Chapter 137 Price of Progress
As Meredith stirred from unconsciousness, she was greeted by the throbbing ache of her head, a relentless pulse reverberating through her skull. Every inch of her body protested in discomfort as she attempted to orient herself.
Struggling against the haze of confusion, she attempted to move about, only to be met with resistance. Panic seized her as she realized her hands and feet were tightly bound, rendering her immobile.
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Chapter 1 We Will Meet Again Chapter 2 The Adopted Daughter of The Kane Family Chapter 3 She Left Two Hours Ago Chapter 4 Don't Dirty the Carpet Chapter 5 You Don't Deserve It, Country Bumpkin Chapter 6 Senseless Talk Chapter 7 Choosing A School Chapter 8 I'll Pick You Up Myself Chapter 9 Thank You for Saving My Boss Chapter 10 The Wrong Person Chapter 11 A Grand Posture Chapter 12 A Bet appChapter 13 Do You Not Remember Me? appChapter 14 I'll Handle It appChapter 15 The Top Doctor appChapter 16 Did Meredith Skip the Entrance Exam? appChapter 17 She Missed the Exam appChapter 18 A Prodigy appChapter 19 Kneel Down appChapter 20 Kneeling and Pleading appChapter 21 Begging Meredith for Mercy appChapter 22 I'm Not Interested in The Kane Family's Assets appChapter 23 Ignored and Disregarded appChapter 24 The Cheating Student and The Top Student appChapter 25 Did You Answer This Exam Paper? appChapter 26 The Top Student Is the One Who Cheated appChapter 27 The Mysterious Prodigy appChapter 28 I Suspect He's Flirting with Me appChapter 29 She's Jealous appChapter 30 Being Exposed appChapter 31 Double Standard appChapter 32 Ride-hailing Driver appChapter 33 I Refuse appChapter 34 A Change of Heart appChapter 35 Get Your Dirty Hands off Her appChapter 36 Do You Miss Me? appChapter 37 Is There No Hope? appChapter 38 Is This How You Teach? appChapter 39 The Leader of Class Eleven appChapter 40 Five Million Is All That She's Worth? appChapter 41 Taking Down The Kane Family appChapter 42 Barking Orders appChapter 43 I Will Never Fall for Her appChapter 44 Refuse to Take A Penny appChapter 45 I'd Be Honored appChapter 46 The Real Deal vs the One Who Is Not appChapter 47 Clash of Titans: The Stormborns and the Hales Unleashed appChapter 48 Unveiling Truths and Confronting Lies appChapter 49 Unraveling Ties and Forging New Paths appChapter 50 Unraveling Bonds and Unforeseen Alliances appChapter 51 Family Fractures and Hidden Alliances appChapter 52 Strategic Maneuvers appChapter 53 Entwined Destinies and Hidden Agendas appChapter 54 Hidden Plots appChapter 55 Veil of Shadows appChapter 56 Unveiling Intentions appChapter 57 The Skyscraper Showdown appChapter 58 Fractured Bonds appChapter 59 Unforeseen Challenges appChapter 60 Family Dynamics appChapter 61 Negotiating With Raven appChapter 62 His Photo appChapter 63 True or False appChapter 64 Star Realm's Lord appChapter 65 The Auction appChapter 66 The Victory appChapter 67 Three Requests appChapter 68 Revealing Her Identity appChapter 69 The Silent Endurance appChapter 70 Being Followed appChapter 71 The Campus Belle appChapter 72 Enchanting Beauty appChapter 73 It's a Lost Cause appChapter 74 How Embarrassing appChapter 75 Persuasion and Resolution appChapter 76 The Gift appChapter 77 Counterfeit Goods appChapter 78 A Unique Approach appChapter 79 The Golden Butterfly appChapter 80 Zenon's Critical Condition appChapter 81 A