The purpose Belinda wanted to get rid of Serenity was because Serenity was the eldest daughter-in-law of the York family. As long as Serenity was alive, the Yorks were backing the Hunt sisters, and they would join forces with the Stone Family to deal with the Fisher Family.Belinda sacrificed family ties to ascend to the position she held today. After several decades in this position, she could not simply hand it over to the descendants of her elder sister.Back then, she was cruel enough to eliminate her sisters. Eliminating her niece and grandnieces now was like crushing an ant for her; there would be no pain and hesitation at all.However, she could not stay in Wiltspoon for longer than she already had. Her prolonged presence in Wiltspoon attracted too much attention from the Yorks and the Stones. Besides, her lack of influence in Wiltspoon was further inconveniencing her actions. It was better to return to her fortress in Jensburg and plan her next moves.Leaving behind a loy
Serenity teased Elisa with a smile. “Elisa, you love children so much. Hurry up and have one with Remy.”Elisa kissed her nephew and said, “Once Remy and I are married, we’ll start a family right away. After having a baby and achieving this milestone, we can focus on running our business.”“I thought you would wait a couple of years after marriage to have a child and enjoy some private time together,” replied Alice.“I initially had that plan too, but I changed my mind. Considering Remy’s age and mine, if we get married next year, it’s better to start our family planning sooner. I’ll be thirty by the time I have a child.”Elisa was a year older than Serenity.“I used to not like kids, but ever since I met Sonny, I’ve started to like them. Now I like them even more.”“A little baby like my nephew is so easy to take care of. He eats and sleeps, and hardly cries. Alice, with such an obedient child, it’s fine to have a couple more. Our family can afford it.”Serenity laughed. “Alice
There were still a few days left.“Liberty, what’s going on?”“Both Duncan and I are busy today, and we don’t have time to fetch Sonny from school. Can you and Zachary pick him up? Then take him to his dad. Hank said he wanted to see him.”Hank promised that he would no longer appear in front of Liberty and disturb her life.He kept his word.If the Brown family wanted to see Sonny, Liberty would take him to the old neighborhood where she and Hank used to live. Olivia would be waiting at the entrance of the neighborhood. Liberty would leave after handing Sonny over. When Sonny wished to go home, the Browns would bring him directly to All You Can Eat.“Okay, Zachary and I will go pick up Sonny later. Should he stay for dinner at the Browns’ place?”“You can ask Sonny. If he wants to stay for dinner, then let him. Tomorrow is Saturday, so he can stay overnight at their place. You and Zachary don’t have to wait there.” Liberty was aware that Serenity and Zachary disliked the Browns
“Madam Fisher left Wiltspoon not long ago.”Zachary said while driving, “But she seemed to have replaced one of the bodyguards who came with her.”“Replaced? I remember she brought several bodyguards with her.”“Yes, she did bring several bodyguards, and the number of bodyguards accompanying her back to Jensburg has not changed. However, there is a new face among them. I don’t know if she fired one of them or left one in Wiltspoon to gather intel for her.”Zachary would appoint someone to keep an eye on Belinda, and she did the same for them.Serenity looked at her husband’s side profile.Zachary glanced at her and then looked ahead. With his wife in the car, he did not dare to be distracted while driving.“Babe, your observation skills are really something.”Serenity praised, “You’ve only met Madam Fisher a handful of times, but you remember the faces of her bodyguards.”Serenity only remembered what Belinda looked like as well as how many of her bodyguards came along, but sh
Several hours later, the plane landed safely in Jensburg.Belinda immediately turned off airplane mode and received a strange message.The content of the message: [Can’t believe your husband, even at his age, is still quite impressive in bed. Can you still satisfy your husband?]Belinda’s face went dark upon seeing the message.At her age, she had long lost interest in intimate matters between men and women.Moreover, she was very busy and returned home feeling exhausted to the bone. How could she be in the mood for intimacy with her husband?The couple did not know how long it had been since they had been intimate.She was well aware that Hunter was old but not aged, and all his bodily functions were still quite good. Hunter had taken care of himself well. Although his pocket money was very little, he could get whatever he wanted at home. If he said something to the kitchen, they would usually be able to fulfill his wishes.It would be strange if he was not in good health cons
