《Mr Conrad Proposes to His Ex wife Again》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 ¡°Happy third anniversary, get home earlier, I¡¯ve prepared a surprise for you, you would like it.¡± After sending that message, Ste Radomil put down her phone and entered the kitchen once again. She turned down the me of the stove and went to cut the vegetables, enjoying getting busy, as if the reply for the message that she would never get did not affect her mood at all. Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. The housemaid interrupted her and said, ¡°Let me help you, missus.¡± ¡°It¡¯s alright, go mind your own thing. I want to make dinner for him tonight on my own.¡± The housemaid looked envious and said. ¡°You and Mr. Conrad really love each other.¡± Ste let out a smile and did not reply. Did she and rence Conrad really love each other? Or should she say, they were just acting? rence reached home at 7pm and the housemaid was sensible enough to leave. As soon as Ste just finished arranging the bowls and chopsticks, she could sense the man¡¯s warm breaths from behind. Her chin was mped and she was forcibly kissed on the lips. Feeling startled, she pushed him away. rence put his hand around her waist and pinched her chin. He narrowed his dark eyes and said indifferently, ¡°Didn¡¯t you want this by deliberately asking me toe back?¡± Ste exined softly, ¡°No. Today¡¯s our third wedding anniversary. I really do have gifts to give you.¡± rence released her and tidied his slightly wrinkled shirt, saying ndly, ¡°You don¡¯t have to give me any gifts. Your surprise never gives me joy but shock.¡± The corner of Ste¡¯s lips twitched. She did not retort but turned around and entered the kitchen. Thest dish was ced on the table shortly. Ste sat opposite rence and poured red wine into his ss. She then poured for herself too. She took the ss and said, ¡°To our third wedding anniversary, cheers.¡± rence¡¯s facial features looked fabulous and mature under the light. He had mesmerizing jawline and straight nose. His slightly pursed thin lips implied that he was not satisfied of the wedding anniversary dinner which took ce only between them. Ste smiled. She did not expect him to reply her and she raised the wine ss, gulping down the red wine. After finished, she poured the second ss, one ss after the next. Atst, she was slightly drunk. She lied on the table and looked at the man opposite her who had not shown any change in expression throughout. She drawled, ¡°rence, just for today, can¡¯t you at least show me some smile?¡± ¡°What do you want me to do? Acting crazy with you or celebrate this freaking boring anniversary with you?¡± ¡°How could it be boring? How many anniversaries would you have throughout your life? It could be no more anniversaries after this one.¡± As if she was telling a joke, rence sneered. ¡°Would you make it happen?¡± Ste shook the wine left in the ss and there were some tears in her eyes after being shined by the gentle light. ¡°Maybe¡­not.¡± rence no longer wanted to waste time on her. He stood up and went upstairs. He took off his necktie and zer with annoyance. As he was going to unbutton his shirt, a pair of soft hands surrounded his waist from his back and the smell of alcohol flooded him. Ste said, ¡°Rx, I¡¯ve not given you my gift yet¡­¡± rence turned around and put his hands in the pockets. He looked at her without uttering a word. Ste was blushing and she was staring at him with limpid, innocent eyes. It was hard to move his eyes away from her. rence¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple rolled. Although he refused to admit, the woman before him was indeed gorgeous, and she was capable to move a man¡¯s heart. If not, he would not get tricked by her in the first ce. He moved his eyes downward and there were her lips drenched by red wine. They were red and alluring. When she was moving her hands into his shirt, he almost immediately raised her chin and kissed her lips hard without hesitance. Ste moaned due to the pain. Her eyes had already gone misty when they were on the bed. She put her arms around his neck. rence ced his hands at her sides and raised his eyebrow, as if he was teasing her silently. ¡°I thought you don¡¯t want it?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sure you know when a woman says no, it means yes.¡± rence sneered. He once again stooped and kissed her. Ste was exceptionally enthusiastic tonight. She bit his lips and the rusty smell of the blood spread between their mouths. That kiss seemed to be a battle. The winner would have the authority to control the other. As he was going to extend his hand to take something out of the bedside cab, Ste spoke abruptly, ¡°rence, let¡¯s divorce.¡± He who was hovering above her stopped. ¡°What did you say?¡± Although Ste knew he had heard that clearly, she still repeated clearly, ¡°Let¡¯s divorce.¡± rence instantly lost his excitement. He got up slowly and asked coldly, ¡°How much money do you want this time?¡± She had always been like that, going great lengths for the money. Her tricks had kept on evolving. ¡°I don¡¯t want a single penny.¡± Ste took out a divorce agreement from under the pillow and said. ¡°Have a look. You can sign on it if there¡¯s no problem.¡± rence pulled down his face and said, ¡°Enough is enough, I have no time to y such a ridiculous game with you.¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t I say I want to give you a surprise tonight? Look, isn¡¯t this the greatest news ever?¡± rence looked at her with an expressionless face. He inexplicably thought that her smile was slightly an eyesore. Ste smiled and said, ¡°rence, happy divorce.¡± rence pursed his lips. He spoke after a few seconds, ¡°Are you serious?¡± Ste nodded. ¡°How¡¯s that, there¡¯s only joy, but no shock this time anymore.¡± ¡°Good. You better not regret about it.¡± He left straightaway after saying only those words. The door was banged shut. Ste lowered her head and looked at the divorce agreement in her hands which rence had never nced at. She only let out a smile at length. That night, Ste packed all her things up, and her things were too little that they only filled one luggage bag. She did not take any jewelries, bags, shoes and clothes bought by rence. After all, he was reluctant to buy those for her back then. Those luxurious possessions had be meaningless after they divorced. They werepletely useless to her. Ste looked at the divorce agreement left on the cold tea table when she left, and she still picked it up. She passed by the dining hall and nced at the dining table. The cutleries in front of rence were clean and shiny. He still did not use them at all. That wedding anniversary celebration was as unweing as she imagined. But luckily it ovepped with their divorce anniversary. rence might smile after brooding for a long time when he thought about it in the future. That could be the most satisfying thing she had done to him since they got married for such a long period of time. Sitting inside the cab, Ste looked at the changing view outside and suddenly felt that load was taken off her mind. She had be the fake daughter-inw of a wealthy and dignified family for three years. It was time for her to return to her slum. