Chapter 8


    Ste smiled and got up. “Watch your TV.” After going downstairs, she headed to the supermarket next


    door after finished buying the stuff in the pharmacy. After buying the things Sherry wanted, she looked


    at the sanitary pad packages on the rack and suddenly realized her period had note for almost two


    months.


    Ever since she had suffered a miscarriage three years ago, her menstrual cycle had been unstable and


    her period always came every two or three months. She assumed her period was going toe soon.


    In case that happened, she took a few more packages.


    After paying the bill and getting ready to leave, a woman walked in and bumped into her shoulder. She


    did not apologize for making her drop her shopping bags, and had even patted her clothes with a


    disgusted look. “Are you blind?” Ste lifted her head and looked at her. There was a cold light in her


    eyes. “Have you not learnt how to walk after so long?”


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    Annie Conrad nced at her and there was contempt in her arrogant look. “Oh, it’s you. What are you


    doing here thiste? Could it be you’re secretly dating with other man when my cousin’s not around?”


    Ste waszy to spend time on her. She stooped and picked up the shopping bags on the floor,


    saying ndly, “Annie Conrad, since you’ve escaped to another country, you shouldn’te back. You


    might not know yet, I’m not only evil and cruel, I’m also vengeful.”


    Having heard that, Annie’s expression slightly changed and she could not help but take two steps


    backward. “What are you trying to do?” Ste raised her eyebrow. “Nothing, but you better not get


    pregnant for the rest of your life, or else you might need to look out for me at any time. Who knows


    when I want to take revenge, and I’ll approach you by all means and…” As she spoke, she nced at


    her with a level look.


    Although Annie was still far from getting pregnant, she was still frightened by her look. “Are you mad?


    Only you yourself know whether you’re pregnant or not, don’t think you could me it on me when I’ve


    just identally bumped into you. Plus, try doing anything to me! The Conrad’s won’t let you off! And…


    my cousin would certainly divorce you, and chase you out of the house, you can forget about getting


    anything from it!”


    “It’s worth the try, I don’t mind.”


    “You’re mad!” Annie scolded, turned around and left with big strides. She was secretly guilty and


    nervous. After getting out of the supermarket, she pulled the door of a Land Rover parked beside the


    road open with a gloomy look. The man sitting inside asked ndly, “Aren’t you suppose to buy


    drinks?”


    As if she had been waiting for him to speak, Annieined, “Horace, do you still remember the


    woman I’ve told you back then, who used her fake pregnancy as an excuse to force my cousin to marry


    her? I’ve actually met her here, I feel so disgusted just by thinking about that.” Horace only replied, “If


    you’re not buying drinks, we should leave.”


    “Horace, you…” Before Annie finished her words, she realized Horace’s eyes were fixed on something


    outside the car. She followed his eyes but did not see anything. As she was going to ask him what had


    happened, Horace suddenly opened the door and rushed out.


    Seeing that, Annie quickly followed after him. She held him back who seemed to be looking for


    something amidst the crowd and asked, “Horace, what’s wrong? What are you searching?” Horace


    slowly retracted his mind back to reality and lowered his eyes. “Nothing, I think I’ve mistaken


    somebody.” He saw someone who seemed to be the person he thought of day and night.


    Annie said, “Then let’s go.” Horace retrieved his hand from her arms and said, “Annie, I’ll call a cab for


    you. I still have other things to do, so I’ll not send you back home now.”


    “But you promised me…”


    Horace ignored her reluctance and annoyance. He took out his phone and called a cab. “I’ve sent the


    car te number to your phone, I need to get going now.” As he said that, he left without caring for


    Annie’s yell behind him.


    After reaching home, Ste ced the things she had bought into the fridge and poured a mug of


    ginger and brown sugar soup for Sherry who was currently half dying on the couch. Sherry took over


    the mug and her eyebrows were moving with excitement. She held her phone up and shook it before


    her. “Guess who’s added me just now?”


    “Kid the Phantom Thief, or Crayon Shin-Chan?”


    “I’m serious.” Sherry showed her the phone. There were only two sentences on the screen,


    straightforward and clear.


    I’m Horace Jason.


    Do you have Ste’s news?


    Ste looked at the two messages for so long that the phone automatically turned off. She was startled


    for a long while. Sherry only said after a couple of moments, “Horace has returned to the country. He


    keeps on searching for you everywhere, and I have no idea who gave him my contact number. Hey, do


    you want to tell him you’re staying with me now? Or should I straight away hand you to him?”


    Ste subconsciously shook her head and replied, “No, not now…” Sherry knew what she was worried


    of. She did not force her, but only let out a sigh. She then replied the message and dismissed Horace


    by finding some excuses. She said she had not seen Ste for a very long time but she would


    immediately tell him if she had any news from her. Not knowing whether Horace could tell she was


    lying or not, he only replied a single ‘thank you’ and had not replied anything ever since.


    Ste lied on the bed and could not fall asleep for the whole night. Those messy thoughts had been


    lingering in her mind and she could not get rid of them. She only closed her eyes in a confused state


    when the sun was starting to rise. Yet not for long, her phone began to vibrate aggressively and she


    only picked up the call after searching for it for a long while.


    A man’s voice was heard from the other end of the call. “Missus, something’s happened to the


    company. You''d bettere have a look at it.” Ste could not hear a single word the man had said


    clearly. She only started to gain a clear mind ten more minutes after she had hung up the call.


    Company? Whatpany? She looked at the iing call history, it was from Nathan Lance,


    rence’s assistant. She scratched her head and changed her clothes, going to the bathroom to clean


    up and hurriedly called a cab to go there. It was exactly 12:10 pm when she reached the Conrad Tower.


    There were a lot of pedestrians passing by during lunch time. Those people were now gathering at the


    entrance of the tower, watching the fun.


    “How dare you touch me! I’m your president’s father-inw, do you believe that I’ll ask him to fire all of


    you?”


    “How terrible, tell rence Conrad for me, even though they’re divorced, he should at least give us half


    the family property.”


    “My daughter has married him for three years, and they slept on the same bed every day. How could


    he refuse to give a single penny when they divorce? Is that what a man should do?”


    Ste was just in time to hear thest sentence when she arrived, and her face instantly went pale. The


    kind of humiliation she had not experienced before engulfed her and she hoped she could disappear at


    the spot. As she was going to leave, not knowing when, Nathan had stood beside her and whispered,


    “Missus, your father has messed around here for half an hour, and that has greatly affected the<ppany. Mr. Conrad wants you to settle this matter in three minutes, if not, he’ll straight away call the


    police toe over and take legal action.”