Just like that, Pepper became the woman who went in and out of the Malone family the most and stayed over the most.


    It was just a pity. For more than twenty years, Adrian had noticed her feelings long ago, but he kept pretending not to know. He never wanted to let Pepper get what she wanted.


    Pepper was also afraid of pushing too hard and ruining everything, so she didn''t dare use more extreme methods. That was why, even now, she still hadn''t be Mrs. Malone.


    Still, Adrian was never going to get back together with Wendy. There was also no other woman around him who was closer than Pepper.


    Sooner orter, the position of Mrs. Malone would be hers.


    At that moment, after being used by Gianna, Pepper grabbed Gianna by both shoulders and spoke sharply.


    "Gianna, I admit what you said. But you are the only daughter I''ll ever have in this life. If I don''t love you, who should I love? Haven''t I let you enjoy the best life as the Malone family''s heiress for more than twenty years?


    "You''re the one who benefited from all of this. Anyone else can point at my back and curse me, but you can''t! Besides, once I marry Adrian and be Mrs. Malone, we''ll be a real family. Your status as the Malone family''s heiress will bepletely secure. What''s so bad about that?"


    Gianna froze slightly. The sharp and mocking look on her face slowly faded.


    Seeing her soften, Pepper curled her lips into a smile.


    "Gianna, Jessica willpletely disappear tomorrow. She won''t be able to threaten you ever again."


    When Gianna heard that, her eyes lit up right away.


    "Really?"


    Before this, Pepper had said she would help her deal with Jessica, but Gianna hadn''t held much hope at all.


    After all, Jessica and Anneliese were so close that they were like one person. Anneliese also had Jonathan wrapped around her finger, and he was willing to do anything for her.


    Even Gianna herself had suffered when she tried to mess with Jessica. What could Pepper possibly do?


    She never expected Pepper to actually seed.


    "Really? Gianna, when have I ever lied to you?"


    Gianna stiffened for a moment. Then she leaned forward and rested against Pepper''s shoulder.


    "What did you do?"


    Pepper knew that meant she had epted her. Her face immediately filled with joy.


    "You don''t need to know. You just need to know this. As long as it''s something you want, whether it''s a person or an object, I''ll help you get it."


    "Mmm," Gianna responded softly. Then a ruthless look slowly appeared in her eyes. "Mom, I''ll help you too!"


    Just like Pepper said, only by helping her marry Adrian could her identity as the Malone family''s heiress bepletely secure.


    There was no point worrying about love anymore. As long as Pepper could help her, Gianna would stand on Pepper''s side.


    Anyway, Wendy had carried the title of her mother for over twenty years, but she never truly cared about her.


    Gianna had called her Mom for so many years. Yet, in Wendy''s eyes, she was not even as important as an undeveloped embryo on a pregnancy test report.


    When Pepper heard Gianna call her Mom, she was so happy that tears filled her eyes.


    "Good, good, good. Gianna, the two of us will both get what we want."


    At Riverview Court, Jessica had decided to leave in a hurry, so there were a lot of things to pack.


    Even though the apartment was


    rented by Jessica, she had lived


    there for over three years. She had even paid for the renovations


    herself. Everything inside belonged


    to her.


    Jessica and Anneliese spent more than three hours organizing everything before they finally finished.


    Tomorrow, Jessica would take two


    would be moved to The Brest fet


    where Anneliese would store them for now.


    After everything was packed, Anneliese copsed on the living room couch,pletely exhausted.


    "Good job, Anneliese. Have some water," Jessica said.


    She poured a ss of water and held it up to Anneliese''s lips, acting overly attentive


    and a little silly.


    While packing, Anneliese was


    most of the work. Jessica was


    pregnant and had just been


    discharged from


    the hospitals


    Anneliese didn''t dare let her overdo


    it.  sw?ovels


    Anneliese took a couple of sips from the ss Jessica was holding. Then her stomach growled a few times.


    "I''ll go cook," Jessica said as she stood up and headed for the kitchen.


    Anneliese quickly grabbed her.


    "I''ll do it. You just sit tight and carry my godchild. That''s already a huge help."


    She pushed Jessica back onto the couch, stuffed a pillow into her arms, and walked toward the kitchen.


    But when she opened the fridge, she found itpletely empty. There were only two sad-looking bottles of mineral water in the corner.


    That was when she remembered. A few days earlier, both Nishay and Jessica had been hospitalized at the same time, so no one had restocked any food.