"I'm beginning to suspect your identity because of those words you said." That was not Elijah's prejudice against rural folk. He had many servants who were from rural villages, but they were all down-to-earth and had never said such pretentious words. Shawn was taken aback when Elijah said that. "I must have watched too many television dramas." "I hope so." The man in the wheelchair smirked. He turned around to look at Shawn's expression through the black silk ribbon. "I don't think it's anything surprising if you're not as mundane as I thought. "After all, a normal person wouldn't think of marrying his twenty-year-old adoptive daughter to a total stranger to save his mother." Shawn's face went pale. "I don't have any other choice. "I guess Sally was only unlucky." Shawn looked at Elijah. He wanted to say something but stopped. He sighed a long time later. "Mr. Moses, Sally is a good girl. I hope you can treat her well. "Even if you don't like her…. I hope that you
Shawn poked her forehead and said, "You're already married, and you ought to behave like a lady. See, you're sweaty all over." Sally laughed awkwardly and pointed at the bags of food in Shawn's hands. "You should eat it while it's hot." "Wipe your forehead, at least." Shawn shook his head helplessly and passed the food to Elijah. Sally rifled through her pockets and could not find a napkin. Just when she wanted to go to the washroom, a dark blue handkerchief appeared in front of her. A big hand with slender fingers was holding onto the handkerchief. "Thanks," she said as she reflexively took it. "You should know that we didn't send you away to buy breakfast because we were hungry." Sally heard a low, masculine voice as she was wiping her forehead. Her hands paused for a while. "That was only an excuse so that you won't overhear what we don't want you to hear." Sally's hands froze in place. She looked at Elijah with a complicated gaze. "That's why you don't have to
He shook his head and said, "I’m full."Sally Summers swirled what was left of the soy milk in the cup. Due to her frugal nature, she drank the remaining soy milk and ate the dumplings left by Elijah.She went to Shawn to collect his empty food container and threw them away together with hers.Just as she was done doing it, the door of the emergency room opened.The nurse pushed Grandma Summers out of the emergency room. The doctor took off his surgical mask and explained, "She’s fine for now, but I would recommend her to be on bed rest for some time."The doctor gave Shawn a meaningful look. "Her physical condition is not good. I hope that all of you, as her family member, would pay more attention to her. Don’t let her get upset again.”Shawn nodded and assured, "I understand."Sally frowned at the doctor's words.‘Was grandma upset about something again?When her grandmother found out that she was going to marry a handicapped person, she fell seriously ill.‘That was not to
As the best university in Koel City, more often than not, some students were stopped by their poor relatives asking them for money.However, Sally never thought that one day, Sylvia, an aunt who was not blood-related to her, would come to school to do the same."Let's go around the back door."When she saw Sally's shocked expression, Evonne sighed, "I figured that you would be caught off guard, so I came back to look for you.""Joan has already shared the photo on the forum. If you exit from the main entrance and got caught by your aunt, then everyone in school would know that you are the said pauper girl who is also a mistress!”Sally felt chills in her heart. Gossip is a fearful thing. Although she never felt that it was a shame to marry Elijah, she was accustomed to an average and peaceful life and did not want to be someone else's after-dinner conversation topic. Sally took a deep breath, tightened her grip on the phone in her hand, and said, "Let's take the back door th
Liam’s punks helped him to stand up. He pulled out the darts on his knees and looked around like a mad man. "Who did it!?""F*ck you, you nosy *sshole!"The dart in his hand was a small and exquisite blue dart.Sally frowned. She had seen this type of darts in Elijah’s drawer when she was tidying the bedside table in the morning.At that time, she had picked it up and wanted to ask him if the dart belonged to him, but then she thought to herself, ‘He is blind, he couldn’t even see me, his new wife. How could he see the target of the dart?’To avoid touching his sore spot, she did not ask him anything.However, why would this dart appear here? And it just happened to be shot into Liam's knee?"*sshole, come and face me!"Seeing that no one appeared from the overgrown bushes, Liam felt that the person who shot the darts at him must be a coward who only dared to hide in the dark, so his words became harsher and harsher."Don't f*cking hide in the dark and dare not come out, are y
After exchanging greetings, the group of people got into the car.Ol’ Joe was in charge of driving. Elijah, Sally, and Evonne were lined up in the back seat.It was so quiet in the car, one had to be careful when they were breathing.Sally looked at Blair through the back view mirror. The boy was still standing by the back entrance of the school. “Joe, you sure it’s okay to just leave him there?”Ol’ Joe continued driving calmly. “It’s fine. Blair has his means of transport. You don’t need to worry, Madam.”“Oh.”Sally nodded. She turned to glance at Elijah, who was reclining on the seat by her left. She was not sure if he had fallen asleep or not. She turned to her right, and there was Evonne, keeping silent. Evonne gave Sally a surreptitious wink and fished a pen and paper out from her bag.She scribbled on the paper and handed it to Sally.Sally frowned. On the paper was Evonne’s messy handwriting: ‘Didn’t you say that your husband’s only blind? Is he mute too?’Sally’s w
“Yes, sir.”The conversation between master and servant befuddled Sally.It was just dinner. Why did they make it seem like they were preparing to meet someone?What are they asking Blair to get ready with?Half an hour later, when Sally arrived at the so-called Skyhigh Gardens along with Elijah, she finally understood why Ol’ Joe had reacted like that.Skyhigh Gardens was not the name of a restaurant. It was a hotel’s rooftop.The hotel had a little more than thirty floors. The building was not tall, but it was not short either. It was just nice when one wanted to enjoy a scenic view of the city.The safety measures were comprehensive, and the decorations lavish, but there was only one table in sight.Ol’ Joe pushed Elijah to the table. Sally sat down on the chair opposite him.A waiter walked up. “Mr. Moses, you’re having the usual?”“The usual.”The waiter nodded and left.After a while, scrumptious food and dishes of all types that Sally had never seen before were serve
Liam gritted his teeth. His face contorted with pain. “Sir, I know I said things that offended you, but do you need to be so vengeful?”“I am that way. What about it?”Elijah smiled thinly. He raised his glass of wine and sipped. “I heard that you took advantage of my woman many times.”Liam was startled. “Your woman?”“Sally Summers.”Liam froze as if he had been shocked by electricity.Sally was thin and small, and of all places, she originated from a village. How did she get acquainted with a man of such stature?And she had become his woman, no less...Liam instinctively gazed and scanned the man whose eyes were covered by a blindfold. “Sir…”“If we’re gonna be all manners and etiquette, perhaps I should address you as my older cousin.”Elijah’s lips curled up into a cold sneer before he continued, “But I don’t want to.” Covered in blood, Liam shook his head repeatedly. “I can’t possibly have the honor.”“At least you are aware of that.”The man took another sip of hi