FAZER LOGIN"Where are you going at this hour?" Asher asked worriedly.Stefan didn't answer. He turned around and walked toward the door.Late at night, at Everheart Manor, the huge living room was lit only by a dim lamp. Renee sat on the sofa and hugged her knees as tears silently fell.Quinton sat beside her and gently patted her back. "Renee, stop crying.""Quinton, am I a cruel person?" Renee choked out. "I know that if I call the police, Stefan will suffer. The children will be affected too.""You are cruel, but you're not being cruel to them. You're being cruel to yourself."Quinton took a deep breath and looked at her with heartache. "You give everything to your family. You can't bear seeing me suffer. You can't bear seeing the children suffer, and you can't bear putting Stefan in a difficult position. That's why you're hurting so much.""I really feel useless." Renee covered her face. "Things between our families have reached this point. I clearly know it was Francine who did al
Alexander opened his eyes and looked at Francine. His eyes showed mixed emotions."Maybe you're right. In the past, I too thought my feelings for you were nothing but responsibility and obligation. I thought I needed to play the role of a husband who loved his wife and the role of a great father. But today, when I realized I might lose you, I finally understood that you had already become an inseparable part of my life!"Francine froze. Her tears kept falling. "Alexander.""I won't let you face this alone." Alexander walked over and hugged her. "For all the mistakes we made, we'll pay for them together. No matter what the outcome is, I'll stay by your side."Francine broke down crying in his arms."I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I only truly realized now that I was wrong. I was really wrong. My jealousy and narrow-mindedness hurt you, Stefan, and the two children even more."Her words were not an attempt to gain sympathy. She truly realized from the bottom of her heart how horribly wrong
"Take it this far?"Renee looked at Quinton in disbelief. It was as if she had just heard something absurd. "Quinton, what are you thinking? She did something so horrible to you! I haven't even used violence against her. I've already shown enough mercy. How can that be called taking it too far?""But…"Quinton looked at Stefan. Thinking about how deeply Renee had once loved this man, how much she had sacrificed for him, and how they had now been forced into becoming enemies, his heart hurt."But the past is already the past. I don't want the pain from years ago to affect your life now and make you suffer even more. I only want you to be happy."Quinton treasured his current life, especially after reuniting with Renee. Having a nephew and a niece, and getting along well with Joanna, he had slowly let go of the pain he carried. In fact, he had almost forgotten the suffering of the past.But if Renee really sent Francine to prison, then she and Stefan would truly be over. The chil
Francine looked up. The moment she met Stefan's eyes, she completely broke down. "Stefan, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry…""I'm not the one you should be apologizing to!" Stefan's voice trembled as he pointed at Renee and Quinton. "You owe them an apology. Compared to everything they've been through, your apology means nothing!""I… I…"Francine stood frozen in place. The woman who had once been so proud and untouchable now looked like a child abandoned by the entire world. She was fragile and helpless.Alexander watched Francine silently. He had never seen her look so vulnerable before, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.He took a deep breath and walked up to Quinton before bowing deeply to him. "Child, I'm sorry. I failed to keep my wife at bay. Because of that, you suffered so much…""Your apology means nothing," Renee spoke coldly. "My brother and I don't want an apology. We want justice."Alexander froze. The Renee standing before him felt like a completely different pe
"Every year after that, I regularly gave that fisherman money. The amount of money meant nothing to a wealthy family, but to an ordinary household, it was enough for them to live comfortably for the rest of their lives," Francine said calmly.Francine had always been strong-willed. Even now, she still didn't truly believe she had done something wrong."Hah. Do you think giving money makes it right? Do you actually think you did something good?"Renee's anger had already turned into disbelief. More than anything, she thought Francine was shameless. "How could someone as shameless as you exist in this world?""Shameless?"Francine's expression turned cold. She clenched her fists. "If I truly wanted to be cruel, he would have died long ago!""You think leaving me alive was some act of kindness?" Quinton roared. "Sometimes living is worse than dying! That's called being alive but wishing you weren't!"Quinton stepped forward. His eyes were filled with hatred."Do you know what ki
"That's because…"Francine's tears fell as her expression slowly turned fierce. Her eyes became filled with resentment and cruelty as she clenched her jaw. "Because I hated her. I hated that woman. Only by doing something like this could I truly get revenge on her without losing anything myself!""Why?" Alexander grabbed Francine's shoulder angrily. "Why did you hate her?"Francine looked up at her husband. Her eyes were filled with hatred. "You tell me. Why do you think I hated her? Who else in this world knows better than you why I hated her?""I-I don't know…"Under Francine's questioning, Alexander's eyes held both confusion and guilt. He slowly let go of her shoulders and stepped back."Exactly. Why is that? I want to know too." Renee's voice trembled. She stared at Alexander, who had lowered his head. "Mr. Hunt, do you really dare say that you knew nothing?""I-I'm not lying to you. I truly didn't know anything. I only found out about this today. I never thought she woul
"Calm down!" Stefan said nervously, his eyes growing wide. "We can talk it out… just don't hurt him. I don't think there's any reason for us to fight." As far as he knew, he hadn't met Madelyn before, so he figured she didn't kidnap Adie for revenge."Oh, we're definitely not enemies. I'm actually a
"Of course!" Renee nodded and said seriously, "I'll go to the karaoke bar and hire eight male escorts. One of them will massage my shoulders while another will massage my legs. One will sing with me while the other will listen to me vent..."Stefan smiled in amusement. "Are you sure you can handle ei
Adie's stubborn expression didn't change, but finally he turned around and sighed. "Fine then!""Fine, I'll wait for your explanation." Renee tried her best to calm down and put down the branch away, waiting for Adie's explanation."It was because..." Adie swallowed, his eyes watery. "It was because T
Coincidentally, the startup ceremony of The Heart of the Grassland happened to be the same day as the graduation photograph session of the kindergarten, so Renee asked Leia to take Jeffrey to the startup ceremony. Although Leia was reluctant, she agreed so Renee could go with her kids without worryi







