《When I Met You》


 Chapter 1 Whose Illegitimate Child you鈥檙e Bearing Now

    Chapter 1 Whose Illegitimate Child you¡¯re Bearing Now


    The thunders were pping out there, and a huge downpour was basking the whole city in rain.


    ¡°Professor Hughes, I beg you, let me see Jarvis at least for once.¡±


    Susan couldn¡¯t stop mming the car window as she shrieked, ¡°I beg you, Jarvis and I are really in


    love with each other. I don¡¯t believe that Jarvis would just disappear without saying goodbye.¡±


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    After what seemed like a long time, the car window finally rolled down. At that moment, Susan was


    A woman was frowning at Susan as she said, ¡°Jarvis has gone to America. You should stop pestering


    him.¡±


    ¡°How is that possible?¡±


    Susan gaped at the woman in front of her incredulously, and her brows were tightly knitted, ¡°How is


    that¡­ Jarvis wouldn¡¯t just leave me alone here and go to America by himself.¡±


    However, Susan couldn¡¯t get any reply from Kendra even after waiting for some time. She could only


    force herself to calm down and force a smile on her face.


    ¡°Then¡­ Professor Hughes, I beg you, tell me where Jarvis is staying in America. I have to find him.¡±


    She had to find him no matter what. She had something important to tell him!


    ¡°Jarvis doesn¡¯t really want to see you. That is why he chose to leave this ce. You should stop your


    futile efforts.¡±


    After saying that, that woman rolled up the car window and ordered her driver to start the engine.


    Susan stared at the car moving away from her but her mind couldn¡¯t wrap itself around that woman¡¯s


    words.


    What had gone wrong between them? Why would he leave the country without saying anything?


    They had a promise to honour.


    After being in a rtionship for four years, she had given herself to him toost month. They had


    promised each other to go overseas together and convince his mother to discard traditional thinking


    about marriage in order to get her epted into his family.


    How could this happen¡­


    Susan mulled over such a thought, and after swiping away the water on her face, she broke into a run


    to chase after the car. She wanted to stop the car.


    The car rolled to a stop once again when the woman saw Susan being so desperate.


    The cold and aloof woman rolled down the car window once again and stared at Susan. Her voice was


    one of impatience, ¡°You better go now. Don¡¯t ster yourself all over Jarvis anymore.¡±


    ¡°Professor Hughes, I know you always object to me and Jarvis being together, but I beg you¡­¡±


    Susan bit her lips and her eyes were shrouded in tears at the same time. After deliberating for a while,


    she then told the woman earnestly, ¡°I beg you to consider the fact that I have Jarvis¡¯ child now. I hope


    you can let me see him at least once.¡±


    ¡°Child?¡±


    That woman snorted coldly, ¡°I don¡¯t remember Jarvis touching you in the first ce. How could you


    bear his child?¡±


    ¡°It happened¡­ when you invited me to your birthday party in Thompson Hotelst time.¡±


    Although it was a difficult topic to broach, Susan still gnashed her teeth and decided toe out with


    the truth.


    That night, it was Kendra¡¯s birthday. Jarvis was getting stalled by some matters at school, so she had


    to attend the party by herself first.


    All the while, Kendra never paid any heed to her, but for some reason she was especially enthusiastic


    on that day. Susan couldn¡¯t refuse Kendra toasting to her, so in the end she had consumed way too


    much alcohol.


    After that, Kendra had arranged for a room for her, and Jarvis hade into the room that night.


    They had sex with each other.


    She thought that that would be the turning point in her rtionship with Jarvis. She thought that


    Kendra would slowly ept her.


    In the end, it turned out that¡­


    Kendra had mercilessly cancelled her research project at school, and she was also deliberately


    separating her and Jarvis.


    ¡°You¡¯re talking about that night? You were so drunk that night. I wouldn¡¯t know whose illegitimate child


    you¡¯re bearing now. Jarvis was in theb all the time. He never went to Thompson Hotel that night. If


    you don¡¯t believe me, you can check the surveince videos.¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    Susan was in a daze when she tried to process Kendra¡¯s words. By the time she wanted to pursue this


    matter further, Kendra¡¯s car had already left.


    She flopped to the ground and just let the rain water washed her tears.


    The next day, when Susan came to herself in the hospital, she received a news published by her


    school. Due to some fabrication of data when she was carrying out experiment which had led to a


    major incident that stemmed from her newly developed drug not following protocols whenunching to


    the market, she was fired by the school.


    When Susan wanted to have a word with the management of the school about this, she suddenly


    remembered that all of her research data were handed to the management through Kendra¡¯s very


    hands.


    She didn¡¯t even have any evidence to support her im.


    After this incident, she would not be allowed to carry out any research regarding new drugs anymore.


    It was over¡­ everything was over.


    Susan stumbled onto the streets, and all of a sudden, a car appeared out of nowhere and was


    careening towards her.


    ¡°There¡¯s an ident!¡±


    She vaguely heard someone screaming in the distance, but all Susan could feel was an immense pain


    overwhelming her¡­

 Chapter 2 President鈥檚 Mysterious Wife

    Chapter 2 President¡¯s Mysterious Wife


    Three yearster.


    In the guest room of the YS office building, Susan was shivering because of the air-conditioning in the


    room, while the sultry voice that belonged to a woman opposite her caused her to have goosebumps.


    She couldn¡¯t help but frown while repeating her exnation for that woman opposite her, ¡°I¡¯m terribly


    sorry, Ms. Morris. Mr. Ford has indeed hooked up with a new girl. Please leave with thispensatory


    cheque.¡±


    Yasmin got up from her seat and tried to tter Susan to the best of her ability, ¡°Ms. White, just help me


    call Edward and tell him that I really miss him. I really want to see him now.¡±


    ¡°Edward likes me the most, and I believe that he won¡¯t be so heartless.¡±


    Everyone knew that Ms. White was Edward¡¯s most trusted assistant, and if someone wanted to see


    him, he or she would have to get over Susan first.


    ¡°Ms. Morris, please stop believing in your delusions. Mr. Ford is indeed that heartless.¡±


    After finishing her sentence, Susan stood up and shed a professional smile at Yasmin before turning


    around and leaving.


    As she opened the door, she added, ¡°If you want to have a little rest before leaving the YS office


    building, Ms. Morris, you can do as you please. You can have yourself some nice coffee and cake if


    you turn left after exiting this room.¡±


    She was obviously trying to end this conversation as soon as possible.


    However, the moment she stopped talking, a paper cup containing some coffee was flung towards


    Susan.


    Luckily, only a few drops were sttered on her as the cup crashed to the floor.


    ¡°Who the hell do you think you are? You are just an obedientckey by his side, who are you to say


    that Edward doesn¡¯t like me anymore?¡±


    ¡°You must be very familiar with the way the president bid his farewell to his old romantic interest.¡±


    ¡°Bullshit! This must be your doing! Who do you think you are? I want to see Edward no matter what.¡±


    Yasmin suddenly became agitated as she rushed forward without warning. Luckily, the security guards


    were able to stop her in time and drag her away.


    In the end, this was just another case of a woman throwing a tantrum just because she was abandoned


    by Edward ¡°peacefully¡±.


    After Yasmin was being shunned away, Susan ordered someone to tidy up the guest room before


    slowly trudging to the tea corner.


    The other employees of thepany gathered around the tea are and started to gossip.


    ¡°Hey, Ms. White¡¯s job is really too challenging.¡±


    ¡°Our president is really something too. He seems to be changing his female partner once every few


    days. He¡¯s really too disloyal.¡±


    ¡°How is he disloyal? Rumoured girlfriends are just that, Ms. White has to be the longsting one¡­ If


    you ask me, I would say Ms. White is the president¡¯s true love.¡±


    One employee said jokingly.


    ¡°Ms. White needs to deal with all sorts of women for the president yet she can still bear with the


    troubles. I¡¯m really impressed by her since she hasn¡¯t resigned yet.¡±


    On one side, a woman who was carrying a cup of coffee interjected.


    ¡°If you ask me, the most impressive one in the fray has to be the president¡¯s wife. Knowing that the


    president has been fooling around with all sorts of women, his wife doesn¡¯t seem to want a divorce


    anytime soon. She is really someone who can manage herposure.¡±


    The one who was saying this suddenly sent a cup of coffee to Susan while asking, ¡°Ms. White, have


    you seen the president¡¯s wife before? Is she pretty?¡±


    ¡°I have seen her before. In fact, I see her almost every day. She is really pretty.¡±


    Susan took a sip of coffee while answering calmly.


    The busybody woman couldn¡¯t help rolling her eyes as she said whileughing, ¡°Although you are the


    president¡¯s designated secretary, you are not his personal assistant. How are you able to see


    president¡¯s wife so frequently? She is a figure shrouded in mystery.¡±


    Susan revealed a wry smile at the lot of them while emptying her cup of coffee. She slowly ced the


    empty cup on a table and announced, ¡°It¡¯s up to you whether to believe me or not. I am going back to


    office now.¡±


    As she finished her words, she walked towards the president¡¯s office.


    She wasn¡¯t telling any lies, though. She really¡­ saw the president¡¯s wife every day.


    Since she needed to look into a mirror every day, of course she would see her reflection every day.


    After returning to a floor catered only to the president, Susan immediately went to the washroom and


    turned on the tap to clean the coffee stain on her shirt.


    However, the moment her hand touch the tap, her hand was enveloped by another warm hand.


    A man pulled her into his embrace and whispered by her ears, ¡°Is everything settled?¡±


    Susan wriggled free from Edward¡¯s embrace as she continued to clean the coffee stain while muttering,


    ¡°Can you only hook up with women who have a mild temper? This shirt cost me a tens of thousands of


    yuan, and I have only worn it once. I feel so sad seeing it like this.¡±


    ¡°I will ask someone to send two brand new ones to your officeter.¡±


    Edward swooped in towards her once again and stroked her.


    Susan shrunk backwards to put some distance between them. She then said, ¡°Send it to my house


    instead. If your fans were to learn of you sending gifts to your secretary, I would probably be


    ughtered by them.¡±


    Edward lightly pecked on her lips and looked into her eyes. He asked cheerfully, ¡°Why aren¡¯t you this


    afraid then when you married mest time?¡±


    Susan returned him a kiss and a brilliant smile was disyed by her face.


    ¡°I was too tempted by money back then. I couldn¡¯t care about my fear.¡±


    As she said that, her phone suddenly rang. It was the rm.


    The ringing sound reminded them that it was time for a meeting.


    She fixed her attire and assumed her usual professional self while reminding Edward, ¡°Half an hour


    go get ready now.¡±


    She exited the washroom after saying that.


    Edward stared at this woman¡¯s slender and thin back and the corner of his lips couldn¡¯t help but lift.


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 Chapter 3 Giving Birth to my Child

    Chapter 3 Giving Birth to my Child


    The briefing held by the European branch which Edward had attendedsted for a total of five hours,


    and by the time the meeting ended, it was already evening.


    Susan was waiting for Edward to emerge from the office and when she caught a glimpse of his figure,


    she immediately lurched forward towards him when he was closing the door and fed him some water


    by using her own mouth.


    Edward swallowed the water and took the opportunity to deepen their kiss.


    Susan was very amodative and her already tender and soft body was seemingly melting in


    Edward¡¯s embrace.


    Edward continued to lock his lips with Susan¡¯s and he subconsciously moved her to the sofa in his


    office. At the same time, his naughty hand was already invading to the insides of her shirt, and he had


    already taken her bra off.


    Just as he was going to remove her skirt too, Susan suddenly stopped Edward.


    ¡°My husband, you can¡¯t¡­ it¡¯s not safe for us to do that. You don¡¯t have a condom, and my medicine has


    just been finished.¡±


    ¡°Give birth to my child.¡±


    Edward was raising his eyebrows, and his deep and dark eyes were fixated on her.


    However, Susan had already broke free of his grip. She said as she wore her bra again, ¡°Let¡¯s go home


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    first. We have everything at home.¡±


    She then headed to where the water dispenser was to drink some water, but Edward suddenly uttered


    these words while scrutinizing her back, ¡°Susan, do you want to give birth to my child?¡±


    Susan didn¡¯t manage to swallow her water and she almost spat them out. With much difficulty, she


    managed to retort, ¡°My husband, if I give birth to your child, who is going to raise him up? It¡¯s March


    now, and the fastest I can give birth to a child is in the month of December. I don¡¯t want to end up a


    single mother.¡±


    ording to their contract, they would divorce each other in five months.


    ¡°Alright. Let¡¯s go home.¡± Susan smiled so brightly that her eyes had bent into a crescent moon shape,


    and before she exited the room, she nted a kiss on Edward.


    On the other hand, Edward was studying this woman while mulling over something in her mind.


    If this was other women who learnt that they would have the chance to bear Edward¡¯s child, they would


    do whatever it took to bear his child. That way, they could be tied to Edward and live out the rest of


    their livesfortably.


    However, not only this woman didn¡¯t want to bear his child, it seemed that she wasn¡¯t the least bit


    affected by her imminent departure from him.


    Ever since he had announced that their contract was not going to be extended anymore, Susan didn¡¯t


    show any abnormalities at all. She still carried out her task dutifully and served him well every day.


    Her recent demeanour even caused Edward to reflect on his own charisma¡­ Was this woman really


    just gunning for his money by being together with him?


    ¡°My husband, let¡¯s go.¡±


    Susan saw that Edward was still not yet out of his office, so she started to urge him again. At the same


    time, her phone suddenly rang.


    It was an unknown number and the voice belonged to a woman. Her voice was as clear as a bird¡¯s and


    through the phone Susan could picture an image of a noble and majestic woman at the other end of the


    phone.


    That woman began, ¡°Hello? You¡¯re Edward¡¯s secretary, right? I couldn¡¯t get through to Edward the


    whole afternoon, can you inform him to call me back?¡±


    ¡°Alright, let me record this down. May I know what your name is?¡±


    Susan immediately answered with a professional tone.


    The woman at the other end answered, ¡°My family name is Murray, and my name is Vanessa.¡±


    The moment she heard this name, Susan constricted her hands on the phone, and for some reason


    she could only repeat this name in her heart without responding to the call for a while¡­


    The person at the other end discovered that Susan had be silent, so she reminded Susan,


    ¡°Hello¡­¡±


    Only then did Susane back to her sense, ¡°Oh, alright, I have recorded your name. I will pass on


    the word to Mr. Ford. Goodbye.¡±


    After saying that, she hung up the phone, but she found that she could no longer maintain her


    Although she was fully prepared to leave Edward, knowing that their marriage was just a deal, she still


    felt something nudging at her heart the moment she heard Vanessa¡¯s name. She thought that she


    wasn¡¯t emotionally invested in Edward at all, yet she couldn¡¯t stay m when she heard Vanessa¡¯s


    name.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Let¡¯s go home now.¡±


    At that moment, Edward emerged from his office and pressed his lips onto hers. He was pulling her


    towards outside.


    Susan raised her head and asked, ¡°Edward, did you switched off your phone because your phone has


    ran out of battery? There is a woman who told me she couldn¡¯t get through to you. She is asking you to


    call her back.¡±


    ¡°Who are you talking about? Doesn¡¯t matter. I only want you now, Ms. White.¡±


    Edward ushered Susan to their customized elevator and descended to an underground garage to


    retrieve his car. Then, just as he was about to depart, Susan gnashed her teeth and put on a smiling


    face. She added, ¡°Her name is Vanessa Murray. Are you sure you don¡¯t want to call her back?¡±

 Chapter 4 Collision of True Love

    Chapter 4 Collision of True Love


    When Edward heard Vanessa¡¯s name, he immediately produced his phone and charged it in his car


    while snatching away Susan¡¯s phone to call Vanessa back.


    Susan could only wait for Edward to finish his call. She didn¡¯t dare to get off the car and she also didn¡¯t


    have the courage to study the changes in Edward¡¯s expression. She pretended that nothing was


    bothering her by turning on the radio and listening to some songs.


    When Edward finally returned, he just said to Susan, ¡°I have asked the driver to send you home. I have


    some matters to attend to.¡±


    ¡°My husband, you don¡¯t need to specially escort me home, you know. You can just go look for any


    woman you like, you know that I don¡¯t care about that.¡± Susan said very nonchntly.


    ¡°Coincidentally, I can go take a stroll and have fun by myself.¡±


    As she said that, Susan voluntarily got off his car and waved at him, ¡°Bye, my husband.¡±


    With her high-heels clicking underneath, she headed to an exit nearby.


    Edward gaped at Susan¡¯s shrinking back with his depthless gaze for some time before returning to his


    car and switching on his phone. He saw that there were more than a dozen missed calls which had the


    same phone number, and only then did he start the engine of his car and left the underground garage.


    ¡­


    Susan didn¡¯t hang out anywhere, instead she immediately hailed a taxi to head to the First Hospital.


    She headed straight to the intensive care unit and through a ss window separating the ward and the


    visitor¡¯s area, she saw an elderly woman who had ashen hair and was seemingly sleeping soundly.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you want to go in?¡±


    A female voice suddenly broke the silence after Susan had been standing there for some time.


    Susan turned around and saw that this voice belonged to her good friend, Tina, who was a


    paediatrician.


    ¡°No thanks. What good can going in do? She has been like that for a long, long time.¡±


    Tina produced a bitter smile while handing a sweet to Susan. Sheforted Susan, ¡°You must keep in


    mind that a person who has a ny-eight percent brain necrosis yet can still continue to live with the


    remaining two percent of her brain still active and growing can be considered a miracle in the medical


    industry.¡±


    Susan finally revealed a faint smile on her face after Tina tried to console her. She patted Tina¡¯s


    shoulders and thanked her, ¡°Thank you, my dear friend. You always give me a booster every time I¡¯m


    feeling down.¡±


    Tina simply smiled without heeding her words.


    After watching Susan¡¯s mother together with Susan for some time, she seemed to suddenly remember


    something as she looked at Susan seriously, ¡°Do you have something to doter at night?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t have anything urgent to attend to. I¡¯ll follow you home and give Ruby a visit.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not talking about the child.¡± Tina seemed to be hesitating about something. She bit her lips and


    continued, ¡°Ruby is very obedient at home, so you don¡¯t have anything to worry about. I¡¯m talking about


    a Brain and Heart seminar, and I would rmend you to attend it to learn things. Perhaps it will help


    with your mother¡¯s recovery since the participants are all geniuses from America.¡±


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    ¡°Alright. What time does it start? I don¡¯t have anything else to do anyway.¡±


    Susan had been very receptive towards anything that could help with her mother¡¯s recovery, and


    furthermore, today¡­ Edward was going to meet Vanessa, and it was a collision of true love. There was


    a high chance that he wouldn¡¯te home tonight.


    ¡°But¡­ Susan.¡± Tina was hesitating again, ¡°The medical expert giving that seminar today is called Jarvis


    Ford.¡±


    Jarvis Ford¡­


    Susan felt her heart sink, and for a long time she didn¡¯t respond to Tina. She came back to her senses


    after some time and said while pretending to be calm, ¡°If the expert giving the seminar is Jarvis, I don¡¯t


    think I¡¯m going to listen. Back then, when we were still research students, he wasn¡¯t even half as smart


    as me. How could he call himself an expert?¡±


    ¡°Tina, I just remember that I have something to attend to tonight, so I¡¯ll take my leave now. I won¡¯t be


    seeing Ruby today too.¡± Susan sounded almost desperate to get away from this ce at the moment.


    Her pace was very fast, and she was very nervous too. She was afraid that she would bump into Jarvis


    if she wasn¡¯t fast enough.


    However, when she got off the elevator and was about to run outside, she still bumped into someone.


    That man had a set of sculpted features on his face. He was wearing a white coat which exuded a kind


    of gentleness yet some distant feeling. His eyes were especially cold and depthless.


    Susan stole a nce at him before trying to scurry away with her head lowered.


    However, that man suddenly grabbed him and called her name, ¡°Sue.¡±

 Chapter 5 Raise your Head, Look at me

    Chapter 5 Raise your Head, Look at me


    Susan didn¡¯t look upwards and meet Jarvis in his eyes. Instead, she was just trying to pry her arm


    away from his grip.


    There were people constantly streaming through the hospital so she didn¡¯t want to cause any ruckus


    here and be the focus of attention.


    However, Jarvis was holding on to her with great strength, which rendered her efforts to pry free futile.


    Seeing that there were more and more people around them, Jarvis was able to react very quickly, as


    he suddenly pulled Susan into his embrace and together they hid in a room next to the elevator.


    At that time, the deputy dean was following by Jarvis side. When he saw what happened, he hurriedly


    disperse the medical personnel originally in the room and shut the door. Only Jarvis and Susan were


    left in that room.


    ¡°Raise up your head, and look at me!¡±


    Jarvis was almost ordering Susan now, and there was a hint of resentment in his voice.


    Susan continued to clutch the edges of her shirt. This was her usual gesture when she was nervous.


    Seeing that Susan didn¡¯t answer him, Jarvis directly pinched her chin and jerked her face up so that


    they were looking face to face.


    Susan stared at Jarvis¡¯ face and recalled how familiar she was with this face and how many times she


    had imagined his face in her mind. She loved him, she hated him, andter on, as she slowly get used


    to acting like a couple with Edward, she slowly erased him from the vestiges of her mind.


    However¡­ only now did she realize that she was wrong about that.


    She got rid of Jarvis¡¯ hand and averted her gaze. She greeted him in a sarcastic tone, ¡°Professor


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    Jarvis looked at Susan in amusement as he questioned her, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you wait for me that day?¡±


    Susan chuckled upon hearing that question. She looked upwards at Jarvis with a solemn expression,


    ¡°Who was the one who didn¡¯t wait for the other? Who was the one flying all the way to America?¡±


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you appear on that day?¡±


    Jarvis asked another question instead. His eyes were burning with a silent me which showed that he


    was angry about something.


    On the other hand, Susan was able to regain her calmness very soon.


    Why didn¡¯t she appear? She wanted to appear in front of him at that time¡­ the problem was, she didn¡¯t


    even know where he was.


    Why didn¡¯t she wait for him?


    The person who had disappeared was him in the first ce.


    Back then, she had tried very hard just to be with him. She really loved him very much¡­


    However, Susan didn¡¯t want to say anything anymore at the moment. What use could there be to drag


    on this conversation? She didn¡¯t even want to mention about how his mother had told her the truth in


    the rain, and how she had expelled her from the medical industry. She didn¡¯t want to bring any of that


    up anymore.


    It was meaningless, simply. There was no use to say anything now. Who could return her her initially


    bright future in the medical field? Who could make her feel hopeful towards life again? Who could make


    her regain her innocence again?


    ¡°It wouldn¡¯t make any difference whether I appear or not at that time.¡±


    Susan waved the watch strapped to her wrist and checked the time, ¡°It is already seven fifty now. In ten


    more minutes, you need to give a seminar, Professor Jarvis. Please get ready now.¡±


    As she finished herst words, she turned around and was about to leave.


    However, the moment she opened the door, Jarvis suddenly began behind her, ¡°When I was studying


    in America, my major was cranial nerve resuscitation. Do you know why I choose to master this?¡±


    Susan¡¯s hand which was about to turn the door knob suddenly froze.


    This was precisely the major she wanted to venture into. If she were to master this field, she would be


    able to resuscitate her mother.


    ¡°In my opinion, this is a field with bright future ahead, Professor Jarvis. You have chosen the right field,


    and I¡¯m sure you will be able to help those in need with your expertise.¡±


    After saying that, she immediately left without looking back.


    Damn it.


    By the time Susan exited the hospital, she discovered that it was drizzling. She hated rain the most,


    because it would remind her of that rainy night all those years ago.


    She wanted to vent her frustrations somewhere, but she didn¡¯t know where to go.


    In the end, she hailed a taxi and returned to Edward¡¯s vi.


    As expected, Edward was nowhere to be seen when she reached home.

 Chapter 6 Exceptionally Harmonious

    Chapter 6 Exceptionally Harmonious


    Susan drank half a bottle of red wine to make herself drowsy and then fall asleep.


    In the middle of the night, she felt that there was some movement in the room. She wanted to turn to


    look but was toozy to open her eyes. She could hear the sound of the showers from the bathroom.


    When the water stopped, she saw a tall man standing in front of her.


    At this moment, Susan opened her eyes slightly and muttered, ¡°Hubby.¡±


    Edward bent down and carried Susan from the sofa. He detected the smell of alcohol in her breath and


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    asked, ¡°Why did you drink so much? Is something troubling you?¡±


    Susan waved her hand and forced a smile for Edward, ¡°Why will I have anything bothering me? My


    husband dotes on me, my hubby is Edward, why do I have any troubles? I¡¯m happy! Happy!¡±


    After she said, she wanted to kiss him.


    She was in Edward¡¯s embrace but still wanted to struggle. Though she couldn¡¯t stand up, she became


    closer and closer to Edward¡¯s body. The grinding of their skin caused both of them to be aroused.


    Edward ced Susan on the bed and took off her clothes and made love to her.


    Because Susan was drunk, she went with whatever he wanted but tonight she was both forting


    and yet insatiable, causing Edward to be even more aroused. From the time they were married, they


    had been very harmonious regarding sex. Though it was not their first time, Susan appeared to be shy


    like it was her first time.


    Thereafter, perhaps it was under the guidance of Edward or Susan¡¯s willingness to amodate, the


    two of them became intimate like a real married couple. Except that they had this tacit agreement that


    neither would try to know more about their respective activities outside of this ¡®home¡¯.


    Edward didn¡¯t know about Susan¡¯s past and Susan was not bothered by Edward¡¯s scandals. She


    strictly abided by her role as his secretary during the day and became his beloved wife at night.


    ¡­


    The next day, Susan woke up and saw the perfect face sleeping beside her. She felt sore all over her


    body and realized what happenedst night. She had some memory loss and couldn¡¯t recall some of


    the details¡­ how many times did they do it to cause her to be so sore all over? Did this man want to


    squeeze himself dry?


    Susanughed helplessly, got up, and went to the bathroom. Edward was awake by the time she came


    out of the bathroom. He grinned and looked at Susan from head to toe.


    ¡°Why did you drink so muchst night?¡±


    ¡°My hubby went out with another woman, I¡¯m ¡­ I¡¯m a woman, so I will get jealous,¡± Susan answered


    Edward superficially but she appeared to be very sincere.


    Edwardughed and brought Susan into his embrace, stroked her hair before releasing her, and


    walked to the bathroom.


    ¡°I will have to buy a lottery If you really were jealous, then I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll strike the jackpot!¡±


    Susan looked at Edward close the bathroom door before easing her smile. Was it so rare for her to be


    jealous that made him want to buy a lottery? Did it mean that she should be jealous more often to boost


    her husband¡¯s self-confidence?


    Susan shook her head helplessly. What was she thinking¡­? She didn¡¯t know what was going on as


    they got closer to the time for their divorce, she felt that Edward was increasingly flirtatious with her.