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 After knowing Ste wanted to get divorced, Sherry Perry, who was her best friend chastised rence indignantly for ten minutes and then said, ¡°That bastard really didn¡¯t give you a single cent? He spent tons of money on those young models outside, and he¡¯s actually that stingy towards you who is his wife?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think he¡¯s stingy though. I¡¯ve taken quite a big sum of money from him these three years. He¡¯s already kind enough to not ask me to pay the debt.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t think like that. You¡¯re husband and wife, his money is your money, and your money is your money! Plus, he takes advantage of you every day, what¡¯s wrong in spending some of his money!¡± Ste¡¯s temples throbbed and she said, ¡°Could you use another word?¡± Sherry calmed down for a moment. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I couldn¡¯t help it.¡± ? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. Ste curled up on the couch yet she still could not hold back her anger. She then scolded, ¡°I spoke up about the divorce today, and that bastard actually asked how much money do I want? He didn¡¯t even look at the divorce agreement, as if he¡¯s scared that I¡¯ll make unreasonable demands or take his life! Come on!¡± ¡°By the way, why did you want to get divorced? Why not just stick to him and see who¡¯s going to give up first?¡± Having heard that, Ste calmed down once more. ¡°Oh, Vivian Sean has be pregnant.¡± Vivian Sean was a young model who had little renown recently. She was very close to rence and anyone who was not blind could tell that they had an unusual rtionship. Ste had gotten married to rence for three years. She knew how much rence hated her. Going home twice a month was his greatest tolerance limit. Their intimacy every time was just a matter of routine. rence did not have any single feeling towards her. He would do anything to make her feel pain. Vivian was not the first woman who showed up beside rence, and Ste did not pay attention to her. It was until one week ago, when she was delightfully choosing present for the uing third wedding anniversary, Vivian suddenly took the pregnancy test report and showed up before her, dering with comcence and pride, ¡°I¡¯m pregnant, it¡¯s time to hand over your position as Mrs. Conrad.¡± When she saw the report, Ste felt that the faith she had on rence and their rtionship by deceiving herself these three years was all smashed by reality. Those memories mercilessly showed up in her mind as if reminding her that although she thought that the woman before her was despicable and disgusting, the reason she could marry rence was because she was using the same trick too, which was threatening him with the child in her tummy. She disgusted rence, just like how the woman disgusted her. It was just that someone had repeated her original trick. Sherry was exasperated. ¡°How could that be the same, rence was single when you married him, yet Vivian obviously knew your existence, and she still wanted to rece you. She¡¯s a barefaced bitch!¡± ¡°Whatever, they¡¯re more or less the same to me,¡± Ste said. ¡°To be honest, I couldn¡¯t sleep well every night for these three years after marrying rence. No matter how, it¡¯s true that he¡¯s forced to marry me back then, and it¡¯s good that we get divorced now. I don¡¯t owe him anymore.¡± Sherry then continued chastising rence and Vivian, the dirty people she thought, for half an hour. She then brought Ste to her bedroom when she started to feel sleepy. ¡°You can stay here with me from today onwards, my boyfriend¡¯s not here anyway, and the house is huge, I¡¯ll be scared to stay here alone.¡± Ste yawned while nodding. ¡°Goodnight.¡± The next afternoon, the divorce agreement showed up on rence¡¯s office desk. The signature at the end of the paper looked like a furious creature. Watching his own boss gradually pulled down his face, Nathan Lance took a step forward and said, ¡°Mr. Conrad, I¡¯ve confirmed with those from the Starry Lake Mansion just now, missus had moved outst night and she did not take anything other than her personal items.¡± rence closed the divorce agreement file and tossed it casually to the side. ¡°What is she ying with me this time?¡± Nathan did not answer. She was not his wife though, how would he know the little fun between them married couple. rence did not expect to hear any useful answer from him too and he said ndly, ¡°Get out.¡± Nathan walked back after taking two steps. ¡°Mr. Conrad, the ne ordered from Paris has arrived, so¡­¡± That was initially a third wedding anniversary gift which rence wanted to give Ste, yet it looked like it had gone to no avail now. ¡°Throw it away,¡± he spoke icily. ¡°Yes,¡± Nathan replied. rence picked up that divorce agreement once again after Nathan left. His eyes fell onto the signature part. He sneered and there was an apathetic look on his face. How would an evil woman who could go great lengths to achieve her purpose be willing to sacrifice and put up a tragic show, beg him to save her by tugging at his sleeve at the Twilight Club, force him to marry her by iming she was pregnant suddenly have her conscience? It must be that she had had a new purpose. rence crumpled the paper in his hand and tossed it into the dustbin. Ste had been waiting at home for a few days and she did not receive any message from rence. The messages she sent did not receive a single reply as usual. First day¡¯s message: ¡°Have you received the divorce agreement? I¡¯ve signed it. Please tell me if you have time so we could go through the formalities together at the civil affairs bureau.¡± She sounded big- hearted, considerate, gentle and obedient. Second days¡¯ message: ¡°Hi, have you seen my message? Is there anything about the divorce agreement that you¡¯re unhappy with?¡± She sounded cautious and was bold enough to ask for confirmation. Third day¡¯s message: ¡°Mr. Conrad, I know you¡¯re busy with your work, but could you please take some time to divorce me?