Yuriel frowned in response. However, thinking about the baby in her tummy, she held back her annoyance and did not reply to Katherine. She removed Aleandro’s hand from her waist and walked away from them.“Where are you going?” Aleandro held her waist.“To the kitchen. I’m hungry.” She looked at Aleandro in protest, blaming him for making her drain her energy all afternoon. She awoke with heartburn from hunger and couldn’t stop herself from leaving the room, so she went to the kitchen for dinner. She couldn’t sit still when she was hungry.“Wait here. Let the servants cook,” said Aleandro, looking at Butler Greyson, who had been standing in the living room. “Butler Greyson, please prepare some chicken soup for my wife.”“Okay, sir. I’ll get the maid to cook quickly.” Butler Greyson bowed for a moment before turning around, going into the kitchen to instruct the servants to prepare dinner.Aleandro led Yuriel to sit in the living room, sitting opposite Katherine. He sat down beside her
“Where are we going?” Yuriel asked curiously, looking out the window. It was the first time she had come out after a month in Aleandro’s confinement.“You’ll know later,” replied Aleandro, pulling her closer away from the window because the sun was too hot through the window pane. He rested Yuriel’s head on his shoulder.Yuriel pursed her lips in a pout and was still in Aleandro’s arms. Today, Aleandro was off from work and was taking her somewhere. Even though he was on vacation, Aleandro couldn’t be separated from his work. His gaze focused on the gadget without speaking, making Yuriel bored. An hour later, a luxury Rolls-Royce pulled up in a building.“Why did you take me to the Civil Affairs Bureau?” Yuriel turned to look at Aleandro in surprise after reading the name of the building.Aleandro stroked her head warmly and smiled faintly. “Didn’t you say you wanted us to get married?”“Really? Why did I forget, huh?” Yuriel muttered.“You asked for it, so why did you forget?” Aleand
“Oh, why are you calling me?” Yuriel got even more in a bad mood hearing the woman’s name.The corner of Grace’s lips twitched, looking annoyed. That woman was never grateful for her luck. She was the daughter of the mayor, and she took the initiative to call her. But, what did she get? She got a bitchy reply instead of a warm greeting. Didn’t that woman know there were a lot of people waiting to be called by the mayor’s daughter?Even though Grace was very upset, she still answered Yuriel in a friendly manner. “Mrs. Gilren, are you free today? Do you want to shop together? I heard the Hermes store has put out a new season bag.”Yuriel, who was in a bad mood, brightened at her words. She hadn’t been out for a long time because she was locked up in Aleandro’s mansion. “Okay. Where will we meet?” She got out of bed and walked over to the wardrobe.“Let’s meet at Neon Plaza mall.”“Okay. See you later.” Yuriel turned off her phone and cheerfully changed into her dress in the room. She to
Yuriel didn’t stop showing off. She leaned forward and made a gesture that she would whisper something to Grace.Grace raised an eyebrow and tilted her head in doubt. She widened her eyes with a flushed face at Yuriel’s whisper.“Besides, my husband is a very mighty and perverted person. His sex hormones are like a beast! He doesn’t let go of me even though I’m pregnant. We do it almost every day.” Yuriel turned her head away with a satisfied expression when she saw Grace’s face filled with extreme jealousy.She wasn’t shy about showing off her intimate relationship with Aleandro as long as it made Grace jealous to death. She was not at all worried that Grace would snatch her husband. Aleandro even rejected Sherly. What could Grace, who was not comparable to Sherly, do?Grace smiled reluctantly as she said, “Your relationship with Master Gilren is truly very harmonious and loving.”Yuriel smiled sweetly in response, making Grace want to scratch her face. “By the way, are we just sitti
“Where are you going?” asked Yuriel, seeing Aleandro get out of the car. She thought he was angry and left her. “Aleandro Gilren, you must not leave me!” She cried out in panic, seeing Aleandro leave.But, Aleandro just circled the car and stopped outside the driver’s window. “I’m not going anywhere.” He opened the car door beside Yuriel.“What are you doing?” Yuriel looked at him with a questioning expression and was embarrassed for overreacting by thinking Aleandro had left her.“I’ll make you relax while driving the car.” Aleandro bent down to look at her with a crooked smile appearing on his cold face.“Stay where you are and get up from your seat.” Yuriel looked at him with a confused expression. Instead of asking her to move, Aleandro told her to stand up. She didn’t think of anything weird and got up from her seat.The guards watching Aleandro’s car from a distance looked away to see the Rolls-Roche moving wildly on the side of the deserted road. It was getting late. ***A few
Grace, who had pursed her lips with a jealous expression immediately smiled when her gaze met Yuriel's. “Congratulations, Mrs. Yunifer. You are pregnant with the great-grandson of the Gilrens,” she said, sounding very sincere."Thank you, Miss Grace." Yuriel didn't want to make a fuss and expose how hypocritical Grace was when there were so many people in the room. She turned her gaze to Katherine who was sitting beside her husband and had a flat expression without saying a word.She looked at Yuriel coldly before looking away. Yuriel looked at Katherine who officially became her mother-in-law curiously. Katherine hadn't said the usual self-deprecating word since.Hendry laughed out loud the whole time. "Never mind, stop teasing the couple." Hendry stopped his laughter, then looked at Aleandro and Yuriel. “We will not keep you with parents like us. Come out to say hello to the others.” He patted Yuriel's back affectionately."Alright, then we're going to the party room." Aleandro stoo