    No way, she had to control herself.


    When they reached the office, she got out of Edward¡¯s car to avoid causing suspicion. She used the


    the office.


    It was strangely quiet¡­


    In the past, the colleagues would be drinking coffee and gossip about the director at this time! What


    happened today?


    As she went to her work area, the new assistant secretary nudged her arm to point out to her¡­


    She raised her head and saw a woman in the reception area. She was tall and had the figure of a


    supermodel. Her elegance,posure and look when she turned around showed that ¡­ this woman


    was very differentpared to the cheap women Edward had in the past.


    Coincidentally when the woman turned around, she looked directly at Susan and they exchanged


    looks.


    The woman stood up and walked towards Susan.

 Chapter 7 The Woman Who Understood Edward The Most

    Chapter 7 The Woman Who Understood Edward The Most


    The woman walked to Susan and extended her hand graciously to Susan and greeted.


    ¡°You must be Susan, the secretary, right? I¡¯ve heard of you, I¡¯m Vanessa.¡±


    Susan¡¯s heart skipped a beat but she maintained a smile professionally. She simrly extended her


    hand and introduced herself, ¡°Vanessa, Mr. Ford hasn¡¯t arrived at the office. Would you like to wait for


    him at his office or remain at the reception area? I¡¯ll get you a cup of coffee while you wait.¡±


    Susan knew a little about the story between Vanessa and Edward. The general idea was that Vanessa


    was his unforgettable lover. But when she married Edward, she confirmed that there was nothing


    between Edward and Vanessa. Of course, she didn¡¯t know what happened between Edward and


    Vanessa to cause them to stop contacting each other.


    She had guessed about how Vanessa looked in the past but now she saw that Vanessa was


    extraordinarily beautiful and she had a poise that was befitting of being named as one of the beauties


    of the country.


    ¡°No need, thanks, Ms. White. If you have the time, I¡¯d like to find out a little about Edward. After all, you


    are the woman who understands Edward the most now.¡±


    Vanessa joked as she held onto Susan¡¯s hand causing Susan to feel very ufortable. Just as


    Vanessa was about to pull Susan to the reception area to have a good chat, there was a low cough


    from behind them.


    Susan turned around and saw Edward and nodded to greet him formally, ¡°Mr. Ford.¡±


    Vanessa released Susan¡¯s hand and smiled radiantly. She rushed over to give Edward a big hug.


    ¡°Edward, you¡¯re here.¡±


    ¡°Why did youe to the office?¡±


    Edward nonchntly removed Vanessa¡¯s arm from his neck and looked at Vanessa as she said, ¡°I


    can¡¯t wait to see you.¡± Vanessa bit on her lower lip as she said and blushed.


    There was nothing strange about Edward¡¯s expression. He gently opened the office door and walked


    in. Vanessa rushed in with him and then closed the door.


    Edward¡¯s office was right next to Susan¡¯s office which a few secretaries shared. After Vanessa went


    into Edward¡¯s office, the few secretaries started to gossip.


    ¡°Wow, that woman is really beautiful.¡±


    ¡°Mr. Ford¡¯s new girlfriend looked very vicious.¡±


    ¡°Ms. White, make a guess, how many days will Mr. Ford take to dump this woman and end the game


    with her?¡±


    In the end, a young secretary served a ss of water with lemon and nudged Susan¡¯s arm.


    Susan came to her senses and took a sip of the water and said, ¡°Perhaps this woman will not be


    dumped¡­ Looks like Mrs. Ford is in danger.¡±


    When she said that, all the secretaries were stunned.


    Susan looked at everyone and said to them, ¡°Get back to work. If you don¡¯t work and get fired, you


    won¡¯t have any chance to gossip about him anymore.¡±


    Everyone wanted to ask further but none did.


    Susan just opened her file when Tina called. She looked and then quickly answered the call. On the


    other side, Tina said, ¡°The director of the hospital asked me to call you regarding your mother¡¯s illness.


    Will you be interested to try a new machine for treatment? Are you free now? Make a trip to the hospital


    to discuss with the director.¡±


    Susan looked at the time and asked Tina, ¡°That¡­ is that Jarvis around?¡±


    ¡°No, he¡¯s not. He¡¯s not working at our hospital. A person of his status would note to this hospital


    unnecessarily.¡±


    ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll apply for leave.¡±


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    After Susan hung up the call, she hesitated for a moment. Thepany regtions were for the


    workers to look for Susan when they applied for their leave but Susan had to seek Edward¡¯s approval


    for her leave application.


    Edward¡¯s office door was closed and she didn¡¯t know what Edward was doing with Vanessa inside.


    Susan couldn¡¯t wait any further as she had to rush to the hospital. Thus she bit her lower lip and


    knocked on the door.

 Chapter 8 Can I Meet Your Wife

    Chapter 8 Can I Meet Your Wife


    Inside the office, Vanessa looked at Edward from behind and remained silent. Suddenly there was a


    knock on the door and Edward said, ¡°Enter.¡±


    Susan looked into the room, entered, and said, ¡°Mr. Ford, I need to take leave to go to the hospital to


    visit a friend¡¯s mother.¡±


    Edward raised his eyebrow, looked at Susan, and nodded, ¡°Do you need the driver to send you?¡±


    Susan was able to sense that Vanessa was staring intensely at her as soon as she entered the office.


    ¡°No no, no need. I¡¯ll take a taxi. The hospital is not far away.¡±


    Vanessa¡¯s stare made Susan very ufortable and Susan quickly rejected and left the office. She


    was in a hurry to leave and just before she closed the door behind her, she heard Vanessa said softly


    to Edward, ¡°Edward, can I meet your wife? I want to thank her for acting with you for such a long time.¡±


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    What she heard shocked Susan and she practically ran out of the office. The sound of the door close


    shocked the people inside.


    Once she got into the taxi, Susan reflected on herself. Was that necessary? It was only one of his first


    loves who came back. Why should she be so afraid? What¡¯s wrong with you? Ah¡­ but she knew that


    Vanessa was different from the others but she didn¡¯t know what Edward thought of her.


    She thought that she could just spend the next five months being a secretary and a dutiful Mrs. Ford.


    She will then leave when the five months were up. Looked like¡­ it¡¯s impossible now. She needed to


    bring forward the ns.


    At the hospital, Susan met up with Tina and went along with her to look for the hospital director. She


    spent a while discussing with the director about her mother¡¯s treatment.


    This new machine involved a new treatment technique as well as part of ongoing research. The


    hospital can subsidize part of the medical costs. But the remainder of the fees would require Susan to


    pay. Susan was nheless dumbfounded.


    Although she had been married to Edward, Susan had sold or pawned the gifts given to her by him to


    pay for her mother¡¯s medical bills and her other expenses over these years. This money had almost


    been exhausted.


    Now, for her mother¡¯s treatment, although she can depend on Edward to foot the initial expenses,


    subsequently¡­ she may not be able to afford it. After all, she will soon divorce Edward.


    ¡°Director, how long will this treatment take?¡±


    ¡°If all goes well, about one and a half years.¡±


    The director looked at her medical records and said, ¡°Because your mother¡¯s brain cells death rate has


    reached 98%, we need to stabilize the cells and then cultivate the cells. You should be aware of the


    time taken for cell recement.¡±


    ¡°Then about the costs¡­¡± Susan bit her lips and tried to urge the director for a lower cost, ¡°Can the


    subsidies be raised? Eighty million yuan¡­ it¡¯s really too much¡­¡±


    ¡°Erm¡­¡± The director was in a fix, ¡°Tina and I had specially negotiated with the higher management for


    this cost. This research needed aatose patient with some brain and heart function to test on.¡±


    This caused Susan to be even more troubled.


    ¡°I can pay this amount for you.¡±


    Just as Susan was hesitating now to answer, the director¡¯s office door was suddenly opened and Jarvis


    walked in and said, ¡°Director, I can pay for this medical expense¡­ as to whether in full or a portion, I


    will have to speak to the patient¡¯s family alone.¡±


    Jarvis intentionally avoided looking at Susan but his objective was clear. The director understood and


    immediately pulled Tina out of his office.


    Susan looked up at Jarvis and immediately refused, ¡°Thanks for your kindness but we have nothing to


    talk about. I will find a way to pay for the medical treatments.¡±


    ¡°How will you do that? Do you have so much money?¡± Jarvis immediately held onto Susan¡¯s hand but


    Susan flung away his hand, ¡°Even then I will not use a cent of your money.¡±


    Years ago, had it not been Jarvis¡¯ mother who used unscrupulous means to get her expelled from the


    medical course, she could certainly be a doctor now and perhaps her mother could have recovered


    long ago.


    ¡°Why?¡± Jarvis asked.


    But before Susan could reply, a voice was heard as a woman walked in, ¡°Jarvis, I was just speaking to


    Director Parker and you disappeared. I was looking all over for you.¡±

 Chapter 9 I鈥檓 Insane To Take You Back Now

    Chapter 9 I¡¯m Insane To Take You Back Now


    Susan was startled when she heard Kendra¡¯s voice. Susan quickly moved away from Jarvis and saw


    Kendra¡¯s expression change as soon as she opened the door.


    Kendra maintained a fake smile and said, ¡°Oh? Susan is also here. I¡¯ve not heard from you for so many


    years. How have you been recently?¡±


    Fake! How fake could she be! Susan wrung her hands tightly and looked at Kendra. There were


    numerous times over these years that she wanted to confront Kendra but she didn¡¯t. But she will


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    always remember how she had been sabotaged by Kendra until she could not continue in the medical


    field.


    Whenever she wanted to find a job in the medical field, she was met with insurmountable difficulties.


    She also couldn¡¯t hide the fact that she was pregnant and her mother¡¯s hospital bills required a lot of


    money.


    So Susan borrowed a lot of money to deliver the baby but she couldn¡¯t afford to raise her and pay for


    her mother¡¯s medical expenses. Even if she worked five jobs a day, she couldn¡¯t even pay for the


    interests on the loans.


    She would havemitted suicide if it wasn¡¯t for the child.


    It was at that time that she met Edward. She was serving drinks at a bar and overheard that he needed


    a contract wife. So, she approached Edward to ept her.


    Thereafter Tina helped her to raise her daughter and she would visit her daughter whenever she had


    the time.


    During that period, Susan lived an extremely depressing life. After she met Edward, she hoped that she


    could drag herself out of the mud and thus she purged Kendra and Jarvis from her mind. She didn¡¯t


    even want to seek revenge but avoided them and now they were the ones who found her.


    ¡°All thanks to the graciousness of Professor Hughes, I¡¯ve been doing very well these years.¡± Susan had


    a slight smile but she emphasized the word ¡®graciousness¡¯.


    ¡°Graciousness?¡± Jarvis was puzzled and asked Susan.


    Kendra smiled and answered shamelessly, ¡°I¡¯ve been in A city all these years and seldom return to C


    city. That¡¯s why I have not been taking care of Susan. I thought that you are not in C city since I¡¯ve not


    received any news about you for so long.¡±


    Susan looked at Kendra and scoffed, ¡°Thanks for Professor Hughes¡¯ concern. Perhaps I¡¯ve


    disappointed Professor Hughes.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, please excuse me, I have to leave.¡± After saying this, Susan opened the door and walked


    out.


    When she went into the lift and was about to descend, the lift doors opened and Jarvis walked in. He


    looked at Susan and said, ¡°Why do you keep avoiding me?¡±


    ¡°Your mother did not ept our rtionship back then. Now there is no longer anything between us.


    This isn¡¯t considered avoiding. It is to maintain a safe distance.¡±


    As soon as Susan finished saying, the lift descended to the ground floor. Susan stepped out of the lift


    but was held back by Jarvis.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to have any distance between us.¡±


    Susan reached calmly into her pocket and took out a ring and waved it in front of Jarvis, ¡°I¡¯m married,


    it¡¯s just that I¡¯m not used to wearing it.¡±


    At this moment Jarvis couldn¡¯t take it anymore and grabbed Susan¡¯s ring and threw it aside, ¡°Don¡¯t


    think that you can fool me with this!¡±


    As he said, he held Susan¡¯s hand and shouted at her, ¡°If you want to use a ring to prove that you¡¯re


    married, then I can give you a hundred rings.¡±


    Susan struggled, ¡°Jarvis, let go of me!¡± But Jarvis held tightly to Susan and dragged her into his car


    before releasing her.


    At that moment, Susan wanted to open the door to look for her ring. But Jarvis had already locked the


    door and stepped on the elerator and sped off towards the nearest jewelry shop.


    ¡°Jarvis, you are insane!¡±


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯m insane to want to take you back now!¡±

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    Chapter 10 I Love My Husband


    Susan stared at Jarvis. Jarvis yelled out that sentence and startled her to the extent that she didn¡¯t


    know how to respond. It was only when the car stopped in front of a jewelry shop did Susane to


    her senses.


    She raised her head to look at Jarvis and pondered before saying, ¡°There is no way that we can


    reconcile.¡±


    ¡°Why not?¡± Jarvis stared with determination at Susan.


    Susan bit her lips and lowered her head for a while before saying, ¡°Because I love my husband.¡±


    She used this reason to dodge Jarvis. Susan knew that although she hated Jarvis, she still had the love


    for him as when they were younger.


    Kendra was Kendra and Jarvis was Jarvis. She hated Kendra. But she didn¡¯t want Jarvis to be


    sandwiched in between. In the future, she would settle her score with Kendra by herself, and how


    Jarvis thought of his mother was his problem.


    After Susan said this, Jarvis¡¯s expression became colder. He didn¡¯t want to give Susan a chance to say


    anything and pulled her into the jewelry store.


    ¡°Take out a hundred of the most expensive rings that you have!¡± The way he said it was like he was


    robbing the shop. If it was not for Jarvis¡¯ dressing and poise, the shop attendants might have called the


    police.


    Susan struggled to pull her hand away from Jarvis as she said to the saledy, ¡°No, I don¡¯t want any


    rings.¡±


    ¡°Choose! I¡¯llpensate you for the ring that I threw away!¡± Jarvis didn¡¯t let Susan leave and forced


    Susan to remain.


    Susan didn¡¯t even look at the rings. Did she want the rings? What do the rings represent?


    There was once she wanted to be married to him. But now¡­ she can¡¯t anymore and she didn¡¯t want


    anymore. Jarvis saw that Susan was not moving and asked the salesdy to take a ring for Susan to


    try it on.


    This ring did not have thergest diamond but it had the best design. In Jarvis¡¯ eyes, this style befitted


    Susan, it was simple yet elegant. But as soon as Susan saw the ring, she made the salesdy keep it


    and turned to leave.


    Jarvis blocked Susan again, ¡°Why? Don¡¯t you like this ring?¡±


    Susan looked at Jarvis, ¡°Stop it, this is meaningless.¡±


    ¡°Why is it meaningless? You said that you loved your husband. I absolutely don¡¯t believe this.¡±


    Jarvis turned Susan around to face him, ¡°I know you. Apart from me, you can¡¯t be in love with anyone


    else.¡±


    ¡°Madam.¡± Just at this moment, Susan didn¡¯t reply but suddenly a voice came from behind her.


    Susan could recognize that it was Edward¡¯s driver¡¯s voice. She quickly turned around and thought that


    Edward came. But she only saw Edward¡¯s driver.


    He slowly walked to Susan and gave a ring to Susan. It was the one that was thrown by Jarvis.


    ¡°Mr. Ford said, do not lose this ring. Although this ring is not worth much, the love between both of you


    is priceless.¡±


    Edward didn¡¯te but what the driver said meant that Edward had already seen what was going on


    between her and Jarvis. After he said, the driver was about to turn and leave. Susan followed him out


    just when Jarvis was distracted.


    Thereafter Jarvis rushed out behind her.


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    Outside, a Maybach stopped nearby and Susan walked quickly towards Edward but he didn¡¯t get out of


    the car.


    Before Susan could open the door, Jarvis knocked on the window and said to Edward, ¡°Get out.¡±


    ¡°Stop it!¡±


    Susan said and then went into the car. The driver ignored Jarvis and got into the car.


    Inside the car, Edward¡¯s face was cold as frost. He didn¡¯t intend to open the window and said to the


    driver, ¡°Drive, let¡¯s go.¡±

 Chapter 11 So, You Still Love Him?

    Chapter 11 So, You Still Love Him?


    Susan could clearly feel Edward¡¯s menacing and cold aura. She couldn¡¯t utter even one word even


    though it had been some time she was in the car, and only after the car had travelled some distance,


    she swallowed hard and exined in a timid yet ttering voice, ¡°He was my ex-boyfriend.¡±


    Edward was certainly no fool. Since he was able to retrieve that wedding ring, he should be able to


    guess her rtionship with that man.


    He simply eyed Susan and said, ¡°Your ex-boyfriend doesn¡¯t look half-bad either, and he looks like he


    hails from a good family background. Despite that¡­ why did you still choose to marry me?¡±


    This was the first time Edward had pointed out such a proper and serious question in front of Susan.


    In fact, Edward had brought up the same question several times previously, but it was when they were


    immersed in a romantic ambience while lying in bed. For those instances, Susan would exin that


    she had fallen for his looks and wealth.


    As for now¡­ Well, if she was topare Edward and Jarvis in terms of looks, Edward had a more


    masculine outlook while Jarvis looked mellower. He had the typical young handsome guy look, but he


    was a tad colderpared to them.


    In terms of family background¡­ Edward was backed by an affluent family, as for Jarvis¡­ Susan wasn¡¯t


    very familiar with his upbringing. She just knew that Kendra was the director of a hospital, and his


    grandpa was a well-known professor in the medical field. However, Susan never saw his father before.


    She could only make a guess that his father was probably not by his side for some time.


    If shepared them in terms of family background, Edward was the wealthier one.


    ¡°Of course it¡¯s because of your looks and money.¡±


    Susan just wanted to breeze through this without getting into troubles. She shed a smile at Edward


    at the same time.


    In response, Edward just continued to stare at her with his hawk-like eyes, ¡°Woman, answer me


    seriously.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s because his mother is in the way. His family members were against me being together with


    him.¡±


    ¡°So, you¡¯re saying that you still love him?¡±


    Edward twisted his brows upwards as he examined Susan.


    Susan shifted her gaze to the scenery outside the window and as she took in the passing scenery, she


    replied, ¡°Let bygones be bygones. I don¡¯t love him anymore.¡±


    The moment she finished her sentence, Edward abruptly grabbed her face and made it so that she was


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    facing him. Without warning, he pressed his lips on Susan¡¯s lips. He was kissing her with an absolute


    sense of possession. It was a different kind of kisspared to before, and he was so domineering


    that she found it hard to reject him.


    In the past, Edward always kissed her with a tender sensation. Now, he was kissing her with too much


    force that she even felt painful.


    Only after some time had psed did he let go of Susan. Her lips were nowpletely maroon in


    colour.


    Edward watched Susan catching her breath and he curled the corner of his lips, ¡°Remember what you


    have just said. You can never love someone from your past from now on.¡±


    ¡°Roger! I only love my husband! I love you very much!¡±


    Susan nodded with force while wrapping her arms around Edward. After a long time, Susan suddenly


    snapped back to reality and asked him, ¡°Right, my husband. Why did youe to look for me just


    now? Did you have any business with me?¡±


    ¡°Tonight, you have toe back with me to the Ford family. My old man is gathering everyone for a


    meal together.¡±


    ¡°Your dad?¡± Susan muttered. Her marriage with Edward was a secret marriage, and at most the


    members of the Ford family were merely informed of this news. They didn¡¯t organize a wedding


    ceremony at that time, so she had never met Logan Ford previously.


    However, she knew that her marriage with Edward would be able to reassure Logan. It was to gain the


    stock equity of the Ford family¡¯spany to her side.


    They even photocopied their marriage certificate to let the old man have a look.


    As for the other members of the Ford family, Susan had neverid eyes on any of them.


    ¡°Who are they? Do you have many family members? Will¡­ Will I make you lose face?¡±


    Susan tested him as their impending divorce which loomed in the distance continued to peg her.


    Should she join their family gathering this time knowing that they were going to part ways in a few


    months?


    ¡°You won¡¯t. We are just going to make an appearance. The whole thing shouldn¡¯tst very long.¡±


    ¡°Oh, I see.¡±


    Susan nodded thoughtfully. Then, she asked again, ¡°My husband, why does your father suddenly call


    for a family gathering when he never does any of that all along? How many members are there in your


    family? Do I need to prepare any gifts?¡±


    Although Edward never addressed his father as ¡°dad¡± or ¡°father¡±, Susan didn¡¯t dare to address Logan


    by his real name.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to prepare any gifts, I have asked someone to do that. You just need to doll yourself


    up.¡±


    As he replied her, he rubbed Susan¡¯s nose affectionately.


    Susan cracked a smile, ¡°My husband, you still haven¡¯t answered me yet. Why is your dad organizing


    this family gathering this time?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not sure about that too. Perhaps my eldest brother is bringing along his wife, or perhaps my dad


    has finally acknowledged someone from another family. Maybe he¡¯s organizing this to allow everyone


    to cement their status in the family.¡±


    Edward was replying in a nonchnt tone, but Susan was gaping at him with and astounded


    expression.


    As expected¡­ ording to the novels she had read, a noble family always had scuffles or power


    struggle. His family sounded like anything could happen!

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    Chapter 12 Was the Rtionship in your Family Always a Mess Like This?


    Susan specially chose a white evening dress which was proper yet casual. She put on a light make-up,


    and by the time they were almost departing, Edward picked a ne and helped her to wear it.


    Susan felt a little curious looking at this ne because all the while Edward always showered her


    with expensive presents. In contrast, this ne only had a heart-shaped diamond engraved on it,


    and it didn¡¯t look brand new.


    ¡°Myte mother picked this ne especially for her daughter-inw.¡±


    Edward exined faintly.


    ¡°Then let me return this to you after tonight.¡± Susan was very understanding.


    Edward didn¡¯t respond to her, instead he just let Susan hooked around his arm and together they


    entered the car and off they went to the Ford family house.


    All the while, Susan was aware that Edward was from a wealthy family, however she wouldn¡¯t be able


    to imagine the extend of Edward¡¯s wealth!


    The Ford family seemed to have established a kingdom in the southeast corner of A City, and from the


    manor house one could see the orderly roofs of the buildings from afar, and as Susan sat in Edward¡¯s


    car, she found that the car still had to travel for some time before reaching the main courtyard. When


    they got off the car and entered the main building, the insides were so luxurious that she was amazed


    by the noble yet low-key aura.


    Susan suddenly discovered that the notion of her divorcing Edward sounded like a ridiculous thing at


    the moment. It would be a massive waste if she didn¡¯t extort any money from him.


    The moment Susan entered the building, she saw an old person sitting in the living room. Although he


    had white hair, his eyes were intimidating. His old age didn¡¯t conceal his air of mightiness at all.


    ¡°Dad.¡± Susan recognized that this old man was Edward¡¯s dad, so she immediately greeted him with a


    smile.


    Edward didn¡¯t greet his father but instead he just handed something to a butler standing by on one


    side. He then asked Logan, ¡°Is brother here?¡±


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    ¡°Ruben is bringing over your new sister-inw.¡±


    The moment Logan finished his words, a clear and crisp voice rang out from the second floor.


    ¡°Edward, you¡¯re back! Come here! Let me meet your smart and knowledgeable wife.¡±


    As he said that, he was also strutting down the stairs.


    Susan took a good look at this man and found that he had a set of beautiful features which included a


    pair of mesmerizing eyes. The way he carried himself made him look like a yboy.


    ¡°My name is Scott. How should I address you?¡±


    ¡°Just call her Mrs. Ford.¡± Edward replied on her behalf.


    ¡°How is that enough? Of course I know she¡¯s Mrs. Ford, but I want to know her real name. I have heard


    that she is very smart, her academic results are very good and she is very clear-headed. Now that I


    can see that she¡¯s a very pretty girl too, so naturally I want to know her name.¡±


    ¡°Follow me to the study.¡±


    Before Susan could answer Scott, Logan suddenly summoned Edward to the study.


    The only people left in the living room was Susan and Scott, and she couldn¡¯t find a way to avoid


    introducing herself, so she simply said, ¡°Susan.¡±


    ¡°So your name is Susan? It¡¯s such a nice name!¡±


    Scott was really a talkative person.


    At the same time, Susan shifted her gaze from Scott to the second floor while asking with a frown, ¡°Are


    you biological siblings with Edward?¡±


    ¡°We have different mothers.¡±


    Scott¡¯s tone was very casual when he talked about this, and he looked like he was more interested in


    talking to Susan, ¡°Edward resembles the old man more and less like his mother, and on the other hand,


    I resemble my mother more and less like my father. That¡¯s why we don¡¯t look alike at all.¡±


    ¡°No wonder.¡±


    Susan nodded while thinking that the Ford family was reallyplicated.


    The moment she stepped into the building, she was already feeling confused by the conversations she


    had heard.


    Scott was very willing to share about the details of the Ford family, ¡°In no time, my big brother will


    arrive. When you see him, you will see that we don¡¯t really look alike at all. For him, he takes after his


    mother and the old man equally.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Susan couldn¡¯t help staring at Scott with her eyes widened. She couldn¡¯t helping to a


    conclusion, ¡°So, your father has three wives?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re smart.¡±


    Scott couldn¡¯t help praising him.


    It was no wonder that Edward barely went home all the while. With such aplicated family


    rtionship, if Susan were to take his ce, she wouldn¡¯t want toe back home often too.


    ¡°Are you guys¡¯ perspective about love and rtionship as messy as your familial ties too?¡±


    Susan grabbed the chance to ask when she saw Logan hadn¡¯t returned yet.

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    Chapter 13 The Little Ex-Boyfriend was the real Grandson of the Ford family


    ¡°No.¡±


    Scott had a smug look on his face as he inched closer towards Susan. He wasplimenting himself,


    ¡°For example, I am a very loyal person.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t sense that from you at all.¡±


    Susan shot a nce at Scott and couldn¡¯t helpmenting.


    Scott didn¡¯t seem to care as he continued after letting out a cough, ¡°Alright, I will stop teasing you. The


    old man used to have three wives, and his life was really messy back then. However, after hooking up


    with my mother, my brother¡¯s mother was so furious that she even got herself hospitalized. In the end,


    she never recovered, and after passing away, the old man changed his ways once and for all.¡±


    After mulling over something, he added to his exnation, ¡°So, the old man insists that our generation


    must take rtionships seriously.¡±


    After hearing that, Susan couldn¡¯t help but frown.


    Taking rtionships seriously¡­ Edward didn¡¯t look like that at all since he was having such a great


    time out there. Scott didn¡¯t look that part either.


    ¡°So, are you saying that your eldest brother is the only one keeping his rtionship life clean?¡± Susan


    couldn¡¯t help asking.


