“Susan, you come here too!”“Sydney, come here!”“Ken…”The rich ladies all followed suit, warning their children not to play with Aino anymore. But the children thought otherwise.“Mommy, Aino didn’t bring the snake here. The snake belonged to Carol.” Mia said softly.Carol nodded too. “Mom, the snake is mine. I love this toy snake! I had a deal with the kid downstairs and exchanged many of my toys for it. All the children in my class love it too, it’s so fun!”“Carol Long!” her mother shouted, wanting to give her a slap so badly. “You weren’t like this before! You’ve become like a little barbarian after you started playing with Aino! Throw the snake away!”Carol started crying. Aino stood beside her mother, raised her head and looked at Sabrina. “Mommy, I want to go home.”Aino was an observant child, she could tell everyone was unhappy with her.“Since you’re here, you can’t leave without giving us something! Aino’s mom, since you belong to this group and you attended this
The man that they knocked into seemed to have been waiting for them. He was very strong; Sabrina was knocked backward a few steps. Luckily, Aino was small and agile, avoiding him in time.Whilst Sabrina who stood taller than 170 centimeters fell backward at the impact.“Madam, are you okay!” The man immediately reached out a hand and caught Sabrina’s waist before she could fall, then with an elegant sweep, swept her into his arms.In the near distance, the rapid-fire clicks of a camera sounded. The cameraman was muttering non-stop, “This angle, it’s perfect!”At that moment, Sabrina finally saw the face of the stranger that held her in his arms. He looked fake and made up, a thick layer of makeup on his face. Sabrina felt disgusted the minute she set eyes on him, standing up and pushing him away immediately. “I’m sorry, I knocked into you first. So sorry!”The man lifted his eyebrows and smiled. “It’s an honor to be knocked into by a pretty lady like you.”Sabrina smiled. “I’m gl
She rolled her eyes disdainfully at the group of naive ladies in front of her, “No one plays games like these anymore. Do you really think that you’re suddenly part of the upper class now just because you’re worth tens of millions and own a few pieces of property? You should take another look at the mirror.”The rich ladies were at a loss for words.Emma continued, “A group of country bumpkins like you, playing your stupid games. You even rented the biggest room at this hotel which is owned by my family. We only charged you 600,000 for all that, so did that make you think you were at some cheap motel?!”Carol’s mom was the first to respond. After all, the Long family owned hundreds of millions worth of properties in South City. She immediately tried to smile apologetically, “Uhm…Miss Poole, thank you for your advice, I think we…we’ve learned our lesson.”“Learned? What have you learned?” Emma laughed coldly and shot a question back at her. “Don’t you know that the woman who just le
Yasmine looked at Emma defensively. “Miss Poole, how did you get your hands on her dirty photos?”Emma explained, “She used to be involved with my boyfriend. After digging into her past, I found out that she had been involved with other men as well. It was only because of this secret weapon that I managed to get rid of her. When Sabrina knew that I had these photos with me, she no longer dared to seduce my boyfriend anymore. It seems that she has lowered her standards now and set her target on people like you.”After listening to Emma’s words, Carol’s mother grew even more furious. “Sabrina! Even though my husband isn’t the richest or most powerful man in the city, I’ll never allow you to seduce him. Miss Poole, please give me the photos. I will use them to crush her, and to avenge you too! Don’t worry, Miss Poole, I know socialites like you value your pride, but I don’t! I swear, I want Sabrina’s name to be dragged in the dirt!”Emma smiled and clapped. “I’ll support you all the wa
Autumn continued to warn her, “Emma, other people may not be aware of it, but we know. Dad’s position is weaker than ever at the moment, which makes Alex the most powerful person in our family. However, he’s not on our side, and you know how close he is to Sebastian. You may not understand because you don’t live here in South City, but Zach and I both do. We can’t approach Sebastian even if we wanted to, but now you intend to pick a fight with his woman?”Through gritted teeth, Emma retorted, “Autumn, don’t you know that Sebastian didn’t just capture Sabrina Scott back here to punish her? I’m afraid that he has genuine feelings for her!”Autumn replied with the same worried tone, “That’s why I’m advising you to stop. Dad has already been having a hard time dealing with Alex in Kidon City. If Sebastian is added into the fray, the victims won’t just be you and dad. I’ll be involved as well, and be forced to suffer together with you!”“What are you afraid of?!” Emma snarled, her face t
“Are you at the Poole residence?” Sabrina started to ask.Without answering her, Sebastian asked back, “Where’s Aino?”“She just fell asleep,” Sabrina replied.He continued, “Take good care of Aino, I’ll come back as soon as possible. Tell her that Daddy will bring her back a truckload of toys!”“Alright.”“Are… are you okay?” Sebastian suddenly asked.Why did she call him at such a late hour? Just a minute ago, he had been watching the surveillance recording to check the situation at home. He saw that Aino had been very obedient, asking her mother questions from time to time. Watching her acting like a little adult through the lens had even brought a smile to his face.Sebastian thought to himself that the similarity between their personalities was uncanny.Then, when he saw Sabrina trying to coax Aino gently to sleep, he turned off the video. He had wanted to check when Sabrina would go to bed. If she was going to spend the night drawing her sketches, Sebastian had planned on
’Yet in his eyes, you are nothing but a toy, a slave he had captured.’Without saying anything else, Sabrina hung up the call.When he heard the call end, Sebastian suddenly felt like she was hiding something from him.What happened to her? Was something wrong?Just when Sebastian was about to call her again, he noticed a few doctors running toward Old Master Shaw’s ward.His heart skipped a beat, and he immediately rushed back into the ward behind them. When Sebastian finally arrived, he saw the old man lying there with his eyes open wide and foam forming at the corners of his mouth, wheezing as if he couldn’t breathe. After a moment, the doctor fed him some medication before wheeling him into the operation theatre.As Old Master Shaw was being treated, Sebastian, wanting to find out if there was anything wrong, made a phone call to Sabrina. Before calling, Sebastian had watched the surveillance video at home again.This time, there were no signs of Sabrina in the living room
Emma’s arrogant yet carefree voice sounded from the other end of the call. “Sabrina, have you eaten?”Sabrina put down her phone for a moment and turned towards her daughter who had just finished drinking her glass of milk. She coaxed softly, "Aino, I need to take this call. In the meantime, go to the cloakroom and pick out a jacket that you like. You can show me after you put it on. Okay, baby?""Okay! I can do a good job myself." When her father wasn’t at home, Aino could be very independent, like a little adult. Her mother didn’t have to worry about her at all. After watching the little girl skip her way into the cloakroom, Sabrina picked up the phone and returned to the call. "Emma, you’ve thought of a better way to mess with me, right?"Emma replied with a smile, "Well, you're a smart woman."Sabrina continued, "Do you like Sebastian?""What are you talking about?!" Emma suddenly became very angry when she realized the cat was out of the bag."Am I wrong?" Sabrina sneered