FAZER LOGINFelix’s fingers tightened slightly around his phone. His gaze stayed steady as he looked off at a fixed point. “Time and place.”“I’ll be waiting for you in my hospital room.” Mike’s voice carried a note of firm insistence. “Please come.”Felix opened the car door and got in. The afternoon sun spilled across the window as he closed his eyes and rested for a while.When Zac informed him they had arrived, Felix shook off his exhaustion instantly. He stepped out and strode toward the VIP wing of the hospital.Mike was staying in a top-tier VIP room. As soon as Felix appeared, a man stepped forward and said, “Mr. Gibson, Mr. Lloyd is waiting for you.”Then he led the way to the door of the room.Inside, Mike was still dressed in a green camouflage uniform. He stood by the window with his hands behind his back, his expression graver than Felix had almost ever seen.“Mr. Gibson, you came.” Mike looked up at him and gestured for him to sit.Felix looked at him. “If you have something
Miranda had just started to reach for the shrimp when Felix picked one up first. “I’ll peel it for you,” he said to Mia.Mia nodded happily. “Daddy, you should peel one for Mommy too. Mommy used to peel shrimp for both of us.”Miranda froze for a second, then said to Mia, “Mia, just eat.”Felix skillfully peeled one and placed it in Mia’s bowl. Then he kept going. By the time he finished the fourth one, Mia picked up two from her own bowl and placed them in Miranda’s.“Mommy, you said shrimp is really good for you, so you need to eat some too.”Sienna watched from the side, and Mrs. Gibson Sr. was clearly hoping for something too.Miranda looked at the two pieces of shrimp in her bowl and paused.“Mommy, eat,” Mia urged, holding one in her hand while still keeping an eye on Miranda with her big round eyes.Miranda picked up one piece and took a small bite.Across the table, Felix paused for a few seconds. Mrs. Gibson Sr. looked quietly relieved. Only Sienna felt her heart grow
Felix’s hand tightened slightly around his water glass. Hearing Miranda’s soft laughter drifting over from the sunroom again and again, he tugged at his collar, got to his feet, and walked out into the yard.Mia was busy playing with her new toy. Sienna watched Felix head outside, then stood up and followed him. She found him sitting alone on one of the patio chairs in the garden and went over to sit beside him.“Miranda told me she’s seeing someone,” Sienna said, turning to watch his reaction.Felix narrowed his eyes slightly. “I know.”“Then maybe... maybe you should try one more time,” Sienna said carefully, trying to encourage him.Felix gazed at the sunset in the distance, his expression strangely calm. “As long as she’s happy, that’s enough.”“Then tell me the truth, Felix. Do you still love her?” Sienna asked suddenly.Felix stayed silent for so long that Sienna thought he wasn’t going to answer. She was just about to get up and leave when he finally spoke.The last ligh
Miranda thought of Mrs. Gibson Sr. at home by herself and figured it was probably time to go see her.She turned to Sienna and said, “Okay. You can come with me.”“Thanks, Miranda.” A little while later, Sienna had two gifts sent over by courier.At five o’clock, Sienna got into Miranda’s car and headed with her to the Gibson house. As she watched the scenery pass by outside the window, she felt like she had been given a second chance, and Miranda was the one who had given it to her.“Miranda, even if you get married someday, can I still be your friend?” Sienna asked suddenly, sounding almost afraid Miranda wouldn’t even let her stay in her life at all.Keeping her eyes on the road, Miranda answered calmly, “You’re Mia’s aunt. That will never change.”The words hit Sienna so hard her eyes started to sting. In a quiet voice, she said, “Miranda, I know that even if I apologized ten thousand times, it still wouldn’t make up for all the stupid things I did before.”“That’s all in th
Sienna picked up her phone and started looking into what Xena had been up to lately. To her surprise, after posting that flirtatious update with Leo the other day, Xena had followed it up with a promo poster announcing that she would be appearing in Hamilton. The city was hosting an arts festival the following week, and Xena had been invited to perform as a featured guest artist.Sienna stared at the poster. In it, Xena wore a white evening gown and looked elegant and untouchable, like some flawless goddess.But now Sienna knew exactly what kind of woman was hiding behind that polished smile.Thinking about everything Xena had done over the years, Sienna clenched her jaw.She found the phone number for the festival’s event director and dialed it without hesitation.“Hello? Who’s this?”“Mr. Wilson, hello. My name is Sienna Gibson. I’m calling to report serious personal misconduct involving the pianist you hired, Xena Spencer.”There was a brief pause before Jack Wilson, the fe
Xena hadn’t been satisfied with just taking the money. She had wanted to destroy Felix’s marriage too. It was disgusting and shameless.So even after Miranda learned that Felix had never actually slept with Xena, the love she once had for him was still gone.And yet the Miranda who had loved him so deeply was still vivid in Sienna’s memory.A scene from six years ago suddenly came back to her.It had been a bright, sunny afternoon. Sienna had just returned to the country to see some friends, and Felix had asked her to stop by his house for dinner. Back then, she had been full of prejudice against Miranda. She had never liked this sister-in-law she believed had used old favors to force her way into the family.That evening, Sienna stayed in the back seat of Felix’s car and had no desire to get out. But through the window, she saw Miranda coming over from the front gate of the villa, smiling brightly.Before Felix had even reached her, Miranda hurried over, wrapped her arms around
Felix’s company’s work in technology and biomedicine existed within the framework of the country’s broader strategic vision. Miranda rubbed her aching temples and looked up at the night sky, letting out a quiet sigh. Compared to her personal emotions, the advancement of national scientific researc
“Dr. Stone, could we get your contact information?”“Yeah, is that okay?”A few good-looking college guys were the ones egging it on, all of them radiating youthful energy. The atmosphere instantly became lively.Miranda was just about to turn them down when a low, cool male voice came from behin
Leo took a small sip of his tea. “I heard Felix put a large amount of funding into DE’s brain-computer project. The shareholders at Gibson Corporation aren’t happy about it, and future funding might be affected.”Miranda frowned slightly.Leo offered a quiet reassurance. “But he should be able to
Miranda returned to her office just as Coco walked in carrying two cups of coffee. “Here,” Coco said. “I grabbed one for you too.”Miranda took the cup. “Thanks.”“These flowers are really pretty,” Coco said, admiring the bouquet on the desk.Miranda, on the other hand, found them irritating. She