    Scott shed a smile, ¡°Among us, our eldest brother is the most yful one, at leastpared to us,


    Edward and me just look like yboy but in reality we treasure real connection a lot. My new sister-in-


    acknowledged by the Ford family. If it were not for the old man prioritizing familial ties since two years


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    ago, they might never have the chance to officially be a part of the Ford family.¡±


    As soon as he finished his sentence, the entrance suddenly opened.


    A man who resembled Logan strutted into the building while saying something to a woman behind him,


    ¡°Come in now, I think Edward and Scott has already reached.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± The woman responded while shouting some instructions towards her back, ¡°Fetch the things I


    have brought in.¡±


    Although she didn¡¯t enter the house yet, but one could feel her presence just from themotion. A


    plethora of gifts had been carried into the house and ced on the floor.


    Susan had a feeling that she had heard this woman¡¯s voice before, but before she even looked up to


    check out who that woman was, she heard that woman urging his son into the house.


    ¡°Jarvis,e in now.¡±


    Jarvis! And the family name of this family was Ford! So his name was Jarvis Ford!


    Susan was stunned for a while. She raised her head and saw Jarvis and Kendra entering the building,


    and on the side Ruben was making sure their workers were carrying all the gifts into the house


    properly.


    At that moment, both Susan and Jarvis had locked their gaze. Jarvis was mildly surprised when he saw


    Susan was also there, but there was also a hint of coldness in his eyes.


    Susan simply felt like she had been electrocuted. She didn¡¯t know whether to hide or to produce any


    other response.


    At that moment, there were sounds of footstepsing from the second floor. Edward and Logan were


    slowly descending the stairs.


    Susan felt even more awkward¡­


    Then, without warning, Edward appeared by Susan¡¯s side and wrapped his arm around hers while


    saying, ¡°Follow me upstairs. I¡¯ll show you the room I used to stay in when I was still a child. You will


    know more about me that way.¡±


    Edward uttered these words with immense passion.


    Susan nodded hastily and followed Edward¡¯s footsteps to head upstairs. If she continued to stay in the


    living room, she would feel even more awkward.


    She didn¡¯t know whether Edward would recognize Jarvis, but she prayed that they wouldn¡¯t have too


    much to do with each other so that it wouldn¡¯t add on to theplications the family already had.


    However, the moment Edward entered the bedroom, he red at Susan before she could even catch


    her breath, ¡°Is that your little ex-boyfriend? So he is the newly acknowledged grandson of the Ford


    family?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    This was bad! Edward had already recognized Jarvis.


    ¡°I just realized that too.¡±


    Susan bit her lips hard, not knowing how to continue this conversation.


    She was wondering why she never thought of their family names. Both Edward and Jarvis bear the


    Ford family name, but she never thought that they might even belong to the same family!

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    Chapter 14 The Kiss was nted Just Like That


    Edward studied Susan who was just inches away from him, and despite the fact that she looked very


    Deep down, she waspletely flustered, and Edward didn¡¯t know how to interpret her emotion at the


    moment. However, something shed through his heart as he took in her flustered look.


    He approached Susan and pulled her into his embrace while saying, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m here.¡±


    After saying that, he looked upwards to check the time on the clock before announcing, ¡°Alright, we


    have to go downstairs now. I will be there for you.¡±


    Susan nodded but she knew that she could no longer address Edward as her husband so casually


    anymore. Although her hand was being held by Edward, she could feel beads of sweat emerging from


    her palms.


    When she reached downstairs, all the other family members of the Ford family were already huddled


    around the dining table.


    When Ruben saw that Susan and Edward were finally here, he introduced them to Kendra and Jarvis,


    ¡°Kendra, I have finishing introducing my other family members, and this person here is my younger


    brother and his name is Edward, and this woman is my sister-inw, and her name is¡­¡±


    Obviously, Ruben couldn¡¯t recall Susan¡¯s name.


    Edward added faintly, ¡°Susan.¡±


    ¡°Oh, right. Susan¡­ Susan.¡±


    Susan looked at them and feigned ignorance especially when sheid eyes on Kendra as she nodded.


    Despite her best efforts to act normally, she still couldn¡¯t bring herself to look into Jarvis¡¯ eyes.


    ¡°This is your new sister-inw, and you can call her Kendra. This young one here is my son. His name


    is Jarvis.¡±


    Ruben was introducing his family with a smirk on his face.


    Edward simply nodded at them before taking his ce around the dining table and started to eat.


    Due to Logan¡¯s presence, the atmosphere surrounding their family gathering this time was strangely


    solemn and silent.


    The only thing out of ce was Edward¡¯s attitude towards Susan. Today, he was very attentive to


    Susan¡¯s needs. Normally, Susan had to remove the shell of the prawns and sent food his way, but


    Edward was the one doing all that today.


    The old man finally retired to his room the moment their family dinner ended.


    Susan wanted to find a chance to get some fresh air, so she immediately headed to the courtyard.


    Unfortunately for her, when she had just reached the courtyard, a female voice rang out behind her,


    ¡°Susan, I have totally underestimated you. I didn¡¯t think that you were capable of infiltrating into the


    Ford family.¡±


    Susan turned around saw Kendra. She put on a smile on her face as she retorted, ¡°You are thinking too


    highly of me. I must thank you, Professor Hughes. If it were not for you separating Jarvis and me and


    shunned me from the medical field, I would never have met Edward.¡±


    ¡°Humph.¡±


    Kendra snorted coldly while eyeing Susan disdainfully, ¡°So, in the end you are still someone who wants


    to rely on men to raise your status. You must be harbouring the same ill-intentions towards Jarvis back


    then.¡±


    Susan wasn¡¯t fazed by Kendra¡¯sments at all as she looked at her seriously, ¡°If you are saying that


    marring Edward is just my way of rising through the ranks, what can I make of you marrying Ruben?


    Are you harbouring some ill-will too?¡±


    Kendra was immediately angered by Susan¡¯s words as she raised her hand in an attempt to p


    Susan.


    Susan was able to grab her wrist and fling it off, ¡°Although you are my sister-inw, but I am here


    before you, Professor Hughes. You better watch your actions.¡±


    After saying that, Susan looked up and saw that in a small pavilion not far away, Edward was watching


    them with interest.


    She instantly put on a brilliant smile and walked towards Edward. She threw herself into his embrace.


    ¡°My husband, since when were you here? Have you heard everything that I have said?¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t want me to know about that, I can pretend not to hear anything.¡±


    There was an endless love hidden in Edward¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter anymore!¡± Susan answered with a smile, ¡°Then, do you have anything we need to


    tend toter? Can we go home now?¡±


    She didn¡¯t want to drag this out any longer to prevent bumping into Jarvis.


    ¡°Let me fetch the keys now. Wait for me here. I¡¯ll bring you home now.¡±


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    Edward informed Susan with a smile before disappearing into the house.


    As Susan waited for Edward to return in the pavilion, Kendra had already long gone back to the house


    fumingly after realizing Edward was nearby.


    The wind was gentle and Susan finally felt that she could rx a little.


    However, all of a sudden, a man suddenly pulled her into his embrace.


    Before she could figure out what was happening, the other person kissed her just like that.

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    Chapter 15 Give Me a Chance, and Also Giving you a Chance


    This kiss was very abrupt and aggressive. The more Susan struggled, the more she felt her


    movements being restrained by him.


    There was a faint antiseptic smell mixed in with the smell of something being dried in the sun entering


    her nostrils, and she could make out that this smell belonged to Jarvis.


    Susan tried to shut her teeth, but Jarvis continued to burrow into the depths of her mouth as if he


    couldn¡¯t wait anymore to pry open her teeth and possess her.


    After stuck in the same situation for a while, Susan finally got a chance to push Jarvis away.


    ¡°Jarvis, are you crazy? What the hell are you doing? We are in¡­¡±


    She wanted to remind him of their respective positions currently.


    However, Jarvis simply red at Susan with fury in his eyes, ¡°I think you are the crazy one here! Why


    did you marry Jarvis? Do you love him?¡±


    ¡°Yes, I love him.¡±


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    Susan stared at Jarvis and discovered that his voice was trembling due to his agitation, and despite


    trying to conceal his feelings, Susan could still sense that his tears were welling up in his eyes.


    He was trying with all his might to suppress his emotion and prevent his tears from falling.


    Susan had never seen Jarvis behaving like this before. In the past, Jarvis was the sun whenever he


    was happy and he would feel like an iceberg when he was upset.


    He was someone who had close to perfect control over his emotions, and in some instances he could


    even maintain hisposure perfectly.


    Therefore, it was absurd to think that he would even cry.


    Jarvis had never cried before in front of her. When they were still a couple in their university days,


    whenever they got into a fight, Susan would end up crying after some verbal back-and-forth, but Jarvis


    would always y the role of the sensible boyfriend as he lectured her.


    At that moment, the look in Jarvis eyes waspletely imprinted in Susan¡¯s heart.


    She bit her lips and turned her face to face somewhere else, not wanting to meet Jarvis¡¯ eyes.


    ¡°You said you love him, but he never loves you. Don¡¯t you know that there existed a woman called


    Vanessa in his life?¡±


    Jarvis said to Susan, but Susan remained silent.


    Jarvis took a step forward and hugged Susan, and this time when he began again, his tone was more


    also don¡¯t know why you would marry Edward, but I know that it won¡¯t be because you¡¯re in love with


    him.¡±


    ¡°Give me a chance, and also give yourself a chance. Come back to me.¡±


    Susan¡¯s frame was visibly shivering.


    She could even feel her teeth chattering.


    If she didn¡¯t get a glimpse of Jarvis¡¯ tears, she was sure that she would be able to reject him


    vehemently, but for some reason, she wasn¡¯t able to do that now.


    His familiar breath was warming her neck, and it was an embrace she had longed given herself in, and


    this man¡¯s love¡­


    Jarvis really did love Susan, and they were at the peak of their rtionship just before Jarvis even went


    overseas.


    If it were not because of Kendra¡¯s scheme; If all those things never happened, she would still be able to


    be together with Jarvis.


    ¡°Susan, I love you and I can¡¯t live without you. Let¡¯s elope. I can choose not to return to the Ford family,


    and I can abandon my position in this family too.¡±


    He was very emotional at the moment.


    Susan¡¯s tears couldn¡¯t help falling upon hearing that.


    She really loved Jarvis, and she could do nothing to resist his words.


    Jarvis continued to hug her for some time, and seeing that Susan was not rejecting him, he turned her


    body to face him and saw that her cheeks were streaked with tears.


    She hurriedly wiped away Susan¡¯s tears, and in the end he even started to kiss the part of her face


    which was smeared by tears.


    Susan had forgotten to push Jarvis away, and she had also forgotten about Edward who was just gone


    for a minute to fetch his car keys. He was there by the door by the time she realized about that.


    Susan saw that Edward was staring at her, and there was an ambiguous emotion swirling in his eyes.

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    Chapter 16 Scream


    Jarvis was able to feel Susan shivering in his embrace. It was as if she wanted to escape. But Jarvis


    continued to hug Susan even tighter and even turned to face Edward. As Edward moved closer, Jarvis


    kissed Susan before leaving.


    It was extremely provocative.


    Susan¡¯s entire body stiffened and she had tears in her eyes. She didn¡¯t know if under the dim lighting


    would Edward be able to see it. She was also worried that he would notice if she wiped the tears.


    But Edward walked slowly to her side and stretched out his hand to wipe Susan¡¯s tears. Then he


    quietly pulled Susan into his embrace. It was as if he didn¡¯t see Jarvis¡¯s provocation and led Susan


    towards his car.


    Susan didn¡¯t struggle and she just followed Edward to his car. Once at his car, Edward gave another


    tissue for Susan to wipe her tears and she began to smile.


    ¡°Hubby, thanks for wiping my tears.¡± Susan practically returned to her old self when she was with him.


    Except that Edward noticed that there was no longer tenderness in Susan¡¯s expression. Susan stared


    at Edward and bit her lips. This was the first time Edward looked at her in that manner.


    In the past, they were model husband and wife. She would ensure that she pleased him while he would


    spoil her in return.


    ¡°Hubby, I know that I was wrong.¡± Susan braced herself and adjusted her tone to be gentle and coy.


    ¡°What did you do wrong?¡± Edward turned to look at Susan but his eyes were cold and sized her up.


    ¡°I¡¯m wrong¡­ I shouldn¡¯t have contacted Jarvis.¡± Susan bit her lips, pondered for a while before


    exining.


    ¡°Did he hug you?¡± Edward stared at Susan. He knew but he asked anyway. When he appeared he


    clearly saw Susan in Jarvis¡¯ embrace.


    Susan nodded.


    ¡°Did he kiss you?¡± Edward asked again. His tone was already freezing cold.


    Susan nodded again. Although it was against her wishes, Jarvis did kiss her.


    ¡°How did he kiss?¡± As Edward said, he pinched Susan¡¯s chin and pulled her closer to him. He then


    pressed his lips onto Susan¡¯s lips. The voracity of his kiss felt as though it was a punishment. Edward


    had never kissed her in such an intense manner.


    Edward spread open Susan¡¯s dress and stuck his hand in. He then forcefully spread apart Susan¡¯s legs


    as she struggled. Edward had never forced himself onto her. Susan started to tremble in fear but she


    closed her eyes tightly and endured the ravaging.


    Her eyshes trembled as her tears flowed again. Just as Edward stuck his hand into Susan¡¯s dress,


    he asked furiously again, ¡°What about this ce? Has he touched it after we are together?¡± Susan


    shook her head rapidly.


    ¡°Then what about the past? The man who you were with before we met was him?¡± What he said


    shocked Susan. She didn¡¯t even know who that man was. She bit her lips and shook her head again.


    But it was obvious that Edward did not believe and his eyes stared directly at Susan. Susan looked


    directly at Edward¡¯s eyes, clenched her teeth, and said, ¡°It¡¯s really not him. I¡¯m not even sure who he


    was. I was at the hotel¡­¡±


    Ring¡­ Before Susan could finish saying, her cellphone rang just in time. The screen disyed Tina¡¯s


    name.


    Susan did not answer the call but Tina¡¯s call seemed to be urgent as it continued to ring relentlessly.


    Finally, Edward got up from her, released Susan, and ordered, ¡°Answer.¡±


    Susan hesitated, picked up the phone, and answered. She adjusted the volume to the lowest, ¡°Hello?¡±


    ¡°Ma ma¡­¡±


    A baby voice came over the phone. It was Susan¡¯s daughter Ruby. It shocked Susan and she took a


    deep breath. She lifted her head slightly to peek at Edward and it looked like Edward did not notice the


    voice from her phone call. She softly replied, ¡°Yes, what¡¯s up¡­ Do you miss me?¡±


    ¡°Yes! Ruby misses Mama!¡± Just after Ruby replied with her cute baby voice, Tina came to the rescue,


    ¡°Hey, Ruby, why did you make a call with godmother¡¯s phone?¡±


    Tina continued, ¡°Ruby misses you dearly these few days. She hadn¡¯t seen you for a long time. How


    have you been?¡±


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    ¡°I¡­ I¡¯m fine.¡± Susan took another look at Edward before replying.


    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s good.¡± Tina hesitated and then said, ¡°Hey, do you know that someone came to the


    hospital to pick up Professor Hughes? I just found out that Kendra had been a mistress for many years.


    Jarvis was an illegitimate childst time.¡±


    Tina wanted to continue saying but Susan looked at Edward and know that she shouldn¡¯t continue with


    the call. She cut Tina off by saying, ¡°I¡¯m with my husband now. I¡¯ll speak to youter. I need to


    apany my husband first.¡±


    As long as she mentions ¡®husband¡¯, Tina knew the signal and immediately said ¡®bye bye¡¯ and hung up


    the call.


    When Susan looked at Edward, it looked as if he had already calmed down. But he looked outside.


    Jarvis did not leave after Susan got into Edward¡¯s car. He continued to look at them from a distance


    nearby.


    Edward said directly to Susan, ¡°Scream.¡±


    Susan was stunned, ¡°What?¡±


    Edward didn¡¯t wait for Susan and immediately grabbed her breast.


    ¡°Ah!¡± Susan was startled and screamed. Then Edward said softly, ¡°I¡¯m fucking you or¡­¡±


    ¡°Yes¡­ Hubby! Ah¡­ oh!¡± Susan was blushing and she reacted swiftly as she understood what Edward


    meant.


    This was the possessiveness of a man. He wanted to force Jarvis to give up. Susan didn¡¯t have a


    choice and could only amodate him¡­


    From the moment he bought her to be his wife several years ago, she had already lost the right to


    choose her love. Perhaps it was even earlier¡­ when Jarvis dumped her, the love inside her had


    already died.


    Jarvis lit a cigarette and the dim light glowed in the darkness but his eyes continued to fixate onto the


    car. When the car started to rock and Susan began to moan and scream, it was too obvious what was


    going on. He flicked away the cigarette as he couldn¡¯t endure any further and walked towards


    them.

 Chapter 17 How Awkward is this Relationship

    Chapter 17 How Awkward is this Rtionship


    Inside the car, Susan¡¯s face flushed in red when she heard herself moan and yell.


    She looked at Edward and his eyes were cold as ice. His entire person became distant and cold. When


    his hand slid over Susan¡¯s skin, she clenched her teeth, closed her eyes, and moaned softly.


    As Jarvis heard the repeated moans, his footsteps quickened. They were clearly provoking him! His


    fists were clenched and his veins began to throb.


    But before Jarvis could reach Edward¡¯s car¡­ Edward started the car and drove off. He totally didn¡¯t


    give Jarvis a chance to do anything.


    As Edward¡¯s sports car roared, Edward looked at Susan and ordered, ¡°Turn off your phone.¡± Susan did


    as she was told and she didn¡¯t speak a word. Edward also kept his silence and drove back to the Ford


    family vi. After he stopped the car, Susan did not get out of the car after a while and he looked back


    at Susan.


    He went back to the car and opened the door and asked Susan, ¡°Aren¡¯t you getting out of the car?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll get out of the car when hubby isn¡¯t angry anymore. If hubby is angry, then I¡¯m unworthy of going


    home.¡±


    ¡°Get out of the car, I¡¯m not angry anymore.¡± Edward¡¯s tone softened to coax Susan. But after Susan got


    out and walked a couple of steps, she couldn¡¯t walk any further.


    Edward was walking in front and when he noticed that Susan didn¡¯t catch up to him, he turned around


    and asked Susan, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±


    As soon as he said that, he realized that Susan was holding tightly onto her dress which was a simple


    evening gown. It was torn apart by him and even if she held onto it, the dress will slip off as soon as


    she walked. Edward looked at Susan, walked over, and covered her with his jacket. Thereafter he


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    carried Susan in his arms.


    Susan was very obedient in Edward¡¯s embrace. When Edward ced her in the bedroom, she


    changed into her nightgown and waited for him in the room. After Edward washed up, she quickly


    showered and then snuggled into Edward¡¯s embrace. She was particrly obedient and both Edward


    and Susan didn¡¯t mention anything regarding Jarvis. Susan was exhausted and fell asleep very quickly


    in Edward¡¯s arms.


    The next morning, Susan was woken up by the phone. She looked at the name disyed and frowned.


    She called out softly, ¡°Hubby, your call, it¡¯s Vanessa.¡±


    She could only hear the water running from the shower and Edward did not respond.


    Susan didn¡¯t take the phone to Edward but just allowed the phone to ring. The phone rang until it was


    cut off automatically and then it rang again as if the caller will not give up until it was answered.


    Susan wanted to continue to sleep and had no choice but to take the phone to the bathroom. She


    yelled again, ¡°Hubby, your call, it¡¯s Vanessa.¡±


    ¡°Answer for me,¡± Edward said from the bathroom.


    Susan thought that she had heard wrongly¡­ He wanted her to answer the call. But what was her


    status, and what was Vanessa¡¯s status¡­ for her to answer the call? How awkward was this


    rtionship? That¡¯s why she didn¡¯t answer but only switched it to silent mode and ced it on the


    bedside table.


    After a while, the water in the bathroom stopped and Edward walked out of the bathroom. He used the


    towel to dry his dripping wet hair and the water beads ran down his body. She looked at Edward in a


    daze as he was in good physical shape.


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to wipe me down?¡± Edward looked at the infatuated look on Susan and teased her.


    Susan swallowed her saliva and took a towel over to him. She also took along Edward¡¯s cell phone and


    handed it to him.


    ¡°Hubby, return Ms. Murray¡¯s message. I¡¯ll wipe you dry.¡±


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you answer the call for me?¡± Edward had never kept anything from Susan whether it was


    work or personal matters.


    Susan helped to wipe Edward¡¯s body and said, ¡°Ms. Murray doesn¡¯t know that I¡¯m your wife that¡¯s why


    it¡¯s inconvenient for me to answer the call.¡±


    Edwardughed, ¡°Then do you wish that she knows?¡±


    ¡°We will divorce in five months. I think it¡¯s better not to tell her. Then I¡¯ll be able to maintain my identity.¡±


    After saying Susan pressed Edward to return Vanessa¡¯s call.


    Because they were very close, Susan could hear every word that Edward and Vanessa said.


    Vanessa was extremely tender, ¡°Edward, I have an event near your office. Shall we have lunch


    together?¡±


    ¡°Okay,¡± Edward replied.


    ¡°Then¡­ I¡¯m near to your house now, can you take me to the event location?¡± Vanessa hesitated and


    then asked.


    Edward hesitated when he heard this and looked at Susan. He realized that Susan didn¡¯t appear to be


    listening to his conversation and had been ying with her phone after drying him up.


    Edward pondered for a moment and then answered, ¡°Okay.¡±


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll wait for you.¡± Vanessa sounded very happy when Edward agreed.


    After the call ended, she rushed to the bathroom to shower and then put on her makeup.


    In fact, she already had her ns when she moved to a ce nearby to where Edward lived. When


    she spoke to Edward, he didn¡¯t seem surprised and that meant that there weren¡¯t any issues with ¡­


    Edward ended the call and then looked at Susan. He threw a bunch of keys to Susan and said,


    ¡°Choose a car in the garage.¡±


    Susan looked at the car keys and then started to y the game on her cell phone and then answered,


    ¡°Hubby can go and pick up Ms. Murray. You don¡¯t have to worry about me. I¡¯ll goter and I want to go


    to Tina¡¯s ce for a while.¡±


    Edward put on his clothes, didn¡¯t look back, and then replied, ¡°Okay.¡± Edward left after saying.


    After Susan saw Edward leaving, she changed into something casual and also left. She went to the


    convenience store to buy some snacks for kids and went directly to Tina¡¯s house.


    Before the door was opened, she could hear a baby voice, ¡°Godmother, Mama is here to see me. I¡¯m


    going to open the door.¡±


    ¡°No. You must ask clearly who the person is before opening the door. What if it¡¯s a bad person?¡±


    ¡°Okay, I will ask.¡± Then Susan heard an infant girl¡¯s voice, ¡°Who is it outside? Are you a baddie?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Looks like Tina wasted her time educating her to be careful. Ruby wasn¡¯t that smart after all.


    ¡°Then do you think mommy is a bad person?¡± Susanughed as she replied.


    ¡°No!¡± Ruby was very happy and shouted, ¡°Godmother, open the door. It¡¯s Mama and not a baddie.¡±


    Tina opened the door and immediately Ruby rushed out and dived into Susan¡¯s embrace and stepped


    on Susan and said, ¡°Mama, I miss you!¡±


    Susan carried Ruby into the house and ced her on the sofa. She took out the snacks from the bag


    and said, ¡°Ruby, have you been a good girl?¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡± Ruby looked at Susan with her big round eyes and answered adorably.

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    Chapter 18 Then Aren¡¯t You Jealous?


    Susan reached out to grab Ruby into her embrace, kissed her, and said, ¡°Okay, then you take the


    snacks to your room and I¡¯ll speak to your godmother for a while.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Ruby grip a bottle of yogurt in her mouth, grabbed the snacks, and skipped towards her room


    with the snacks.


    Once Ruby was inside her room, Susan sat on the sofa, sighed, and rxed.


    ¡°Here you go, have a drink.¡± Tina gave Susan a ss of freshly squeezed orange juice and said to her,


    ¡°Why are you here during office hours? This isn¡¯t like you. Aren¡¯t you worried that Edward will find out?¡±


    ¡°Edward went to meet his true love.¡± Susan took a sip of the juice, looked at Tina, and then sighed


    again.


    Tina looked at Susan with disdain, ¡°Then aren¡¯t you jealous?¡±


    Susan rolled her eyes at Tina and took another sip of the juice, ¡°What right do I have to be jealous? I


    can¡¯t even handle my own matters now.¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Tina frowned at Susan.


    Susan appeared helpless, ¡°Jarvis is Ruben¡¯s son and Edward is Ruben¡¯s younger brother. Do you


    understand such a rtionship?¡± After Susan said this, she looked like she had lost all hope in life.


    Tina was eating lychee and almost swallowed the pit. She quickly spitted it out and said to Susan, ¡°Ha


    ha ha, Susan, you¡­ haha¡­ then what do you intend to do?¡± Tina had not met Edward and seen his


    character but she had heard of it.


    As for Jarvis, Tina had seen and guessed that he must be an iplete version of Edward.


    Susan looked helplessly at Tina, ¡°What can I do?¡± After saying this, Susan¡¯s phone rang and Susan


    took a look at it. It was an unknown number and she quickly answered it.


    Jarvis¡¯s voice came over the phone, ¡°Where are you?¡± He went straight to the point.


    Susan didn¡¯t know how to face Jarvis. She straight away ended the call without giving it a thought. She


    thought that Jarvis would call again but he didn¡¯t.


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    Just as Susan thought that Jarvis had given up, she received another call and this was from a


    renowned private hospital which Susan had once considered sending her mother there. Unfortunately,


    the costs were exorbitant and hence she didn¡¯t.


    She frowned and hesitated but answered the call, ¡°Hello?¡±


    Susan frowned as the caller said, ¡°Hi, Ms. White, I¡¯m Troy Morton of Grace Hospital.¡±


    ¡°How do you do? Mr. Morton?¡± Susan felt strange from Troy¡¯s tone but answered very politely.


    ¡°Ms. White, a few years ago I noticed the results of your medical thesis. May I ask where are you


    working now? Are you interested in working at our hospital?¡±


    What he said shocked Susan. She had always wanted to work at a hospital again but previously all the


    hospitals had rejected her due to the rumors spread by Kendra.


    She had continued to study over these years except that she had never harbored the hope of working


    in a hospital again.


    ¡°Did¡­ did you make a mistake?¡± Susan couldn¡¯t believe what she just heard and asked but Mr. Morton


    sounded very sincere, ¡°No, I¡¯m sure of this. I would like to invite you to work at my hospital. I had


    previously seen some thesis by you and you have some interesting views on the heart and brain.¡±


    Once he said these, Susan was absolutely dumbfounded.


    It was real!


