تسجيل الدخولThe cabinet door was yanked open. Aaron took a whip from inside and walked back to Mindy.“Are you going to talk or not?”Mindy pressed her lips together and shook her head through her tears.Aaron raised the whip and brought it down hard. It cut through the air with a sharp crack, followed by a woman’s scream.The pain made Mindy curl in on herself. With nowhere left to retreat, she could only look up at the man holding the whip and beg, “Mr. Hernandez, please stop...”“Fine. Then tell me what you said.”“Nothing. I didn’t say anything!”Aaron lost patience and struck her several more times. Sweat broke out across Mindy’s forehead, and after only a few hits, she could no longer hold on. She passed out.At the Larson residence.Scarlett tried on dress after dress from her closet, but none of them felt quite right.She pouted and complained, “Everything in my closet is out of style. I need to go shopping again.”Her slightly aggrieved voice reached Steven through the phone, a
Inside the presidential suite, Mindy stood anxiously in front of the sofa.The man was sitting there with a glass of red wine in his hand, slowly swirling it.She had not felt this panicked in a long time.The last time she had stood here, it had also been because of Wilson Corp. Vivian had suddenly lost her mind, ruining all the work they had done before. Back then, Mindy had promised she would take Wilson Corp back within a week.For that, she had gone to see Vivian herself.But before she could do anything, Wilson Corp had fallen into Zachary’s hands.Her hands trembled slightly at her sides. She did not dare look anywhere except at the man’s polished leather shoes.A cold laugh slipped from Aaron Hernandez’s mouth.Mindy shuddered and whispered, “I’m sorry.”A sharp crack rang out.The wineglass shattered at her feet. Red wine splashed everywhere, staining the hem of her white dress. She flinched and stepped back in fright, but soon forced herself to return to where she h
But if not Mrs. Sanders, then who else knew about that child?He looked at Mrs. Sanders. “Could it be Melvin?”Mrs. Sanders’s head snapped up. “It wasn’t him! Shawn Sanders, you bastard. That is your son. He doesn’t know anything. Are you really going to interrogate him over that little illegitimate child of yours?”But Shawn thought it was entirely possible.“Melvin has been wanting to ask me about certain things. I’ve been avoiding him. Maybe he did this to force me to talk.”“Enough!” Mrs. Sanders shouted. “Shawn Sanders, you are not allowed to go to Melvin. He knows nothing. You’d better not do anything to hurt him, or I’ll fight you to the death. You’ve lost your mind. For the sake of that woman’s bastard, you’re even willing to pressure your own son. Are you even human?”“Stop calling him a bastard,” Shawn snapped, visibly displeased. “He is still my son.”Mrs. Sanders sneered. “Tell me the truth. Did you keep that child alive because you wanted a backup plan? Now that Mel
Hearing that, Mrs. Sanders seemed to go weak all at once.“That’s impossible. You’re lying,” she shot back. “You just want a divorce, so you made up some ridiculous excuse. And don’t forget, you were the one who told me to go after Sarah. If I tell our son everything, he’ll believe me. Shawn Sanders, how long have you been wanting this divorce?”“Every day since we got married.”It hit Mrs. Sanders like a lightning strike.Her stomach churned violently. She stared at Shawn in disbelief.“You... why?” Her voice shook. “You never loved me? Not even once?”“Didn’t you feel it?” Shawn said flatly. “Every interaction I had with you felt dull and lifeless. That kind of life disgusted me.”He was not holding anything back now.Mrs. Sanders could barely keep herself upright. No matter how hard she tried, she could not believe those words were coming from the man she loved.Because she had loved Shawn. That much was beyond question.Blindly. Irrationally.And now all of it felt like
At that thought, Mrs. Sanders’s face turned pale, then flushed, then pale again. To Shawn, it only looked like guilt. Like she knew exactly what he was talking about and did not dare deny it.“What? Cat got your tongue?” Shawn snapped. “You had the nerve to do it, but not the nerve to admit it?”Mrs. Sanders forced herself to calm down. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. Admit what? What exactly do you think I did?”“Stop pretending. Where did you hide the child? Hand him over now,” Shawn said coldly.Mrs. Sanders stared at him in disbelief, completely lost. “Are you out of your mind? What are you even talking about?”“Fiona Hemsworth’s son. Where did you hide him?”“How would I know where her son is?” Mrs. Sanders shot back. “Are you sick? I haven’t even settled this with you yet, and you’re already here accusing me? You lied to me back then. You told me that bastard was dead. You said you had that bitch locked away in a psych ward. You fed me lie after lie, and now you
It made no sense.None at all.A mother who had believed her son was dead had only just learned he was alive. She had been longing every day to get out of that psychiatric hospital and see him again. How could someone like that possibly want to kill herself?And where had she even gotten the weapon?Judy was flustered too, but she could not speak.“Judy,” Sarah asked coldly, “did you notice what she used to cut her wrist?”Judy thought for a long moment before finally pulling out her phone and typing, “I don’t think I saw any weapon.”Sarah’s expression turned even colder.How big could a psychiatric patient’s room possibly be?Judy was part of the cleaning staff. Sharp objects were never supposed to be allowed in rooms like that in the first place, and the janitorial staff was trained to pay close attention to anything out of place while cleaning.So if Judy said she had not seen a weapon, then there probably had not been one.Then Judy typed another line.“Miss Sanders, w
Charlotte laughed through her tears and, furious, swept her coffee cup off the table. It hit the floor with a loud crash and shattered, which finally made the man at the door stop.James turned, his face colder than before.Only when she made him angry did she get a moment of his attention.Charl
Mia looked at her freshly painted pink nails. A tiny bunny sticker sat on her ring finger. She gave a faint smile. “They’re pretty.”After what had happened last time, she had improved a little. At least now she could manage simple conversations with Lucas.As he carefully brushed on another coat
“Miss Garner, please don’t panic. I’ll check with the guy who left the baby at the hospital entrance,” the man said.Five or six minutes passed before his voice came back on the line. “Miss Garner, I asked him. He said he dropped the baby at the gate and ran right after. Have you checked the hospit
Nick frowned and reached a hand toward Lucy. “Grab my hand.”Lucy looked at him in pure terror. Her hand trembled as she stretched it out. “Nick!”Her soft, pale fingers landed in his palm.In the next second, Nick yanked her toward him and pulled her onto his horse in one clean motion. The saddl







