Hayden’s expression turned gloomy. She looked at Kevin and said coldly, “Mr. York, what is the meaning of this?” The present he prepared for her was a bouquet of roses? It was not that she did not like roses, but what were they for? If she was sick and hospitalized, it would be appropriate if Kevin sent her flowers, but she was fine and healthy. If Kevin gave her flowers all of a sudden, it would make others think that he was confessing his love for her. What the hell? She was still a man! Why would Kevin confess to her? Kevin should not be gay either! Why? “It doesn’t mean anything. I passed by the florist earlier and saw these beautiful roses. I got them but I don’t know who to give them to. Since I know you best in this city, I thought I’d give you the roses.” If Hayden’s gaze could kill, Kevin would no longer have an intact body, but he was not afraid. He acted like a gentleman and explained with a bright smile. However, no one believed his explanation. Hayd
“So it’s not just me?” “Mr. Hayden captivated the hearts of countless girls. Who would have thought he would capture the heart of Mr. York as well.” “Maybe Mr. York is already gay, that’s why he’s been single. Now that he has seen Mr. Hayden’s beautiful face, he realized he had fallen for him. That’s why he made a move and openly chased after Mr. Hayden.” “You guys don’t follow the gossip in Wiltspoon, so you have no idea. Old Mrs. York actually selected a wife candidate for Kevin York, but he didn’t like it, that’s why he refused to date the selected candidate.” Everyone looked at the person who revealed the news. The person looked proud and delighted. “I always follow the gossip in Wiltspoon, that’s why I know. The third young master of Yorks is here because of a business trip, but Fortress Hotel has grown so famous in Jensburg that not even our company can do anything about it. “So there is no reason for him to be here for business-related matters. He’s actually trying t
As Hayden suppressed her anger, she said coldly, “Thank you for your kindness, Mr. York. I don’t really have a favorite but if I do, I can buy it myself. I don’t need you to buy it for me.” “What you buy is yours, what I give is my feelings. Mr. Hayden, please take the flowers I got you. Don’t let my feelings go to waste. This is my first time giving flowers to someone.” Hayden’s expression turned grim. “Mr. York, this is also the first time I received flowers from a man.” “Why can’t a man give another man flowers? Men are humans as well, some men like flowers.” Hayden could not win against Kevin in the argument. Kevin was extremely shameless. “Mr. York, I have things to do. Please leave,” Hayden requested with a frosty tone. “I won't affect your work. I’ll be quiet. When you are done with work, let’s go for dinner.” Hayden was speechless. “Mr. York, if you insist on staying, I will have to call security.” Kevin looked at her with a grin. He did not take her words ser
Hayden did not want the shameless man to turn around halfway. The secretary respectfully invited Kevin out. Kevin smiled at Hayden as he brought the bouquet out. When he followed the secretary out, Hayden heard him asking the secretary, “Are the flowers not beautiful enough? Why doesn’t Mr. Hayden accept my flowers?” Hayden slammed the door shut. She returned to her seat and then her other phone rang. It was from her brother. “Hayden! I missed the great show today! I should have come back for the meeting! D*mn it!” Hugh received the news of Kevin giving flowers to her sister in front of the executives. Someone close to him informed him right away. Hayden’s expression turned gloomy. She said coldly, “Hugh, one more word and I will cut your tongue off and feed it to the dog.” “Alright, alright. Don’t be mad, brother. With that face of yours, men and women will fall for you. Even my friends don’t dare to spend too much time with you because they are afraid they would f
Hugh received information quickly, but so did Josh. Josh knocked on the door to Zachary’s office with a big smile. “Zachary, let me tell you something. I almost died from laughing about it.”Zachary raised his head to glance at Josh, then continued to peruse his documents. He said, “What’s so funny that you’re dying from laughter? You should take care of your health. Your wife is pregnant with your child.”Josh said, “What nonsense. Are you cursing me? I’ll live a long life and grow old with Jasmine until I'm a hundred years old. Wait, I have to live longer than that. I’m several years older than her.”They would share a bed while alive and rest in the same grave when they died. They would be connected in life and death. No. It was not a good time to talk about those ominous things. “You’re so greedy. I think living till ninety is enough. There aren’t many people who can live as long as a century.”Zachary might have said that, but he hoped to live with Serenity until they
