we’ll talk.” Although she had always wanted Fern to be her sister-in-law, so many years had passed. Eugene and Sydney were married now. Therefore, her wish would never be fulfilled. Besides, Sydney had always treated Eugene sincerely. As his sister, she was willing to acknowledge Sydney as her sister-in-law. Sydney sat down and played with her hands. She lowered her head. It seemed that she was having a hard time bringing it up to her. Sharon poured her a cup of tea and s
“She asked me to see Eugene myself. If he’s still angry, she’ll help me talk to him,” Sydney said. Mrs. Neal thought about it and said, “That’s a good idea. Since it’s a problem between the two of you, it’s better if you resolve it on your own. You should go to the company to look for him tonight.” “Tonight?” Sydney flinched. “That’s right. Prepare some of his favorite dishes and act like you’re delivering dinner to him.” Mrs. Neal suggested. “That’s a pretty good idea, Mom.” Sydney regained her spirits. “I’ll cook some food for him now.” As evening approached, Fern looked through the data that she had collected today. She discovered a few problems. She called Eugene and said, “The project that you’re planning to invest in has some problems. I’ll organize the data and analyze it when I arrive home. After that, I’ll email it to you.” After a brief pause, Eugene said, “Come to the company.” “Now?” Fern looked at her watch. He should be getting off work now, right?
“I’ve completed all of his final requests. That’s it.” Yvonne cast a final glance at Quincy, who was gripped with shock. She then left the room. Quincy did not say anything to make her stay. She kept staring at the box of ashes. She stared at the box of ashes silently for an extremely long period of time. Terry asked her, “Miss, do you believe that these are Dayton Night’s ashes?” She turned around to look at Terry. To be honest, she did not really believe it. “Why don’t you first look at the assets that he transferred to you and see if they’re real?” Terry suggested. “Help me settle this.” She handed the thick pile of documents to him so that he could verify them. “I’ll go now.” Terry left the office at once. Quincy stared at the box of ashes and muttered softly, “Dayton Night, what are you trying to do this time?” She was shocked when Terry told her that Dayton had really transferred all of his assets and finances to her after verifying the documents. “Does
Quincy was still deep in thought when her secretary called her through the internal phone line. Her secretary told her that a woman named Yvonne Leif was here to see her. She frowned. Yvonne Leif? After thinking about it for a while, she finally recalled. Was Yvonne Leif not the woman by Dayton’s side? Why was she looking for her now? If she did not die, then Dayton Night... Quincy’s heart lurched. She asked her secretary to bring her in at once. After a while, her secretary brought Yvonne into the office. From the moment Yvonne appeared in her office, Quincy kept staring at her. She had a shadow. She was not a ghost or a spirit… Yvonne was perfectly fine from head to toe. She did not seem injured at all. Did she manage to avoid the bombing on the island? Yvonne was wearing a pair of sunglasses and holding onto a box. She carried her handbag on her wrist. After a while, she stood opposite Quincy’s office desk.She then took off her sunglasses and met Quincy’
Dayton had a dark expression on his face as he stared at the island with a bleak gaze. He pursed his lips. He had no intention of saying anything.He did not want to leave the island. Yvonne and his men were the ones who forcefully brought him away.“I’d rather stay on the island,” he said after a while.Yvonne looked at him in shock. After a few seconds, she burst out in mocking laughter. “You’d like her to bomb you to death, right? It’d be better than dying after going through all the torment of your illness, right?”After a momentary silence, he said, “I owe it to her.”Anyway, he would not be able to live for long. He should just fulfill Quincy’s wishes and let her end his life personally.He would not have any regrets if he died by her hand.Yvonne could not help but slap herself across the face. She then scolded herself out loud, “Why am I being such a busybody?! Why do I insist on saving you when you want to die so badly?! I’m such a fool!”She really regretted her decis
Quincy cast her cold gaze in that direction. After a while, she said, “Let’s go.” Terry did not know what she was looking at just now. He only noticed the unpleasant expression on her face. He followed her and asked, “Miss, where’s that bastard, Dayton Night? Shall I capture him personally?” He did not think that she would let Dayton go. Quincy did not stop walking. “It’s fine. I know how to deal with him.” There was a hint of brutality in her cold voice. Terry was slightly stunned. He seemed to have understood something. He stopped talking to her after that. The helicopter was waiting for them outside. Quincy and Terry got into the helicopter.Below them, the island was in a huge mess. Nobody could stop her from leaving now.“Miss, shall we go back now?” Terry asked.Quincy glanced at the situation below and looked at him. There was an exceptionally calm expression on her face. “You brought plenty of explosives over, right?”Terry nodded and said, “I brought some along
