“I’ll head out to take a look.”Adrian did not let Darren enter but decided to go outside to look. He met Darren as soon as he arrived at the door. No employee in Fisher Manor could stop someone in Darren’s position. They dared not do it either.Elaine was simply informing Adrian of Darren’s arrival beforehand. Even she had no right to stop Darren from entering.Darren’s status would be equivalent to that of Mr. Gordon in the future. Mr. Gordon was a unique existence in the Fisher family. He was the person Madam Fisher trusted the most and her right-hand man. Everything Darren and Mr. Gordon did was based on Madam Fisher’s orders. Stopping them would be akin to stopping Madam Fisher. No one had a death wish. “Why are you here, Mr. Fletcher?” Adrian faked a smile and asked. Instead of answering, Darren immediately walked past him, through the living area, and went upstairs. His actions stunned Hunter and his sons. After a short while, the four men returned to their
Upon listening, Adrian wanted to follow them.“Don’t follow us,” said Darren coldly.Adrian stopped in his tracks. Hunter and his sons had no choice but to watch as Darren carried Caroline downstairs. Soon, they heard a car driving off and knew Darren had left Fisher Manor with Caroline. Hunter told his sons to go downstairs while he went to the study. After some time, he raised his hand to knock on the door. “Get lost! Don’t disturb me now.”Belinda’s furious voice came from the study. She was sitting before her table and was on the phone with Mr. Gordon. “I don’t care what it takes, Gordon, I just want Liberty dead.”She had decided to go all out against Liberty and was in a terrible mood. Therefore, she was enraged when she heard someone knocking on the door. She knew who was outside. “It’s me, Belinda.”Hunter called her name. Despite being husband and wife for decades, he rarely called her by name. Belinda ended her call. She threw her phone on the table a
“Do you even care about what happens to Carol? How dare you accuse me when you don’t even love your own daughter? Have you been sincere with her?“You must be acting worried about Carol now because you and your sons might lose your comfortable lives.“How dare you mention Celine? Yes, I do hate her family. I absolutely despise them since I discovered Celine wasn’t my biological daughter. I wanted revenge.“They switched my daughter and didn’t even treat her properly. While they were abusing Caroline, their daughter was enjoying endless luxury by my side. How can I not detest them?”Any other mother would feel the same. Initially, Belinda could not bear losing her relationship with Celine. She tried telling herself that Celine was innocent. However, as time passed, her hatred grew. Her motherly love for Celine gradually dissipated and was replaced with a desire for revenge. If Celine had chosen to lie low after the truth was revealed and stop targeting Caroline or thinking
Darren immediately stepped on the brakes upon hearing Caroline. He realized what he did was dangerous and quickly turned on the emergency lights. After checking that no cars were behind him, he parked by the roadside. “Ms. Caroline?”Darren turned his head. Caroline wanted to get up but failed because her head was spinning. She had to remain lying down. She wondered where her mother had gotten the unknown drug. It had powerful effects. Caroline only took a sip and stopped after sensing something was wrong with it. However, she still lost consciousness almost immediately. After some time, she regained consciousness. When she heard her mother’s voice, she remained still and pretended to be knocked out until Darren carried her out of Fisher Manor. Darren placed her across the backseat so she could sleep comfortably. It was better than putting her in the passenger seat. Although she was unconscious, Darren still wanted her to be comfortable so she could feel better w
After all, the matriarch’s assistant would be above everyone except one. No one would dare to disrespect the matriarch’s assistant. Darren pinched Caroline’s dainty nose. He said gently, “Have a good sleep if you’re still feeling dizzy and uncomfortable. Don’t think about anything else. “We can’t and will never regret once assigned to our masters. We’ll be loyal and unchanging to our masters forever.“I’ll remain by your side as long as I’m alive. I won’t regret a thing.”After speaking, Darren lowered his head and had the urge to kiss her. However, he stopped himself at the last moment. Caroline was aware of his feelings for her, but she had not given her a reply. Darren did not want to act rashly. “I’ll listen to you and contact Liberty now.”He patted Caroline’s head before taking off his jacket and covering her with it. He said softly, “I’ll take you to the hospital after calling Liberty.”“Okay,” said Caroline as she closed her eyes.She did not like feeling diz
Kevin got up and walked out of the house. Hayden saw it and followed him out. She walked beside him quietly and listened as he talked to Liberty softly. He told Liberty, “I suggest you return to Wiltspoon right away.“Although you have Jim and the rest protecting you, the Fisher family has over a hundred years of history in Jensburg. They have a numbers advantage. If Madam Fisher truly wants to fight till the end, you won’t be able to defend yourself well.“Jensburg is the Fishers’ territory, but Wiltspoon is ours. Returning to Wiltspoon is safer than staying in Jensburg for you.“You should hand over your work in the company and go back as soon as possible.“I’ll inform Zachary to arrange a private plane for you.”Kevin and Caroline had the same thought. They felt Liberty would be safer in Wiltspoon.After all, the Fisher family was influential in Jensburg. Even if they were not as powerful as before, they had family members spanning multiple generations scattered all acro
Clive immediately took a plane to Jensburg. On the other hand, Liberty sat in her office in silence for a while after calling Kevin. She thought, ‘Am I really going back to Wiltspoon?’If she did not leave and Belinda killed her, they would obtain evidence of Belinda killing her and be able to find Belinda guilty. Tiara and her family’s murder happened decades ago. Even if Patrick could be a witness, too much time had passed since then. They probably could not make Belinda pay for her sins with her life. That was unless Belinda committed a recent crime that warranted a death sentence.Liberty thought of being the bait herself. With that thought, she immediately called Zachary. When he picked up, she said, “I thought about it and decided not to return to Wiltspoon. I’ll remain in Jensburg and wait for Madam Fisher to make a move. We can only gather evidence of her crimes if she does something.“I’d be considered escaping if I go back to Wiltspoon. I can’t hide forever, an
Liberty said, “I’ll be careful. Don’t be too worried about me.”She was extremely busy every day. The places she frequented the most were the company and Fortress Hotel. The company was probably safer than Fortress Hotel. The hotel was open to the public for business. With the number of people entering and leaving daily, hiding a killer in the crowd was easy.“Aunt Audrey sent me a message. I’ll go talk to her now.”“Okay. Be careful, Liberty.”“I know. I will.”Liberty hung up and answered Audrey’s call. Meanwhile, Serenity, who did not know what was happening in Jensburg, was in WIldridge Manor. The old-timers enjoyed the environment in the manor. They initially visited the manor for a meal but decided to stay for a few days due to the beautiful scenery and Grandma May’s insistence. People of old age could talk about the past all night.Even Patrick did not want to leave. He thought Grandma May sure knew how to enjoy life as she had built such a grand manor to spend
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