The huge secret that Graham revealed shocked the Fordhams, but it was also very devastating to Olivia. She had spent so much time looking for her family, but she found them at a time when she least expected it.In the past, she lamented how hard the Fordhams' situation was. When she realized that they were her family, she felt as if a knife had been stabbed into her chest.Olivia slowly slid out of Ethan's embrace until she slumped to the ground, tears still flowing. "Dad, Mom, and my brothers…"Another hard pill for her to swallow was the fact that the body she had found was actually her sister! Quinn died such a horrible death, but she didn't know about it. She didn't even get to attend Quinn's funeral.The shock was too great for her to bear. So, she passed out. "Liv!"Ethan carried Olivia in his arms and left in a hurry. …Ethan felt pained as he looked at Olivia, who was lying on the bed with her brows furrowed. She had already suffered a lot. He didn't expect the fa
The woman rubbed her temples. "Go back first. I'll think of something. Don't draw any suspicion to yourself.""Alright."Jacqueline suddenly thought about something. "By the way, how's Dad?"The woman's expression changed drastically. She sneered. "He's a stubborn man. I plan to inflict the pain he caused me back to him a thousandfold!"A pained expression flashed on Jacqueline's face. "Mom, why don't we stop this? We've already ruined his family over the years. It should be enough.""Enough? In your dreams! He deserves this!"The woman grabbed Jacqueline's collar. "I'm warning you, I'm your mother. I won't forgive you if you dare change your mind about our plans.""Mom, I know that. I'm your daughter. I'll definitely be on your side."Jacqueline broke free from the woman's grasp and looked at her with some fear in her eyes. The woman had been emotionally unstable all these years. She could've gotten her face fixed, but her obsession ran too deep.She said she wanted to reme
David looked at the crazed woman before him. "Deborah, it's been so many years. Have you ever felt joy? What have you gotten from all this plotting? In the end, it's a lose-lose situation.""You're wrong. I was disfigured, disowned, and driven out of my family. I lost everything. Why should Shana have everything?""She was just a country bumpkin. How could she take my place? I might've lost, but you don't get to celebrate my defeat. A lose-lose situation is a win in my books!"She looked down at David. "Look at you now. You're beaten and battered. You look pitiful. I'll have you know that this is just the beginning. Soon, the entire Fordham family will be destroyed. I will destroy you and the Fordham family!""You really have lost your mind.""Yes, I've lost my mind. I lost my mind because of you. David, it's time you experienced the pain I felt. Do you know that Shana, the woman you care so much about, has become Brandon's woman now? "Does it hurt? Oh, right. You don't know yet
Olivia revealed her and Avery's plan to Troy when he was involved in an accident to comfort him.Avery and Troy acted together. Avery hid in the dark to not attract attention while Troy showed himself. David ran an investigation within a scope, and every clue led him to suspect Deborah. He volunteered to be the bait to lure her out.Avery lost contact with David after the plane crash, after which he spent days worrying about David.Fortunately, Avery managed to track David's whereabouts. Avery shared the news with Olivia immediately.That was when Olivia knew her true identity. It was mind-blowing, and she had mixed feelings about it.Emotions churned in her, but she couldn't say a word."What's wrong, Olivia?" asked Troy as he received zero response from her. "Did something happen?"She tried to hold herself together. "No, I'm just…"Her choking voice worried him more. "You don't have to hide anything from me. We're your godbrothers; we're a family. Even if many things are h
Still, Olivia was one step ahead of him in knowing the truth."Where are you?" she asked. Was he involved in this?"Zelotria. Many things have happened to the Fordham family lately. It took me a while to find out who the mastermind was. Don't worry, I'll seize my chance to eliminate her amidst this mess."A wave of relief washed over her. She thought he knew of her whereabouts and had seen through her plan. Fortunately, it seemed like he didn't know that she was in Zelotria."Don't kill her.""Why not? She wants you dead. You'll be in greater danger if she's alive."Olivia made up an excuse. "Ms. Jacqueline has tried to assassinate me several times. I met her before. We're of the same age. We're miles apart, and there's no bad blood between us. Why would she want me dead? I think there's someone else who wants me dead. "She's just a chess piece. Killing her won't solve the problem. We have to kill the actual mastermind…"Now, Olivia had become the manipulator instead of the
Olivia was stunned. She looked at Kelvin and repeated, "She had plastic surgeries?""Yes, that's right."Before this, Olivia wondered why Jacqueline looked similar to her. Did David have something to do with this?Now, Olivia finally knew why.She flipped through the records. Jacqueline had her first plastic surgery at 13 years old. Following that, she fixed her features once every year. Then, she began to maintain the results in her 20s.No wonder no one had suspected her. It all happened during her school days when she used to stay at the dorm. She returned home half a year later, and everyone simply thought that she was blooming in age. They said she took after David more as she aged. Who would've known that it was the result of medical technology?Perhaps Olivia was still safe at that time because Jacqueline had to fix her face according to Olivia's.Once Olivia was deemed useless, the assassination began.Olivia smirked. "I'm going to skin her alive.""Mrs. Miller
At this point, the smile on Deborah's face was crazed with obsession. "Stay alive. Make sure to witness it all."She gave David a supplement injection as he shut his eyes, lying in bed. It took up all of his strength just to talk to her.Actually, his silence and sickly state weren't the picture she had in mind. This wasn't what she wanted.While setting this up behind the scenes, she imagined he would get on his knees to beg for mercy or get on her good side.Even though he was caught and his family was in trouble, unlike her expectations, he was reluctant to cave in. He even attempted suicide!So what if she spent so much time orchestrating the whole plan? At the end of the day, she couldn't gain what she wanted.Despite her deep resentment for him and his sickly state, she didn't want him to die. Deep love would come with deep hatred sometimes. Why would she want him dead when he was the man she desperately yearned for? All she wished for was for him to beg her and return
Leia obviously sounded flustered as she stammered, "Please tell me what to do. You saved me. You basically own my life. I'm willing to die for you."Avery wasn't surprised by her answer.Be it years ago or during their most recent reunion, she was careful around him. It was different from the way she usually acted around people.Despite his zero experience in dating, he had encountered all kinds of women in the business world.He could tell that, other than gratification, Leia had feelings for him. Deep feelings.Even though she was Ms. Miller, her self-esteem would drop every time she saw him. She couldn't even face him properly.Avery roughly recounted the whole story."You want me to save your dad?""Yes, can you do that?" Avery lost his confidence after telling her the story because it was undeniably a difficult request.Surprisingly, she answered, "It'll be kinda difficult, but I can do it."She was young but decisive.Her promise comforted him. "You can tell me if you