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Chapter 171 Victoria’s Baby Shower

On Saturday morning, Victoria and Mark sent a birthday blessing to Jonathan. They called him and sang a happy birthday song. Victoria's voice was beautiful. Jonathan was overjoyed when he heard them singing.At that moment Mark received a call from the Chief Editor of the Glory magazine, "Hello Mr Anthony, sorry to trouble you. We are celebrating our magazine turning point.I'm not sure if you and your beautiful wife will be able to join us today at 12 pm." Mark told him that it was his younger brother's birthday today, therefore they were not available.After they hung up, Mark sent him a text message indicating that it was his wife's baby shower and later they would have his brother's birthday party.He told him that they were happy about the magazine. The magazine managed to sell more than 200 000 copies and they were still receiving orders.The Anthony family decided to hold the baby shower outdoors. Their backyard was huge, surrounded by flowers. They were expecting more than for
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Chapter 172 Since When Did You Become Superstitious?

At the Johnson residence, the family of four was in the living room watching TV. James was absent-minded. His father looked at him and asked, "what is wrong Son?"James looked worried and replied, "I'm feeling uneasy as if something bad is going to happen." Everyone looked at him, Serene laughed and said, "since when did you become superstitious?"His mother touched James' shoulder and said, "I hope nothing bad will happen, Son." His father nodded his head. His father was sitting quietly thinking about the lady who made his knees weak.He tried to suppress his feelings for her to no avail. He fell in love with her. The relationship between him and his wife was no longer good, but he promised to give his wife another chance and he was not willing to go back on his word.Macy had sent a group invite to her friends inviting them to attend her grandmother's seventieth birthday except Serene. She didn't want to associate herself with Serene anymore.Serene was thirty-nine weeks pregnant. S
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Chapter 173 Her Trump Card

When Mrs Johnson saw Macy she became very angry and rushed to her. She vented her anger to her, she slapped her hard across the face and said, "Why did you invite Serene to your party?"Macy was caught off guard. She couldn't dodge on time. Mrs Johnson tried to slap her again, but a strong arm held her wrist and pushed her hard. She fell on the floor. She cried out loud, but no one helped her up.Macy rubbed her swelling face and said, "Auntie, I didn't invite Serene. I was shocked when I saw her. When I asked her, she told me that James and Uncle Emmanuel forbade her to go but you allowed her.I was wondering who in the right mind could allow a heavily pregnant woman to attend a party. Serene told Sandra that your marriage was in trouble.Auntie, were you taking revenge on Serene for messing up your marriage? Did you think about the innocent baby?" Mrs Johnson looked at Macy and sneered, "What nonsense are you spouting? There is no problem in my marriage. I didn't ….."Mr Johnson int
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Chapter 174 Don’t Touch Me You Murderer

At the JHB General hospital, when Serene woke up she touched her stomach, and sobbing was heard. Mrs Johnson tried to comfort her and said, "Serene, don't cry, you are still young. You will have more children in the future."Serene cried out loud and said, "Mom, why did you allow me to attend the birthday party?" Mrs Johnson was shocked when she heard Serene's question because she didn't have an answer.While she was waiting for Serene to wake up, she was asking herself the same question. She touched Serene's hand, but she slapped her mother-in-law's hand away so hard and said, "don't touch me you murderer. You killed my son."Mrs Johnson was dumbfounded. She looked at her red hand and rubbed it slowly. It was very painful, but she suppressed her anger.At that moment, Dr Cain and the nurse came into the ward and said, "Serene, how are you feeling?" Serene didn't utter a word. She sobbed aloud.Dr Cain prescribed more pills for pain and said, "Serene, during surgery there were some co
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Chapter 175 I Felt That Something Was Amiss

Mr Johnson left the Anthony mansion with a heavy heart. How could Serene murder his first grandson? He was looking forward to seeing his grandson. Serene was heartless.He took his phone and called his son, "Please meet me at home. I have something to tell you." James took his car keys and drove home. Mrs Johnson was sitting in the living room in deep thought when her husband arrived.She looked at her husband with tears in her eyes and said, "Hubby, I'm sorry for the way I treated you. Please forgive me. I don't know what was wrong with me. I ended up killing our first grandson. I'm really sorry."Her husband looked at her and replied, "Rosemary, you are no longer the woman I fell in love with, you have changed. I never thought that I would be replaced by my grandchild.I don't think we will be able to fix our marriage, but we can try to go for counseling. To tell you the truth, my heart is no longer in this marriage." His wife cried sorrowfully, blaming herself for everything.At th
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Chapter 176