He would do anything to please his young wife regardless of his image in front of others. He also wanted to show that Yuriel was so important to him and to others. The guests around him were speechless.'Oh, Mr. Gilren, is he enslaved by his wife?'The thought almost filled everyone's head. A smile appeared on the corner of Yuriel's lips as she leaned on Aleandro's shoulder with an unhappy face while looking at the man who had been sarcastic.“That person already makes me unhappy for being sarcastic about me.”Aleandro looked at the man Yuriel pointed at. The gentle expression on his face as he coaxed his wife turned frozen. “Mr. William, do you not intend to apologize to my wife? Quickly apologize to her or I will execute your family company,” he said threateningly.Everyone shuddered that Aleandro used direct threats instead of behind the scenes like he always did.“One, two—” Aleandro started counting.“Mrs. Gilren, please forgive me for offending you.” Mr. William said frantically
“Yuriel knows that Mrs. Yunifer has a very rich husband. She let Mrs. Yunifer die in an accident to take her place in Mrs. Gilren's place. She's a swindler!" she exclaimed with a hint of deceit in his statement."What?!"“If true, that woman is too cruel to let Mrs. Yunifer die and take her twin sister's place!”The guests exclaimed in surprise, staring at Yuriel with various looks. The reporters got excited about getting important information on the Gilrens and took a photo of Yuriel who was pale, visibly dirty with wine spilled on her. The flash of the camera shoots him non-stop.“Th-that's not true….” Yuriel argued weakly, her body breaking out in cold sweat.She felt dizzy, her vision blurred from the camera flashes and the whispers around her made her head buzz."Nonsense!" A female figure in a red dress suddenly appeared and broke through the crowd of guests, approaching Yuriel."Who are you? How dare you slander my cousin! If what you say is true, where is the evidence? I sue y
Aleandro wiped away his tears and rushed out of the room to the next room.The room smelled like a nursery, with milk and powder wafting through it. Where the crying had come from was a crib in the middle of the room.Aleandro peered into the crib and saw a small baby dressed in girl's clothing crying aloud. Like Aleandro, she had thin black hair. His expression softened. He was worried because he had forgotten his child while attending Yuriel's funeral and was drowning in grief.Aleandro reached into the crib and carefully held the baby. The baby's crying still didn't stop. He was worried and panicked because he didn't know how to calm a crying baby."My dear, stop crying, okay?" Aleandro's heart was sour. His daughter's cry was reminiscent of Yuriel's cry a moment ago.The baby had hiccups, her tiny eyelids slowly opened to reveal her mother's green, teary eyeballs.Aleandro's heart melted when he saw his daughter's green eyes, which were identical to Yuriel's. He held the baby in h
Aleandro knelt and placed a white rose bouquet on the grave. He knelt beside the mound of dirt, oblivious to the fact that his body was drenched in rainwater.“Yuriel...” Aleandro gently stroked Yuriel's name on the tombstone, as if he were touching the skin of the woman in his memories. He seemed to be able to see a smiling face in front of her. In a hoarse voice, he said. "It’s all my fault. You are free to hate me and leave me. But I can't...you can’t leave me like this and then never return…"Aleandro had a sad expression on his face. Looking at the grave, tears welled up in his dark eyes. His heart couldn't accept Yuriel's departure."I'm sorry I locked you up and made you suffer."Aleandro could still see the look of rage, disappointment, and hurt in Yuriel's green eyes when he locked her in the villa and tortured her. Under his torture, the smile that had always graced her beautiful face with arrogance was gradually replaced with hatred, pain, and terror. Her eyes gradually los
Sherly grimaced, holding her head. She was dizzy and a warm liquid ran down her temple. Her eyes welled up with tears as she saw the blood on her head and looked up at the cold-hearted man with pitiful eyes.Aleandro snorted and walked out of the room casually.“Aleandro!” Sherly sobbed as she called out to him. Why was he so cruel to her? She only loved him, but he was cold to her.The bedroom door was wide open, and several maids who passed by whispered to Sherly.Sherly looked very sad. She was still dressed in her wedding dress and sitting on the floor, her head dripping blood and staining her wedding dress.Their wedding night turned out to be a nightmare. Aleandro left Sherly in her bedroom, proving that her position in Aleandro's heart was nothing, despite the fact that she was his wife.“Poor Miss Sherly, she was abandoned on the wedding night.”"Our master only has feelings for madam, but Miss Sherly insists on marrying our master. It's no surprise he left her in her room."H
