Upon seeing Remy enter, Audrey remained silent with a stern expression.Remy sensed that the atmosphere in the room was different, and knew that Elisa and Audrey probably had another quarrel while he was seeing Julian off.He pretended not to know what was going on and walked back to Elisa. He told Audrey, “Mrs. Stone, Julian has left.”After pursing her lips, Audrey finally replied, “I see. Did you ask him what he meant?”“Julian did not speak the truth.”Remy answered honestly, “He asked us to keep it a secret from Mr. Bucham, so as not to let him come and propose marriage.”Audrey teased him, “You’re honest to a fault. Parroting whatever Julian said without missing a word. Aren’t you worried I might agree to Mr. Bucham’s proposal?”“Mom.”Elisa immediately spoke up. “I only love Remy. We are in love with each other. Even if Mr. Bucham comes to propose, I won’t agree. You marry him then, if you agree to his proposal.”Audrey was silent.Elisa took out her phone and called h
Remy smiled and said, “I won’t blame Mrs. Stone. She is worried and can’t bear to part with you. It’s because I haven’t done enough and not well enough to make her feel at ease about entrusting you to me.“I will keep trying my best.”As the two got in the car, Remy asked her, “Where do you want to eat?”“I’ll eat wherever you take me.”Remy smiled, she trusted him completely.He started the car and drove away.Elisa said again, “After we eat, can you accompany me to Wiltspoon School? Seren and Jasmine’s bookstore has recently opened. Jasmine is bored at home, and the market is far from the city. Josh won’t let her go to the market, so she opened the bookstore early.”Jasmine, the gem of the Sox family, would even go back to the bookstore to pass time, even if there was not much business. She would visit other stores every day to chat.“Okay,” he replied.“Josh and Julian are cousins and have a good relationship. Perhaps Josh knows why he did this. Once he knows, Jasmine will
Julian thought that his old man had gone crazy. If he caught Julian looking at someone twice, he would probe about the person, without any care for common sense.The little girl naturally was sent back to her parents, and this matter was kept very well hidden. Very few people in the outside world knew about it.Elisa and others heard about it, but only from Jasmine.So, Walter’s madness made Elisa’s scalp numb.She was in her twenties and unmarried. If Walter knew that Julian gave her flowers and even went to pick her up at the airport, he would probably come over tonight to propose marriage.Elisa messaged Serenity, asking when she was coming back.Serenity then called her.“Elisa, you’re back from your business trip?”“Just got back today. When are you and Grandma May coming back? And Sonny, I miss him so much, is he with you? Get him on the phone.”Elisa really adored Sonny.Every time she heard Sonny’s cutesy voice calling her Aunt Elisa, she would melt into a puddle of w
“Okay.”Serenity ended the call.Sonny and Laurence ran in from outside, one after the other. They were obviously playing a game of tag.The two little guys were sweating, and their faces were flushed red.The two nannies who followed them came in two minutes later, panting. They had most likely been running after the little ones for a while.When they saw Serenity and Jane wiping the two boys’ sweat, the nannies laughed and said, “The two young masters run so fast that we can’t catch up with them.”Serenity wiped her nephew’s sweat and said, “They’re both learning self-defense, so their legs are much better than those of their peers. Even I can barely catch up with them.Serenity also knew kickboxing.Jane said, “I haven’t been able to catch up to Laurence since a long time ago. His movements became swifter since he went with the doctor.”It was the right choice to let Lilian take Laurence.The legendary doctor would not neglect Laurence’s education, and he could teach Laure
When Jane went over to see her son, Grandma May said, “Jane, your little girl is so well-behaved. Such a good girl whether she’s awake or asleep.”Jane picked up her wailing son and laughed when she heard Grandma May’s words. “How could she cry when you’re holding her all day? She never had the tendency to cry.”She dared to say that her daughter’s temperament definitely took after Ben’s.In fact, Chloe’s might even be better than her dad’s.Grandma May smiled. “Serenity and I will be going back to Wiltspoon soon. I don’t know when I’ll be able to see Chloe again after this, so I have to hold her now until I get tired of it.”With her old age, she would most likely not come to FC Manor again.Unless Jane and Ben went to Wiltspoon with their two little darlings in the future, Grandma May would have little chance of seeing the lovely children again.“If I go to Wiltspoon in the future, I’ll bring the twins to visit you.”Remy liked Elisa. When they got married, Jane and Ben would
Hayden pursed her lips and said, “Go with me to the dinner banquet tonight.”“Sure.”Hugh did not refuse his sister. He asked, “Are you getting off work now?”“Yeah.”“Then so will I. I’ll head home and eat with you.”The siblings usually lived separately in their respective houses, but they would occasionally go back to the old residence together.Many times, Hugh would go to his sister’s house to eat. His sister was a picky eater, so the food the chef she hired made was exceptionally delicious.Hayden did not say more and hung up the phone.After walking out of the office, she asked her secretary, “Mr. Kevin isn’t waiting outside the gates again, is he?”There were several hotels in Jensburg that belonged to York Corporation and were under Kevin’s administration. However, since those hotels were operating normally, there was actually nothing important for Kevin, the managing director, to deal with.Thus, he had plenty of time.Hayden was different. She was the President of
“If Mr. Hayden was a woman and stood beside Mr. Kevin, they would look like a match made in heaven. Even though they’re both men, when they stand together, it’ll give people the feeling that they’re husband and wife.“It’s no wonder Mr. Kevin liked Mr. Hayden after just meeting him a few times. Say, do you think Mr. Hayden will accept Mr. Kevin’s pursuit in the end?”Her colleague said, “How could that be? Mr. Hayden is a straight man. There’s no way he’ll accept Mr. Kevin. Besides, Mr. Kevin might not really like Mr. Hayden. I heard Mr. Hugh say that Mr. Kevin was urged to marry by the elders of his family. He didn’t like the noble girl his family arranged for him, so he came to Jensburg on the pretext of business trips.“Furthermore, he’s using Mr. Hayden to create a sensation by saying that he likes men.”The whispered discussion between the two receptionists was not heard by Hayden.When she walked out of the office building, she instinctively looked toward the entrance first.
Kevin was much more cunning than Zachary.Kevin’s car was parked horizontally at the entry of her villa.Hayden’s motorcade was forced to stop. They could not proceed further.When Hayden’s car appeared in Kevin’s sight, he got out of the car while holding a large bouquet of roses.It was different from the bouquet that morning. This time, he had someone make a money bouquet with 50- and 100-dollar bills.That was because Hayden gave an order that no florist in Jensburg was allowed to sell roses to Kevin.Kevin called Wildridge Manor to help, but there was no way they could send the flowers so quickly.Since that was the case, he had to use a money bouquet instead.Besides, he already bought out all the roses in the flower shops in the morning. His men cleared out the flowers even from shops located in the suburbs.They had not replenished their stock yet.Kevin leaned against his car, holding the money bouquet in both hands and looked at Hayden’s car with a smile.He was dr
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