Zelkowicz Mansion.
"You have the audacity to show up here. Get out of here right now".Old madame stared venomously at a father and son pair kneeling down with their heads bowed.
"Old madame should quell your anger so as to not hurt your health".The middle aged man spoke softly. However, Old madame sneered angrily,"I don't need your false concern. Jacob, don't be so conceited. Did you bring your bastard son here to mock me?. You're still too young to be my match. Your wretched mother is not even my match. All of you are unworthy to step into my house. Get out now!".
A look of deep hatred flashed in Jacob's eyes but is concealed from view. His teenage son wanted to react but he discreetly held his hand, stopping him in time. However the boy looked indignant.
"I'm just concerned about father's health so l came as soon as he called.I wanted to see him and Russell missed his grandfather so l brought him along". Jacob explained.
"Yes l miss my grandpa a lot", Russell added.
Old madame looked at the two acting in front of her and felt even more disgusted.
"Well too bad. My husband is not in the condition to see anyone" she said calmly."Mina, call the guards to throw these trash away if they refused to leave."She ordered Lady Mina.
Deeply humiliated but forced to maintain an amiable smile, he asked,"Is the Old madame hell-bent on keeping us from seeing Father? I'm his son and you can't keep us away from him forever".
"Hypocrite".Old madame snorted coldly."You are an illegitimate bastard and as long as l exist, you and your family will never be recognized and accepted into my Zelkowicz family".
Harry walked in to find his grandmother harshly berating two people. He looked on coldly without uttering a word.
"Hello nephew. How have you been?"Jacob greeted him with a gentle smile.
However, he was only met with Harry's cold gaze. Embarrassed, he left with his son. Old madame hated them with passion. Jacob's mother seduced her husband and secretly gave birth to a son, forcing the Old patriarch to recognize him as a Zelkowicz but Old madame refused it vehemently. She fought with every possible means, employing her maternal family's influence to pressurize the Zelkowicz family.
However, that bitch was a white-eyed wolf who wanted her son Jacob to inherit the Zelkowicz family's fortune. Who would've thought that she'll orchestrate a scheme to get rid of the then heir who was Old madame's only son and his family.
She lost her son and daughter in-law in the accident, her granddaughter was confined to a bed for life and her grandson became an orphan overnight. How can she not hate them with every inch of her being. Killing that woman wasn't enough to sooth her hatred.
If not for the interference of the Zelkowicz family elders and her own husband's plea, she would've gotten rid of that woman's son as well.
"My poor grandson. Grandma feels sorry for you. I haven't been able to get justice for your parents"Old madame cried sadly.
Harry gently hugged her,"Grandmother has done enough. I am grateful for raising me and all the sacrifices you've made". Harry comforted her.
At the lake house, a group of well dressed maids stood outside a room, not daring to enter. Sasha took the tray of food from the maid's hand and walked inside. Inside the room laid a beautiful girl.
She is Giselle Zelkowicz, the young miss of the Zelkowicz family who has been completely paralyzed from the neck down to the soles of her feet for the past ten years. She is very temperamental and moody because of her condition.
The servants serving her don't last more than a week before she fires them. It's difficult to serve her and is easily triggered by the smallest things.
"I've brought you your food". Sasha said.
"Are you deaf?. Didn't l say l don't want to eat anything?. Get out now. l don't want to see you". Giselle shouted angrily. Her eyes glaring at her.
"You need to eat or your brother will get angry."said Sasha, ignoring her angry gaze. She's long been used to this girl's rude remarks. She calmly approached the bed, sat down and scoop a spoonful of porridge to feed her but Giselle shut her mouth tightly, refusing to eat no matter what.
Sasha sighed. "You can't go to bed hungry. You need to eat. It good for your condition". Giselle scoffed, "Stop pretending. It doesn't suit you at all. We both know that you don't care about me at all. You're doing this to come off as a good person to my brother but guess what, he doesn't like you and will never like you ever".Her cruel words and laughter successfully angered Sasha.
Angry, she threw the bowl of porridge on the floor, making a mess everywhere. She shed her kind look and stared at Giselle with arrogance and contempt.
"Stop being so arrogant. You're nothing more than a waste that is just wasting air. I've always tolerated your nonsense because of your brother. You don't like me?. Well guess what I don't like you too. Stuck on this bed for life, nobody wants you a liability. That's why your beloved fiance run off with another woman. Oh my poor sister in law." She mocked her.
Giselle stared hatefully at the gloating Sasha with her lips tightly clenched and her eyes red.
"What is going on here?". A deep and magnetic voice asked, startling the two.
Eyes widen with fear, Sasha quickly changed her expression back to her benevolent and gentle demeanor.
She turned to face Harry with a smile,"Hubby. You're back?". Harry ignored her question and continued to ask,"What happened here?" Pointing at the messy floor.
"Giselle didn't want to eat and l wanted to help but this happened. I'm so worried about her".She softly explained.
"Leave". Harry coldly spoke.
Sasha bit her lip as tears welled up in her eyes.
"Don't come back here again without my permission"He added. She wanted to protest but dares not and can only walk away feeling aggrieved.
The relationship between the two was none existence. Although they've been married for so long but he treats her worse than a stranger.
The servants outside swiftly came to clean up the mess and the food was also replaced. Harry took of his coat, and approach Giselle with the meal.
"You should eat". He said calmly. He sat down beside her bed, scoop a spoonful of porridge and carry it to her mouth, gesturing her to open her mouth.
Giselle stared at her elder brother with reddish eyes, tears fell from her eyes, rolled down the corners of her eyes and disappeared into her jet black locks.
"You have to keep on living. It's the only way to repay mother and father for their saving grace. Come on now. Eat".said Harry. With trembling lips, Giselle finally opened her mouth to eat and Harry gently fed her.