A soft hiss from Emma made Zane immediately raise his eyelid, seeing her seated on the bed, staring at her finger. “What happened?” Zane asked, his voice gruff with sleep, and he reached out to take her hand in his. “I must have slept wildly that the blister has burst,” Emma whispered, meeting his eyes.A frown settled on Zane's face before he left the bed and walked over to the dresser, asking, “Where do you keep the first aid kit?”“On top of it,” Emma replied, pointing to the side table.After pulling the side drawer open, Zane grabbed the kit and went back to the bed Then he sat next to Emma, looking into her eyes as he opened the lid of the box. “Should we move out?” Zane asked, locking eyes with her.“Like rent a place of our own?” Emma mumbled. “I am a university student and you are unemployed. Can we really pull that off-”“I had some money-saving before my dad fired me. We can start on that and I can find a new job.” “That’s a huge step. Can you...” Emma trailed off.Nodd

The mansion was so quiet after last night's event, and everyone was still recovering from their stomach ache, and when Emma and Zane came downstairs into the room, she was shocked to see them all sitting in the living room, looking disoriented.Although she and Zane came down to tell her grandfather and grandmother that they plan to move, she held back her tongue, seeing that everyone was in a bad mood.“Grandmother, grandfather... Are you guys not feeling well?” Emma finally spoke up after a short awkward silence that hung heavily over them. Both Zane and her grandfather exchanged glares before Mr. Tyler scowled at his granddaughter, lashing out, “What do you want?!”“Zane and I are going out,” Emma mumbled, not knowing what else she could do or say in this situation. “And so? Are you here to beg your grandfather for pocket change?! If so, we don't have money to give you!” Madam Taylor snapped, her words cutting deep into Emma's heart.Not saying another word, she drew a breath an

Learning from Mr. Briggs's mistake earlier, Mr. Taylor approached Mr. Alfred, and then he slightly bowed, saying, “Thank you for honoring our humble family by attending our little celebration.”Not looking at Mr. Taylor, Mr. Alfred darted his eyes around the room, and when his gaze rested on Zane, they both locked eyes for a split second, and then he eyed Mr. Taylor nodding stiffly.“Oh, mine... He's even colder to Mr. Taylor then he was to Mr. Briggs...” A gentleman whispered in shock, staring in disbelief at his friend.“I heard that Vex Co. is also NewEra Co. partner on the fifty million dollars project... But Mr. Alfred is treating both men like strangers, which could mean trouble...” another female guest added quietly.Hearing the whispers of people around them, Deborah felt enraged inside, but instead of voicing her anger, she kept quiet and pinched the hem of her husband's coat, whispering, “Mr. Alfred seems hostile to us… What should we do?”“We know that the old man is very

Looking back at her husband, Deborah looked pissed and confused that he would yell at her like that, especially amid all these other people.Even though she was embarrassed, she didn't want to back down, she glared at Emma and then said, “I always thought you were a nice girl... After the Taylors adopted you and gave you a home, treating you like you were one of them. You did this to the hands that feed you... you bite it?!” Seeing that kind of look of confusion on Emma's face, like she was staring at someone stupid, enraged Deborah and she sneered, “How could you encourage Zane to ruin your cousin's wedding? You could have advised him to do this privately for your family's sake, and yet, you went along with his plans to humiliate your family, and make us lose like a fifty-million dollars project that could have benefited all of us!!!”“When did this become Zane's or my fault? I don't see you yelling at your daughter-in-law for her trying to kill me.” Emma said calmly, her brows furr

Not a single doubt was in Zane's mind that he wanted to introduce Mr. Alfred to Emma, and the fact that Mr. Alfred sounded excited when Zane called him earlier to tell him about him meeting her, he was super hyped about this idea. “Who are we meeting?” Emma finally gained the courage to ask again, even though he didn't answer her the first time. “You will see soon,” Zane said, dragging his attention off the road to smile at her. After driving for quite a while, Zane finally drove them to this breathtaking mountain glass house, and when he parked, she looked at the place and asked, “What are we doing here, Zane?” “I want to introduce you to the man who is my backbone and why you don’t have to worry about me,” Zane replied with a smirk before opening his car door to step out. Now she was even interested, and she pushed the door open, got out, and hugged his arm as they walked over to the front door. When Zane rang the doorbell, it took a couple of minutes, but finally an older lad