¡± She sounded restrained, reserved and persevered. Fourth day: ¡°Come on rence Conrad, could you please be more efficient for the divorce? If you really don¡¯t want to see me, hurry up and finish the procedure, and then we¡¯ll not see each other ever again, okay?¡± Since she could not endure it anymore, there was no need for her to endure it. During the fifth day---¡°rence has turned on friend verification function. You are not friends on We Chat. Please send him a friend request to start chatting after being epted.¡± Ste sneered. What a bastard. She instantly put down her phone and got up, heading to the Twilight Club. Yet it looked like she had quite a bad luck. She did not manage to wait for rence, but had encountered his next future wife. Vivian had initially promised to have a meal with her friend there. Seeing Ste standing there the moment she reached the entrance, she instantly smiled with contempt, walked towards her on her high-heels and teased, ¡°Could it be you¡¯re still not willing to give up and want to look for rence here?¡± Ste nced at her with a level look and did not speak a word. Seeing her being docile, Vivian felt more exhrated. ¡°How could you be so shameless, I¡¯ve told you I¡¯m pregnant, how could you still refuse to let the position as Mrs. Conrad go? Don¡¯t you know how unbearable it is to see you struggle to stay?¡± Chapter 3 Chapter 3 ¡°Is that so, but no matter how unbearable it is. It¡¯s still iparable with the mistress who wants to ruin other¡¯s marriage.¡± Ste¡¯s listless words made Vivian startled for several seconds and she only reacted after that. She was so mad that her face went pale and she raised her hand, wanting to p her. Ste snatched her wrist and gave her a hard p in the face without hesitance. ¡°I didn¡¯t argue with you before because getting pregnant with rence¡¯s child is your own ability, but that doesn¡¯t mean you can use this to keep on bragging in front of me. Why, do you feel that superior being a mistress?¡± Ste¡¯s p had caught many attentions from people around them. Vivian¡¯s face flushed and went pale at the same time. She wanted to retrieve her hand but she could not match Ste¡¯s strength. She yelled, ¡°Don¡¯t you make unfounded usation against me, I¡¯m not a mistress, it¡¯s you shameless enough to refuse letting the position as Mrs. Conrad go. You disgust rence!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you think that what you said is kind of illogical? Shameless or not, I¡¯m still rence¡¯s legal wife. I have to thank you too, because the child in your tummy is the evidence of him cheating on me. Do you believe that I¡¯ll sue both of you and manage to seed? I¡¯ll make sure he leaves the marriage without being able to take any property with him. Do you want to make a bet?¡± Vivian widened her eyes in disbelief. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare¡­¡± ¡°Try it.¡± Although it was July turning August and was hot summer at the moment, the voice of the man from behind was so cold and icy that made the hair of her back bristled. Ste was startled and she slowly loosened her grasp towards Vivian¡¯s wrist. Vivian immediately ran to rence¡¯s side. She covered the part of her face being pped and tears flowed from her eyes. She cried sadly. rence¡¯s eyes fell onto her and he raised his head, looking at Ste. His eyes were cold and the words he saidcked any warmth. ¡°Should I introduce you awyer?¡± The corner of Ste¡¯s lips twitched. ¡°No, thank you.¡± Was he joking with her? How would she have the money to hire awyer to engage herself in a litigation that was both time and energy consuming? She was only trying to scare Vivian. rence took a step forward. He turned his head slightly to the side and spoke with a voice only both of them could hear, ¡°So that¡¯s what you meant by ¡°leaving marriage without taking any property¡± in the divorce agreement.¡± Ste raised her head and saw the tant cold light in his eyes. She instantly got what he meant and wanted to exin, ¡°No, I¡­¡± ¡°Money could no longer satisfy you, what you want is the Conrad Group, right?¡± Without waiting for her to answer, he continued, ¡°If not, what is the purpose of you putting up a divorce show this time?¡± It was to quicklyplete you two sickening couple. ¡°Ste Radomil, have you overestimated yourself? If I¡¯ve really signed it, the price you pay would be far too dear.¡± Please, be straightforward like a man and quickly give me a relief. Stop with the trash talking. Ste smiled when she met his sarcastic eyes. ¡°Then please do sign as quickly as possible, Mr. Conrad. We¡¯ll see each other at the civil affair bureau.¡± rence spoke with an indifferent tone, ¡°After I sign, what do you n to do afterwards? Sue me while taking the divorce agreement as the evidence?¡± Ste still maintained her smile and she replied, ¡°You¡¯ve thought too much, Mr. Conrad, could we make it quick and free ourselves from this agony? If you¡¯re still worried about it, I can write a letter of guaranty for you. I promise that after we divorce, I¡¯ll not ckmail you a single penny with any purpose and title. I¡¯ll also put my thumbprint on it to make it legally valid, is that okay?¡± rence probably did not expect that she would be that determined, as if she was so eager to get rid of him. His eyebrows unnoticeably twitched and his thin lips slightly pursed. Seeing them talking for too long, Vivian quickly stepped forward. ¡°Mr. Conrad¡­Let¡¯s go, I¡¯m feeling a bit unwell.¡±N?velDrama.Org ? content. Ste once again looked towards her and reminded her kindly, ¡°Miss Sean, I suggest you to not wear such high-heels, put on such a thick makeup and wear such a strong perfume in the future. You¡¯ll only be taken advantage by those terrible men and the ones who suffer would be you and the child in your tummy.¡± rence was speechless. Who was she implying? After finished, Ste retrieved her look with a cool vibe and left. The moment Ste left, Vivian¡¯s friends who had been watching the fun all went to her and ttered, ¡°Vivi, Mr. Conrad really defended for you, that woman¡¯s expression just now was too amazing.¡± ¡°Yeah, Mr. Conrad is too handsome. I¡¯m so envious of you to have such a boyfriend that¡¯s willing to stand out for you.¡± ¡°I have to say Vivi is right, that woman is truly shameless. Vivi¡¯s already gone pregnant and she still refuses to divorce¡­¡± rence slowly retrieved his look and nced at them. He spoke, ¡°Is there something wrong with your brains?¡± No matter how much he disliked Ste, he would never go as far as cheating in a marriage that would be his scandal. Those at the scene, including Vivian were all shocked and they had no idea what they said had offended him. rence then continued, ¡°Give me an exnation for the pregnancy issue.