Jasper’s foot went numb for a moment, and he slowly withdrew it. “F*ck off…”Jasper’s breathing was a little heavier than usual, and he took a long time to regain his composure as he leaned against the wall.Summer called him that day when she was being harassed by the hooligans. But he hung up on her because he was worried that he would upset Victoria.Summer was his girl, and all the wounds on her body were caused by him.In the past, he had never cared whether Summer was dead or alive. He saw Summer as nothing as a disposable burden who never failed to embarrass him whenever she appeared before the public eye.Summer was very obedient, and she had never stepped out of the mansion all year.Out of all his sugar babies, Summer was the most thoughtful one, and she never took advantage of the fact that he was rich.She never asked for anything, let alone money or material possessions.And because she never asked, he forgot to give her anything out of habit.Jasper opened the
Summer had no memory to call her own, and she did not even know when her birthday was. However, she found out when Jasper’s birthday was by asking a maid.At that time, Victoria had no plans of returning to the country yet, so he was still quite patient toward Summer. “It’s my birthday today. Why don’t you celebrate it with me? This is for you.” Jasper had tossed a jewelry box to Summer.The gift was not worth a lot. A jewelry company he sponsored designed it and gave it to him. That night, Summer had been extremely elated for a long time. That was the first time Jasper had given her a gift. Even though the bracelet was not actually exquisite, Summer treasured it as if her life depended on it. “We should make a wish during our birthdays. What wish do you want to make?” Jasper asked Summer and turned to gaze at her face, which kind of resembled that of Victoria’s.Summer did resemble Victoria quite a lot, but they were two completely different people.Victoria was the youn
Victoria was burning with rage to begin with, and her mood became even worse after the conversation with Adrian.“Young mistress, please cool down. I have good news for you.”As they walked out of the ward, Victoria’s personal assistant smiled at her.“Get straight to the point,” Victoria said impatiently.“Master Ardly is apologetic about the fact that something like this happened to you during Samson Ardly’s welcome party, so I ‘accidentally’ revealed that your birthday is coming up. Master Ardly said that after you get discharged, he’ll personally organize a birthday banquet for you at the Ardly’s family mansion and invite all the rich and influential people in Sea City over.” Victoria’s personal assistant covered her mouth with her hand as she smiled, and her eyes were as bright as those of a cunning fox.Victoria froze for a moment. She then immediately revealed a surprised and elated expression. “Sally, I’ve really underestimated you! That’s really great!”The Ardly family
Summer took a sip of water. It tasted bitter, and her tongue felt numb.“Sum don’t scare me anymore. Please?” Samson put down the glass and hugged Summer tightly as he took a deep breath.“Samson, can you just pretend that I’m dead?” Summer pleaded in a pressing tone.Just pretend that she had died one year ago.Just pretend that the pure woman who only loved Samson and had no one other than Samson in her heart had died.“No!” There was a rage in Samson’s voice, and he hugged Summer even more tightly. “After you recover, let’s go home.”“I can’t. Things will never be like how they used to be again…” Summer gave up struggling, and her body was limp as she lay against Samson’s chest.Both of them knew very well that things would never be like how they used to be again.Too much had changed within a year.“It’s okay if you can’t go home. I’ll stay here with you.” Samson said affectionately as he kissed Summer’s forehead.“You’ll stay with me… But where have you been for the past
Victoria closed the door and glanced at the alcohol bottles in the living room with furrowed eyebrows. A strong stench of ethanol lingered in the air. How much had Jasper drunk?“Jasper, why did you drink so much?” Victoria pretended to be concerned as she hurried over to him.Jasper furrowed his eyebrows and dodged Victoria’s hand without being aware of it. “Are you angry that I didn’t go to the hospital to get you?”“No…” Victoria’s expression darkened a little, and she forced a smile as she shook her head.“You’ve just recovered. Go upstairs and rest early.” Jasper massaged the space between his eyebrows. He had been running a slight fever.He was a very healthy person, and he went to the gym all the time.Only when he had fallen sick did he understand how bad Summer must have been feeling.What had he been doing all this while?“How about you, then?” Victoria was a little indignant.“I have some company matters to attend to. I’ll be leaving soon.” Jasper straightened his n
“Mr. Ardly, Miss Plath is very traumatized by what she has gone through.”The psychologist shook his head. He felt quite bad for Summer as well.Samson lowered his gaze and nodded.“Is this still the Plath family’s little imp I knew?” Samson walked over to the window and ruffled Summer’s hair. “Sum, can you pretend that the Summer who was missing for a year is dead?”......There was a long silence left hanging in the air, and there was a pleading tone to Samson’s voice as he spoke.“You’ve already killed that little idiot who lost her memory with your own hands, so can you become the Summer I knew again?”Summer blinked, and she slowly teared up.“Please, Summer… Please talk to me.”The doctor had said that Summer was in an extremely bad shape. Not only could she not go through the surgery, the trauma might also drive her crazy.Summer felt a little dizzy, and she forcefully shook her head.“Sum, do you remember the first time we met? You saved me and brought me home…”Sam
“Ask someone to investigate Victoria Dawn.”Samson spent a lot of effort coaxing Summer to sleep. He then went downstairs in his sleepwear.He glanced coldly at his cell phone before he headed to the balcony and lit a cigarette.“Young master, it’s cold out here.” His subordinate went over to the balcony with a coat and wrapped it around Samson.After Samson was done smoking the cigarette, he remained standing on the balcony for a very long time.After he was certain that the smell of cigarette smoke no longer lingered on his body, he turned and returned to the living room.Summer hated it when he smoked.Once upon a time, he stopped smoking because of Summer. But after Summer disappeared, he began smoking more and more.“Young master, are you going to continue smoking?” His subordinate asked in a hushed tone when he saw that Samson had tossed the cigarette box, from which he had only taken one cigarette, and his lighter into the trash can.“I’m going to stop. From now onward,
“So, you’re heading to the Ardly family’s mansion tonight, right? I’ll give you your birthday gift tomorrow.” Jasper had actually forgotten that Victoria was the Plath family’s official goddaughter.“I don’t need a present. But the thing is that my parents had been eyeing this project in West City lately. I don’t know what’s going through my dad’s mind. He doesn’t have the financial capability, but he wants that plot of land no matter what. As his daughter, I don’t know what to do. There’s just a pang in my heart now whenever I think about it.” There was a hidden layer of meaning to Victoria’s words. She was actually gently reminding Jasper to help the Dawn family out again.Jasper furrowed his brows. He lowered his gaze to glance at Victoria.If this had happened in the past, he would definitely give his personal assistant a call and ask the latter to help the Dawn family out privately. But now… He was starting to feel that Victoria was merely treating him as a tool.And the stron