Chapter 1362


    Jordan quickly took action and hiswyers rushed over. At the same time, hemenced public


    rtions activities, removing the articles and suppressing the poprity of the news. He secretly


    exerted pressure on the media, and many media outlets were forced to delete all news involving the


    Edwards Group. Even so, some media outlets refused to sumb to the power of the Yard Family.


    They continued to monitor the situation every day and resolutely refused to delete their articles.


    The third day after the incident, the situation changed. The Edwards Group used their public rtions


    authority and asked all media outlets to remove their posts, citing preventing panic from spreading


    among the citizens of Bayside City as a reason. Simultaneously, they obscured the main topic by


    throwing Bethany under the bus instead. That way, they reduced the attention to the Yard Family to a


    minimum.


    Maddie’s workce was the only exception that withstood the pressure from the top. They were not


    afraid of the secret threats and public requests from various departments and continued to report on


    the incident. That was because the Fletcher Family was supporting Maddie from behind.


    Meanwhile, Stanley obtained his marriage certificate with Christine.


    That was something Joel specially sent his men to formally obtain after the incident. With this marriage


    certificate in hand, the Fletcher Family had a justifiable reason to meddle in Christine’s affairs. Joel’s


    main purpose was to use this matter to confront the Yard twins. However, he also wanted to take care


    of the matter between Stanley and Christine while he was at it.


    Christiney on the hospital bed without waking up. Although she was out of danger, she continued to


    sleep through most of the day. She was unable to move and had to rely on the medical equipment to


    keep her alive, but she was slowly recovering.


    Stanley stared at Christine, who was sleeping deeply, then nced at the marriage certificate in his


    hand. For a moment, he couldn’t understand what was going on. At the time, I just wanted a reason to


    protect her. But, everybody seems to have taken it seriously. Maddie, Joel, and even Christine believe


    that it’s real. Just like that, I became Christine’s husband… He felt like he was in a dream; he was


    completely unprepared for it.


    “Stan, you should take care of Christine at the hospital. I’ll take care of matters at thepany for you.”


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    He couldn’t recover from the shock and befuddlement that he was actually married. When he heard


    Sean’s voice, he nkly made a nonmittal sound in response while staring at the marriage


    certificate in a daze.


    Sean nced at Christine, who was lying on the hospital bed, then he nced at Stanley, who was in a


    daze. After that, he walked out silently. When he left the nursing home, Sophia was waiting for him


    outside.


    His eyes were red as if he had cried. However, he hid his tears and prevented anybody from seeing


    them. He was wearing the same outfit as Stanley, had the same buzzcut as Stanley, and used the


    same phone model as Stanley. All his clothes, shoes, and bags were the exact same as Stanley’s.


    He lived like he was Stanley’s shadow. For more than 20 years, he stuck by Stanley’s side and spent


    all his time together with Stanley. Unfortunately, Stanley got married in the end. And, it was not with


    him.


    “Sean!” Sophia called out to him. Smiling, he followed her into her car, and the car soon left the


    hospital. He said nothing throughout the journey and simply sat in a daze as if he had lost his soul. She


    didn’t know how tofort him. Thus, she concentrated on her driving. She was going to help him


    move out today…


    Stanley remained at the hospital, taking care of Christine. He had not returned to thepany nor


    went home for several days. He finally returned home today, as he nned to pack some clothes.


    However, he noticed that something seemed to be missing as soon as he stepped into the house.


    At the entranceway, the slippers belonging to Sean and Maisie were gone. On the TV cab in the


    living room, the photos they had taken together were gone. On the coffee table in the living room,


    Sean’s favorite potted nt was gone. Maisie, the cats, and the dogs were gone. The entire house was


    empty and lifeless—everything belonging to Sean was gone.


    He seemed to realize something and hurried to the second floor. Pushing open the door to Sean’s


    bedroom, he saw that it was empty inside. The mattress and the nkets remained, but the bedsheets


    and the nket covers had been taken away. Moreover, Sean’s clothes, books, work material, daily


    necessities, and everything else werepletely gone—not a single thing was left.


