Lily’s actions seemed dangerous, but they were actually quite slow, giving people enough time to dodge.However, Ruth had a tacit understanding with Lily, so how could she not know what she was up to?She stopped dodging and sat still in her seat, watching the knife and fork fly toward her face.The next second, a large hand blocked the sharp utensils.At the same time, Lily held the tray firmly with her other hand and did not spill a single drop of coffee.Ruth’s eyes flickered as she looked up at Notus in a daze. Even though she had guessed that he might block the sharp utensils for her, she was still a little surprised to see him do so.“Are you okay?”Notus sounded worried. He turned around and glared at Lily. “What’s wrong with you? Do you know how dangerous this is? Call your boss over!”His voice was so loud that Lily shrank back in fear. However, when she saw the blood seeping out of the back of his hand, she raised her eyebrows slightly.“It’s fine. Just be careful ne
Notus frowned and his expression did not look good.“If our conversation today had been civil, it wouldn’t have come to this,” Ruth continued.Notus asked coldly, “You know that I’ve let you down. How can we be civil?”Ruth laughed out loud. “Is that so? The people who know the truth will think that you have let me down. The people who don’t will think that I am trying to climb up the social ladder by using the Lovehart family.”“You…” Notus could not continue.“I know you think that I have no choice but to get married from the Lovehart family’s side. And that’s why I have to listen to you. That’s why you want to see my aunt and order me to make arrangements. You know that I’ll have no right to refuse at that point.”“What makes you think that? I just—”“If things come to that point, I’ll indeed have no right to refuse.” Ruth interrupted him and said seriously, “Also, I won’t be resentful about this. I have never thought about getting married from the Lovehart family’s side, nor
The words that she had painstakingly thought of saying disappeared when he replied. Her mind was blank. Instinctively, Lily chose the simplest and fastest way to end the call.The car fell silent. Her face was burning.The sudden silence brought Ruth back to her senses. “What’s wrong?”Lily suddenly turned to look at her and paused for two seconds. Then, she started to scream, “Ahhhhhh, Ruth! I scolded someone just now! I actually scolded a man with an attractive voice! I’m dying! I’m dying! What should I do? How can I salvage the situation?”Ruth’s eyes twitched.Lily was attracted to nice voices.Every boyfriend she had had had one thing in common—a nice voice.To her, scolding a man with a nice voice was a heinous crime…“He doesn’t even know you. What’s there to worry about?” Ruth did not care.Lily said seriously, “How can you say that? I still want to know him! He has a good relationship with Demz. We might be able to eat together sometime… Maybe we can even drink toge
Dr. Tom wanted to set the scene by being mysterious, but Abel interrupted him. “Is there a parent-child relationship?”Tom was speechless.It seemed like Abel was privy to insider information.“The sample similarity rate is 99.99%. There’s a parent-child relationship.” Dr. Tom sounded curious. “Can I ask whose samples these are?”Abel paused for a moment. “I can’t tell you. I didn’t ask for his permission.”Dr. Tom was confused.“Wow! I sent the news to you immediately! However, you can’t even let me know who they are, huh? What does your family take me for?”Without waiting for Abel to answer, he continued tactfully, “Forget it. Ignorance is bliss!”Abel suddenly changed his mind. “You’re not an outsider. Alright, I’ve decided to tell you.”Dr. Tom was speechless.“Also, do me a favor.”Dr. Tom knew that nothing good would come of it.Half an hour later, Lily took a shower, put on a face mask, and slowly walked down the spiral staircase. “Ruth, did Dr. Tom call you? I can’
Ruth was actually quite surprised.To be honest, even as Abel’s wife, she had only just learned of this news.How had he moved so quickly? He had even prepared a new identity!In order not to cause trouble for her aunt and the rest, she planned to keep a low profile during this period of time. She did not want to be in the limelight or cause trouble. She wanted to minimize her presence.But Abel was smarter.Abel efficiently made a plan to ensure everyone would be okay!If Notus wanted to meet up with Reina and the rest, then he would have to do it on Abel’s terms.“When did you get this?” Ruth pushed Lily aside and asked Abel blankly.Abel explained, “After Aunt Reina left, I transferred her and Lily’s household registers to Grandpa. Then I crafted simple new identities for them.”Hiding their identities was not a solution.Lily was a wild child. She had just arrived at Imperial City and wanted to know about everything.Imperial City was not big, but it was not small either
Why was Abel telling her this?He did not know what kind of person Lily was.This was harming Demi’s brother!“Brother? Demz has a brother?” Lily’s eyes lit up as she lay on Ruth’s lap and leaned toward Abel hopefully.Abel acted as if he did not see Ruth glaring at him. “Yes, I didn’t know that she had a biological brother. I only found out about their relationship after I heard from my uncle that he had a fiancée who was his sister’s good friend.”Ruth was speechless.Why was Abel so adept at digging these things up?“He has a fiancée?” Lily only caught that fact.“Not anymore. His fiancée is now married to someone else,” Abel said casually.Lily heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s a relief! No matter how much I like him, I can’t be a mistress…”Just as she finished mumbling, she met Abel’s deep eyes. Her heart skipped a beat, and she felt guilty that her little secret had been exposed.She stammered and was about to say something to salvage the situation when she heard Abel
The New Year festivities were coming to an end, and everyone was getting busy again.The Lovehart family was no exception.This morning, Katie went out a few minutes late and complained about Aquilo as usual. However, Luna carefully stood up for Aquilo and caused a family dispute.“Luna, stop standing up for him just to win his favor! I’ve been arguing with my brother for years. You don’t have to judge me.”She could not take it anymore. This was the first time she did not consider Luna’s feelings by snapping at her in front of the entire family.Janet glanced coldly at Luna and then at Notus. Notus frowned impatiently and got up to go upstairs.How could Luna let him go so easily?She said aggrievedly, “Katie, what did you just say to me? Are you trying to twist my intentions? If this family doesn’t want me, I can leave. I won’t come back ever again!”As soon as she finished speaking, she stood up and prepared to walk toward the door.Notus stopped in his tracks and looked at
“Oh, let me introduce myself. My name is Lily. My sister is Ruth, and my mother is Reina. My grandfather is George Lockton. I heard that my father is Notus, so I came to take a look!”Aunt Wang was dumbfounded. She was trapped between Lily’s sweet smile from the front and a knife-like gaze from the back.She seriously regretted hurrying over to open the door.Seeing that the person in front of her was not moving, Lily walked around her and stepped into the house.Her gaze swept across the people in the room and landed on Notus’s familiar face. “You’re Notus Lovehart?”Notus’s eyes flickered as he recognized her.Wasn’t this the girl with the plate who had rushed out of the cafe yesterday to stand up for Ruth?At the thought of the bloody knife and the paternity test last night, something gradually dawned on him. So, that was it!Looking at Lily again, he stared at her face carefully and was momentarily dazed…“You’re the wife my father was forced to marry?” Lily’s gaze landed