Mr. Brown scolded his daughter. “Sonny’s going to his aunt’s house. Liberty will be busy with her work and won’t have time to look after Sonny, so she needs Serenity’s help to take care of him. If you want Lucas to go over, who’ll look after your child? Lucas is so naughty. If he were to damage something, would you be able to pay for it?”Wildridge Manor was a vast property that belonged to the wealthiest family. It was a place where ordinary people like them could never enter. They did hear about how beautiful and luxurious the place was. Every decoration in the York family’s house was valuable. Lucas was mischievous and loved to wreck things. If he were to damage something in that house, it would be impossible for them to compensate for it, even if Chelsea’s entire family sold themselves. Chelsea pouted and did not say anything else after getting scolded. Liberty would never bring Lucas to Wildridge Manor either. She still remembered how Lucas and his brother used to bully
“Chelsea and her mother continued to cause chaos even after Sonny’s dad married Jessica. I try to stay as far away as I can from her. I would be a fool to have a meal with her, let alone hire her as a supervisor for my store.”Liberty was traumatized by Chelsea’s shamelessness. Duncan replied with a hum and lowered his head to look at Sonny, who was sitting on his lap. He stopped talking to Liberty about the Brown family. After exiting the inpatient building, he asked her, “Where will we have our meal?”“We should go somewhere better since it’s my treat. Where do you usually go? If you’re used to dining at that particular place, I’ll treat you to a meal there.”Duncan smiled. “I usually had my meals at Wiltspoon Hotel in the past.”He was good friends with Zachary. It was a given that he would help Wiltspoon Hotel with its business. Duncan was not involved in the food and beverage industry. He felt the competition was too strong, and they could never compete against Wiltspoon
Chelsea’s two elder children were in their growing stages. They were big eaters and had not eaten a big meal in a long time. Chelsea and George needed to let the children eat if they brought them to a restaurant, which required money. Chelsea reminisced, saying, “We’re reaping what we sowed, hubby. When Liberty and Hank were still married, we enjoyed good food without needing to spend money. Hank would provide our parents with an allowance while our parents would support us with their money.“I like eating expensive food like beef and seafood. Liberty would buy them whenever I mentioned it to her, and I could eat as much as I wanted. She’s completely ignoring me now and even refuses to give me a job.”George wanted to say something but decided against it. He missed the old days too. George and Chelsea only had to focus on working while his in-laws cared for the children. His in-laws’ pension and the allowance provided by his brother-in-law would go to their family. Therefore,
The Yates family did blame Jessica for stealing her household register and getting married to Hank, but they did not want her to die. Therefore, after a discussion, they decided to hire a lawyer for their daughter. They hoped their daughter could be given a light sentence. Jessica’s brothers and sisters-in-law did not really want to help her, but their parents scolded them for some time. Hence, they had no choice but to promise their parents. Everyone chipped in some money to hire a lawyer for their sister. Chelsea and George were not mistaken. The old couple was indeed Jessica’s parents. They had come to the hospital to beg their son-in-law to be merciful and let their daughter off. Their daughter could get a lighter punishment if their son-in-law were willing to produce a letter of forgiveness. However, Mr. and Mrs. Yates would surely be met with Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s obstruction and scolding if they wanted to do so. On the other hand, Liberty was unaware of everything
Audrey held the remote control and kept switching channels. She told her husband, “TV series nowadays are terrible. They’re not as good as the ones in the past. All actors and actresses look almost the same to me. Are my aesthetics and tastes outdated?”Darrell smiled. “You never liked watching TV shows, nor did you have the time to watch them. When could you ever understand dramas?“Play some music instead.”His wife was a superwoman. Before she retired, she prioritized work and was busy with her business every day. How could she have had the time to watch television?The kids were young back then. After finishing work, his wife also had to pay attention to the three children’s homework. It would already be late at night by the time the kids went to bed. She neither had the mood nor time to watch the television as she still had to wake up the next day to work as usual.After their eldest son was capable enough to take over Stone Group, the couple retired and stayed home. They no
After Audrey spoke, Elisa and Remy rushed in. The butler had told them that Clive wanted them to return. Therefore, they rushed back, thinking something had happened.“Mom, Clive, what’s wrong?” asked Elisa as she walked over.She saw her parents and brother’s grim expressions. Her mom seemed to be holding some documents. She went to her mom’s side and sat down. Then, she took the papers from her mom’s hand and asked, “What are these, Mom?”Remy looked toward Audrey. He was concerned too. He sat down somewhere near Clive. Although Elisa’s side could still fit another, he regarded that Mrs. Stone had not accepted him yet. It was only her attitude toward him that had improved slightly. Therefore, he did not dare to be too close to Elisa when Mrs. Stone was around. “Everything’s fine. Your brother had investigated some people of the Fisher family from Jensburg and brought the findings to me. Weren’t you at Remy’s place? How’s the renovation going?”Audrey glanced at Remy bef
After a moment of silence, Elisa asked, “Are we really not able to find any evidence at all?”“That’s the case for now. Maybe it’s because of the short time. We might be able to find something if we take it slow, but there’s not much hope. After all, decades have passed. Even if there were some loopholes, they would’ve been eliminated and their traces wiped clean. Maybe everyone who knew something was dead.”Elisa kept quiet. Audrey told her daughter, “You don’t have to worry about this, Elisa. I have time. I’ll search for evidence slowly. It can surely be found one day as long as the current matriarch did commit the crime.”“Mrs. Stone, I can let my brother know about this and request help from my sister-in-law’s brothers to investigate this matter. We can ask for Mr. Zimmer’s help too.”Hudson Zimmer was the Houston family’s son-in-law. The Houston family had the same capabilities as the Buchams. “I’ll let you all know when I need your help.”There was strength in numbers.