    ¡°I¡­¡± Of course, she was willing! Susan could never dream of having such an opportunity!


    ¡°Are you avable? You cane to our hospital for a visit first.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Mr. Morton¡¯s reputation was very good in the medical field and he was very senior in age. Even


    if it wasn¡¯t for work, she should visit him out of respect.


    After Susan ended the call, she looked at Tina nervously.


    ¡°What happened?¡± Tina could see that Susan was nervous and asked. Susan rted to Tina what had


    just happened and Tina was particrly excited.


    ¡°Go! Haven¡¯t you always wanted such an opportunity? Go go go!¡± Tina immediately encouraged her.


    Susan wanted to mention her doubts but Tina already pushed Susan to get up, ¡°If you want to enter


    this field again, then this is the best opportunity. Hurry up, I¡¯ll call for the babysitter toe over to look


    after Ruby. I¡¯ll go with you.¡±


    Tina noticed Susan¡¯s hesitation and said, ¡°What are you waiting for? Let¡¯s go. What will you survive on


    after your divorce? If Edward really has a true love, once you divorce do you think that you can


    continue to work as his secretary?¡±


    Of course not. Tina was right. Susan already knew that she would not be anywhere close to Edward


    after the divorce. After Tina¡¯s reminder, she knew for sure that she couldn¡¯t remain as his secretary. If


    that was the case, she could only go to work at a smallpany and in that case, she will not be able


    to provide for Ruby and herself.


    Susan looked at Tina and said, ¡°Okay, you don¡¯t have to go with me, I¡¯ll go by myself.¡± After saying this,


    Susan said farewell to Tina and left.


    She took a taxi directly to the Grace Hospital and then contacted Mr. Morton. It was Mr. Morton who


    came out personally to receive Susan.


    Susan went with Mr. Morton to his office to chat. Susan did not have any experience with doing hospital


    rounds to assess patients and so he suggested for her to start at the outpatient ward and also do some


    rounds assessing the patients. Her sry was higher than those in the same field but was ording to


    the norm at the Grace Hospital.


    Mr. Morton seemed to be very professional and impressed with Susan and she agreed to work at the


    hospital. This had definitely addressed her immediate concerns especially when she was about to


    divorce Edward and needed to look for another job.


    Except that Susan could not start immediately at the Grace Hospital. She needed to exin to Edward


    and ease the transition. Hence, Susan set the date ofmencement to be a fortnightter while she


    used this time to resign from Edward¡¯spany.


    Susan gave Edward a call when she left Grace Hospital.


    Edward sounded casual, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±


    ¡°Where are you, is it convenient for me to look for you?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m in the office.¡± Edward hung up the call after telling Susan where he was.


    Susan felt that if Edward was at his office, then he should be alone and Vanessa shouldn¡¯t be there.


    However, once Susan arrived at his office, she saw Vanessa once she opened the door.

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    Chapter 19 Can You Bear To Leave Me?


    Vanessa was very close to Edward as they sat on the sofa. She even smiled at Susan which made


    Susan feel very ufortable.


    Edward looked at Susan and then turned to Vanessa, ¡°I¡¯ll have the driver send you back.¡±


    Vanessa was unwilling to leave but looked at Edward and leaned over to kiss him and left.


    After Vanessa left, Susan unconsciously smiled. Edward sat on his chair and looked at Susan sternly


    and asked, ¡°Why are you smiling?¡±


    ¡°I suddenly realize why Mr. Ford likes Ms. Vanessa.¡± Susan stopped smiling and replied formally.


    Edward frowned when he heard her, ¡°You called me Mr. Ford?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll address you as Mr. Ford because I have something official to discuss with you.¡± Susan smiled


    gently and walked towards Edward and looked at him. She looked very determined.


    Edward suppressed his frustration and said, ¡°Okay, go ahead.¡±


    ¡°I wish toplete my resignation in half a month. Our divorce can also be brought forward. May I ask


    if it¡¯s possible?¡±


    ¡°Oh? Why?¡±


    Edward was suppressing his feelings and he looked at Susan while sizing her up.


    ¡°Because¡­ I don¡¯t wish to work here after our divorce. I will feel very ufortable. But if I leave here,


    I think no one in the industry would dare to utilize someone who was once your secretary.¡± Susan said


    officially and stated directly and formally.


    Edward drummed his fingers on his desk and stared at Susan, ¡°Continue.¡±


    ¡°I found a new job and it is one that I¡¯m very interested in. It is a rare opportunity which is why I wish to


    After not getting any answer from Edward when she said formally, she tried to ask him coyly, ¡°Hubby,


    can I?¡±


    Edward stood up and walked slowly towards Susan and lifted her chin to look directly into her eyes. He


    stared at her for a while before asking, ¡°Can you bear to leave me?¡±


    ¡°How about you? Hubby?¡± Susan blinked, looked at Edward, and asked.


    Edward grinned, ¡°Okay, submit your resignation and start to look for a secretary for me.¡±


    After saying this, he released Susan and sat back into his chair. Susan acknowledged, smiled at


    Edward, and left the office. Except at the moment when she closed the door, not only did she not feel


    rxed, but she felt difficulty in breathing. But what was she ufortable with?


    It was because when she asked if Edward was unwilling to leave her, his reaction seemed to indicate


    that he was willing to let her go.


    It appeared that her presence had no effect on Edward.


    When Susan thought about her emotions, she quickly dismissed her feelings. She couldn¡¯t feel that


    way! There was no real affection between her and Edward.


    Within an hour of sitting at her table, she saw Edwarding out of his office and left thepany


    with his jacket.


    After Edward left, the secretaries quickly confirmed his departure and then began to gossip.


    ¡°Wow, that Vanessa really knows how to capture Mr. Ford¡¯s heart. She keepsing to visit him. I¡¯ve


    also never seen Mr. Ford being so attentive to a woman.¡±


    ¡°What do you think Vanessa uses to sustain his affection for so long?¡±


    ¡°Must be her skills in bed!¡±


    Susan normally won¡¯t bother about what these people gossip but she quickly turned to see the person


    who said: ¡°skills in bed¡±.


    It was a secretary who loved to monitor the news about celebrities.


    After she said this, another secretary added, ¡°Skills in bed? You speak as if you had seen them in bed.¡±


    That secretary said like she was very familiar with it, ¡°Really, I¡¯m not lying. When Vanessa started in


    this entertainment industry, this kind of woman is willing to do anything.¡±


    ¡°Furthermore¡­¡±


    This secretary leaned closer and said, ¡°Just look at how she pretends to be pure and innocent. The


    more this kind of woman pretends, the dirtier she is and men love that.¡±


    Susan turned and looked at the secretary and asked curiously, ¡°Then did Mr. Ford love her in the


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    past?¡± Even she didn¡¯t know how she could ask this question.


    ¡°Yes. I remember that it was in the tabloids. When she was starting out, Mr. Ford spent a lot of money


    to support her and sponsored her to recraft her image. It was a pity that they did not marry in the end


    and Mr. Ford married someone else.¡±


    ¡°Why did he marry someone else?¡± The others became engrossed and asked curiously.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know the details. I¡¯m sure Mrs. Ford is someone important in the industry. Otherwise, why


    hasn¡¯t Mrs. Ford been revealed over these years? She seemed to be inexistent. Perhaps due to her


    family background and support, Mr. Ford doesn¡¯t dare to divorce her.¡±


    When she said this, Susan didn¡¯t wish to listen and took her cup and walked to the pantry. There wasn¡¯t


    anything interesting to listen to anyway and she as Mrs. Ford would be divorced soon.


    Under normal circumstances, when Edward left the office in the afternoon, he would return to the office


    at night. Even if he didn¡¯t, he would also give Susan a call.


    But Susan didn¡¯t receive a call after Susan left the office to go home.


    Susan naturally felt that Edward had gone on a date with Vanessa so she decided to go and see Ruby


    again. The home phone rang just as she was about to leave the house. Susan pondered for a while


    and she wasn¡¯t sure who the unknown caller was but she answered the call anyway.


    She said, ¡°Hello,¡± and the caller was Vanessa, ¡°Hi, how are you? I am Vanessa. Are you Edward¡¯s


    wife? Can I visit you at your house? I wish to chat with you.¡±


    When Susan heard this, she didn¡¯t wait for Vanessa to speak and immediately hung up the call. She


    definitely couldn¡¯t say if Vanessa could or couldn¡¯t visit. Vanessa most likely couldn¡¯t identify her voice


    from a hello but if she was to say more, perhaps Vanessa would be able to tell who she was.


    But when she thought about how she found out Edward¡¯s home number in just a few days, she


    pondered a while and quickly closed the curtains around the house.

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    Chapter 20 I¡¯ll Undress Myself, You Hold Onto It!


    Was Vanessa insane? Why would she look for her at the house?


    As Susanid in her bed, she felt as though she was transparent. She didn¡¯t even dare to look outside.


    She cleaned herself like she was guilty of something and then went to bed. Edward did note back


    for the night.


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    At daybreak, Susan heard someone entering the house after she washed up. Edward was home but he


    didn¡¯te home on his own. He was carried on the shoulders by Scott and was obviously drunk.


    ¡°Why did he drink so much?¡± Susan looked bewildered at Edward.


    Scott signaled that he didn¡¯t know and after a while, ced Edward onto the bed and said, ¡°Perhaps he


    was heartbroken.¡±


    What he said stumped Susan and she didn¡¯t know how to respond. She didn¡¯t break Edward¡¯s heart


    since they had never been in love. Then¡­ could Vanessa be the cause of his sadness? No wonder


    Vanessa looked for herst night.


    Scott stretched himself and yawned after cing Edward in the bed and said, ¡°I¡¯m exhausted after


    drinking with Edward. I¡¯ll go back now.¡± Scott left after he said.


    Susan returned to the bedroom and saw Edward stumbling to his feet and looked as if he was heading


    to the bathroom.


    ¡°Hubby, what do you want?¡± Susan quickly supported Edward.


    Edward looked at Susan and said, ¡°Shower.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Susan was stunned and replied, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll go with you.¡±


    She couldn¡¯t bear to see Edward stumble to the bathroom and was worried that he would fall over.


    When they reached the bathroom, just as she turned on the faucet and positioned Edward in, he


    grabbed Susan into the shower, and before she could react, he started to kiss her voraciously.


    There was alcohol in his breath but his actions were not that of someone drunk. He even adjusted the


    hot water by himself. Before long, they were all wet.


    ¡°Behave! Don¡¯t struggle.¡± She managed to struggle out of Edward¡¯s clutches and wiped the water from


    her face and prevented Edward from advancing towards her.


    Edward frowned as he looked at her and took out his phone from his pocket. Susan was startled. She


    saw Edward ce his phone on the cab and continued to drench himself with his clothes on.


    Susan¡¯s clothes were also wet at this point.


    She wanted to walk over to remove Edward¡¯s clothes so that he would be morefortable but just as


    she undid a button, his phone began to ring.


    The phone was still working even when it was soaked with water. Susan frown but didn¡¯t see who the


    caller was and Edward had already canceled the call. The phone rang again and Edward canceled the


    call once again. In the end, the phone stopped ringing.


    Susan continued, ¡°Why did you drink so much? Come, let¡¯s take off the clothes.¡± Susan coaxed


    Edward.


    Edward looked at Susan with his attractive eyes. Although he was drunk, he looked overbearing.


    ¡°No!¡± After a while, his eyes started to narrow.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you feel ufortable to be in the shower with your clothes?¡± Susan tried to reason with


    Edward.


    ¡°Okay, undress me.¡± Edwardpromised and Susan moved forward to undress him. Before she


    could touch him, he grabbed her hand and said, ¡°Use your mouth.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Edward closed his eyes as if he was waiting.


    Susan clenched her teeth and said, ¡°Okay.¡±


    Since he had closed his eyes, he wouldn¡¯t know if she was using her mouth. She tried to use her hand


    again and nothing happened. She managed to undo the rest of the buttons.


    Susan began to undo his trousers when Edward opened his eyes and startled Susan. Edward said, ¡°I¡¯ll


    undress myself, you hold onto it.¡±


    As he said that, he gave her his hand. Susan was puzzled ¡­ what did he mean by holding onto his


    hand? But she did as she was told.


    Edward took off his clothes and fell asleep.


    Susan used a lot of effort to drag Edward out of the bathroom and ced him onto the bed. She


    covered him with the nket and made sure he was alright. She took another shower before going to


    work.


    Because Edward was asleep, Susan had to take the subway to go to work. She waste when she


    arrived at thepany. As soon as she entered the office, she saw the others looking intently at her.


    Once she was at her table, she couldn¡¯t resist and asked, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±


    In the end, a junior secretary blushed and hesitated for a moment before saying, ¡°I¡¯ll y a recording


    for you.¡±


    Susan heard a very familiar voice and which was her own.


    ¡°Why did you drink so much? Come, let¡¯s take off the clothes.¡±


    ¡°No!¡± It was Edward¡¯s voice.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you feel ufortable to be in the shower with your clothes?¡±


    ¡°Okay, undress me.¡±


    ¡°Use your mouth.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll undress myself, you hold onto it.¡± Susan felt that this sentence was very suggestive and blushed


    immediately.


    Everyone started to look at her as if waiting for her to confirm if this was true. Although there weren¡¯t


    any images, the conversation was extremely suggestive.


    ¡°So, Ms. Murray, you undressed Mr. Ford with your mouth?¡± What skill¡­ A secretary who was rather


    close to Susan asked.


    Susan clenched her teeth and denied, ¡°No no no, it¡¯s a misunderstanding.¡± But now she wasn¡¯t able to


    exin away any misunderstandings.


    ¡°Then in the end when he said, you hold onto it. What did you hold? Mr. Ford¡¯s¡­¡±


    ¡°Hand!¡± Susan was quick to exin this.


    ¡°How could that be?¡± Everyone in the office erupted and said together, ¡°In the recording, you guys had


    already taken off your clothes, you definitely were holding onto¡­ Mr. Ford¡¯s ¡­ that thing¡­, you know!¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    What was happening? Susan was unable to exin anything and wished that there was a hole for her


    to crawl into!


    Susan clenched her teeth and said again, ¡°No, it was his hand.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay, we know you are definitely embarrassed. It¡¯s actually alright!¡±


    ¡°How did you get this recording?¡± Susan wanted to exin further but she quickly calmed down. There


    was no time to exin but should quickly erase the recording and prevent more people from hearing it!


    ¡°It¡¯s on Weibo! It had gone viral! Mr. Ford has always been a celebrity!¡±


    Susan was shocked and quickly went onto Weibo.


    What they said was true!


    The shares and thements had exceeded hundreds of millions¡­ what was terrifying was the


    person who posted it was¡­ Scott!

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    Chapter 21 Seductive Little Bitch


    Susan was going crazy.


    What should she do? She saw Scott''s name, but she never saved his number before!


    She saw the curious expressions of her colleagues, got up and wanted to hide into Edward''s office, she


    had to call Edward to deal with Scott.


    But, she just exited her own office area and didn''t even get as far as Edward''s, when she heard steps.


    "Sorry, Sir, you cannot enter..."


    Susan turned around, a tall person was standing right in front of her, Susan recognized him as Jarvis,


    and her expression darkened.


    Was this situation not messed up enough?


    "What are you... ! Jarvis, put me down!"


    Susan didn''t even finish her sentence before Jarvis picked her up, and carried her outside without


    paying attention to her struggles.


    Susan kept hitting Jarvis on his shoulders, but nothing worked, until Jarvis was downstairs and had


    shoved her into his car, he finally looked at her angrily.


    "Exin."


    He only said one word to her, but Susan didn''t understand what he wanted.


    "Exin what?"


    Susan looked at Jarvis confused, but he just said coldly, "Are you that horny?"


    When she heard that, she finally understood the connection to what happened today, Susan knew what


    Jarvis was asking her.


    "There is nothing, you know the rtionship between Edward and me."


    Susan pretended as if she didn''t care, and looked at Jarvis while she answered him.


    Jarvis looked as if he was ready to peel off Susan''s skin in that moment.


    "Susan!"


    Jarvis looked more controlled after a while, he bit his teeth, and called out her name.


    "Why are you like this now?"


    Susan looked up at stared into his eyes, she pretended not to understand, "What do you mean? That I


    said I would marry Edward? Or that I became so lustful?"


    Susan didn''t even know how she said that word out loud.


    Jarvis snorted.


    "Me and Edward are legally married, I don''t think that is lustful. If you have nothing else to say, I will get


    out now, I still need to take care of some family stuff."


    As she said so, Susan opened the door, but Jarvis grabbed her hand, and pulled her close to kiss her.


    Susan struggled without any effect.


    Then she got so anxious that she identally bit Jarvis lips.


    Even then he still didn''t let go of her, but he was still staring at her, eyes filled with anger.


    In that moment, his phone rang.


    He took his mobile and looked at the name, then he hung up the call.


    But right after, it started to ring again.


    Jarvis hung up again.


    From her seat, Susan could see the name on his phone, Lucy.


    After declining her call uncountable times, Lucy stopped trying, but then it was Kendra''s turn.


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    It was very obvious that Jarvis didn''t want to pick it up, but after the third time of Kendra calling him, he


    finally did pick up.


    Susan was so close to him, that she could hear what Kendra said on the phone.


    She said, "We made an appointment with the Hawkins family, don''t forget to pick Lucy after work."


    When Susan heard that, she couldn''t help but to smile, it was kind of funny to her.


    Didn''t this mean that Jarvis had a new girlfriend? Why was he still not leaving her alone then?


    "Yeah."


    Jarvis hung up the call after saying that.


    Susan looked at him with a scornful expression, then she opened the door again and got out.


    Jarvis immediately got out of the car as well and followed her, he pulled her hand from behind, "Wait."


    "You already have another girlfriend, stop pretending as if you are still hanging onto me."


    Susan looked at Jarvis, her voice filled with disdain.


    She thought he was still having those feelings, but that was not the case.


    Jarvis knitted his brows, and looked at Susan, "That is arranged, she is introduced by my family, I can''t


    deny seeing her."


    "You should find a woman and start a family."


    Susan said disdainfully.


    "But the only person I want to start a family with is you!"


    "Oh."


    As soon as she heard him say that, she snorted andughed in response.


    "I can decline the blind date tonight, but you need toe back to me."


    When Jarvis said this, Susan felt a headache.


    "Whatever you choose to do, that is your own decision, it''s none of my business."


    ¡°As for your feelings, the only one could be responsible is none but you, never ever expect anyone to


    undertake you anything.¡±


    Once she finish her sentence, she turned and left without looking back cause she didn¡¯t want to face


    him anymore.


    She was afraid that she would get everything off her chest that she had been holding back all these


    years, if she had to face Jarvis again.


    She would ask him why he left without saying goodbye.


    She would tell him to ask Kendra why she framed her.


    She didn''t know if Jarvis would go through all this drama for her, but all of this had hurt her.


    She was afraid someone would find out about her past, and reveal it to Edward.


    She was afraid someone would find out about Ruby''s existence...


    All she wanted was to live her life, to take care of the people and things she cared about.


    "Okay."


    Jarvis suddenly said behind Susan, "Be responsible to your own feelings."


    When he said that, he turned and got into his car.


    Then he stepped onto the gas, and drove away.


    Susan stared at Jarvis'' car, she didn''t move, just kept staring for a long time.


    Then she heard a voice behind her, "Very interesting, very interesting, why don''t you just ept him?"


    Susan turned around when she heard that voice, it came from Vanessa.


    Vanessa took off her shades, and showed her whole face, she was only wearing light make up, but for


    some reason Susan thought she looked more aggressive that way.


    "Ms. White, Jarvis is the grandson of the old master Ford, he is a member of Ford family, you will be


    more wealthy if you manage to sleep with Jarvis rather than Edward."


    Vanessa was staring at Susan, she opened her mouth and spoke softly, but it make her ufortable.


    She was polite when she talked to Susan in the past.


    "Ms. Murray, you must be here for Mr. Ford, but he is off duty today."


    Susan didn''t reply to Vanessa''s question, and got back to her work attitude.


    "I am not here for Edward, I am here for you. Ms. White, you are openly seducing Edward, aren''t you


    afraid Mrs. Ford will find out?"


    "You should know about me and Edward, then you should also know that he loves me... why still make


    sacrifices that don''t matter?"


    So... Vanessa thought she was the little bitch that was seducing Edward!

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    Chapter 22 Hug Tight


    Susan raised her head and looked at Vanessa in all seriousness, then she smiled professionally.


    She nodded to Vanessa, and said, "Yes, I know the rtionship between Ms. Murray and Mr. Ford, I


    also know that he loves you. But if I tell you that nothing happened with him and mest night, you


    wouldn''t believe me. So you just keep holding on to your feelings with Mr. Ford, me sleeping with him is


    of no use, you don''t have to worry."


    Susan pulled her clothes straight, and nodded towards Vanessa again, then she went towards the


    elevators.


    She was his legal wife, no matter if he loved her or not, she was namely mentioned as his wife on the


    legal family rtion papers.


    But Vanessa was not going to let her go so easily, she went after Susan, and reached out a hand to


    stop her.


    Susan subconsciously pulled her hand back and waved her off.


    Vanessa was now a little angry, she pped Susan across her face.


    Susan was startled, then she turned to look at Vanessa for a long time, and pped her back.


    Susan controlled her strength, she knew she didn''t p her as hard as Vanessa did to her, but still


    there were red marks on Vanessa''s light skin.


    "You are seducing other men, and you dare to p me?"


    Vanessa held her face with one hand while staring at Susan, anger filled her eyes.


    Susan was very calm now.


    "Ms. Murray,ing from the point of love, I will ept your p because you have misunderstood me


    as trying to win over your man."


    "And my p was from the point of morals, I hope that you have some self dignity."


    Susan said all that without any emotions in her voice.


    "You! Who the hell are you!"


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    Vanessa yelled out loud.


    "I am simply Mrs. Ford, I wonder if that is enough to do so."


    When Susan said that, she didn''t waste more time on Vanessa.


    She straightened her hair, and went towards the elevators.


    But, when she arrived in front of the elevators, she received a call from Tina, she was very anxious, "I


    need to go to Z City for a meeting, but Ruby is having a fever. You need toe to the hospital!"


    "Okay."


    Susan didn''t even think about it before she went outside, she waved a taxi and went straight to Tina''s


    hospital.


    When she came into Ruby''s ward, she was fighting with the child next to her bed.


    "You have no father!"


    Ruby was red in her face from all the fighting, her tears running down her cheeks.


    When Susan saw all that, she went forward to take Ruby into her arms, about to take her outside.


    She didn''t get far, when she saw Tinae towards her, she looked at Ruby, and said, "Ruby, why are


    you fighting again? I have just paid the fees for you."


    Susan shook her head, and looked at the time, she patted Tina on her shoulder, "Go, you''ll bete."


    Tina was still worried and looked at Susan, she seemed as if she wanted to say something, but then


    she thought about it, turned and left.


    She just said to Susan to take care of herself.


    Only when Tina left, Susan looked for another ce for Ruby to rest, sheid her down on her legs,


    and asked her, "Why did you fight with that other kid?"


    As soon as she mentioned the fight, Ruby tensed up and clenched her little fists.


    She looked very angry!


    "She said that I had no father!"


    "She was showing off her dad in front of me."


    "Then did you tell her you have a mother, and that your mother loves you very much?"


    Ruby''s eyes widened and looked at Susan for a long time, then she answered, "But, why do other kids


    have a father, and I don''t?"


    Faced with that question, Susan didn''t know what to say anymore.


    Ruby was a very sweet child, Susan and Tina surrounded her with so much love, that she never asked


    about her father.


    But now she started asking such questions, which was also because of her going to kindergarten.


    Susan couldn''t make up a lie about her father being dead, so she bit her teeth, and said, "Your father


    went on an adventure in the woods, it will take a long time before hees back."


    "You know there are those big wild animals bullying the small ones, your father went to protect them."


    "Wow!"


    Ruby''s eyes widened, and looked at Susan in disbelief.


    She did not only stop crying, she was even excited now.


    "Mom, so Dad is really cool!"


    "Yeah, that''s right!"


    "But that is a secret, we are not allowed to tell other children, if they tell you again that you have no


    dad, then you can tell them that he is out doing really important things, okay?"


    "Yeah!"


    Just as Susan wasforting Ruby, she received a message on her phone.


    It was from Tina.


    The message said, I am about to board the ne, and suddenly remembered, Ruby keeps mentioning


    her dad these days, have you ever thought about checking the surveince to find that man? Don''t


    need to answer, just think about it.


    Susan stared at that message for a long time, she put the phone back into her pocket, and carried


    Ruby back into her ward.


    ...


    When Edward woke up, his phone rang.


    He took his phone, on the other end of the line was a woman.


    "Hello, is this Mr. Ford? Ms. Murray has been crying ever since she got home, she told me not to tell


    you, but..."


    It was the nanny Edward found to take care of Vanessa, she sounded worried.


    "Okay, I know."


    Edward hung up the phone, washed up, changed his clothes and left quickly.


    When he arrived at Vanessa''s apartment, and entered, the nanny told him in a lowered voice, "Ms.


    Murray was pped by someone when she went out, she is still crying in her bedroom."


    When she heard that Vanessa was hit, Edward''s brows knitted even deeper.


    He opened the door to her bedroom, and there she was still crying rivers.


    "What''s wrong?"


    Edward went to her, and asked her to look at him, the marks on her light skin was very obvious.


    "What happened, who did this?"


    Edward stood up immediately and wanted to help her apply some disinfectant.


    But Vanessa hugged him tight, and rested on his chest, holding him.


    "Don''t go, I am scared."


    "Scared of what?"


    Edward sounded gentle.


    "Scared... Edward, I feel I am losing you."


    Vanessa thought for a long time before she said that.


    She had been thinking what his secret wife was like.


    And she was even investigating, but she never thought that Edward''s secretary, Ms. White, was his


    wife!

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    Edward looked at Vanessa, he grabbed some tissues and wiped her tears from the cheeks, then he


    said seriously, "If you keep crying then you might really lose me, you know I care about appearance."


    Edward was trying to make herugh.


    Vanessa thenughed, she wiped her tears away, and sighed, then she looked at Edward with pitiful


    eyes, "Edward, I made a mistake."


    Edward looked at her and asked, "What did you do?"


    "You have to promise to forgive me first."


    Edward had a very soft heart and said to that, "Whatever you did, I will cover for you."


    "I was hit by Ms. White."


    Vanessa bit her lips and looked as if she was in a pickle.


    "Susan?"


    Edward paused and thought, "Why would she hit you?"


    He knew that she wasn''t the person who would just hit others without reasons.


    When Edward asked her about that, Vanessa was a little sad, but she sighed and admitted her


    mistake.


    "Because I started it, I thought she seduced you, but..."


    Vanessa hesitated about the other half of the sentence, she didn''t know how to say it.


    "But... you found out she is my wife?"


