The crowd stopped in their tracks. Henry froze. From what he had noticed earlier, Colt and Charlotte would look toward the man and ask for permission before speaking. Obviously, the man’s status was entirely different and much higher than the Quinns. He could not afford to offend him. A drop of cold sweat fell from Henry’s forehead. “I don’t think I get what you mean.”“You don’t get it?” Colt gave Gerald a quick glance and scoffed. “Mr. Henry, didn’t you insist just now that Ms. North and Mr. Paul were fooling around, and you wanted to teach Ms. North a lesson?”“I—”Colt went on and cut Henry off. “Mr. Henry, I’m not sure why you thought Mr. Paul was in the room. Wouldn’t Ms. North have to endure injustice if we weren’t here today?” Subconsciously, Henry turned to look at Linda, and the crowd immediately turned to look at her as well. Linda’s expression went stiff, and she started crying overdramatically. “I-It’s not that I don’t believe in North. His assistant was the o
Something clicked in North’s mind. She suddenly lowered her head and choked out a sob. “Really, Dad? With everything as it is, you still place all the blame on me? But why didn’t you mention that I refused to meet Mr. Paul in the first place, and it was Mrs. Myers who forced me to drink with him?!“Yes, I’m the one to blame for everything. It’s my fault that Mrs. Myers can only be a mistress. You’re biased, and I can accept that, but I’m your daughter too. Do you really have to ruin the rest of my life in order to pave the way for your illegitimate daughter?!”Everyone was shocked. She was right. North had no one to lean on in this family, and she could only live under the control of the mistress. Colt spoke up as well. “Ms. North was drugged last night. I’m a doctor, I could tell. That type of drug is colorless, odorless, and is applied on the skin. Mrs. Myers was the only person who touched Ms. North’s hand yesterday. Do you really have no idea who drugged her, Mr. Henry?”Hen
How were the others not able to figure it out by now? North was pressured by Linda to drink with Paul, and she also bought off his assistant. Her intentions are quite evident from those two actions!“The stepmother is so cruel. She really sent North off to Mr. Paul to clear the way for her daughter. I pity the first wife’s daughter.” “That’s right. Did they know how many women Mr. Paul has ruined? Even Linda’s daughter, who had turned into a mistress, was trying to get rid of Ms. North.”Eiger had not been here long, but he had already heard nearly everything.He secretly thought that North had given herself away on purpose to appease Paul, and the whole thing had nothing to do with Linda. However, he started to panic as the evidence piled up. He thought to himself, “Is it possible that North wasn’t even drunk last night, but was—”“I had no choice!”Linda, the target of everyone’s criticism, suddenly fell to her knees and knelt in front of North!“I had no choice but to do t
Henry was in distress. “Did you hear that, North? Linda didn’t mean to do it. Are you trying to hound her to death after she just passed out? She is so kind—” North’s smile grew colder. She fainted?Linda and Melinda would “faint” all the time!All their mistakes can be made up for whenever they faint. After all, in Henry’s eyes, they were already so pitiful. But she would be pushy and unforgiving if she kept arguing!Weren’t they simply pretending to faint? Who would not be able to do it?“Dad, you always say that nothing happened to me, so I’d have to forgive Mrs. Myers, but what if something did happen to me today?” North said weakly, “You’ll persuade me to marry Mr. Paul then, wouldn’t you?“At the end of the day, Mrs. Myers will never face consequences for anything she does. Forget it. I have acknowledged the truth now. It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have appeared in the family—”North suddenly clutched her chest before she could finish her words. In a second, her face
Her whole body ached when she yelped. Somewhere on her body was a sharp pain. She twisted her body uncomfortably, and suddenly someone grabbed her hand. “You have a fever. Go back to sleep. I’ll put some ointment on your body. It’ll stop hurting when you wake up,” Gerald said softly. North was feeling groggy. After hearing those words, she closed her eyes subconsciously. The man let out a chuckle. His eyes trailed along her waist and slowly lowered. Then he lifted her up and put her in the backseat of the car. “Drive,” he instructed calmly.Connor wound up the partitions in the car in respect, and he asked, “How do you plan to take care of the Myers family, Mr. Gerald?”“Linda seems to have a niece in the Lane family?” Gerald asked lazily. Connor nodded. “Linda’s older brother does have a daughter.”“Find a way to get her to go to the Myers family and cause some trouble for Linda.”…When North woke up, she massaged her temples and looked out the window at the sky.“Hmm
“Mr. Steward, why aren’t there any flowers here?”Steward thought about it and said, “This area was overlooked during the garden planning. Madam, let me know if you want to renovate it.”North indeed wanted to give this place a makeover. She immediately called for someone to pull out the weeds and prepared to turn this place into a mini garden.Halfway through the process, North heard two people approaching her from behind urgently.“Ms. North, what are you doing?”She turned and looked at who was talking. It was Oliva, one of the housekeepers of Royal Sights Residences.Standing beside her was a young girl whom North assumed to be her daughter.She sensed something was odd, but she did not want to get on their bad side. “I’m planning to remove the weeds and plant some flowers.”Oliva’s expression darkened as she cast a skeptical and disdainful gaze at North.Emily, Olivia’s daughter, rebuked North rudely, “Ms. North, please notify us beforehand if you make any changes to Roya
“You probably don’t know this yet, but Ms. Lane brought me in,” Olivia explained.She then thought of something and said smugly, “I advise you to restore this place to its original state and replant the orchids. “Otherwise, she’ll question you when she comes back. Even if I don’t bring it up, Mr. Gerald will chase you out of here.”North looked at her and questioned, “Who am I?”Olivia was momentarily at a loss. “You’re...”She spoke deliberately, “I’m Gerald’s rightful wife and the matriarch of Royal Sights Residences. “Why should I be questioned for planting flowers in my own home?”Olivia and Emily were speaking cryptically. They were insinuating that she wasn’t worthy of Gerald. What of it?She and Gerald were legally married. That “Ms. Lane” was practically nobody. Who were they to dictate even the smallest aspects of her life?Olivia’s expression changed and raised her voice as she said, “You can’t say that. To be Mr. Gerald’s wife, you should know how to maintain this
A warm feeling arose in North’s heart.Olivia panicked when she saw Gerald being serious. She stuttered, “Mr.... Mr. Gerald, I didn’t mean it. I just...”“You didn’t mean it?” Gerald said nonchalantly as he narrowed his eyes. “Ms. Olivia, since you don’t want to resign, why act as if you want to leave? Is this because you feel Ms. North has mistreated you, and you want me to vent your anger on your behalf?”Unsettled, Olivia could only gulp in response.“I... I did it for your sake. Ms. North was acting too arrogant. I... I...”Gerald leaned in. His voice dropped. “Well, that’s new. I didn’t know that a servant from Royal Sights Residences had such authority to criticize the matriarch for her arrogance.” His lips were curling upward, but his smile did not reach his eyes. This sent even more chills down her spine.Olivia grew more frightened, but the thought of Ms. Lane made her regain her confidence.“Mr. Gerald, Ms. Lane personally left me here. What if she couldn’t find me