Every Breath You Take

Zoe immediately knew about the explosion. He went to the hospital to visit the wounded in person. As the mayor, he naturally attracted a large number of reporters to follow him. Originally, he did it for the public, and he didn't expect to see his daughter in the hospital.

Seeing her head wrapped with gauze and her face pale, Zoe was very sad. He held Monica's hand and asked, "Does it hurt? Take good care of yourself and tell me if you need anything. The government will do its best to help you."

Seeing that there were reporters taking photos, Monica didn't push his hand away. "Thank you, Mayor Jane."

Zoe gave instructions to the doctors again that they must try their best to treat the injured patients, and then he left the hospital surrounded by a group of officials.

On the way back, Zoe called Yale. "Clean up the house. Moni may move back in a few days."

Yale was shocked and then she agreed without asking anything.

After hanging up the phone, her face darkened. She got up and went into the bedroom. Closing the door, she called someone. "What happened?"

"Didn't you ask me to find a way to drive her out of Jiang City? I arranged an accident to blow up her house." The other party answered triumphantly. "Idiot! You can't do anything but make trouble for me!" Yale was really angry. This accident would only get herself into trouble.

No wonder Zoe ordered her to clean up the house. Without a house to live, Monica would definitely move back. It was not what she wanted! Madrigal came back when Yale was being angry. "Mom, I saw the news that Monica was injured in an explosion, and Dad went to the hospital to comfort her. What's going on?"

"Didn't you already know?!" Yale said with a gloomy face. She told Madrigal what Zoe said. Madrigal was anxious when she heard this. "If Monica comes back, Quarmy will definitely know my relationship with her. In this way, Quarmy and I will be so over!"

When Madrigal was in panic, her phone rang. After seeing the caller was Quarmy, she became more anxious. "Mom, it's Quarmy. Why did he call me at this time? Did he know something?"

"Don't panic! Why are you scared now? What if you really find yourself in trouble?" Yale shouted at Madrigal. "Go and see what he is going to say. Remember to deal with it smartly. Now your dad is determined to let Monica come back, we should wait and see. I will find a way."

When Madrigal entered the cafe, Quarmy had been waiting for a long time. She showed an apologetic look and said, "I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road. I'm late."

"It doesn't matter. I just arrived." Quarmy's voice was very gentle.

Madrigal, who had been with Quarmy for three years, knew that he hated people being late the most. He didn't show any unpleasantness, which meant he wanted to do something bad to her. A bad feeling surged in her heart.

"What do you want?" Quarmy asked her gently. "Blue Mountains coffee or Cappuccino?"

She only liked Mocha. Every time she met Quarmy, she would order it. But until now, he still didn't know what she liked. Madrigal was very sad. "Mocha."

Quarmy ordered Mocha for her and Blue Mountains Coffee for himself. Seeing that he had the same taste as Monica, Madrigal was really mad. But she still showed concern on her face. "Quarmy, you seem to have lost a lot of weight."

"Really?" Quarmy smiled faintly. The waiter brought the coffee, Madrigal picked it up and took a sip. Quarmy didn't move. When Madrigal put down the cup, he said, "Madrigal, I'm sorry, I can't get engaged to you."

She knew that something bad would happen, but she didn't expect that he would say that. The reason why she framed Monica was that she wanted him to feel guilty for his whole life. As long as Quarmy felt sorry for her, she would have a chance. However, she didn't expect that no matter how guilty he was, she couldn't be compared with Monica in his heart.

Madrigal was really sad, so the sadness on her face was real. "Have you made up your mind?"

"Yes." Quarmy felt that he was a little cruel. This girl was innocent from the beginning. It was his mother who let her get involved in the relationship between him and Monica. He always felt sorry for her, so he had tried his best to make up for her with money for the past three years. "I'm sorry, Madrigal, I can't leave her alone."

"I know. I know you love her. I don't blame you." Madrigal took a deep breath and let herself reveal a smile. "Will you marry her again?"

"I'll fight for it. After all, I'm sorry for her."

"Then try your best to do it. She is a good person and is worthy of your love. Call me if you need my help."