¡± Those words were directed to Vivian. Vivian grabbed her dress nervously and only stammered after a while, ¡°I¡­I heard that Mr. Conrad has always disliked that woman, therefore I¡­I found an excuse to let her divorce with you¡­¡± rence interrupted her with a slightly gloomy look, ¡°Don¡¯t think that I don¡¯t know what you are nning. Using such a reason to force me to marry you, having Ste Radomil alone is enough. If I hear such a rumor again next time, you know the consequence.¡± Vivian bit her lip and did not dare to speak. Her friends only heaved a sigh of relief when rence left. They then asked, ¡°Vivi, isn¡¯t Mr. Conrad your boyfriend? Why did he talk to you like that?¡± Vivian¡¯s face was pale. rence had brought her to quite many banquets recently and he did not stop the spreading of rumor regarding their rtionship. Therefore she had naturally thought she was the woman by his side. It was due to that she deliberately went to the Conrad¡¯s house and wanted Ste to give up her position, even making a fake pregnancy test report. But from what rence had said just now¡­ Vivian finally inquired something about rence and Ste¡¯s marriage that night. Ste¡¯s father had owed high debt from usury and the debtee sold her to the Twilight Club. She encountered rence after she escaped and she begged rence to save her. To one¡¯s surprise, Ste took the pregnancy test report and went to the Conrad¡¯s house two months later. The Conrad family was a highly prestigious family and they exceptionally cared for their reputation. Since they refused to make the matter worse and caused damage to their reputation, and Ste had gotten pregnant, they let rence married Ste. Yet the child was suddenly gone when they got married for less than two months. It was all a show put up by Ste from the beginning. Being drugged in the Twilight Club, encountering rence, forcing him to marry her with fake pregnancy, all she wanted was to get married into the Conrad family. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Conrad family did not like Ste in the first ce and their disgust towards her grew even more when the fake pregnancy issue was exposed. Their attitude towards Ste had been apathetic. No wonder rence was so mad this time, it turned out she had made a huge mistake. Ste waited for another few days after she went back, yet she still did not receive any message from rence. Their encounter at the Twilight Club that day enabled her to have sufficient reason to suspect that the reason rence dyed their divorce was topletely disgust her, keeping on reminding her he had cheated on her wherever she went. That was to take revenge of what she had done to him back then. rence was patient to dy the matter, yet Ste could not waste her time and energy on that anymore. What she thought beforehand was to make ns after she had gone through all the divorce formalities. She still needed to live her life, and she did not want to sit and wait there anymore. Sherry stopped eating the chips in her hand when she heard that she wanted to find a job and she became energetic. ¡°Come to our magazine, our magazine coincidentally wants to hire a designer to make our own brand recently.¡± Ste frowned when she heard that. ¡°Am I¡­capable? I¡¯ve not created anything for three years.¡± ¡°Of course you can, honey. Just try, you have nothing to lose.¡± Ste was persuaded and she nodded. ¡°Okay.¡± Sherry was a person of action and she took Ste¡¯s work from three years ago to the chief editor¡¯s office the next day. After finished looking through them, Stanford Leif¡¯s eyes fell onto the signature on the work and asked at length, ¡°Sharon is your friend?¡± ¡°Yes, she¡¯s really brilliant, and her design was awe-inspiring. We won¡¯t suffer loss if we hire her.¡± Stanford certainly knew how brilliant she was, yet Sharon was like a short-lived flower in the jewelry design industry which vanished after blooming for a moment. Someone said she had been out of ideas after receiving award and could no longer design new things. Others said rich men hadid eyes on her and she had secretly gotten married and had children. Anyway, there were all kinds of rumor. It was just that to one¡¯s surprise, she had actuallye back after three years¡¯ time, when everyone had forgotten about her. Stanford said, ¡°Does she have time tonight? Let¡¯s have dinner together.¡± Sherry knew Ste had basically secured the offer when he said that, and she instantly nodded. ¡°Of course, I¡¯ll inform her now.¡± Ste had quite a nice chat with Sherry¡¯s chief editor when they were having dinner. Although she had kept on iming she had not picked up the drawing pencil these three years, Stanford still replied he was okay with that. He only wanted her to make a draft of a product ording to a specific style within that week. If the boss thought there was not much problem about that, they would officially hire her. The time was already a bitte when they finished their meal. Stanford said, ¡°It¡¯s not easy to call for cab in this area, you two girls are not safe by yourselves, I¡¯ll send both of you home.¡± ¡°Great, I¡¯ll go to the washroom first.¡± After finished, Sherry looked towards Ste, ¡°Do you want to go?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Sherry said, ¡°Please wait for us for a while, Mr. Leif, we¡¯ll be right back.¡± Stanford smiled. ¡°No worries. Take your time.¡± After getting out of the washroom, Sherry washed her hands while saying, ¡°Excellent, we¡¯ve finally made it!¡± Ste did not expect things to turn out that smoothly and she was still slightly worried. ¡°I¡¯m still scared that your boss won¡¯t like my work afterwards. I¡¯ll feel guilty towards you and Mr. Leif.¡±C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Sherry said, ¡°You¡¯ve thought too much, honey. Our boss is a cheerful old man and he¡¯s exceptionally nice. He almost doesn¡¯t intervene in anything and Mr. Leif basically decides for every matter, small or big in the magazine. He only follows the standard operating procedure by letting the boss have a look. Mr. Leif values you, there must be no problem.¡± As Sherry just finished her words, there was a series of the cking sound of high heels on the ground outside the washroom. Vivian showed up before them the next second. As if none of them had expected seeing each other there, Vivian only snorted after they were startled, ¡°What a pathetic follower¡± Ste jerked a paper towel out and wiped her hands dry. She spoke casually, ¡°Just say if you want to get beaten, you don¡¯t have to beat the bush.¡± ¡°You¡­¡± Vivian knew she was no match for Ste sincest time and since there were two people against her this time, she would have no hope for victory no matter how. Sherry said, ¡°What, do you need me to call others toe over to see how a mistress should behave?