    Edward stared at Vanessa for a while, he knew that she had trouble saying it out loud by just looking at


    her expression.


    "Will you me me for hitting her?"


    Vanessa cried even more when she asked that.


    Edward reached out a hand and pulled her into his arms, then he wiped her tears again, "You pped


    her, and she pped you back, and your face is swollen too, it''s okay, don''t cry..."


    "Why did you marry Ms. White?"


    Vanessa looked up with her blurry eyes, she sniffed and asked, "All those years, have you ever had


    feelings for her?"


    "Ms. White is so pretty, and she is kind, she seems so capable..."


    Vanessa asked a whole bunch of questions.


    Edward didn''t know which one to reply first, he just looked at her, frowning.


    Suddenly Vanessa went to hug Edward, she pressed her lips on his, and kissed him with urgency.


    Edward didn''t kiss her back, he just felt her kiss, trying to get into his mouth unsessfully, so she


    gave up in anger.


    Vanessa looked red in the face, and stomped her feet.


    Edward was looking at her, then smiled and said, "You don''t need to worry, we already agreed to get


    divorced."


    Only then, Vanessa finally smiled, she stood on her toes again to kiss him.


    Just as she was about to give herself to him, Edward''s phone rang.


    It was Scott.


    Edward took the call.


    On the other side of the line, Scott''s voice was calm and curious.


    "Hey Edward, do you have a child somewhere out there? If so, take her home!"


    Edward frowned, "If you have nothing important to say, hang up."


    "Hey, hey..."


    Scott was a little anxious, and said quickly, "Is this not important? I am worried about our family! I went


    to the hospital today and saw Susan with a little girl. They looked in harmony, that must be your


    daughter, right?"


    "Gosh, she is already that age..."


    Scott didn''t even finish when Edward cut the line.


    Because Vanessa was so close, she heard everything Scott just said.


    Even though it was not Susan calling, but it was about her.


    "Edward..."


    Vanessa said his name carefully.


    But Edward already went out to grab his coat and said, "Don''t cry no more, eat something, I still have


    things to take care of."


    "Okay."


    Vanessa knew that she couldn''t hold him back, so she agreed.


    The moment Edward went out of the door, she ran to him, and hugged him again.


    She buried her head in his back, and asked, "Are you divorcing her for me?"


    "It was already agreed on when we got married."


    Edward replied.


    Vanessa bit her lips and said, "Edward, thank you for loving me all these years."


    When she said that, she let go of him, allowing him to leave.


    Edward left her with a ¡°hum¡±.


    When Edward sat in his car, he remembered his attitude towards Vanessa, why did he not say yes


    when she asked if he was getting divorced for her?


    Logan didn''t like Vanessa for being in the entertainment business as a actress who made her name by


    sexy, and wanted Edward to find a girl with more education.


    To make him break up with Vanessa, who was abroad at that time, he even used the stock shares to


    bribe him.


    Only if he got married, he would get 51% of thepany''s share.


    At that time, the rtionship between Edward and Vanessa was difficult, she decided to focus on her


    career, and gave up on being with Edward.


    At the same time, Edward found Susan, who was going to get married to him.


    To be exact, when he was with Susan, Vanessa wasn''t even around.


    Only when she was back in the country again, she appeared in his life again.


    ...


    Susan stayed in the hospital for a long time to take care of Ruby, her temperature finally went down,


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    but when she fell asleep, she ng on to Susan''s hand, not allowing her to leave.


    Susan saw that it was already getting dark outside, she hesitated, then called Edward.


    Edward picked up the phone quite fast.


    This was unusual for him, but she still told him straight up, "Edward, I will be taking care of Tina''s


    colleague''s child, they went for a meeting, I won''t be able to go home today."


    She told him the truth about the situation, but not who the child really was.


    "Okay."


    Edward said in a deep voice.


    "Thank you, Ed, kisses."


    Susan obviously sounded happy, she was about to hang up the phone when she suddenly


    remembered the voice recordings fromst night.


    She said hurriedly, "Ed,st night when I was giving you a bath, Scott recorded what I was saying, it


    sounded very ambiguous, and now it''s going viral in the inte."


    "I will take care of it."


    "Thank you, I gotta go."


    But right then, Edward suddenly asked her, "Is your face okay, did Vanessa p you hard?"


    "What?"


    Susan was suddenly rmed.

 Chapter 24 The Truth

    Chapter 24 The Truth


    Susan had no idea how to reply to Edward''s question.


    She touched her right cheek, thought for a while, and said, "So, you already know?"


    "Know what?"


    Susan giggled a little awkwardly, "I... sorry about that."


    For hitting your true love.


    But Susan didn''t say that part out loud, she didn''t know what else she could say.


    Susan was never the person who would hit others, she wouldn''t have pped Vanessa, but for some


    reason, she couldn''t endure it.


    After Susan apologized for her behavior, Edward didn''t say a single word of ming Susan, he only


    said, "Get some cream to apply on your cheek."


    "Okay."


    After saying that, Susan was about to hang up the phone.


    She didn''t get the chance to do so when right in that moment, she heard a childish voice yell out loud,


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    "You are all lying, my dad, he is the king of the forest!"


    "..."


    Susan got so scared that she immediately hung up.


    She turned and went for Ruby, she saw that Ruby had closed her eyes, but her face showed how


    stubborn she was, ready to fight with those children again.


    Susan couldn''t help but tough.


    She reached out her hand and tried to even out the lines on Ruby''s little angry face, then she sent a


    message to Edward, ¡®The child of my colleague was talking in her dream.¡¯


    Edward replied, ¡®No need to exin, I won''t think that you are hiding a child outside.¡¯


    Susan saw it and replied, ¡®Stop it!¡¯


    Edward didn''t answer anymore, so Susan put her phone back in the pocket, then she turned to check


    on Ruby.


    She remembered what Tina told her, should she go and find a father for Ruby?


    As she thought about that, she fell asleep.


    The second day, just as Susan woke up, she took Ruby to wash up, then she put her back on the bed,


    and read a book to her, in that moment, the door to the ward opened.


    A man, a little older than Susan herself, very neatly dressed with a pair of golden framed sses, came


    in, he looked exactly like one would imagine the looks of a doctor.


    He was holding a bouquet in one hand, and a Barbie doll in the other.


    "Excuse me, you are...?"


    Susan looked around, she and Ruby were the only ones in the room in that moment, the other child


    who was therest night had been transferred to a different ward.


    She didn''t recognize this man, so she thought he must have walked to the wrong ward.


    But the man pushed his sses up, and went towards Susan, reaching out a hand to shake with her.


    Susan was perplexed.


    "Hello, you must be Dr. Susan, I am Dr. Bronson Jones."


    "Yeah, I am Susan."


    Susan blinked, and looked at the person standing in front of her.


    "I am a doctor at the children''s hospital, I know Tina from a research meeting."


    "So you are here for Tina?"


    Susan didn''t understand, "Tina is in Z City for a meeting."


    "No, Ms. White, you misunderstood, I am here for you."


    "Me?"


    Susan was even more startled, she didn''t understand what the man was there for.


    The man took his sweet time to exin to her. He pushed his sses up again, and said, "I graduated


    from ZS Medical University with a Masters degree, I am 34 years old, widowed, no kids."


    "Okay..."


    Susan didn''t know what to answer to that.


    She wanted to wait for Bronson to finish saying his speech, but she really didn''t have the patience for


    that, so she bit her teeth, and asked him, "So, why are you here?"


    "Blind date. Do you have something to say to introduce yourself?"


    Bronson looked at her in all seriousness.


    Susan immediately understood when he said that, it was all Tina''s idea!


    "Uhm... I think there must be a misunderstanding."


    Susan hesitated and then said, "I think... I don''t..."


    But before she could exin herself, she heard another sound outside, someone was rushing along


    the hall from afar closer to their ward, it sounded in a hurry.


    The person came towards the room, pushed open the door, and Susan noticed that it was Kendra, but


    right in that moment, she already reached out to p Susan.


    Susan felt immediate pain on her face.


    She was about to hit back, but Kendra''s guard pushed her hand away.


    Kendra then finally said, "I hope you will have some self dignity, are you going to harass Jarvis


    forever?"


    "What do you mean by that, why don''t you ask him who has been harassing who?"


    "Bah, really, I don''t know what you have done for my son to cancel his wedding for you."


    "Let me tell you, Susan, I haven''t allowed you to enter our family before, and now you still don''t have a


    chance, you low life woman!"


    Susan suddenly understood it all. With time, the room was getting busier, and Ruby, who was beside


    her and heard it all, was so scared that she cried.


    Susan didn''t even bother Kendra, she pretended as if Kendra''s words weren''t even about her, turned


    around to hug Ruby, then she calmly went to Bronson.


    "Mr. Jones, can you please take care of this little patient for me, take her out into the yard for a walk."


    Susan has only met Bronson once, but she knew Tina well enough, if she wants to introduce him to


    Susan, that means that she could trust him.


    She was more than happy to have him take care of Ruby.


    Ruby was still crying, but she was a very understanding child, after Susan told her to go with Bronson,


    Ruby did as told. Susan then turned around.


    But this time, as soon as Susan turned around, her face was cold and angry.


    She calmly walked to Kendra, and looked at her as she took her phone to call the reception in the


    "Mr. Ford needs security in the First Hospital, pediatrics ward 301."


    As she said that, she hung up the phone.


    Then she turned to look at Kendra.


    "I am telling you, it won''t help if you call security."


    "Don''t worry about that, you don''t need to be scared, they are not here to beat you up, just to suppress


    you, so we can talk quietly."


    "You!"


    Kendra was so angry that she was trembling all over, about to hit Susan again.


    This time, Susan took a step back, then said, "Since you want to discuss this with me, then let''s do that


    today. But I don''t think just the two of us will be enough..."


    When she said that, Susan took her phone and made another call.


    She said into the phone, "Jarvis, I am in the First Hospital, pediatrics room 301, didn''t you ask me why I


    married Edward? Come here, I will tell you the truth."

 Chapter 25 Have Edward be Rubys Dad

    Chapter 25 Have Edward be Ruby''s Dad


    When Kendra heard what she said, she was about to knock the phone out of Susan''s hand, but it was


    already toote.


    Susan stared at Kendra determinedly, "What do you think about this solution, are you satisfied?"


    "You!"


    Kendra clenched her fists furiously, she could neither leave nor stay.


    She took a deep breath, then stood up straight and looked at Susan, "You don''t need to scare me with


    this, let me tell you, I don''t think it was wrong what I did back then!"


    "Right, you haven''t done anything wrong, so when Jarvis is here, we should tell him the truth, so he will


    stop to run after me!"


    Because Edward''spany was not far from the hospital, it didn''t take long before the security guards


    have surrounded the whole hospital.


    Even Jarvis arrived earlier than expected.


    When Jarvis came, Susan and Kendra were still fighting, and the fight was getting more and more


    heated.


    Kendra was discussing with Susan why she wasn''t a good fit to marry into her family.


    "What have you done to Jarvis, you know best!"


    "Don''t think I will be afraid of you just because you called Jarvis over to exin everything to him!"


    Susan didn''t say a single word, she saw Jarvis from afar as he wasing, her gaze was determined


    as she walked towards him.


    Jarvis didn''t look good, he stared at Kendra and said very coldly, "Mom, what are you doing here?"


    "You heard what your mother said right? Let me tell you, a few years ago, when you left, I tried


    everything to find you. But your mother used my data from my research to kick me out of the medical


    world."


    "And, I do not want to marry you at all right now, you and your mother need to leave me alone!"


    As she said that, Susan turned and walked outside.


    But, her words have shocked Jarvis.


    He stared at Kendra, frowning, and after what seemed to be a very long time, he asked, "Is what Susan


    just said right?"


    He knew Susan, he knew that Susan had the qualifications to be a doctor, it had always been her


    dream, everything she did was for her own mother!


    If someone ruined her career, that meant that they ruined Susan.


    Kendra didn''t look even a little bit guilty, "So what if it is true? So what? She was the one who was


    wrong, she was ill-disposed!"


    Susan heard that, but she didn''t turn back again.


    She went outside, and led the security guards from Edward''spany and asked them to go back,


    then she quickly called Tina to ask for Bronson''s number. She called him and asked where he was,


    then she went over to pick up Ruby.


    Susan took Ruby back to the hospital, and sign her dismissal papers, then, she took Ruby back home.


    She didn''t know what happened between Jarvis and Kendra, what Jarvis would find out, but that didn''t


    matter to her anymore.


    Susan never wanted to expose the truth, but it didn''t matter, now she was fully at ease with it.


    When she got home and arranged everything for Ruby, she received a call from Jarvis.


    Susan hesitated, she didn''t want to take the call.


    But Jarvis would keep calling her until she did, so she had no other way.


    She took her phone, hesitated for a little, then picked the call.


    "Yeah?"


    "I want to talk to you."


    "About what?"


    Susan was very calm.


    "I am sorry."


    She didn''t expect him to apologize to her after she said those words.


    "I apologize on behalf of my mother for her behavior, but I still want to see you, I want you to give me a


    chance."


    Susan held on to her phone tight, after a while, she said, "I don''t think that''s necessary."


    Then, she hung up the phone.


    Ruby came towards Susan, and reached out to hand Susan a yogurt, then she said, "Mom, have a


    yogurt!"


    Susan looked down, and picked Ruby up, she gave Ruby back the yogurt and smiled softly, "You


    should have it, I don''t want any yet."


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    "Mom, you''ll feel better."


    Ruby blinked with her big eyes, and told Susan.


    Susan suddenlyughed, she felt her heart melt.


    She kissed Ruby on the cheek, and sat down with Ruby for a while.


    She didn''t know who the man was, and she was pushed in a corner by Kendra. Susan had thought


    about abortion, but she was reluctant to do it.


    Other children cried when they were born, but Ruby came into this world smiling.


    Not only the nurses in the birth ward were joyful to see her, even Susan thought it was worth having


    this baby.


    Ruby was always a good kid, she never cried for no reason, and was so sweet, Susan felt as if Ruby


    was an angel from heaven, sent to save her.


    Susan was still ying with Ruby, when she received another call.


    She took the phone, and picked up. It was Tina, who was excited, "Hey, how is the guy I introduced to


    you?"


    "Stop that, please don''t do that again, I thank you very much."


    Susan declined.


    Tina felt that it was very unfortunate, "Dr. Jones is a good person, you can''tpare him to either


    Edward or Jarvis, but at least he doesn''t have aplicated background."


    That was true.


    But that left Susan a little helpless, she didn''t know how to reply to that.


    Then she sighed, "But I am a veryplicated person, I don''t deserve him. Please don''t ever put me


    on blind dates again."


    "Oh by the way!"


    Suddenly, Tina remembered something, and said to Susan, "You know you should think about Edward


    being Ruby''s dad, then you don''t have to get divorced anymore."


    "What!"


    Good that Susan wasn''t drinking water, "I don''t think so, I can''t even keep my position as Mrs. Ford."


    "Do you have something else? If not, I''ll hang up."


    Susan was about to hang up, but then Tina said something else.


    "By the way, I called to tell you something serious."


    "What is it?"


    Susan asked.


    "It is Children''s Day in three days, Ruby has a performance, I won''t be able to make it, but you have to


    attend."


    "Okay, I know."


    Susan replied, and then hung up this time.


    But, not long after she hung up the phone, Edward sent her a message, which scared her so much that


    she almost dropped her phone.


    Edward sent three pictures, one was when Bronson went to see her for the blind date, one was when


    Kendra came to fight with her, and another one was when Jarvis arrived to fight with Kendra.

 Chapter 26 Agreement Game

    Chapter 26 Agreement Game


    Susan seriously looked at the three photos for several times, after seeing those, she wanted to reply to


    Edward... But then she realized that she was unconsciously trembling when she touched the screen.


    She instinctively retracted her hand, hesitated, deleted "What''s wrong, Honey?" and just sent a single


    question mark instead.


    But after she sent it, she didn''t receive any reply from Edward.


    During that period, Susan was very anxious.


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    After so long, she finally received Edward''s reply, "I want to go home for dinner tonight."


    "Okay, Honey, I''ll be waiting for you." Susan replied him almost immediately.


    Then, Susan quickly turned around and kissed Ruby, "I''ll let nannye over to look after you,


    Mommy has something to do at night."


    Ruby nodded obediently, "Mom, are you going to work?"


    "Yeah." Susan nodded, "Mommy must work hard to buy you delicious foods."


    "Yeah, Mommy works hard and I also study hard." Ruby was very supportive and understanding about


    Susan''s work, Susan didn''t know either how she educated Ruby well, as if Ruby had just learnt it


    herself.


    After she arranged things for Ruby, she quickly returned to Edward''s vi and waited for him. She


    already bought some vegetables and materials to make some home-cooked meals. When she nearly


    finished cooking, Edward was back home.


    Edward entered the door and Susan helped him with his jacket¡­ Then after he washed his hands, she


    put a bowl of rice and the dishes in front of him.


    Edward preferred green vegetables and he didn''t really like chicken. The dishes Susan cooked were


    mainly made of green vegetables.


    She thought that after Edward was back, he would eat with her while asking about the photos, but


    Edward said nothing even after a long time.


    Susan could only eat while anxiously waiting for him to say something.


    In the end, he just ate the egg prawn while frowning as he indifferently praised, "The dishes today are


    delicious."


    "I''m d that you like it, Honey." Susan said that but she still felt anxious at heart.


    Edward took a bite of kale and praised it again without lifting his head, "The kale is also very tasty."


    "I''m d that you like it, Honey." Susan once again responded to Edward.


    When Edward kept eating the other dishes, Susan couldn''t help gulping and hesitating, "Honey, do you


    have something to say to me?"


    "I''ve been continuously talking to you, right?" Edward asked her back, his mood was unclear that


    Susan shivered when she heard that.


    "About my personal matter." Susan said.


    He sent her three photos, and he didn''t have something to ask her?


    "I don''t ask about personal things." Edward put the tableware down and wiped his mouth elegantly after


    saying that, he must be full already.


    But it made Susan felt more restless, she hesitated but she still walked to Edward and poured him a


    ss of water as she exined, "Honey, about what happened at the hospital today..."


    "Next time, don''t go to a blind date with such an ugly guy." Edward just said that before Susan could


    finish her exnation.


    "Okay."


    "Next time if you have any other conflicts, you must hit them first. No one can bully my woman." he was


    probably talking about Susan and Kendra''s conflict.


    Susan quickly answered, "Oh, okay."


    "Keep your distance from Jarvis."


    Thatst sentence was so cold like it was an order.


    Susan didn''t dare to go against it so she just said, "Yeah, sure." Only after saying that, Susan could


    heave a sigh and patted her chest in relief.


    However, Edward then stared at Susan seriously, for some reason... The closer they were to divorce,


    the more he couldn''t understand her actions.


    He was curious, but he¡¯d try not to do anything more than that.


    Their marriage was just an exceptional agreement game, they were both well aware of it.


    Edward had always been discipline about time and rules, and he would always move forward for


    important matters.


    "Then... Honey, are we going to sleep?"


    Susan nced at the time and knew that they had been standing there for quite some time.


    She really didn''t know what else should they talk about, what other topics they could talk about, so she


    could only say that.


    Edward lifted his head, nced at Susan, and just carried her up to the bathroom.


    Susan smiled as she just let Edward carry and put her in the bathroom, they were enveloped in mist in


    the bathroom, so it was so dreamy. Edward softly kissed Susan, while she naturally put her arms


    around his neck.


    Then she felt Edward''s unique and manly breath going down, all the way to her private parts.


    Susan slowly closed her eyes, she unconsciously let out some soft groans. Those groans aroused


    Edward even more¡­ He kept rubbing her smooth skin, then he naturally got closer and just went inside


    her.


    Susan was somewhat proactive because she was trying to please him.


    Her body was originally very soft, and when she was making love with Edward, she became even more


    attractive.


    Right at that time, Edward''s phone rang. Edward wanted to reach out to the phone, but Susan stopped


    him.


    Because of what happened previously, she didn''t dare to let Edward answer any other calls... Last time,


    she didn''t even do anything particr with him, but because he epted a call previously, Scott could


    record them and posted it online.


    But then, they were really doing it ! If Scott called them, it would be troublesome.


    When Edward stopped kissing Susan, she pulled his hands and put them on her own waist as she


    said, "Mm... Honey, don''t answer it."


    Edward thought that Susan was just deeply feeling it, so he sped up his movements.


    Susan was too attractive, she seemed to naturally understand him in such aspect...


    The phone beside them rang so many times. In the end, the lights died down. Only the name


    "Vanessa" was left on the screen.

 Chapter 27 A Man鈥檚 Tender Moment

    Chapter 27 A Man¡¯s Tender Moment


    Edward made love to Susan for so many times, from the bathroom to the bedroom, from the bath tub to


    the bed. They kept going on until they were dripping wet¡­


    Then, Edward stood up, walked to the bathroom, opened the shower and washed his body.


    After walking out of the bathroom, he saw the phone that was set aside because it was a hindrance


    before.


    He took the phone and looked at the name on it, the call was from Vanessa. He nced at the time of


    the call and found out that it was from three hours ago.


    Edward subconsciously nced at the real time and it was already 1 A.M., but he still called Vanessa


    back.


    Because¡­ Vanessa had a habit that if she couldn¡¯t find him when she was looking for him, then she


    wouldn¡¯t be able to sleep all night.


    That was the habit he spoiled her to it after they fell in love.


    Vanessa¡¯s thoughts were different from Susan, Vanessa was a delicate woman that would need a lot of


    attention and care. Meanwhile, Susan had her own world.


    Vanessa answered the call so quickly and she sounded a bit like crying, ¡°Edward.¡±


    ¡°What happened? You¡¯re crying again?¡±


    ¡°No¡­¡± Vanessa hurriedly denied it, but she seemed to have denied it badly, ¡°I miss you, are you done


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    with your work? I want to see you.¡± Vanessa sounded a bit coy when she said that to Edward.


    Then Edward nced at Susan, and Susan smiled like she didn¡¯t care at all.


    ¡°Come and see me, okay?¡± Vanessa asked coyly again.


    Right at that time, he suddenly heard nanny¡¯s voice at the other side of the call, ¡°Ms. Murray, stop


    waiting for Mr. Ford by the window¡­ It¡¯s sote, Mr. Ford is definitely noting.¡± She said it


    intentionally¡­ But it made Edward, who was going to refuse, couldn¡¯t say it out loud.


    He looked gloomy as he gave it a thought, finally he replied indifferently, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll go and see you.¡±


    ¡°Muah, love you, Ed!¡± Vanessa immediately sounded happy, she then obediently hung up.


    Susan got up and stood up from the bed, she purposely waited until Edward finished his call before


    entering the bathroom, so he wouldn¡¯t think that she was eavesdropping.


    When she was going to enter the bathroom, she saw that Edward was already wearing his jacket.


    ¡°Are you going to see Ms. Murray?¡± Susan naturally asked.


    ¡°Why? Jealous? Not willing to?¡± Edward smiled as he teased her with those questions.


    ¡°I¡¯m just worried that your body can¡¯t handle it.¡± Susan traced Edward¡¯s body with her hands, she said it


    flirtatious on purpose.


    What could a man and a woman do¡­ When they¡¯re meeting in the middle of the night?


    Susan would not believe if Vanessa wanted Edward to go over to tell her a story.


    Edward felt slightly unhappy because he saw that Susan wasn¡¯t jealous at all, he then looked at the


    time again before going back into the room to change his clothes.


    Meanwhile, Susan walked into the bathroom. Right when she entered the bathroom, she felt a pain in


    her lower abdomen¡­ She quickly sat on the closet, but, that pain kept getting stronger.


    She was so shocked that she quickly searched for her phone, to check the time of her period. Because


    she was usually too busy at work and there were too many things she should worry about, she used an


    application to remind her.


    But, her phone wasn¡¯t there. She stood up, wiped, and found out that she was really having her period.


    She hurriedly went out of the bathroom to go back to the room and take a pad, but when she just got


    out of the toilet, she was sweating on her forehead, her stomach was extremely in pain.


    She almost couldn¡¯t walk, she could only hold on by the toilet¡¯s door frame, catching her breath.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Edward was already dressed neatly, he clearly wanted to go.


    He turned around and nced at Susan, her face was pale and there was clearly something wrong.


    Susan almost cried out of pain, but she still shook her head and forced a smile out ¡°It¡¯s fine, Honey, can


    you please take a pad for me, I¡­ I¡¯m fine.¡±


    Edward went back to the room and took a pad for Susan. But when he touched her fingertips, he found


    that it were already cold, her face was unusually pale, and her body was trembling too.


    She was still trying to be strong as she turned around and was going to walk to the toilet.


    However, Susan seemed to have some difficulties in walking.


    Edward looked at Susan and frowned, but he still walked towards her and carried her to put her in the


    stool.


    Susan wanted to refuse but she was already powerless. The pain on her stomach was already


    unbearable. She couldn¡¯t even open her pants to put on the pad.


    ¡°Next, what should I help you with? Take your pants off?¡± seeing that Susan didn¡¯t move for a long time,


    Edward frowned and stepped forward.


    ¡°Don¡¯t!¡± Susan refused in a hurry. Because she was in panic, her face blushed.


    ¡°Honey, I can do it.¡± Susan was troubled when she said that.


    Edward thought that Susan was shy, ¡°It¡¯s not like I have never seen you take your pants off anyway, no


    need to be shy.¡±


    Those words made Susan feel even more embarrassed!


    Would the sight of her usually taking her pants off and taking her pants off at that time be the same?


    Susan was extremely embarrassed, they usually would make love and all, there was no such situation.


    Furthermore, she would usually maintain the image of a good independent woman in front of Edward¡­


    But then¡­ In short, embarrassing.


    So that Edward wouldn¡¯t waste his time there, Susan gritted her teeth, stood up, and took her pants off


    in great difficulty.


    Then, she said, ¡°You should go quickly, don¡¯t let Ms. Murray wait.¡± Edward was quite worried as he


    looked at Susan, she seemed to be in great pain one second before that.


    But then she smiled at him like she was not really suffering. He just felt that it¡¯s quite strange. ¡°I¡¯m


    fine¡­ Really, Honey, you should go now. Don¡¯t make Ms. Murray wait.¡± Edward was suspicious so he


    kept staring at Susan.


    Seeing that Susan already stood straight, he confirmed again that Susan was fine before he turned


    around and left the bathroom.


    Susan seized the chance while Edward was leaving, quickly taking her pants off and put on the pad.


    She endured the pain and walked out of the bathroom¡¯s door. She wanted to take a ss of hot water


    for herself.


    However, when she just took the ss, both the cup and herself fell down.


    Edward habitually nced back to the room when he was just about to get into the car, and he


    coincidentally saw Susan falling down for no apparent reason.


    He didn¡¯t even hesitate as he walked over quickly. When he just entered the door, his phone rang


    again.