Successful Operation appChapter 82 The Kiss appChapter 83 Meredith's Escape appChapter 84 The Competition appChapter 85 Meredith's Speech appChapter 86 Tit for Tat appChapter 87 Agnes' Public Humiliation appChapter 88 Thirty Pink Roses appChapter 89 Champagne Rose appChapter 90 The Enormous Infant appChapter 91 Bewitching Attempts appChapter 92 Kinotherma Pattern appChapter 93 One Million Salary appChapter 94 Unfortunate News appChapter 95 Recipient of Gift appChapter 96 What's Your Relationship appChapter 97 The Lord's Wife appChapter 98 The Hidden Photo appChapter 99 The Real Deal appChapter 100 The Doctor Nameless appChapter 101 Where's The Evidence? appChapter 102 Eating His Words appChapter 103 Can You Speak? appChapter 104 Turning the Tide appChapter 105 Did You Escape? appChapter 106 Winter Is Coming appChapter 107 Zenon's Photos appChapter 108 Compromised Personal Information appChapter 109 Practice Makes Perfect appChapter 110 The Devious Man appChapter 111 Good Friends appChapter 112 Meredith's Fear appChapter 113 Please Don't Leave appChapter 114 Practice appChapter 115 No-Show appChapter 116 Placing Bets appChapter 117 Exam Results appChapter 118 She's A Genius appChapter 119 Loan Shark appChapter 120 Bias appChapter 121 Clash of Titans appChapter 122 He Likes Men appChapter 123 Dealing with Player appChapter 124 Grudges appChapter 125 The Hale Family appChapter 126 Christmas Gift appChapter 127 Zenon's Uninvited Visit appChapter 128 "Baby!" appChapter 129 Dating Zenon? appChapter 130 Concerns appChapter 131 A Steamy Hot Spring appChapter 132 It Was a Misunderstanding! appChapter 133 Save Anabelle appChapter 134 The Feud appChapter 135 Satellite Surveillance appChapter 136 Meredith's Sudden Disappearance appChapter 137 Price of Progress appChapter 138 Sacrifice appChapter 139 The Great Escape appChapter 140 Interrogation appChapter 141 The Copper Gate appChapter 142 The Late Arrival appChapter 143 The Unparallel Team appChapter 144 Kept Secrets appChapter 145 Falling For Zenon appChapter 146 Icarus's High appChapter 147 Intimate Access appChapter 148 Unraveling Corrupted Data appChapter 149 Doubts and Deceptions appChapter 150 Seeking Raven's Secrets appChapter 151 The Uninvited Assistant appChapter 152 Virtue Guarding appChapter 153 Family Ties and Troubles appChapter 154 The Stormborns' Patriarch appChapter 155 The Annual Gathering appChapter 156 The Wrong Venue appChapter 157 Bad Eyesight appChapter 158 Downfall appChapter 159 Beg Me appChapter 160 I'll Feed You appChapter 161 Good Morning Kiss appChapter 162 A Gift appChapter 163 The Mole appChapter 164 I Miss You appChapter 165 A Shipper appChapter 166 Marry My Grandson appChapter 167 Interested in Men appChapter 168 Who Can Compare? appChapter 169 Limited Edition appChapter 170 Set Up appChapter 171 Overstepping appChapter 172 She's the Boss appChapter 173 Settle Down appChapter 174 Zenon's True Color appChapter 175 Let's Go appChapter 176 The Battle appChapter 177 A Six-month Ban appChapter 178 When You Miss Me appChapter 179 Out of the Ordinary appChapter 180 A Night's Stay with the Creeds appChapter 181 Betrayal Looms appChapter 182 Who is She? appChapter 183 Adjusting the Camera's View appChapter 184 My Boyfriend appChapter 185 The Gentleman Zenon appChapter 186 No Longer Controlled appChapter 187 Unexpected Surprise appChapter 188 Deliberate Surprise appChapter 189 The Birthday Gift appChapter 