Every Breath You Take

Seeing Quarmy leave, Lassie also left the pharmacy. On the way back, she called her son. "Ted, will he suspect us?"

"Don't worry. He won't know our relationship." Ted answered.

Hearing that, Lassie calmed down. Only Yale and herself knew that Ted was her son.

Lassie and Yale were from the same place, the Cat's Alley. Lassie was a few years older than Yale, so she and Yale were actually old friends.

There were a lot of people in the Cat's Alley. It was difficult for people living there to be unaffected. Lassie was from a poor family, so her life was really hard. She had been running a stall with her parents since she was a kid, but they didn't make much money. Her parents grew older day after day. Her poor family made her very upset.

At that time, a hooligan began to pursue her with sweet talk. The hooligan gave her some money every once in a while. Lassie was an easy girl. She quickly lived with the hooligan and gave birth to a son before they got married.

Lassie's parents were old and sick. Later, they died one after the other. Lassie then relied on the hooligan, but it didn't last long. Soon after she gave birth to her son, the hooligan was sent to jail. Lassie, an unmarried girl, could not afford the child, so she listened to the advice of others and gave the child to the childless Lee family.

After the Lee family adopted the child, they asked Lassie to leave this place. Lassie was worried that the hooligan would come after her, so she agreed. The Lee family gave her a sum of money for this. Lassie went to another place. While working there, she met a man surnamed Huang. Later, she married him. At first, they were a sweet couple. Later, her husband began to beat her after knowing her past. She knew that she had done something wrong first, so she didn't fight back. However, her husband got more and more out of line. He thought he was losing out on being married to a single mom, so he started to flirt with other women.

Lassie knew that she was in the wrong, so she didn't say anything about it. Seeing that, her husband actually took his mistress home and slept with her in front of Lassie.

Who could stand it? Lassie finally resisted, but her husband didn't care. He punched and kicked her, which made her face black and blue. Lassie was actually not a timid person. She hated her husband so much that she grabbed an iron hammer to fight back. Accidentally, her husband was killed by her.

She was sentenced to life imprisonment for this. After living in prison for more than ten years, Lassie was released in advance because she performed well. In order to survive, she began to look for a job. At this time, she met Yale, who was already the mayor's wife. Because they

were acquaintances, Yale got her a job as a nanny.

Lassie worked as a nanny for several years. Later, Yale found a way to let her be a servant in the Huo family. It was a big change for her to go from a nanny in a normal family to a servant of a billionaire. Although she was a servant in the Huo family, her life was much better than ordinary people. In order to stay at the Huo family, she tried her best to win the favor of Jenny. No matter how Jenny scolded, she wouldn't say anything. Jenny liked that, so Lassie successfully stayed at the Huo family.

About three years after Lassie came to the Huo family, she secretly returned to Jiang City for her son, Ted. She learned that Ted was going to be sentenced for assault with intent. Therefore, she went to ask Yale for help. Yale tried her best to let Ted get rid of it. Later, Yale let Ted learn to drive and helped Ted become the driver of Zoe step by step.

Later, Lassie knew that Yale had her own purpose to do these things. Yale just wanted her to be a pawn. Lassie was not a fool, but Yale did her a favor, so she gradually became Yale's accomplice. It was Lassie's credit that Monica couldn't get pregnant before.

Originally, after Monica divorced Quarmy, Lassie wanted to leave the Huo family. Yale persuaded her to stay because she could help Madrigal a lot after Madrigal married into the Huo family. Therefore, she stayed.

Although Jenny was snobbish, she was not bad to Lassie. Lassie had planned to save more money for her son, and then find a place no one knew to live. However, recently Jenny became more and more irritable. Because of the bad mood and health, Jenny scolded Lassie every day. Lassie found that she could not bear it any longer, so she made an appointment with her son. She wanted to leave here as soon as possible, but Ted asked her to be patient. Hearing her complaining, Ted let her buy some medicine that could make people fall asleep for Jenny. In that way, Jenny could no longer scold her. Lassie agreed, but she then met Quarmy in the pharmacy.