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    Chapter 28 The Most Rigorous Consultation Ever


    Edward saw that it''s from Vanessa, and he did not answer the call. He walked over to Susan and


    carried her up to the room.


    Susan opened her eyes in great difficulty and saw Edward, ¡°Honey, why are you back again?¡±


    ¡°Can you stand up if I don''t?¡± Susan wanted to say something but she didn''t know what else to say.


    She did have menstrual pains during her period, but she had never felt so much pain before... She


    didn¡¯t know what happened either. ¡°Thank you, Honey.¡± Susan''s lips were pale as she said that to


    Edward.


    She actually still wanted to force a smile out so Edward wouldn''t be so worried for her, but she was


    really powerless.


    ¡°What were you doing just now? I''ll help you.¡±


    ¡°Please pour me a ss of hot water, Honey.¡± Susan stopped pretending and asked for Edward''s help,


    even when she said that she sounded extremely weak.


    Edward quickly stood up, went to the kitchen, poured hot water into a ss, and quickly returned to the


    bedroom.


    Just in that short time, Edward walked into the bedroom and found out that Susan fell asleep already.


    She looked so pale as she frowned, and there were also sweats on her forehead.


    ¡°Susan?¡± Edward tried to call Susan¡¯s name, but Susan still gave no response, ¡°Susan?¡± Edward called


    her name again... Susan still gave no response, ¡°Susan?!¡±


    Edward became anxious, he quickly walked over to Susan and touched Susan''s forehead, it was


    burning hot!


    He immediately leaned down and carried Susan out of the door, then he ced her in the car.


    Since Edward entered, his phone kept ringing... It had been 10 minutes since then and Vanessa was


    still calling him.


    Edward couldn''t answer it, he quickly brought Susan to the First hospital and looked for the head of the


    hospital in panic.


    The head of the hospital from the First hospital rushed over after hearing the news and called all the


    experts who were off night shift, they all surrounded Susan like they were researching on a big surgery.


    ¡°I''ll be leaving her in your care!¡± Edward looked at the situation, Susan''s life... Should be okay, he then


    took his phone to the corridor and answered the call.


    Right when Edward answered the call, Vanessa sounded like she heaved a sigh of relieve, ¡°Edward,


    you''re okay, right? Where are you? Why didn''t you answer the call?¡±


    ¡°I''m at the First hospital. Something happened to Susan, I''m not going there tonight.¡± Edward''s voice


    was indifferent like he was just describing a fact.


    ¡°Huh? What happened to Ms. White?¡± Vanessa pretended to be worried as she asked.


    But she didn''t get Edward''s answer after asking that, she just heard the head of the hospital who


    started calling Edward to exin the situation. Then he just hung up on Vanessa like that. After he


    hung up on Vanessa, she angrily threw her phone!


    Nanny walked out with a half see-through ck sleeping wear on her hands while saying, ¡°Ms. Murray,


    I have ironed this sleeping wear, is Mr. Fording? Do you want to wear it now?¡±


    ¡°Why would I! Find me an outdoor clothes now!¡± Vanessa said that before quickly running upstairs. She


    already rummaged through for some clothes before Nanny could¡­ After she took the clothes out, she


    changed into a very casual looking clothes and wanted to leave without even wearing any jacket.


    Seeing that, Nanny took a light brown jacket and ran after Vanessa.


    Vanessa waved her hand instead, ¡°No need, I''m not going to wear it, I''ll just make it like I''m so worried


    that I forgot everything!¡± after saying that, Vanessa stepped on the gas pedal and quickly went to the


    First hospital.


    In the First hospital, Edward was staring at Susan in disbelief. It was unexpectedly just a normal


    menstrual pain.


    Edward didn''t realize how worried he was, that''s probably the most vigorous consultation ever in the


    First hospital, the cause was unexpectedly because of Susan''s menstrualin.


    Of course Edward knew that menstrual pain was a lot of women''s reaction during their period, but...


    How did he forget that he could just ask any doctor to prescribe a medicine?


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    Right when he was staring at Susan while pondering, Susan slowly opened her eyes.


    When she saw Edward, she was stunned and after she realized where she was at, she was


    dumbfounded.


    What happened? Why was she in the hospital?


    ¡°Honey? You brought me to the hospital?¡±


    ¡°Cough, cough.¡± Edward nced at Susan coldly as he became cold as always.


    ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°Thank you, Honey, I''m fine.¡± Susan smiled to Edward and nced at the clock on the wall, the sky was


    almost bright at that time...


    "Did... I dy you from visiting Ms. Murray?¡± Susan felt sorry so she apologized.


    ¡°It''s fine.¡± right when Susan finished talking, he already softly answered it... While they were talking,


    Vanessa already walked into the ward.


    Vanessa seemed to be very worried, her hair was a bit messy, she didn''t even wear any jacket and her


    shoes also seemed like she randomly wore it. ¡°Why are you here?¡± Edward felt a bit sorry as he saw


    Vanessa''s look.


    ¡°I''m worried about... Ms. White.¡± Vanessa smiled politely first then after saying that to Edward she


    quickly stepped forward and grabbed Susan''s hand, ¡°Just now I happen to hear that you''re hospitalized


    because of your menstrual pain, right?¡±


    Menstrual pain was a minor illness, which wouldn''t need any hospitalization. That''s how women


    basically considered it.


    ¡°I also feel that menstrual pain, it hurts so much every time." Vanessa was afraid that the previous


    sentence was not enough so she added another sentence.


    Susan calmly took her own hand back and smiled at Vanessa, ¡°I''ve really worried you, Ms. Murray... I''m


    fine.¡±


    ¡°At first, Edward said that he''sing to my ce, in the end I heard that you''re hospitalized, so I


    came over in a hurry. Sorry, I was... Very worried.¡± she purposely emphasized on being worried, so


    Edward would look at her. Seeing that she just rushed over with t shoes without even wearing any


    jacket, Edward feel guilty.


    However, Susan kept looking at Vanessa. Her outfit looked like she came in a hurry, but, Vanessa had


    natural makeup on.


    Doing a natural makeup would waste a lot of time, she wouldn''t be able to do such a natural and


    beautiful makeup in less than two hours.


    Rather than saying that Vanessa was worried, it would be better to say that she was checking out her


    rtionship with Edward.


    ¡°Thank you, Ms. Murray.¡± Susan smiled at Vanessa, ¡°Even in a hurry, Ms. Murray still looks very


    beautiful.¡±

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    Chapter 29 Caught Honey Doing it?


    Susan considered her own smile to bepletely natural but Vanessa looked a bit flustered.


    She stared at Susan for a few seconds before pretending like she didn''t understand what Susan meant


    and said, ¡°Thank you.¡±


    After saying that, she turned around and looked at Edward, ¡°Edward, you see... your eye bags are


    quite visible now, there''s still two hours before you go to work... Do you want to sleep first?¡±


    ¡°Ms. White will be okay with me here, menstrual pain is just a minor illness for women, I can take care


    of her.¡± Susan didn¡¯t know whether Vanessa said it on purpose or not, but Susan felt slightly upset


    when she heard the word "minor illness".


    However, she didn''t show it very clearly either as she just said, ¡°I''m fine now, I''ll take some painkillers


    and go to workter.¡± Edward nced at Susan when she said that.


    Susan just nodded at Edward, he then nced at the time and said, ¡°Then I''ll go have some breakfast


    first and go straight to thepany.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Susan nodded, while Vanessa who was by her side quickly followed Edward as he walked out.


    Susan wanted to stretch her hand out and stop Vanessa, but after thinking about it, she just let it be.


    No matter how... They loved each other truly, and Susan was just the one with the "wife" title, she


    decided that it was better for her to know her ce and not mess around with such matter.


    It was just that... Everything that Vanessa did made Susan feel that Vanessa was a petty woman who


    was feeling insecure.


    Didn''t she say that Edward was her true love?


    Then... she didn''t even have confidence for that feelings?


    When Edward and Vanessa went out of the hospital, Vanessa followed him with a special purpose... It


    was a cloudy and rainy day, the temperature was very low that day.


    When Vanessa walked out, she unconsciously shivered... Edward draped his jacket over Vanessa.


    She finally smiled, but she didn''t feel so good, so she pretended to ask Edward unintentionally, ¡°Were


    all Ms. White''s periods so painful like that?¡± what Vanessa wanted to ask was had he always been


    taking care of her like that?!


    Edward turned around and took a nce at Vanessa, whose eyes wavered with worry.


    He softly said, ¡°Before this, I don''t even know if it''s painful or not.¡±


    Only then, Vanessa felt quite at ease, but she was still unhappy.


    Vanessa and Edward were very enviable back then... For so many years, she had always thought that


    no one could rece her.


    But... She was quite worried... About Susan.


    Actually, she only knewter that Edward and Susan were married by contract. But she didn''t care


    about that.


    Even if she could imagine Edward having some sex with other women. She considered a man having


    illicit sexual rtions with other women as psychological needs.


    Even if she heard that Edward and Susan didn''t love each other and she also knew the content of the


    contract, she was still worried. Vanessa linked Edward''s arm as they both walked to the car.


    When they get to the car, Vanessa acted coy again, ¡°Edward, will youe and apany me


    tonight?¡± she asked. Edward naturally put Vanessa''s hand down and started the car engine while


    saying, ¡°Tonight... I might have meetings untilte at night.¡±


    ¡°Then I''ll go to thepany and wait for you.¡± Vanessa winked as she said that.


    Edward looked at Vanessa again, her coy acts seemed very pitiful that it made him hesitate. In the end,


    he nodded.


    ¡°Love you, Edward.¡± Vanessa stepped forward and kissed Edward. Then, Edward sent Vanessa back


    home before he went to thepany.


    Edward didn''t go to thepany for two days, when he did... He realized that the atmosphere in the


    After Edward and Vanessa left, Susan quickly took care of procedures to get herself discharged, went


    home, cleaned up for a bit, and hurriedly rushed to thepany.


    When she arrived at thepany and was going to enter, she realized that the security guards were


    looking at her strangely.


    Susan suddenly remembered that she might be... Unsuitable to work at thepany after that!


    Because! Few days before that, the impact of Scott''s recording was too obvious, the wholepany


    probably already knew her rtionship with Edward.


    The most important thing was... The others didn¡¯t know that she was his wife!


    Then, she would need to work everyday while peoplebeled her as the slut who seduced Edward!


    She gave it a thought and she decided not to get inside that office building.


    She just rested at home for the whole day, eating her lunch... Then, at night when it was quiet, she


    looked at the time and realized that Edward wasn''t back yet¡­ Thus, she wore a causal sportswear and


    went to thepany.


    She carefully entered thepany, as expected, the employees weren''t working overtime.


    Susan went straight to Edward''s office floor... She saw that Edward''s office was still bright, but she


    didn''t enter and greet him and went to the secretary office beside it instead. Then she put all the data


    and the documents that Edward needed to confirm in order.


    She also... Wrote a resignation letter. She had to resign because they had be the talk of the town,


    it was also a few days before she would work at the hospital. Susan put all the documents in order,


    stood up, and brought those documents to Edward''s office.


    She thought that Edward must be alone in his office at that time, so she didn''t knock the door and just


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    opened the office¡¯s door.


    As a result!


    Susan saw Vanessa wearing a dress that showed her upper part of the body very clearly, she was


    going to Edward.


    ¡°...¡± she always came at the wrong time.


    Edward was going to... Do it with Vanessa, right?


    ¡°Uh, sorry... I''ll be heading out first.¡± Susan lowered her head, feeling a bit sorry, she then turned


    around and wanted to leave.


    In the end, Edward immediately stopped Susan, ¡°No need. Bring the documents.¡± Susan was very


    awkward, she even saw Vanessa looking at her in displease.


    ¡°You need to confirm and sign these.¡± Susan exin. Edward immediately signed it after confirming.


    Seeing that Edward signed everything one by one. Susan handed the resignation letter she had


    prepared to Edward. She hesitated and said, ¡°Also... My resignation letter needs to be signed.¡±


    Edward frowned as he looked at resignation letter.


    ¡°I... Don''t need to stay in such situation...¡± Susan was going to exin, but before she finished, Edward


    already took the pen and signed it.


    It made Susan look like she had one sided feelings.

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    Chapter 30 I''m a Little Animal Too


    Susan waited until Edward signed it before taking the resignation letter back home. She just smiled at


    him, turned around, and left.


    Instead, Edward couldn''t help frowning as he looked at Susan''s back figure... She saw him with other


    woman, as if it was nothing? Disappointing.


    When Vanessa walked towards Edward again, Edward already put the files on the desk in order and


    stood up calmly.


    Vanessa looked at Edward, she didn''t say anything else. When Edward had finished cleaning up and


    looked like he was going to leave, Vanessa couldn''t help inviting him.


    In the end, before she could say that, Edward already said, ¡°I''ll go back to my vi tonight, I need to


    take care of follow-ups.¡± he needed to discuss with Susan, where she''d go after resigning.


    ¡°Okay.¡± Vanessa was totally unwilling, but she still bit her lips and said okay... After that, Vanessa stood


    up and hugged Edward. ¡°Edward, do you know? I''ve been waiting for your divorce.¡± she had always


    considered him as hers, but she... Became unsure. She needed him to promise her with his words to


    feel secure.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Edward answered indifferently. Vanessa said, ¡°Don''t let me wait for too long.¡± after a long time,


    Edward turned around and nced Vanessa, he didn¡¯t know when she had cried... Edward didn''t


    answer, he just took some tissues and wiped Vanessa''s tears.


    ...


    Susan didn''t return to her own office after getting out of Edward''s office, she took her resignation letter


    and walked away quickly.


    Since she had seen both Vanessa and Edward in the office, then... They would probably spend the


    night together.


    Thus, Susan decided to go home and see Ruby. Susan quickly took the taxi to Tina''s house.


    Ruby was very happy when she saw Susan, she immediately hugged and kissed Susan.


    Then, Ruby said, ¡°Mommy, I just rehearsed the dance for children''s day, I can dance for you.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Susan was happy, she hurriedly sat on the sofa and moved the tea table, giving Ruby enough


    space.


    Ruby just wore a small white dress, unlike the special dress for the little swan, but she was so


    concentrated that Susan felt that Ruby was just like a white swan during the climax.


    After Ruby finished dancing, Susan pped because she was very moved... Then, Ruby went into


    Susan''s embrace.


    Ruby was a little shy, ¡°Mommy, I''m the lead dancer for this, do you think that I danced well?¡±


    ¡°Very good, Ruby is really talented in dancing.¡±


    ¡°Mommy... Do you think my dance is simr to white swan?¡±


    ¡°Simr. It''s very simr to little swan.¡± Susan pinched Ruby''s face as she praised Ruby happily.


    In the end, Ruby turned around happily before going back into Susan''s embrace.


    Ruby said, ¡°Mommy, then can you bring me to father''s jungle to see father? I''m so simr to white


    swan, father will protect me! I''m also a little animal!¡±


    Hearing that, Susan was dumbfounded!


    What kind of logic was that...


    She looked at Ruby who was serious, ¡°Little swan doesn''t live in the jungle.¡± Susan couldn''t think of


    anything else to reject Ruby.


    But that sentence made Ruby pout and cry, ¡°Nanny, Mom said little swan is not a little animal! I can''t


    meet father! Father doesn''t protect little swan in the jungle.¡± Nanny immediately coaxed Ruby, while


    Susan beside them was at a loss. She looked at Nanny and Ruby in hesitation, ¡°All right, all right, stop


    crying... What about this, I''ll take so many beautiful photos of your performance and send it to your


    father, okay?¡±


    ¡°Father can see your beautiful photos and after father tells me what he wants to say to you, I''ll tell you.¡±


    ¡°Seriously?¡± Ruby suddenly stopped crying, she blinked her pure big eyes as she looked at Susan.


    Susan nodded, ¡°Yeah, seriously.¡±


    ¡°Pinky swear... Don''t lie to me.¡±


    ¡°Okay!¡± Susan did the pinky swear with Ruby, then she carried Ruby and brought Ruby to sleep.


    Maybe because Ruby was tired because she just cried before that, she immediately fell asleep.


    After confirming that Ruby was in a deep sleep, Susan carefully closed the door.


    When Susan walked out and realized that nanny was still there, it was like she was waiting for her.


    ¡°What''s wrong? Do you have something else to do? I can take care of Ruby tonight.¡±


    Sophia was quite at a loss as she looked at Susan, but after hesitating for a while she still said, ¡°Ms.


    White, I''ve been taking care of Ruby for a long time now, I consider her as my own granddaughter.¡±


    Susan nodded, that was a fact. ¡°You... I know I shouldn''t ask but... I still want to say that Ruby should


    have a father. She seemed to be longing for a father."


    "Ruby failed to dance that dance for so many times in the kindergarten today, Ruby''s talent for sports is


    so-so, then the teacher won''t let Ruby participate in the dance rehearsal, but Ruby keep dancing to it


    every day after going home from the kindergarten, she could dance it and be the lead dance


    today after falling for so many times. Ruby said, she danced it because her father was the king of the


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    jungle, she wants to dance it for her father in the jungle. .¡±


    ¡°I''ve said it all, I''m leaving first.¡± after saying that, Nanny seemed like she didn''t need Susan''s answer


    as she took her bag and quickly left the house.


    However... Right when Sophia closed the door, Susan bit her lips and cried.


    Ruby had prepared all that, what Susan just said her must be so hurtful.


    But, where could she find a father for Ruby? She was stressed, she always felt like she owed Ruby.


    She had always been owing Ruby, even if she had done a lot for Ruby''s growth, but because she


    needed to act like a good wife by Edward''s side those few years, she had to hide Ruby and neglected


    Ruby''s growth.


    Susan didn''t sleep all night... On the second day, she made a decision after cooking breakfast and sent


    Ruby to the kindergarten.


    She decided that... She should divorce sooner!

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    Chapter 31 I Can Terminate The Contract Marriage Earlier


    Susan and Edward discussed the details of the divorce a long time ago. Except that it was half a year


    from their divorce and they discussed it after sex. That was why Susan felt that whatever was


    discussed could not be taken seriously.


    But now ¡­ she had to consider carefully how she should bring up the issue.


    Since she was the one who wanted to end the marriage early, then thepensation that Edward


    agreed to give her should be reduced. At that time, she hoped that Edward could find her a specialist to


    treat her mother¡¯s illness and who could help her mother recover.


    But thereafter Susan did some checks on the inte and found out that the specialist was Jarvis¡¯


    teacher. The issue came to a grinding halt.


    Susan took a taxi to Edward¡¯s house and along the way she was considering how she should broach


    the subject. Once she was at the vi, she saw Edward¡¯s car stopped at the courtyard and suddenly


    she forgot everything.


    She bit her lips and walked to the door, entered the passcode, and entered the vi. She saw Edward


    sitting on the sofa.


    When Edward saw that Susan was back, he looked at her and said, ¡°You¡¯re back.¡±


    Susan was startled by this and asked, ¡°You¡­ were you waiting for me?¡± Susan hesitated and asked in


    disbelief.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Edward answered calmly.


    ¡°How long have you waited?¡± Susan felt guilty for asking¡­ because she didn¡¯t go homest night and if


    Edward was to ask her about where she went, she couldn¡¯t exin it properly.


    However, Edward didn¡¯t ask much and just replied, ¡°Not too long.¡± Edward lied. He actually waited for


    Susan sincest night.


    ¡°That¡¯s good, I was worried¡­¡± Susan patted her chest and looked at Edward. She walked to Edward,


    blinked, and said, ¡°Hubby¡­ let¡¯s¡­¡± Susan didn¡¯t know why she couldn¡¯t say ¡®let¡¯s divorce¡¯.


    Just at this moment, Edward¡¯s cell phone rang and he looked coldly at the phone and went outside to


    receive the call. After Edward received the call, he appeared to have some urgent matters and didn¡¯t


    return to the vi. Hence, Susan didn¡¯t have the chance to mention the issue of divorce.


    ¡­


    Vanessa practically didn¡¯t sleep for the entire night. She consolidated all the things that had happened


    between her, Edward, and Susan since she came back. She suddenly felt that her situation was rather


    dangerous. But, under the current circumstances, what else could she do?


    She took out her phone and looked at her contacts list to see if she could find someone who could tell


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    her what had happened to Edward over these years. In the end, she looked at a name and hesitated


    for a long time before calling that number. The other party quickly received the call and immediately


    said her name.


    ¡°Vanessa? What made you call me? Are you back in the country?¡±


    Vanessaposed herself and grinned before saying, ¡°Yes, Ryan, I¡¯m back.¡±


    ¡°Where are you? I¡¯ll go and see you.¡± The man¡¯s voice was clearly excited but Vanessa was indifferent


    and said, ¡°Let¡¯s¡­ let¡¯s meet at a caf¨¦.¡±


    ¡°Okay. How about the Corner Caf¨¦ at DS Street?¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Vanessa quickly ended the call after saying.


    On the other end, Ryan was overly excited and instructed the steward to prepare five suits whereby he


    chose one to wear. Thereafter he drove quickly to the Corner Caf¨¦ to wait for Vanessa.


    After the call, Vanessa took a shower and put on makeup. She looked at herself in the mirror and


    remarked on how well she had taken care of herself. Her beauty had not diminished over these years.


    But¡­ but why had Edward distanced himself from her.


    Ryan had been waiting at their old spot next to the window at the Corner Caf¨¦ by the time Vanessa


    arrived.


    Once Vanessa walked over, he quickly pulled out the chair for her. After she sat down, he said happily


    to Vanessa, ¡°When did youe back? Does Edward know?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve been back for a while already and Edward knows that I¡¯m back.¡± Vanessa lowered her gaze and


    said softly.


    ¡°Ryan, have we changed over the years?¡± Her head was lowered when she asked and she raised her


    head after a while. Her beautiful eyes seemed troubled as she looked at Ryan. Ryan looked at


    Vanessa¡¯s eyes and her eyes were still so beautiful and clear. Her slight smile was also very charming


    due to the lighting. That was the Vanessa in his memories and also the look that he loved.


    ¡°I¡¯m not sure if others had changed but I have never changed,¡± Ryan said with certainty and his eyes


    were fixated on Vanessa.


    Years ago, Ryan and Edward got to know Vanessa at the same time but Vanessa immediately picked


    Edward. In Ryan¡¯s script, he became the supporting actor as soon as he stepped onto the set and


    could never be good enough for the lead actress.


    ¡°Then¡­ what do you think of Edward¡¯s feelings towards me?¡± Vanessa bit her lips and looked at Ryan.


    She was waiting for Ryan to say that Edward hadn¡¯t changed¡­


    But Ryan looked at Vanessa for a long time. Then he said calmly and with determination, ¡°Vanessa, if


    Edward changed, then I¡¯ll seek justice for you! I will always stand on your side.¡±


    Vanessa smiled, took a sip from the cup of coffee, and said slowly, ¡°Can you tell me about what went


    on between Susan and Edward.¡± Vanessa took a deep breath. She was already mentally prepared not


    to be overly upset by whatever Ryan said. She will just endeavor to find a way to ovee it.


    However, Ryan also took a deep breath and said, ¡°Edward married Susan because of the conditions


    set by his father, Logan Ford, to inherit thepany shares. After you left Edward, although he had


    many women, he had never had any serious feelings for them.¡±


    Although there weren¡¯t many details in what Ryan said, Vanessa heaved a sigh of relief.


    Vanessa nodded and said, ¡°Then when will Edward and Susan¡¯s contract marriage end?¡±


    ¡°If you to bring forward their divorce, there are a lot of ways that you can do it.¡± Ryan didn¡¯t answer


    Vanessa¡¯s question directly but gave her a suggestion that she needed the most!

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    Chapter 32 The Style Is Different And So Is The Seduction


    Vanessa smiled with hope after she heard of Ryan¡¯s suggestion, ¡°Thanks, Ryan. I realized that a lot of


    things had changed after I came back which resulted in my anxieties, but now¡­¡±


    ¡°Thanks. I really thank you. I¡¯m very touched.¡±


    Ryan looked at Vanessa and was moved, ¡°No worries. I¡¯m happy as long as you are.¡± As he said that


    affectionately, he ced his hand onto Vanessa¡¯s hand. However, when the hands touched, Vanessa


    immediately retracted her hand and stood up.


    ¡°Ryan, I have something else on. I¡¯ll go and prepare while I wait for your news. Goodbye.¡± After saying


    these, Vanessa walked out of the caf¨¦ without looking back. Ryan watched in a daze as Vanessa


    walked away.


    Vanessa, do you know that I loved you as long as you had been loving Edward?


    He wrung his hands and suppressed all of his emotions. He took up his phone and instructed the other


    end, ¡°Tomorrow night I need to entertain a guest at Banya Vi.¡±


    ¡°Yes Sir.¡± The old steward on the other end of the call quickly answered.


    Once that was arranged, Ryan took up his phone and called another person, ¡°The drug that you gave


    me previously, prepare two more packets for me.¡±


    ¡°Hey¡­ bro, didn¡¯t you say that you don¡¯t need drugs?! With your abilities, which woman can¡¯t you get?


    Why do you need the drugs? Just drive your car to court the girl!¡± The other party scoffed.


    Ryan was already frustrated but as he thought about what he was going to set up, he became


    frustrated and was close to erupting. He simply yelled, ¡°Fuck off! Just get them for me!¡±


    Ryan ended the call and drank two cups of coffee before calming down. Then, he picked up his phone


    again and called Edward.


    He changed his tone as soon as he spoke, ¡°Hey, Edward, do you know that Vanessa is back?¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Edward¡¯s tone was totally cold.


    ¡°Tomorrow I have a batch of outstanding wine arriving at the Banya Vi. I¡¯ll invite you guys toe


    over for some fun. Get Luke, Louis, and your wife along!¡± Ryan said this very casually.


    However, Edward was silent and didn¡¯t say anything for a long time.


    ¡°I¡¯m going overseas the day after tomorrow and won¡¯t be back for a while. So¡­. You muste


    tomorrow.¡±


    Under normal circumstances, Edward wouldn¡¯t attend if it was some regr event but when it came


    down to sending off his friend who may not be back for some time, he would attend as he cherished the


    rtionship between friends.


    ¡°Okay.¡± He ended the call after agreeing.


    ¡­


    Susan didn¡¯t go back to work after she resigned and practically felt boundless emptiness within her.


    She went to the shopping mall especially to buy Edward a small gift and to broach the issue of the


    divorce.


    Susan pondered for a while as to what gift should she get for him which was appropriate for their


    contract marriage. But after they were together, most of their interactions were done on the bed. Most


    of the actions were between taking off and putting on their clothes. So what could she give as their


    gifts?


    Oh¡­ underwear!


    Susan pondered for a while and decided to buy seven pairs of underwear for Edward. She wished that


    during a period after leaving her, that he would think of her as he removed his underwear.