¡± Vivian sneered and spoke with an uncanny tone, ¡°Ste, aren¡¯t you being shameless enough, could you possibly not have any clue on what trick you¡¯ve used to get married into the Conrad family? And you¡¯re using me as the mistress, you don¡¯t seem to be any better than me. Why, do you really think you could eliminate your deed after you¡¯ve sessfully married rence?¡± Sherry wanted to retort, but Ste snatched her wrist and stared at Vivian with a level look. ¡°Did rence tell you that?¡± Vivian was clearly a woman with boobs and hip but no brain. She had not mentioned that back then twice and seeing hercent look while kicking her when she was down, the only exnation would be she just knew about it. ¡°Yeah, he said a woman like you has really disgusted him, and he said the thing he regrets the most in this life was to encounter you in the Twilight Club. You¡¯re like a stinky and sticky doeskin ster that makes his whole body stinks the moment he takes it off. He can¡¯t wait to rub every part of his skin which hase into contact with you.¡± After finished, Vivian only became scared when she saw Ste¡¯s expressionless face. She took a step backward with alert to avoid her hitting her again. Yet to her surprise, Ste did not say anything and did not intend to hit her. She only tossed the used tissue paper into the dustbin and left. Sherry quickly followed her when she saw that. ¡°Ste, don¡¯t take that woman¡¯s words to heart, the guy¡¯s a bastard and the woman¡¯s a shameless bitch, they don¡¯t worth you getting mad at them¡­¡± Before she finished her words, Sherry saw the man whom she called bastard just now standing not far away at the front and he was chatting ndly with someone. Ste seemed to not notice him and she walked fast without taking a nce. Vincent James could sense a murderous auraing from behind and he could not help but turn. He was baffled when he saw the woman who wasing closer and closer. ¡°Isn¡¯t that your wife? Why is she here?¡± rence looked up and his eyebrows unnoticeably wrinkled. Impatience shed across his dark eyes. She had followed him there, and she said she only wanted to divorce? When had this woman be more and more calcting? As rence wanted to speak coldly when he saw her approaching, Ste did not nce at him and she did not intend to stop walking. She passed by him quickly like a breeze with an expressionless face. Sherry who was following closely behind her on the other hand stopped for a moment beside him. She opened her mouth and looked like she wanted to scold him, but thinking that the timing was not right, she ran away. Vincent who had witnessed the whole process let out an awkward chuckle to resolve the embarrassment. ¡°Have I mistaken her for someone else?¡± rence disliked his wife, and you could say that he hated her. Everyone who worked in the same industry knew about that. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 He would basically not take her out under normal days. Vincent only met Ste twice. The first time was when rence forgot to bring his document. Afraid that it would affect his work, Ste brought it to the workce. A trace of disappointment shed across the docile woman¡¯s face when she faced rence¡¯s cold eyes. Yet she did not make anyint, and she looked obedient and understanding. Another time was during the birthday feast of Dempsey Conrad, the old man of the Conrad family, which was also the second year of marriage between rence and her. No one from the Conrad family liked her, and no one introduced her to the guests. That night, Ste looked like a non-paid housemaid that was hired by the Conrad family. She was completely upied with work yet she did not get a singlepliment but contempt look that saw her as a trouble instead. After that, she stayed at the corner all the time and when she faced those mocking remarks, she did not retort but lowered her head silently, staying further away from them. In Vincent¡¯s mind, rence¡¯s wife was a weak and enduring married woman that surrendered to one¡¯s maniption, and she would not defend for herself when she was hit or scolded. The aggressive woman who looked like she was going to chop someone into pieces tonight would definitely not be her. rence was still looking at the ce where Ste left and did not utter a word. Vincent coughed and digressed, ¡°I met Stanford Leif at the entrance just now.¡± rence asked casually, ¡°Who?¡± ¡°I am the chief editor of the SG Jewelry Magazine.¡± ¡°I kind of recall something.¡± The Conrad¡¯s had coborated with SG Jewelry before, and rence had met their chief editor a few times. Vincent sighed and said, ¡°Stanford told me he¡¯s found Sharon, and if nothing goes wrong, she¡¯ll be the designer of their magazine. I suppose you still remember Miss Sharon?¡± ¡°No.¡± Why should he remember someone unimportant to him? Vincent said, ¡°Then I suppose you would at least remember sponsoring the seventh emerging designerpetition three years ago? Sharon won the first ce in the contest back then. She initially had the chance to get funded by the Conrad¡¯s and further study in Paris, but not knowing why, she gave it up.¡± ¡°But I heard that she has once sought for the person in charge of thepetition and asked whether she could get cash instead of being funded for her study abroad. The person in charge asked you, but you rejected, and we never heard from her since then. She was really a talented designer, what a shame.¡± rence slowly retrieved his look. It was hard to tell what he was thinking, and whether he had listened to his words just now or not. ¡°Is that so? I can¡¯t recall.¡± As he was on the way of sending them back home, Stanford could clearly sense that Ste¡¯s mood was much worse than when they were having meal. He could not ask her directly and he glimpsed at Sherry, raising his eyebrow. Sherry only shook her head lightly and she seemed difficult to exin the whole situation. The car was parked downstairs. Stanford spoke, ¡°Miss Radomil, I look forward to your work, and also our coboration.¡± Ste had quite calmed down meanwhile. She got back her mind and nodded. ¡°Thank you, Mr. Reid. I¡¯ll try my best.¡± Stanford smiled. ¡°Then I¡¯ll not waste your time any further, get inside, we¡¯ll see each other next week.¡± After reaching home, Sherry asked, ¡°Ste, are you still mad about those two?¡± Ste was slightly absent-minded and she eximed. She only responded after two seconds. ¡°No, I¡¯m thinking about the design.