"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
The lights in the screening room repeatedly dimmed and brightened while Carson let go of Oliver.Oliver looked at him and reached his chubby little hand to touch Carson's forehead before saying, "Dad, you are sick."Carson did not respond and simply looked into Oliver's eyes."Dad, I'm going to call our family doctor." Oliver said while holding Carson's hand, "Be good, Dad, okay?"Carson's expression remained blank as he continued to stare at Oliver's eyes."Dad!" Oliver called out again."Mm," he responded and closed his eyes.The Baxter residence fell into chaos with the butler and all servants leaping into action while Oliver led Carson to clean up and returned to his room.The sky outside the window was gloomy, marking the day with poor weather condition."…yeah, Grandma, we probably won't go over there today. Dad got sick." Oliver stood on a stool with his phone in hand and said, "I will get him to take me visiting once he gets better. Nothing, you don't have to come over
He needed to show up in person in order to proceed with his following plan.Robbie was slightly amused. He had originally planned to give out a few envelopes of cash in Oliver's name. Since Oliver mentioned that he would do it himself, Robbie had no problem with letting him."Alright," Robbie said.Oliver had his own number and his own bank card, linked to an account where Carson transferred a fixed amount of allowance into each month so that Oliver could buy whatever he wanted. However, as Oliver rarely wanted anything at all, his allowance remained untouched in the account until it accumulated into an enormous amount.Inside the Baxter Group chat group.Robbie invited Oliver into the group and sent out a message that said, "This is Mister Baxter Jr. It's New Year's Eve today, so he said he wants to come in here to send out some gifts."Oliver sent a message to the group that said, "Happy New Year, everyone. I'm Oliver Baxter. Thank you for your hard work for the past year!"Be
For the past year, Carson had stared into Oliver's eyes so many times because it felt like he was looking at Everly.Apart from that, Oliver liked her."Can I go?" Oliver clenched his fists nervously and said, "It won't take long. I am just going there to give her a new year's present, and then I will come back to be with you.""Go, remember to come back," Carson said.Oliver beamed at him and planted a loud kiss on his face before jumping off the bed and saying, "I'll be back soon!""Okay," Carson said as he gazed upon the gloomy sky.Back in the living room, Oliver told the butler, "Uncle Benny, can you send me to Orchid Garden?""Sure." The butler smiled and patted Oliver on the head before they headed towards Orchid Garden.…Meanwhile, in Orchid Garden. The rain had stopped, but the sky remained gloomy.A Benz stopped in front of the door, and Annie spotted it from afar. She glanced at the room on the upper floor and shook her head before sighing.The door to the Benz o
"Okay," Annie whispered in response.Oliver walked towards Everly's bedside by himself. He glanced at her worriedly before reaching his chubby little hand to touch her face. He realized Everly's skin was burning hot.She appeared to be severely ill.Perhaps it was because of Oliver's touch, Everly turned slightly and opened her eyes. Oliver immediately retreated and stared at her, only to find that her eyes were shut once again.Relieved, he tip-toed his way back to Annie, and the two closed the door behind them gingerly."Sigh… I wanted to wish Aunt Violet a happy New Year in person, but I guess that's not an option now." He said while heading downstairs with Annie, "I had those gifts prepared for her… for both of you. Tell her I was here when she gets better.""Of course. What a great kid you are, Oliver!" Annie studied Oliver's adorable appearance with eyes filled with endearment.Oliver was just too adorable."Right, Violet prepared some new years gifts for you as well, Oli
"Com'on, Everly, stop looking at me like that!" Annie said hastily, "I'm starting to get embarrassed. You aren't feeling well right now, so you need to eat even if you don't feel like it. I made some soup. Should I have it brought up to you?"Everly nodded, and in a hoarse voice, she said, "Thank you.""You're welcome, Everly," Annie said with a smile before heading out.…Time ticked by, and soon it was time for the New Year celebration. Thousands of families within the city gathered to celebrate.Though Cannesville forbade fireworks, there would still be a grand firework show during the New Year celebration.Annie did not come to disturb Everly, but she could not fall asleep either way and could only lean against the bed to look outside the window.Following the countdown, countless fireworks bloomed in the sky above the city, lighting up the entire room along with her face.As she gazed upon the enormous fireworks before her and saw Carson's face.Oliver looked like him, to