Belinda responded, “Hmm, that’s good. I’m not at home, so listen to Caroline. Anyone who disrespects Caroline disrespects me.”The servant’s expression stiffened, and she quickly responded, “Noted, Madam Fisher.”“That’s all, I’ll hang up now.”Right then, Belinda was ready to disembark. She did not call Hunter or notify anyone to fetch her from the airport. Her reason for returning early was to see how well Caroline was doing during her absence.After getting off the plane, the group walked out of the airport and hailed two taxis to head to Fisher Enterprise.Belinda did not go home and only wanted to go to the company.After more than ten minutes in the taxi, Belinda called Hunter. It took a while before he picked up.“What were you doing? It took so long for you to answer the phone,” Belinda questioned.Hunter was still catching his breath and came up with a lie, “I’m at home, and my phone is charging upstairs. I heard the phone ring, so I rushed upstairs to answer it. Runn
Toward the end, Hunter was mostly complaining.Madam Fisher impatiently said, “Alright, alright, if you can’t manage it then I’ll handle it when I get back.”With that, she hung up the phone.Afterward, she immediately sent a message to her assistant and ordered him to check where Hunter was cheating on her.She called home first, and the servant clearly stated that Hunter was not at home.Hunter was obviously lying. Even if his phone was completely out of battery, there was still a charger on the first floor. Did Hunter need to leave his phone upstairs for charging?Nowadays, people cannot be separated from their phones for even a minute.The assistant replied to Belinda after a few minutes.At the moment, Hunter was at Fortress Hotel, an establishment under York Corporation in Jensburg. A long-standing rival of Jensburg Hotel, they were both the most luxurious hotels in Jensburg.A fire ignited in Belinda’s heart as she received this information.It was expensive to stay at
“How many important matters do you still have to handle? Do you trust me? Do you want me to help you with it?” Kevin asked.Hayden said, “There’s no need for that. Is Madam Fisher back in Jensburg?”“She’s on the way from Jensburg Airport. It’ll probably take over forty minutes for her taxi to arrive.”Kevin checked the time and said, “You still have about half an hour to work. After that, we can go to the hotel, and the timing will be just right.”It would be dinner time by the time they arrived, and Madam Fisher would likely think that they coincidentally witnessed the drama unfolding without suspecting any of it was orchestrated.“Do you want to go watch the show?” Kevin asked once again.Glaring at Kevin, Hayden replied, “You’ve already told me. How can I not go watch such an exciting event? Of course, I want to see.”Still glaring, she commented, “I wasn’t originally a person fond of drama. You’re a bad influence.”Surprisingly, she agreed to go with him to witness the spe
Zachary, afraid that his wife might refuse to spend time with him at his office in the future, emphasized that he was not busy today.He had already cleared his morning schedule because he needed to accompany his beloved wife for her prenatal checkup.His secretary was well aware of Serenity’s checkup dates. Whenever he saw Serenity turn up at the office with his boss, his secretary would quietly adjust his schedule.Sometimes, on the day of the Serenity’s checkup, his secretary would not schedule any appointments for Zachary at all.Even if appointments were scheduled, Zachary would request they be canceled or rescheduled.Now, in Zachary’s eyes, his wife’s matters were the most important.With Alex now able to share the workload, Zachary felt that he, as the eldest of his generation who had shouldered the bulk of the burden for so many years, deserved a break.Plus, there was the elite team the company had trained; if not now, then when would they be put to use?Everyone was
Tony turned around and left.Only after hearing the door close did Carrie dare to open her eyes.She had woken up while Tony and his son were on the phone, but she did not dare move, fearing that Tony might suspect her of eavesdropping.Just now, when that old lecher stood by the bed looking at her, there was definitely a murderous glint in his eyes. She could feel it.Sooner or later, he would kill her.Carrie was filled with panic. She wanted to escape but was afraid she would not succeed. No one was there to help her.For a moment, Carrie even considered running to Camryn to confess everything, but she quickly dismissed the thought. The reason she ended up in this situation was entirely due to Camryn.She and Camryn were sworn enemies. Their conflict would not end until one of them was dead. However, even if she died, she would drag Camryn down with her.-Meanwhile, in the CEO's office at York Corporation, Zachary, seated at his desk, kept glancing up at his pregnant wife.