¡± The topic Stanford gave her was ¡°first love¡±. Sherry said that was the first series they proposed after hiring designer and the main customer targets were young people. Therefore, the design this time was quite important to them. Yet to Ste, the word ¡°first love¡± was too far away from her and it had already gone blurry. That kind of excitement that only existed when she was with the person she loved had already eroded until nothing was left during her three years of marriage with rence. Sherry said, ¡°Speaking of this, I want to ask you, have you not stayed in contact with Horace Jason anymore?¡± Ste shook her head lightly. She had won the first ce in the emerging designer competition three years ago. She initially had the chance to study abroad in Paris, but she rejected. Horace hade to see her for a few times and asked why she refused to go. There were confusion, loneliness and also disappointment on his face. Yet she still did not have the courage to tell him the truth and had deleted all his contact details. What could she say? Could she possibly tell him that when she was brimmed with happiness that night after getting first ce in thepetition, she suddenly received the news that Jeffrey Radomil had owed one million Yuan debt? She still could not recover from the shocking and daunting news until now. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Sherry let out a sigh and leaned against the couch. ¡°I still feel pity for you and Horace until now. You were a perfect couple back in school and anyone could tell you like each other, what¡¯s left was you didn¡¯t admit your rtionship. We initially thought you¡¯ll be together after going to Paris, who knows that would happen¡­That¡¯s so unfair.¡± Ste only spoke after being silent at length, ¡°That¡¯s already the past.¡± ¡°Hey, let¡¯s not mention such an unhappy thing anymore. Oh yes, I suddenly remember one of Vivian Sean¡¯s rumor, listen, she went to shoot for a magazine when she started entering the field, and it turned out she didn¡¯t even know what a light supplementmp is, and...¡± Sherry told a few jokes and after sessfully making herugh, she chastised rence and Vivian for the whole night full of passion. Yet when Ste was lying on the bed, she still could not help but recall what Vivian said to her in the washroom. Although rence would never say those vulgar words, what he wanted to convey was exactly the same. Ste knew she had held rence back, therefore during their marriage these three years, she had tried her best to y her role as a good wife. No matter what nasty things he said to her, or how the Conrad family mocked her, she would neverin. She knew how much he hated her too. Yet she would still feel pain when reality resembled a poisoned knife stabbing right into her. Even breathing was excruciating. Ste buried her head in the nket. She remembered something when she was in a state of dreaming and awake. Three years ago, after knowing Jeffrey had owed a high debt of one million Yuan, she asked around for money and had even abased herself to ask the person in charge of thepetition whether she could give up the ce to further study in Paris and get cash instead. She could still remember what the person in charge said to her until now. ¡°Miss Sharon, I¡¯m sorry. Our boss said the chance is for those who truly have the dream to design, not for those who treat this competition as an opportunity to make money and gain benefits.¡± Ste was startled for a long while when she heard that. She went home and scolded that so-called boss for the whole night while crying. Who wouldn¡¯t wish to have a pure dream? Few days after that, Jeffrey ran away. The debate came to her house and let her made a choice, which was either to chop down one of her brother¡¯s hands or her taking the initiative to leave with them. Ste was left with no choice and without caring for Channing Radial¡¯s devastated cries, she walked out of the house with them without saying a word. Those people had sold her to the Twilight Club, which was a money-oriented ce that provided rich people with leisure, alcohol and women. They had adulterated their wine. Although she had prepared herself to ept her fate, when the plump middle-aged man in his forties or fifties entered, she suddenly thought of Horace and the promise about going to Paris that she did not fulfill. Not knowing from where she got the strength, she pushed the middle-aged man away and ran out while staggering. Someone had been chasing after her from behind. Not knowing how long she ran, she finally saw a strong but blurry figure at the front. She fell onto the ground and snatched his high quality suit sleeve. ¡°Please, save me¡­¡± Chapter 6 Chapter 6 After saying those words, she lost all her consciousness. When she woke up once again, she was inside a strange room and a strange man was lying down beside her. The scattered clothes near the bed were enough to prove what had happenedst night. Her throat was a little dry. After feeling sad for a while, she started to console herself. At least that guy still looked okay, he was way better than that pigst night. Having remembered what happenedst night, Ste was worried of Channing. She quickly wore her clothes, wanting to get back. As she was going to leave, she seemed to have woken the man on the bed up. He slightly wrinkled his eyebrows. Ste immediately put the nket on his head and patted softly, whispering, ¡°It¡¯s alright, keep sleeping.¡± She looked like she was cajoling a child. Ste only ran away when no more sound was heard under the nket. The creditor hade to her house once again. Luckily Channing was not home because he was seeking her. Ste called him to report her safety and asked him not to go home recently but go to his friend¡¯s house for a while. She then sought for Sherry. After hiding here and there for two months, Ste suddenly realized she was pregnant one day. It was 4am when Ste woke up. She got up and drank a ss of water, sitting in the living room and started to watch movies and TV shows about first love these two years. She tried to get back that kind of na?ve, pure and sweet feeling once more. Ste had kept herself in the room for three days and she finally had some basic ideas in her mind. As she was going to draw it out, she received a call from a strange number. She put down her pencil and spoke politely, ¡°Hi, who is this?¡± ¡°¡­Missus, I¡¯m Nathan, Mr. Conrad¡¯s assistant. Mr. Conrad is going for a business trip to Maldives tomorrow. He wants to ask you for the blue-and-white striped shirt.¡± Ste was exceptionally annoyed to be interrupted when she just had some ideas, and even by such a trivial thing. That made her suspected rence was seeking trouble on purpose. She then replied rudely, ¡°Excuse me? I¡¯ve divorced him and what does his shirt have to do with me? Ask the housemaid please.