Truly embodying the saying "a scoundrel under the guise of an intellectual," Richard Thompson is extremely shameless. Yet, his shameless is solely for Jasmine Evans, the little girl he once held in his arms and painstakingly cared. It's unclear when he began to develop feelings for the girl next door, but once he did, he planned meticulously to make the beauty his own. Determined not to face a lonely future, he would resort to any strategy necessary. He would stop at nothing to make her his wife!
"Let's break up, I'm tired of you!"
"Vaughn Obrien, you... what did you just say?"
"I said let's break up! Are you deaf?"
Jasmine Evans looked at the man standing before her, unable to believe what she had just heard. He came to tell her they were breaking up? Seriously! They had only known each other for a month?
Jasmine Evans and Vaughn Obrien attended the same university. She studied Economics, and he was in the Information Technology department. He was a senior, one year ahead of her. They met at an arts and culture exchange between departments at the university.
It was like love at first sight, immediately liking each other. Standing next to each other for a while, they talked a few words and then exchanged phone numbers. Once home, they texted, video called, and spent the entire evening chatting, leading to a romantic relationship.
But as fast as they fell in love, they broke up even faster!
"Why are we breaking up?" Jasmine asked Vaughn, tilting her head up.
Just three days ago, they had gone to a movie and had a great time eating out. But today, just after school, he had run to her to break up.
Isn't that frustrating? Jasmine needed to know the reason!
"I have a new girlfriend now. Please stop following me around!"
Vaughn said this as he took out his phone and showed her a picture he took with another girl. Jasmine immediately recognized her. It was none other than Lizbeth Owens - the hot girl who had just transferred to the Economics department at their school, recently famous all over social media. Jasmine sneered at the photo on Vaughn's phone. They looked too close! Arms around each other, faces close together. Oh my, she wondered how long Vaughn had been secretly cheating on her?
Her friends had warned her about Vaughn being a playboy, but Jasmine didn't listen. Sure, he was handsome and funny. And she fell hard for him!
Love is blind, but when someone wants to "kick" you to the curb, Jasmine didn't care. Breaking up wasn't the end of the world. If not him, then someone else.
Thinking this, she shouted:
"Fine, get lost and out of my sight. Don't come back crying and begging to get back together."
"Dream on." Vaughn scoffed, then turned on his heel and left.
Jasmine didn't bother looking back at him. She shrugged her shoulders as if shedding a burden, then walked off in the opposite direction.
She pretended it was nothing, but Jasmine still felt annoyed. What did she lack compared to that hot girl? Yet Vaughn left her for her.
"Hey, Jasmine..."
Suddenly, someone called her name from behind. Jasmine wasn't in a good mood and couldn't distinguish who it was. She thought it was that damned guy coming back to tease her, so she quickly turned around and flung her thick notebook at the person in front...
Thwack! It hit right on target!
"Damn it, what crazy thing are you doing now?"
The man gently touched his nose, his handsome face contorted in pain. He stared at Jasmine with eyes wide as if he wanted to devour her.
Jasmine swallowed, her eyes wide as she saw Richard Thompson walking towards her. She instinctively stepped back, yet her tone remained strong:
"Eh, old man... what are you doing here?"
"I've come to take you home. Oh... Jasmine! How many times have I told you not to call me Uncle anymore, do you hear?" He suddenly raised his voice, quickening his pace toward her. Before Jasmine could react further, he lifted her and hurried toward the white Audi parked nearby.
"Let go, you old man, let me go..." She punched his shoulder hard, but it made no difference. Jasmine helplessly watched as the man stuffed her into the car, carefully buckled her seatbelt, and then sped away.
What kind of cursed day is this? It's truly like hitting a watermelon and stepping on a coconut shell!
"The Evans family has a private chauffeur, who needs you to take me home?"
Jasmine crossed her arms in front of her chest, pursing her lips to show her displeasure. Where does he get the audacity to be so domineering?
Richard Thompson, this thirty-four-year-old man, is Jasmine's next-door neighbor. She is fifteen years younger than him, yet Grandfather Evans still feels they are a perfect match, constantly trying to arrange their marriage, even promising her to him. Jasmine knew Grandfather did this because of a promise made to Richard's father decades ago.
The year Richard was born, Grandfather Jasmine had firmly promised Randall Thompson that he would marry his daughter to his son. Unfortunately, Grandfather Evans had four sons but no daughters. Thus, the promise made years ago to the Thompson family remained unfulfilled!
Jasmine's father is the third son, with two more uncles below him. Her three eldest uncle got married and had children, but all had sons. Jasmine is the only granddaughter, and Grandfather loves her dearly. Apart from teasing her with Richard, he dotes on her in everything else.
Richard was focusing on driving when he glanced at Jasmine. Seeing her glare at him, he hurriedly explained everything.
Jasmine's parents are very busy. Her father works in the foreign service, often traveling abroad. Her mother is an emergency room doctor, frequently on night shifts at the hospital. This afternoon, Grandfather Evans went to the senior club, where some old friends invited him to dinner at a restaurant. Fearing Jasmine would be lonely, he entrusted her to Richard, asking him to pick her up from school and take her out somewhere for dinner before going home.
Grandfather Evans did this, hoping Jasmine would grow closer to Richard. He well knew how much Richard liked her and cared for her. Yet his granddaughter remained indifferent to him, sometimes driving the old man to the brink of madness.
This wasn't the first time Grandfather had entrusted Jasmine to Richard. But with Grandfather's arrangements, she dared not object. Grandfather Evans was getting on in years, and she feared upsetting him would affect his health.