Quarmy didn't expect Madrigal to be so understanding. He felt even more guilty. "If you need anything, you can come to me. I will never refuse."

"I don't need anything. I just wish you to be happy with Monica." After saying this, Madrigal covered her face and ran out of the cafe.

Looking at her staggering figure, Quarmy sat in the cafe for a while and then got up to leave.

After Madrigal left the cafe, she went straight home and said to Yale. "Mom, Quarmy broke up with me. He wants to be with Monica."

"He actually broke up with you for that b*tch. This man is really heartless!" Yale scolded Quarmy fiercely. Damn it. Monica got lucky because of this accident, but she and her daughter got nothing, which made her feel more upset. "This b*tch is really lucky. She actually survived in such a big explosion!"

Madrigal's face was full of tears. "Mom, I don't want to break up with Quarmy. You must think of a way for me. If Monica and Quarmy are together, I'll die." "What are you panicking about? You're so useless." Yale glared at her daughter. "You've already admitted defeat before the last moment?"

"What else can we do now?"

"Let me think about it, let me think about it!" Yale was naturally anxious. She kept walking around in the room. After a while, her eyes suddenly lit up, and a vicious idea formed in her mind. Monica leaned on the hospital bed with anxiety. What should she do? What should she do in the future? While she was thinking, the door of the ward was pushed open and Beck entered. Seeing Beck, Monica was a little surprised. She subconsciously looked behind him but didn't see Roland. She didn't know whether she should be disappointed or relieved. Beck walked up to her and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Not bad."

"I have already told Mr. Wang about you. He went to the United States and will probably come back tomorrow. He asked me to tell you something." Beck paused for a moment. "You have signed the contract with him. If you don't go back to work, you have to pay legal responsibilities and a huge penalty. He hopes you to think twice. You'd better go back to work at the company. In addition, he knows that you're having a bad time. You can have a vacation before going back to work."

"I..." Monica did not know what to say.

"Also, your break is an indefinite paid vacation. But after that, you must go back to work immediately, otherwise, he will blame you!"

Monica controlled hertears. "Is he okay?"

"He's fine. Don't worry about him. Take care of yourself first. He'll forget everything that happened in the past!" Beck said and took out a sum of money. "Here's your vacation pay."

"No! I can't take it!" Monica refused. She was not a fool. How could she not understand what Roland meant?

"Take it. He wanted to give it to you. Don't waste it!"

"I won't. Please tell Roland that I will go back to work."

Monica didn't take the money in the end. In the parking lot of the hospital, Roland sat in the car with an anxious look. When he saw Beck coming out, he opened the door and asked, "How is it going?" "Since you're worried about her, why don't you go visit her yourself?" Beck said on purpose.

"I'm paying you for nothing?" Roland stared at him. He was not a shameless person. He had selfesteem. How could he go visit her after she dumped him?

"She's fine and will be discharged from the hospital in two days. Also, she'll go back to work after she leaves the hospital." Roland had a smile on his face after hearing that. "That's good."

"Here you are. She didn't accept it." Beck handed the money to Roland. Seeing that, Roland's face darkened. "Why?"

"I don't know. She said that if I forced her to take it, she wouldn't go to work." It was indeed what Monica would do. Roland was so angry that he cursed her. This woman was fu*king stubborn, but he liked her stubbornness.

Roland's face turned dark. "What did I say before?"

"You said that if I made it, you'd give me double bonus." Beck replied.

"Since you failed, your bonus is cut in halt."

Beck was really wronged! However, the thought that he had got a bonus after all made him feel that he had not done it for nothing. His resentment disappeared immediately.

When he started the car, Roland suddenly asked casually, "Do you know why Quarmy saved them so coincidentally?"

"I don't know. But it's all thanks to Quarmy this time. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Why don't you investigate it?" Roland said slowly, "I always feel that there's something strange between him and Monica. Do they have an affair?"

"Special assistant Mo isn't that kind of person." Beck denied directly.

