Hearing that, Stefan wanted to ask about the details. A tall figure suddenly ran over from nowhere and said anxiously, "How much blood did she lose? Her blood type is special. Is the blood in your blood bank sufficient? If not, use mine. My blood is compatible with hers!""Jovan?" Stefan asked tentatively when he saw that familiar back. Though he confirmed that it was indeed Jovan, he felt that this was too much of a coincidence. Jovan was beside himself. When he heard Stefan's voice, he too found it incredulous. He turned and stared at Stefan.At that moment, they seemed to have much to say but had no idea where to begin.At last, Jovan ignored Stefan and rolled up his sleeves. He said to the nurse, "When can we start? I can donate my blood to her anytime!""Now!" the nurse said urgently. "Yes, the patient's blood type is special. Plus, the blood in the blood bank isn't sufficient. It'll be great if your blood type matches hers.""Stop wasting time! Hurry up!" Jovan urged the
The nurse on duty at the front desk studied Stefan vigilantly. She refused to violate the patient's privacy, as this concerned her professional ethics. However, she immediately became respectful when she learned that Stefan was the biggest sponsor of the hospital. She fished out the patient's information for him. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Hunt. The patient was sent here three hours ago. The name registered here is Simone Lowe, twenty-one years old. The reason for treatment is that she tried to kill herself by cutting her wrist due to an argument.""Simone Lowe?" Stefan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that. It seemed he was right. It wasn't Renee. The patient was just one of Jovan's many girlfriends. The young woman took extreme means. After being dumped by Jovan, she might have tried to kill herself to take revenge and attract Jovan's attention. Renee would never have done that. She had no reason to kill herself. The more Stefan thought, the more he felt that he was
After a nervous wait, news about Nora finally arrived. The doctor opened the door of the emergency room and called out to the corridor, "Who is Ms. Nora Hunt''s family?" Stefan hurriedly rushed over and asked anxiously, "It's me. Doctor, how is she?" The doctor nudged his glasses and told Stefan the truth. "The patient is considered lucky. The bullet grazed her left atrium with less than an itch. She's currently safe, but she needs to rest. We can't take things lightly. A problem might pop up any time.""That's great." Stefan immediately sighed in relief. His tightly clenched fists relaxed. "That's wonderful!" Justin said, excited. He felt relieved—now that Nora was fine, the fight that might ruin both families could be called off. It also meant that there was still a chance for him to get back together with Renee. "Don't get excited. I'll settle all the losses you've done Hunt Enterprise with you," Stefan snarled. Regardless of whether Justin had ordered his men to do
Tiger clenched his fists, his tone full of agitation. Elijah wasn't a pushover. Seeing their provocative actions, he immediately pulled out a gun, his finger on the trigger. "You want to fight, don't you? Stop wasting time! We'll fight now! The Hunt family is never afraid!""Sure! Come at us, I'm not afraid!"Cadmus and Tiger were agitated, too. They were about to take out their guns to fight Elijah. Stefan rubbed his temples in annoyance, then strode to the side. Justin found them noisy too, so he followed Stefan and stuck close to him. "Do you think they'll fight?" Justin turned and looked at them as they argued fiercely, quite worried. "My assistant is witty, nut there seems to be something wrong…with your men."Stefan seriously pointed at his head. It was his only impression of Cadmus and Tiger. They couldn't control themselves well. "You can't blame them. My grandpa picked them when they were only six. They were brought to the base to train. They don't think like norm
Meanwhile, Renee was still unconscious in another emergency room.Jovan was lying in the hospital bed beside her, about to donate blood to her.After reading Jovan's blood test report, the doctor frowned and said, "No, your body can't donate so much blood to her. You'll be in danger."Before, Jovan was healthy, but he almost died after donating a lot of blood to Stefan. He gradually recovered after Renee took great care of him. However, his anger and resentment worsened his health after Renee's departure. If he donated so much blood to Renee right now, he would be in danger.Jovan clenched his fists and rudely urged the doctor, "Cut the crap! Do it now!"Noticing how pale and weak Jovan seemed, the doctor was hesitant. "But…" "Do it now!" Jovan glared at the doctor and gritted his teeth. "I can't survive without her. But before I die, I'll kill all of you!"Of course, he was aware of his body condition. But he could not survive since Renee was dying. He could not see her take
"I think we've got to find your crazy cousin if we want to find Phoenix." Justin was confident that Renee must be in Jovan's hands. He was eager to confront Jovan.After all, Justin had long heard about the many crazy things Jovan had done. If he had kidnapped Renee, she wouldn't be in good condition. "That's easy." Stefan pocketed his hands calmly. Compared to Justin, he looked unconcerned."Do you know where he is?" Justin looked at Stefan suspiciously and criticized, "You're acting like an outsider. You don't care about Phoenix's location at all. Are you a heartless scumbag like she said? Do you no longer love her?" Justin was excited about his engagement with Renee, and was agitated when she suddenly went missing during the ceremony. He was either so furious that he wanted to fight Stefan, or too worried to eat and wanted to search all over Beach City. However, Stefan remained unresponsive. He was indifferent, even if Renee was about to get engaged to another man. Though