190 Experiencing Heaven appChapter 191 Keeping Secrets appChapter 192 Lifetime Romantic Quest appChapter 193 Desperate Situation appChapter 194 Forget the Stormborns appChapter 195 Old Mrs Reign's Dismay appChapter 196 Money Matters appChapter 197 Green-Eyed Monster appChapter 198 Time to Stop Hiding? appChapter 199 The Games She Plays appChapter 200 Deleted Records appChapter 201 Caught Red-Handed appChapter 202 Little vest, gone? appChapter 203 Having A Drink appChapter 204 The Unknown Woman appChapter 205 Learning Hacking Together appChapter 206 Isabella's Special Medicine appChapter 207 Treating Patients appChapter 208 A House Call appChapter 209 You're My Savior appChapter 210 Stay Away appChapter 211 No Appointment appChapter 212 Serving The Community appChapter 213 The Lasker Award appChapter 214 The Imposter Revealed appChapter 215 Dog Excrement appChapter 216 Isabella's Downfall appChapter 217 Cutting Ties appChapter 218 In Another Lifetime appChapter 219 Are You Asleep? appChapter 220 I'm the Star! appChapter 221 It's Cheating! appChapter 222 Child's Play appChapter 223 I Refuse to Leave appChapter 224 Double Standard appChapter 225 An Assassination appChapter 226 Zenon's Secret appChapter 227 Coercion and Temptation appChapter 228 A Dinner to Remember appChapter 229 The Attack appChapter 230 Meredith's Investigation appChapter 231 Is Crow Online? appChapter 232 Covert Cheating Tactics appChapter 233 Contemplating Too Much appChapter 234 A Smart Solution appChapter 235 The Irresistible Temptation appChapter 236 Nearly Buried Herself appChapter 237 The Obstetrician's Intervention appChapter 238 Stoking Chaos appChapter 239 The Stormborn family appChapter 240 Meredith's Illustrious Past appChapter 241 Childhood Companions and Memories appChapter 242 Once Familiar Faces appChapter 243 Stormborn's Adopted Daughter appChapter 244 Zenon's Angry Outburst appChapter 245 The Right Words appChapter 246 Aftereffects of the Hailstorm appChapter 247 Meredith Has Her Way appChapter 248 Zenon is Everyone's Favorite appChapter 249 Another Set Up? appChapter 250 Top-Tier Embarrassments appChapter 251 Liam's Photo appChapter 252 High-Risk Gamble appChapter 253 Sixteen Million appChapter 254 A Fine Day appChapter 255 Meeting S appChapter 256 Looking for Vulcan appChapter 257 The Haughton Family appChapter 258 The Competition appChapter 259 The Inevitable Outcome appChapter 260 Confrontation appChapter 261 Unexpected Misunderstanding appChapter 262 Played Like a Fiddle appChapter 263 Breakup! appChapter 264 No More appChapter 265 Thoughts of You appChapter 266 Reckless appChapter 267 Dealing with Benowitzs appChapter 268 Standing in Solidarity appChapter 269 Myra's Ineffective Strategy appChapter 270 You Broke Up?! appChapter 271 Toefl's Confession appChapter 272 The Missing Nightgown appChapter 273 No Rest Here appChapter 274 You Have A Stalker appChapter 275 Locking You Up appChapter 276 Dearth of Trust appChapter 277 A Tug of Trust appChapter 278 Same Old Tricks appChapter 279 Secrets from Family appChapter 280 Faking Dumb appChapter 281 Satisfied Now? appChapter 282 Signing the Contract appChapter 283 Hide and Seek appChapter 284 A Puzzling Note appChapter 285 A Blind Spot appChapter 286 Matching Outfits appChapter 287 Ross's Hair Color appChapter 288 Zenon's Allergy appChapter 289 Let's Go Home appChapter 290 No, I Can't appChapter 291 No More Breakup appChapter 