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"You can't stop me," Steven interjected as soon as she finished her sentence. "I don't care what any of you think; I want to be with Gwen. This is between the two of us, and is none of your business."All of a sudden, he recalled the reason he had called his mother in the first place, so he took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "Mother, you've misunderstood all this. Gwen and I truly love each other, and if you don't believe me, feel free to come to visit us, and bring Father along, too. Gwen and I will show you how genuine we are."Mrs. Hughes could not help snickering when she heard this. "You're going to show me how genuine you are? How naive of you to think you truly love each other! You're just a gullible man being strung along by a calculating witch!"She sneered and added, "My dear son, please open your eyes and see that woman for what she truly is! All she wants from you is your life!"Steven curled his lips into a smirk. "Mother, I've already told you; if you and Fat

The color drained from Mrs. Hughes' face as she replied, "I have no idea what you're talking about.""Alright then." Gwen curled her lips into a small smile but did not intend to pursue this topic any further. "Well, just because you don't admit it doesn't mean we can ignore all the things you did."With that, she turned to shoot Steven a tender glance and added, "Are you afraid, my dear? Please don't cry if your mother sets up an arranged marriage with other people for you! After all, not even Denise cried when she had to go through that."Steven furrowed his brow when he heard this. A split second later, he reached out to clasp Gwen's hand and said calmly, "Don't worry, I won't, but more importantly—"He lifted his head to stare in Mr. and Mrs. Hughes' direction. "I'm sure Mother and Father wouldn't do this to me.""Why wouldn't they?" Gwen said, smiling. "After all, they had promised the Millers to allow you and Kate to become a couple should they successfully revive you. At th

Mrs. Hughes glowered at the woman standing before her. "What the hell do you want now?"She had already said what she wanted to, so this woman must have been out of her mind to think she would sit with them and have a meal together!"Mrs. Hughes." Gwen smiled at her. "Steven and I have already ordered, so it wouldn't be appropriate to leave just like that, would it? And besides…"She curled her lips into a smirk and tucked her hair behind her ear. "You claim that you'd never approve of our relationship and seem as though you care a lot about Steven's wellbeing…but you don't seem to be concerned about him at all."Don't you think it's a little absurd to want him to obey your commands, considering neither of you showed him any warmth or concern at all? If you truly wanted him to give up on me, surely you'd try to win him over by being good and caring parents?"Both Mr. and Mrs. Hughes furrowed their brows upon hearing this.Mr. Hughes paused for a moment, then reached out to tug on

"What do you mean?" Steven widened his eyes in shock at this.His voice began to tremble as he tightened his grip on his phone. "What are you talking about, Denise? Did something bad happen?"An expression of fear, one that rarely made an appearance, crossed Steven's face as he repeated, "What happened, Denise?"Denise began to chuckle, and the sound of her laughter felt eerily loud against the background."Steven, I'll never get out of this alive." There was a hint of despair in her scratchy voice. "Father and Mother left me here for dead. They handed me over to that pervert Mr. Hoffman, and he's the sickest person I've ever met."Standing on the icy ledge, Denise lifted her head to glance at the man in the distance, who at this moment was screaming profanities and brandishing his whip at her. She let out a bitter smile. "I know you were trying to stall Father and Mother so that someone would be able to rescue me. I know you never once gave up on me, but…"She continued in a cho

"I don't care!" Mr. Hoffman did not notice Steven approaching from behind and instead waved his hand dismissively at Mr. and Mrs. Hughes. "You were the ones who promised me I'd be able to have fun with that woman. Now, not only am I left unsatisfied, but she even jumped off a building right in front of me!"Because of you, I'm now being investigated by the police. I literally just came out from being interrogated, and my wife has found out about my cheating on her. All of you should be responsible for this!"He scoffed and added, "This is all your fault—none of you could control her well enough! I will rebuke our previous contract, and you have to pay me back the money I gave you!"Not only that, but you need to give me extra compensation! If you don't, I'll spread the news about your wrongdoing all over town, and you'll pay the price for deceiving me!"With that, he turned around and was just about to leave when he came face-to-face with Steven."What the hell?" he shot Steven a