Yuriel stared blankly out the bedroom window at the vast expanse of sea. The sun was setting and twilight rays were floating on the sea's surface. Seagulls soared through the sky. She didn't know how much time had passed because she hadn't counted since her confinement days.Yuriel shifted her gaze to the seafloor. The room was on the edge of a cliff. This kept her from breaking the glass and escaping. What if she shattered the glass and jumped? It made no difference whether she drowned or hit a rock to get away from this place or that devil-like man. She was ready to die.While deep in Yuriel’s thoughts, the bedroom door opened and a maid cautiously entered the room with a tray in hand. She looked at the woman sitting under the large french window pane.The woman stared blankly at the sea stretching outside like a caged bird longing to fly freely."Madam, it's time for lunch," the maid said, placing a tray of food in front of her. But the woman didn't move or even look at her.The ma
“Aleandro, I'm not going to let you insult my daughter. My daughter was obviously still a virgin at the time. Because she only likes you, she can't possibly sleep with another man!" Celine screamed in defense of her daughter, pushing aside her fear."Come on, mom. In either case, it was an accident. Aleandro was not to blame." Sherly pretended to be sad while holding Celina's arm so she wouldn't attack Aleandro. She gave Aleandro a sad and pleading look. "If you don't want this child, that's fine. But I beg you, please give my child a surname. So others cannot offend him."Aleandro was growing impatient and didn't want to waste time arguing with them."Then you have two options: abort it or raise it yourself. One thing is for sure, I will not marry you or give your child my family name. I only take into account the child that was born inside Yuriel."You can't do that, Aleandro. Because Sherly's child is the Gilren family's grandson, you are not the only one who can decide the fate of
18:00, GN Group.Aleandro massaged his throbbing temples as he considered the slightly bleak financial reports of late and Mayor Rollies' intensifying media attacks.There was a soft knock on the office door."Come in," Aleandro said, his gaze fixed on the document in his hand.Viktor's figure entered with heavy steps as the door opened. He looked doubtful at his boss, who was checking the financial documents in his hands while massaging his head."What is it?" Aleandro asked coldly as he noticed Viktor standing by his desk without saying anything.“There is news regarding Thalia Gibson, sir,” Viktor said as he grimaced at the boss."What news? Have you fixed it?” Aleandro asked indifferently and went back to checking the documents in his hand.“Thalia Gibson ran away after her family's company went bankrupt. I've been looking for her and found her in a suburban hotel. But…she was already dead before we could find her. The hotel representative said she committed suicide by drowning he
Thalia walked up and down the hotel, carrying her suitcase, waiting for Sherly's men to pick her up.Soon after, the hotel room doorbell rang.Thalia flinched and moved her gaze to the door. She approached the door with trepidation. She was afraid it was Aleandro's messenger. She saw a man in a black jacket standing alone outside her hotel room door through a small hole in the door.The man's face was only visible because his large jacket hoodie covered it.Thalia gulped nervously. She didn't immediately open the door and asked behind it, "Who’s there?""Miss Sherly asked me to pick you up," the man said, his voice hoarse and uninterested.Thalia rubbed her face, exhaling a sigh of relief. Unknowingly, she broke out in a cold sweat. She opened her bedroom door with relief and asked enthusiastically, "You've come, can we go now?"The longer Thalia stayed, the more terrified she became when she thought about when Aleandro Gilren would come to get her.The man smirked as the corners of h
Yuriel blinked slowly as she opened her eyes. With a dazed expression, she looked around. The room's monotonous white tone and the strong odor of medicine stabbed her deeply, causing her consciousness to fully recover. She flinched and reached out a terrified hand to feel her stomach as she remembered what had happened to her before losing consciousness. Her stomach ached and felt empty. Her heart sank as she felt her stomach flatten. Tears streamed down her cheeks.The baby had vanished."This can't be..." Yuriel was in a trance, unable to accept that her baby had died. She forcibly withdrew the IV needle in her hand, oblivious to the state of her body, which had just undergone surgery.“I have to confirm myself…” Yuriel muttered with a pale face in a hurry to get off her bed. Her stomach was immediately attacked by pain. She trembled and clutched her stomach. Her pale face was drenched in cold sweat. Her knees felt so weak that she was about to collapse on the cold floor. She straig
“You really are two-faced! You were trying so hard a week ago to fawn over and flatter me. Now you changed your face so fast and showed your real attitude. Your life is truly amazing living by fawning over other people. You’re disgusting," Yuriel mocked cruelly.Yuriel's blatant insult made Grace's face flush with rage. True, some of them engage in sycophancy for personal profit. Everyone knew it, but no one said anything about it.Grace's pride refused to accept Yuriel's words as an indirect slap in the face. Also, just hearing her last sentence was insulting and disgusting to her.Commoners remained commoners. They were very uneducated and barbaric. She was not going to lower herself to his level.Grace lifted her chin, smugly looking at Yuriel."I'm not going to debate you. But I have some advice for you: you should leave Aleandro Gilren. You and Sherly have both brought shame to the Gilren family. You'll never be accepted into the Gilren household.""You spoke as if you were a mem