At Community Health Care Hospital in Onaton City six years later, Zoey stood at the entrance wearing a pair of big sunglasses and two- inch stilettos on her feet. With one hand on a white -colored piece of luggage, she appeared to be in a daze as she watched the people entering and exiting the hospital.
Zoey was finally back. Six years ago, she had gone on the run with her twins. With her friend's help, she hid in a private house for a year while avoiding Xavier's search for her. After a year of hiding, she had spread the news that she and her twins had died in a fire in a bid to stop Xavier in his persistent search for her. With support from her friend, Zoey had moved overseas with her twins and continued her medical studies there.
She had dared to come back to Onaton City only because she had made some powerful connections when she was overseas. With these people backing her up, she was no longer the helpless young woman from six years ago. Her father's friends also had doubts about his heart attack that led to his death, and so, they had encouraged her to investigate the truth behind her father's death. This time, she was determined to uncover the truth and recover everything that had been taken away from the Fuller family.
"Mommy, is this the place you grew up in? It's so beautiful!" A soft, gentle voice belonging to a little girl sounded next to Zoey. The little girl had a white hat on her head and was fair-skinned with rosy cheeks and lips.
Zoey looked down at the little girl as love and warmth took over the hatred in her eyes. Smiling, she replied to the little girl, "That's right. This is the place I grew up. It has a nice name - Onaton City. You and your brother will be staying here in the future too."
"OK!" Kayla Fuller clapped her hands with joy. Turning her head towards a little boy who looked exactly like her, except for the fact that he had an aloof and unsmiling face, Kayla said excitedly, "Kayden, we are going to stay here!"
"Hm." Kayden Fuller simply nodded in response.
Zoey took both her kids' hands and said, "Come, let's go."
They could go back to their new home once she was done reporting for work and getting a debrief.
All of a sudden, there were loud cries of pain coming from behind her.
She stiffened as her expression darkened. She would never forget this voice, or its owner - Stella Lynch.
Zoey turned her head toward the source of the cries. True enough, it was Stella's voice she had heard. Stella was being pushed into the hospital by two of her bodyguards. There was no sign of the elegant lady Stella had always been careful to portray as she continued to curse and cry out in pain.
Zoey was more curious about the huge baby bump on Stella. Stella was pregnant after six long years.
Zoey dug her fingernails into her palms as she tried to suppress her hatred towards Stella. The pain from her nails was one way to try to maintain sanity when she saw the woman.
"Zoey Fuller? Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be dead?" Stella screamed, drawing the attention of several passers-by.
Zoey stared coldly at Stella as she replied, "Ms. Lynch, thanks to you, I was able to set my mind on leaving the country years ago. Are you disappointed to see me today?"
Stella stared at Zoey with disbelief. After Zoey had injured Xavier six years ago, Stella had used her family's connections to try to hunt down Zoey. She had been relentless about it until she received the news of Zoey and her kids' deaths. Now that the person who was supposed to be dead had reappeared in front of her, Stella was naturally shocked.
Perhaps because of the shock she had felt over Zoey's appearance, the contractions that Stella had felt started to increase in intensity and frequency. Cold sweat quickly formed on her brow and she turned pale from the pain." Ahh, it's so painful! Call the doctor, quickly!" Stella screamed.
One of Stella's bodyguards ran towards the entrance and into the hospital quickly in search of a doctor.
Zoey was an obstetrician and therefore could tell that Stella had gone into labor. She sneered as she looked at Stella's face, twisted and pale from the pain. Along with her messy hair, Stella was no longer the same sophisticated lady that Zoey had known six years ago.
Zoey felt no sympathy for Stella, not because she was heartless but because this was one emotion she couldn't conjure up for her enemy. This was only human nature.
"You're so ugly now," Zoey said softly.
Despite her labor pains, Stella heard what Zoey had said. Furious, Stella lifted her head and glared at Zoey with a vicious look. "Zoey Fuller, who are you calling ugly?"
Stella had always been well-groomed and absolutely hated it whenever she was called ugly. Furthermore, she was now hearing it from Zoey, the woman she hated the most.
Zoey looked down at Stella from where she stood and said coldly, "Is there somebody else other than you here?"
"You!" Stella was furious. Gripping her clothes tightly as her contractions increased, Stella yelled at her bodyguards, "Why are you still standing there like fools? Don't you see her humiliating me?"
The expression on the bodyguards turned solemn and they were about to step forward to drive Zoey away when Stella ordered, "Beat her up! She's just a brat who has returned to fight with me over Xavier."
All these years, Xavier had claimed he despised Zoey for being a slut. However, Stella had frequently found him staring at Zoey's photo in the middle of the night
when he thought no one was looking. Stella knew that Xavier couldn't forget Zoey. His ruthlessness towards Zoey was only an act to show the Lynch family and her. Stella could not risk Zoey reappearing in front of Xavier and having their love rekindled.
"Ms. Fuller, I apologize in advance!" a bodyguard politely told Zoey before he pulled back his arm to swing at her. He did not hold back.
Zoey's eyes widened in fear but it was too late for her to try to avoid the punch. But instead of the pain she should be feeling, Zoey saw the bodyguard jerk backward in pain.
"You jerk! Don't you dare touch my mother!" Kayla scolded the bodyguard in her sweet child's voice. She had charged forward and bitten the bodyguard's calf as she glared at him with her big, round eyes.
Kayden stepped forward and pulled Zoey behind him as he lifted his head to look at the bodyguard. With an icy look, Kayden stared at the bodyguard as he whipped out a slingshot with a marble, launching it toward the bodyguard. The marble hit the bodyguard right in his eye and he staggered backward, clutching his eye in pain as a groan escaped his lips. "Ouch...!"
"You're such a useless fool!" Stella was enraged when she saw how useless her bodyguard was in front of Zoey. Her gaze turned to look at the two kids who had dared to fight her bodyguard. However, she was stunned when her gaze fell upon them.
The kids looked like Leo Yancey, a powerful yet ruthless and cold-hearted wealthy man in the city. Were these two kids Leo's biological children? If they were, it meant that Leo was the one whom Zoey had slept with years ago. This thought sent shivers down Stella's spine. If this was the case, she absolutely couldn't let them meet each other. Otherwise, with Zoey's determination to seek revenge, she and Xavier would be in deep trouble once they were reunited.