Everly did not know how she should reply at that moment. She only pursued her lips tightly, turned her head to the side to avoid his gaze."Everly," Carson called her name out as usual.Everly was prepared that Carson would not hand over Oliver to her. She did not immediately reply. She placed the stack of drawings on the table and changed the topic."Since you're not planning to give me Oliver, then we won't talk about it for now. Let's talk about the collaboration.Carson furrowed his brows tightly, but Everly pretended not to notice. She had thought about two plans on the way there that day. The first was to ask for Oliver directly, but the possibility of him agreeing was not high. The second plan was, then she would start from the collaboration. As long as she was still in Baxter Group and had no movement limitations, then her previous plan could still continue."These are the drawings I did for the past few days because I was deliberately picked on by Alice. As for what is
There was a time when she longed to see that sort of emotion reserved only for her within his eyes. However, she was never given what she wanted, not even a little bit. It got to the point she gave up hope and almost died during that winter.It was like a feeling of someone waiting eagerly in the rain with an umbrella for a certain someone to come. No matter how long she waited, he never came, and so she was left in the storm until she was soaking wet and freezing.Perhaps that person came in the end, but a heart that had been frozen would never grow warm again.Everything that happened before felt like yesterday to her, and her heart was twitching in pain once again. She shoved him aside and trotted towards the door.Everly grabbed onto the doorknob until her fingers were turning white from the pressure and said, "Please control yourself, Mister Baxter. Enough with your hypocritical words, I would only feel… disgusted!"With that, she opened the door and left without giving him a
Everly darted out of the office and bumped into Alice, who had been waiting for her."Stay right there, Violet!" Alice blocked her way instantly and asked, "What have you been doing in there with Carson? Tell me!""Get out of my way!" Everly said. She was in no mood for Alice's nonsense."No way! You must tell me, or I'm not letting you go!" Alice insisted rudely, "I came prepared this time, don't even think about pushing me away!"Everly was beginning to get a headache from Alice's yelling and scrawled. "Annie, keep her away from me.""Yes!" Annie came over immediately.Alice was also shouting out to Tracey, but Annie was too strong for her. Everly took the opportunity to hurry inside the elevator and pressed the floor button.She closed her eyes at the weightless feeling as the elevator went up the floors.It was not important that Carson found out about her true identity; neither was his attitude towards her. All she needed to know and aim for was to obtain Oliver's custody
Everly frowned but did not say anything as she followed Lisa into the private room of the cafe."Well? May I know why you came to me, Miss White?" Everly cut to the chase after the waiter served them coffee and left.Lisa glanced at the cup of coffee that Everly refused to touch and smiled. "It's about Alice Davidson.""Alice Davidson?" Everly was slightly taken by surprise and could not help but feel confused."Exactly." Lisa picked up the cup of coffee to take a sip before probing, "You heard about the recent rumors about Carson Baxter and Alice Davidson, right?""Yeah," Everly replied. Not knowing what Lisa was plotting, she refused to touch the cup of coffee on the table."Violet, I heard that you are in love with Carson?" Lisa set her cup down and looked at Everly with a mysterious smile.Everly was finally beginning to realize what Lisa was trying to say and let out a contemptuous chuckle. "You've got the wrong idea. Mister Baxter and I are merely business partners.""You
Last time, all she did was use a disposable phone to send Alice a message, telling her that there was a woman named Violet who had caught Carson's attention. She would not have come looking for Violet herself if she had another way.Naturally, Lisa did not intend on actually helping Violet in becoming Miss Baxter. She simply wanted to use Violet and turn her against Alice to strike a balance between the two.Lisa smiled at her thoughts and said, "My sister had wronged Carson in the past, so there's no way I can do it. That's why I've come to you. I am no threat to you, and for everything I give, I only ask for one promise in return.""What kind of promise?" Everly asked."That once you succeed, you would teach Alice a lesson for me!" Lisa gritted out.Everly studied Lisa with amusement. If she had no prior knowledge of Carson and Lisa, including Lisa's personality, she would probably believe that everything in the present was caused by a grudge between Lisa and Alice. That would i
"Why are you here?" Annie parked the car and went over immediately. She stood in front of Everly to block any possible attempt from Carson of hurting Everly.On the other end, Robbie parked the car and ran over as well. He explained with a smile, "Miss Pettis, Annie, we haven't had the chance to tell you. Mister Baxter will be living in Rose Pavilion, the house next to Orchid Garden, from now on. We are going to be neighbors!"Carson nodded and lowered his gaze to look at Everly, who had not moved yet. Just as he tried to say something, Everly turned around and left, giving him the cold shoulder."Hmph! So what if you live next door! Everly doesn't even want anything to do with you!" Annie glared at the two and turned to leave with Everly.Carson stood still and watched as Everly hurried back to Orchid Garden, as his lips curled into a subtle smile."Mister Baxter, Miss Pettis doesn't seem all that enthusiastic about this. What should we do from now on?" Robbie stole a peep at Car
However, she intended on letting Annie do whatever she wanted.The sky was beginning to turn dark, and Annie went home, leaving Everly alone in the entire mansion. Just as she contemplated as to whether she should order delivery…Ring… Ring…The doorbell rang. Everly walked over and spotted Carson on the security camera.“Hmph!” Everly immediately turned the screen off and decided not to open the door.Rinnggg…The doorbell rang once again and did not stop this time. At first, Everly could still withstand it, thinking that he would leave if she continued to ignore him. She had not imagined that he would keep pressing the doorbell. She ran out of patience and connected the intercom.“Carson Baxter! What on earth are you trying to do?” she roared furiously.Unexpectedly, Oliver’s endearing face appeared on the screen in the next instant.Oliver batted his doll-like eyes and leaned towards the screen while being held up by two big hands.“Aunt Violet, I am Oliver. My dad and I j
"Aunt Violet, open it and see if you like it!" Oliver had not noticed the awkwardness and urged Everly to open the box.Everly sneered at Carson, who was standing by the side, before changing her expression drastically to smile as she rubbed Oliver's head and said, "Alright, let Auntie take a look!"Everly carefully opened the box and found an adorable bunny accessory inside."Dad and I picked this. This is just like the deer accessory you gave me before. Aunt Violet, you can hang it on your phone," Oliver explained and took out his own phone to show Everly the deer accessory she gave him. With an incredibly cheerful expression, he looked at Everly, doe-eyed, and asked, "Do you like it?"Everly acted swiftly and hooked the bunny accessory to her phone before dangling it and said, "What an adorable gift, Oliver. Auntie likes it a lot!"Everly touched Oliver's chubby cheeks. In truth, she wanted to tell him, "Mommy likes it". However, she had yet to obtain Oliver's custody, and she