"What's wrong, Steve? Why do you look stunned?" Audrey was astonished when see Steve's expression. "I'm just wondering why you're still working with Jacob after you know his identity." Audrey snorted heavily. "I have to keep his feelings in check since he knows my reasons; he will plan to hurt me and my family." Steve nodded in understanding. It was a logical decision. "We got engaged not out of love but out of indebtedness because he managed to find a donor for my father. Jacob's company was still in its infancy, so he needed funds from Ramos Corp to get going. Unfortunately, my father liked him so much that our engagement showed cooperation." Now Steve knew why Audrey knew Jacob's hobby so well. "But I called it off on the grounds of barrenness." "Barren?!" Steve was wide-eyed. Audrey chuckled. "I'm not sterile. It was just a trick of mine, darling. I'm grateful that he immediately agreed to the annulment." Steve was amazed that Audrey was brilliant at making decisions. "I
Steve immediately carried Sarah to the emergency room at the psychiatric hospital. "Hang in there, Honey." Steve tried to calm Sarah down when she wouldn't stop moaning in pain. "Everyone, help me! My wife is sick!" His shout echoed down the old hallway. Several nurses hurriedly brought in a gurney, and then Steve laid Sarah down and pushed her into the emergency room. Steve was prevented from entering. "Sorry, you can't come in, Mister." "I want to be with my wife! I'm her husband!" Steve insisted. "You should wait here to avoid disturbing the doctor and nurses." One of the nurses quickly closed the door. Steve walked back and forth, praying that Sarah was okay. What had happened? Why was blood suddenly flowing from her thighs? Steve couldn't stop thinking about it. He was afraid of losing Sarah forever. Before long, the doctor came out looking tense and worried. "What happened to my wife? Is she okay?" Steve asked quickly. His heart almost stopped at the man's expression
[Warning! You violate the system command, then you lose one System Heart][System Heart: 2][Punishment: You'll lose all the wealth you've earned!]"What's wrong, Steve?" Sarah was confused as the man's face paled.'What is a System Heart?[System Hearts are opportunities. If your System Heart runs out, this wealth system will be lost. Forever]Steve swallowed hard. He was too rash to think of the consequences. Out of love, he had made a fatal mistake.'Give me one more chance! I promise I won't repeat my mistake again!' Steve pleaded, hoping for mercy. He didn't want to suffer anymore from poverty. Moreover, he and Sarah were about to become parents, and it would cost a lot of money to support their children.Steve didn't want his children to grow up in economic hardship like he had in the orphanage.[I'm sorry, Mr. Steve. I can't do anything to help you. I have to take all your wealth. It's a system rule that I can't break]"Steve! Answer me! What happened to you?!" Sarah's scream
Steve opened his eyes slowly as he smelled the pungent aroma of drugs. His blurry vision gradually improved so that he could see everything. He looked around and found himself lying with an IV and oxygen attached to his body. Without asking, Steve already knew he was in a hospital. "What happened?" Steve's whole body crumpled as he tried to sit up. "Ouch ...." The man held his aching head as he tried to remember what had just happened to him. "Son of a bitch! How dare they cheat me when I'm broke." Steve didn't expect his partnership to eat into his wealth using trickery when he was broke. "You've finally awake, Darling. I was so worried about you." Sarah smiled happily as she approached Steve. The woman had just finished negotiating with the hospital manager for time to pay off the hospital fees. "What about our baby, Honey? Is baby fine? You didn't miscarry, did you?" Steve was anxious, afraid they'd mistreated Sarah while he was unconscious. Sarah took Steve's hand and
Steve just looked down, unable to defend himself. Robert was right. He was the leading cause of Peter's death. Even though he wasn't involved with Ellen's plan, he supported her. "I will never leave Steve, forever! He's not a murderer!" "You bastard! If you keep choosing Steve, get out of my house! I don't want to think of you as my daughter anymore!" "Okay!" Sarah replied firmly. "Come on, Steve, let's leave that asshole's house!" She pushed the man's wheelchair out with Jennifer. "Sarah, stop it. Your father's right." Steve's voice was soft on the porch. "You stay here, I'll go alone." "No! I'm not leaving you! Don't make me do that!" Sarah was exasperated. "You know I have nothing any more but my body, Sarah. Now I'm a cripple. I don't want you to suffer." "I don't care! I want to be with you!" Sarah insisted. Tears of regret flowed from Steve's eyes. "Please... listen to my request. I promise I'll pick you up when I'm successful." Sarah could not hold back her tears. F
"Your grandson? But-" "Don't ask so many questions. Do you want to get fired?" "I'm sorry, Mister." The security smiled at Steve. "You may enter." The house was huge. The distance between the fence and the lobby was long enough for them to take a golf cart. "Grandpa!" A beautiful woman ran to meet Charles and hugged him tightly. "Where have you been, Grandpa? I was so worried! Why did you leave without saying goodbye?" "Let go of me, Cassandra. I could have been killed." Charles's voice stuttered as Cassandra hugged him so tightly that breathing was difficult. The woman wearing the red dress immediately let go of his embrace. "I'm sorry, I was too happy to have you back." Cassandra turned to Steve. "Who is he, Grandpa?" "He's my helper." Cassandra scanned Steve's appearance from head to toe with an appraising look, then whispered to her assistant Leo and left. Not long after, the man in the black tuxedo returned with a thick envelope. "Take this, then leave." Steve stared
"Steve!" Charles came over and hugged him tightly. "You're finally back! Don't leave me again!" He sobbed into Steve's shoulder. Steve's heart was torn to shreds hearing Charles' cries, understanding the kind Grandpa's sadness. He smiled as he rubbed Charles' back. "Calm down, Grandpa. I won't leave you again." Cassandra had told him about Steve Morgan. His character, his hobbies, and Morgan's moments with his grandfather. The man had died at the age of ten-fifteen years ago. If he was still alive, he would have been 25 years old. Steve had rehearsed briefly to act like Morgan. "Why are you sitting in a wheelchair?" "I got injured playing football." Steve smiled stiffly. Charles had completely forgotten that he wasn't Morgan. His dementia was already severe. "I'll take you to the hospital." "No need." "Come on!" Steve was forced to comply. After being examined at the hospital, the doctor told Cassandra that there was a foreign chemical in Steve's body that caused the para
Cassandra was so wide-eyed that her eyeballs almost popped out. "Alvarez?!" Steve nodded briefly. "Impossible!" Cassandra certainly knew about the fifth-richest man in America. He was her arch-rival in the business world because, in a short period, Alvarez Corp had managed to rank as the fifth highest earning company in the USA. "Alvarez is dead! You can't lie to me!" Cassandra fumed. "You can search the internet for me." Cassandra did so immediately, but only Jack's face appeared. "Liar! You're not Alvarez!" Cassandra showed the results of the internet search. All it showed was Jack and his death. Steve was shocked. 'How could the news about me just disappear?' [I deleted it, Mr Steve] 'Why did you do that?!' [I had to restart everything due to the effects of the new system switchover. You earned that nickname from the previous system's rewards, so the system was forced to take everything away from you, including the memory of you as a conglomerate man from the public] 'S