“You should have gotten rid of them all back then and cultivated a network of people loyal only to you.” Manny felt that his father should not have spared those people in the first place.Tony said, “There were too many of them, all relatives and friends with the same goal as us. We couldn’t eliminate them all at once.”Back then, he had incited everyone to join him in wiping out the entire main family, sparing neither the elderly nor the children.It was because they were all from the collateral branches, jealous of the main family’s long-standing control, and shared a common goal that his conspiracy succeeded.He had also spent over a decade waiting for the right opportunity.Who would have thought that even after wiping out the main family, he still could not obtain the family seal, token, or totem? Without these, he could not become the true head of the family and could only act as a proxy. Many of the connections loyal to the head remained inaccessible.Moreover, much of the
It was his father. Manny composed himself and picked up Tony’s call as he walked toward his car.“Hey, Pops.”“How’s it going, Manny? Has there been any progress?”Tony was still in Carrie’s room at the moment, but had gotten up and walked to the balcony to call his son.Carrie was still fast asleep, though her face was set in a frown. She was obviously discomfited.Tony had pestered her for the majority of last night, so it would be weird if she did not feel any discomfort.Despite her begging, Tony would not let her go. He even forcefully drugged her to make her mess around with him while out of it. He was simply an old pervert.Before she passed out, she cursed him in her heart. However, she knew that Tony only treated her so roughly because she was just his mistress—a tool for him to vent his frustrations on.If she really was his wife, he definitely would not treat her like this.In the past, she had ambitions of taking Mrs. Longbottom’s place and becoming the real missus
Tati also finished her plate of pastries.She followed Isabella out.“Isa, you’re always so busy and exhausted. If you’re feeling even a little unwell, you should have a good rest. Stay home for the day. I can handle the work you have on hand. It’s the same either way.”Tati wanted Isabella to take the day off so Isabella could spend some time with Austin and nurture their relationship.However, Isabella still declined Tati’s kind offer.She said, “Not today. There’s an important meeting today, and I have two important clients to meet. I’m fine, really. Don’t worry. From now on, I won’t touch alcohol.”Given her current status and position, no one would dare to force her to drink during social engagements.Many people also knew that Isabella would not drink outside her home, fearing that she might fall victim to someone’s schemes.However, Isabella would occasionally make an exception. When she was in a good mood, she would have a couple of drinks.Hearing this, Tati stopped t
Austin still smiled gently and said, “It’s all thanks to Ms. Isabella’s guidance.”He felt that he had indeed improved a lot.Grandma May really understood him well. The wife she picked for him could actually help improve his culinary skills.“After eating the sweets, I feel much better.” Tati picked up another piece of pastry and ate it.Austin quietly retreated, not wanting to disturb their conversation and also to avoid overhearing their private matters.“Just ignore him. Are you really going to skip work because of him?”Isabella added calmly to Tati, “If you let him provoke you, he’ll only cling to you even more. If you act like he doesn’t exist and don’t respond no matter what he does, he’ll naturally give up once he sees that you’re completely unresponsive.”Tati said, “I’m afraid that he’ll go and bother Edith and Eleanor if he doesn’t get anywhere with me. They don’t have the same resolve as we do.”She, therefore, decided to bear the brunt of it.“Every time I see hi
Austin replied, “Both Mr. Louis and Mr. Phillip woke up very early, especially Mr. Phillip. He gets up earlier than Mr. Louis every morning. It’s really hard on him, getting up so early in such cold weather.”Sometimes, he himself felt like staying in bed a little longer, reluctant to leave the warm comfort of his blankets.Even after the New Year, Satbury remained quite cold. In contrast, over in Wiltspoon, the temperatures had begun to reach a high of over seventy degrees Fahrenheit in the daytime, with nighttime lows around fifty degrees.The two provinces and cities were simply incomparable. The temperatures in Wiltspoon were just so very comfortable for Satbury locals.Isabella smiled and said, “Phillip is just afraid he’ll get here too late and that you’ll assume he’s not coming over for breakfast, then not prepare any for him. He's such a little foodie.”The house was never short of snacks for the little ones. In fact, any goodies were always reserved for them first.Yet,
Even when she attended banquets, she would show up in formal clothing. Isabella did not remember the last time she wore a dress. Perhaps it was when she was in third grade. In fact, she liked wearing pretty princessy dresses when she was young. Her mother had told her that.As Isabella was the first child and extremely adorable, Delphine had dolled her up like a princess. Her pretty dresses filled the closet. Her parents, aunts, uncles, and relatives would always gift her many beautiful dresses. As she grew up, perhaps when she was in fourth grade, she stopped wearing dresses. Regardless of who gave her new pieces, she would refuse to wear them and give them to her cousins instead. After everyone realized she disliked dresses, they gradually stopped giving her them. Delphine had asked Isabella why she disliked wearing dresses. Isabella reasoned that she could not walk quickly enough while wearing one. She valued speed and efficiency. Delphine said she had alway
While the private chefs Ms. Isabella had hired in the past were respectful, they were leaning toward flattery instead of sincere dedication, like how Austin was toward Ms. Isabella.Dominic was experienced. He could sense that Ms. Isabella treated Austin differently. She was also a special existence to Austin. It was normal for young people to be attracted to each other. Initially, Dominic wanted to advise Austin not to even think about dating Ms. Isabella. However, upon discovering that Austin was a young master of a wealthy family, he decided not to interfere. Dominic was glad that he did nothing.Austin returned to the house. Instead of heading straight to the kitchen, he went upstairs. He stopped outside of Isabella’s room and knocked on the door lightly. No response came from within the room. Perhaps Austin was too soft when he knocked. He knocked on the door again with more force and asked, “Are you up yet, Ms. Isabella? It’s time to have breakfast.”Isabella w