Aino was an extremely intelligent child that didn't need much help to comprehend the situation she was in. Back when she was studying in her old kindergarten, she would get into a fight whenever someone said something bad about her mother and beat the person until they took back what they said. But this time was different, her fight with another kid not only got her mother in trouble with the teacher and had cost her mother a tremendous amount of money.Aino seemed thoughtful for a moment, then said to Kingston, "Uncle Kingston, you shouldn't call me little princess from now on, I don't like it. You can call me a little bastard like the others, I won't get upset if I hear it more often, then maybe I won't feel like punching someone the next time I hear that."A child's words were always innocent and true, she did not mean anything by it, but both Sebastian and Kingston were visibly affected by what she had said. Sabrina felt a lump in her throat as she kept her head down, her heart thr

She didn't care, as long as her daughter got to go to school and they were alive, nothing else mattered to Sabrina. She felt like an elephant had lifted its leg off her chest once she had made peace with the current situation. After Sebastian left, she laid around on the bed lazily in different positions until she simply couldn't sleep anymore, and got up to head towards the bathroom for a bath. The bathtub Sebastian had in his bathroom was absurdly enormous with every single function possible installed that made it likely more luxurious than any other bathtub that could be found in high-class spas.Sabrina sat alone in the bathtub on where Sebastian usually sits and indulged herself with the waves of lukewarm water that circulated from the bottom of the tub like a hot spring. She slowly closed her eyes as she sank into the wondrous experience, without realizing she was being watched.Over in his office, Sebastian observed every single movement from the surveillance cameras he had se

Her beauty was beyond his expectation. She had always been cold, almost expressionless most of the time that he had known her. The only times that he had seen a smile on her face was when she was with his mother. It was the kind of smile that one would see on teenage girls, sweet and innocent. He had also seen the way Sabrina had distanced herself from everyone all the time like she didn't belong, but he had never seen her in such an indolent demeanor and was taken by surprise as to how alluring that had made her."How do I look?" Sabrina asked casually. No matter how hard life had been growing up, she had never imagined herself to one day earn a living by being a plaything for men. Even when she was trapped in prison for two years, she had never given up on life. She worked hard and studied architecture under Aunt Grace's wings and often dreamed of finding a designing job when she was released to make ends meet for her mother and herself. In her little fantasy, she would even find her

They had to be mindful of being appropriate."Alex, I'm only here today because you invited me. God knows if Sebastian is going to cut me some slack. I mean, you know better than I do just how merciless that guy is. I am more than happy to make peace with the man, I just don't know if he feels the same!" The man who spoke had a scar across his face and looked to be in his thirties. Despite his vicious looks, the woman seated next to him was an enchanting beauty.“Kelvin!" Alex was unforgiving in his tone. "Let me tell you, you don't really have the right to complain about how Sebastian wouldn't cut you some slack. Even me, who practically grew up with the guy, haven't been shown much mercy! He might be cruel, but he would never stab someone in the back. Think about what you did back then. If you hadn't set him up that day, Aunt Grace wouldn't have ended up in jail, not to mention dying from illness afterward. How could Sebastian overlook this and make peace with you?""I was forced int

With his confidantes penetrating the Ford Group, Sebastian was finally capable of turning the table on the Ford Family six years ago and removed every last member of the family from power overnight. Despite the shift of power, which should have caused chaos throughout the city or even the entire country, the Ford Group remained unwavering without being affected by the slightest. The first day Sebastian stepped in as the new Director of the Ford Group, all members of the upper management instantly greeted him as "Director Ford" like they had known him forever. That was precisely the moment when the old Master Ford and Sebastian's father Sean Ford finally discovered that they had underestimated him. Sebastian might have been sent away, but he had found a way to take charge of the Ford Group. The Ford Family had adhered to a rule to not pass on their legacy to illegitimate children, they would not be given any privilege or treated as one of the Ford Family's members, and Sebastian was the