Fern caressed her daughter’s head pitifully. She then asked Eugene to leave the ward with her. When they were in the hospital corridor, she asked, “Tell me. What happened to Rue?” “Some human traffickers sold her to a family in a poor mountainous district. The family bought her to be their child bride,” he told her about the horrendous incident with the simplest words he could think of. “What? She was sold…” Fern was shocked. The next moment, she was filled with extreme anger. “How did she become the target of human traffickers?” She could not imagine how frightened Rue must have been after being sold like that. Were the injuries on her body inflicted by the person who bought her?It was no wonder that her emotions were highly unstable now. She was even suffering from psychological trauma! Eugene’s expression suddenly hardened. He spoke to her in an icy tone, “She wasn’t targeted by human traffickers… Sydney’s mother was the one who sold her to the human traffickers.”
At this moment, Eugene resembled a cold-faced gladiator. He emanated a terrifying sense of iciness and hostility. It seemed that he would take Mrs. Neal’s life the very next second! Mrs. Neal had been confident that Eugene would never be able to find Rue after the human traffickers sold her to an isolated mountainous area. However, she had underestimated Eugene’s capability and the Newton household’s authority. “I… I…” Mrs. Neal started to panic as her face paled. She stuttered and said, “Who told you such nonsense? How could I have done something like that? You’re accusing me!” Flames of anger burned in his gaze. If she were not Sydney’s mother, he would not even bother wasting time talking to her. He would send her to the police station straight away. “The two human traffickers you worked with are now being detained in the police station. Do you want me to bring you to see them? Shall I ask them if they know their seller?” Right then, Mrs. Neal’s legs turned wobbly. She f
Mrs. Neal protested and struggled against their hold with all her might. “I won’t go! Don’t touch me! Otherwise, I’ll sue both of you for molesting me!” Just as she was about to get dragged away, she shouted at her daughter, “Syd, rescue me right now! Your man is sending me to prison. He’s going to take my life…”Sydney finally started to panic. She got on her knees in front of Eugene and hugged his leg as she pleaded with him, “Eugene, I beg you not to send my mother to prison. She knows her mistake now. Just let her go this one time.”Eugene narrowed his piercing eyes as he looked at Sydney, who was kneeling on the floor before him. His expression turned colder as he pursed his lips tightly. He had no intention of forgiving her.“Eugene, I beg you… She’s my mother, please let her go. She did all this just for me…” Sydney started crying.However, the cold-hearted man did not do anything. He watched as the bodyguards dragged Mrs. Neal out and sent her away. “Syd, save me…” Sh
“You…” Sydney stared at the cold man in front of her in shock. Suddenly, she could not bring herself to say anything.Eugene noticed that she seemed to be shocked. He sneered and said, “You don’t need to be afraid. I don’t have a mental illness. But, I have those genes in my body. If I have a child, the genes will definitely be passed on to the child. You won’t want to give birth to a child with a mental illness, right?”Sydney still could not accept the fact. “But Rue seems pretty healthy…” She could not tell that Rue had inherited those genes.Eugene’s gaze darkened. “Does that mean you want Rue to suffer from an illness?” “No… No...I didn’t mean that.” She just found it odd. “Rue inherited my genes, but the genes aren’t dominant. She’s considered lucky. However, she has had some health problems since birth. Those health problems were inevitable.” Rue was born with a congenital heart problem. She had gotten slightly better now, but she had not fully recovered from her cond
After a while, he said, “I’m not that soft-hearted.” “That’s good.” She lowered her eyes. Suddenly, she felt slightly uneasy. Both of them remained silent. Fern could not sit here anymore. She was just about to get up and enter the ward to see her daughter when he said coldly, “I’ve agreed.” She looked at him in confusion and asked, “What did you agree to?” “I agreed to let someone else be in charge of the project that you were working on with me.” Before she could say anything, he added, “But I won’t allow Asher Gibbs to be in charge of the project.” He seemed to have something against Asher. “If you want to switch the person in charge, Asher is the most suitable candidate. His professional capability is stronger than mine—” “I don’t think so,” he interrupted her. He did not want to hear her praise another man in front of him anymore. Fern was simply being considerate of his project by recommending a suitable candidate for the position. “You want me to stop wo
Eugene stood outside the door as he looked at the woman standing inside the house. He said in an even tone, “I’m here to see Rue.” Fern returned to her senses after hearing him. She realized that she was too shocked. Was it not normal for him to come over to visit his daughter? However, she thought about how Asher was still cooking dinner for Rue and her inside the kitchen… Eugene noticed the odd expression on her face. She had not opened the door to let him in even after some time. He then asked her, “What’s wrong? Is it an inconvenient time now?” She was about to say something when Asher walked over from the kitchen and asked, “Who’s here?” Eugene’s gaze instantly darkened when he heard Asher’s voice coming from inside the house. Asher then appeared in front of him with an apron wrapped around his waist. He was holding onto a spatula as well. A complicated expression appeared on his face. Both men met each other’s gaze. Suddenly, an odd atmosphere formed between them
“I asked Mommy about it before. She told me that personally.” Eugene, who had been feeling slightly irritated ever since he entered the house, finally relaxed a little. “The dishes are ready. Rue, ask your father to come over and eat.” Fern carried the dishes out from the kitchen.In just a short while, Asher had finished cooking six dishes, including a stew.“I didn’t know that you would be coming, President Eugene, so I didn’t prepare many dishes.” Asher was being quite courteous. However, he still spoke in a way that made it seem like he was the man of the house. Eugene’s expression looked much more pleasant after he heard what Rue had told him. He looked at Asher with a mocking glint in his eyes. Fern did not like him. His feelings for her were one-sided. “It’s alright, I don’t eat much,” he told Asher courteously as well. “That’s right, I have some alcohol here. Do you want to have a drink, President Eugene?” Asher asked. Eugene rejected his offer politely. “No,
Eugene’s sudden appearance shocked both of them. Fern’s scalp numbed when he fixed his dark and cold gaze on her. It felt like she had done something to wrong him. “You should head over. I’ll wash these dishes.” Asher took away the bowl that she was holding. “Thank you,” Fern said. “It’s not the first time that I’m doing this. Why do you need to thank me?” Asher chuckled. Why did Fern feel like he was deliberately saying such words for Eugene to hear? Eugene did not wait for her. He had turned around and returned to Rue’s room. Not long after, Fern walked into the room. Rue was making a Lego model of a yacht. Perhaps it was because her father had come over to visit her, Fern felt that Rue was rather happy tonight. She was not as silent as she was in the past two days. “Rue, why did you call me over?” she asked as she walked over. Rue looked at her intently and asked, “Mommy, I want Daddy to stay over and accompany me tonight. Is that alright?” Fern was stunned.