Lilian cried piteously. When she heard me, she immediately pointed at me. “Sir, I want to report a case. This woman killed my son!” The cops walked over to pull Lilian away. “We’ll take Summer Lloyd to the police station now. You guys can come along with us. We don’t let go of any criminal, nor do we accuse someone falsely.” I went to the police station with them. In the meantime, Lilian continued to yell at me. She claimed that I got her son killed. She wanted them to shoot me to death. I looked at the cops. “Sir, I found a surveillance system at the top of the mountain. We’ll know the truth once we get the footage. Lucius’s death has nothing to do with me. He wanted to kill me instead.” Lucius was ignorant of something when he took me up the mountain. The top of the mountain was monitored. He had committed a crime, whether I rescued him or not. Lilian stopped crying when she heard that. She tried to stop the cops. “Why? She harmed my son! If not, how could he die?
I went up the mountain with Lucius alone that day because I wanted to hear the truth from him. As expected, I gained something. “What lottery?” “I won a lottery of 300 million dollars. At first, I wanted to divorce you and marry Rebecca. Then, we would enjoy a great life abroad with the money.” “Did it ever occur to you that we should be together instead since we’ve been married for so many years?” Of course, Lucius was too frightened to tell the truth. “Of course, I do. But Rebecca persuaded me to get all the money. Plus, she’s pregnant. I have no choice but to…” An idea dawned on me when I saw him like that. “I forgot to tell you. Rebecca hooked up with a lot of men. You’re just one of her many lovers.” Lucius was stunned. Then, he yelled, “How dare she lie to me?!” “I’m glad to see you figure it out. But you have to tell me where you kept the lottery ticket if you want me to pull you up.” “Uhm…” Lucius hesitated. “I’ll tell you once you pull me up.” I laughed co
After reaching the summit of the snowy mountain, I pretended to sit down to rest. I noticed Lucius looking around for something. He looked down at the mountain and stole glances at me from time to time. I pretended not to know as I drank some hot water from the thermos and rested my feet. When I was fully rested, I got up. “Let’s go, hubby. Let’s go down the mountain. It’s too cold here. My head hurts.” Unexpectedly, Lucius abruptly got up. “No, we can’t. We don’t get to see the sunrise from the mountain peak every day. Shouldn’t we wait for the sunrise and take a photo to commemorate the moment?” I smiled and shook my head. “I don’t think we should wait for the sunrise. The night view is great too with so many stars. I’ll take a photo of you instead.” Of course, Lucius would disagree because he had a different agenda. He was too hesitant to let me take a photo of him. “I’ll take a photo of you instead. We’ve been married for so many years, but I don’t even have one ni
I pretended to have just woken up when I opened the door of my room. “Hubby, Lilian, why are you home in the middle of the night?” When Lilian heard Josie’s name, she hurriedly rushed into the master bedroom and screamed, “Josie, why are you here?!” I walked over to watch the scene and found a few bodies tangled up in the room. It was an unpleasant sight. Josie screamed, “Why did you guys come in?! Get lost!”Lilian grabbed a blanket to cover Josie’s body and glared at the men. “Get lost!” When they were gone, Lucius glared at me. “What is Josie doing here?”I feigned innocence and looked at him with an aggrieved expression. “I was scared to be alone at home. So, I asked if Josie could come and keep me company for a few days. She insisted on staying in the master bedroom, so I let her. “By the way, how did the men enter our house? I’ll call the cops and sue them for barging into our house illegally and manhandling Josie.” Hatred gleamed in Lucius’s eyes. He gri
It seemed like Lucius and Lilian were going to come up with a way to make me sign for divorce in the meantime. All I had to do was stay vigilant toward them. After all, I did not know how wicked they could be. I returned to my room at night. Lucius, Lilian, and Rebecca were sitting on the sofa and watching TV. Lilian had asked Rebecca to spend the night while we were still at the dining table. Presumably, they wanted to discuss something. I was cautious and left a recording pen behind the sofa. When they went back to their rooms to sleep in the middle of the night, I went to the living room to search for the recording pen. I fast-forwarded to when someone started talking. I heard Rebecca’s voice first. “Mrs. Holmes, I’m already three months pregnant. What’ll I do if I start looking pregnant?”Only then did I understand everything. It turned out that Rebecca was pregnant with Lucius’s child. It was no wonder they had exhausted all means to get me out of the way
Lucius did not expect to see me raise my head. He gritted his teeth and was at a loss. Lilian was the first to react. “Oh, Lucius! You came back to life! How lucky we are! Oh, it must be God’s kindness!” Lucius hurriedly acted his part. “Mom, I feel like I’ve just escaped death! I’m glad to be alive!” Of course, I had to fake my sincerity too. I hugged Lucius and sobbed. “I’m so glad, hubby! You’re not dead! We’ll never be separated again.”When I said that, gloom washed over the three of them. Rebecca interrupted us and looked displeased. “Okay, let’s tell everyone the great news since Lucius is awake. We’ll call off the funeral.”I looked at her and said calmly, “Thank you for all your help in these trying times, Rebecca. But you’re not my family. Just go home. We’ll handle our own family matters from here.” Rebecca gritted her teeth and looked at Lucius. Lucius shook his head gently as though to tell her not to act recklessly. Rebecca snorted and turned to lea