“Do you take this woman to be your wife? For richer or poorer, in sickness and health, will you remain faithful to her for the rest of your life?” I looked at Bridget with deep affection and was just about to speak. “Wait!” shouted someone urgently. I turned around in confusion and looked toward the audience. There stood a man holding a baby in his arms. He said pleadingly, “Bridget, our child is hungry… could we pause the wedding for a moment?” Hearing this, everyone erupted in an uproar. It felt like a bolt of lightning had struck me. Only then did I realize that Bridget had a child with another man. Bridget hurried off the stage, then turned to me coldly and said, “I only agreed to marry you out of obligation. But the moment Vernon appeared, I knew it. There’s no one else I want to marry but him.” So, she took off the ring and dragged the man away without looking back. I stood alone at the end of the aisle and clutched the undelivered ring in my hand, as a flood of bitterness crashed through every corner of my heart.
View MoreI looked her straight in the eyes and said, “You don’t deserve a quick death.”I kept tabs on Bridget’s condition, but I did not go to see her again.I had more important things to do, like picking up the pieces of the life I lost.I wanted to study art. I want to be a designer.I was going to take charge of Houde's Group.I was learning and growing step by step.I was very happy being single. Unexpectedly, Lucia gave up all her company shares and became my personal assistant.“Hubert, I’ll be tutoring you in the future.”As soon as she said that, the others in the office quietly slipped away.I was left alone with her.Lucia looked at me with such tenderness and seriousness in her eyes.When I left the Houde family, Lucia took care of everything for me for six years. She had been in charge for almost twenty years or thirty in total…She even took care of Grandpa.Additionally, she was tutoring me.Lucia had never said that she liked me, but her love was clear. It was
Bridget was still trying to make one last desperate effort. But unfortunately, she did not have a chance at all.The moment she reached out, I shoved her hand away.In a matter of minutes, Lindt’s Group declared bankruptcy. Bridget was left with nothing.Over the past month, Lindt’s Group’s business deals and cooperations, both large and small, were pulled one after another. Bridget thought that she had hooked a big catch like Houde’s Group all on her own.But she had fallen into a trap of her own design. The investors, who had put money in Lindt’s Group, swarmed Bridget once they learned that it had declared bankruptcy. “Bridget, I want my money back! You’ve got three days!”“Mine too!” “If you don’t pay up in three days, we won’t let you off easy! We’ll tear you apart and sell you piece by piece before we get our money!”Bridget thought she was unstoppable, but in the end, it had been a pipe dream.I watched gleefully.Lucia walked up to me. “That’s not all.”Lucia tosse
When it came to her and Vernon’s wedding, she cared so much. I smiled softly. “Bridget, if you kick me out now, you’re going to regret it.” Today, I was not here as her ex to steal her away.But Bridget laughed like it was the funniest thing she had ever heard. “I’ll regret it? The only thing I regret is wasting six years on you. Someone, get him out of here!”As soon as she said that, several tall men in black suits approached me.I did not move.Just as they were about to make a move…“I want to see who dares!”A sharp, low voice sounded from behind.I turned around and saw Lucia helping my grandfather toward me.Lucia was wearing a smoky-gray blouse. Her delicate, pretty face looked striking. A pair of black-framed glasses rested on her tall nose.Behind the lenses, her eyes were cold. Bridget’s attitude immediately dropped a notch. “Ms. Houde, Old Mr. Houde, you are both here! This way, please.”Bridget turned into a brown-noser instantly. She addressed them very re
Bridget was annoyed at me. “So, you still expect me to have a change of heart? Hubert, in your eyes, you’ve poured your heart out and given me six years of your life. “But what you gave me were shackles. It constantly suffocated me. Let me tell you, that wasn’t love, it was control! “Stop using the help you gave me to guilt-trip me! I got to the Houde family with my own ability!“And I’m going to get married soon. Why are you still clinging to the company?”Bridget was frustrated.I laughed instead of being angry. “I’m a shareholder of the company. Why do you think I’m staying in the company?“If you want to buy the shares I hold, then pay me two hundred million dollars. Once you make the payment, I’ll wrap it up.”“You!”Over the past six years, I had been managing the company. I know exactly how much was in its accounts.I asked for a lion’s share, but I did not want Bridget to have to get down on her knees and come back to me.I just wanted to make her feel uneasy and re
This made me want to laugh.Everyone talked about Bridget like she was a big shot. And she thought of herself as one too.It did not matter if they kicked me out. It did not matter how much they insulted me.I wanted to see what these bootlickers would do once they realized they had been licking up to the wrong person.When Bridget was with me, she was just an ordinary person.I was the one who gave her my heart and effort. I even went as far as begging my grandfather to use the Houde family’s connections to support her bit by bit in secret.These bootlickers saw Bridget growing, and they injected capital into her company.Back then, I thought that since we were all classmates, I could lend them a hand so that we could get rich together.There was absolutely no need for that anymore.I gripped my cell phone and already had a perfect plan in my mind.At this time, there was a knock on the door.It was my sister, Lucia Houde.“Hubert, can I come in?”Lucia was always so gent
She put her arm around me, and we got in the car.She had even been thoughtful enough to bring me hand warmers. “Keep warm. Don’t catch a cold.”Her thoughtfulness made me grateful to her.Soon, she brought me back to the Houde family’s home.Just as I entered the hall, my grandfather greeted me lovingly and excitedly. “Hubert, my dear grandson. You’re finally back...”The sound of him getting choked up tugged at my heartstrings.Before the Houde family found me, I was an orphan adopted by various families. I drifted from place to place without a permanent home.After the Houde family discovered me, I became their only heir. Lucia, their adopted daughter, lost her right to inherit.While I gave all my love to Bridget and cared for her like a nanny for six years, Lucia took care of my grandfather and the Houde family.I was very ashamed. “Grandpa, I’m sorry for returning so late. From now on, I’ll listen to you properly.”“All that matters is that you’re well.”My grandfather
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