Fortunate to Have You This Lifetime

Jade Carlson glanced back awkwardly at the chaotic stairwell, the plain door number, the building full of a cheap aura… She could never let anyone know she lived in such a place.

“Do you need something from me?” Jade skirted around Nathaniel’s question.

But Nathaniel didn’t care where she lived; he just needed to be able to contact Jade.

“Jade, it was you who said you’d be wholeheartedly willing to help me, as long as I could be happy with Suzanne Saunders, you’d be willing to do anything for me.” Nathaniel’s tone was cold, “You said it yourself, you remember, right?”

Jade’s heart sank, feeling that Nathaniel’s call was to seek an explanation for some wrongdoing.

Although she knew he wouldn’t be calling out of concern, she still felt a great sense of loss, a profound loss…

“Jade, I trusted you so much, but what about you?!” Nathaniel suppressed his anger and accused her, “You tricked me! You switched the medicine I gave you, didn’t you?!”

Jade’s eyes widened in shock, her face draining of color.

She almost blurted out, “How did you know?”

But she held back.

It was a critical matter, and her mind froze for a split second before she could gather her thoughts.

“Jade?” Nathaniel called her name when he didn’t hear her voice.

Jade suddenly felt relieved that this was just a phone call; Nathaniel couldn’t see her unsightly face and the cold sweat on her forehead.

“…Nathaniel, you’re mistaken, I didn’t switch…” she struggled to control her speech rate, trying to sound as calm as possible.

“I saw the video.” Nathaniel said, “It was white powder, Jade, do I need to remind you what the medicine I gave you looks like?”

“I… I know, but Nathaniel, if an entire pill was put into the drink, it would definitely be noticed, right?” Jade fabricated an excuse, “That’s why I purposefully ground it into fine powder… As for the color, I’m not sure… maybe it appeared white because of the light in the video.”

Jade’s lie was crude and simplistic, yet surprisingly hard to fault.

Nathaniel questioned harshly, “Why would you do such a thing?! Jade, I’ve been decent to you even though you helped me! Why switch the medicine? Why kill Suzanne Saunders?!”

“I didn’t.” Jade said, “Sister Suzanne’s death was an accident… it might even have been, well, a suicide…”

Nathaniel was furious!

If it was an accident, if it was suicide, then Purple Summers wouldn’t be seeking the truth about her death now!

Unable to get the truth out of her, he angrily hung up the phone.

Jade Carlson exhaled a deep breath of relief and turned back, only to see Evelyn Willard standing at the door with a beaming smile.

“Why not talk a little longer?” Evelyn Willard asked with a smile, “The Summers Family is very rich, even just being Nathaniel’s affair partner would be enough to keep you in comfort.”

“I won’t be an affair partner!” Jade shot her a disgusted look, “If I’m going to be anything, I’ll be Mrs. Summers!”

“Becoming Mrs. Summers isn’t that hard, you know.” Evelyn Willard’s lips curved slightly upward, and as she took off her sunglasses, the deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes turned into soft lines, giving her a seductive, mature woman’s charm when she smiled.

Jade was skeptical, “You have a way?”

“Doesn’t Nathaniel have a weakness in your hands?” Evelyn Willard asked with a teasing laugh.

Jade immediately understood what she meant. Her expression darkened as she said coldly, “No way.”

“What’s wrong with that? Otherwise, do you think he would marry you on his own?” Evelyn Willard laughed softly, walking over and placing a hand on Jade’s shoulder, “It’s already like this, what are you still holding back for?”

Jade was silent…