"It's nothing, really," Sabrina smiled gently."I have so much to thank you for, would it be possible for me to treat you to dinner?" the mother asked enthusiastically.Sabrina could never get used to being fawned over, so she simply bowed her head with a smile. When Aino came out of the classroom, she immediately went to take Aino's hand and left shortly after saying goodbye to the mother she was speaking to."Oh my, for a woman who is married to such a wealthy powerful man, she sure is humble," the woman exclaimed."I agree. It wasn't until now that I realized the higher the status someone has, the more humble they tend to be. Just look at Mrs. Ford, she is almost as approachable as the girl-next-door, while those self-absorbed women with much lower status act all high and mighty," another mother responded sarcastically.Not far away from them stood three wealthy women. They would often look down on others but after yesterday's lesson, none dared to utter a word. Wealthy or not, all

"Oh." Sabrina flushed and went back to being silent. She was certain that Sebastian was going to have full power over the arrangement of such an important occasion, she simply needed to make an appearance. Sabrina prided herself over being someone who knew her place and what was required of her, she would remain quiet like the trophy wife everyone expected her to be.She set her cutleries down after finishing her meal and said to Sebastian, "If you don't have anything else to attend to, spend some time with Aino. She hadn't had the chance to play with her father for days. You have been so successful in spoiling her that she doesn't even want to play simple games with me anymore. She apparently prefers spending time on brain teasers with you. I'm going to get some work done while you play with her. There are quite a few blueprints that I need to draw up."Sebastian set his fork down as well and asked curiously, "Do you like your job?""Of course I do!" she responded."To what extent?""

Until he settled everything? Was he trying to say that he was going with her...to the remote rural area where she once called home?"Didn't you say you are going to work on your blueprints?" he asked."Oh...right," she responded dazedly, before wandering off to her bedroom.That night, she burnt the midnight oil working on the blueprints till she had fallen asleep. When she opened her eyes, she was already nestled in Sebastian's arms. She struggled to get up, only to be stopped by Sebastian's chilling voice."If you don't want to tire yourself out at night and intend on getting some rest, I suggest you stay still. Move again and I can't guarantee that I won't punish you like I did yesterday."Sabrina immediately settled down, knowing that the man meant what he said.She slept in the safety of his strong arms all the way until morning, and found that the man had left the bed. She reached over to the side table to grab his watch and realized that it was six in the morning. What w

"Dig deeper!" Sebastian's voice reduced to a vicious rumble."Yes, Master Sebastian!""I want results as soon as possible! Everything else can wait!""Yes, Master Sebastian!"Sebastian stood thoughtfully on the top floor after ending the call, before finally heading down to the bedroom to find that Sabrina was already awake.She took advantage of waking up early in the morning and took time to go through a more comprehensive skin-care routine. The mark on her cheek from Linda's assault had faded and was barely noticeable. She applied a thin layer of the ointment Ruth had given her, and was surprised as to how effective the scentless ointment was. She then went ahead and applied a small amount of foundation and her face brightened up in an instant. She stepped out of the bathroom and saw Sebastian in his bathrobes. Though the makeup on her face was so faint that it was hardly even there, Sebastian immediately noticed the difference. This went to show how plain she looked most of the tim

Was it too tight? She considered absent-mindedly and for a moment, she was overwhelmed by the atmosphere and how their current interaction resembled that of an old married couple. An attractive pink climbed up her cheeks at the thought without any warning."Why are you blushing?" Sebastian studied her, puzzled. He refrained from doing anything to her for the entire day since yesterday. What could she possibly think of that could cause her to blush?"No-nothing!" she denied frantically and stuttered, "it’s the ventilation of the room. I can't breathe that well so I...I'm just going to go out now."Sabrina dashed off as soon as the last word was spoken, leaving Sebastian behind."When will she stop blushing at the most insignificant detail?" he murmured, "I guess she still couldn't get used to me. Who knows? Maybe she could become the most shameless person if I expose her to more experience of the sort."After a brief session of reflection on Sabrina's tendency to blush, Sebastian did no

