Zoe gave herself a moment before responding, “I’m on my period!”“I’m aware of that,” he said, watching her closely. “Is this all there is for us? Sex? Are we doing it just so you can get pregnant again?”He decided he’d just put everything on the table, so they could have an honest conversation.Whipping her head up, she stared at him. The tears in her eyes told him just how much she was forcing herself to do it with him, but she had to. Her lips were trembling when she tugged at his sleeves with her lean fingers. At the next moment, he said in a husky voice, “It's been years since we saw each other. Has it ever occurred to you that we should get to know each other all over again? At least, I feel the need to take it slow before we do it.”He had never been like this in the past. He might’ve made a big deal about it, but she knew he was just making up excuses for them to be spending some alone time. After all, a servant could pop into the kitchen anytime in this hour.So, she

Mason bore a grudge towards Zoe. So, he wasn’t exactly eager to spend time with Zoe after he came back from Hucksburgh. On the other hand, she stayed out of his way whenever he came over to hang out with Yanni. At first, he found it distasteful. However, he paused and thought that she loved Farley now. Any and all sexual relationship she had with him was just so she could get pregnant with his baby.It had nothing to do with love. The more he thought about it, the more he kept a distance from her. Aside from their mutual love for their little girl, there was virtually nothing left between them now.Soon, the weekend arrived.Mason stood by the window and looked downward from his office on the top floor of Lockwood Corporation. The building looked like it caught fire by the orange glow from the evening light in the middle of autumn.He was spacing out when he received a call from Zoe. She said briefly, “Do you have the time to do it?”Instead of responding to her immediately, h

Both of them were overwhelmed with such intense emotions at that moment. They hadn't even experienced such a strong feeling even when gripped in the most electric moments.Tears filled Zoe’s eyes as she felt both her love and hatred for him rising in her chest. Then, they started falling one by one, only to have Mason licking all of them up.His voice was so husky when he said, “Do you still hate and love me at the same time?”Turning her head to the side, she refused to answer his question.Realizing that she wasn’t going to reply, he pressed himself against her and started grinding against her body. Fixing his gaze on her, he watched closely for any reaction she might exhibit. He was eager to find any and all signs pointing to the possibility that she still had feelings for him, just as she did in the past.However, she didn’t react to any of his moves. Rolling over, he decided to call it quits and lay down next to her, but he still rested one of his arms on her. Burying h

Yanni was wearing the patient’s gown in the VIP ward at Lockwood Hospital. She was sleeping soundly on a pink bed. Her face was red from the fever. The doctors hooked her up to an IV drip. The transparent solutions in the IV bag titrated drop by drop.Dr. Zara finally arrived. She shared Yanni’s medical records with the medical team at Lockwood Hospital. After a brief discussion, the assistant director said softly, “I say we do a biopsy. That’ll give us a clearer picture of what we’re dealing with here! What’s your take on this, Mr. Mason?”Then, he looked at Zoe.She crumbled as soon as she heard what the assistant director said. They would’ve seen her crying right there and then if she hadn’t covered her mouth. Then, she dived into the small room within the ward.After a brief moment, Mason followed her into the room. She was standing by the window when he came in. She knew it was him by the sound of the footsteps alone. Overwhelmed by raw emotions, she said, “She’s only four y

Ava was disheartened to hear what he said. She wanted to comfort him, but realized that she didn’t know where to begin. Time couldn’t wash away everything. Some wounds would never heal. Instead, they would fester and spread, killing everything around them. You wouldn’t be able to tell just by looking at the surface, but the rot had gone in deep.Mason asked her to step outside and give him some space. He lit a cigarette when he was alone, but he snuffed it out the next second. His mind traveled back to a specific moment when Zoe said to him in tears. “You don’t know how to love someone, Mason!”She was right!He didn’t know how to love someone in the past. Nothing mattered more than power and status to him. Family was nothing but an afterthought. It was something he wanted at the spur of the moment. Nothing more. However, he knew what it meant to love someone now. She might be with another man, but he made the will nonetheless. She’d inherit Lockwood Corporation if anything