Audrey collapsed on the floor with a loud thud."My sister's heart? Is this her heart? I wanted a healthy, lively heart to love him and finally got it after all my scheming."But you're telling me that at the end of the day, I'm just loving him for Aurelia? Have I simply been using her heart to love Jude in her place?"Audrey looked horrified. "What does that make me? I thought I had won after successfully stealing my sister's heart. I thought it was finally my victory for once. But the truth is that my body had simply become a container for my sister's heart?""What do you mean by successfully stealing your sister's heart?" A sharp-minded Eric immediately noticed the discrepancy in her words.Audrey was panicking so much that her mind was a complete mess. All of her defenses were down and she was at her weakest point. She started laughing like a madwoman. "Hahaha! Want to know? I don't mind telling you! I was the one who orchestrated my sister's car accident. Spencer was a moron.
After Scarlett returned to the ward upstairs, Eric asked her, "Is Neil doing okay?""The nurse said that his injuries weren't serious and that he left after his operation."Eric was a clever person and had an inkling or two after hearing her answer, so he didn't question her further.Jude survived the 24 hours after his operation and gradually regained consciousness the next day.The first person that he saw was the person he had been waiting for sitting by the bed. After hearing his movement, she turned around and asked, "You're awake?"Jude was still in a daze. He couldn't quite distinguish whether he was awake or dreaming."Is... Is that really you? This isn't a dream?""Dream? Did you dream of me a lot?""Yeah. I always see you in my dreams..."Scarlett's unclouded eyes sparkled as she glanced at him."Eric said that you regretted it so much that you went insane a little, and that you've really fallen in love with me."On the bed, Jude's jaw was stretched taut. His nervo
Scarlett Thomas said, "My obsession is too strong. I will go mad if I'm alive but can't embrace you."Everyone had their obsessions; Scarlett's obsession was Jude Simmons.She was so infatuated with him that he became her obsession—an obsession that hurt both herself and other people.She didn't care about getting hurt, but she didn't want to hurt him and other people. Once she understood this, she did something that no one expected her to do: she let go and granted him freedom.Nevertheless, as she had said, she would become insane if she couldn't embrace Jude while she was alive. Thus, on a cloudy evening, she dragged her exhausted self to her apartment and laid peacefully in a bathtub filled with bloody water. Her expression was peaceful at the thought of finally ending her obsessive unrequited love...Jude had won his desired freedom at the price of losing her. Only then did he realize how bland his life was without her. He felt like he had lost something very important... Sca
After an abrupt silence, Jude headed upstairs.He suddenly heard Scarlett's voice from behind. "Have you ever loved me? Even if just a little?" Her words betrayed a tiny, pathetic shred of hope.Under the light, her body was shaking... "Jude, have you ever loved me?" She stared at the man's lanky figure with nervousness, hope, and unease... Emotions of every kind intertwined and formed a chaotic jumble. She was desperate to hear his answer.That answer was..."Don't you know the answer, Mrs. Simmons? The only thing that exists between us is a contract. Love? You must be kidding me."Jude's chuckle reached her ears.She raised her hands and pressed them hard against her heart. Her face was a frightening shade of white... Hadn't she known his answer long ago? Still, she couldn't help but hope... "Moron! Scarlett, you're a moron!" "Jude Simmons, is it our contract? Is that why you're willing to compromise, stay with me, and come home every night for the past seven years?"Jude
Their bodies were intertwined in a tight embrace on the soft bed.Scarlett held tightly onto Jude's neck. "Faster, faster." She had never said such outrageous words in the past seven years."But now..." Her eyelashes trembled as she blinked.The man above her halted after hearing her words, but swiftly pinned her down by her thin shoulders. The words that left his thin lips were dripping with sarcasm. "Mrs. Simmons, you're... such a slut."His slender waist knocked into her with force. "But... your wish is my command," he said, and increased his speed.She blinked repeatedly as if she didn't hear him. She held onto his neck for dear life as if she was a small boat on the turbulent open sea."Jude, hug me... hug me... hug me!" She seemed to have gone insane. "Jude! Hug me! Hug me! Hug me, hug me, hug me..."Her pale lips were dyed red after her numerous cries, stimulating Jude into a frenzied lovemaking mode. He had the nagging feeling that the woman underneath him was a differen
Moonlight filtered into the room through the floor-to-ceiling window and onto a sleepless Scarlett as she listened to the steady breathing of the man beside her. She took advantage of the moonlight to look at him, only to see his large, seductive back... For the past seven years, they would always sleep on the same bed after sex. Yet, whenever she opened her eyes, she would either be alone or he would face his back against her.She wanted so badly to tell him that she had only learned about Lucy's leukemia when he asked her to donate her bone marrow.She had signed up as a bone marrow donor by coincidence. After finding out that she was a match for Lucy, she agreed to help without even thinking about it.Still, she didn't think that he would believe her even if she told him.That wicked idea had come to her suddenly, and she somehow garnered the courage to make an outrageous request: "If you sign the contract and marry me, I'll save her." She had been too desperate for Jude and his
Pearl City.Shortly after a private jet landed at the airport, a grim-looking man walked out of its cabin door.The chauffeur, who had been waiting, waited for him to enter the car before asking, "Sir, are we going back to the Serene Residence?"The man looked resentful after hearing the words "Serene Residence"."No, we're going back to the office first." Indifferent words came out of his thin lips. The chauffeur wanted to say something, but he immediately closed his mouth after glancing at the man through the rearview mirror."Why won't he appreciate a good woman like our madam?" The chauffeur pitied Scarlett, but he dared not voice it out.He shook his head. It wasn't the place of subordinates to interfere in the family matters of influential people.When the car stopped outside the Simmons Corporation, Jude said, "Leave the car and go back. I will drive home myself."His orders were as direct and concise as him as a person.He turned on his phone and saw seven missed calls
"Hmm? Why isn't the wife of the year sending you lunch today?" Eric Parker was Jude's close childhood friend, who had joined the Simmons Corporation as Jude's secretary instead of working for his family's business.It was Jude's first day at work after returning from Provence. "Mrs. Simmons" had always delivered homemade lunch to the office every day without fail.Jude hated Scarlett, so Eric was the one who always ate all the good food.Scarlett's cooking skills had made him a picky eater and he wouldn't eat food from just any restaurant. Of the three meals in a day, lunchtime was the only time when he could eat the food that Scarlett had prepared for Jude.Seeing that it was about time, he waited and waited for the familiar blue lunchbox until he was forced to question Jude."We're divorced." The man behind the desk sounded so nonchalant yet his words were like a bomb strike to Eric."A divorce?" Eric's voice was loud and full of disbelief. "You're joking! How could she bear di