No, that was impossible. She had clearly heard Eiger call Gerald his uncle before. Oh yes. Eiger had once mentioned that his uncle had a ruby bracelet on his bed. North would know whether Gerald was him if she checked it. North immediately went to the master bedroom and opened the door. The soft carpet absorbed the sound of her footsteps, and she went straight to the bed, where she started groping around in the dark.At that moment, she accidentally touched something. It was warm and thin, and she felt hot puffs of air landing on her hand. She could even smell the unique smell of a man. North had just touched Gerald’s mouth!Shocked, she nearly screamed. Didn’t he say that he was not coming back?!But she gritted her teeth and continued looking. She cast her eyes on the head of the bed. At that moment, due to her not standing properly, she slipped. Despite North trying to catch herself, their lips were swiftly getting closer to each other…Gerald opened his eyes. Sinc
What a joke. The engagement gift was something her mother had left for her. Why should she give it to Melinda?!North copied the proof she found into her phone and left. She had been an idiot in the past and let Eiger’s words blind her to the truth. She had thought that he was the man with whom she could spend the rest of her life. Since they insisted on asking for trouble, she was not going to play nice!Gerald stared at North and let out a light huff. One minute later, Connor came in. “Mr. Gerald, there’s a minor situation at the Howard family. The madam has asked you to go to the hospital.”Gerald’s gaze turned stormy and dangerous. Then, he remembered something and chuckled. “Sure. Let’s go.”…In the hospital, a feeble Melinda lay in Eiger’s arms while looking worried. “Eiger, are you really going to cancel your engagement with my sister? If so, I should go and apologize to her. After all, you’re doing this because of me.”Eiger frowned. “Me canceling the engagement
Henry trembled and could even feel his vision blacking out. North looked at all the people in the room. Melinda was only three months younger than she was. On the second day after her mother passed away, Linda moved into the Myers family’s mansion with her daughter. Soon after, when North realized that there was something strange about her mother’s death, she was sent to the countryside, and her family never asked about her wellbeing. If her mother had not clearly stated in her will that North was to inherit her wealth and possessions, the Myers family might have even forgotten that she existed. Henry roared at her with a red face, “I said nothing wrong! Both you and your mother only know to blame others! You never see yourselves as the problem!”“We never see ourselves as the problem?” North hummed expressionlessly. “Makes sense. After all, my mother wasn’t good at seducing men, unlike Linda. Mrs. Myers, not only did you manage to snag my father, you even taught your daught
“You won’t be the one proposing the cancellation. I will.”The ward fell silent once more. Linda was stunned for a total of three seconds before she registered what North said, and she screeched, “What did you just say?!”If Eiger proposed the cancellation, it would be fine because North had cheated on him repeatedly, as if she was addicted to it. But if it became North who proposed the cancellation, what would people say? They would blame Melinda for it! Linda could not allow that to happen!Melinda’s pale face became stricken with tears. “North, I know that you feel upset about this, but you can’t just take out your frustrations on Eiger…”Once Eiger finally wrapped his head around what North said, the tiny bit of guilt he felt toward her faded away. “What on earth are you trying to pull now?”North snorted. “Mr. Eiger, you want to cancel your engagement with me because you saw those photos and think I’m indecent, right?”Eiger scowled. “Yes. That’s it. I won’t be with a wo
The criticisms from the doctor and nurses just kept coming, and Melinda instinctively screamed, “Am I not your sister, North?! How could you set me up like this?! My heart hurts…”“Melinda!” Linda immediately realized what Melinda wanted to do and went over to her while crying. “North, are you happy after doing this to Melinda? Henry, protect your daughter! You know her heart is weak… Oh, why are our lives so full of hardships?!”Henry stared at North’s face with growing fury. He should have killed this b*stard fifteen years ago!Why was she such an insensible child? There was nothing wrong with sacrificing her for the sake of the Myers family and Melinda’s future!The more Henry thought about it, the angrier he became. He slammed his hand on the chair. “Enough! Stop talking about this!”North looked at him. “Stop talking about this? I was set up. My wedding and reputation were both ruined. Yet you want me to not talk about it after the truth was revealed? You want me to keep Meli
But Gerald’s wife looked familiar, and he seemed to have heard her name before…North Myers…Colt repeated her name in his mind a few times before he remembered. He whipped his head up. He was so shocked he did not know what to say. “Aren’t you Henry Myers’s eldest daughter, the one who was exposed for cheating during the wedding yesterday—I mean, the one who was the limelight during the wedding yesterday? Gerald, you actually married someone Eiger South doesn’t—”He swallowed his last word, but North understood what he was trying to say. Colt was in disbelief and shock that Gerald had married his nephew’s fiancee. After all, it was against morals for Gerald to be in a relationship with his nephew’s ex-fiancee. Gerald’s gaze darkened, and he hummed. “You can go now.”Colt, too, wanted to stay far away from them because they were surely going to bring about a lot of trouble in their wake. He cleared his throat. “Goodbye, Ms. North. By the way, Gerald, that person has shown u
Connor stopped the car and said respectfully, “Mr. Gerald, we’ve reached Dew Garden.”North looked up in shock. Dew Garden was a diner famous among the upper-class society. Melinda was its loyal patron, but North had never eaten inside it before. Why did Gerald bring her here?Gerald toyed with the pendant and pushed his guess to the back of his mind. “Since you want to give me the pendant, I’ll take it,” he said with a chuckle. “But I can’t just take the pendant without giving anything in return, so I’ll treat you to a meal. Come.”North was relieved when he accepted the pendant, but she soon became puzzled. How did he know that she had always wanted to come to this diner? Was it just a coincidence?Before she could think more about it, she heard jarring voices not too far away. “That woman isn’t worthy of my son. I’m already showing her respect by canceling the engagement. She’s just a country bumpkin. Now that Eiger doesn’t want her, no one else will either!”“Her scandalou
“Yeah, yeah. I will.” North sighed in a tolerant fashion. “Mrs. South, you should accept the truth as soon as possible. In any case, it doesn’t matter even if your son is no good. He has Melinda. She’ll be loyal to him.”The people started whispering among themselves. “My goodness. Melinda Myers wants to marry Eiger South even though she knows that he’s no good? What does she want?”“I see. It’s no wonder why I often see Eiger South going to an andrologist. I say, it must have been really tough for North Myers to keep this a secret for years.”“That’s right. Mrs. South knows that her son is no good, but still thinks that North Myers should love him to bits? She’s such a narcissist.”The mocking words made North’s grin grow wider. When she walked past Fiona, she said nonchalantly, “Mrs. South, don’t cause trouble for me. You saw what happened just now. If you do, your son is the one who’s going to be humiliated.”She then walked into a private room. “You…” Fiona trembled in rag