Upstairs, Allegra, who hadn't had any food or water in two days, looked pallid. Yet her eyes were blazing with anger and hatred."Isaac, what are you two bastards trying to do?""Ally, you're sick. You need to take some medicine, so bear with it a little, okay?" Isaac said, approaching the bed.Allegra began to struggle violently, but she couldn't fight against Isaac's strength and was pressed to the bed.Denvor waved the talisman in front of Allegra's face a few times, mumbling under his breath. When the talisman between his fingers began to burn, Isaac saw a gust of air rush into Allegra's forehead."Hurry, make her drink the medicine." Denvor's eyes were bulging, and his forehead was beaded with sweat. He immediately brought the bowl over.After being forced to down the medicine in the bowl, Allegra quieted down. Her body would shiver from time to time.Denvor wiped the sweat off his forehead and softly said, "It's done. Let her rest. When she wakes up later, she'll be fine.
In the morning, Allegra went to work. Isaac wanted her to rest properly at home, but she reasoned that she'd been out of it for the past two days and didn't know how the company was doing. Thus, she insisted on going to take a look.On the other hand, Isaac went to the hospital to visit Harry and Denvor. He then realized that these "buddies" even shared a room when they took their herbal baths…Meanwhile, when Allegra arrived at the office, she realized the atmosphere was rather strange.As soon as she sat down, her assistant cautiously walked over, carrying a document in her hand."Ms. Booth, this is an expense account. P—please sign off on it."Allegra paused. She smiled at her assistant and said, "Shouldn't the expense account go straight to finance? Why do you need me to sign off?"When the assistant saw Allegra's smile, she felt more at ease. "These are the expenses for Mr. Booth's hospitalization and daily care. The amount is rather large, so finance asked you to take a loo
Allegra paused for a moment before continuing, "I'm planning to give my presidential seat to Isaac. In addition, there's a personal matter related to you that I wanted to talk to you about. You're also one of the board members; if you don't come, your vote won't count."Garth Properties was now a large corporation worth hundreds of billions. There were more than ten important board members; although they were not yet publicly listed, changing the president wasn't something that Allegra could decide by herself.If she had Emily's help, then it'd be much easier."Make Isaac the president? Ms. Booth, I hope I didn't mishear you." Emily was in disbelief.Allegra stifled a laugh. "Isaac was the one who helped me build this company. If he becomes the president, then he'd be the rightful one. Over the past few days, I've been…confused. Come over, and we'll talk face-to-face, okay?""Oh, okay. I'm coming over right now."Ever since Emily had sacrificed herself to be captured by the Devia
Because of the close relationship between Allegra, Margaret, and Andrew, the people in the meeting room merely watched, not daring to utter a single word.Emily glared at Andrew with hate in her eyes as her teeth dug into her lip. At the same time, she was very worried about how Allegra would react. After all, what happened last time had been very surprising. However, Allegra simply waved her hand and said, "You're no longer the executive vice president, so this has nothing to do with you. Mom, my head wasn't screwed on right two days ago. While I'm still myself, I want to do something right. It's already good enough that Andrew has a job right now."Upon hearing that, both mother's and son's expressions fell.Margaret opened her mouth to retort, but Allegra continued, "If you won't leave and insist on disturbing my meeting, I may consider taking back the house Andrew and his wife live in. If it comes down to that, then they'll have to return to the streets."Those words stunned
When it came to certain things, a woman could easily read another woman just from her eyes or expression alone.Allegra suddenly stood. She walked over to Emily and sat beside her. She reached out to grab Emily's trembling hand, looked into her eyes, and said quietly, "Emily, I'm ill, but Isaac won't tell me the diagnosis. I think it's serious, though. If I'm no longer here one day, can you help me look after Isaac and Isabella?"This time, Emily was utterly dumbfounded. Her mouth fell open, and her face was filled with pure shock."Ally, don't joke like that. You're fine, so why are you saying these things?" Emily quickly said, waving her hand.She had been working with Allegra for some time now. Back then, she didn't really understand why Isaac was so infatuated with this woman and why he treated her like a queen. But after spending so much time together, she finally understood.In the seven years after his "death," she never had any feelings for another man. She focused on rais
In the afternoon, Isaac and Allegra went to school together and picked Isabella up. It was Holly's first time meeting Isabella. She even took the time to ask about Isabella's preferences, and then she went to the market and picked out some ingredients.To express how sorry she was, Allegra brought a scarf home and gifted it to Holly since winter was approaching. Holly was surprised and moved.The dinner table was laden with a delicious spread. Isabella was enjoying every bite. Isaac opened a bottle of wine and poured himself and Eugene a glass each.Suddenly, Isabella opened her mouth and said, "Mom, a new student transferred to my class today. My teacher said he came from a big city. What is a big city like?"Allegra was caught off guard by this question. After a pause, she smiled and replied, "A big city has many tall buildings, cars, and a lot of people.""The new student said the city he lived in had many people from other countries. They have different eye and hair colors, an
"Sir, you are of high status. I think you should go back!" The tall man slanted his gaze to look at Earl."Don't be ridiculous. It's rare that I'm interested in something. I want to see what the man Evie fell for is made of. Hmph," Earl snorted coldly and said nothing further.At the field, men and women wearing cloaks of all colors were crowded closely. Some were engaged in light discussion, but most were craning their necks to look at the podium.As Phineas and Jeremiah walked to the podium, the 100 martial artists sitting at the very front all stood in unison. They walked to the area below the podium and then turned around to face the audience.In an instant, these people attracted the attention of all the martial artists.It was because these men and women were dressed in pure white cloaks. The word "punishment" was embroidered on their chests.Evidently, these were the members of the Punishment Council.Suddenly, an overbearing force began to radiate from these people. Ever
Isaac stood by the window in the room, smoking. He was only a few 100 feet away from the field and had been observing the situation since a while ago.He had watched the chaos unfold in its entirety. According to the agenda, the 100 Disciplinary Council members were to go on the stage to swear their life to protect justice in the martial arts world. Jeremiah didn't want them to take action before the swearing-in, but he had no choice.However, what shocked him was that after the 100 Disciplinary Council members rushed into the crowd, nearly 40 of them were beaten to the ground. Only 20 or so troublemakers were arrested; the remaining were still fighting.As the Disciplinary Council was newly established, although they had spent a lot of effort to select the most steadfast people, their strength was still lacking in a few stages.The first one to protest, Steven, stepped on the man in the white cloak that he had beaten to the ground. Facing the ashen-faced Jeremiah, he laughed out