《Five Years of Marriage to Mr. Bradford》全部章節：第 591 章 - 第 600 章

The Shaws never expected the Schroeders to visit again. Bearing gifts, they claimed they had come to check on Margaret.By now, Margaret's parents still held a deep grudge against Desmond.His public statement felt like kicking them while they were down. Refusing to help was one thing, but actively throwing Margaret under the bus with that declaration was another.Their attitude was therefore cold and distant.Joyce, ever the social expert, pretended not to notice and chatted amiably as usual, exchanging pleasantries. Only after the conversation had warmed up did she bring up the real purpose of their visit."Why don't we spend the New Year holidays together? It would give the young people more time to interact.""No need," Erik refused flatly."Why not?" Joyce forced a smile. "You already have other plans?""Yeah," Erik replied. "We're heading to Soliaridge.""Soliaridge?" Joyce muttered. "That sounds lovely. Desmond used to dance with the Soliaridge Troupe. Every time we've

Desmond paused, then gave a bitter laugh. "How naïve! You're probably the only one thinking that way."Margaret fell silent, her tears welling up again. "You're good at everything... except liking me."Desmond sat down on the floor, silent for a moment. "As I said, I came to apologize."Margaret turned away and wiped her tears.Desmond continued, "This whole matter, from beginning to end, is my fault. I shouldn't have let the video fall into your hands. I failed to safeguard my own files.""I stole it. It had nothing to do with you.""I allowed it to happen. I'm sorry to you, and I'm sorry to Rebecca. This is my fault."Mentioning Rebecca ignited Margaret's anger once again."Why does she keep coming up? You know I can't stand you being nice to other girls! I can't stand you being with anyone else! Do you know how heartbroken I was when you got together with her?" Margaret huffed.She jabbed a finger at her own chest. "When she tormented you until you came back looking broken?

The New Year was approaching.Even though they were living abroad, for the Perry family, the holiday remained the most important festival of the year.It was especially true for Josette. During this season, she insisted on following all the traditional customs from back home. These were things the hired help at Kaitlyn's house didn't know how to do, so the whole family all pitched in to help her.Rebecca hadn't started school yet, so she had plenty of time to assist Josette. They baked batches of cookies, strung up decorations around the windows, and even pulled out an old hand mixer to make dough for a homemade apple pie.No one complained, "We can just buy premium imported stuff. Why bother making anything ourselves?" or "You can pick up ready-made desserts at any grocery store. Why go through all that trouble?"Everyone just humored her traditions and enjoyed the process. Gabriel became fascinated with the old hand-crank grinder. He even looked up tutorials online and one morni

Every time she closed her eyes, Rebecca would hear the gunshots and the roar of the car engine. The image of them being run over by the car and the pool of blood after the bodyguard was shot kept flashing in her mind.Anna called, sounding extremely anxious. "Rebecca, where are you? Go home right now! Someone wants to hurt you!"Rebecca wanted to speak, but the words stuck in her throat. She felt terribly sorry for Anna."Vance went to find you. Did you see him? How are you now? Are you okay?" Anna sounded worried about both of them.Rebecca didn't know how to tell Anna. Her voice came out hoarse. "I'm sorry. Vance... he was hit by a car."She broke down, trying hard to hold back her tears. "I'm sorry, Anna. I'm so sorry."It took Anna a long time to process the news. "Where is he now? How bad is it?""I don't know." Rebecca covered her mouth, struggling to control her emotions. "I just got home. The attacker was crazy, shooting and driving toward us. Vance..."The image of Van

Rebecca and Anna waited outside the operating rooms until it got dark.The three injured men were finally wheeled out one after another. The first Sant, the bodyguard who had been shot. His shoulder was bandaged, but he was already conscious.Aside from being a little pale, he looked in good spirits. He told Gabriel he was fine and was taken to his room. Next was the bodyguard who had been hit by the car.His leg was in a cast, and his condition seemed fine. Rebecca stared at his casted leg, and a distant memory surged back like a crashing wave.She grabbed Gabriel's clothes tightly. "Will he end up lame?"Bodyguards were human, not machines. He had simply taken a dangerous job. If he ended up disabled because of this, she'd carry the guilt for the rest of her life.She was terrified because she had gone through something similar and knew the pain. Gabriel patted her hand, went to ask the doctor for details, and came back."The doctor said in theory he won't. Don't worry," he re