Of course, Roland knew it too. But what about Quarmy? He was not a good person. He was actually a playboy. Could it be that he was also interested in Monica? There was definitely such a possibility. He did not know the relationship between Monica and Madrigal. Maybe he was attracted by Monica's appearance. Thinking of the way Quarmy looked at Monica before, Roland frowned. He had to think of a perfect way to prevent Quarmy from taking advantage of Monica. While Roland was thinking, Beck suddenly said, "By the way, Mr. Wang, Monica has no home to live now."

"I know." Roland was a little impatient after his thoughts were interrupted. He closed his eyes and pondered for a while before saying, "Buy a house and rent it to her. Don't let her know it."

"Mr. Wang, what are you doing here? At this time, you should take the initiative to take care of her to show your tolerance. Only in this way can you win her back." Beck was really puzzled. "What do you know?" Roland stared at him. Monica was not an ordinary woman. If he had been able to get her with money, would he have been bothered like this?

Thinking of those heartless words she said to him that day, he felt a pain in his heart. He was really useless. He still couldn't move on!

The ward became quiet after Beck left. Monica leaned on the bed and felt restless. She had never dreamed that Roland would still be willing to help her. She had said such cruel words to him that day. Was he not angry at all?

Or he had already moved on? The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. After a long time, the door was pushed open. Quarmy came in with Coco in his arms. "Mom, I went to have dinner with Uncle just now. It is very delicious.

I have eaten a lot. Uncle also brought you and Great-uncle some food."

Coco's face was flushed because of happiness. Ouarmy put him on the ground and put the bag in his hand on the table next to Monica. He opened the bag and took out the food for Monica. But Monica refused him. "No, thanks, Mr. Huo. There's a meal for the sick in the hospital."

"It's not as good as the food I brought." Quarmy didn't care about her attitude. "These are your favorites. Have a try."

Monica really wanted to get angry. Coco came up to her and said, "Mom, can I feed you?"

Looking at Coco's smiling face, Monica suppressed her anger and said, "I can eat it myself."

"Mom, hurry up. If you eat it, you will be better, and we can go home." Monica looked at her son's innocent eyes and thought of the predicament she would face after leaving the hospital. She sighed. She looked up and saw Quarmy looking at her. She asked coldly. "Aren't you busy?"

Coco, who was standing aside, said, "Mom, Uncle said that both you and Great-uncle were injured, so he stayed to take care of us."

"He has his own business, and I can take care of myself." Monica looked at her son. "Do what you can do by yourself. Don't bother someone else, understand?"

"Uncle is not someone else. He is a good person."

"Coco!" Monica raised her voice, and Coco bit his lower lip with grievance. Quarmy immediately picked up the food on the table. "I'll go to visit uncle next door."

"I'll go with you!" Seeing Coco and Quarmy leave together, Monica sighed heavily. "Why does my son like Quarmy so much? Is it really because they're related by blood?"

Quarmy went to visit Xnajer, but was also treated coldly. Xanjer was very direct. "Thank you, Mr. Huo, for saving my family. We will remember it and repay you in the future. But now we don't want to see you!" Quarmy's face darkened, but he couldn't find a reason to vent his anger. Coco didn't understand what they were talking about. "Great-uncle, why did you say that? I am very happy to see him." "Did you forget what Mom said?" Xanjer reminded Coco.

"I remember Mom asked me not to talk to strangers." Coco lowered his head. Seeing that he was already a stranger to them, Quarmy's eyes darkened, but he couldn't do anything. Quarmy didn't leave the hospital because of Monica and Xanjer's coldness. The matter of Quarmy saving Monica's family was quickly told to Jenny by Eva.

Hearing that Quarmy rushed into the fire scene to save Monica regardless of his own safety, Jenny was shocked. Last time, he was sent to the hospital for Monica. Jenny felt that Monica was really a disaster. I things went on like this, she would definitely kill Quarmy.

Jenny thought she had to get Monica out of Jiang City as soon as possible! Eva said that Monica had no house or job. It was the best time for her to get rid of her with money.

Jenny also felt that it was an opportunity, so she called Monica. "Madam Huo? What's the matter?" Hearing Jenny's voice, Monica felt uncomfortable, and her tone was also very cold.

