POV NOAH … "Noah..." "..." "...Noah Morgan!" GSAP! I was shocked when I heard my dad's voice calling my name in a yelling tone. "Huh? S-Sorry ...?" I said in surprise, "W-What did you say to me, dad?" Then I looked up at my father which was sitting in front of me. He looked in flat and cold expression, but I could feel that he was angry with my attitude earlier. I felt a little guilty because I didn't focus when he talk to me. "I asked, how's your work? Is everything going well?" he asked in a cold tone, but his face looked a little annoyed. "Ah, that's ... everything's fine," I replied, trying to smile to convince him. On the other hand, I saw that my father still looked cold-faced and seemed hold his teacup. "It's good to hear that from your mouth, even though everything doesn't look like well enough," he said and then sipped the contents of his teacup. My father's words made me instantly become silent and clamp my lips tightly. It was true that I
POV JEANNE "Mrs ..." "..." "Mrs. Morgan?" I gasped when I suddenly felt someone tap my shoulder. Instantly my gaze fell on the woman standing in front of me. She was my new personal secretary, Daisy Burton. The young woman of mixed American and Middle Eastern descent who had been working for my company for the past week, as my old personal secretary, had resigned. From what I heard, it was because he decided to return to his hometown in Greenland. "Ah, I'm sorry," I said as I smiled at her, "I was a little unfocused earlier." I was lost in thought for a moment. My memory drifted back to the events of a week ago, to my conversation with my husband. When I asked him about his real goal before he will quit the mafia, he didn't answer me and instead changed the topic. Seems like he didn't believe me — I thought. I thought I knew a lot about my husband, but apparently not — I said to myself with a bitter smile. "Are you okay, Mrs?" Daisy's voice came back and mad
POV JEANNE…"I'm sorry, but I don't think I can go out today," I declined Samuel's offer. It wasn't like I was avoiding him because Leo told me to, but I didn't want to get him into trouble because of me. Moreover, Leo had sent Jonah and his five other subordinates to look after me. If Leo finds out that I'm still in contact with Samuel, it will get worse."I'm sure they'll report everything I do to my husband," I muttered without consciously expressing my thoughts."[Huh? Did you say something earlier?]" "Huh? A-Ah, n-no, no... I mean — it's a shame that I have a lot of work today," I said with a slight stutter, but I quickly changed the topic."[Oh? Okay ... Then let me order lunch for you. By the way, what do you want to eat for lunch?]" Samuel said back over our phone call. Hearing Samuel's offer, I immediately rejected it, "N-No, no... I'll order for myself after this." "[Come on Jeanne, at least let me celebrate your first pregnancy. After all I already consider you like my
POV LEO…"Wh-What?! Jeanne fainted and is now in hospital?!" I was shocked when I heard the news from Jonah. "What's her condition now?" I asked frantically.I was currently at one of JR's mafia bases in Canada, in an old warehouse on the outskirts of Toronto. I was tracking the trail of the man behind my mother's death and the disappearance of my wife's brother - William Hart. Since I arrived in Canada, I turned off the special cell phone that I used to only contact Jeanne because I didn't want to involve her in this dangerous matter. "[T-The doctor is still checking her condition inside. But when we took ma'am to the hospital, blood was flowing down in her leg.]" Jonah said, "[I-I'm sorry, Master.]" WHACK!I punched the stone wall beside me in frustration. Jonah's words made me even more worried about the condition of Jeanne and my future children.I even told Jonah not to contact me unless it was urgent so as not to drag Jeanne into the danger I was in, but why did it turn ou
POV LEO "Argh! Shit!" WHACK! CRASH! I hit the surface of the table with my bare hand. It's been two days since I arrived in New York City and went to the hospital where my wife is unconscious even now. After I heard the explanation from Doctor Lucas, I immediately searched for Mylene Rutz's service record in all hospitals in the city. However, not a single hospital in New York City claimed to have received a doctor named Mylene Rutz. "Tsk! How could she commit suicide on the same day that Jeanne was hospitalized," I muttered in suspicion, "It all felt too planned to be a coincidence." I tried to track Mylene Rutz whereabouts and found out that she committed suicide on the same day when I got the news that my wife was rushed to the hospital. After sorting everything I became very sure of one thing. "She was murdered, not killed herself," I said. A few minutes before Mylene Rutz fell from the floor of her apartment, the power in her building suddenly went out
POV JEANNE … "Ugh...!" I woke up with a slight pain in my head. My vision was blurry and all I could see was white light, as well as my hearing which felt as if the voices around me sounded like drowning. However, slowly I got back all my senses and at the same time the dryness in my throat kicked in. "W-Water," I said softly. My voice that sounded weak and made me wonder. How long have I been asleep? — I asked myself. "Ah, you've finally woken up." A moment later, I heard a woman's voice from my left side. I slowly moved my head slightly to look to the left side. Then I saw a woman dressed as a nurse. She seemed to be taking a glass of water and spooning a little water from the glass into my mouth. I opened my mouth slowly and let the water wet my mouth and my throat. It feels better — I thought. After getting my energy back, I tried to get up from my position. But the woman next to me held me back. "Please don't push yourself, Mrs.," she said, "You'
POV OWEN … "That bastard! How could he's so reckless ..." I grumbled as I got out of my car. Two days ago Leo told me to help him in Canada because he had to go back to see Jeanne who was rushed to the hospital. I was in Mexico for my political business and was about to return to New York City, but when I got that news from Alena — Leo's personal assistant — I immediately flew to Canada.I did the work in Canada quickly, hoping that I could go home and relax afterward. However, after I arrived at the New York City airport, I got a report from one of my spies at the mansion that Leo was on a rampage and had a gun to Olivia's head. Hearing that, I canceled my relaxing plan and immediately caught up to Leo at the Morgan family's mansion. SMASH!I opened the main door of the mansion and shouted, "Stop! You dumbass!" However, a few seconds later I realized that things were much worse than I had imagined. On the stairs of the second floor I saw Jeanne who seemed to have lost her bala
POV JEANNE…"What took him so long," I muttered as I sat waiting in the lobby of the mansion. I occasionally glanced at the hallway on the second floor where Leo and Owen had disappeared, but I never saw them appear from there. An hour passed and Olivia had also left shortly after Leo and Owen disappeared in one of the corridors on the second floor. Before she left, as always, she threw a sardonic gaze at me. "At least I'm grateful that I managed to stop Leo," I muttered in relief. I don't know what the problem was between Leo and Olivia, but this wasn't the first time my husband had put a gun to someone else's head. Even with his brother, he didn't hesitate to do it, even if Owen's intentions were just a joke.But this time felt different — I thought. "I feel like it's quite serious this time," I muttered again as I smiled wryly, "This is the first time I've seen Leo seem to be completely controlled by his anger." In the midst of sinking into my thoughts, I suddenly felt a lig