“Even the Queens’ relatives think Hayden’s a man.”Some distant relatives of the Queen family even wanted to play matchmaker and introduce women to Hayden. “Everyone’s used to Hayden being a man. I forgot about it for a moment there too.”Josh did not admit that his intelligence had dropped. “I admire Kevin for pursuing his wife while risking being called a gay.”Zachary said, “Kevin knows what he’s doing. Gay or not, he’s approaching the matter directly. There’s no need to waste so much time and effort to reveal that Hayden is a woman.“Hayden herself is aware of whether she’s a man or a woman. Even though she has been dressing up as a man since she was young and for over twenty years at that, she didn’t undergo any surgery to change her gender. Disguising as a man for the rest of her life won’t change the fact that she’s still a woman.“She’ll return to being a woman if she can’t handle Kevin’s advances. Even if she can, Kevin will have a way to make her admit that she’s a w
After a moment, Josh said, “I wish I could go to Jensburg to get first-hand gossip.”Zachary told him, “You can still get first-hand information even in Wiltspoon. Kevin had only given Hayden the flowers an hour ago, yet you’ve learned about it. Do you even need to go to Jensburg?”Josh smiled and said, “Although I can get intel in Wiltspoon, it’s still quicker if I were in Jensburg.”“There are twenty minutes left until we can get off work,” Zachary suddenly said. “So? I’m going to have a meal with my wife after clocking off. Oh, right. I have to tell her about this big news. She loves gossip the most. I’m not afraid of you laughing at me, Zachary, but I feel like Jasmine only married me to obtain first-hand gossip.”Zachary said, “It seems like you have some self-awareness.”Josh said, “It can’t be. It must’ve been because I was excellent, treated her well, and our personalities complemented each other. We got together because she had fallen in love with me and not to become g
It was almost time to clock off. Many people were going in and out of the company. If they saw Kevin’s bed of flower arrangement, Hayden would not be able to explain herself. She did not expect Kevin to start pursuing her like a possessed man overnight. Did he want to pursue her?Hayden was a man now. Was Kevin announcing to the world that he was gay by publicly pursuing her? “Mr. Queen, Mr. Kevin had called many people over. I think it’ll be difficult to destroy his flowers,” the secretary said in a dilemma. Kevin was no ordinary man. He was a young master of the York family and the person in charge of Fortress Hotel.Although Jensburg was not the Yorks’ territory, they still held quite a bit of influence here. “Many passers-by are taking pictures.”Hayden’s expression darkened. She said coldly, “I don’t care how many people he brought with him. Just destroy the flowers.”The secretary heeded her instructions and informed the security to ruin the flowers. Hayden could
Zachary, afraid that his wife might refuse to spend time with him at his office in the future, emphasized that he was not busy today.He had already cleared his morning schedule because he needed to accompany his beloved wife for her prenatal checkup.His secretary was well aware of Serenity’s checkup dates. Whenever he saw Serenity turn up at the office with his boss, his secretary would quietly adjust his schedule.Sometimes, on the day of the Serenity’s checkup, his secretary would not schedule any appointments for Zachary at all.Even if appointments were scheduled, Zachary would request they be canceled or rescheduled.Now, in Zachary’s eyes, his wife’s matters were the most important.With Alex now able to share the workload, Zachary felt that he, as the eldest of his generation who had shouldered the bulk of the burden for so many years, deserved a break.Plus, there was the elite team the company had trained; if not now, then when would they be put to use?Everyone was
Tony turned around and left.Only after hearing the door close did Carrie dare to open her eyes.She had woken up while Tony and his son were on the phone, but she did not dare move, fearing that Tony might suspect her of eavesdropping.Just now, when that old lecher stood by the bed looking at her, there was definitely a murderous glint in his eyes. She could feel it.Sooner or later, he would kill her.Carrie was filled with panic. She wanted to escape but was afraid she would not succeed. No one was there to help her.For a moment, Carrie even considered running to Camryn to confess everything, but she quickly dismissed the thought. The reason she ended up in this situation was entirely due to Camryn.She and Camryn were sworn enemies. Their conflict would not end until one of them was dead. However, even if she died, she would drag Camryn down with her.-Meanwhile, in the CEO's office at York Corporation, Zachary, seated at his desk, kept glancing up at his pregnant wife.