"Well, I just saw the news and knew that something happened to you. I'm very sympathetic to you."

Jenny actually called her to show her sympathy. What a surprise! Shouldn't Jenny by the happiest person after knowing her accident? Monica did not speak and wanted to hear what Jenny would say next. "Monica, I know you're having a hard time now. You don't have a house or a job. It must be very hard for you to support your family. I decided to help you."

"How can you be so kind?"

"Monica, after all, you used to be my daughter-in-law. I don't want to see you like this. I'm not born to be cruel. It's just we have different opinion. For the sake of both of us being mothers, please give me what I want. If you're willing to leave Jiang City, I'll give you a lot of money. With that, you don't have to work so hard. Your son can get the best education. Please think about it."

"Jenny Sun, Jiang City is my home and where I grew up! Why should I leave my hometown? Why don't you and your son come back to City A? Since you are so worried about your son, why don't you get out of here with him? Don't force me again!" Monica yelled at the phone. "I tell you, I will stay in Jiang City no matter what happens. I will never leave!"

After that, she hung up the phone, but she was still angry. How could Jenny be so shameless?

In the evening, Summer came to visit Monica. Monica told her what Jenny said. Summer was also very angry. Why was this old witch everywhere? "Moni, you should agree to her conditions and take her money. Anyway, you didn't entangle her son. They owe you, right?"

"I know, but I don't want to have anything to do with them at all."

"You're too stubborn!" Summer sighed.

The whole night was silent. The next morning, Monica felt better and was ready to leave the hospital, but the doctor didn't let her go. Based on what a city leader said, she couldn't leave the hospital until she was fully recovered.

Monica knew this must be Zoe's idea, so she had to go back to the ward. After a while, the door of the ward was pushed open. Quarmy came in with a thermos bottle. "Do you feel better today?"

Monica didn't say anything but just looked at him coldly. He didn't mind it and opened the thermos bottle to pour out the soup inside. He took it to Monica and said, "Come on!"

"Can you stop appearing in front of me?" Monica did not take the soup.

"I can. I'll leave after you drink it." He handed the soup to her with persistence. She drank it up. "Okay, you can leave now."

Quarmy didn't leave, but slowly packed up. He said, "Don't worry about the house. I've already arranged a house for you. You can move to it after you leave the hospital. As for your job..." "Quarmy, I don't need your mercy!" Monica interrupted him. She thought of the call from Jenny and felt angrier. "Quarmy, why did you come to Jiang City? Why do you have to force me? You want me to die?" "Monica, I didn't force you. I just want to help you!" Quarmy looked at her with distress.

"Get out!" Monica pointed to the door. Her life had changed since she met this man. If she hadn't met him, she would have found a stable job after graduation and lived an ordinary and fulfilling life. She would not have experienced so much pain, suffering, and humiliation. "Quarmy, get out of here. I don't want to see you again in my life!"

Quarmy frowned slightly, and his eyes were full of emotions. Finally, he sighed in a low voice and said, "Okay, I'll go out."

She was injured. At this moment, she was vulnerable. No matter how vicious he was, he would not provoke her. Standing at the corner of the corridor, he lit a cigarette.

He tried his best to move the company's operation center from City A to Jiang City. What was his purpose? Jiang City was her hometown. He believed that she would come back one day.

Now she was back, but everything was out of his control. They were just like strangers. She hated him so much. How could he change all of this? He threw away the cigarette butt and turned around irritably, only to see a man in the corridor.

Zoe?

Seeing Zoe coming in, Monica looked alert. "What are you doing here?"

"Moni, my child, you have suffered!" Zoe reached out to hold her hand, but was dodged. He took back his hand dejectedly and said, "Moni, I'm sorry!"

"Mayor Jane, what the point of apologizing?" Monica stared at him. One of the people she hated most in the world was Quarmy, and the other was Zoe. "Mayor Jane, you'd better stay away from me. You are now in the prime of your career. If anyone knows that you had an affair with a mistress, you know what will happen."

