Everly refused to look at the tablet, so Austin grabbed her face to force her into looking at it.There was no turning back for him anymore.From the moment he decided not to tell her the truth, there was no turning back for Austin.Though he knew that the Whites merely appeared alright on the outside, he still had to motivate her. Even if he knew that Carson had never stopped loving Everly, Austin simply could not give up.On the flight back to the country, he ordered his secretary, "Make another video for me like last time. Find someone to alter the content to make Oliver appear more miserable. Edit some of the grandest moments of the Whites and compile them all into a video. Send it to me as soon as I get off this flight."Austin remembered the shock on his secretary's face at the time, who responded with a question, "Mister Samberg, what are you going to use that for? I'm going to need an angle to work on that. Aren't we going back to the country now? I feel like it's best for
However, Austin agreed to the Logans' plan back in Strandia. If Austin truly had romantic feelings towards her, why would he agree to their plan?Everly shook her head and told herself to stop overthinking. Austin treated her as a friend and took her away out of pity for her."You are shaking your head? What does that mean? You don't agree with me?" Austin could no longer think properly and could only read her by her expression.Austin's mind was filled with only one thought, 'If Everly intended on getting back together with Carson, then he would have to let go of her.'He took the tablet over again and pointed at it. "Haven't you seen him for what he truly is? Everly, what have the two of you been doing during the days I was gone?"He stared at her, red-eyed, and shouted, "What did he do that got you all wrapped around his fingers?"Everly stared at the video that was on replay and closed her eyes before whispering, "Austin, will you let me be alone for a while?"She needed tim
The boat was in the middle of the lake; she was forced to spin along with it with nowhere for her to run."Everly…"Someone seemed to be calling her name, and the boat started moving steadily toward the voice calling out to her.The boat hit the shore, and she heard his voice."Everly."She got up from the boat and saw him standing by the shore.It was Carson Baxter. It was still him.He reached his hand toward her and with eyes as deep and calm as the ocean, and said, "Come to me."She took his hand and allowed him to help her out of the boat and into the fog where she could not see what was ahead.They walked past flashes of lights. All the scenes from the past, the good and the bad, were hidden within the light. She felt sad.They soon reached the end of the road. She looked away from the light to look at Carson, only to find that he had disappeared from her side without her knowing.She instantly started panicking, but there was nothing she could do. She tried to shout h
Everly understood that Annie was trying to enliven the mood, but there was no possible way she could do so with Austin standing beside her wordlessly. Everly also understood that Austin had helped her on countless occasions and that his feelings must be hurt for being mistaken with Carson when she woke up just now.It was inevitable.Everly opened her eyes and looked at Austin. Without any words, both Austin and her knew what this meant."You are weak right now and I don't want to get angry at you." Austin said while staring at her, "But I hope that you think it through. There are decisions that you can't reverse once they are made."Everly lowered her gaze and nodded. "I understand. Austin… thank you, for everything so far."She paused for a moment to steady herself from the dizziness and continued, "I know you mean well, but my thoughts are all over the place right now… I want to think about everything, so give me some time, okay?"Austin stared for a while until finally noddi
"Carson?" Austin stared at the closed door and said, "Where are you right now? I think… we need to talk."…Under the dimmed light in the private room of the Dawn Bar, Carson sat quietly on the couch with a glass of liquor in his hand. The door to the private room opened, and Austin walked in.Carson's hand froze on the glass for a brief moment, but he did not look up. He hid his face under the shadow cast by the dimmed lighting so that his expression was hardly noticeable.Creak!Austin closed the door but did not walk over immediately. Instead, he stood still and stared at Carson from afar.It had only been a few months since Everly returned to this country. It was merely a short period of time to Austin when he dealt with family issues. However, everything seemed to have changed drastically.For as long as he knew, Carson's status in their community had always been incomparable. Everyone, including Austin himself, had never thought of holding a candle to Carson's status. All
"She hates you!" Austin shouted, "She doesn't even want to have anything to do with you! Do you think that she came back to look for you? You are wrong! She only wants Oliver's custody! She doesn't think anything of you! She remembers all details about how you have hurt her, and no matter what you try, you won't be able to heal your wounds! You will never understand the pain she has suffered through, so there's no hope for you ever to be forgiven by her!"Austin stared at Carson, red-eyed as memories of how Everly behaved earlier appeared in his mind. Instantly, it felt as though his heart was set aflame.'Why? How could she still love Carson after all the things he did to hurt her? What about me, then? Can she not see all the things I've done for her so far? Why doesn't she love me? Am I not worth it?' he thought.Carson was still drinking the liquor, one glass after another, with no apparent change to his expression, while Austin was enraged. He reached out and snatched the glass
It was bucketing down in Cannesville to the point that almost the entire city could sink into water.Following the sound of the keys turning in the door, the door to the Baxter residence was pushed open. Carson stepped into his home, drenched from head to toe."Sir!" The butler hurried over when he heard the noises and was startled when he saw the state Carson was in. He immediately had the servant bring dry towels over while he went over to help Carson. "Sir, what happened to you? Why are you all drenched?"Carson shook his head in silence and continued to walk inside."Here, Sir, dry towels. You need to dry yourself. I've started a bath for you. Get a good hot bath and don't catch a cold!" The servant came back with the dry towel, but Carson ignored him.Instead, he slowly walked through the long corridor and into the screening room at the end. He switched on the projector and sat alone to watch the footage over and over again without a word.The servant and butler could only s
"I must have seen something wrong because of how fast everything happened…" Alice muttered to herself repeatedly, "or maybe it's because =Carson mistook Violet as Everly… Right! That has to be it! We were at the greenhouse, and Violet's figure resembles Everly's so much, so that has to be it! Carson loves Everly so much that it's impossible for him to move on so easily! Violet has only been in this country for a few months and I've been by Carson's side for so long. Even if he is to fall in love with someone else, it has to be me!""Violet…" Alice's eyes were instantly filled with hatred. "Violet! I won't go easy on you!""So you have your connections with Austin Samberg, which means these were all planned!" Alice said while wiping away her tears.She saw Austin kicking Carson out of the way and was dragged back into the greenhouse by Robbie shortly after, so she had not managed to hear and see anything."Violet, you are imitating Everly on purpose. Carson might not know about this