"What are you doing here?" Sebastian asked.When she saw Selene struggling to come up with an answer, Sabrina quickly held Sebastian’s arm and looked at her with a smile."Ms. Lynn, are you here for revenge?" Sabrina asked calmly."Sabrina, stop accusing me of things I didn’t do""Who are you to refer to me by my first name?" she sneered.Taking advantage of Selene's silence, she rolled her eyes and went on, "I might just be an ordinary employee here, but I know for a fact that there are surveillance cameras installed throughout the corridors. I'm sure you’ve managed to expose yourself by blabbering about what you came here for on your way from the front desk to where you are standing right now. Shall we take a look at the footage?""You...!""Let me guess, you wish to beat me to death, until my face is covered in bumps and blood? Selene Lynn, what have I ever done to you to deserve that? And even if I did, you still don’t have the right to hit me. What makes you think you can walk all

Though her question had indeed carried undertones of provocation, it actually sounded more like a wife lecturing her husband of many years normally. Nevertheless, Sebastian Ford was no ordinary man. After all, any woman who managed to get his hand in marriage would think of it as the greatest accomplishment of their entire lives. Who in their right mind would dare interrogate this man with such a tone? By contrast, Sabrina seemed to be at ease as she poked at the sleeping bear. Everyone else watching could only hold their breath anxiously.Meanwhile, Madeline, the woman who had wanted to give Sabrina the Green Mountain coffee, stood among the crowd with a smug expression.‘Just how arrogant can Sabrina be? She has only been declared as Mrs. Ford two days ago. Just two days! Countless couples divorce each other even after decades of marriage, and yet, she’s already starting to let her newfound fame get to her head after such a short time,’ she thought to herself. Madeline awaited e

Nevertheless, it was too late for regrets now. After having been so reckless, Selene had no choice but to fight her way out of this."Sabrina, I think there must be some misunderstanding here, I’ve never had the intention to steal anything from you..." she smiled awkwardly."No!" Sabrina interrupted her fiercely. "There’s no misunderstanding at all. You have been taking everything from me ever since we were children.“I would even consider myself lucky on the days when I managed to salvage your leftovers. “What I know is that you took away what was mine, and even tried stealing the man who belongs with me. “It's not exactly news that you often refer to my husband as your fiancé. In fact, I’m sure that every single person in South City knows that you spread rumors about being engaged to Sebastian. I'm not just talking about blabbering to a friend or two. No, you’ve told countless people that you’re his fiancé."Though Sabrina’s harsh words were clearly intended to entrap and rebuke Se

Selene's eyes widened in fear. She could only stare helplessly into Sabrina’s calm gaze, which had a strong feeling of hatred hidden behind it."Selene, I never expected you to come up to me yourself. I couldn’t have asked for anything better," Sabrina repeated, without giving Selene a chance to regain her composure."Let's take a guess," Sabrina continued while smiling innocently. "On whether or not my husband will reduce you to nothing more than a puddle of blood now?""No! No no no!" Selene immediately jumped, dropping the shoes that she had been holding onto the ground. With the most flattering tone she could muster, Selene begged frantically, "Sis, please forgive my stupidity. I only came here today to apologize to you. I'll do anything, anything you want, okay? You are my elder sister, so please go easy on me?"Though Selene had used the word "sister" repeatedly, as if she truly considered Sabrina to be her older sister by blood, Sabrina seemed to remain unfazed.Meanwhile, the

The Vice-Director quickly pulled a chair towards Sebastian and said politely, "Please take a seat, Master Sebastian."He finally got a grasp of the situation. Sebastian truly did embody the qualities described in the Ford Group's social media posts: powerful, ruthless, merciless and terrifying, but utterly under his wife's spell. The famed man with the highest authority in the entire Ford Group really did tiptoe around his wife. In addition to being afraid of displeasing his wife, it seems that Sebastian had also felt insecure at the prospect of losing her to some younger and better-looking men.Another thing that the Vice-Director realised was that Master Sebastian wasn’t here to monitor their work or to discuss the details of their collaboration at all. No, the man was simply here to see his wife because he missed her. More precisely, the almighty Director had decided to abandon all his pending work and contracts just to run over to his wife's workplace to check up on her.All th

