Liberty found an excuse to end the call. She then watched Duncan, who was playing with Sonny. Everyone liked to tease her and Duncan. Liberty walked over and sat beside the boys. She smiled at Sonny and asked, “Shall we spend the holidays with Dunc?”Sonny replied, “Of course. Who else will he spend it with?”Liberty was rendered speechless. Her son had long considered Duncan as family and was accustomed to his presence. She patted his head and looked toward Duncan. She asked, “I’ll try to be back before the city hall closes for the holidays. We can sign the papers and get our marriage license first. After your legs fully recover, we can hold a wedding. What do you think?”Duncan refused. “I don’t want us to get married in secret. I want to officially propose to you and hear you say yes before we get our marriage license.“While I can walk short distances now, it’s still difficult for me to go down on one knee to propose. Give me some time. I can’t make it in time befor
Belinda’s expression warmed somewhat. She said, “That child must be making up for her past. Maybe she never had the chance to visit a theme park before.”Whenever she thought of the abuse Caroline had suffered at the hands of the girls’ adoptive family, Belinda hated Celine. The audacity of Celine blaming the Fishers. She had never thought of how her parents mistreated Caroline. Celine had lived in luxury since she was young. She had been to foreign countries multiple times, let alone children's theme parks. On the other hand, Caroline just only experienced the thrill a theme park offered. “Ms. Caroline had a tough past.”The assistant, Mr. Gordon, felt sorry for Caroline as well. He had disliked Celine all along. In the past, when he had not known Celine was a fake, he suppressed his distaste for her as he had to respect her with Celine being the future matriarch. He dared not reveal his true feelings. However, after the truth was exposed, Mr. Gordon finally realized
They were all intimate pictures of Adrian and Celine. Adrian and his brothers would appear at Summitview occasionally. Every time they did, they had multiple bags with them. It was obvious they were bringing supplies over for Celine. Belinda’s heart ached from rage. She despised Celine. Celine and Hunter may have been set up, but Belinda simply could not come to terms with it. Therefore, she could no longer tolerate Celine’s presence in Fisher Manor. She also took back everything that had been given to Celine. Celine could blame or resent her, but ultimately, she was not her daughter. If Celine had decided to leave Jensburg after the incident, Belinda would have asked Mr. Gordon to give her enough money to provide her with a comfortable life. However, Celine chose revenge instead. Belinda sneered. “I wanted to let you live. You didn’t cherish it but chose to take the deadlier path instead, Celine. Don’t blame me for being cruel.”She could kill her sisters, let alone
Jason’s two children were the youngest of Belinda’s grandchildren. They were in preschool and usually stayed with their maternal grandmother, whose house was near the preschool. It was more convenient for the kids. Since that was the arrangement, Belinda would make monthly bank transfers to her in-laws for her grandchildren’s living expenses. “Tell Emma to meet me upstairs when she’s back.”“Okay, Madam Fisher. Incidentally, dinner is ready,” Elaine reminded her. After a brief silence, Belinda said, “I don’t have an appetite.”Neither her husband nor children were around. She could not enjoy her food as before. Besides, her appetite was further ruined by her bad mood. “You hadn’t had much for lunch. A lot of time has passed since then. You should eat.”“I don’t feel like it.”Belinda hung up. Elaine sighed. Not long after, Caroline returned. Darren had given her a ride back. She held cotton candy in one hand and two chocolate-dipped apple slices in the other. Da
“Why are you eating this, Ms. Caroline?”Caroline retorted, “Why can’t I eat this?”“Only children like cotton candy.”Caroline replied, “I’m unleashing my inner child.”Elaine was speechless. “What’s the problem?”Elaine said, “Madam Fisher barely ate during lunch, Ms. Caroline. She skipped dinner because she didn’t have an appetite. Since you’re back, can you go upstairs and persuade her to eat something?”“My mom doesn’t have an appetite?”“That was what she said.”“Did someone visit today?” Caroline asked. “Her assistant came. She refused dinner after he left.”“Maybe something had happened and affected her mood. That was probably why she lost her appetite. Okay, I’ll head upstairs to check on her. Is she in the study?”Elaine said, “Yes. She also requested that Mrs. Clark meet her at the study once the young missus was back. Do you want to bring some food upstairs, Ms. Caroline?”‘Was it something related to Emma?’Caroline recalled mentioning the possibility of Ce
Perhaps Celine had left the curtains drawn on purpose to let someone see them in action. Revenge in secret would mean nothing. Creating a huge scandal was the best way to exact her revenge on the Fisher family. “The butler said you didn’t eat, Mom. What’s wrong?“I haven’t eaten either. Why don’t I have dinner with you?”Caroline sat opposite Belinda. However, she stood up again and handed the chocolate-dipped apple slice to her mother. She said, “I bought this, Mom. You can have one.“I only bought one cotton candy. I already took a few bites, so I won’t be sharing it with you.”Belinda stared at the chocolatey apple slices, then the cotton candy. It was pink, a color that little girls liked. Her daughter was in her twenties, almost thirty. However, she still bought cotton candy for herself. Belinda did not care if other people ate cotton candy, but her daughter was the heir of the Fisher family. How could she…“Why did you buy this?”Belinda frowned and asked the same que
“ Alivia couldn’t take it and in her hysteria, an accident occurred and she passed away. That was how the heavy burden of managing this family fell on me.”Caroline rarely heard Belinda mention her aunts.Now that Belinda was talking about it with a complicated expression, Caroline very much wanted to ask her if their deaths were her doing.The words were already on the tip of her tongue when she swallowed them back down.She did not ask.Even if she did, Belinda would not tell her.She would even get mad that her own daughter did not believe in her.“Mom, do you have a photo of Aunt Tiara and Aunt Alivia?” Caroline asked with faux curiosity as she munched on some cotton candy. “You said Liberty looks like Aunt Tiara, but I’ve never seen a photo of her, so I can’t tell. Liberty’s just her granddaughter. How similar could they be?”Belinda was silent for a long moment before she spoke, “I used to have photos of them. But after decades, those photos faded so much that they were u
Caroline wanted to take another look at the photos, but Belinda stopped her. “You aren’t married yet, so you shouldn’t be tainting your eyes by looking at those photos.”“I’m almost thirty, it’s fine. But I’d better finish my snacks first so that I don’t puke.”Belinda was speechless.“Mom, I only glanced at them earlier, but the photos were very clear. Do you think Celine purposely had the curtains drawn for photos to be easily captured? I think she might have anticipated you looking into her and deliberately ensuring your men could get very clear photos.“People who are involved in scandals would do their best to cover it up, so I think Celine did that on purpose to get back at us. You wouldn’t have recognized her if she hadn’t.”Belinda said coldly, “Whether she did it on purpose or not, I can’t forgive her for doing such a thing.”“Hunter can’t let her go either.” Belinda added hatefully, “I’ve never thought Celine would be someone like this. What a waste of my love for her o