Mya squinted her eyes and shielded the blinding light with her hand. The vehicle slowly approached her until it stopped next to her.She saw the car window on the driver's side roll down and instantly held her breath. Her delicate face revealed a frightful look under the night sky, and she dared not to look at the terrifying man in the rear passenger seat."Ms. Harper, Mr. Turner would like to have a chat with you."'Wh-Wh-Why would he be here? Didn't he leave already? Madelyn told me to stay away from him.'He's not a good person.' Mya thought to herself.After what had happened to her in the past, Mya was afraid of associating herself with people like Fred."I-I-I-I..." Mya nervously clutched the strap of her bag in front of her chest and stuttered, not knowing how to react. She blinked her innocent eyes, feeling scared.At this moment, a green car arrived. Mya wasted no time, turned around, and ran into the car. "Quick, quick... start the car...""Ms. Harper, what happened?

Ceciliia reached out toward the scar near Fred's eye, but before she could touch him, Fred grabbed her wrist and looked at her aggressively.Cecilia was unfazed as she stood up from him. She then walked to the wine cabinet and poured two glasses of red wine, "No one knows him better than I do. Zach has really fallen for Madelyn."Although you treat him as your brother, he might not feel the same way... There's something you might not know about.""Oh?"Cecilia approached with glasses of red wine. Fred held her waist as she settled on his lap, and he took the glass from her, sipping the red wine.Cecilia continued, "The reason Zach wants to leave Ventropolis and go overseas is because he wants to marry her. At this point, there's nothing he wouldn't do for her."Zach is even willing to go so far as to adopt a child and raise him just to keep her by his side."Fred raised his eyebrow, amazed by how hard he had fallen for Madelyn.Then, Fred pinched Cecilia's cheek with his other

By the time the maids finished setting up the birthday celebration, Madelyn had dressed Dalton in a red cotton jacket and a cute little hat with two fluffy balls hanging from it.One of the maids asked, "Mrs. Jardin, would you like us to call Mr. Jardin to come back?"Madelyn said without even lifting her head, "There's no need to disturb him. If you guys are done with the preparations, you can have a rest. I just need Margaret to stay with me."After the other maids left, Madelyn placed Dalton down on the carpet, where there were various gifts in front of him. She watched as Dalton crawled toward them, but even after a long while, he just would not take any of them. Instead, he crawled back to Madelyn and grabbed her hand, saying, "Mom... mommy..."Madelyn was taken aback.Margaret then said with a smile, "Oh, look at how much this kid loves you."Madelyn's heart immediately melted as she stroked Dalton's nose, "Dalton, do you want to stay with Mommy?""Ah," Dalton drooled as h

Fred acted as if he had heard a joke. "Remember, you belong to me now."After saying that, he left, not seeming to care about the woman behind him at all.Felicia stayed there for a week after that, like a prisoner. Every day, she was either locked up or humiliated relentlessly.Felicia's manager, Ally Baker, had found out the identity of the person who kidnapped Felicia but chose to hide it from others. Although not many people around her knew about Fred, Ally was confident that she was right about her investigation.Fred had a mysterious network of connections, and even the prominent figures were wary of him, so Ally dared not provoke him.When Ally received a call to pick Felicia up, she was scared senseless.As soon as she saw Felicia, who had been tortured so much that she could hardly be recognized, she immediately took her to the hospital.Without Zach, Madelyn finally got to enjoy some peaceful days alone.Mya started spending more time in the villa too, even staying th

When Zach came back, he looked down the hallway and noticed that the light was on in the art room.As soon as he pushed open the door to the art room, he saw Madelyn, who had long hair. She was wearing a scarf, sitting with a paintbrush in her hand working on a canvas with an easel. She knew Zach had come back when she heard the room door open. However, she did not turn to look at him and continued with her work.Zach draped a black suit jacket over Madelyn's shoulders. She stopped painting. Zach then kneeled down in front of her, "Why are you still up so late?"He had been out enjoying himself and had just returned after a long time. When Madelyn heard his voice now, she felt both unfamiliar and yet familiar.She casually responded without looking at him, "I woke up and didn't know what to do, so I decided to finish up my work."Zach looked at her painting. It was a forest scene after a rain, with raindrops still clinging to the leaves, creating an enchantingly misty scenery.Za