Although Ted said that Quarmy would not doubt it, Lassie felt a little uneasy. As the saying goes, a quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. She had done so many bad things, how could she not feel guilty? When Lassie returned to the hospital, Jenny was losing her temper in the ward. Seeing Lassie, Jenny scolded her, "Where the hell have you been?"

"I went to the pharmacy." Lassie smiled and said, "I just saw Mr. Huo. He said he would come to see you right away."

Jenny's injury was not serious. After the operation, she was fine. The reason why she stayed at the hospital was to get her son's sympathy. However, the doctor had already told Quarmy that Jenny was fine. Quarmy had disappeared during this period of time, and he didn't even call Jenny. Jenny was extremely angry. Now that she heard what Lassie said, she immediately cheered up and felt better. Sure enough, Quarmy came to the hospital to see her in the afternoon. When Jenny saw her son, she couldn't help crying. "Quarmy, where have you been? My whole body is in pain these days. How can you do this to me? You don't even want your mother for a woman?" "Mom, what are you talking about? I went to find a doctor for Coco." Quarmy looked at his mother.

"How is Coco?" Jenny wiped her tears.

"He's fine. The doctor asked him to take medicine first." Quarmy answered. "Mom, I just asked the doctor. He said that you could be discharged. I'll hire two cares to take care of you at home."

Jenny had wanted to show how painful she felt in front of her son, but her son had already known she was fine. She blushed and was speechless for a moment. Quarmy quickly asked two professional cares to take Jenny home.

Jenny felt much better after seeing Quarmy. She kept asking about Coco on the way home. Quarmy knew that his mother was not a bad person, so he showed her the photos of him playing with Coco. Seeing Coco's cute face, Jenny couldn't help smiling. If only her grandson could be with her every day! She asked Quarmy, "Quarmy, can you bring Coco home?"

"No." Quarmy refused flatly.

"Why not? Coco is my grandson. Why can't I see him?"

"Mom, do you think he will be willing to see you after you treated him like that?"

Thinking of the child's resistance to her, Jenny was a little discouraged. She muttered, "It's all Monica's fault. If it weren't for her, would I have had a bad relationship with my grandson?" "Don't blame Monica. Monica is not as bad as you think. She said that as long as Coco was cured, she would let Coco call me Dad. Wouldn't it be easy for you to see your grandson then?" "Did she really say that?" Jenny doubted. "Son, did she lie to you on purpose?"

"Is there a need for her to lie to me?"

"It's hard to say. I can't trust her. If I hadn't sue her for intentional injury last time and restricted her to leave, maybe she would have taken the child abroad and married Leon." Quarmy didn't say anything. Jenny was right. Thinking of this, Quarmy felt a little upset.

"Let me tell you, I won't stop her marrying Leon, but I can't let my grandson call someone else Dad." Jenny rambled.

Quarmy was a little annoyed. "The best way to prevent your grandson from calling another man Dad to let Monica marry me, or you can't stop it."

"Who said that? Can't I fight for the right to raise the child?" Jenny did not feel that it was inappropriate at all.

Quarmy couldn't help sneering, "Mom, do you think you have the ability to compete with Monica?"

"Why not?"

"First of all, Monica has suffered so much for Coco and Coco has his own choice. Besides, Mayor Jane is Monica's father. Do you think he will allow you to take Monica's son away?" Jenny was suddenly speechless. How could she forget that Monica's biological father was Zoe? Indeed, as long as Zoe was around, she would never get the right to raise Coco. However, she really didn't want to let Monica be with Quarmy. Monica's status was different now, so she would definitely not be as obedient as she used to be. What if they quarreled again? the Huo Family was would no longer be peaceful. After Jenny was discharged, Eva came to visit her. Soon, they talked about Madrigal.