¡± After finished, she hung up without hesitance. Two minutester, her phone rang once more. And the iing call was from rence himself. She fell silent for a moment and still picked it up. ¡°Ste Remodel,e back in half an hour.¡± ¡°I¡­¡± This time, without waiting for her to reply, rence hung up straight away. Ste grasped her phone and was so eager to beat that man up. She took a deep breath and after calming herself down, she got up and left the room. Seeing her, Sherry asked, ¡°Honey, it¡¯ste now, where are you going?¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to drag that bastard to hell with me!¡± ¡°¡­¡± Of course, Ste only said that for fun, how would she have the ability topete rence? After reaching the Starry Lake Mansion, she noticed the servants had already all gone to rest and the surrounding was exceptionally quiet. Ste went upstairs to the second floor and pushed the bedroom door open. rence was sitting on the couch in his casual clothes. He was flipping the document in front of him with his slender fingers. He did not raise his head and nce at her although he had heard the sound. Ste walked straight to the closet and she finally found the blue-and-white striped shirt the assistant was talking about after searching the ce all over. She was slightly startled upon seeing the shirt. It was the shirt she had specially bought for rence when she knew he wanted to go for a business trip to Hawaii, during the year when they had just gotten married. The shirt was very suitable to be worn to a beach. When she gave the shirt to him, he only looked at her coldly and said, ¡°Don¡¯t try using such a cheap way to please me, and avoid those mind-games that would be exposed right away.¡± Ste did not know what mind-game had she yed, but from that onwards, she had not bought anything for him anymore. Now he had deliberately asked her toe back for something he treated as waste back then. If it was not to take revenge and make a fool of her, what would it be? Ste took the shirt and left the closet silently. She put it on the bed. As she was going to speak, she realized rence was talking to somebody on phone. His voice was low throughout and he did not glimpse at her even once, as if she did not exist. Ste initially wanted to talk to him about the divorce, seeing there was not a right time, she turned and left straight away. Her arrival and leaving were fast like a breeze. rence finally lifted his head when she walked out of the bedroom. He watched her back and looked like he did not expect her to leave so soon. He pursed his lips and spoke ndly to the one at the other end of the call, ¡°Yes, that¡¯s it for now, I still have other thing to do.¡± Ste was called and held back when she just reached the living room downstairs. rence stood on the stairs and looked at her in a superior way. His expression was indifferent as usual. ¡°Have you found the shirt?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve put it on your bed.¡± ¡°What about the others?¡± Ste did not quite get what he meant and she asked, ¡°What others?¡± rence frowned, looking unhappy. ¡°My business tripsts for a week, do you think I¡¯ll wear only one shirt?¡± Ste felt speechless. When she had stayed there back then, she would always pack his luggage for him when he had to go for a business trip the next day. She did not expect that after humbly being his? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved. wife for three years, not only she did not receive anypliment, she had made him developed such a bad habit. Ste said calmly, ¡°Mr. Conrad, I have to remind you again. We¡¯re already divorced, therefore finding your shirt and packing your luggage for you are no longer my responsibility. Please find the housemaid or your next wife, stop calling me with no reason anymore, thank you.¡± rence¡¯s expression remained the same. He walked downstairs with moderate speed and stopped in front of her. ¡°Then let me remind you too. We still haven¡¯t gone through the divorce formalities, so legally, you¡¯re still my wife, and only you can do these things.¡± ¡°¡­So there¡¯s no more room for discussion?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to repeat it the second time.¡± Ste pursed her lips. She took out her phone and started to search for a phone number. ¡°Great, since you like to order someone that much, I¡¯ll ask Vivian Sean toe pack your luggage for you, she¡¯ll definitely run faster than a rabbit.¡± Yet as she just found the number and wanted to dial it, her phone was snatched away. rence looked at her frigidly. ¡°Ste Ramodil, have I been too lenient to you recently?¡± Ste looked at her empty hand and only smiled after a while. ¡°I hope Mr. Conrad could be more careful in his words. I can¡¯t handle those words.¡± rence¡¯s look became gloomier. ¡°When would you stop ying hard to get? Ste, stop challenging me. Just tell me what you want straight away.¡± Ste paused for a few seconds and said, ¡°Didn¡¯t you say what I want is the Conrad Groupst time? Would you give it to me?¡± ¡°You wish.¡± ¡°Then let¡¯s divorce, I don¡¯t want anything.¡± rence frowned with impatience. He shoved one of his hands into the pocket and said, ¡°What else would you say besides that word?¡± Ste felt more baffled. Didn¡¯t he want to get rid of her as soon as possible all the time? Why did the situation look like she was the one pleading to divorce him now? Chapter 7 Chapter 7 ¡°I know you suspect my purpose, I¡¯ve also mentioned that I can write a guaranty letter. You could even ask thewyer and cameraman to follow us all the time when we divorce to prove that it¡¯s me who propose the divorce, and I¡¯ll not ckmail a single penny from you.¡± rence pursed his lips and did not speak a word. ¡°Or are you scared that I¡¯ll use the divorce to defame you and the Conrad family in front of the press? You don¡¯t have to worry for that too. I promise, if I, Ste Ramodil, want to get any benefit from our divorce, I¡¯ll be doomed.¡± rence only said after a while, ¡°Do you think I¡¯ll believe you when you say like that?¡± Ste looked like a deted balloon at once. ¡°Then what on earth do you want me to do? Could you possibly want to maintain your identity as a husband while having a mistress outside the house? rence Conrad, I¡¯ll rather die than raising other¡¯s kids.¡± rence nced at her and sneered. Even though he did not say anything, Ste could still get what he meant. He was only teasing her for using the same trick as Vivian. How would she have the right to use others? As Ste still wanted to defend for herself for onest bit, she heard rence¡¯s cold voice. ¡°I have to go for a business trip tomorrow, we¡¯ll talk after Ie back.¡± Ste let out a smile at once. ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯ll wait for you no matter how long. Do notify me once you return.