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“You know what I mean. It’s those characters in the movies that are mentally unstable. They tend to be very good-looking but viciously heartless!” Mary’s voice rose as she became increasingly excited.Still standing outside of the villa, Conrad suddenly lost the desire to go into the house after hearing what Mary thought of him.“Ahem! No, he’s not like that.” Fia cleared her throat and explained, “Conrad only looks cool and distant on the outside. But he’s actually a really…”“Fia, no need to pretend. He indeed loves you. That’s an undeniable fact. But men like these are very intolerant and paranoid. You must have led a tough life living with him.” Mary looked at Fia with teary eyes, feeling very sorry for her.“…”This conversation was getting ridiculous. Why did Mary suddenly have such a deep misunderstanding and negative preconception for her husband? Conrad, who was standing near the entrance, quietly leaned against the wall next to the door to eavesdrop on them.“Fia, you

“Discipline?! What did she do?” Tyler looked worried. “Mary’s upset from seeing William go through some hardship in the camp. Did she say anything drastic to your wife?”“Just… Just take her away!” Conrad said to him in an irate manner. “Can’t we talk about this? Perhaps I could bring her home a little later?” Tyler’s head was aching so badly. If he brought his wife home right now… the next few days would be hellish for him.“No!” Conrad tapped on his shoulder and pitied him. “My condolence to you, Mr. Lane.”“…”Seeing that Tyler was unwilling to comply, Conrad forcefully pushed him into the villa. After guarding at the door for a few minutes, to block Tyler from fleeing, Conrad walked through the door slowly.“What? Why do you want me to go home right now? Fia invited us to stay for dinner.” Mary was getting cross again.“We could come next time. I want to taste your cooking today. Please come home… Pretty please?” Tyler did his best to mollify Mary and get her up from her se

Sally clutched Peter’s hand and said to him earnestly, “I know that you’ve been bearing a lot of burden all these years. You’ve done so much to provide for me. Yet Fia is so kind and so innocent. She went through so much hardship—like me, your little sister. Yet she remained kind and incorruptible. Pete, please… next time when you see her and feel overwhelmed by vengeance, do think of me, okay?“Just how did that witch brainwash you?!” Peter said to her coldly as he pulled his arm out of her hands.“So she ordered you to come and annoy me, is that it?”Sally shook her head. “I’m not trying to annoy you. I’m just hoping that you won’t be engulfed by vengeance. I don't want you to become someone else’s executioner because you want to seek revenge.”“Shut up!” Peter felt so degraded and heartbroken. He felt degraded because his image of the perfect brother was completely shattered in his little sister’s heart. And he was heartbroken because his little sister did not understand why he

Slap!!Peter raised his hand and gave Esme a loud slap. He slapped her so hard that she felt dizzy from it. The edge of her lips was bleeding.“Why did you slap me?” Esme asked in a daze.“So that you’ll wake up and stop dreaming!” Peter said in a cold voice, “It’s true that he wouldn’t hurt your parents. But it’s not because of you. It’s because he doesn’t want Fia to see his dark, vicious side.”Esme’s eyes rolled as she covered her swollen face.“… No. No, that’s not it.”She had had enough being controlled by Peter Hall! She had enough of his brainwashing! When she was together with Conrad, Esme was so proud and free!She regretted it so much! Why did she push him away and go overseas?! Why did she allow herself to be seduced by Peter?Indeed, after she had gone overseas, Esme was able to expand and grow her career quite rapidly. This was all thanks to Peter providing her the resources. But if she stayed and played the long game… Conrad could have given her all that fame

Peter stared at Esme quietly.She became unsettled the longer he stared at her, worried that he would suddenly go crazy.“You don’t believe me? Or do you think that the baby isn’t yours? You’re a researcher and you know a lot of things. You have ways to find out more about it.” She pulled his hand and placed it on her belly, worried that he wouldn’t believe her.“You can take my venous blood to test it.”Peter found it to be very ironic. She said that she had just found out about it, but she knew about using her venous blood for DNA testing. Obviously, she had read a lot about it beforehand.“Other than using venous blood to check for one’s parental DNA, did you read about how to get an abortion? Do you want it done by hand or with drugs?”Esme was stunned, unable to react.“Or maybe you want to use some kind of accident to lose the baby? Or maybe you want to use this baby as a tool to vilify Conrad? Is that it?”“No!” Esme shuddered. “I… I didn’t! You’re the only man I have, a