    Susan walked into the shop and began to pick the underwear with thergest size. Soon after, Edward


    called her to inform her that he¡¯ll take her to meet one of his close friends tomorrow.


    ¡°Ah? Why are we meeting your friends?¡± Susan looked at the underwear which she just picked and


    wondered if she should leave them or not.


    ¡°They wish to meet you,¡± Edward said simply. When Susan wanted to ask why they wanted to meet


    her, she heard a secretary in the background notifying Edward to attend a meeting and held back her


    words. She hung up the call.


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    Oh darn! She couldn¡¯t mention the divorce to Edward tonight. How could they talk about the divorce


    tonight and then go to meet Edward¡¯s friends tomorrow? That ruled out tomorrow as well.


    Just as Susan was about to return the underwear to the sales attendant, someone familiar walked into


    the shop. Susan was stunned and didn¡¯t know what came over her. She quickly ducked into the fitting


    room with those underwear.


    When she saw that Vanessa came with another friend, all the more she felt embarrassed to go out.


    Vanessa was there to buy some lingerie. When Vanessa entered the shop and the attendant greeted


    them, Vanessa¡¯s friend said in a very exaggerated manner, ¡°Take out five of your sexiest lingerie!¡±


    ¡°Stop it, Queenie,¡± Vanessa said as she pretended to be embarrassed. While Queenie snapped back,


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with buying underwear?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t be embarrassed. Keep your shyness till you see Edward on the bed.¡±


    ¡°Let me tell you that a man takes note of how sexy the lingerie a woman wears. Different lingerie


    provides a different form of seduction to the man.¡±


    Susan was listening to the conversation between them and felt astonished while she broke out in


    goosebumps.


    She wanted to see what kind of lingerie Vanessa had picked. But from her position and vantage point,


    she could only see the strange smile that was on their faces. She remained in the fitting room and


    waited for them to leave.


    Susan heard Vanessa taking the lingerie and entered a fitting room beside hers. Very quickly, Queenie


    also followed in and when she saw Vanessa putting on the lingerie, she said loudly, ¡°Wow! With this, I


    guarantee that no man would be to resist! Even I as a woman am beginning to feel horny!¡±


    As soon as Vanessa heard it, she replied coyly, ¡°Then I¡¯ll take this.¡±


    ¡°Okay, take those that I picked as well. The styles are different and so is the seduction!¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    The conversation basically ended at this point. Susan heard Vanessa and Queenie paying for the


    lingerie and left. Susan thereafter came out of the fitting room with the men¡¯s underwear in her hands.


    She wanted to put down the underwear and leave but she seemed to think of something as she almost


    exited the shop. She walked back to the sales attendant and said, ¡°I want the same lingerie as what the


    <pdy bought just now but in my size.¡±

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    Chapter 33 Man¡¯s Basic Instinct!


    Susan didn¡¯t even look at the styles of the lingerie which the attendant gave her. She just took the


    lingerie and took a taxi directly to Edward¡¯s vi. It was only after dinner when she was free did she


    remember that she had bought those lingerie.


    She quickly took them out for a look and she frowned as soon as she took out the first one. It was pink


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    and delicate. The material was unique and was a one-piece design but it was just sufficient to cover the


    three strategic parts of the body. The other areas were barely covered.


    But this was a very girlish seduction. Just by looking at the lingerie was enough to make Susan blush


    and cause her heart to race. She anxiously kept this lingerie and took out another one.


    This was a two-piece item. There was a furry ball that covered the chest while the bottom had a little


    tail. There was an opening at the bottom which made it very convenient for making love! Susan was so


    shocked that she didn¡¯t dare to look at the third set.


    Vanessa looked rather decent but it looked like she was rather liberal when it came to these! To think


    that she just spent twenty thousand yuan to buy these!


    Just as Susan was feeling disgruntled, the courtyard lights came on and the sound of the car engine


    can be heard. Edward was back. She quickly stuffed the lingerie back into the bag and quickly run out


    of the room.


    Except in her anxiousness, her leg hooked onto the bag and emptied the contents of the bag. Susan


    was shocked and quickly went back to collect these lingerie to stuff them back into the bag.


    Thereafter she hurried down the stairs.


    Edward was already in the house when she went downstairs. He frowned as he looked at Susan¡¯s


    expression and asked, ¡°Are you doing something that you don¡¯t want me to know? Why do you look so


    flustered when you see me.¡±


    ¡°How can that be?¡± Susan smiled at Edward but he walked over to her and looked at her from top to


    bottom.


    Susan knew that Edward typically wouldn¡¯t take interest in what she bought. Furthermore, the lingerie


    came in a very decent packaging like a jewelry box. It shouldn¡¯t attract Edward¡¯s attention. But, after


    Edward looked at Susan, he went directly upstairs and appeared not to trust Susan.


    Susan followed Edward upstairs and as soon as he entered the room, he scanned the room and


    immediately saw the pink shopping bag. Although it wasn¡¯t eye-catching, Susan¡¯s eyes fixated on the


    bag.


    ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± Edward walked over, took up the bag, and dangled it in front of Susan.


    Susan bit her lips and tried her best to act normal, ¡°I bought some stockings.¡±


    She couldn¡¯t say that it was underwear. Even if they were normal underwear, Edward may very well ask


    Susan to wear it for him to have a look.


    She also couldn¡¯t say that it¡¯s a dress. Edward wasn¡¯t a fool. How could a small bag contain a dress?


    So Susan said something closest to lingerie: stockings.


    Edward looked at Susan¡¯s expression, walked nearer, and intentionally stared at her for several


    seconds before smiling and asked, ¡°Since when are we so poor that my wife can be so excited to buy


    several pairs of stockings?¡±


    After he said, he gave the bag to Susan, ¡°Wear it for me to see.¡±


    Susan immediately blushed, she carefully took the bag and looked at Edward. She tried to act as if it


    was nothing and said to Edward, ¡°Hubby, what¡¯s so interesting about stockings?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not about the stockings. It¡¯s your legs that are beautiful.¡± Edward smiled and enjoyed the obvious


    unease in Susan¡¯s expression.


    Susan hesitated. She couldn¡¯t take them out¡­ She was too embarrassed to take those things out!


    ¡°Then I¡¯ll show hubby my bare legs.¡± Susan tried to distract Edward while he simply smiled quietly.


    Susan knew that was impossible and tried to rummage the contents in the bag, ¡°Which stocking does


    hubby want to see?¡±


    The first two pieces of lingerie she saw were extremely revealing. She didn¡¯t even see how the


    remaining three styles looked. What would Edward¡¯s reaction be if she took them out? She hoped that


    her luck holds and she would take out a normal looking lingerie.


    ¡°If you still don¡¯t pick one, then I¡¯ll choose the stockings for you.¡± Edward raised his eyebrows as he


    looked at Susan. He seemed to emphasize the word ¡®stockings¡¯ as if to remind her!


    ¡°I¡¯ll do it! Let me choose.¡± Susan could practically hear her heartbeat. In the past she never felt shy


    when she had sex with Edward, but now¡­! She felt extremely embarrassed!


    Susan was perplexed. Howe she had never seen these lingerie when she frequented this shop in


    the past and Vanessa knew that they existed! Edward looked at the piece of clothing in Susan¡¯s hand.


    There was hardly any material and the critical positions had a little cherry shape.


    Susan¡¯s heart was beating very fast and she had regretted that she returned to the sales attendant and


    bought these lingerie. She bit her lips and looked at Edward, not knowing how to exin.


    ¡°Today I went to the underwear shop and saw a very beautifuldy buying lingerie. I didn¡¯t look at what


    she bought and bought the same as her. So¡­ I didn¡¯t know¡­ ¡° Susan could only say the truth while


    omitting Vanessa¡¯s name.


    Edward held onto Susan¡¯s hand and pulled her into his embrace. He gently bit on her earlobe and


    whispered, ¡°Susan, put it on for me.¡±


    At this moment, Susan¡¯s heart sank¡­ her face blushed red beyond control. Her heart was pounding.


    ¡°Hubby¡­¡± Susan called out Edward and tried to bargain her way out but when she spoke, her voice


    was extremely raspy.


    When he saw Susan extremely awkward, Edwardposed himself and reached out to pinch Susan¡¯s


    nose, ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t tease you further. But I would like to see you wear these one day.¡±


    She practically copsed at this point! Why did Edward appear so decent normally but privately, he was


    so sleazy? This was man¡¯s basic instinct!


    Edwardughed heartily and felt very amused to tease Susan. He pulled her into his embrace and


    used the tip of his tongue to part her mouth and kissed her deeply. Susan¡¯s body continued to be hot


    and became soft under Edward¡¯s continued caress. She didn¡¯t know when she closed her eyes and


    went along with whatever Edward wanted¡­


    ¡­


    Vanessa tried on each of the lingerie and fell very satisfied. She quickly packed these and sent


    someone to take these to the Banya Vi.

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    Chapter 34 How Did It Feel To Be With Ed


    On the next day at the Banya Vi.


    As soon as Ryan made sure things were in order, he went to the wine cer. He chose a few bottles of


    fine wine and brought them to a row of elegant rooms. He opened one of the doors. It was about two


    hours from the gathering.


    Vanessa wore a dark red long dress. Her long curls made her look extremely seductive. She looked at


    Ryan and said, ¡°Come in, Ryan.¡±


    Ryan ced the wine into Vanessa¡¯s wine cab, looked at her, and said, ¡°Just bear with it for five


    hours. Everything will be fine after that.¡±


    Vanessa nodded and looked at Ryan with gratitude, ¡°Thanks. Will there be any problems?¡±


    ¡°Rx, there won¡¯t be. This drug is extremely effective. The effects are the same as alcohol and cannot


    be detected even if it is tested at the hospital.¡±


    After Ryan exined, Vanessa was satisfied and thanked Ryan once again.


    Ryan looked pitifully at Vanessa. Although Vanessa started her career as a porn star ¡­ he was clearer


    than anyone of how strong and pure she was. How she redeemed herself from her sordid past.


    Vanessa had a very difficult upbringing. In fact, it can be said that she went through hell while she grew


    up. Vanessa¡¯s stepfather was a gambler and her mother was a weakling. They had to repay a mountain


    of debts and her stepfather decided to sell Vanessa.


    At that time Vanessa was attending the University and studied acting. A director noticed her and


    wanted her to act in a tasteful porn movie. Vanessa didn¡¯t agree and even berated the director. But


    when her stepfather wanted to sell her and she demanded her stepfather if she could pay for his debts,


    he wouldn¡¯t sell her. Her stepfather agreed and she called the director. She knelt for a night and then


    took off her clothes to take pictures in all sorts of positions to pass the selection. Then the film was shot


    with two versions. The artistic version was submitted and won international des. However, the


    uncut and pornographic version was stolen by a worker and leaked. Instantly, Vanessa became the


    purest porn star.


    When Ryan and Edward knew her, she had long left the porn industry but everyone still considered her


    as a porn star. When Edward was with Vanessa, he used all sorts of ways to clean up her image. But in


    Ryan¡¯s heart, no one was as pure as Vanessa.


    Ryan didn¡¯t say anything else to Vanessa and turned to leave. He walked to the lobby to wee his


    guests¡­


    Susan wore casually since it was a private affair and didn¡¯t think much of it. When she arrived with


    Edward at Banya Vi, there were already five limited edition luxurious cars in the parking lot. Susan


    stared at the cars and Edward made Susanpose herself when he said, ¡°If you like them, I¡¯ll buy a


    few and park them at home.¡±


    Edward said calmly and Susan quickly grabbed Edward¡¯s arm and followed him in. As they walked in,


    she asked curiously, ¡°Hubby, you¡¯re letting me meet your friends but do they know that ours is a


    contract marriage?¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± Edward answered calmly.


    ¡°Then¡­ after I meet your friends today and ¡­ when we divorce, will it¡­¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡±


    ¡°Did they marry their wives out of true love?¡± Susan realized as soon as she asked the question that


    she had said too much. When did she be so inquisitive? In the past, she just went along with


    whatever Edward arranged. She quickly kept quiet and continued to walk in with Edward.


    Banya Vi was arge vi district. There was argeke with a pavilion in the middle of it. There


    were three men and three women sitting and chatting happily in the pavilion. When Susan arrived with


    Edward, all of them stood up to greet them.


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    Ryan walked over from a distance. Edward pointed to Ryan and introduced to Susan, ¡°This man is the


    owner of Banya Vi, Ryan. He is fourth in the pecking order.¡±


    ¡°This is big brother, Leon.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m number two.¡±


    ¡°This is third brother, Luke.¡±


    ¡°This is fifth brother, Louis.¡±


    ¡°Susan.¡± Edward pointed to Susan and introduced her to them.


    Before Susan nodded in acknowledgment, someone stood up and sized up Susan and said, ¡°Wow, this


    is the renowned Susan. What an honor! You are really capable!¡±


    Susan didn¡¯t know what he meant by ¡®capable¡¯.


    Luke stood up as well and ced a hand on Susan¡¯s shoulder, ¡°What Louis meant was anyone who


    could control Edward is capable, even though¡­ it¡¯s a contract marriage.¡±


    ¡°Because¡­ Edward ispulsive about cleanliness, especially when it came to women.¡± Luke added.


    What he said sparked Susan¡¯s curiosity but she was interrupted by Ryan before she could ask. Edward


    quietly removed Luke¡¯s hand from Susan¡¯s shoulder. They all sat together while a fruits tter and


    some snacks were served. They began to y some games.


    Susan couldn¡¯t believe that these were Edward¡¯s best friends and they enjoyed themselves as they


    yed but Edward maintained his cold and lofty manner.


    Leon was the oldest and more mature. Now that his wife was pregnant, he kept looking after her. She


    couldn¡¯t figure out Ryan. Outwardly he looked very friendly but when she looked into his eyes, she felt


    that he seemed shifty and unsettled.


    After several rounds of drinks, Luke suddenly stood up and suggested to everyone, ¡°We all know that


    Edward and Susan were contractually married and this marriage ising to an end. Before the


    marriage ends, I specially came up with this game to let us better understand both of you!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll close my eyes as the judge. You¡¯ll pass the flower around and when I shout stop, whoever holding


    onto the flower will have to speak the truth. Okay?¡±


    Everyone understood as soon as Luck exined. Susan kept quiet while Edward didn¡¯t object so


    everyone felt that they agreed.


    They started the game and the first one who held onto the flower was Susan.


    Luke asked a very provocative question, ¡°How did it feel when you had sex with Ed for the first time?¡±

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    Chapter 35 The Positions Were Few


    Susan almost spitted out the wine in her mouth when she heard the question. Thank goodness she


    controlled herself and swallowed the wine but choked on it and started to cough. Edward handed


    Susan a ss of water and made her drink some. But¡­ he didn¡¯t seem to stop them from asking this


    question. Susan felt strange that Edward didn¡¯t help her to get out of this.


    ¡°What is the penalty for choosing not to answer? If it¡¯s to drink, then I choose to drink.¡± Susan was


    prepared to drink a ss of wine as the penalty as she really couldn¡¯t answer the question.


    But Luke totally anticipated Susan¡¯s reaction, grabbed her wine ss, and said, ¡°We always knew that


    Ed was too intelligent for us to trick. So we devised this game. Thus, do you think that we¡¯re ying


    this just to make you drink some wine?¡±


    Susan was embarrassed by what he said.


    ¡°How about changing the question?¡± Although she said this to Luke, she was looking towards Edward,


    hoping that he wille to her rescue.


    Finally, Edward raised his ss, took a sip, and asked, ¡°This is a great question!¡±


    A! Great! Question! Susan wanted to bite off her tongue! How can this be a great question? Even if


    Edward didn¡¯t want to help her out of this, he shouldn¡¯t be encouraging them to intrude into their private


    affairs¡­ Since he thought of it that way, then she will enjoy the game.


    Cough.


    Susan coughed softly and cleared her throat. She pondered and then answered, ¡°Hmm¡­ the first


    time¡­ there weren¡¯t many interesting positions.¡± She intentionally looked at Edward as she said.


    The first time she had sex with Edward they truly did not have many positions. Firstly, she felt awkward


    and was very tired. She slept the entire night and Edward had left for work when she woke up.


    Susan looked coyly at Edward and he didn¡¯t mind her answer. He simply raised his ss to take


    another sip and said, ¡°Then I¡¯ll leave you to decide how we¡¯ll fuck in the future.¡±


    This caused everyone to roar inughter. Susan blushed immediately and she red at Edward but he


    appeared very calm.


    The flower was passed for the second time. It was strange that Edward was never caught with the


    flower but Susan practically was caught each time it was passed!


    She was totally devastated. How was this letting them know both of them better? It was practically


    letting them know her better. And the questions became increasingly personal.


    ¡°Which part of Edward do you like most?¡± They asked.


    Susan replied, ¡°Face because he is very handsome.¡±


    ¡°What did Edward do to touch your heart?¡±


    Susan answered, ¡°When he gave me money.¡±


    ¡°If you had a chance to have an affair, will you?¡±


    Susan looked at Edward for a long while and answered, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Do you love Edward?¡± This question was asked by Leon¡¯s wife.


    As Susan continued to drink the wine, she correspondingly became more liberal in her answers. But


    when this question was asked, she suddenly paused and hesitated as she looked at Edward.


    Seated one side, Ryan suddenly spoke, ¡°Okay, this game hase to an end. Let¡¯s go and eat


    something.¡±


    After saying this, Ryan led everyone towards an outdoor dining area. Whether intentionally or


    otherwise, they walked ahead leaving Susan and Edward to trail behind.


    After answering all those questions, Susan felt embarrassed to face Edward and so she excused


    herself to go to the restroom to get away from him. When Susan came out of the restroom, she saw


    Luke washing his hands. She quickly nodded at Luke and shifted to the side. Just now it was Luke who


    devised the game that seemed to target her intentionally. Thus, Susan felt awkward when they met.


    But when Luke was washing his hands, he shifted closer to Susan. He said apologetically, ¡°Susan, I¡¯m


    sorry. Just now we actually wanted to target Ed but we were unsessful and it all fell upon you. I¡¯m


    so sorry.¡±


    ¡°No worries.¡± Susan shook her head.


    Just as she walked out, Luke caught up with her and said as he walked, ¡°Just to prove my sincerity,


    shall I tell you something about Ed?¡±


    Susan turned to look at Luke.


    Luke said directly, ¡°Don¡¯t think that Ed is a womanizer but Ed is the most principled person among us.


    Susan, you are considered the first woman of significance to Ed.¡±


    Susan frowned ¡­ it didn¡¯t look like Luke was joking.


    ¡°What do you mean by a woman of significance or insignificance? Does he have other women?¡± Susan


    focused on the essence of the statement.


    ¡°It could be considered as a one night stand but even Ed didn¡¯t know who she was.¡± After Luke said, he


    saw that they had started to barbeque and he quickly ran over leaving Susan stunned in ce.


    She suddenly felt that she didn¡¯t know Edward at all. To think that Edward had never slept with all those


    women that she got rid of for him!


    Then¡­


    Just as Susan was thinking of something, she saw Edward waving to her and she quickly rushed over


    and joined the barbeque. The wine that Ryan brought out tasted very good. Both Edward and Susan


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    each drank a ss.


    Susan didn¡¯t drink regrly and perhaps it was because of the effects of the wine, she started to feel


    warm and ufortable all over. When she told Ryan that she wasn¡¯t feeling well, Ryan brought


    Susan to a room to rest.


    As soon as Ryan left, Susan quickly went to the bathroom to take a shower but she didn¡¯t know why


    she couldn¡¯t suppress the heat inside her.


    When sheid helplessly on the bed, she suddenly received a call. The voice of the man in the call was


    deep and attractive. Susan didn¡¯t know who he was and started to feel dizzy. She just heard the man


    say that she left something behind and he will send it to the room. So, she asked the man to send it


    over to her.


    When she heard the door open and saw the man, she suddenly felt a strong desire for him.

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    Chapter 36 The First Woman in the Realest Sense of the Word


    Susan lied in bed but everything felt to her like a dream. She wanted to open her eyes and get a good


    look of this man¡¯s face, but for some reason he made her feel that everything was very surreal.


    It felt exactly like she was living in a dream world.


    When that man walked towards her, he said, ¡°You are really careless. You have left your wallet in the


    bar just now.¡±


    Susan groggily epted the wallet while feeling a little tense all of a sudden.


    ¡°Did you see the contents of my wallet?¡±


    Edward always left room for her privacy, so he never really went through her stuff before, and at the


    same time she made it a point not to intrude into his privacy too.


    Therefore, there was a photo of her and Ruby in her wallet, and she would grab every chance Edward


    was not around to check out that photo, to get a glimpse of Ruby.


    ¡°Is there anything inside that shouldn¡¯t be seen?¡±


    That man asked.


    ¡°Not really.¡±


    ¡°You can go now.¡±


    Susan shook her head and retorted, ¡°You are the one who should be leaving. I need to sleep now.¡±


    ¡°You aren¡¯t that bad of a drinker to begin with. Why are you so drunk today?¡±


    Susan let those words slowly burrowed into her eardrums as she continued to stare at this man in front


    of her.


    She muttered, ¡°Jarvis?¡±


    However, there was no reply after that.


    Susan didn¡¯t understand what was happening to her body. In fact, all the while, especially ever since


    that incident happened, she never had a dream about that incident.


    Whenever it rained, she would dream of a scene where she was kneeling on the road, not being able to


    bring herself to her feet. She would allow the rain to stter all over her and soak her thoroughly while


    she continued to beg Kendra to tell her about Jarvis¡¯ whereabouts.


    Why was this time so different? Everything from that time was reyed right in front of her eyes.


    First, she had met Kendra too, and then she had drunk too much alcohol. After that, she was sent by


    someone to this hotel room, and she remembered her mouth being parched and dried. She opened the


    door to get herself a beverage from a vending machine not far away, and after she returned to the


    room, she let the door ajar. When she lied down in bed, a man entered the room.


    That man slowly removed her clothes and was able to own her.


    The first thought that came to her mind was that this man was Jarvis, so she had tried to produce some


    response. She even questioned him about his loyalty and appreciation towards her after finally being


    together with her.


    Despite that, that man was silent all the time.


    She couldn¡¯t make out the man¡¯s face, but she felt her current feelings ovep with what she once felt.


    This sensation was all too familiar.


    Susan sensed a hand touching and caressing her skin, and that man asked her, ¡°Do you love Jarvis?¡±


    Susan suddenly became clear-headed as she sat upright and asked, ¡°Husband? Why are you here?


    Why did youe into my room?¡±


    Her questions were met with nothingness as the man gently nted a kiss on her forehead and slowly


    pressed himself on her.


    He was removing her clothes¡­


    He was going to do it with her¡­


    Susan didn¡¯t know how to describe what was happening to her. She felt strangely shy and sensitive,


    just like that moment from all those years before.


    In the end, she lost consciousness.


    However, before she was being pulled into a deep state of sleep, she was woken up by a ringing


    sound. She immediately grabbed the phone and she heard someone saying, ¡°Susan, you need to


    When those words registered in Susan¡¯s mind, she almost wore her clothes without thinking before


    stumbling out of the room.


    Her head was still muddy at that moment. She was sure that she had looked back onest time to


    check the identity of the man who was in her bed, but she was shocked to find that she couldn¡¯t


    differentiate between Edward and Jarvis.


    It felt like she was having a dream when all of her energy was depleted. She knew very clearly that she


    had woken up from the dream, but somehow she still couldn¡¯t see anything clearly.


    Susan clung to the wall as she walked forward and the moment sheid eyes on Edward¡¯s car, she got


    into it and drove it down the hill.


    She wanted to get a good look at the road ahead, but to her surprise, all she was seeing were mists


    and fog blocking her field of vision. Even the carmps couldn¡¯t improve her visibility.


    At that moment, her phone rang again. Susan picked it up and heard an urging voice, ¡°Where are you


    now?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know why I can¡¯t see anything ahead at all.¡± Susan hastily answered.


    ¡°Stop the car now!¡±


    The other person at the end of the phone suddenly barked an order after understanding what Susan


    was saying.


    Susan responded ording to his words and she followed his advice to add his contact and send him


    her real time location.


    Susan shared her location and then proceeded to start driving once again. She didn¡¯t know the details


    about her mother¡¯s condition, and she was really in a hurry, but the next second, all she could hear was


    a huge nking sound.


    Then, everything cked out for her.


    ¡­


    When Jarvis reached Susan¡¯s car ording to her shared location, he had such a major shock that his


    hands were trembling non-stop. Susan¡¯s car was on the verge of toppling over the edge of the


    mountain roads. It was just stuck at the barrier!


    Jarvis pried open the car door and when he saw Susan¡¯s face, he was so angry that his whole body


    was shaking!


    This woman¡¯s skin contour was abnormally red, and after a brief check of her body, it was evident that


    she had consumed some hallucinatory drugs which could aid her performance in bed!


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    Who had forced her to eat something like this?


    Was there any other person other than Edward?


    As he recalled their meetingst time and the fact that Edward was bragging about stealing Susan¡¯s


    virginity in the car, Jarvis felt herself overwhelmed by intense hatred!


    What had this man take Susan as?


    Why would Susan end up taking a drug like this?


    Despite the confusion, he didn¡¯t have much time to worry about such trivial details. Jarvis immediately


    carried Susan off her car and onto his car, and sped towards the hospital.


    He was a doctor specialized in the brain and heart, so he wasn¡¯t very familiar with her condition. While


    he was on the way, he also rang his good friend furiously. By the time Jarvis appeared in the internal


    medicine department, a gentle and charismatic doctor draped in white coat was staring at Jarvis as he


    let out a yawn.


    ¡°Fast, we have a patient to save now!¡±


    Jarvis warned.


    The other doctor simply nced at Susan casually and said, ¡°With how this patient is looking right now,


    it is obvious that the effects of the drug has worn off. Have you detox her using the traditional way?¡±


    He shot a meaningful nce at Jarvis.


    Jarvis simply rolled his eyes at him, ¡°Stanley, stop your nonsense.¡±


    ¡°She would be fine when tomorrowes. You don¡¯t need to prescribe any medicine for her, she just


    need a good night sleep. She is sleeping as we speak now. I can¡¯t figure out why you guys are out in


    the open now. You guys should be in bed right now.¡± That man called Stanley started to analyse the


    situation.

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    Chapter 37 A Well Thought-Out Lingerie


    When Jarvis finished listening to him, his brows furrowed even further.


    His tone was now one of suspicion on top of his sternness, ¡°Really?¡±


    Stanley nodded naturally, ¡°Nothing but the truth.¡±


    After saying that, Stanley let out a yawn and settled onto a bench. He closed his eyes as if taking a


    momentary rest.


    Jarvis nced at Susan who was soundly asleep on the bench beside him and he couldn¡¯t help


    frowning¡­


    So, was it really true that Susan was just sleeping?