292 Secret Collaboration appChapter 293 Uncomfortable Without Him appChapter 294 Wronged appChapter 295 Replacement appChapter 296 Meeting Jerry appChapter 297 Preferential Treatment appChapter 298 The Possessive Zenon appChapter 299 Taking Down Zenon appChapter 300 Sting of Pain appChapter 301 Value of Money appChapter 302 Excessive Jealousy appChapter 303 He's So Immature! appChapter 304 Startling Revelation appChapter 305 Severed Ties appChapter 306 Act of War appChapter 307 Ceasing the Deal appChapter 308 Meredith's Keen Foresight appChapter 309 Buying Up Stock appChapter 310 The One Begging appChapter 311 Take It or Leave It appChapter 312 Trapped in Debt appChapter 313 Down the Slippery Slope appChapter 314 Dr Nameless's Observers appChapter 315 Another Love Rival? appChapter 316 Brody's Fiancée appChapter 317 Buttermilk Biscuits appChapter 318 Quinn's Debt appChapter 319 Is She Alive? appChapter 320 A Private Conversation appChapter 321 Meredith's House Call appChapter 322 Near-Drowning appChapter 323 Interrogating Todd appChapter 324 Schedule an Appointment appChapter 325 Were You Bullied? appChapter 326 Zenon Is Afraid appChapter 327 I'm Right Here appChapter 328 The Ruin of the Wellington Family appChapter 329 Not First Time appChapter 330 Friends appChapter 331 Catching On appChapter 332 The Murderer appChapter 333 Straining to Recall appChapter 334 Zenon's Naughty Thoughts appChapter 335 Dreaming and Awakening appChapter 336 Don't Deceive Me appChapter 337 Rumors Spiraling appChapter 338 Charging an Innocent appChapter 339 Sue's Punishment appChapter 340 Sudden Gathering appChapter 341 A Lively Feast appChapter 342 Always My Boss appChapter 343 Zen's Forgotten Birthday appChapter 344 Crying Foul appChapter 345 You're the Best Gift appChapter 346 Altering Meredith's Memory appChapter 347 Liam Shares a Video appChapter 348 The Marriage Proposal appChapter 349 Zen Boss Is Ill appChapter 350 Let's Not Meet Soon appChapter 351 We're All Adults Here, Be Mature appChapter 352 She Actually Deleted Him! appChapter 353 Stop Following Me appChapter 354 I Think of Her Again Half an Hour Later appChapter 355 The Fish Has Taken the Bait appChapter 356 Merry and I Are Truly Innocent appChapter 357 What a Harpy appChapter 358 If They Don't Let Us In, Then No One Goes In appChapter 359 The Real Show Will Begin appChapter 360 A Trap appChapter 361 Do You Like This Gift? appChapter 362 Zenon Came to Rescue appChapter 363 I Will Be With You appChapter 364 They Did It appChapter 365 Merry Awakened appChapter 366 She Knew Too Much appChapter 367 Guarantee Card? Void It! appChapter 368 Why Does It Feel We Are Engaged in Something Forbidden? appChapter 369 Do You Doubt My Capabilities? appChapter 370 Can't Feel My Left Hand appChapter 371 Don't Investigate It Any Further appChapter 372 Just Cry appChapter 373 Take Over appChapter 374 You're Abusing Your Power for Personal Vendettas! appChapter 375 What if Her Hand Was Permanently Paralysed? appChapter 376 We'll Just Go to the Courthouse Tomorrow appChapter 377 He Owes Him a Life appChapter 378 No Escape for Her appChapter 379 I Want to Witness Her Death appChapter 380 Is She Pregnant? appChapter 381 I'm Going to Be a Dad?! appChapter 382 Leave Stormborn Corporation with No Way Out appChapter 383 Ms Reign, You Should Surrender appChapter 384 Meeting Another Man appChapter 385 Aren't You Pregnant? appChapter 386 She Wasn't