The way Selene looked with those filthy old shoes hanging around her neck was truly hideous.Her image as the high and mighty granddaughter of Old Master Shaw, which she had painstakingly maintained for the past six years, was completely destroyed in that instant. As she begged for mercy, Selene was also sweating profusely from the panic that was feeling. For some reason, her sweat-drenched hair that messily hung from her head made her look much like a used-up prostitute, which was in stark contrast to the image that she had tried so hard to preserve before this.At a glance, the Selene now was no different to the women who were shamed by being paraded out in the streets with filthy old shoes around their necks. It wasn’t that they did it voluntarily. All of them had more or less been wronged, and had no choice but to suffer the humiliation. Vulnerable people were always bullied, after all.However, Selene was not similar in this regard. That was because she acted of her own v

However, Old Master Shaw didn’t know that Sebastian was standing right beside Sabrina at that moment. After all, the employee who had taken the photo of Selene and circulated it had felt too scared to include Sebastian in it. He was living proof of the fact that people constantly bullied the weak and feared the powerful. As Selene was pleading for mercy with the shoes hung around her neck, Sebastian sat quietly next to Sabrina and studied the drawings that she was reviewing. Sabrina tried to chase him away. “You…Why are you still here?”Sebastian calmly replied, “Do you think this thing is hanging those filthy old shoes around her neck because she is afraid of you?”To Sebastian, Selene wasn’t even worthy of a human name.She was simply “this thing”.When Selene heard how he had referred to her, she felt a throbbing pain in her heart. Nevertheless, she still knew that she was already incredibly fortunate as Sebastian had not taken her life yet. To keep it that way, Selene

Old Master Shaw’s aged and sorrowful voice sounded from the other end of the call.“Sebastian, I only have one daughter, but I lost her. In the end, I finally found this granddaughter of mine after having faced so many difficulties. “Could it be that you even want to deprive me of her, forcing me to die with hatred at the age of eighty?”Sebastian was taken aback by the sudden outburst.After a pause, he responded calmly, “Old Master, you’ve exaggerating. With me backing you in South City, who would dare lay a finger on your granddaughter? “To put it bluntly, only she can decide what happens to her. If your precious granddaughter chose to do something so undignified herself, there’s no one in this city who can stop her!”This left Old Master Shaw speechless. After all, he knew every single one of his granddaughter’s faults. Pretentious!Arrogant and self-centered.No self-restraint at all!A shrew with no self-respect.Nevertheless, who could he blame for this?If onl

Selene suddenly burst into tears. Like a lunatic, she kept wailing as she ran out of the architecture design firm. Unbeknownst to her, there was a car parked right outside. Marcus and Ryan were sitting inside, watching Selene. “Your cousin ran out crying with those filthy old shoes hanging around her neck, haha!” Ryan teased Marcus.“What, she’s your cousin!” Marcus had never once acknowledged Selene as his own relative after all.“She’s your cousin! Damn, if I had a cousin with such a hideous face that believes she’s some divine beauty, I’d surely die of disgust. Marcus, you shouldn’t make me feel repulsed like this,” Ryan said with a serious tone. Not paying any mind to his remarks, Marcus asked, “Say, Ryan! Did you have nothing better to do than to offend Sebastian?”Ryan replied with a smile, “Do you know why Uncle Sebastian left the Ford Group’s upper management meeting so abruptly yesterday, putting aside all the contracts he was supposed to sign? It was because he s

Ryan turned to look at Marcus with an annoyed expression. “Shut up! I’m trying talk to my staff member.”After that, without regard for the receptionist’s earnest admiration, he immediately changed his tone and said, “Girl, let me tell you this. If you ever think about such nonsense again at work, I’ll definitely fire you! From now on, do your job well. Don’t fill your head with romance and whatnot!”The receptionist responded meekly, “Yes, Director Poole.”When he saw Ryan hanging up the phone, Marcus started to ask again, “Are you still going to compete with your Uncle Sebastian then?”The flustered Ryan replied, “Get out of here!”“This is my car!” Marcus snapped back.The fact that he was right left Ryan speechless.After a few seconds, he declared with his teeth clenched, “I, the little young master of Poole family, will reluctantly sit in your car!”Though Marcus did not know how to react himself, the two of them decided not to bring up anything else related to getting o