"What did you say?" Justin's eyes widened abruptly as he looked at Stefan in disbelief. He thought he had heard wrong, and asked Stefan again."Jovan is in the neighboring emergency room. You can get the answer you want right away," Stefan explained calmly.The man Justin racked his brain and tried his best to find was that easy to find!"Jovan is in the emergency room?" Justin tried his best to take in that information. At first, he found it incredulous. He interrogated the calm Stefan, "What is he doing there? Did Phoenix get hurt? Why can you remain this calm?" "What do you want me to do, then?" Stefan looked at Justin coldly and mocked, "Do you want me to barge into the emergency room and beat him up? Or do you want me to take her away?" "Of course not!" Justin made a no gesture and hurriedly added, "If Jovan is there, leave it to me. You don't have to do anything. It's best if you get far away."Unless it concerned Renee, Justin was strong and fearless. He wasn't conf
People stayed away from Justin. The door of the emergency room was still closed, and it was unknown if there was anyone in it. Someone secretly informed the front desk, no longer able to take such a scene. Shortly after, an attending doctor rushed there."What are you doing, sir? We can talk things out. Stop affecting other patients here!"The nurse on duty was frightened by Justin, but she had to brace herself to stop him."What am I doing?" Justin cracked a crazy and twisted smile. He looked at the attending nurse coldly. "Of course, I'm going to knock this door down!""No, you can't do that!" the nurse said nervously. "The doctor is still trying to save the patient in there. You'll disturb them!" "The lamp is turned off. I'm sure the rescue is over. Stop lying to me!" Justin was fine with being shameless. He urged again, "If you don't open the door for me, I'll use a rougher way to do it! We'll see about that."He had yet to say what he would do before Cadmus and Tiger st
"Do you want to leave?" Stefan saw Renee. He was calm, indifferent, and distant. His behavior stung Renee. Renee could easily recall their lovey-dovey memories. They had both risked their lives for each other and vowed to be together forever. They had two children, too. Yet, they ended up as strangers.Although Renee was heartbroken, she became competitive. She smoothed her hair and said in a similarly cold manner, "I'm going to the washroom." "Okay." Stefan did not have anything to say. He nodded and walked past Renee before heading to the dining table. "Hmph! I didn't expect you to come so boldly," Quinton sneered.At the sight of Stefan, Quinton subconsciously clenched his fists, acting like he was about to fight Stefan. On the surface, he wouldn't act aggressively because he knew Renee would stop him. "It's not easy for the few great families to get together. It's good and meaningful for us. If I refused to come, it would make me seem heartless."Stefan kept his co
Having said that, Renee lowered her head, about to leave. She didn't even have the time to bother about Adie and Abby, and told Quinton to take them home later. Her strange behavior filled Quinton with displeasure. He blocked Renee and said solemnly, "Are you afraid? Do you want to run away? People might think that you're guilty and have cheated on your husband!""No, I'm not!" Renee refuted him loudly, then explained seriously, "I'm busy. I need to handle something right away. Plus, I'm not guilty. I did nothing wrong. There's no reason for me to feel guilty." Quinton went straight to the point. "What are you afraid of since you know you're not guilty? Why do you want to run away? He should be afraid instead!""I told you. I'm not afraid of him. I'm just…" "What?" Quinton crossed his arms and looked at Renee coldly. He wanted to get to the bottom of it.Renee came up with a ridiculous yet normal excuse. "I… I recalled that the dessert shop that I want to head to is about to
Jovan called Stefan to sound the latter out. Anyway, it would be convenient for Stefan to rush over since they were both at the same spot. "I'll be right there," Stefan said. Then, he hung up.For a moment, silence washed over everyone, as if something terrible was about to happen.After taking in the new information, Leia said indignantly, "What's going on? Why does he want to come? Isn't he too shameless? How dare he come?" Although everything wasn't discussed openly, everyone knew why Stefan and Renee broke up all of a sudden, despite how lovey-dovey they were. The reason was that Stefan had cheated on Renee.Even if the adultery was faked, it was still the cause of their breakup. If Stefan were shameful or guilty, he wouldn't have agreed to come. He was going to face Renee there with their friends and family around. Certainly, it was embarrassing. "Hmph! Why not? He impersonated me, seized my business, and snatched away my woman. Plus, he led a steady life, got married