“You should have gotten rid of them all back then and cultivated a network of people loyal only to you.” Manny felt that his father should not have spared those people in the first place.Tony said, “There were too many of them, all relatives and friends with the same goal as us. We couldn’t eliminate them all at once.”Back then, he had incited everyone to join him in wiping out the entire main family, sparing neither the elderly nor the children.It was because they were all from the collateral branches, jealous of the main family’s long-standing control, and shared a common goal that his conspiracy succeeded.He had also spent over a decade waiting for the right opportunity.Who would have thought that even after wiping out the main family, he still could not obtain the family seal, token, or totem? Without these, he could not become the true head of the family and could only act as a proxy. Many of the connections loyal to the head remained inaccessible.Moreover, much of the
It was his father. Manny composed himself and picked up Tony’s call as he walked toward his car.“Hey, Pops.”“How’s it going, Manny? Has there been any progress?”Tony was still in Carrie’s room at the moment, but had gotten up and walked to the balcony to call his son.Carrie was still fast asleep, though her face was set in a frown. She was obviously discomfited.Tony had pestered her for the majority of last night, so it would be weird if she did not feel any discomfort.Despite her begging, Tony would not let her go. He even forcefully drugged her to make her mess around with him while out of it. He was simply an old pervert.Before she passed out, she cursed him in her heart. However, she knew that Tony only treated her so roughly because she was just his mistress—a tool for him to vent his frustrations on.If she really was his wife, he definitely would not treat her like this.In the past, she had ambitions of taking Mrs. Longbottom’s place and becoming the real missus
Tati also finished her plate of pastries.She followed Isabella out.“Isa, you’re always so busy and exhausted. If you’re feeling even a little unwell, you should have a good rest. Stay home for the day. I can handle the work you have on hand. It’s the same either way.”Tati wanted Isabella to take the day off so Isabella could spend some time with Austin and nurture their relationship.However, Isabella still declined Tati’s kind offer.She said, “Not today. There’s an important meeting today, and I have two important clients to meet. I’m fine, really. Don’t worry. From now on, I won’t touch alcohol.”Given her current status and position, no one would dare to force her to drink during social engagements.Many people also knew that Isabella would not drink outside her home, fearing that she might fall victim to someone’s schemes.However, Isabella would occasionally make an exception. When she was in a good mood, she would have a couple of drinks.Hearing this, Tati stopped t
Austin still smiled gently and said, “It’s all thanks to Ms. Isabella’s guidance.”He felt that he had indeed improved a lot.Grandma May really understood him well. The wife she picked for him could actually help improve his culinary skills.“After eating the sweets, I feel much better.” Tati picked up another piece of pastry and ate it.Austin quietly retreated, not wanting to disturb their conversation and also to avoid overhearing their private matters.“Just ignore him. Are you really going to skip work because of him?”Isabella added calmly to Tati, “If you let him provoke you, he’ll only cling to you even more. If you act like he doesn’t exist and don’t respond no matter what he does, he’ll naturally give up once he sees that you’re completely unresponsive.”Tati said, “I’m afraid that he’ll go and bother Edith and Eleanor if he doesn’t get anywhere with me. They don’t have the same resolve as we do.”She, therefore, decided to bear the brunt of it.“Every time I see hi
Austin replied, “Both Mr. Louis and Mr. Phillip woke up very early, especially Mr. Phillip. He gets up earlier than Mr. Louis every morning. It’s really hard on him, getting up so early in such cold weather.”Sometimes, he himself felt like staying in bed a little longer, reluctant to leave the warm comfort of his blankets.Even after the New Year, Satbury remained quite cold. In contrast, over in Wiltspoon, the temperatures had begun to reach a high of over seventy degrees Fahrenheit in the daytime, with nighttime lows around fifty degrees.The two provinces and cities were simply incomparable. The temperatures in Wiltspoon were just so very comfortable for Satbury locals.Isabella smiled and said, “Phillip is just afraid he’ll get here too late and that you’ll assume he’s not coming over for breakfast, then not prepare any for him. He's such a little foodie.”The house was never short of snacks for the little ones. In fact, any goodies were always reserved for them first.Yet,
Even when she attended banquets, she would show up in formal clothing. Isabella did not remember the last time she wore a dress. Perhaps it was when she was in third grade. In fact, she liked wearing pretty princessy dresses when she was young. Her mother had told her that.As Isabella was the first child and extremely adorable, Delphine had dolled her up like a princess. Her pretty dresses filled the closet. Her parents, aunts, uncles, and relatives would always gift her many beautiful dresses. As she grew up, perhaps when she was in fourth grade, she stopped wearing dresses. Regardless of who gave her new pieces, she would refuse to wear them and give them to her cousins instead. After everyone realized she disliked dresses, they gradually stopped giving her them. Delphine had asked Isabella why she disliked wearing dresses. Isabella reasoned that she could not walk quickly enough while wearing one. She valued speed and efficiency. Delphine said she had alway
While the private chefs Ms. Isabella had hired in the past were respectful, they were leaning toward flattery instead of sincere dedication, like how Austin was toward Ms. Isabella.Dominic was experienced. He could sense that Ms. Isabella treated Austin differently. She was also a special existence to Austin. It was normal for young people to be attracted to each other. Initially, Dominic wanted to advise Austin not to even think about dating Ms. Isabella. However, upon discovering that Austin was a young master of a wealthy family, he decided not to interfere. Dominic was glad that he did nothing.Austin returned to the house. Instead of heading straight to the kitchen, he went upstairs. He stopped outside of Isabella’s room and knocked on the door lightly. No response came from within the room. Perhaps Austin was too soft when he knocked. He knocked on the door again with more force and asked, “Are you up yet, Ms. Isabella? It’s time to have breakfast.”Isabella w