    Jarvis shifted his gaze onto Stanley who was on another side. He looked extremely confident as if there


    was nothing to worry about at all, so naturally, Jarvis had no reason to suspect his judgement.


    Jarvis had known Stanley when they were studying in America, and he had long known that Stanley


    was very talented in the medical discipline. However, he never had a longsting vision to stay in this


    field, so after graduating, he chose to be a doctor in a not-so-busy department. That way, he could


    enjoy life while having minimal work, which suited his lifestyle.


    Since Stanley had already given him his verdict, Jarvis decided not to worry about anything anymore.


    He watched the soundly sleeping Susan and carried her up before cing her in an empty ward so that


    she could have a good night¡¯s sleep.


    However, when his mind turned to the fact that Edward had fed Susan that kind of drug, which


    inadvertently caused her to almost meet an ident while drivingte at night, Jarvis found himself


    unable to suppress his anger.


    In the end, when his emotions were at his limit, he once again intruded into Stanley¡¯s office.


    At the moment, Stanley had just removed his coat and was nning to get some sleep when Jarvis


    bumped into him. Stanley stared at Jarvis with a confused expression before letting out yet another


    yawn. He was nning to flee from his room at any moment.


    ¡°Don¡¯t look for me at this hour. I am so tired so I need some sleep now.¡±


    The moment he finished his sentence, Jarvis grabbed Stanley¡¯s wrist, ¡°You are right, I have something


    to ask you about.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter? I don¡¯t want to entertain you.¡±


    Stanley instantly rejected him before he even raised his concern.


    However, this didn¡¯t deter Jarvis at all. Jarvis ignored Stanley¡¯s opinion and dragged him to Susan¡¯s


    ward. He forced Stanley to enter the ward as he said, ¡°The sofa beside here is great for your sleep.


    You¡¯re so handsome, so you shouldn¡¯t have any problem to ask for an extra bed from a nurse.¡±


    Upon saying that, Jarvis immediately left without any further exnation.


    ¡°Hey¡­¡±


    Stanley reached out in an attempt to stop Jarvis from leaving, but he knew his efforts would be in vain.


    After making sure Susan was settled down, Jarvis darted out of the hospital and got into his car. He


    gunned his car out of the parking lot!


    As the car sped on the highway, with the far proximity of the ident spot and the hospital, Jarvis had


    to use an hour to get back to that spot. He then slowly scanned the surroundings.


    There must be somewhere suitable for a settlement. Edward must be nearby here!


    ¡­


    Vanessa followed Ryan¡¯s information about a room number and was able to find Edward¡¯s room, but


    when she pushed the door open, it was empty inside.


    Vanessa couldn¡¯t help but frown. Why wasn¡¯t Edward back yet at this hour?


    She waited for a while as various thoughts swirled in her mind. It was unlikely that Edward wouldn¡¯t


    He dialled Ryan¡¯s number while fuming, ¡°Investigate for me now Edward¡¯s whereabouts. He isn¡¯t in the


    room he has booked.¡±


    Vanessa¡¯s tone was one of impatience. She was obviously annoyed.


    Ryan tried to console her, ¡°Hey, rx, the time is still young. The effects of the drug would only wear off


    at eight next morning. You have nothing to worry about.¡±


    After hanging up the phone, he immediately called the butler.


    After getting the exnation from the butler, Ryan was so angry that he immediatelyunched into a


    scolding, ¡°What did you say? I just remind you not to leave any evidence behind, and you can do that


    by turning off the surveince camera on the floor Susan was staying in. Why did you switch off all the


    cameras of the whole vi?¡±


    ¡°Stupid! Too stupid!¡±


    The butler¡¯s voice was trembling at the other end after getting the reprimand, ¡°Young Master


    Simpson¡­ Then, what should we do now?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re asking what to do next?¡±


    Ryan rubbed his temples and asked, ¡°Can you look for him room by room?¡±


    The butler swallowed hard and added, ¡°Seems like this is the only way¡­ because¡­ if one of the


    customers enter the wrong room, it is very likely that he could appear in any one of the rooms!¡±


    ¡°Do I look like I need you to remind me that? Go and search now!¡±


    Ryan suddenly howled.


    However, after hanging up the phone, he didn¡¯t dare toe clean about the issue that just arose in


    the hotel to Vanessa. He could only phone her back and continued to console her, ¡°Vanessa, you just


    need to wait for a little more. I have asked the butler to check out what¡¯s going on.¡±


    Vanessa sounded very impatient at the other end, but there was nothing else she could do.


    She replied while holding on to her phone nervously, ¡°Ryan, where are you now? Can I see you now? I


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    am scared¡­¡±


    Ryan mumbled a response at Vanessa, but almost immediately, he added, ¡°You stay there. I¡¯ll go look


    for you.¡±


    Vanessa just stayed in the room without budging an inch. She didn¡¯t switch on the light and her hands


    were sped together nervously.


    By the time Ryan finally arrived, she let out a sigh of relief.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you turn on the lights?¡±


    Ryan looked at Vanessa who was sitting in the dark but could only make out her outlines due to the


    shade provided by the curtains.


    ¡°Don¡¯t switch on the lights.¡±


    Vanessa reminded him but Ryan didn¡¯t continue asking why. He slowly walked towards Vanessa, and


    he pulled a chair to sit down opposite her.


    ¡°How long¡­ would that drugst?¡±


    Vanessa was a smart person. Just from the way Ryan was carrying himself, she could guess that


    something had gone wrong.


    Therefore, she decided to get straight to the point so that she could estimate how much time she still


    had left and reassure herself¡­


    However, she didn¡¯t notice that she was repeating this question a second time.


    ¡°If we consider the effects of the drug and the Young Master Ford¡¯s habit, at most the effects wouldst


    until eight tomorrow morning.¡±


    Ryan repeated his answer too, but he could sense that Vanessa sounded very nervous about this.


    He initially wanted to console her with his body, but he was bluntly rejected by her.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay. I¡¯m fine.¡±


    Vanessa retrieved her hand while sucking in a deep breath.


    She continued to sit still in the dark and Ryan had no choice but to apany her.


    Time was ticking away, slowly but surely¡­ it felt like precious time was being stretched out.


    The colours of the sky slowly turned brighter from a pitch ck hue.


    With the change in the colours, Vanessa also felt her disappointment increase.


    Suddenly, Ryan¡¯s phone started to ring, and the butler¡¯s voice sounded very excited at the other end,


    ¡°Edward is in room number 9, block 4 now.¡±


    Vanessa almost sprang up from the bed and scurried towards the door.


    Ryan immediately went after her, but Vanessa was already in the elevator by the time he caught a


    glimpse of her.


    Just as the doors of the elevator was shutting, Ryan discovered that Vanessa had worn a semi-


    transparent attire which showed a trace of her well thought-out lingerie underneath.


    It was a very seductive attire.

 Chapter 38 What Happened Last Night

    Chapter 38 What Happened Last Night


    Ryan stared at Vanessa¡¯s back for a very long time before turning around and disappearing into the


    room. He also locked the door.


    What happened next¡­ About Vanessa¡¯s destination and also how things would transpire, he no longer


    had any interest.


    By the time Vanessa reached Edward¡¯s room, it was almost daybreak. Under the guidance of the


    butler, she immediately intruded into his room and shut the door. She lied on his bed and discarded all


    of her clothes.


    At the same time, amotion had broken out outside. The butler was preventing Jarvis from barging


    into Edward¡¯s room.


    ¡°You can¡¯t go in now. You can¡¯t!¡±


    The butler warned Jarvis loudly while shoving him.


    In the end, Jarvis shot a cold re at the butler which frightened the butler greatly. He no longer tried to


    stop him.


    After trying for so long, the butler had no other choice but to allow Jarvis toe in.


    ¡°Open the door to Edward¡¯s room now. Tell me where he is now!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m terribly sorry¡­ You can¡¯t¡­ I won¡¯t tell you anything about that. I advise you to go back to where


    you came from.¡±


    The butler reiterated, and there was an awkward expression on his face. He made a face at the waiter


    behind him to signal him to inform Ryan about this.


    Edward was disturbed by the noise outside his room. He frowned slightly as he felt a slight throbbing in


    his head. It was a pain stemming from hangover which caused him to rub his temples non-stop.


    He was sure that he didn¡¯t get overdose on alcohol. Why was he feeling like this now?


    Jarvis knitted his brows but he still got off the bed. He headed straight to the door, seemingly wanting to


    go outside.


    Vanessa wanted to stop him but she hurriedly retracted her out-reaching hand. She just remained silent


    while turning over to change her posture, pretending to be soundly asleep.


    When Edward was at the door, he d himself with a coat and opened the door. He saw Jarvis


    standing there with an extremely terrifying expression on his face.


    ¡°Are you looking for me?¡±


    Edward stared at Jarvis coldly.


    Jarvis simply snorted, ¡°For the sake of your reputation, we will talk in your room.¡±


    ¡°We can talk here.¡±


    Jarvis wanted to enter the room, but Edward immediately stopped him.


    He wasn¡¯t about to let him do whatever he pleased.


    ¡°You can put down your dignity, but I am not ready to let Susan suffer the same thing!¡±


    Jarvis shot a sharp and cold gaze at Edward as he uttered these words. After saying that, he ignored


    Edward¡¯s attempt to stop him and barged into his room.


    The room was hazy and dark, and there was an ambiguous scent in the air¡­ If Jarvis never knew that


    Susan had consumed that kind of drug, he wouldn¡¯t even have such a thought, but unfortunately, he


    knew what consuming that drug meant.


    Hence, he felt extremely disgusted by the scene in front of him. Without even thinking, he flung the


    curtain to one side and in an instant, the whole room was flooded with sunlight.


    However, due to his actions, a figure who was pretending to be asleep in bed immediately came into


    view.


    Vanessa pretended to be just awake as she opened her eyes slowly and muttered, ¡°Edward, it¡¯s still so


    early¡­ It¡¯s too bright, can you pull the curtain shut?¡±


    At that moment, to her surprise, she saw Jarvis was present in the room too!


    She was shocked by this fact as she covered herself with a nket.


    In a split second, when Jarvis saw Vanessa lying in bed, he lurched forward without warning and threw


    a punch at Edward.


    His movement was so sudden and he mustered almost all of his strength into his punch.


    ¡°You animal!¡±


    Jarvis roared but Edward was able to push Jarvis off of him. He frowned as he stared at Vanessa lying


    in bed.


    Everything that happenedst night felt like a dream¡­ However, in that dream, he couldn¡¯t differentiate


    between Susan or that woman he only encountered once from long time ago.


    Why was Vanessa here?


    ¡°Vanessa, why are you here?¡±


    Although everything was unfolding contrary to Vanessa¡¯s expectations, Vanessa still pretended to be


    shy as she nced at Edward, ¡°Edward, you were the one who asked me toe herest night.


    Don¡¯t you remember about that?¡±


    Edward couldn¡¯t help frowning once again. His temples were throbbing so hard and he realized that


    fragments of his memories fromst night couldn¡¯t form any coherent picture. He couldn¡¯t figure out at


    all what had happened.


    That thing¡­ should have actually happened.


    However, did he actually summon Vanessa here? Did he really¡­ do something that went against his


    belief?


    Jarvis watched the reaction on their faces and couldn¡¯t help snorting. There was a disdainful smile


    ying around his lips.


    What was happening here?


    Someone was not admitting his mistake for sleeping with Vanessa.


    He realized that there was no point to argue with Edward now! He was here because he felt that Susan


    had been wronged, but judging from the looks of things¡­ there was no need to do that now! This man


    didn¡¯t deserve his attention at all!


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    He turned around with determination and with a loud bang, he mmed the door shut.


    He sped along the roads with his heart longing for Susan.


    ¡­


    By the time Susan finally came to herself, she only saw a stark whiteness around her. She froze briefly


    while recalling the events fromst night. Images of what had transpired were still fresh on her mind,


    but for some reason she had forgotten about who she had done that with!


    She scanned her surroundings and saw a stranger sleeping on a sofa not too far away. From his attire,


    he must be a doctor working here.


    Susan immediately shot upright at this sight.


    Stanley was awakened despite her tiny movements. He opened his eyes and nced at Susan, ¡°Are


    you awake now?¡±


    Susan nodded while feeling a little embarrassed, ¡°What happened? Why am I here?¡±


    She remembered very clearly that she should be in Banya vi!


    ¡°Jarvis sent you here.¡±


    Stanley wouldn¡¯t go in depth about private matters with an unfamiliar person, so he simply gave a


    simple answer.


    However, Susan¡¯s confusion deepened upon hearing that.


    ¡°Jarvis? When did he send me here?¡±


    ¡°Last night.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    Susan was still very confused. What she actually wanted to know was the time Jarvis had found her


    and the reason he had sent her to this hospital.


    However, before she could continue asking, a man suddenly barged into the ward and ordered Stanley


    coldly, ¡°I¡¯m back. You can go out for now.¡±


    Jarvis looked like a mad lion at the moment.


    Stanley simply nced at Jarvis with a knowing look in his eyes before exiting the ward.


    When he was out of the ward, Jarvis immediately locked the door from within.


    Susan knew Jarvis very well. At the moment, he had a scary expression on his face.


    Something was wrong with his emotion too.


    Jarvis rarely lost his cool like how he was now.


    Susan hadn¡¯t said anything yet, but Jarvis suddenly shouted at her, ¡°Leave him now!¡±


    It was just a short sentence, but it rapidly increased Susan¡¯s confusion.


    Susan blinked at Jarvis, ¡°What are you talking about?¡±


    ¡°Did you know what has happenedst night?¡±


    Jarvis took a step forward and confronted Susan directly!

 Chapter 39 Holding Ruby in his Embrace

    Chapter 39 Holding Ruby in his Embrace


    Susan was really confused by what Jarvis was saying so she could only blink at him while her mind


    raced to put together what had actually happenedst night.


    No matter, whatever effort she was putting in didn¡¯t yield any result. Everything was a blur in her mind.


    She felt like she had just woken up from a dream, and she could recall every detail of that dream the


    moment she awakened from it, but when she tried to retrieve those facts now, she found it impossible


    to recall anything to her disbelief.


    Susan couldn¡¯t help but knitting her brows.


    Jarvis simply stared at her and his handsome face was icy cold. He continued to watch her for a long


    time without saying a word.


    He repeated his words after letting out a sigh, ¡°Leave Edward now.¡±


    Susan was expecting something else, yet in the end he was just reiterating himself. She almost stifled


    augh.


    ¡°Whether I leave him or not, that is my own business. Anyway, why did you end up saving my lifest


    night?¡±


    Susan really wanted to clear up the confusion.


    ¡°Your mother¡¯s experimental surgery is going to be carried out a weekter. From the looks of things


    now, your mother¡¯s condition is worsening.¡±


    At the mention of work, Jarvis returned to his normal self.


    When Susan registered this news in her mind, she couldn¡¯t hide the sadness on her face. She tried her


    best not to show any trace of emotion as she said simply, ¡°Can I go now? If you don¡¯t have any


    business with me, I want to see my mother now.¡±


    Jarvis nodded and gave way to Susan. Susan opened the door and before she could break into a run,


    she saw Stanley standing next to the door. After greeting him with a nod, she darted off.


    Stanley let out a sigh after making sure she was gone. He nced at Jarvis and immediately scolded


    him, ¡°You¡¯re useless.¡±


    After saying that, with a smile hanging on his face, he finally left the hospital too.


    Susan visited her mother once again in her ward, and from her mother¡¯s face, she was still deep in a


    Susan watch her mother, the worse her mood became.


    When she found that she couldn¡¯t bear to watch her any longer, she decided to leave the ward for now.


    She originally wanted to exit the hospital, but when she was at the entrance, she saw a man dressed


    immactely in suits waiting for her.


    Susan looked at this man with doubt in her eyes. This man was Edward¡¯s driver, Reece.


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡±


    Susan immediately concealed her sadness as he approached Reece and asked him.


    Reece nodded in her direction before answering, ¡°Mrs. Ford, Mr. Ford informed me that his car was


    missing, so he asked me to look for it. I found that it was crashed onto a barrier by a mountain path,


    and ording to the security guard of the Banya vi, he said that he had witnessed you driving Mr.


    Ford¡¯s carst night.¡±


    Susan frowned upon hearing that. She had no memory of such happenings at all.


    Reece continued, ¡°Mr. Ford is worried that something has happened to you, so he sent his men to


    locate your whereabouts and that is when we found you here. He then instructed me toe over.¡±


    Therefore, his driver was her to make sure she was safe.


    Susan put on a faint smile and said, ¡°You can go back now and tell Edward that I am fine. There is


    nothing wrong with me.¡±


    When he heard that, Reece finally felt relieved. He gave her another piece of advice, ¡°If it¡¯s not a


    bother, please make a call to Mr. Ford and make things clear. He was very worried about you.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡±


    Susan promised him, but just as she had said that, there was another voiceing from behind her,


    ¡°Worried?¡±


    It was Jarvis.


    ¡°If he is worried, why don¡¯t hee to see you personally?¡±


    ¡°He is worrying about someone else while lying in bed with Ms. Murray? It seems that Mr. Ford is a


    really caring person.¡±


    Jarvis uttered these words with contempt and irony, which rendered Susan a little speechless. She


    could only re at Jarvis.


    She then reassured Reece, ¡°You can go now. I will call Edwardter.¡±


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    After Reece had left, Susan was eager to leave this ce.


    However, Jarvis began again and this time he had a serious expression on his face, ¡°Divorce him.¡±


    Susan retorted, ¡°Even if I divorce him, I still won¡¯t be together with you.¡±


    After stating her conviction, she hurriedly left with her high heels clicking underneath.


    Susan only called Edward when she was in a taxi, but nobody was picking up at the other end.


    She thought that Edward was busy so she didn¡¯t continue calling him.


    That day, Edward never returned home. He didn¡¯t even send her a message informing her of this fact.


    In the past, Edward would definitely text Susan to inform her if he wouldn¡¯t return home, but he never


    texted her this time. Susan assumed that he would return anyway, so she patiently waited for him at


    home to the point that she even drifted into sleep. By the time she woke up, Edward was still nowhere


    to be seen.


    At that moment, a message was blinking on Susan¡¯s phone: Today, Ruby is going to perform at the


    school.


    Susan immediately shoved the matter about Edward to the back of her mind as she went to prepare.


    Susan put on an elegant make-up which made her look approachable. She would be loved by kids


    today.


    After making-up, she made a call to the nanny looking after Ruby and learnt that she had brought Ruby


    to the children activity centre. Susan immediately hailed a taxi to that ce.


    When she reached the activity centre, she caught sight of Ruby from afar, and when she was about to


    go rendezvous with her, she saw Ruby disappearing into the washroom.


    Since there was some distance between them, coupled with the fact that Ruby knew how to use the


    washroom, Susan naturally didn¡¯t give it much thought.


    However, unbeknownst to her, Ruby wanted to perform very well this time, so she had been mulling


    over the actions she was about to performter on. She kept reminding herself about the important


    points and practising smiling at the same time until she unknowingly went into the male¡¯s washroom.


    Edward frowned at Scott while heading towards the washroom. Heined to Scott, ¡°Don¡¯t ever


    ask me toe to this sort of event again. I have no interest in kids.¡±


    Scott bore a wide grin on his face as he ignored Edward¡¯s words, ¡°You should support what I am doing,


    right? It wasn¡¯t easy to secure myself a job like this. Since I was able to organize a talent show that


    epasses the whole city, I reckon you should at least show yourself!¡±


    ¡°And besides! I used to organize something like this in the past, but no one turned up. Later on, I asked


    the workers to print your photograph andbel you as the judge on the posters, which caused a frenzy


    amongst the mothers of those children. They didn¡¯t hesitate to send their children to join!¡±


    ¡°See, I have branded you as the judge, and I have spread the word far and wide. If you didn¡¯t show up,


    it would mean that my efforts would be in vain¡­ Don¡¯t you think so, Edward?¡±


    ¡°You can choose not to include me in your promotions next time.¡±


    When Edward said that, he turned around and saw a tiny girl dressed in a white dress who was


    seemingly walking towards the male¡¯s washroom.


    He ramped up his pace and just when Ruby was about to enter the washroom, he swept her off her


    feet.

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    Chapter 40 Uncle, Watch me Dance to the Little Swan Song


    Ruby was striding forward with her short legs while practising to smile, but all of a sudden, she


    suddenly felt herself stepping on nothing.


    She anxiously turned around and saw an extremely handsome face.


    Ruby froze for a second. She blinked her huge eyes and smiled at Edward.


    Scott also froze on the side as his eyes were glued to this scene. He couldn¡¯t believe that Edward was


    holding a child for more than one minute, and he didn¡¯t look like he was putting her down any minute.


    Scott thought that he was seeing things¡­


    Besides, for some reason, he strangely felt that this scene of Edward hugging this child look very


    harmonic.


    While the two of them were still looking into each other¡¯s eyes, Scott circled around to the girl¡¯s side


    and asked with a giggle, ¡°Little kid, what¡¯s your name?¡±


    ¡°My name is Ruby White.¡±


    Ruby answered and she didn¡¯t look like she wanted to get off Edward just yet.


    ¡°Ruby White? Your family name is White¡­¡±


    Scott ran his hand over his chin while examining Edward, ¡°Is this child¡­ your illegitimate child with your


    wife? Don¡¯t you think that she resembles Mrs. Ford?¡±


    Edward frowned at shot a nce at Scott before finally putting Ruby back on the ground.


    He looked closely Ruby who had tied her hair up into a ball shape probably because she was going to


    dance to the Little Swan song. Her pale little face had a pair of sparkling huge eyes. Her face matched


    her dress very well, which made her look very adorable.


    ¡°Where is your mother?¡±


    This child was very good-looking, and although she was at an age when she could use the washroom


    by herself, her mother was still very irresponsible. If such a tender child appeared at the male¡¯s


    washroom, no one could imagine the repercussions.


    ¡°Mummy¡­ Mummy ising onlyter.¡±


    Ruby blinked while answering Edward seriously.


    She suddenly clutched her stomach, ¡°Pee¡­ I want to pee. Uncle, can you wait for me first? I need to


    pee, I¡­¡±


    Ruby wanted to continue the conversation with Edward, but she looked like she was holding in her urge


    to urinate.


    If this was the past, Edward would definitely refuse to wait. He didn¡¯t have any patience at all for


    children, and this was precisely the reason she didn¡¯t let Susan bear a child for him.


    He was born in aplicated family, and while growing up, he never felt any joy as a child. He self-


    assumed that he wouldn¡¯t be able to give his child a happy childhood, seeing that he never had one.


    ¡°Alright, just go. We will wait you here!¡±


    Scott couldn¡¯t see through Edward¡¯s mind since he wasn¡¯t saying anything in response.


    At the same time, the little girl was clinging to Edward¡¯s pants and waiting for his response. Scott


    couldn¡¯t bear to see this any longer, so he answered on behalf of his brother.


    ¡°Okay!¡±


    Ruby finally got an affirmation from Edward, so she immediately dashed off in the direction of the


    washroom. This time, she didn¡¯t enter the wrong one.


    Susan was still at the entrance and she was ncing at the watch from time to time.


    This hall was much bigger than she expected. Besides Ruby¡¯s event, there was another performance-


    oriented event going on. The hall was stuffed with a huge crowd.


    Susan had to use fifteen minutes to navigate through the crowd while the actual distance should only


    take roughly five minutes to reach the washroom.


    However, while she was moving in the direction of the washroom, she noticed that Ruby didn¡¯t


    reappear for some reason! She didn¡¯t see Rubying out from the washroom¡­


    Susan was a little worried. Her mind told her that was there something wrong?


    Susan barged into the washroom without thinking, and the moment she entered the washroom, she


    heard a familiar voice, ¡°Hey, Mrs. Ford. You¡¯re here!¡±


    Susan turned around to search for the source of the familiar voice and saw Scott smiling at her. He


    said, ¡°What a coincidence, Mrs. Ford.¡±


    Susan felt her heart skip a beat when sheid eyes on Edward on the side. She bit her lips and replied,


    ¡°That¡¯s right, it is a coincidence. I wanted to buy some books at the book shop opposite here, but I


    need to use the washroom too. That¡¯s why I am here.¡±


    There was a depthless look in Edward¡¯s eyes, which rendered her efforts to see through him futile.


    On the other hand, Scott was staring at her in such a strange way that he was giving her the creeps.


    ¡°Erm¡­ Please excuse me, I need to use the washroom.¡±


    Susan stated her intention before hurrying into the washroom.


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    However, at the same time, she bumped into Ruby at the female¡¯s washroom. Ruby was emerging


    from the washroom and she also saw Susan at the same time. The moment she saw Susan, she


    wanted to call out ¡°mummy.¡±


    In an instant, Susan winked at Ruby to signal her to shut up.


    She was doing this in secrecy with her back facing Edward and Scott.


    Her wink was the signal only Susan and Ruby knew. When Ruby saw her winking and raising a finger


    to her lips, it was a signal to the start of their game.


    Long ago, Susan feared the day Ruby¡¯s true identity would be revealed, and she would not be able to


    do anything about it. There would be grave repercussions if that were to happen, since Edward was an


    extremely smart person.


    Therefore, she hade up with a game.


    The name of this game was called ¡°Little Actor.¡±


    Once the game started, Ruby could no longer call Susan her mother. She had to pretend that she was


    not Susan¡¯s daughter.


    Although it was such a childish game, Ruby always felt very jubnt whenever she got a chance to y


    this game with Susan.


    Ruby shed a smile while nodding. She didn¡¯t say anything as she exited the washroom straight.


    When she was finally out, she looked around as if searching for something before settling her gaze on


    Edward. Her eyes lit up instantly as she hugged his thigh hard.


    ¡°Uncle, I am going to perform ¡®The Little Swan¡¯, do you want to see me?¡±


    Edward frowned at the child.


    ¡°Your uncle don¡¯t like to watch children dance.¡±


    Edward purposely teased Ruby. He was not wrong, though, since he had stated earlier that he didn¡¯t


    want to be the judge in the first ce.


    As a result, Ruby shot a nce at Edward before slowly tearing up.


    However, she was seemingly suppressing her tears, as if she didn¡¯t want anyone to see her crying.


    Her demeanour right now was simply too lovable.


    Edward bent over and said to Ruby, ¡°If you don¡¯t cry, I will watch youter.¡±


    Since he was forced to be present here by Scott, it wouldn¡¯t do him any harm to stay a little longer to


    watch ¡°The Little Swan¡± by her.


    Almost immediately, Ruby broke into a wide grin. She stepped forward and nted a kiss on Edward¡¯s


    cheeks.


    Edward was still bent over and he didn¡¯t expect this at all.


    Scott stood beside them and watched this sight in earnest. He couldn¡¯t help but smile.


    At the same time, Susan who was in the washroom was feeling very anxious.


    What should she do now? How could she rescue Ruby from Edward¡¯s grasp?


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