With Mindy’s small hand being so smooth and warm, it wasn’t long before Gerald started feeling weird. Before he could even say anything, however, Mindy began dragging him over to a few small stone stools in the garden where both of them sat. “You know, Sanderson, I’ve been wondering why I keep finding you to be so familiar… After some thought, I think it’s because of how similar our past experiences are… While it’s true that I’m a rich young lady who’s been living in luxury all my life while you’ve had an extremely difficult past—even having to face such a miserable accident—both of us are similar in the way that neither of us had proper friends our entire lives,” explained Mindy. Hearing that, Gerald simply nodded slightly. “I resented that fact a lot when I was younger, you know? You may not know it, but because of a certain family, both Jasmine and I were grounded within the house for the longest time. That’s akin to torture for me since I’m the kind of person who simply ca

It was no surprise why he had accidentally made that mistake. After all, Gerald was stunned to know that she actually had slight feelings for him. As far as Gerald remembered, he only ever had brief conversations with Jasmine, though he did admit to manipulating her slightly during some incidents. To think that she would end up falling for him just because of that… “Anyway, when the Fendersons went over to the Crawford family some time ago, we learned that he had gone missing. While I’ve sent a lot of people out to search for him, it’s already been a little over half a year by now yet there still isn’t any news about him… I still occasionally wonder whether he left on his own accord...” said Jasmine in a rather sad tone. “…Regardless, are you done?” asked Jasmine as she turned to look at Sanderson. At that, Gerald nodded before gesturing for her to get a good rest. Just as he was about to leave with his medical kit, however, he caught a glimpse of some prayer tools lying arou

She did so since half a year wasn’t nearly enough to change her arrogant attitude. As was expected, Maia still preferred only being around people with high statuses in society like Warren, Jasmine, and Mindy. Nobody could really blame her for that. Regardless, Gerald was far too busy keeping an eye out on his surroundings to even notice the contemptuous gazes from both Maia and Isabelle. “Hey Jasmine, look there! See those little candies those kids are holding? I like them a lot! I wonder where they bought those!” said Mindy a little while later as she pointed out the window at a few children who were passing by. The group was currently seated in a small shop while enjoying some coffee. “Oh, you do? I know where they’re selling them! It’s a little further up north, but I could bring you there if you’d like!” replied Maia. “That would be great!” said Mindy excitedly as she turned to look at Gerald. Mindy then smiled and said, “Come on, Sanderson! Join me! After all, you don’

Gerald could only look at Maia in disbelief. To think that he had assumed that she would have a somewhat better impression of him after lending her a hand back then. So it was all just wishful thinking. All he could do was smile bitterly in resignation as he looked at the lost cause of a woman. “That’s enough. There’s no use talking about things like that now. What’s important is figuring out how we should escape!” said Warren. As soon as he said that, a shout was heard as the iron door creaked open. “Get in! All of you!” Following that, around thirty people—both young and old—were shoved into the place. All of them had sacks over their heads, just like how their group had been brought in earlier. When the sacks were removed, however, Jasmine was instantly shocked. “What? It’s you? So the rest… Did they actually capture all of you?!” exclaimed Jasmine, stupefied by the turn of events. “So you’ve been kidnapped as well, Miss! Those Schuylers truly are b*stards!” said on

Night came soon enough and it was now quite late. However, the silence of the night was broken by the sound of a massive explosion! Present members of the Schuyler family were left stunned as they watched flames erupting from where their warehouse was located. “What the hell is going on?” shouted Noah who had felt the tremor of the explosion alongside Berk and a few others. All of them had been seated in the Schuyler family’s large conference hall when the explosion took place. “Master, something’s gone terribly wrong! Our warehouse just exploded in flames!” announced a butler as he burst into the room where the stunned men were in. “What?!” replied Noah as he felt his lips twitch slightly. He had reason to be as furious as he currently was. After all, throughout the years, the Schuylers hadn’t used their warehouse to store unimportant things. On the contrary, most of their important information and documents were stored there! “Who is responsible for this?! Who dares do so