Eva told Jenny that Madrigal was indeed pregnant. Jenny was naturally happy, because it was a good thing for the Huo Family. However, Quarmy might not think so. Therefore, she should make a plan first. She told Eva to keep it a secret and remind Madrigal to take good care of herself. When the time came, she would tell her son. As long as Madrigal married Quarmy, it was useless for Monica to do anything. This time, Eva came here to see Jenny's attitude. Seeing that Jenny was very happy about Madrigal's pregnancy, Eva was relieved. Then, Jenny mentioned the sports meeting project again.

The bidding of the sports meeting had entered the countdown, and Jenny had been paying attention to it. She heard that Roland had a Chinese- Western design team. Although Zewail was Quarmy's chief designer, Jenny was still not at ease. There were always accidents. Last time, her son and she thought they could get the city construction project, but in the end, they lost to Roland. This time she wouldn't be careless again.

Although it was Quarmy who took care of the company, how could Jenny stay out of it? If her son could win the bid, the future of VSUS would be limitless. On the contrary, if Queen got the project, it would have a great impact on VSUS. It was not a good thing for the development of VSUS.

Previously, Eva had said that Yale would find a way to help Quarmy. Thinking of this, Jenny asked Eva how Yale would help Quarmy.

Eva said, "Yale has helped Quarmy get a drawing for the stadium. With this, VSUS can definitely win the bid."

As she spoke, she took out the drawing she got from Francisco. Jenny was overjoyed. She thanked Eva and promised that as long as VSUS won the bid, she would treat Madrigal well.

With Jenny's guarantee, Eva happily left. Jenny was also very happy. She immediately called her son and asked him to go home quickly, saying that there was something important to discuss with him.

After Quarmy returned home, Jenny handed the design drawing to Quarmy. Quarmy was shocked when he saw the design. He took the drawing and hurried back to the company. He immediately called the designers for a meeting. The chief designer Zewail was surprised to see the design. "Mr. Huo, where did you get it? It is very similar to Francisco's style."

"I think so too." Quarmy agreed. "I'm just not sure!"

"I'm sure it's Francisco's work." Zewail looked at it carefully for a while before he confirmed. "I heard that he lived in seclusion in Jiang City. I didn't expect that he would give us such a big gift. With this drawing, we will definitely win."

Quarmy was sure that he would get this project, while Roland had already known the result of this bidding.

On the day of the bidding, after discussion, the experts decided that VSUS's design of the main stadium was better than Queen's.

However, Queen's design of secondary venue and supporting facilities was better than VSUS's. In the end, everyone unanimously decided that the main venue would be built by VSUS, while the secondary venue and supporting facilities would be built by Queen.

It was a win-win situation. Roland was not surprised at all, and Quarmy did not have much objection to this result. However, Jenny was not satisfied at all. She really didn't want to share this project with Queen. For this reason, she called Eva again. Eva was also shocked. The drawing she gave Jenny was her brother's work. Technically, VSUS would definitely win the bid. Why did that happen? Was it caused by Zoe? Although Eva was sure what caused this, in order to stop Jenny from nagging, she immediately put the blame on Zoe. Jenny had no other way. After venting her anger for a while, she hung up the phone. Because the sports meeting project was owned by two companies, Roland and Quarmy set up an allied company. Both Quarmy and Roland were the bosses of this company.

After a few days of cooperation, the allied company held a press conference. Roland and Quarmy, dressed in suits, handsomely appeared at the press conference. They answered the reporter's questions one by one.

The two people who used to be rivals now became partners. Those who didn't know would think that they had a good relationship with each other.

Looking at the two smiling men on TV, Monica sighed. Who said that only actors were good at acting? The two men were much better than actors.

In the evening, the companies of both sides naturally had to have a celebration party. Roland showed up for a while and then asked Beck to host the event for him. Then he went back to his villa in the western suburbs.

In the villa, Xanjer had already made dinner with the help of Summer. They were waiting for Roland. When Roland came in, everyone congratulated him, including Coco.

Roland happily held Coco and kissed him passionately. Summer and Xanjer put the dishes on the table. Roland opened his wine cellar with a smile and took out the best wine he treasured. For a moment, the fragrance of wine pervaded the air, and the whole room was filled with laughter.

