جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 10

On the other end of the line, Professor Hans sounded quite surprised."However, if you do that, your existence will be completely wiped away. Even your husband and son won't know where you are. Didn't you reject our invitation before, just for them? Why the sudden change of heart now?"Quinn tightened her grip on her phone, and memories of the past uncontrollably surged in her mind.Daniel and Levi had no idea that she had never been a useless housewife.Seven years ago, she was the youngest doctoral student in pharmaceutical sciences at Eastwood University. She possessed exceptional talent in research and spent almost twenty-four hours a day immersed in the laboratory.Then came a day when she finished an all-night experiment. She was walking unsteadily along the riverbank when her vision went black, and she collapsed toward the raging river due to exhaustion.Amid a chorus of piercing screams, she felt a pair of powerful hands firmly grab her before losing consciousness complet

Daniel stepped forward to join the two ahead, but as he passed Quinn, his eyes caught the unhealed scar on her face. The memory of her selflessly pushing Levi out of harm's way during the car accident flashed in his mind. His expression softened as he instructed her."You were just discharged from the hospital, so how about you wait for us in the lounge? It'll be enough to have Charlotte and me accompanying Levi."Quinn tugged her lips into a mocking smile. "I understand. I won't intrude upon your 'family of three.'"Daniel had not expected such a response. He looked down at her, discovering that the eyes once filled with endless tenderness now held nothing but utter emptiness.Inevitably, his heart trembled. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, he only gave her a deep, complex look."Certain things... are not as you see them."Hearing those words, Quinn could barely hold back a laugh.He was the one who had permitted Levi's proposal and allowed Charlotte

When the rescue workers pulled her out of the car, they asked, according to standard procedure, "Do you need us to notify your family?"Quinn was silent for a second before she shook her head."No need. I don't have a family."A husband and a son who discarded her life without a second thought did not deserve to be called her family.She endured the dizziness following the impact all by herself and went to the hospital.Fortunately, her examination revealed no major injuries. She needed only medication and a few days of rest.After picking up her medicine, she happened to pass by a room where a doctor was tending to Charlotte's wound.It was merely a shallow scrape that bled just a tiny bit, yet it was enough to sound major alarm bells for the father and son standing beside her.Levi stared fixedly at the gauze in the doctor's hands, his small face scrunched up tight."Uncle, will a scar be left on my mom's palm?"Daniel could not help but speak up to remind the doctor as wel

Meanwhile, Daniel took Levi back to Charlotte's hospital room.By then, most of Charlotte's allergic reaction had subsided.Levi quickly rushed over to the side of the hospital bed, his eyes filled with concern as he asked, "Mom, how are you feeling now?"Charlotte touched his head and offered a gentle smile. "I'm fine now. Thank you, Levi."Levi let out a sigh of relief, then said proudly, "Do not worry, Mom. I made Nanny Quinn drink milk that would trigger her allergy! Since she made you suffer an allergic reaction, she must accept her punishment!"As he spoke, lingering anger remained visible on his small face.Charlotte froze for a second. A flash of astonishment passed quickly through her eyes, though it was instantly replaced by pure delight.She had never expected that a single frame-up would yield such a surprise.Her original plan was merely to ruin Quinn's image in Daniel and Levi's hearts. However, she never imagined that she held such immense importance in Levi's mi

Discharged? When had Quinn processed her discharge paperwork, and how had he not known about it? He pulled out his cell phone and dialed her number immediately."Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable."He called three times in a row, yet the only response from the other end of the line was the same cold, automated mechanical voice.A wave of unprecedented anxiety welled up in the depths of Daniel's heart.Quinn never ignored his phone calls. Could something have happened to her?The moment that possibility crossed his mind, the panic inside him grew.Seeing the empty hospital room and noticing that Daniel could not get through on the phone, Levi pulled on his sleeve."Dad, maybe Mom has already gone home?"Gone home? That was right! The doctor said Quinn was brought in promptly and suffered no major harm. Believing she was merely the nanny, she had likely completed her discharge paperwork and returned to the villa.Clinging to that thought, Daniel scoo