Anne’s brother-in-law Donovan was at his office.After he finished his proceedings at the court, he was talking with some clients. “Why would you stupidly give all your gold to your wife? Now, she ran to her parents’ home and is not willing to come back. How are we supposed to get our gold back when there’s no proof that she’s taken the gold?”“Please do something, sir,” the man and his parents together begged him. “That two pounds of gold was all we had. Please help us.”Donovan sighed. “Fine. I’ll help you if you give me ten percent commission.”“T-Ten percent?”“That’s the base fee any lawyer takes,” Donovan raised his voice. “You want me to take twenty or thirty percent then?”“N-No, sir. Ten percent will do.”“Hmph, I will get your gold back, but you need to make sure to do everything as I say,” Donovan told them, to which they nodded their heads multiple times.He then told his assistant lawyer to write up a petition file by adding a lot of lies, mixed with some truth. For inst

“You didn’t give him the money for the couch, right?” Verna asked her sister while eating dinner.“Sis, I told you that I don’t have any money to give him,” Anne replied a bit annoyedly. “He bought food yesterday and even filled my car with gas. Today, he bought a couch for himself.”“When you break up with him, don’t let him take that couch away,” Verna said.“H-How can I do that?” Anne shook her head.“You silly girl. He’s staying in this house for free!” Verna sort of glared at her. “If you can’t even use others a little bit, then you will never survive in this world! Do you think I’ll always be there to look after you? You’re going to marry someone and lead life in a different place sometime in the future.”“I know, but…” Anne still felt that she didn’t deserve to take another person’s belonging. It just felt wrong to her, even though the idea of taking that convertible couch was tempting.Verna then said, “Use protection but don’t take contraceptives. They bring nasty side effec

Tessa was driving home. “That bastard didn’t give me any other name. Was it really Brother Melvyn? Melvyn sent that thug? No, he’s not that clumsy. He’s capable of doing such a cruel thing, but he wouldn’t execute it this poorly. It must be one of my sisters. Those selfish cunts really hate that I, the youngest daughter, get more love and attention from my brother and my parents.“They know that Melvyn would be after Jake Goodheart, so they want to drag me into their mess somehow. If I carelessly make a move, then I will get my hands burnt.“In the worst-case scenario, my brother and sisters are all working together in this. I have to be really careful.”Her four sisters were pretty crafty and influential, so Tessa felt all the more need to be cautious before making a decision on how she should proceed.She nervously bit on her nails. She hadn’t done that in a while.“Whom should I meet first?“Delma or Jake?”She thought about it.“I don’t know what Jake is up to , so I think it’s be

The next morning.Anne woke up and suddenly checked her clothes. Everything seemed alright.Jake didn’t seem to have done anything to her last night.She felt disappointed for some reason.“I wish he did something. Anything. How can he not do anything at all? Am I not attractive?”“Mm?” She saw that Jake was in the bathroom.She quickly came to the couch and checked on its quality. “What the… why is it not as cushiony as I thought?”She lay down on the bed and rolled around.“On second thought, this is strangely comfortable,” she thought.Just then, the bathroom door opened.Jake saw her rolling like a cat relaxing in sunlight. “What are you doing?”“N-Nothing,” Anne felt goosebumps all over. “I was just checking the quality of the couch, that’s it.”“Huh, and why would you do that? Are you planning on sleeping on that couch soon?”“Ha-ha, you sure like to joke.”“I like to kiss as well,” Jake said.Anne’s heart fluttered for a second.“Do you want another kiss, babe? Just like the da

“How could you let her jump around, you bastard!”Their words were harsh.Layla quickly lay down on the bed and went silent. She didn’t have the nerve to talk while her parents were angry.While they both doted on her, they still would put on serious faces at times, which scared her. Maybe, it was because of their lawyer profession, she didn’t like it when they made such serious faces or yelled angrily at others.However, Verna attacked Jake with a vicious slap.Jake caught her hand easily and got up from his seat. “A child dances when she’s in joy. If she’s sick and unable to dance, will she be able to dance?”“What nonsense are you talking about!” Donovan growled. “Why are you even sitting here? We’re going to take care of her, so get out of the room.”“Hmph,” Jake snorted. “Just loving your daughter isn’t enough. If you had raised her right, she wouldn’t have come to this hospital in the first place.”His words were like a slap to their faces. They didn’t want to just take the heat