"Everly!" Annie immediately came to realize that Everly was heading out to see Carson.Everly did not look up and started to wheel her wheelchair outside."Everly, have you thought this through?" Annie blurted out.Everly lowered her gaze and pursed her lips. Her head was a mess, and she had no clue as to what to do. So much had happened in one day and she could not seem to make up her mind."I'll be back in a bit," she said before opening the door and going out."Sigh…" Annie sighed a long breath with resignation and set the bowl down to follow Everly. It seemed like Everly still cared for Carson.It was already late at night and the corridor was lit by the cold, white light. Everly glanced to the side at a card with Robbie's writing that said Carson's room number.She pursed her lips and held the handles to the wheelchair to move it towards Carson's room.The corridor was quiet, and despite the short distance from her room to Carson's, the corridor felt endless. She slowly he
A simple word was enough to stop Robbie from babbling, leaving the room in silence.Everly's hand froze in the air but never went to knock on the door.They mentioned that Austin had been here.Memories of everything that had happened earlier overwhelmed her once again and she seemed to see Austin's crazed eyes before her.After a while, Oliver said, "Dad, I want to eat that. Uncle Robbie, can you pass it over?"The tension eased because of what Oliver said, and Robbie started talking again. Instantly, the room was filled with cheerful sounds once again.Everly clenched her fist and slowly lowered her arm before lowering her gaze to look at the Sakura accessory on her wheelchair, which was slightly swaying as she moved the wheelchair at the moment.She closed her eyes and opened them again after a few minutes before moving her wheelchair to leave."Everly…" Annie could not help but call out.Everly simply shook her head and continued heading back. She could still hear the soun
If Alice was only sobbing in silence back in her own room, then this time she was wailing. Large drops of tears fell, washing away the makeup she put on before heading out in order to cover her swollen eyes. She looked hideous."Oh… Lissy…" Richard immediately started panicking. He cared most about his little sister, and if it were not for her, he would not have dared to storm up to Carson's door judging from Carson's status in the community.Though he and his sister argued and bickered most of the time, with Alice calling him by his nickname all the time, he felt horrible when she was truly upset."Look at you, stop crying. You look hideous," he immediately said and passed the tissue next to him for her to wipe away her tears."Richie…" Alice was still crying her heart out and refusing to look at him. She simply cried as she stared at the rain outside and said, "It hurts so bad…""It's okay… I don't even think Carson is worthy of you! Look at how many women he's had before. He ev
"This isn't like you. You weren't like this when you were facing Alice and Angelica. You've overestimated her," the man said in a low voice.Lisa glanced at the man beside her and sneered. "I'm not overestimating her. I just hate her too much. She is the reason why I have to suffer everything. Whenever I think of the pain I've gone through lately, I itch to tear her apart!""Alright. I still think you are too worried, she's just a woman," the man continued.Lisa seemed to be reminded of something and smiled. "Sure, she's just a woman. She used to be an arrogant, wealthy lady and even after all these years, she's still the same. She could never compare to me.""As long as you know that," the man said."Get off here. There's no surveillance around. It's no good if people see the two of us together," Lisa said.The man didn't say anything and simply opened the car door and went out immediately.Lisa watched as he left before stepping on the gas and left swiftly as though nothing ha
There were also people contacting her to express their willingness to take her side. However, Everly did not bother to look at any of those and simply watched the pouring rain outside the window in silence.It was already Spring, and Cannesville welcomed its rainy season. It had been raining for the entire week, and one's heart simply grew heavy along with it."Everly." Annie came over with a blanket. She walked toward Everly and placed the blanket on her. When she saw the way Everly was absorbed into her thoughts, she could not help but say, "What should we do now? All the cards are on the table now, but Carson Baxter still refuses to let go and Oliver isn't here with us. Do we…give up?"Everly did not respond and continued to stare at the rain outside with her lips pursed.Oliver had not come to visit her for the past week. She was not sure if it was because he had been stopped by Carson, or that Oliver blamed her for hurting his father."Where is Austin?" Everly avoided Annie's
The look in Carson's eyes darkened, but he did not speak or act in any way."Dad?" Oliver looked at Carson in confusion before looking back at all the things he had set up on the table. "Is there something you don't like to eat here?"After glancing over, Oliver looked back at Carson and mumbled, "This wine is Mom's favorite wine. All the decorations are the way Mom likes them. Even these utensils are what she used in the past. This should be right!"When the butler saw everything, he hurried over and said to Oliver, "Oliver, you've forgotten to wash your hands. He is asking you to go wash your hands!""No, I…" Oliver wanted to argue that he had already washed his hands but nodded when he noticed the look in the butler's eyes and said, "I'll go wash them now.With that said, Oliver hopped out of the chair and headed to the washroom on his own, leaving Carson and the butler behind.Carson pursed his lips at the sight before him and clenched his fists."Sir, even if there is any s
The two headed inside as they spoke.It was office hour and the lobby in Baxter Group was packed with people. When Everly went in and stepped into the lobby, everyone went quiet.They pretended like they had not seen her, but Everly knew that all eyes were on her."It's fine, it doesn't matter anyways…" she thought.Once the two went into the elevator, the silence was instantly replaced by deafening sounds when the crowd erupted into a discussion.With what happened in the president's office before being streamed on the live feed, this was the first time Violet appeared before everyone in the past week. On top of that, not only was she not alone or with her assistant, she came with Austin. This was incredibly shocking news.Amongst those people, one person snuck to the side to take out his phone before dialing a number and said, "Yes, that's it. Violet is here, and she's here with Austin Samberg… Yes, I know… Don't worry…"…Everly and Austin took the elevator and reached the f
Everly stroked Oliver's photo gently and placed it into the box they had prepared on the side. Annie came in time and was about to approach Everly to help when Austin stopped her with his hand placed firmly on her shoulder.Annie did not know what he meant, but immediately noticed Austin shaking his head.She turned back around to look at Everly, who had gone to take down the drawing she drew with Oliver from the wall. Annie sighed with resignation in her mind at the sight."Everly, I'll go organize the other documents. That way, we should be able to pack everything by noon and head to our new working site," said Annie.Everly's hands froze for a moment, before she nodded and said, "Sure."Annie and Austin gave each other a look, before leaping into action.Just as Annie had predicted, they had gathered and packed everything before noon. The porters went back and forth. With Violet before the center of attention for such a long time in the office, everyone was absorbed in a heate