"Uncle Robbie, I think it's best that we don't open the door," Oliver deadpanned, looking ever so adorable with his chubby little face."Why?" Intrigued, Robbie asked."First of all, the surprise tonight was meant for dad and mom. You and I are both just assisting it. When we realized that they had disappeared and came to check on the surveillance cameras, we found them locked inside the meeting room arguing, but instead of opening the door to stop them, we stayed here watching the show!" Oliver looked up and stared at Robbie. "Say, I will be fine when mom finds out about this, but you won't be, Uncle Robbie. Besides, mom would then doubt dad's intention, and such a great thing would turn sour!"Robbie thought that Oliver made perfect sense. However…He gave Oliver an odd look and said, "But you were the one who said to keep them locked inside and not to open the door."Oliver lowered his head guiltily. "I'm doing this for their own goods. They haven't been able to make much progr
"Of course, I'm the wisest!" Alice said smugly.She might alert someone if she shut the lights of the entire building, but there would be no effect to surveillance, elevator, or emergency alarm if she only turned off the power supply for that floor. There were only Violet's studio and Davidson Group's office on that floor, with a few others scattered around the place. She checked and saw that there was no one left so that she would be suspected."There's one thing I don't understand, though. May I ask something, Miss?" Tracey asked with a smile."Alright." Alice was in a great mood, and she could almost agree to everything."Why didn't we go earlier to open the door and wait until it's office hour?" Tracey asked in a confused tone, "Wouldn't that raise suspicion? Besides, we said that we need to make Mister Baxter think Violet is bailing on him on purpose, but now she would have an excuse for her absence.""The truth is, even if we let Violet out early, she could still guess what
Everyone was stunned. They had all been curious about what was hidden behind the closed door, but to find two people locked inside…'It's Violet and Mister Baxter, no less! Have we seen something we aren't supposed to see?' they thought.Instantly, everyone was gossiping.Inside the meeting room, Everly slowly opened her eyes at all the noises. Her vision was blurred at first, and she could only see the sunlight shining down directly onto her face. She narrowed her eyes by reflex to move away, and when she got up to turn around, she sensed something different.It felt as though she was leaning onto someone. She snapped her head up and saw him.Carson Baxter.He was leaning against the wall, and the sun shone down upon his ruffled hair. He seemed to have only woken up as well. He frowned and his sharp eyes were hidden under his long lashes. From where she was, his side profile looked absolutely breath-taking!'Oh god! What's going on?' She thought and immediately sat up. Somethin
Everyone standing outside had left and inside the meeting room. Everly had pushed Carson off and repositioned herself.Carson picked the coat off the floor and frowned at her. "You don't look well. Take some rest today. It's going to be the holidays soon. Just take leave until then."Everly pursed her lips. She refused to look at him and straightaway headed for the door.Annie had already been informed and was waiting outside by the door, while Carson stood still and watched as she left. None of them paid Alice any mind."You! You!" Frustrated, large drops of tears scrolled down Alice's cheeks as she said, "How could you do something like this? What on earth have you two done here last night?"Carson ignored her and picked the coat up."Carson! Answer me! You two… Did you…" She asked in tears, "Did that bitch Violet seduce you?"Carson dusted his coat and cast her a cold look. "You were the one who locked her in here last night!""No… It wasn't me!" Alice immediately lied."I
Annie was slightly confused as to what Everly was saying. She simply tugged Everly in and took the food she brought with her to keep warm so that Everly could have them when she woke up.Everly was dreaming again. She dreamt of that night when the electricity was cut out in Baxter's residence years ago. Everyone went out to visit the relatives, and she was left to stay at home. Back then, she collapsed by the porch in the dark, waiting for someone to open the door. There was no telling the time in the dark, and she did not know how long she had waited, but in the end, the door was finally opened.Following the light that came shining through, she heard someone panting. It was the worried man who hurried back."Everly!""Big Brother!" Consumed by fear, she could not think of whether it was appropriate to touch the man before her and threw herself into his arms in tears. "I'm scared. Don't go, don't leave me alone!"Perhaps it was because he rushed back. His heart was beating like a
Following the sound of someone in heels approaching, someone shook Everly back and forth."Everly!"She heard a familiar voice and looked up to find Annie by her side."Eve- Violet, how are you? What happened?" Annie asked worriedly.Everly was about to shake her head when she heard another set of heels approaching, followed by another person's entry into her office."Violet!" Alice shouted sharply."Miss Davidson, Violet is tired right now. Please get out!" Annie immediately went over to stop Alice and was shoved aside by her."You knew!" Alice pointed at Everly and screamed, "You knew Brother Carson was in that office and pretended that you didn't so that I would lock you in with him! This is your scheme!"Everly's head hurt badly. The feeling she felt earlier lingered, and she was still stuck within it with no escape."Alice Davidson! What exactly are you doing?" Annie couldn't stand it anymore and came over to pull Alice aside. "So it was you! I wondered why Violet didn't
Everly was too weak to struggle from Alice's hold, especially when Alice was not alone. There were a few bodyguards walking with her."What's going on? Why is Alice taking Violet away?""Did Violet do something wrong?""I don't know, but you guys know about that thing about Violet and Mister Baxter appearing together in that meeting room this morning, don't you? It could be because of that!""But wouldn't Mister Baxter be furious if she takes Violet away like that?"People were quick to jump into gossiping, but Alice was quicker and forced Everly into the elevator.The red number changed swiftly as the elevator went down, and following the ding of the elevator, Everly was stuffed into a car."You all stay here, and if Robbie or Carson come after us, stop them for me!" Alice commanded and drove away with Everly in the car.Everly had given up on fighting. She felt exhausted, both physically and mentally. She no longer wanted to bother with what Alice was trying to do and simply
Carson went straight to Everly's office where Alice's men remained and found them holding Annie down as she struggled.When she spotted Carson, she could not think of the relationship between Carson and Everly at the time and shouted immediately, "Mister Baxter, Alice took Violet, and they went off to god knows where! Alice looks weird like she has lost all senses. I don't know if she would do anything to harm Violet!"Carson scrawled as Robbie went to help Annie. A minute later, Annie was freed once the group was beaten to the ground and taken under control by the guards that hurried over."Where did they go?" Carson questioned. His voice filled with suppressed rage."I don't know. I just heard that they were heading to the parking lot!" Annie immediately answered.Carson instantly turned to leave."Robbie, check the surveillance and contact related departments to take over all the road-side cameras and locate her as soon as possible!" Carson commanded."Yes!" Robbie leaped int