Pregnant appChapter 387 Is Star Realm Bailing out Donald? appChapter 388 Just Joking Around appChapter 389 I Love This Gift appChapter 390 The Truth Twelve Years Ago appChapter 391 Have You Been Lying to Me All This Time? appChapter 392 Stop Trying to Fool Me Again! appChapter 393 Zenon, Are You Crazy? appChapter 394 We Made a Fortune appChapter 395 I'm Here to Say Goodbye appChapter 396 Little Seductress, I'm Telling You to Be Nice! appChapter 397 Don't Know Whose Child It Is appChapter 398 Whose Last Name the Child Should Take appChapter 399 Is Being a Live-in Son-in-Law Embarrassing? appChapter 400 The Transaction Has Been Cancelled appChapter 401 Will She Develop Feeling for Someone Else? appChapter 402 Your Luck's In appChapter 403 Did Quinn Come Back to Apologize? appChapter 404 Grandma Reign Has Been Kidnapped appChapter 405 Let's Play a Game appChapter 406 Come Alone! appChapter 407 Compete for Survival appChapter 408 Only One Can Survive appChapter 409 It's Too Late appChapter 410 Between Life and Death appChapter 411 Wake Her Up As Soon As Possible appChapter 412 Do You Have a Girlfriend? appChapter 413 Sentimental Won't Affect Him appChapter 414 Outdated appChapter 415 Meet Me at the Rear Exit appChapter 416 I Will Definitely Find Merry! appChapter 417 Get Us a Daddy appChapter 418 What Makes This Little Brat So Special? appChapter 419 Does That Mean I Look Like a Pushover? appChapter 420 This Woman Has Some Nerve! appChapter 421 You Don't Expect Me to Bear Responsibility, Do You? appChapter 422 That Doesn't Sound Like Zenon appChapter 423 I Am Your Younger Brother appChapter 424 Who's the Jerk You're Talking About? appChapter 425 The Clinic is on the Brink of Closure appChapter 426 I Am Your Daddy appChapter 427 Let's Get Back Together appChapter 428 Stay Away from Him appChapter 429 You Came After Me First appChapter 430 The Dads This Year Are Pretty Unreliable appChapter 431 She and I Are Not Suitable for Each Other appChapter 432 Then You Stay Here appChapter 433 Do You Know Who Our Daddy Is? appChapter 434 Helping Mom and Dad Get Back Together appChapter 435 She Can't Get Away! appChapter 436 I Got This appChapter 437 Aren't You Itchy? appChapter 438 Sacrificed So Much for Mommy and Daddy appChapter 439 You Don't Deserve It appChapter 440 Is He Really Going to Side With Her Now? appChapter 441 Serves You Right for Being Single appChapter 442 She Doesn't Reply appChapter 443 He Couldn't Refuse Her Request appChapter 444 The Courtyard House Was a Gift from Zenon? appChapter 445 Memories from the Past appChapter 446 Cheating appChapter 447 An Interesting Show appChapter 448 Revealing Her True Face appChapter 449 Zen Doesn't Remember You appChapter 450 Her Turn Now appChapter 451 You're Not Allowed to Leave appChapter 452 Become the Mistress of the Xerxes Group appChapter 453 Are You Planning to Marry Me? appChapter 454 Giving a Bit of Stimulant appChapter 455 Re-opening the Clinic appChapter 456 He's the Tenant appChapter 457 Your Daddy is Sick appChapter 458 Thirty-Year-Old Men Are Prone to Hair Loss appChapter 459 Just Taking a Look appChapter 460 The Familiar Taste of Her Noodle Soup appChapter 461 Getting a Paternity Test appChapter 462 He Couldn't Give What She Wanted appChapter 463 The Paternity Test Results Are In appChapter 464 They Have Two Kids appChapter 465 How Am I Inferior To Him? appChapter 466 Am I Terminally Ill? appChapter 467 Bring