"So, where would you like to go before dinner?" he asked.
After thinking for a moment, Jasmine asked him to take her for ice cream. Simply because she loved ice cream, especially strawberry flavor! When happy, she'd eat it; when sad, she'd still indulge. And when just dumped, she definitely needed to eat a lot, just to spite!
To Thuoc is a professor with a gentle and kind appearance. However, at night he becomes cold and unpredictable as the leader of the Mat Thuoc gang, astonishing both the underworld and the military by recruiting a genius named Alan. On the other hand, Chau Tieu A, the lively young lady of the Chau family, accepted a bet with her best friend due to a slip of the tongue. The goal of this game was to win over Professor To, but she unknowingly fell in love with him. This led to a series of days where Chau Tieu A constantly followed To Thuoc.
The pain of betrayal and profound hurt made Kristina Dean burn with fury. The two betrayers, Kendal Chavaz - her boyfriend and her close friend Martha Taylor, rightfully earned the title "despicable man and woman" for their affair. However, Kristina did not collapse in her agony. She realized that if she couldn't be Kendal's wife, then becoming his aunt was not a bad option. Thanks to a marriage contract between two families, Kristina became the wife of Ethan Chavaz, Kendal's uncle.
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Raymond McDaniel, the uncle in a distinguished family. Clara Lawson, a woman with a child of her own. Everyone thought Clara's child was hers alone, but no one knew that the child was also Raymond's! They had a child from a passionate night years ago, from a one-night stand, it turned into...
Ethan is the heir to the wealthy and powerful Alexander family, but he falls victim to a scheme orchestrated by his cousin, Conrad Alexander. As a result, he is expelled from his home and forced to leave his homeland. Ethan travels southward. By a twist of fate, he signed a contract to live with the Edwards family and marry their daughter, Melanie Edwards. Within the Edwards household, Ethan is constantly belittled and humiliated, with no one caring for or defending him. Even his wife remains distant and cold. Stripped of his inheritance, Ethan lives like a dog in a hostile environment. However, one fateful day, Ethan stumbles upon the āArtificial Superintelligence: Infinite Possibilitiesā system. Infinite wealth, infinite power ā he gains access to it all. But the āArtificial Superintelligenceā system is still in its experimental phase, requiring the completion of tasks to unlock its features. Thus, if Ethan fails these tasks, he will be left without money. But how could he possibly fail? Ethan is determined to conquer the āArtificial Superintelligenceā system, reach the pinnacle of power, and return to exact his revenge, reclaiming everything stolen from him!
On her wedding night, Natalie's stepmother set her up to marry Jarvis, a disfigured and disabled man. Fortunately, she managed to escape, but little did she know that later she would fall for the man she was betrothed to.Jarvis pretended to be a poor man, but he didn't think that he'd fall head over heels for this woman.Their life went on until one day, Natalie found out her boyfriend's little secret."Huh? How could you have billions of dollars' worth of assets?" she asked in disbelief.Jarvis didnāt know how to respond.Being met with silence, she gritted her teeth angrily. "They said that you couldn't walk, but as far as I can see, you're strong enough to run a marathon."Still, he remained silent.Natalie continued, "They even said that you only have a few years to live. What about now?"Finally, Jarvis opened his mouth to explain. "Honey, this is all just a misunderstanding. Please calm down. Think about the baby.""Jarvis Braxton!"The man knelt down immediately.
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In the previous life, Maggie Johnson was so cowardly, gullible and stupid that she was coaxed by her fiance and stepsister and then broke her legs and lost everything including her fortune, love and even life. However, she was so lucky that she was reborn in the year before everything happened. Since her life restarted, how could she repeat a previous tragedy? Therefore, in this life, she took the opportunity to improve herself and take revenge on the ones who had ever insulted her. Facing the people who had humiliated her previously, she became smart and experienced to break their frames and tricks that had caused her to hurt in the previous life. Finally, no one could stop her pace to amaze the world any more.
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Betrayed by her mate and sister on the eve of her wedding, Makenna was handed to the ruthless Lycan Princes as a lover, her indifferent father ignoring her plight. Determined to escape and seek revenge, she captured the interest of the three Lycan princes, who desired her exclusively amid many admirers. This complicated her plans, trapping her and making her a rival to the future Lycan queen. Entwined in jealousy and vindictiveness, could Makenna achieve her vengeance in the intricate dance with the three princes?
In their three years of marriage, Chelsea had been a dutiful wife to Edmund. She used to think that her love and care would someday melt Edmund's cold heart, but she was wrong. Finally, she couldn't take the disappointment any longer and chose to end the marriage. Edmund had always thought that his wife was just boring and dull. So it was shocking when Chelsea suddenly threw divorce papers at his face in front of everyone at the Nelson Group's anniversary party. How humiliating! After that, everyone thought that the formerly-married couple would never see each other again, even Chelsea. Once again, she thought wrong. Sometime later, at an award ceremony, Chelsea went onstage to accept the award for best screenplay. Her ex-husband, Edmund, was the one presenting the award to her. As he handed her the trophy, he suddenly reached for her hand and pleaded humbly in front of the audience, "Chelsea, I'm sorry I didn't cherish you before. Could you please give me another chance?" Chelsea looked at him indifferently. "I'm sorry, Mr. Nelson. My only concern now is my business." Edmund's heart was shattered into a million pieces. "Chelsea, I really can't live without you." But his ex-wife just walked away. Wasn't it better for her to just concentrate on her career? Men would only distract herāespecially her ex-husband.