Grace was thoroughly despaired. However, Grace felt like a warm bowl of soup had been poured into her chest when she heard someone address her as their ‘dear girl’. At the same, her tears rolled down her face like a string of pearls.“Dear girl, dear girl, don’t cry, what’s wrong, what happened, tell me.” The middle-aged man’s tone turned even more gentle.Her voice hoarse from her tears, she asked, “Can I ask, who are you?”She had never seen this middle-aged man on the island before. She could feel he was not any ordinary old man. He exuded an aura of absolute dominance between his eyes, like a warrior who returned from battle. Her guess was accurate. The man she encountered was Old Master Shaw in his prime. Old Master Shaw was in his early 50s back then. The Shaw family and the Ford family were old family friends. The Fords were businessmen, while the Shaws were military men. Although the two families did not have any business ties, the close relationship between them had be
“What? You’re…a descendant of the Summer family?” Old Master Shaw looked at Grace in disbelief. “Dear child, your father is Joseph Summer, the old leader of the island?”Grace looked at Old Master Shaw. “You should know my father, he’s the former leader of this island.”Old Master Shaw was dumbfounded. He knew Joseph Summer not because he was the former leader of Star Island. After all, he had just arrived here. He knew Joseph because back when he was just a teenager, he had studied in the best military school abroad, and that was where he had accepted financial aid from Joseph. It wasn’t a big amount, only a hundred dollars or so. But he always believed a drop of kindness should be returned tenfold, or even more. Old Master Shaw's heart ached for her sad encounter. “My dear girl! Don’t worry, leave this to me! I will beat him until he divorces his wife and officially take you as his legal and rightful wife. But, you mentioned just now the person you love is Sean Ford?”Grace nodd
When he met Sean and his wife, Old Master Shaw dragged the words out between his lips and told them his intention to visit their home.Before the words left his mouth, Rose started to cry hysterically. Not only that, she even fell to her knees in front of him. “Uncle Shaw, you…you watched me grow up, you watched Sean grow up too. You know Sean and I are childhood friends. We attended college together, we studied abroad together, we fought hard, and built the Ford Group together. We already have three sons together. Do you want to see my perfect family fall to ruins just like that?”Seeing her cry and wail like this, Old Master Shaw was infuriated. He questioned her furiously, “Since you know the importance of your family, then why would you plan everything yourself and to find Sean a mistress?”As he said that, Old Master Shaw coughed slightly in guilt. He had no right to question her on this, because he himself was a married man who had another secret family. That was why he regr
“This time, no matter what, someone has to be sacrificed, and what’s wrong with sacrificing Grace Summer alone? I already tried my best to reduce our losses as much as I could. That’s right, doing so is unfair to Grace. But there is nothing much that is fair in this world. As the only wife to the director of the Ford Group, I have to be ruthless!” Rose was a gifted orator, she sounded sad and pitiful, and yet loyal and righteous. Old Master Shaw had nothing to say in rebuke. In the end, the old man left Sean and Rose’s house with his tail tucked between his feet. But, how was he going to explain himself to Grace when he got home? That night, Old Master Shaw wandered along the streets of Star Island until the wee hours of the morning. The next morning, he trudged home with heavy footsteps. The moment he stepped into the living room, he saw Grace sitting on the sofa with her pregnant belly. It was obvious that Grace did not have a wink of sleep throughout the night. Seeing the old
Old Master Shaw raced to the hospital when he heard Grace had gone there alone. Grace lay collapsed on the floor, blood and amniotic fluid gushed out of her. She grabbed onto the old man’s leg. “Uncle, save me, I don’t want to die, I don’t want my children to die. Please, I beg you, save me…”Old Master Shaw did not know what to do at that very moment. After a moment’s pause, he shouted, “Doctor! Wheel her into the surgical room immediately!”Then, he turned and said to his bodyguard, “If Mrs. Ford comes and causes a scene, stop her firmly. No matter what, we have to ensure the safety of Grace and her two children. The children are innocent.”“Yes!” The guard obeyed.Just as Grace was pushed into the surgical theatre, the wife of the leader of Star Island went into labor. His wife wailed fervently in pain, anxious sweat peppered Ben’s forehead. He begged the doctor. “You have to ensure my wife and my child’s survival, otherwise all of you doctors will die with them!”Because he
And also because the newborn babies were indeed innocent. “Uncle Shaw, what do you want to do! Don’t tell me you want to allow this woman to move into the family residence with her children, and wait for them to chase me out in the future?” Rose asked him with gritted teeth.Old Master Shaw replied without a moment’s hesitation. “Get her to be your slave and make sure her children can never inherit any part of the Lynch Group. When they grow into teenagers and are able to survive independently, then we will exile the three of them abroad, and leave them to their own devices. This is enough to ease your mind of all the potential familial problems, right?”Rose was speechless. She turned and looked at Sean, who sighed in despair. Rose then shifted her eyes to Old Master Shaw. “Uncle Shaw, you promised!” Old Master Shaw nodded. “I promise! As long as I’m alive, I will definitely have your back. If that doesn’t satisfy you, I can even write you a contract!”As long as he could pro
Old Master Shaw was confused. “Grace, why…why are you suddenly mentioning the Payne family?”Grace smiled mournfully. “After all, the Payne family are locals of Star Island, and I’m from Star Island too. My family has been living here for more than a century, and now I’m the only one left. I… I can’t even ensure my own survival, that’s why I would like to…I would like to leave one of my children with the Payne family. But they definitely won’t want my child, so could you please put in a good word for me? To take this little son of mine who weighs less than three pounds?”Old Master Shaw did not know what to say.“As long as…as long as I can keep him alive, at least I’ll be preserving a part of the bloodline of the Summer family. I don’t even know whether the three of us will be executed once we arrive in South City, but even if we weren’t executed, this child weighs less than three pounds. How can we endure such suffering along with us? If Rose Quinton kills us the moment we arrive
Actually, he knew very well that Sean intended to leave the island. He had also retracted all of the infrastructure, factories, and the like back to South City. But Sean did not want to destroy the island. He even hated the thought of cutting ties completely with Ben Payne. Maybe in the future, there might be a chance for them to cooperate. Sean was not a stupid man, he would not destroy opportunities for development with his own two hands. Sean asked to see the old man not only to suppress him, but also to comfort him.At that moment, Old Master Shaw was looking at Ben Payne confidently.“Alright!” Ben agreed straightforwardly. Old Master Shaw heaved a sigh of relief. He returned to Grace’s ward and told her, “My dear girl, the matter has been agreed to. From now on, you have to give one of your sons to the Payne family.”Tears flowed down her face as she nodded. “I know…”“So let us sign an agreement, only the two of us shall know of this secret. And the Payne family. Neither