Chapter 1296


    But no matter what… Lucy was Michael’s ex-girlfriend after all. He couldn’t bring himself to treat her


    harshly because of how simr she looked to Elizabeth. She seemed to be a living shadow of


    Elizabeth. With her around, Michael felt relieved, as if Elizabeth were still alive. Hence, he couldn’t


    bring himself to destroy this mirage.


    However, reality was cruel—she was Jordan’s daughter, so she would side with him naturally. While


    holding the phone in his hand, he said, “What wille, wille. Don’t get too caught up on this.”


    Sophia seemed to heave a long, unhappy sigh. “Nothing is perfect in this world indeed!” Then, she


    turned her back to Michael and spoke. “Dear, scrub my back for me.”


    While holding the phone in one of his hands, he used the other to scrub her back. The scars left behind


    from her rotten flesh because of Virs-18 were still there. On top of that, much of the skin on her face


    was transnted from her back. Hence, she had many scars on her back. She was very careful when


    she wore outfits that would reveal her back, for fear that the scars would be revealed. There were also


    some scars on her waist that were left behind from giving birth to Carmen.


    While gently stroking these scars, the skin beneath his fingers seemed like the growth ring of a tree,


    recording all the hardships she had been through all these years. It was simply unfortunate that he


    wasn’t by her side when she was most helpless and desperate.


    Michael leaned forward and kissed her wet back. Then, he hugged her from behind, as if he was


    hugging an invaluable treasure. If there’s a next life, are you willing to wait for me there?


    Michael knew his health condition very well—the virus in his body had been corroding his internal


    organs and his bones. It would be better for him to enter cryogenic sleep earlier, but he simply couldn’t


    bear to part with her. He couldn’t bear to leave Sophia, Carmen, Celine, and this entire family…N?velDrama.Org exclusive content.


    Since they hadn’t fully utilized the 10-minutes talk time, Sophia continued to speak her mind. “Do you


    think that Sean haspletely given up on Stanley this time around? Is my mom using my dad? I’m so


    worried for him!”


    Michael shook his head. “You have nothing to worry about.”


    …


    At the Edwards Residence, because of the incident that happened to Jordan, he was forced to


    postpone his wedding with Anna, so he rescheduled the date. On top of that, after the news of their


    wedding was spread, all his mistresses were furious at him and called him all day long. Hence, Jordan


    disappeared all the time because he had been busy pacifying these women.


    Truth be told, Jordan was a pretty impressive man. Even though he was already in his fifties, he was


    still quite chivalrous. Countless women—ranging from their twenties to fifties—had fallen for him, many


    of whom were even famous and powerful figures. He also had many illegitimate children.


    He thought that he was showing his love by marrying Anna officially, and that this was a blessing that


    she had hoped for a long time. However, he was unaware that she hated him to the core since day


    one.


    One of Jordan’s mistresses was a youngdy of the branch of the Yard Family who appeared before


    Anna. She had her own power within the Yard Family, and she had been plotting to kill Anna’s sons to


    obtain Jordan’s love all to herself. In fact, she was the mastermind who hired people to kidnap both of


    Anna’s sons to force her to death. Anna and Jordan managed to save Cade and Callum together.


    However, Jordan only punished this woman lightly; in no time, she went back to her old ways and


    continued to plot against them.


    Men like Jordan didn’t even care about such incidents. He was like an emperor who was merely


    watching both of his concubines fight for his favor. Instead of getting angry, he was delighted to see


    this. To him, they were fighting among each other because they loved him.


    On top of that, it was only a small internal fight between the women. Since they were not trying to take


    over the ‘throne’ and his sons weren’t injured, the ‘special concubine’ who attacked actually gained his


    love more. Hence, the entire incident was over just like that.


    However, because of this, Anna couldn’t even sleep well for years after that, for fear that her sons


    would be kidnapped again when she was asleep. Hence, she started plotting ways to get Jordan’s full


    attention and nned to annihte all the women who had been nning to hurt her and her sons. Not


    just them—she also wanted to kill all their children as well. By stepping on their corpses, she would


    be the head of the Yard Family. The final person to be killed was Jordan himself.


    At this moment, Jordan had been busy pacifying all his mistresses. After all, for the past 30 years, he


    had never officially announced his wife. Since the rest of them were not presentable, they were fighting


    to be his official wife. However, everything was different now after he had officially announced his


    rtionship with Anna. Furious, many of the women plotted against her. It was no problem for Jordan


    to appease them, but he had to visit them one by one, so he couldn’t return for the time being. Hence,


    to Anna, this was the perfect opportunity to deal with Jordan.


    Now that Anna and both her sons were at the Edwards Residence, with Jordan away and Sam being


    estranged, she was only slightly wary of Lucy. She had long heard of this daughter of Jordan’s. Lucy


    was a powerful character who had been taking charge of the Edwards Group when Jordan was away.


    Her first step was to use Cooper to send out their wedding invitation to all his mistresses. I just want to


    show off and anger them, so Jordan would be in trouble! And then… the second step is to get rid of


    Lucy! After she’s gone, both my sons could rece her officially and take care of the affairs of the


    Edwards Group and slowly prate them. However, Lucy is still an unknown variable.


    “Cooper, I’m still at Edwards Residence now, so I can’t move about freely. I still have to depend on you


    to get rid of Lucy for me.”


    Anna secretly called Cooper, who nodded. “Alright. You have to be careful there.” He softened his tone


    when he spoke to her. In fact, Cooper was very worried about Anna, who was alone at the Edwards


    Residence with no one to take care of her. He didn’t even know how she had been doing there.


    Anna also sensed the worry in his voice, so she reassured him, “Don’t worry. I’m doing well here. We


    are on our way to sess.”


    I’ve been waiting for this day for many years… After Lucy is gone, we can take advantage of Jordan’s


    preupation and prate the Edwards Group while slowly leaving the Yards Family. I have the


    patience to do that. I’m about to regain my freedom and return to Cooper officially!


    At the Imperial, Cooper’s heart felt heavy after he hung up the phone. At this moment, he was at the


    breaking point where he had to fight till the death with Jordan. I have to get rid of Lucy. Sam probably


    knows that I’m about to attack Jordan soon, hence why he abruptly decided to leave the Edwards


    Family because he doesn’t want to get caught up in the middle.


    However, he felt pressured to get rid of Lucy as well. Sophia seems to be quite close with her…


    Sure enough, in no time, Sophia opened a small slit in the door and poked her head in. “Dad… are you


    going to attack Lucy soon?” she asked hesitantly.