“Doctor Leif, come over and take a look at Young Master. He vomited blood again,” one of Dayton’s men told her as soon as they saw her. Yvonne walked in front of Dayton. She saw the blood that he had spat out on the floor. She was no longer fazed. “You guys should learn to get used to something like this. After all, it’ll happen frequently in the future.” Dayton’s men were stunned. What did that mean? Young Master would frequently vomit blood in the future? Dayton leaned against the sofa behind him and closed his eyes. He did not have the energy to speak anymore. Yvonne did not want to chastise him after seeing his current condition. She clearly knew that he had given up on himself a long time ago. He was simply waiting for his own death. Therefore, she was not in a hurry to carry out acupuncture treatment on him. Rumble, rumble, rumble... A loud sound rang out from outside. Dayton opened his eyes immediately. It sounded like an airplane had flown over? He immedia
Quincy was so angry that her face flushed red. If she was not being held down by his bodyguards, she would definitely strangle him to death right now!Yvonne, who was watching them by the side, could not bring herself to continue watching them anymore. She felt extremely awkward as an outsider. Therefore, she got up and said, “You guys should eat slowly.” She left the room after speaking.She truly could not comprehend someone like Dayton Night. Why was he being so persistent with Quincy Lane? To make it sound better, he was a persistent man. However, he must be a nightmare to Quincy. She could tell how much Quincy hated him. Otherwise, she would not have taken Lennon hostage. She wanted to leave this island. Perhaps love was not only about giving. Some types of love were defined by shackles and imprisonment as well. Not only was Dayton trapping Quincy, but he was also doing so to himself. However, perhaps this was his final wish in life. That was the reason why he was
Yvonne stared at him. She was suddenly at a loss for words. Quincy was pushed back into her room. The door of her room was then shut tight. She heard the sound of a lock clicking into place outside. Damn it, Dayton Night. He got his men to lock her up. She had completely lost her freedom. Quincy had no more ideas. She could only fast. She would rather die than be imprisoned by him. She started fasting. Dayton’s men reported this situation to him immediately. He wanted to head over to take a look at her, but he really did not have any energy right now. “Bring her over.” He had no choice but to ask them to bring Quincy to his room. Before Quincy arrived, he asked Yvonne to help him to the sofa so that he could sit down. He could not let Quincy see him lying on the bed so sickly. Yvonne could not help but ask, “Why do you have to do this? You’re trying so hard to put up a facade in front of her. Can’t you just tell her about your illness right away?” “I don’t need
Quincy could not help but feel shocked after seeing Dayton’s appearance. He looked at her with a gaze that made it seem like he was about to eat her alive! “You’re on the island?” she asked him. Why did his men trick her? “Are you trying to take my men hostage to escape since you thought that I wasn’t here?” Dayton was filled with rage. “Dayton Night, what gives you the right to trap me here?” She should be the one angry at him instead. Just then, Yvonne chased after him. “You should go back.” She reminded Dayton after walking to his side. However, Dayton’s mind was only filled with thoughts about Quincy. It was as if he had not heard what Yvonne said. A mocking glint rose in Quincy’s gaze when she saw that Yvonne was on the island as well. It was no wonder his men were unwilling to tell her that he was already on the island. He had brought another woman over. It was impossible for her not to recognize this woman. She was the woman he had fooled around with at hi
Just then, Lennon detected the mocking tone in her voice. She was not at all concerned about whether they were tired or not.He lowered his head and peeled the apple intently. He did not intend to continue speaking to her anymore. “Let me peel it on my own. Your hands aren’t clean.” Quincy naturally reached out for the knife. Lennon did not think much about it. He just felt slightly terrified. He handed her the knife and apple at once. Nevertheless, Quincy simply took the fruit knife away. She did not take the apple from him. While he was wondering if she thought his hands were dirty, she took hold of the fruit knife and approached him. She immediately placed the knife against his neck. “Young Madam, you…” Lennon finally realized what was going on. This was her true purpose. Quincy stared at him coldly and shouted coldly, “Walk!” Lennon had no choice but to comply with her and walk outside. The men standing by the door were shocked when they saw her holding a kni