“Mr. Crawford, you haven’t even had a drop of water for the past two days. If this goes on, your body won’t be able to take it,” Jared’s butler expressed his concern. The dishes in the kitchen had been reheated but turned cold again, yet Jared did not want to eat. Jared mumbled, “Do you know? She didn’t die, and I met her…” Even the butler, who was the closest to him, did not know who he was talking about at that moment. “But she’s no longer Gwen White, her current name is Stella Rose. She’s now someone else’s wife, and she has a daughter with that man. She lost her memory, so she doesn’t remember me anymore.” Jared’s eyes became more bloodshot, and his voice trembled a little as he spoke. His butler sighed. ‘Indeed, Gwen is the only person who can make him act like this. ‘But Gwen passed away five years ago, how is she still alive? The butler asked after some thought, “Mr. Crawford, are you having nightmares again?” Jared shook his head. “I didn’t have nightmares this time
Five years ago, Janice often attended upper-class gatherings because of Jared. She had gorgeous gowns, a personal hair-stylist, as well as a retinue that attended to her whenever. Hence, she had an imposing manner. On the contrary, the new Janice lost everything a long time ago. In order to make an appearance at the birthday party, she spent all her money to purchase a presentable gown, and put on make-up. However, she had not been taking care of her skin for years, thus her face was so blotched that even foundation could not salvage it. After putting in a lot of effort to make herself look well-dressed, Janice stood upright as she arrived at a private villa in Haicheng. Her eyes lit up at the sight of different luxurious cars that were parked outside, and she asked after making her way to the entrance. “May I ask if this is Mrs. Warren’s birthday party?” The waiter studied her for a brief moment and answered, “Yes, it is. Are you an invited guest? Do you have an invitation?” “
Zach smiled. “You can say that. We’ve previously met once at a party, where you were President Crawford’s partner. I asked for your contact number, and I’ve been wanting to ask you out.” “Oh~” Janice knew very well what it meant when a man asked for a woman’s number and wanted to ask her out. She replied to him while her mind ran wild, “President Warren, you can contact me anytime if you’d like to find me, I’m always free.” Zach nodded. “Okay.” If Janice could claim a connection with Zach, even if she had to be his unpresentable mistress, she would be willing to. It was her most-used trick, after all. She would first gain the man’s good impression and trust step by step, and when she could not go any further, she would naturally devise another plan. Although Janice had only taken a few steps on the path, she had already come up with the full plan to become “Mrs. Warren”. Zach led her to the entrance of a hall and said, “I have to attend to other guests for now, so please
‘Janice’ looked at ‘Mrs. White’ indifferently. “Seriously, you’ve been lying in bed for so long that your brain is damaged. Didn’t you even think who your daughter is? She always says how much she loves and likes Jared, but how is she a match for me?” ‘Mrs. White’ pointed at the ward’s door with her trembling fingers. “Get out now! Get out!” “I won’t!” ‘Janice’ went closer to the bed and pulled the woman’s hair. “Do you know why I’m at the hospital? I had a miscarriage because of your daughter!” ‘Mrs. White’ widened her eyes in disbelief, and her already pale face became as white as a sheet. “I had Jared’s child, so Gwen was jealous of me. She hit me so that I would knock into the corner of a table, and I lost my child as a result. She’s being locked up by Jared now, and Jared said that she’ll be our child-bearing tool until she gives birth to our child, which is when she’ll only be set free.” ‘Mrs. White’ had doted on Gwen very much, and she never imagined her daughter to ha
Janice looked up like a fool and was even more dumbfounded when she saw two police officers. “Where to?” Someone suddenly kicked her and scolded her with disgust, “Where can you go if you’ve killed someone? Pfft! B*tch!” Another person ran over and slapped her face hard. “You stole someone else’s husband, framed his legal wife, and even killed his legal wife’s mom. How can an obnoxious woman like you exist in the world!” Janice regained her senses when she was kicked and slapped. When she looked up around her, she realized that the banquet hall was filled with people — men and women in stunning outfits — who were obviously there for the birthday party. They were always present, so they watched the show, as well as when she begged for forgiveness and pleaded guilty… Janice finally understood that someone had devised a plot against her! Someone planned the same scenario to happen again to get her to plead guilty! “I didn’t kill anyone! I didn’t kill anyone!” Janice shouted.
In the backyard of the villa, there was a small pond that was full of lotus flowers and was home to a few carps. Gwen walked to the side of the pond and casually took some fish feed to sprinkle them in batches to the fishes. Jared blurted as he could not wait any longer, “I don’t want us to end!” Gwen looked plainly at the pond and asked in return, “You don’t want us to end? What do you want then? Me?” She laughed. “Do you want me to return to you so that I’ll continue spending days of being married, but my husband’s always with another woman, always protects that woman first no matter what happens, strangles me because of that woman, and even has a child with her?” Those were things that Jared had done, and he had done things far worse than that. Throughout the five years, Jared had been looking back on his memories. He recalled her good while he recalled his bad, and he knew he owed her so much that he could not redeem himself by saying sorry. Jared expressed with a flat vo
“Jared, it has been five years, but you’re still so selfish and conceited. You want everything to be under your control, and you never consider what other people are really thinking.” Gwen finally vented her anger, which she had been suppressing for the whole night. “You’re still the old you, but I’m no longer the Gwen who stupidly liked you for ten years and was still committed to you even after tolerating your ridicules and insults! Because of you, I suffered a lot from Janice! Because of you, my mom was killed by Janice! Because of you, I made a trip to the gates of hell, my body’s still unwell, and my life has been shortened by twenty years! “You said you want to make it up to me, but how are you going to do that? Can you return my mom’s life? Can you make my illness go away? “You can’t! So you don’t deserve to demand anything from me, let alone ask me to return to you! Jared Crawford, I don’t have anything to do with you anymore. I’m setting myself free, so you should set me
Gwen looked gloomy when she returned home that night, and Zach could tell at once what had happened. “Did he disturb you again?” “I’m so pissed off!” Gwen threw her bag hard on the couch. “He actually asked me to start over with him again? He’s crazy!” Zach’s face darkened, and he stood up and said, “I’ll go meet him.” “Don’t, you shouldn’t go.” Gwen quickly stopped him. As mad as she was, she was still rational. “If you go, you’ll definitely fight. In any case, he’s the eldest son in the Crawford family, and your family and his are evenly matched. If you have a huge conflict and it affects your company, it won’t be worth it.” Zach hugged her and expressed, “But I can’t stand seeing him harassing you every day.” Gwen smiled brightly. “I’ll just ignore him. I’m yours, and it’s a fact that can’t be changed no matter what he does.” “Mm.” Zach hugged her even more tightly because he was afraid that the men who coveted her would snatch her away. Gwen closed her eyes in his war