Zoe calmed down and said to Betty, “I have an important call to take. Wait for me. I’ll make the arrangements and call you back.”

Then, she hung up on Betty and picked up Penelope’s call with a sweet tone, “Hello, Mom.”

Penelope sighed. She began hesitantly, “Zoe, come with me to visit Uncle Preston in the hospital. Your grandpa will be there as well.”

“Is Uncle Preston… hospitalized?”

“Landon beat him up badly. He suffered from serious injuries—he lost his arm, to be exact, and he’s forever crippled. He drifts in and out of sleep all day. I hesitated to tell you about it because I’m worried that his bad condition would give you a scare.”

“What? Did Landon.” Stunned, Zoe cared less about Preston’s misfortune than her own fate. She feared for herself now that Landon had dealt with Preston.

Landon seemed to be getting serious. Based on Zoe’s understanding of his character, she knew that this was just the start. He wouldn’t go easy on Preston, and that was the price one had to pay for hurting Lauren.

ruthless man who turns against his family!” Worried for Zoe, Penelope advised her, “I know you’ve been through

to me. Stop giving Lauren trouble. I’ll emigrate to Yoarkley with

never return to Solana City

to celebrate the canceled engagement. Alyssa was dressed in Jasper’s oversized white shirt. Sitting on the table of the wine cellar, she

look. “Mr. Beckett, we secured our first victory. We can finally

an arm on the table. His eyes were filled with desire. When he couldn’t hold back anymore, he

held her by the waist. The red wine stained the shirt that she was wearing and trickled

he said in a raspy voice while rubbing his fingers against her rosy

quite busy at work lately, aren’t you? You’re not that young either. Can you handle it?” Alyssa teased him

when I am 80 years old.” Smiling, he

serious look instead of fooling around with him. “Let’s

telling me that Winston was too excited to sleep last night. Early this morning, he got Ben to prepare the gifts for Lauren. He even said he’d meet with your grandpa to discuss the marriage between

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