Elisa knew Julian was not serious about her. Additionally, she came from a wealthy family. She never lacked any of the expensive items as her family was loaded. That was why she did not fall for him. Besides, Elisa would always throw every gift Julian sent over aside from the bouquets. As for some other stuff, she would pile them together and never touch them. She intended to return all the gifts to him when he was no longer out of his mind. Elisa gave it some thought. She would have to wait until she was engaged or married to Remy before she could return the gifts to Julian with Remy. If she were to return the presents to Julian right away, then his father would find out. The Stone family knew how crazy Mr. Bucham was. Mr. Bucham was bent on rescuing his eldest son. If he knew Julian was interested in Elisa, he would disregard Elisa’s willingness and propose a marriage between the two families. Julian’s actions were already causing her a headache. If Mr. Bucham was also in
Lilian often messed with the medicinal herbs her master cultivated, which led to her being chased and scolded by him.It seemed her son had inherited her restless nature.“How’s Sonny been lately?”Liberty had been on edge these past few days because Caroline had been preparing to lure her three brothers into a trap and had not had time to call her son.“Same as usual, but it seems like things have soured again with the Browns.”Serenity added, “Sonny still answers when Hank calls him, but he doesn’t seem happy when his grandparents visit. He doesn’t like going to the Browns’ place, and he doesn’t want to take their calls either.“Hank’s mother and sister are truly incorrigible. They must have been badmouthing you and Duncan in front of Sonny again, which is why he’s upset with them.”During the holidays, Sonny had stayed with the Browns for a few days and started to warm up to them.However, who would have thought that the mother and daughter would start spouting nonsense in f
Once the baby was born, he would apply the knowledge he had learned over the past few months to care for the baby. He was determined to be a competent and responsible father.Serenity released her arms from around him and shifted to her side.Zachary let go, too, allowing her to turn.Then, she planted countless gentle kisses on his face.“Babe, with you here, the baby and I will be just fine. Don’t worry too much,” Serenity comforted softly after kissing him.“You are my rock. If even you are nervous, I’ll start feeling anxious too, and that won’t be good.”Hearing this, Zachary immediately said, “Seren, don’t worry. I’ll protect both of you. Alright, I won’t be so nervous anymore.”He gently touched her rounded belly again. “Lil’ Bun should be a calm kid. He’s not that mischievous.”He felt that the baby’s movements were not too intense.Serenity wanted to tell him that there were times when the baby kicked more vigorously, but she decided against it, knowing it would only m
“Just hit the gym a few more times. Lately, you’ve been spending less time there.”Every day after work, he would come home and orbit around her. As a result, he had less time to work out.It was normal to gain a few pounds eating well and exercising less. Did he really think he could eat anything without gaining weight?The reason he could maintain a model-like physique before was that he exercised daily.“Ow.” Serenity suddenly cried out in pain.This startled Zachary so much that he nearly jumped up, asking anxiously, “Is it stomach pain? Are you going into labor? Let’s go to the hospital right away.”He was about to pick her up, but Serenity stopped him by pressing his hand.“Don’t be so nervous, Zachary. It's not time yet. It’s not happening so soon. It’s just the baby kicking again. His kicks are getting stronger.”As she entered the later stages of pregnancy, the little one inside her was growing stronger. Sometimes, a couple of kicks from the baby could actually hurt.
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