    Stanley stared at the room nkly, feeling like there was a huge hole in his heart. He suddenly realized


    that he was married. In the future, he would be living a married life with Christine. Therefore, Sean took


    Maisie and left…


    He knew that it was something that was bound to happen, sooner orter. After all, he couldn’t live with


    Sean forever. It was simply a matter of time before they had to build their own families separately. Now


    that the day had arrived, he realized that he was unable to ept it. When he left, he took my heart


    with him…


    Sean knew that this day woulde, but he did not expect it toe so suddenly—thus, he had yet to


    find another ce to stay. He had no ns of marrying for the rest of his life. So, he adopted Maisie a


    long time ago. Both father and daughter were now dependent on each other. They couldn’t continue


    renting a house all the time, so he left Maisie at Sophia’s house for several days.


    After spending several days searching for a house, he decided to return to the Mitchells’ ancestral


    home. There were many other children there, and Maisie would have more friends. Thus, he came to


    pick up Maisie upon deciding on where to stay. When Maisie saw that Sean was alone, she knew that


    Stanley would not being anymore and felt extremely disappointed.


    Even so, Maisie was a considerate child. She understood that her papa was marrying somebody


    else. In the future, Daddy and I will only have each other. I cannot be sad, because Daddy is already


    sad enough. I need to be a good girl and make him happy.


    Sean took Maisie and the cats with him. However, he left the dog behind. Judge probably knew that


    Sean and Stanley had broken up. It would be living alone with Stanley again and it might have to spend


    its days eating instant noodles for every meal again. Judge would have a cold and lonely life with no


    cat and no girl—life was going to be dull and nd. Judge was already eleven years old. In husky


    years, it was over a hundred years old. It could not withstand the suffering of living alone with Stanley.


    Thus, it was determined to stay at Michael’s house to live out its elderly years.


    Sophia watched as Sean left with Maisie. She felt unspeakably sad for them. They have known each


    other since they were young—from the time they were in their diapers, to their school years, to their


    adult life. In the end, they still had to separate. It seems like their separation was predetermined…


    Lucy secretly came out to meet with Sophia again inside a small bar at midnight. Unfortunately, Sophia


    no longer saw Dana’s car parked outside the small bar again. After the incident, Dana vanished without


    a trace. Harry probably knows where Dana went, but he refuses to say.


    On the other hand, Lucy didn’t seem all that different from before following her return. Her career was


    reaching greater heights. Seizing the opportunity created by the fight between Cooper and Jordan, she


    got rid of a group of Jordan’s subordinates and reced them with her own loyal subordinates. As a


    result, she quietly weakened Jordan’s influence and authority within the Edwards Family.


    The battle between Cooper and Jordan had just begun, and she was already secretly profiting from it.


    This time around, Henry and Ryan had caused a ruckus again, and it was giving Jordan a headache.


    Since he was overseas, he couldn’t take care of it. Therefore, he handed all authority over to her to


    handle this matter. Sipping on her tequ, she leisurely said, “Although it looks very serious this time,


    it’s still possible for me to get them out of trouble. You can’t stop it. Jordan has a strong influence over


    various dominant yers in Cethos’ political, military, and business worlds.”


    Sophia didn’t reply. She had her own thoughts on the issue. Besides, both of them came out just to


    have a drink and rx. In the meantime, they also talked about some work matters. However, they


    carefully avoided a certain topic and a certain family. They did not mention what happened on that rainy


    night ever again.


    Before they parted, Lucy took out an invitation from her handbag and ced it in front of Sophia. “You


    muste.” After saying that, she picked up her handbag and left.


    Sophia nced at the invitation. It was an invitation to Lucy’s engagement party. Her fiancé was the


    head of an overseas consortium. He was 52 years old, and it was his second marriage.