Jovan's words made the atmosphere quiet and bizarre. "Are you out of your mind, Jovan? It's already very annoying to have someone like you here. Do you have to get another annoying guy?" Leia frowned, crossing her arms. She kept scolding him.Initially, the atmosphere was considered harmonious. It was still considered fine even if there was an annoying person like Jovan. Unexpectedly, he wanted to call another, more terrible person to come here. Things would certainly go wrong. "Ms. Osborne, you're famous for talking harshly, too. You're just like me. I love it." However, Jovan was not mad at all. He grinned while waiting for Stefan to answer the call. Generally, Stefan would not answer Jovan's call. Surprisingly, he picked it up that time."What's the matter?" Jovan purposely put it on speaker mode. Stefan sounded aloof and emotionless.Jovan sounded wicked as he calmly asked Stefan, "Do you want to join a gathering, Stefan?""I'm going to hang up if you don't say anythi
In the past, Jovan had always regarded Stefan as a coward. Stefan couldn't forget about Renee, but he kept pushing Renee to another man. It seemed like Justin was more responsible, considerate, and gentle. Of course, Renee would lead a very happy, steady, and comfortable life with such a man. At the very least, Jovan felt that he could not be that meticulous and considerate. He would only drive Renee mad just to get her attention. "Hmph! Are you trying to humiliate me or yourself?" Justin didn't find that a compliment. Instead, it sounded like smockery. Jovan made it sound like Justin was a nice guy, but would not be picked by Renee. Usually, people like that had to suffer and would not end up well."I'm praising you." Jovan was helpless because of his reputation as the villain. Although he had said a lot of annoying things, he did want to compliment Justin. His love was probably as deep as Justin's, but his and Stefan's ways of loving Renee were much inferior to Justin's.
"That's unnecessary." Justin stood in front of Renee, his face cold. He said firmly, "She's unwell and can't have wine." "Is she unwell? I didn't see that." Jovan sized Renee up before he sized Justin up. Then, he sneered, "And who are you to her? You can't stop her from having wine.""It's none of your business who I am to her. I said she can't have wine." Justin always kept peace with others, but at that moment, he was dominant. He didn't always want to control Renee, but she had drunk a lot of wine that day. It might have hurt her belly. Hence, he felt it better for her to abstain from wine lately. However, Jovan was unaware of that affair. He simply found Justin purposely showing his ownership over Renee, which disgusted him."Waiter, get her a glass of milk. She only wants that," Justin instructed a waiter, showing his consideration for Renee. "It's okay. I can have a little wine. Plus, I'm rather good at drinking. It's not easy for everyone to get together tonight. I do
They danced for around ten minutes. Renee danced to the song heartily. Her initial gloomy mood also improved.Renee drank some water and took a few deep breaths. Then, she sincerely praised Leia, "Alright. Your welcome ceremony is bizarre, but it helped relieve my stress. I like it very much!"She could tell that Leia had painstakingly prepared that gift for her. After all, it was not easy to ask the Zambawi people from primitive tribes to sing an English song. "I'm glad you like it. I did this because I wanted you to relax and stop taking things seriously. You need to stop being so hard on yourself and get rid of all the pressure!" Leia said honestly. The Zambawi hand-drum dance came with the charms of a primitive dance. Its goal was to set people free. Of course, it was suitable for Renee to relieve her stress."Yeah, your stress is relieved. From now on, you'll start afresh. This is for you. I'm sure it'll be one of your happy memories." Liam handed the previous Polaroid to
"This is your welcome ceremony. This hand-drum dance is to help eliminate bad luck." Leia held Renee's arm, satisfied with her arrangement. She said happily, "Listen to their song! It's a great song!""Is there a song?" Renee frowned; she felt that Leia was always doing bizarre things. She wondered how Leia could come up with such a preposterous welcome ceremony."Mm, listen carefully! It's English. You can understand it." At that point, Leia said to the Zambawi people, "Put on your microphone. And sing louder."The Zambawi people gave their cooperation. They used their typical Zambawi singing to sing the English song. While listening to the song, Renee found it very familiar. "The flowers will bloom in spring, and the birds are free. I'm still waiting, waiting for my love to come back. Hurry home!""Isn't that Spring Flowers by Curtis Harrett?" Renee finally recalled what song it was. It was a song with a happy beat. It could make people happy. The Zambawi people made th
"I don't know, either. All I ever remember from when I was young is that I led a very painful life. I once tried my best to make the Garcia family accept me. I did all the dirty and tiring jobs. I went out to work at an early age to get money for them. I also did all the house chores. "But my foster parents were never nice to me. They would always beat me up or scold me. My elder foster brother also saw me as an eyesore. He always tried to get me killed…" Quinton calmly described his past. He no longer seemed to be in pain. All that was left in him was numbness, as if he were talking about someone else.However, Renee was always in pain whenever she heard him talk about his past. She felt like she had returned to his past with him and experienced those painful things. It was normal for her to feel that way because they were twins. A lot of their thoughts and feelings were synchronized. "I suddenly recalled that I would inexplicably become gloomy many times when I was young. I