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Having no memories of the past five years, to Madam Barnes, Henry's words seemed to show that he still did not care for Tina, even using her lowly status to hurt her.She shot Henry a glare, but she could not humiliate him that much either.Taking Tina's hand and squeezing it as a silent assurance, she said very quietly, "Who is Tina, you ask? I've told you all this while that she's a member of the Barnes family."She had never announced it because she had hopes that things would work out between Henry and Tina.If she announced it, that would really make Tina Henry's sister, and it would be incest if they got together.She did not think that staying her hand allowed Henry to exploit that fact just to hurt Tina.As such, she announced, "I will pick an auspicious date where I formally announce Tina as my god-granddaughter, and she will formally be a daughter of this family."It was as much as a retort to Henry as it was a praise for Tina for John's sake, while cutting off any cha

Tina was trying to draw the attention of the servants, but none of them were coming."Heh." Henry snorted, reading her mind.Tina realized right then that Henry had sent them away, and none of them would come no matter how much she yelled.Since there was no help in sight, Tina raised her hand, ready to hit Henry, only for him to grab her wrist and pull. Then, he shoved her against the craggy boulder, leaving her grimacing in pain and kicking at him. "Get off me!"However, Henry pressed his own legs on hers, keeping her immobile as he grabbed her chin to force her to meet his gaze, snapping demandingly, "You don't like John Levine. Tell Grandma that right now."Tina glowered. "Why should I listen to you?!" Who did he think he was?!"Why, you ask?! Because you're my woman!" Henry bellowed, not hiding his possessiveness at all. "As long as I don't consent to it, you're not hooking up with another man, you hear me?!"Such was the worst attribute of men—even if Henry never loved

John chuckled. "Just keeping up the act. Don't worry about it."Tina's mind was considerably eased nonetheless. "Can you take me to the hotel yesterday first, John? I left my bag there."Just addressing John by his first name left his eyes lighting up, though he shook his head. "I picked it up for you last night. It's in the backseat."Tina turned and saw that it really was, and she picked it up. "Thanks."She took out her phone, but it was turned off since it had run out of battery.John took it off her hands as if it was only natural and started charging it."Thanks," she said again.John smiled at her in exasperation. "People who are dating aren't this formal."Tina blushed in turn—she had never gone on dates before.As soon as she knew love, she became completely obsessed with Henry.It was not as if she had no admirers, but she simply had no eyes for anyone else.But before long, Henry got together with Linda, and though what had happened five years ago kept them togeth

"It's all here," SJ replied as he slid the file on all the information he had gathered to Tina.Tina took it and paid the remaining balance. "I'll reach out again when I need your help."Having received his payment, SJ nodded and left.Tina quickly opened the envelope, reading through everything carefully for anything she could use—but there was nothing worthwhile even after she flipped through everything.SJ was a very famous PI in Jadelight, but even he could not find any leverage against Linda.That meant anyone else would fail just the same.Tina was left staring fixedly on the last page, overwhelmed by the helplessness she felt inside.The only one who knew that Linda had poached the kidney meant for Sophie was Quentin, and he was dead.Naturally, Tina had sought out Quentin's wife, but the woman knew nothing.She told Tina that Quentin had arranged everything, stopping her from donating her kidney to Sophie.As for who it was or even whether Quentin was paid for it, Que

After being together for four years, Olivia and Stan naturally had their disagreements.However, no matter how much Stan hurt Olivia, she could never bring herself to break up with him.And on every occasion, he just had to sweet talk her a little, and she was suddenly clinging to him again.Her friends always called her a loser for that, but she just could not help it—she loved him, even if she bent herself backward doing so.It was to the point that Stan could now frolic with other women right in front of her to hurt her and humiliate her, because he was dead sure that she would never leave him.As Tina started to leave the clubhouse, she had to walk past clubroom 888 on her way out.She hence saw Olivia, and that Stan was frolicking with Amber inside the clubroom.She knew that Stan was Henry's close friend, and that Olivia was Stan's girlfriend.But she only knew them—over the last five years, Henry had never brought her along to meet them.Tina did not want to care, but s