Zayn Guggenheim stopped in his tracks and was seemingly amazed that this woman who had always been obsessed with him would actually propose a divorce."The Juhls raised me for so many years. I can't be the reason for their destruction."I know you've always hated me for ruining your relationship with Jenny Lenig, and you took it out on my family. I sincerely apologize to you for this."Since you feel that marrying me is torture, let's get a divorce. I'll let you go and you can let the Juhls go. From now on, we won’t have anything to do with each other. What do you think?"Lindsey Juhl finished her monologue in one breath, lowered her head, and quietly waited for Zayn to give her the final verdict.She had loved him for 20 years. Back then, Zayn was living at the orphanage where they met in order to avoid his family’s power struggle. Both of them then made a vow hand in hand when they were young.Later, Lindsey was adopted by the Juhls and was elated when she learned that the pers
Lindsey Juhl was clear that the man could not be interested in her so quickly as he had just said touching her was repulsive. He was only doing so to humiliate her.What could she do though? The Juhls, who had raised her for nearly 20 years, had given her everything, so she could not bear to be the reason for their destruction.Zayn Guggenheim seemed to be a little impatient. Lindsey’s knuckles were already white from clenching her fists so hard. She bit her lip as her hands scrambled to unbutton her shirt. "That's enough!" Zayn grumbled as he yanked her half-removed shirt back up and yelled, "You really are cheap! Did you really think I’ll be interested in you? Don't disgust me!"After he said that, he went upstairs without looking back.Behind him, Lindsey silently clutched her clothes and suppressed her cries.In the bedroom, Zayn stood by the window smoking one cigarette after another, seemingly trying to suppress the restlessness in his heart at this time.Many women w
"Mom, why...did you suddenly bring this up?" Lindsey Juhl felt self-conscious."What? Was I right?" Stephanie Lindt snorted and added, "I’m telling you that I already know about it! After all these years, Zayn doesn’t even come home, so how are you supposed to consummate your marriage! If he has feelings for you, as our son-in-law, how could he stand by and do nothing when such a big thing happened to our family?""It's not like that. Zayn's probably just a little busy..."Stephanie let out a cold laugh and said, "Busy? Oh, Lindsey...our family has raised you for so many years. I didn't expect you to hide such a big thing from us! I just want to ask you one thing. Was Zayn responsible for what happened to us?"She was so straightforward that Lindsey’s heart momentarily stopped beating. "No, mom. Don’t guess blindly...""Don't guess blindly? Zayn told us this himself! Did he deliberately lie to us about this?"Told them personally? Was this...him giving the Juhls an ultimatu
The best deal was to betray their daughter!Lindsey’s hand that was holding her phone clenched fiercely. She was biting the back of her other hand to prevent herself from making a sound in a fit of anger.It turned out that they already knew back then that Zayn Guggenheim had a girlfriend and still recklessly arranged with Grandpa Guggenheim to marry her off.It also seemed that since 20 years ago from the orphanage, they already had the idea of selling off their daughter!All these years, her sincerity was taken for granted and she was used in return!Twenty years! Twenty years of living together! She treated them like her real parents, but to them, she was merely an object to exchange for family benefits!At this moment, Lindsey Juhl only felt despair.She left the Juhl family home while it was still bright out and found it all to be so pathetic that it was laughable.Lindsey took a taxi and went straight to the office. She was supposed to meet with the client for a case she
The sudden shattering sound scared Lydia and she said irritatedly, "What are you doing? Is the situation still not bad enough?"Lydia was so annoyed. She scolded Lindsey Juhl, who was out of it and her usually bright eyes slowly dulled.The remaining words were on the tip of Lydia’s lips, but seeing Lindsey’s self-deprecating and poignant face, Lydia swallowed back her words."Forget it, I’ll report this matter. You can take a break for the time being while we think of other ways."Lydia patted Lindsey’s frail body and walked out of the office.After Lydia left, Lindsey remained where she stood for a long time, feeling defeated!It turned out that Jenny Lenig came back. She could not believe it!Zayn must be delighted that Lindsey could completely disappear from his life.Only his beloved could have his support and only Jenny Lenig could make Zayn do things without hesitation!Zayn coddled her in his palm until he allowed her to choose any client she wanted!Experiencing the
Stephanie Lindt did not come back to her senses until Lindsey Juhl hung up the phone."I told you! We have been raising an ungrateful child for so many years, and now she’s independent, she doesn't care about our family’s survival!"The more Stephanie thought about it, the angrier she became. To her, Lindsey was akin to a dog she had raised.Now, this dog had gone rogue and was not wagging its tail at her anymore!Henry Juhl sat on the sofa without uttering a word. He had heard their conversation on the phone earlier.Last night when he found out that Lindsey had disappeared in the middle of the night, he knew something had happened."Now Mr. Woltman is asking for her and now that little bitch won't listen! What should we do?"Henry frowned and his voice, which had been calm a minute ago, rose a little as he said, "Enough! Look at yourself! You look like a miserable old shrew!""Why are you yelling at me? It’s a life and death situation for our family and Zayn is not letting us
Apart from strangers coming and going, Zayn Guggenheim did not see anything.He frowned, hid the irritation in his heart, and accompanied Jenny Lenig into the restaurant.Zayn had to rush back to the mansion when he got a call from his grandfather. His upset face turned darker when he noticed Lindsey Juhl eating with the old man.In the presence of the old man, Zayn finished his meal in silence and waited until the old man had eaten and gone to rest. Only then he dragged Lindsey up from her seat and went straight to the second floor.He flung her hard against the wall when they stepped into the room. She felt the impact on her entire body, making her mind more aware. She looked up at the handsome, chiseled face in front of her. Zayn's face was expressionless as if the person she saw outside was a completely different person.They were so close, yet she could not feel a hint of warmth from him."This is your tactic?" Zayn snorted, revealing the mockery and disgust in his eyes.
"Oh, Ms. Juhl! You’re here! Come over! Sit!" As soon as Mr. Lee’s gaze landed on Lindsey Juhl when she entered the room, his eyes grew lustful.Lindsey clutched the document in her hand and forcefully squeezed out a smile as she politely extended her hand and said, "Mr. Lee, nice to meet you!""Haha! I'm glad to see you too!"Mr. Lee's rough, fat hands took the opportunity to touch Lindsey's hand and his wide smile gave her goosebumps."I’m glad to see you too. This is the proposal I’ve prepared. If it’s a good time, we can talk about the details."Lindsey hastily retracted her hand from his grip. Her stomach flopped and she felt like throwing up last night’s food.No matter how repulsed she was, she had to contain it because she knew that she could not piss him off at this time."We can talk about work later. Look around you, it doesn’t seem to be a very suitable place to talk about work!"Mr. Lee's expression looked upset when Lindsey withdrew her soft and slender hand beca