”She brought this upon herself. We don’t need to be merciful towards her.” Furthermore, Heather was still in a coma. Michael definitely would not let them go. This was just the beginning! Michael did not plan on telling Serena the truth. He told Christina because he wanted to prove his innocence. After that, he might need to go along for the ride with Serena. As such, Michael wanted Christina to mentally prepare herself. He did not want her to misunderstand him when the time came. It was not long after Serena had finished her amniocentesis surgery at the hospital. When Michael returned home, he told Logan to prepare some gifts for the Garcia family. Serena was lying on the bed as she told Sophia about how Michael acted in the hospital today. Sophia thought that something was off when she heard that Michael accompanied Serena to do her prenatal check-up. He had even allowed Serena to go through amniocentesis. That was not something Michael would normally do. Michael had too
Serena was still worried. “The doctor said that they will inform Michael once the results are out. If I am pregnant with two daughters, I can’t hide it even if I wanted to!” She must think of a way to know the results beforehand. Then, she could do the necessary preparations. Winona thought of an idea. She will immediately perform a blood test so Serena could know the results beforehand. After two days, the results of the analysis were out. The two children in Serena’s womb were indeed boys. As such, Serena cried out of happiness. Serena did not need to worry that Michael would leave her as long as she had her two sons. Now, even if Christina gave birth to another son, Serena would not lose to her. Serena was at ease. However, Sophia and Winona were still worried. As long as Christina was alive, there would always be danger around them. After all, Christina’s child also belonged to Michael. The best-case scenario would be to chase Christina away like they had done a few yea
”About that…If you really don’t have any money, I can lend you some.” Winona was being generous. “How much money can you lend us?” Francis could not control his emotions anymore. “Tens of millions? Or hundreds of millions?” “Brother, I really want to help the two of you out of the kindness of my heart. Why would you…” “Thank you for your kindness.” Francis interrupted Winona. “To be honest, I really can’t find a reason to leave. Michael is rich, so it would be better for the children to follow him rather than Christina, right? God has given him such a huge net worth. All Michael needs to do is to give the children some of his shares, then Christina and I would get to share in those blessings. Only an idiot would leave.” “You…” Winona changed her facial expression. Francis had never valued money before. What was wrong with him now? “Don’t forget about what happened to Heather. Michael will definitely get even with Christina once she gives birth.” “A good conscience is a soft p
Christina felt relieved. Since her uncle was not planning on hiding anything, she did not have anything else to ask. Just as she let out a sigh, Francis said, “Christina, I have something important to tell you.” She looked at Francis. Christina had the impression that her uncle was a gentle person. He would never lose his temper. However, her uncle had a solemn expression on his face. She could predict that something bad was about to happen. As expected, Francis said something surprising. “I’m not the real Francis Williams. He is dead. My true name is Martin Harris…” Francis told Christina about his true identity. Christina dared not to imagine that her honest uncle would become a famous architect within seconds. It was as if it was a scenario from a fairy tale. He was a little worried when he saw Christina’s shocked expression. “Christina, I didn’t mean to lie to you on purpose. I have my own troubles as well. Please don’t blame me. I hope that you will forgive me for acting a
Martin liked Molly, her mother. Christina was stunned. One was her uncle, and the other was her mother. How was this possible? Even though there was no kinship between the two of them, and even though they were just siblings in name, they were still in a sister-brother relationship after all, hence they should still care about their reputation. “Christina, your mom didn’t know my interest in her back then. So this entire thing was all my wishful thinking and had nothing to do with her. I hope your impression of your mother doesn’t become negative because of me. If there’s resentment in your heart, do hold it against me.” This was totally beyond Christina’s imagination. She froze for a while before she could finally respond and reveal a somewhat stiff smile. “Uncle, I… I need some quiet time, so I’ll go back to my room first.” Christina returned to her room and did not come out for a long time. When Francis called her during mealtime, he thought it was abnormal that there was no
Winona gave Christina a call right after seeing Francis, so it was definitely not something pleasant. Christina was pregnant and safety came first to her. It was impossible for her to meet a person who posed such danger to her. She replied in a flat tone, “I don’t have time to meet you. Just talk on the phone if you have anything to tell me.” “It’s not convenient on the phone. How about we talk in person?” “I already told you I’m not free!” Christina stressed her tone. She did not want to trifle with a person like Winona. “I’m going to hang up now if you’re not going to say it on the phone.”“Alright, if that’s what you wish, I’ll tell you then. Francis isn’t your biological uncle…”“Doctor Harris, you’re late. I already knew that.” Christina interrupted Winona. This woman was truly dodgy. Luckily, Francis told her prior to that, otherwise, she would be stunned by what Winona said. Winona was stupefied for a bit, she did not expect Francis to reveal his identity to Christina
Francis and Ariel had no other choices so they nodded. Matthew stepped back and charged forward to slam open the door. When the door was open, they saw Christina sitting on the bed with her hands over her head. Christina was not in danger, and the three of them heaved a sigh of relief. Christina was shocked when the door suddenly opened. She stared at the three of them by the door with wide eyes and a look of astonishment on her face.Ariel closed the door and walked to her side. “Christina, you scared us to death!”Christina showed a wry smile and asked, “Why did you come back?”“Uncle called us to come back. What happened?” Ariel sat down by Christina’s side, watching her with concern. Christina did not know how to tell Ariel about this entire thing. She twiddled her fingers in silence. Ariel did not press her further. As her gaze landed on the disintegrated phone, Ariel walked over to pick up the phone. “Who called you earlier?” “Winona.”“It’s her?” Ariel was taken abac
“Christina, don’t overthink too much. They must be innocent. How could you believe in that wicked woman’s words?”Christina knew all of this, and she was aware that Winona wanted to get her worked up. However, when the impression of her mom in her mind was shattered and no longer perfect, she felt terribly hurt deep inside. Ever since leaving the Garcias in her teens, John’s image in her heart had already been ruined. She was ashamed to have a father like this. Hence, she was unwilling to see her mother’s image gradually changing for the worse like this.“Christina, you have to believe in your own judgment. Don’t fall for the mischief of those bad people,” Ariel shook her shoulders and said in a stern voice, “You have to trust your mom. She’s not the woman Winona described her to be!” “But… I have no way of pretending that I don’t know everything.”The reason why Martin told the truth was that he knew this whole thing could no longer remain concealed, so he had no choice but t