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
"Uh…" The nurse felt like she was put in a difficult position. She hesitated and could not speak for a long time.Justin found something wrong and demanded coldly, "Is it that hard to answer this question?""It's related to the patient's privacy. I can't tell you about it casually."Helpless, the nurse tried to excuse herself by using the same excuse she had used on Stefan a while back."Privacy?" Justin sneered. "I even barged into the surgery room. Stop using that excuse on me. If I can't get the answer I want, I'll make this hospital the headlights of the news soon.""I don't know. Please stop forcing me." The nurse found her work too difficult. She always ran into tycoons whom she couldn't afford to offend. She had no way to do things right."It looks like there's something wrong here."Justin began to feel that the nurse must have been warned by someone to remain secretive. His eyes flashed fiercely, and he glanced at Cadmus and Tiger.They walked over just as fiercely, an
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
"I'm sorry." When Renee heard that from Quinton, she realized the conflict between him and Stefan had yet to be resolved. It was temporarily put aside because of her. She occasionally saw him and Stefan talk to each other and drink together, but they merely put on a show to ease her mind. Their hatred for each other hadn't been eliminated. Instead, it was growing secretly. If Renee were Quinton, she might never forgive the person who had snatched away her beloved and seized her identity. That person even ruined her face."Why did you say sorry to me? It's the resentment between him and me. It has nothing to do with you. Plus, I didn't know he was my brother-in-law then. If I knew, I wouldn't have fought him." When Quinton recalled those affairs, he realized that people were nothing but the sport of fate. If there had been no resentment between him and Stefan, Renee might not have broken up with Stefan. Their families might even get closer. "Stop bringing up the past. It's
During these days, Renee was under pressure because of her affairs. She had no chance to ask Quinton about it. Now, the long flight gave them a chance to have a deep conversation. They could talk about their woes and seek consolation."Me?" Quinton lowered his head and shook his head helplessly. "I'm still the same old me. Nothing is troubling me. I've been busy with Carmine Pawnshop. I have no time to think about other stuff.""You have no time?" Renee touched her chin and smiled naughtily. "Then, you must have been dwelling on other stuff. Let me guess… Is it the thing between you and Joanne?" "Stop asking so much." Quinton did not deny it but refused to talk much about that. "It looks like I made the right guess. You fell out with Joanne, didn't you?" Renee knew Quinton well. Generally, his work would not affect his mood. The only person who could affect his mood was Joanne, who shared a complicated relationship with him. Before Renee left Beach City, she had created a l
After a long while, Quinton turned around. He looked at Renee, who was across from him, and heaved a long sigh."We're about to go home soon. Why do you look this gloomy? What's wrong…? Are you reluctant to part with this place?" Quinton said. "No, I'm not." Renee poured herself a glass of orange juice and sipped it. She frowned and dwelled on it before she said, "I feel empty inside. I don't know if I made the right choice.""Empty?" Quinton asked curiously."I think I've said goodbye to a steady life since I decided to leave. Maybe I'll keep on wandering from now on," Renee said melancholically. The reason why she chose to give it a try with Justin because she was tired. She was exhausted from leading a wandering life and wanted to settle down with someone. Others could not give her the sense of security like Justin. When she saw him, she inexplicably wanted a home. At that time, she thought she could forget about everything and start a new life with him. Unexpectedly, she
Adie was still a child, but he acted like a smart person and could see through a lot of things. He could guess why Austin took them to the Baldwin residence. He had also heard the servants of the Baldwin family rebuking Renee in secret. After combining various situations, he learned about what had happened between Renee and Justin. Despite everything, Justin could forgive Renee under such circumstances. He also treated Adie and Abby nicely. It proved that he was a very compassionate man. A small regret gripped Adie. He wondered why Renee didn't date Justin right from the start. If Renee were with such a kind man, she might be very happy. She wouldn't have to suffer through so many hardships either. "No, you don't know me. I always sweat the small stuff."Justin was displeased since Adie had claimed that he was a good guy, like Renee had. He heaved a long sigh and said, "But it's useless even if I sweat the small stuff, so I stop trying. It all comes down to fate. We can't forc