Before Sarah could put the bowl down, Javie and Jamie rushed over. “Sarah, Grandma still looks the same. Kowtow before me.”“No, kowtow before me first. I suggested it first.” Jamie stood in front of Javie. “How sinful... How sinful...,” the Old Mistress mumbled with her brows scrunched together. She seemed to be feeling better after having some hot soup. Jamie heard what the Old Mistress said and replied, “Grandma, Sarah’s the sinful one. You shouldn’t have had her soup. Are you feeling ill now?” “She’s definitely feeling ill. What was the point of the stupid banana peel soup? Could it make her feel better? Sarah, kneel now. Kowtow once for each of us.” “No, she needs to do it thrice.” Jamie tugged on Javie. She wanted three kowtows, not one. The more the better. “Why don’t you kowtow before each of us?” Xavier butted in as well. He was the first Marshall man to do so. “I agree.”“I agree as well.” Everyone from the same generation supported the idea right away. Th
Wendy had been attacked by the crowd for some time, and Roxane was no match for them as well. Since Sarah was gaining ground for the third Marshall son’s family, Wendy went along with it and demanded Javie to kowtow. “I… I didn’t say…” Javie took a step back with a pale face. Sarah ignored the crowd. She helped the Old Mistress up with a smile and said softly, “Grandma, you’re suffering from high blood pressure. Remember to take your meds on time, and don’t get angry too much.” Meanwhile, Roxane was not letting Javie and Jamie off easily. “Javie, you did say it and everyone heard it. Are you trying to deny it?”“W-Who heard it?” Javie said as her gaze swept past everyone. It was clear that she would not tolerate anyone who testified to that. The crowd was quiet. There was pin-drop silence. No one was testifying for Roxane and Sarah. They did not acknowledge that Javie had said she would kowtow before Sarah. Sarah had expected this. Her gaze landed on the security cameras
The bedroom was well-lit. The lights, spotlight, and wall lamp were all turned on. The brightness was a little glaring for Sarah. “John, turn off everything except the wall lamp.” “Sure, Ms. York.” As Sarah arrived at the room, John adhered to her requests and turned off the lights and spotlights. He exited the room silently. Sarah sat by the bed, and her gaze landed on James’ face. He seemed well; he looked like an ordinary person. However, when her gaze landed on the bandage on his arm, she was stunned. W-Was he really hurt? Her hand touched the bandage softly, and a piece of information flowed into her brain. A stab wound. It was an external injury after all. Just as Sarah wanted to ask John how James was injured, she found blood seeping through the bandage. The bright-red blood slowly spread throughout the white bandage. Sarah felt an inexplicable pain as she stared at the color. Sarah got up; she wanted to head out to find John. “Sarah, Sarah…” Just as Sarah st
“It’s better if you ask me, Ms. York. There was an assassin who snuck into James’ bedroom. That’s why he was injured.” Before John could even open his mouth, a voice had already sounded from the elevator.Sarah looked up and saw Wendy walking over. Sarah faintly replied, “No need, I prefer to ask John.”Wendy’s face instantly turned dark, but looking at the weak Sarah, she could not even squeeze a word of reprimand.The girl stood there smiling. She had a particularly delicate and good looking small face. That was why Wendy liked Sarah at first sight and agreed to arrange a ghost marriage for James with Sarah.It seemed like Sarah was holding a grudge against her then.On second thought, anyone would have held a grudge for what happened in the cemetery that day.Therefore, Wendy quickly suppressed the anger within her.On the other hand, John was panicking on the phone. His hands were all sweaty as it was the first time he heard someone who dared to talk to Wendy like that. He w
“Madam Julia, your son, Xavier shouldn’t be eating eels, otherwise, there will be a problem. Why don’t I give a different recipe to try?” Although she did not like seeing him damage his health, it was her fault for using someone else’s eel, so Sarah was apologizing seriously.“No, I bought a total of two pounds of eels. Madam Zoe already used ten eels so you’ll return me ten eels, and they must be wild. If you can’t compensate me, you’ll kowtow and apologize to my son tomorrow morning.”Madam Zoe, who came up right after Julia, heard that and knew it was trouble.She and Sarah could not reason taking advantage of someone else, but she still anxiously shook her head and waved her hands as a sign of agreement. If she agreed, Sarah had to kneel to Xavier tomorrow morning.After all, it was easy to buy normal eels, but wild eels were not.Moreover, Julia was obviously making things difficult on purpose to get revenge on behalf of Xavier.“Sarah, didn’t your mother ever teach you that
After she rubbed her eyes and looked again, James’ face was still unruffled. It must have been her eyes. This assh*le had not woken up yet.As she thought of that, Sarah simply pinched James’ face again and said, “Wake up quickly. I’m giving you medicine now.”This pinch had made the man’s clean and clear face blush, but it then quietly faded away.Sarah removed the gauze and ruthlessly positioned her hand. “James, I’m going to hurt you to death.”However, when her hand fell onto his injury, it was gentle. She slowly revealed the wound on his arm. It was a long wound of about eight centimeters in length.The assassin was really ruthless.The eel paste was gently applied to the wound. Sarah then re-bandaged the injury. It was her first time doing this so she was moving lightly and slowly. Once she was done bandaging, she looked at the time and realized it was already very late.Sarah took a shower and laid down next to James.It was only on the weekends that she would sleep with
“He ate it. Why wouldn’t he eat it? That’s the eels that I’ve paid a fortune for. How could he not eat it? Do you think that I’m going to trust your words? I just came from my son’s bedroom and he’s totally fine from head to toe. Nothing happened after he ate it. You’re just talking nonsense last night and trying to defame my eels. I’m glad that I didn’t believe you.”“He really ate it?” Sarah laughed. The corners of her lips curved up. She was smiling sweetly like a little angel.“What can you do even if I’ve eaten it? You can control James' life and death, but you can’t control our family, right?” One of Xavier’s hands was bent at his waist. He wished that he could rush up to Sarah and kick her many times.Julia was really at a major disadvantage when Sarah was around last night.Sarah pretended as if she had not heard it and looked down at her watch. She pinched her fingers and estimated the time. “Mmph… It’s almost time.”“What’s almost time? Did you spend the whole night last
“This is my house and you didn’t put any label on them when you put them in my kitchen. It’s not an issue even if Sarah took it. Everything in our house belongs to me and James, so she can use them as she pleases.” Wendy did not bother that Julia was stamping her feet in anger; she returned the favor rudely.Sarah used the eels for her son. It was not for his masculinity, but it was to stop the bleeding which was not wrong.If it were her, she would not care if Julia was angry or not, she would just use it.“Wendy Marshall, don’t you prefer Molly as your daughter-in-law? When did you become so protective of this Sarah? Look at her! She has a fox-like face. Sooner or later she’ll seduce James’ soul away.”“Aunt Julia, if Sarah wanted to seduce my brother’s soul, my brother will never have come back to this house at all. There’s no logic in your words, no wonder Xavier’s so…” as she said that, Roxane suddenly paused and her gaze fell behind Julia as if she saw danger.“You’re the on