Cindy immediately dragged her dress along the floor in an attempt to run."Get back here!" Alex barked coldly.Startled, Cindy started trembling as she turned around to look at him in tears, "Mr. P- Mr. Poole, I won't do it again…” "You forgot to apologize to my date!""...""It's fine…" Jane said.Alex did not say another word, and simply stared at Cindy with his chilling glare.At that very moment, Cindy felt like hiding away in a hole. She had spent so many years and hard work in building herself into a cool and distant character, simply because she wanted to be picked by the most powerful man of Kidon City one day when she heard that Alex was still single. Never had she imagined that, despite how difficult it had been for her to get into the event hall, Alex did not even look at her for the two hours that she was there. She was out of ideas and therefore resorted to pretending that she was rushing out of the party over a phone call.Anyone else would not suspect a thing at

The woman was about four to five months into her pregnancy, and was rushing forward in frustration. A rough-looking man came out of the vehicle shortly after and ran up to the woman in the pink windcoat before grabbing her by the arm. Without saying a word, the man slapped the woman across the face and shouted, "this ought to teach you. Come back with me!"The woman stumbled forward from the slap and was about to fall to the ground but she did not, because she fell into Alex's waiting arms.He held the woman by the shoulders excitedly. "I've finally found you, Jane. I've looked so hard, Jane! Your… Your belly has grown so big, has it been four months already? You… You found yourself another boyfriend? Why is it that you always meet the wrong people? How dare he hit you?"Before the woman could respond, he let go of his hands and got herself to sit on the bench at the bus stop before turning around to face the man who hit her."Wh--Who are you? Why did you hug my wife like that in b

Which is why she could not drag Noah and his mother down with her.To her surprise, Noah said, "It's our lives! If that Poole guy dares to kill you, I will beat him to death with my backhoe. We already have nothing, so why should we be afraid of him??"Jane shook her head in tears. "You don't understand, Noah. That man is merciless. You two don't have to die with me."Noah gave her a bitter smile. "You are wrong, Jane. I… Ever since I lost my son, I didn't want to live. The only reason I am alive is because I still have my mother, but how long does she have left? Back when we were staying in the mountains of South City, I planned on commiting suicide once my mother died of old age because I couldn't bear to live by myself. Jane, it was you and your unborn child that gave my widowed mother and this mid-aged man who lost a son something to look forward to. What do we have to live for if you are gone?""...""If we can't escape death, we might as well face it together. We need to sta

She was excellent at massaging, with skills comparable to that of an expert. When she was massaging him, Alex could distinctly feel that Jane did not let her nails grow; and now, he could also see that despite her hideous and outdated outfit, her hands were beautiful. She had let her nails grow out and had trimmed them into perfect shapes. He had always wondered through all the years he had spent with Jane, all women who were inspired to be beautiful would love manicures, but why had Jane not ever gotten a manicure before? It was not until this moment that Alex finally realized that it was not that she did not like getting her nails done. It was just that when she was with him, she had to take care of him, cook for him, and cut fruits for him. For fruits that needed to be peeled, she would always do so herself, before feeding him. When she had the time, she would massage his head and his entire body; after that, she even had to wash his feet for him while massaging every acupoint on hi

Jane did not let go of the bucket, but instead pleaded, "Look, ma'am, I can pick it up. Please just give me a chance. I need the money. Eight hundred a month would mean so much to me.""..." Alex watched in pain, feeling as though there was something stuck in his throat and in his heart."Let it go, I'll take you in. Just let the bucket go first," the owner said.Jane set the bucket down and looked at the owner in joy."I can tell that life hasn't been easy on you. Our restaurant doesn't usually accept pregnant employees. After all, we can't afford the consequences if you are to bump into something and get hurt. We'd much rather have a sixty-year-old lady to wash our dishes with a higher pay instead of hiring you," the owner continued."I can take care of myself, ma'am. Even… Even if something is to happen, I… I won't come after you. Please believe me. I'm not young anymore and I went through a lot to keep this child, I will definitely take care of it--"The owner interrupted Jan