LOGINEspecially now, at such a sensitive time, Sarah kept feeling like those people might send someone after her one day.The best way to deal with something like that was to prepare before they ever saw it coming.With that thought, she immediately gathered her things, turned around, and headed upstairs to the home gym.Melvin was in the middle of a lat pulldown, shirtless, sweat sliding down his handsome face and over the clean lines of his muscles and abs before finally dripping to the floor.Sarah burst in without so much as a greeting, marched straight up to him, and got right to the point.“Melvin, I want to learn kickboxing. Find me a coach.”Melvin took a deep breath and slowly stopped what he was doing.Once both feet were planted on the ground again, he grabbed the shirt lying nearby and casually wiped the sweat from his head.Sarah looked at how unhurried he was and felt a little helpless, so she repeated herself.That finally got a reaction out of him. He turned to look
“It’s not all because of you,” Lucas said. “Since meeting you, I’ve realized there are a lot of things more important than making movies. For the past few years, I’ve been working nonstop, day and night. Now I want to put all that down and try living a different kind of life.”But Mia noticed that when he said it, there was no real happiness in his eyes. The look there was too complicated, as if he was saying those words more to convince himself than anyone else.“Isn’t all of that still because of me?” Mia said blankly.Only then did Lucas realize something.He could not deny it.The reason he had made this decision was because he wanted to take better care of Mia.“Lucas, you can’t do this.” Mia looked at him seriously. “You’ve been acting for years, and your fans have loved you for just as long. You can’t just walk away like this and call it retirement. That’s not fair.”“Mia, I…”Before he could finish, Mia took his phone right out of his hand. “Call your manager right now
He set the large bowl down in front of Mia. Steam curled up from the noodles, rich and fragrant.While she ate, Lucas sat beside her scrolling through the trending topics on his phone. The post he had made earlier still had not dropped off the list, and people were already all over the internet speculating about why he had done it.The comments had split cleanly in two. Half were tearing him apart, while the other half defended him.Some media accounts had already started reposting compilations of his old movie scenes to cash in on the attention.His manager and the company had sent him hundreds of messages and dozens of calls.He had answered none of them.For the past several years, he had been absolutely certain that acting was the most important thing in his life.Then he met Mia.Only then did he realize there were things in this world more important than acting.Mia, for one.Looking at the flood of hate online, he only smiled lightly, set his phone aside, and turned to
After Mindy left, she didn’t take the lawyer with her.Anthony looked at him. “He’s Wilson Corp’s lawyer. Which shareholder here would like to help remove him?”Director Watson, who had just been getting targeted nonstop, immediately stepped forward. “Anthony, aren’t you here on Miss Wilson’s behalf?”Anthony smiled knowingly. “Director Watson, you’re absolutely right.”Then he turned to the lawyer with an icy look. “You’re fired. And after this, you’ll be receiving a legal notice from Wilson Corp. You leaked Mr. Wilson’s will to outsiders. Did you really think no one would hold you accountable?”The lawyer looked at Anthony in terror.But before he could say anything, the police arrived and took him away.Late that night.Half asleep, Lucas had the uneasy feeling that someone was watching him. But he knew perfectly well that no one else was in the house except him and Mia.At last, under that almost suffocating sense of pressure, Lucas woke up.The moment he opened his eyes,
“False accusations? Are you sure?” Mindy said coldly. “If that’s really the case, then I’ll hand all the evidence over to the police. And when the time comes, it won’t be me dragging you away.”Her fingers rested on the marble table, tapping lightly against the surface. The sharp, crisp sound seemed to strike every person in the room right in the chest.The directors who had been on the verge of speaking up all fell silent.The three directors she had named looked like drowned rats.“Fine,” one of them said. “If you’re so determined to push us out, then we’ll leave. But Mindy Hicks, don’t regret this later. And don’t come crawling back.”The lawyer had already prepared the pens and placed the transfer agreements in front of them.“Sign.”The three men held their pens with dark expressions, but none of them wanted to put pen to paper.Mindy swept her gaze across the conference room.As long as she got those transfer agreements signed, Wilson Corp would be hers.Just as the pen
“What?!” Everyone stared at the unfamiliar woman in shock.At the very least, Henry Wilson had still been a member of the Wilson family. But Mindy Hicks was a complete outsider.For a moment, no one in the conference room even knew how to react.Mindy, however, paid them no mind. She simply said in a composed voice, “I know all of you are confused about what’s going on, but I have no intention of explaining it to you. Vivian Wilson transferred all of the shares under her name to me, which means I am now the company’s largest shareholder and the director with the greatest voting power. I’m not interested in what any of you think, and I’m not here to be friends with you. Ours is simply a superior-subordinate relationship. I give the orders, and you do your jobs. That’s enough.”Her expression turned cold as she looked around the table. Then she lifted a hand and pointed at a few people. “If you disagree, then you can sell all of your shares to me right now. I’m willing to buy them at
Sarah thought for a moment, then said, “I’m really curious… what would Mr. Wilson’s face look like if he woke up and found out about all this?”Melvin gave a faint smile. “Maybe that day will never come. He might end up in a vegetative state, stuck in bed for the rest of his life, kept alive only b
Leon brushed right past the butler and stormed upstairs. From the look on his face, he didn’t seem like someone coming to comfort a friend—he looked ready to confront her, fists clenched and fury in every step.He kicked the door open without hesitation. His mind was spinning, his temper gone—he ju
Melvin paused before continuing, “Actually, the one who was more stunned than me that day was Zachary. But when we saw the confusion in your eyes, we both made the same decision—to keep it from you.”Sarah froze for a moment. “So that’s what you’ve all been hiding from me?”“Yes,” Melvin said quie
Leon snapped, frustrated. “If that were really the case, then I’d be dreaming about her, not having nightmares.”The therapist, used to patients with emotional outbursts, remained calm and unbothered.“You’re misunderstanding me, Mr. Spencer,” he said gently. “Nightmares aren’t always caused by fe