In the meantime, at the Lewis residence, Zion was in the study room with Mr Lewis, he was looking at the outstanding young man in front of him.He smiled at him and said, "I'm sure your parents are so proud of you. You have achieved a lot at such a young age."Zion smiled back at him and replied, "Uncle Patrick, when I was five years old my mother found that my father was having an affair with her secretary, and they have a four-year-old son together.She divorced him and left me with my paternal grandmother. My grandfather was the founder of the Bennet Group. When he passed away, he left the company to my father. My grandmother was a housewife.She depended on my father to take care of her. However, on that day, they got divorced. My parents forgot about us. My grandmother used to wake up early in the morning to buy fruit and vegetables from the market.She set up a stall at the busiest street near our home. She managed to enroll me in the most prestigious primary school even though
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Chapter 177 More Than Meets The Eye

At the police station, Chief Smith was with Detective Blade in his office discussing the recording sent by Mr Anthony. Detective Blade was looking confused and said, "Sandra is coming from a wealthy family, and she is the only heiress of the Hall Group.I don't believe that she agreed to help Serene because of the Johnson Group shares. The Hall Group is on par with the Johnson Group. I think there is more than meets the eye. There is no way she agreed to help Serene because of greed."Chief Smith was puzzled as well; it didn't make sense and said, "I think the best way to find answers is to speak to Sandra. Serene has nothing to lose. Her parents died because of her, and her father forbade her to attend the funeral."Detective Blade indicated that he would visit Serene afterwards. Then he left Chief Smith's office.Detective Blade went to the interrogation room. Sandra was sent to the interrogation room. Detective Blade looked at her with a smile and said, "Miss Hall, I'm Detective Bl
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Chapter 178 My Condolences To The Family

When Tamara received a call from her brother Mark, she was at home reading the October issue of Glory magazine. She was so proud of her brother and her sister-in-law's fairytale love. Their love was so special, only few managed to achieve it.She prayed that their love be stronger every day. It was her heart's desire to be blessed with something like that. She was aware that Serene had a miscarriage.Also, she overheard Mr Johnson telling Victoria that he felt that the incident was not simple. Was Mr Johnson telling the truth? She decided to listen to the recording. She was dumbfounded when she heard that Serene was plotting to kill her nephews.She was so angry she started laughing. She went to the study room to look for Uncle Timothy. She knocked on his study room. When she was given permission to enter, she opened the door.Uncle Timothy was sitting at his desk looking at the baby shower photos. He was in a good mood, he was grinning from ear to ear. He looked at Tamara with a smil
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Chapter 179 Serene, Have You Ever Loved Me?

When James arrived at Serene's ward, he called his father and asked him not to hang up the phone. He wanted them to listen to Serene's response. The policeman allowed him to enter.When Serene saw him she cried and said, "James, I'm so glad that you are finally here. You have to avenge our son's death. Your mother and Sandra colluded to kill my son. I don't know why they arrested me I'm supposed to be mourning my son."James was so angry he played the recording. Serene was so shocked she stopped crying. James looked at her and asked, "Serene, why did you kill my son?"She laughed out loud and replied, "what is the problem James, didn't you ask me to abort our son?"James looked at Serene with sadness and said, "Since you refused to abort him when he was two months old why did you wait until he was 39 weeks? Why didn't you give him to my mother because she loved him so much?"Serene laughed out loud and replied, "you are so naïve James, your mother doesn't care about your son. Think ab
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Chapter 180 She Hugged Him In Her Heart

When James was outside the JHB General hospital he called his father, "Hello Dad, I'm going to my apartment. There are things that Serene said about my mother, and it didn't sit well with me. I don't want to see her right now."His father sighed and replied, "I hear you son, please wait for me at the JHB General hospital as I would like to see my grandson before his burial." James waited for his father in the parking lot.Half an hour later, he saw his father's car. He got out of his car and walked to his father. They walked to the JHB General hospital morgue.When James saw his son, he cried bitterly. His father arranged for the body to be moved to the Funeral Home. They went to the Funeral Home to choose the coffin and advised them that the burial would be held at the Sandton Cemetery at 10 am.Luckily, the Funeral Home had a partnership with the tombstone director. Mr Johnson requested a marble tombstone engraved with these words 'Gone too soon Baby Johnson, our arms will forever a
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