Ruth startled and jerked forward. Both Sabrina and Yvonne turned around to find a woman in her fifties running towards Ruth.Ruth immediately hid behind Yvonne, her voice trembling as she was on the edge of a breakdown. "Mom, what are you doing here? It's already been two days. How can you still be angry at me? I came close to starving to death and Yvonne took me in. The Human Resources decided to forgive me and notified me to come back to work. I have my job back now and I really know how wrong I had been, can't you just let it go?""You incompetent idiot!" the woman cursed.Ruth froze at the foul language that was used against her. "What did you just call me, mom?""I called you an incompetent idiot! A shameless idiot! Give me those skin-care products!" the woman barked furiously.Despite her reluctance, Ruth extended her hands along with the bag in her hands towards the woman, trembling as she did. "Mom, are you going to give these to my cousin? I don't get it, why do you treat my c

Meanwhile, Sabrina had returned to stand beside Ruth with the skin-care products. "Here.""Thank you, Mrs. Ford.""Let's head up. Your eyes are swollen from all that crying. Go to the washroom later and wash your face with this and put some of this product on. That should ease the redness and swelling," Sabrina reminded gently. She did not ask about what had happened between Ruth and her mother. Sabrina wasn't a nosy person to begin with, so she didn't think that she had the right to ask about the conflict in someone else's family. Each family had their own struggle to deal with, after all.The three went into the elevator together and as soon as the door to the elevator closed, a dozen of employees appeared out of the blue. They had all arrived earlier on, but did not have the nerves to be in the same elevator with Sabrina and decided to hide. It wasn't until they saw with their own eyes that Sabrina went up with Yvonne and Ruth before they dared to step out of hiding."I personally t

Footsteps echoed through the corridor as Sabrina spoke. Puzzled, she immediately put the tasks in hand aside and went out to the entrance of the Design Department office. The operation vice-director, the administration manager, the sales manager and all other members of the high management were gathering hurriedly towards them."What's going on?" Madeline, the woman who attempted to give Green Mountain Coffee to Sabrina as a gift, gazed out curiously and was instantly stunned by the appearance of the man standing by the door.Sabrina was already standing in front of the man by then. She peeped around before whispering, "What...what are you doing here? Why are you here in my office? You-""Is this your company?" Sebastian interrupted calmly with an emotionless voice."...No.""Well, then, why can't I be here?" he asked, "there are plenty of reasons I have to be here. The Ford Group is the client of this architectural design firm. As your client, it's completely normal for me to be here

Multiple injuries on Jade's body had already been infected, and were covered with thick layers of ointment."Mom!" Selene cried out in tears. "Did my dad do all these? How can he be so cruel? How can he do this to his own wife?"Jade shook her head and said, "I didn't exactly go easy on him either.""What?! Where's dad?""In the guest bedroom."Selene dashed her way to the guest bedroom and found her father in bed with bandages wrapped around his head."Dad...? Mom did this?""It's that abomination who drove a wedge between your mother and I," Lincoln gritted out maliciously."Sabrina, damn her! I'm going to skin her alive!" Selene cursed. Despite arriving home merely minutes ago, she grabbed her bag before heading out once again.Selene had earned credit for taking care of the old Master Shaw for the past month, and with the old Master Shaw showing her off to the elite society in Kidon City throughout his trip, countless people from wealthy and powerful backgrounds were eager to form

Sebastian was absorbed into the single task of dabbing the handkerchief repeatedly on Sabrina's nose to wipe the sweat off in the gentlest manner possible, almost as though the little drops of sweat were living creatures and Sebastian was worried he might scare them. The tenderness in his motion combined with the boundless adoration towards Sabrina was the most solid proof to how precious she was to him.Everyone in the office gaped at the sight, while Sabrina remained composed. She still couldn't get used to it, but ever since Sebastian returned from Kidon City, he had been exceptionally attentive to Sabrina for the past two days. She suspected it was guilt-motivated, but he even went as far as to take a bath for her and made sure to clean even the most private area of her body with utter tenderness. After their bath, he would take the time to dry her hair for her, before carrying her to bed to sleep in his arms. She had already become so accustomed to the routine that she had found a