"Moni, I was wrong. I didn't cheat on your mom. I never thought about betraying her. Yale is your mother's friend. I was drunk when I was on a business trip, and I met her..." Zoe tore his hair painfully. "I have always felt guilty for your mother. I didn't expect that Yale would give birth to my child. After your mother passed away, she came to me with her child. At that time, someone was reporting me. I thought that she had been very poor with Madrigal these years. In order to make it up for her, I..."

Zoe did not dare to look at his daughter, so he told her what happened before intermittently. Monica looked at him with disdain and said, "Do you mean that you have no feelings with Yale? You married her because you were afraid of being reported?"

Zoe blushed. Monica hit the nail on the head. She sneered. "You said you loved your wife, but I didn't see it at all. Since what happened at that time was beyond your control, why didn't you explain it to her? Instead, you chose to hide it from her. If you told her all this, she wouldn't leave with sadness after knowing the truth and had a car accident. If you really loved your wife so much, you wouldn't have married a mistress! Mayor Jane, in your heart, you always have more power than everything else. Your wife are your daughter are nothing compared to it."

"Moni, please forgive me. I'm a coward. I know I'm wrong. I won't leave you alone. I've asked Yale to clean up your room. Please move back immediately and let me take care of you. I won't let you get hurt again!"

"Mayor Jane, you have to think about it. If someone reports you again, what should you do?"

"I've thought it over. Moni, you don't have to worry about me. It won't have any effect."

"Since you have already found an excuse for yourself." Monica sneered. No wonder Zoe would come to her and ask her to move back. It seemed that he had already had a perfect plan. He wasn't afraid of being reported at all. She felt very sad. This was her father, her mother's beloved man. There was no kinship in his heart. He would always put power in the first place. "Mayor Jane, I won't move back, unless

you let that b*tch and her daughter move away!"

"Moni!"

"There's no need to say anything. I won't move back. Off you go!"

Zoe sighed heavily, got up and left the ward.

After that, Quarmy appeared again. Monica didn't expect that he was still here. She was shocked. "Why are you here again?"

"Monica, what's your relationship with Zoe?" Quarmy stared at Monica.

"Relationship?" Monica sneered. Since Quarmy didn't leave, he must have heard something. She didn't want to hide it anymore. "He's my dad. Are you satisfied with this answer, Mr. Huo?"

"He's your dad?" Quarmy's guess was finally confirmed. He should have thought of it earlier. The photo in Zoe's study was not Monica, but her mother. "How could this be?"

"Are you surprised?" Monica sneered. "Zoe cheated on my mom and had an illegitimate daughter. My mom had a car accident after knowing that. Later, Zoe began to live with his mistress and their daughter.

That's it."

"Why didn't you tell me the truth?"

"Why should I tell you?" Monica stared at Quarmy with sarcasm. "You mean if I told you that I had such a powerful father, your mother would have treated me differently? I would have helped your career, and you wouldn't have cheated?"

"Monica, have you ever loved me a little bit?" If she had told him her identity, his mother would not have done that to her. Their marriage would not have been stopped and they'd have been happy. But she had been hiding her identity from him. As his dear wife, she had a secret. He felt very sad.

How could he still ask her that? If she hadn't loved him, would she have married him? Would she have endured his mother's vicious humiliation for five years? Monica really wanted to laugh. Did he have the right to ask that? Since he betrayed her and let the woman she hated most carry his child, she had been desperate. This man didn't deserve her love at all! "Quarmy! I have never loved you at all!" Hearing her cold and ruthless words, Quarmy went mad. He raised his fist to her. Looking at his blood-red eyes and ferocious face, she sneered, "What, are you so angry that you want to hit me?" Looking at her fearless eyes, Quarmy punched the head of the bed, turned around and strode out of the ward. Monica turned out to be Zoe's daughter. That could explain why she hated Yale and Madrigal so much. In this case, why did Madrigal choose to be a surrogate? Didn't she know how much it hurt Monica?

Quarmy called Madrigal while driving. "I have something to ask you."

Madrigal hung up the phone and looked at her mother. "Mom, there's something wrong with Quarmy!"