Monica couldn't drink because she was pregnant. Summer and Xanjer accompanied Roland to drink a lot. They were all slightly drunk. In the end, Roland didn't leave because he drunk too much. Mandy had been back in Jiang City for a while. Since she came back, she had just seen Roland once. However, Roland went to see Monica every day. Mandy was very angry when she knew that Roland had allowed Monica to live in his villa. As Roland's fiancee, she could only live in a hotel. How could she be happy?

Although she was angry, she did not forget the three-year agreement. Roland had said that she had no right to interfere in his affairs. If she couldn't tolerate it, he wouldn't marry her. Therefore, Mandy dared not act rashly, for fear of offending Roland. The success of this bidding was a great thing for Queen. Since she was in Jiang City, shouldn't Roland take her to the celebration party? However, she was wrong. She waited from morning to night, but there was no phone call from Roland. Mandy was so angry that she went to the celebration party alone. When she arrived, she found that Roland was not here.

Mandy knew where Roland had gone. She drove angrily to his villa. Looking at the bright lights in the villa and listening to the laughter coming from inside, Mandy was furious. Monica was really shameless. She was going to marry Leon, but she still lived in Roland's place. It was intolerable. Mandy thought that she had to talk to Monica.

The next day, Mandy visited Monica. Monica politely invited Mandy to sit down and poured tea for her. Mandy did not appreciate it and said coldly, "Monica, you seem to be enjoying living in my fiance's house. Does my silly brother know it?"

"Yes. It's him who asked Roland to take care of us." Monica answered.

"I don't think he meant what he said." Mandy smiled playfully. "Monica, you used to be Roland's girlfriend, do you really think my brother will let Roland take care of you?"

"Miss Gu, I've been Roland's normal friend since you got engaged to him. I know Leon well. I think he knows that I won't betray him."

"Really? I have to remind you. Monica, you're just an outsider to Roland, and I'm his fiancee. You live in his villa while I can only live in a hotel. Do you think it's appropriate?"

"I'm sorry. I'll move out right now." Monica finally understood what Mandy meant. Mandy wanted to drive her away. Since Mandy was now the fiancee of Roland, she did have the right to do so. Monica chose to give in.

"Move out? Where can you go? Will you tell Roland that I want to drive you away?" Mandy didn't believe that Monica would really move out.

"Miss Gu, don't worry. I won't." Monica thought for a moment and said, "I will move back to my uncle's place."

"Monica, your uncle's place is also Roland's house. Don't you know?" Mandy sneered. "Roland really did a lot for you. He deliberately rent his house to you. You are so smart. I don't believe that you don't know it at all."

"Miss Gu, you misunderstood. I really don't know that. Since that's the case, I'll go find another house." Monica naturally did not expect that Roland would do this for her. She felt very sorry.

"Monica, you don't need to do so. If you want me to rest assured, you can live with another man." "Another man?"

"I mean Quarmy. Quarmy has so many houses in Jiang City, and Coco is his son. If you live with Quarmy, everything will be fine. Isn't it a good thing for everyone?" "That's impossible!" Monica refused. "Quarmy and I are divorced. I won't have anything to do with him."

"Monica, you are really amazing. Quarmy is your ex-husband and Coco's father. It's normal for him to support you and the child. But why did you refuse to accept his help all the time? Today I finally figured it

out."

"What do you mean?"

"Monica, you are really greedy. You want to be loved by Quarmy, Leon and Roland at the same time. Do you feel very proud that they are willing to do anything for you?"

"How can you, a well- educated lady, say that? I wonder how your parents educated you!" Monica's face changed and she spoke unkindly. She had been putting up with Mandy for Leon's sake. Now that Mandy wanted to provoke her, she naturally did not have to be polite.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with my family education. Miss Mo, if you have a good family education, please don't live in my fiance's house shamelessly, and don't expect to marry my brother with someone else's child. My brother is not stupid." Mandy started being sarcastic.

"You..." Monica was so angry that her face turned red. "Get out!"

