“Thanks, Scarlett. I’m sorry, but it’s really getting hard to make a living.” Jim sighed. Scarlett looked into the distance and ground her teeth. She wanted to help Jim and his brothers very much. Scarlett had great gratitude towards them because they had done so much for her and Skyler.“But you’re so good at what you do, Jim. Have you considered opening a car repairing and maintenance center?” “Easier said than done. We have skills, but we don’t have the capital. I have rainy day savings… and that’s it.” Jim shook his head.Scarlett was lost in thought during the dinner.After dinner, Scarlett asked Jim to drive her home. “Take me to Wellington Hill. My stomach hurts a lot.” She

“Do you know that Francis has invested in Vivian’s company?” He finally said after he took a breath.“Vivian? His ex-wife?” she was surprised.“Yeah, it’s a lot of money, like two hundred million or something! Too many zeroes for me to understand.”“Wow, do you mean to say that… your uncle is right? Thanks for the information, Chuck. Fuck off.” Scarlett was tired of Chuck being insolent all the time.The expression on Chuck’s face changed, and he posed a serious question to Scarlett to switch the subject.“Yeah yeah, whatever. So, tell me. Have you two gotten registered yet?”“No,” she

But Francis said nothing. Instead, he just smiled at her. Scarlett walked over and took a close look at him.“Are you drunk?”“No, of course not!” He responded and touched her hair gently.There was a strong smell of wine emanating from his breath that made Scarlett frown. When she took a look at the time on the clock, she realized that it was eight o’clock, but she still had not eaten dinner. Under his hot eyes, she felt goosebumps all over her body. She was afraid that Francis would scold her for not having eaten dinner and playing games, instead, but when she looked at drunk Francis, she breathed a sigh of relief.“You stink. You’d better take a shower now!” She frowned and took him towards the bathroom by the corner of

When she went to bed, she couldn’t fall asleep anymore, so she just stared at the ceiling and started wondering where he had been. No calls and explanations and he didn’t come back all night.Scarlett turned over, the quilt under her, and closed her eyes. Had he gone off with another woman? Had he been drunk again?No matter what had really happened to him the previous night, Scarlett just felt disappointed and became aware that she was not as important as she thought to him. It turned out that there was a huge gap between them, and it was so hurtful to leave without a word. Gradually she loosened her grip on the phone in her hand and fell into a deep sleep.Scarlett dreamed of her mother. Her mother came to pick up Skyler and her after school, waiting on the corner of the street at sunset. On the way ba

There was only one thing on his mind: he couldn’t let her leave him. He had to make sure she didn’t leave him, no matter what it took. Scarlett was his happiness.“Oh, really? What if I insist?” Scarlett looked around and said, “We are on the third floor right now. It will not kill me if I jump out from here, but what will happen if I do that? I really want to find out. Do you want me to try?”Upon hearing her words, Francis looked pale and began to tremble. He started begging, “Come on, babe, you’re the mother of my child. My one and only love. My joy. Please forgive me!”“Well, if you don’t want that to happen, you’d better let me go. I’m begging you to spare my baby and me.” Scarlett said sincerely.