"Don't panic. Just tell him the truth. Your father will be responsible for it."

"But I'm still worried."

"Don't be afraid. Mom is here." Yale sneered. "I won't let that b*tch take your man. I will let her and Quarmy not only be strangers, but also become enemies!"

Hearing that, Madrigal felt relieved and went out to see Quarmy.

Quarmy looked really unhappy. "I have something to ask you!" "What's the matter?" Madrigal's voice was soft, with a look of pity on her face. She and Yale had already thought about all the possible things and had already had a way to deal with them. When she faced Quarmy, she was not panic at all. "Have you always been unaware of Monica's relationship with you?" Quarmy stared at her, his eyes as sharp as lightning, as if he wanted to see through her.

"You already know it?" Madrigal looked stunned, and then she immediately lowered her head. "I knew it long ago. Because of my mother, she hates us very much. She has been reluctant to admit our

relationship."

Quarmy sneered, "So only my mother and I are kept in the dark? Since you know she is your sister and she hates you, why did you choose to be a surrogate?" "Quarmy, I'm sorry! We lied to you about this. At that time, Moni couldn't get pregnant for a few years. Dad heard that Aunt Sun treated her badly, he was worried, so..."

"So what?"

"Dad always felt sorry for her, so did my mother. Hearing that she couldn't get pregnant and was tortured by Aunt Sun, they were very distressed. Coincidentally, Aunt Sun said that she wanted to find a surrogate, so my mother thought of me. I didn't want to agree, but my mother said that this was the only chance for us to compensate Moni. As long as I could give you two a child, Aunt Sun would not torture her and she could live a happy life with you. I thought Moni was pitiful, so I agreed."

"How could you do this?" Quarmy muttered to himself. He never dreamed that Madrigal did it because of Zoe and his wife's guilt for Monica. Only this could explain why she, the daughter of the mayor, was willing to do this kind of thing. "Quarmy, although I like you, I never thought of hurting Moni!" Madrigal explained pitifully.

"I never thought about telling her that I was pregnant with your child. I only wanted to secretly give birth to that child so that Auntie Sun would no longer torture her. You have to believe that I didn't want to hurt her! If it weren't for Auntie Sun insisting on taking me to see her, such a thing wouldn't have happened. I was unwilling to come to Moni with your mom, but you know, I couldn't stop her." Quarmy didn't say anything. That day, he received a phone call from Madrigal and asked him to go home quickly. She said that his mother was going to take her to see Monica. He was shocked and hurried back without hesitation. But it was too late. When he pushed the door open, he saw Madrigal lying on the ground and Monica was cursing her. Seeing there was blood coming out of her legs, he carried her and rushed to the hospital without thinking.

His mother was mad at Monica for killing that child. But Madrigal didn't have any complaints. When she came out of the operating room, she begged him not to blame Monica and said it was all her fault.

Later, after hearing that his mother forced him to divorce Monica, Madrigal came to him with tears all over her face. She said it was all her fault. She asked him to explain to Monica. She also said that she would go with him to make it clear to Monica.

Later, his mother forced him to be with Madrigal. Madrigal had always mentioned Monica in front of him. There was guilty in her words. He finally knew why she would feel sorry for Monica. Madrigal stole a glance at Quarmy's expression and began to wipe her tears. "Quarmy, I always feel sorry for my sister. I have been feeling uneasy over the years. If it weren't for me, you two wouldn't have been like this. It's al my fault! I was very pleased when you said you wanted to be with her, so I agreed to break up with you. As long as you can be with my sister, I won't feel guilty anymore."

Quarmy did not speak. He could not find a way to vent his anger. If Madrigal was telling the truth, it would be Zoe and Yale's fault. They sacrificed Madrigal to make up for the mistakes they made. Madrigal was

innocent.

Madrigal was crying, Quarmy was upset. Everything was too fu*king unexpected!

He irritably took out a cigarette. Before he lit it, his phone rang. The nanny said in a panic, "Mr. Huo, come back quickly. Miss Mo rushed to the house and quarreled with Madam!"