¡± Seeing her changing her attitude drastically, the contempt in rence¡¯s eyes surged. He turned around and went upstairs. What a foolish and cheeky woman. The one week deadline soon arrived. Ste gave Stanford the design draft and he gave her the reply straight away that night. Her design was approved by the boss and she was asked to sign the contract the next day. Ste finally heaved a sigh of relief after seeing that reply. She was really quite scared that they would not be satisfied of her design. SG Jewelry had been promoting the project¡¯s progress in the first ce and the first series to be introduced had long been decided. It was just that they needed one designer. Now that they had hired Ste, they certainly hoped the progress could be made as quick as possible. Coincidentally, there was one month left until the magazine¡¯s anniversary celebration. The office nned to take the opportunity of the celebration to organize a press conference and officially dere the introduction of their jewelry brand to the press. Besides the ne Ste designed this time, the remaining two jewelries mainly promoted were the bracelet and the ring. After designing the draft and the draft was approved by the magazine office, she had to fix the ws before the product was made. One month time was actually short, or maybe too short. In order to not ruin the press conference this time, Ste did not dare to ck off. Besides staying at home drawing every day, she even had to choose the material for the jewelries. She had to make the final product based on her design and after the press conference ended, she would hand it to the agency shop to be further processed and sold. She was so busy that she had forgotten the divorce she promised rence, and she had no idea when had he returned from the business trip. Nevertheless, he had not contacted her ever since. As Ste just put down her pencil and was going to rest for a while, her phone which was ced on the table vibrated. She turned around and the call was from Jeffrey. She frowned and only picked up the call when her phone rang for the second time. ¡°Ste, your brother is going to sit for the national college entrance examination next year. The teacher says he needs to go to tuition ss. I¡¯mck of money, please give me.¡± ¡°How much is it?¡± ¡°Let me count¡­Tuition fee is kind of expensive. Please give me 200 thousand Yuan first. I¡¯ll save the rest as his tuition fee for next semester.¡± Ste replied calmly, ¡°Firstly, it¡¯s this year Channing sits for the exam. Secondly, he¡¯s top in the whole province, and he doesn¡¯t need extra tuition. Thirdly, I¡¯ve never heard that any tuition ss needs to charge 100 or 200 thousand Yuan for tuition fee.¡± Jeffrey was slightly annoyed when his lies were exposed. ¡°Stop giving me so many excuses, just give me the money.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t have any money.¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t, ask from your husband! He¡¯s so rich, 200 thousand Yuan should be nothing to him.¡± ¡°No one earns money without paying effort, his money is none of my business. Plus, I¡¯ve already divorced him, so I don¡¯t have any reason to ask money from him either.¡± ¡°What!¡± Jeffrey bawled at the other end of the call. ¡°Who permitted you to divorce? Did I? Even if you¡¯re divorced, he should give half of the family property to you, how could you possibly not have any money? Ste Ramodil, you¡¯re getting rebellious, do you not want to support your father anymore? Give me 2 million Yuan this instant, or else I won¡¯t be done with you!¡± Ste replied, ¡°No, I don¡¯t get a single penny.¡± After finished, she straight away hung up the call. Not long after that, Channing called her. ¡°Did Jeffrey call you and ask for money again? No matter what he said, don¡¯t give him. He¡¯s gambled again recently and has owed a few hundred thousand Yuan. He¡¯s now hiding.¡± ¡°I know, I didn¡¯t give him.¡± When Ste had paid off his debt worth one million Yuan, she had said that if he gambled again, his life would no longer be her concern, and she warned him not to look for her. Yet how would Jeffrey change that easily? He had used different tricks to ask her for money all these years, either lying that he had broken a leg and needed money for surgery, or saying Channing had fought with someone and they wanted to make matter worse by involving the school authority. Content is ? by N?velDrama.Org. He knew even she refused to care for him, she would never not care for her younger brother. Ste and Channing had been tricked by him twice in the beginning, but after that, they were not surprised by his trick anymore and had even gone numb with it. Ste asked him, ¡°Have you figured out which university to apply to?¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± Ste paused and spoke, ¡°Chan, do you want to go abroad? I still have some money, and there should be no problem sending you abroad, plus you¡¯re able to get schrships¡­¡± She wanted to send Channing away, far away from Jeffrey. She did not want him to be trapped in the bog like her. Channing interrupted her. ¡°No thanks, I¡¯ll stay here. I won¡¯t go anywhere.¡± Ste secretly sighed and she knew his temper. ¡°I¡¯ll leave you to decide for yourself, tell me if you need any money.¡± ¡°Keep the money to yourself, I can earn it if I need it.¡± He then asked, ¡°Did he treat you good recently?¡± Having mentioned rence, Ste was slightly speechless. She then smiled and spoke, ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s quite good. Chan, I¡¯m going to divorce him.¡± Channing only fell silent for two seconds, as if he was not surprised to hear that, he spoke, ¡°That¡¯s not a bad thing though, you can count on me in the future.¡± Ste smiled. ¡°I¡¯m able-bodied, I can take care of myself. Just focus on your studies okay.¡± After hanging up, Ste walked out of the bedroom. She saw Sherry curling up on the couch and she looked lethargic. Her face was slightly pale. She then asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Sherry? Are you unwell?¡± Sherry shook her head and she sounded weak. ¡°I¡¯m on period, I¡¯ll be okay after resting for a while.¡± Ste poured a ss of hot water for her. ¡°You can¡¯t be like this. I¡¯ll buy some ginger and brown sugar soup, and heat pack downstairs for you. Do you have anything more that you would like to eat?¡± Sherry became energetic once again when she heard that. After cing meal orders passionately, she fell back to the couch. ¡°Ste, you¡¯re the best, that bastard is foolish for not loving you.¡± Chapter 8 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?¡± N?velDrama.Org ? content. 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