My Grandchildren Home appChapter 468 Real and Fake Paternity Test Report appChapter 469 I'll Be Upfront Now appChapter 470 Take The Twins Away appChapter 471 He Imprisons Her appChapter 472 Do You Still Remember Me? appChapter 473 She Was Originally Mine appChapter 474 I Must Find Her appChapter 475 His Worst Fear Comes True appChapter 476 Do You Remember Me? appChapter 477 I Just Want Her To Wake Up! appChapter 478 Forget The Whole World But Not Her appChapter 479 I'll Make It Up To You appChapter 480 Finally Woke Up appChapter 481 Which Part of You Have I Not Seen? appChapter 482 Love Me a Bit More appChapter 483 Give Them a Proper Status appChapter 484 I Can Keep You Warm appChapter 485 Don't You Want to Marry Me? appChapter 486 Matching Family Outfits appChapter 487 Endure the Pain of Childbirth appChapter 488 Will You Marry Me? appChapter 489 Follow-Up: They Finally Tied the Knot appChapter 490 The Woman Has Died appChapter 491 Call Me 'Honey' appChapter 492 Myra Diagnosed With Tuberculosis appChapter 493 Reaping What She Sowed appChapter 494 Myra's Fate appChapter 495 The Culprit from Years Ago appChapter 496 The Plans Shattered appChapter 497 Enjoy the Present Moment appChapter 498 Nina's Ex appChapter 499 Sexier Than Five Years Ago appChapter 500 Mr Diamond appChapter 501 Princess in Flats appChapter 502 Getting Ready to Meet-up appChapter 503 Does He Have to be Here Tonight? appChapter 504 It's You? appChapter 505 Meant to Be appChapter 506 Trying to Start a Conversation appChapter 507 Another One of Nina's Ex appChapter 508 Decided to Move On appChapter 509 No Woman Is Out of My Reach appChapter 510 The Woman You Can't Have appChapter 511 Extra Story: Fourteen appChapter 512 Extra Story: Fifteen appChapter 513 Extra Story: Sixteen appChapter 514 Extra Story: Seventeen appChapter 515 Extra Story: Eighteen appChapter 516 Extra Story: Nineteen appChapter 517 Extra Story: Twenty appChapter 518 Extra Story: Twenty-One appChapter 519 Extra Story: Twenty-Two appChapter 520 Extra Story: Twenty-Three appChapter 521 Extra Story: Twenty-Four appChapter 522 Extra Story: Twenty-Five appChapter 523 Extra Story: Twenty-Six appChapter 524 Extra Story: Twenty-Seven appChapter 525 Extra Story: Twenty-Eight appChapter 526 Extra Story: Twenty-Nine appChapter 527 Extra Story: Thirty appChapter 528 Extra Story: Thirty-One appChapter 529 Extra Story: Thirty-Two appChapter 530 Extra Story: Thirty-Three appChapter 531 Extra Story: Thirty-Four appChapter 532 Extra Story: Thirty-Five appChapter 533 Extra Story: Thirty-Six appChapter 534 Extra Story: Thirty-Seven appChapter 535 Extra Story: Thirty-Eight appChapter 536 Extra Story: Thirty-Nine appChapter 537 Extra Story: Forty appChapter 538 Extra Story: Forty-One appChapter 539 Extra Story: Forty-Two appChapter 540 Extra Story: Forty-Three appChapter 541 Extra Story: Forty-Four appChapter 542 Extra Story: Forty-Five appChapter 543 Extra Story: Forty-Six appChapter 544 Extra Story: Forty-Seven appChapter 545 Extra Story: Forty-Eight appChapter 546 Extra Story: Forty-Nine appChapter 547 Extra Story: Fifty appChapter 548 Extra Story: Fifty-One appChapter 549 Extra Story: Fifty-Two appChapter 550 Extra Story: Fifty-Three appChapter 551 Extra Story: Fifty-Four appChapter 552 Extra Story: Fifty-Five appChapter 553 Extra Story: Fifty-Six appChapter 554 Extra Story: Fifty-Seven app
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