"Monica, don't be angry. I'm telling you, your best choice now is to marry Quarmy. Anyway, you already have two children. It's better to let them live with their biological father."

"Mom!" A childish voice suddenly sounded. Coco stood at the door of his room, looking at Monica and Mandy with his innocent eyes. "Aren't you going to marry Uncle Gu? Why did she mention Uncle Huo?" Monica looked at her son and was stunned. Wasn't Coco sleeping? When did he wake up? He must have heard the conversation between her and Mandy clearly just now. D*mned Mandy!

"Because Uncle Huo is your biological father." Mandy answered viciously.

"Mandy!" Monica raised her voice. She really wanted to tear up Mandy's mouth.

"Uncle Huo is my father? Is this true?" Coco looked at Monica. He only believed in his mother's words.

"Of course it's true. Your mom's unborn child is also Uncle Huo's."

"Mandy, get out of here! Otherwise, I won't let you go." Monica reached out to push Mandy. Seeing Monica was angry, Mandy did not dare to stay any longer, so she left. Coco stood at the door of the room and cried.

Monica hurriedly hugged him to coax him. "Be good, Coco. Don't cry."

"Mom, is Uncle Huo really my dad?" Coco stubbornly wanted to know the answer. Monica sighed and nodded. "Why doesn't he want us? I saw with my own eyes that Dad was engaged to another woman on TV." "Dad has his reasons." Monica explained, but her explanation was completely meaningless for a child.

Coco saw with his own eyes that Quarmy and Madrigal were engaged. At that time, Quarmy was just an uncle to him, so he was not so sad but just disappointed.

Now that he knew Quarmy was his dad, and he could not accept this fact at all. He was already very obedient and his mother was also very good. Why did his father not want him and his mother?

Coco couldn't understand it at all. He was very sad. "Mom, Dad is a bad guy. He's a bad guy!"

"No... Dad is not a bad guy." Monica explained.

"He is! He is the baddest guy! I hate him!" This was the first time Monica heard Coco mention the word "hate", and the man he hated was his biological father. She didn't know what to say. She just held Coco to comfort him.

At this time, Quarmy came. During this period, he would take time to see Coco every day. This day, he brought a lot of Coco's favorite food and toys. When he opened the door, he saw Monica holding crying Coco. He was very surprised. "What happened?"

Seeing Quarmy, Coco got rid of Monica and ran to him. Quarmy reached out to hug him, but Coco grabbed Quarmy's hand and bit it fiercely, "Bad guy, you are a bad guy! I don't want to see you again!" Quarmy bared his teeth in pain. Coco turned around and ran back to his room. After a while, he rushed out with a toy gun in his hand. He pointed his gun at Quarmy, and his face was full of anger. "Liar, get out of my house, or I'll beat you to death!"

Quarmy looked at Coco, who was so excited. He could feel Coco's anger. Children didn't know how to hide their feelings. He had a feeling that if Coco had had a real gun, he would have shoot him. "What happened?" Quarmy looked at Monica again. Monica smiled bitterly. "Mandy just came here and made a scene. She told Coco your relationship with him."

Quarmy was stunned. He had thought about letting Coco knew the truth countless times. He had always believed that Coco would be happy, but he was wrong. There was no longer trust in his son's clear eyes. Instead, they were filled with anger. No matter how Monica persuaded Coco, Coco refused to put down his gun. He still pointed the toy gun straight at Quarmy. "Liar, you big liar, get out of here. We don't

want to see you!"

Quarmy felt as if his heart had been cut by a knife after hearing that. His son hated him. If those things had not happened, his son would have been by his side and admired him. Their relationship should have been very good. However, things went contrary to his wishes. For Coco, he was an unforgivable bad guy.

"Quarmy, can you go back first?" Coco refused to listen to her, so she had to persuade Quarmy to leave. However, Quarmy stood still and stared at Coco. He really wanted to apologize to Coco, but at this moment, he didn't know what to say.

How could he make up for what he did to his child? How could he let Coco forgive him? "God, help me! Please!" Quarmy had never been so helpless and pitiful.