Chloe was extremely likable. Serenity only carried Oliver after Jane took Connor. Lilian and Tim entered as well. She took her son from Serenity’s arms and passed him to Tim. She said, “Coax your baby boss quickly. He cries so much and is so loud that even the roof can shake from his wailing.”If Baby Oliver could think, he would have thought, ‘Do you think I have a lion’s roar?’Tim started coaxing his son, who was in his arms. The baby was hungry. His father failed to coax him, so Oliver still ended up in his mother’s arms. News that Serenity was pregnant did not spread. Only the Johnsons knew of it. Zachary was anxious. He was also worried that someone would bump into Serenity as many people were at the party. He decided to bring her back to Wiltspoon right away. Serenity did not want to leave that soon, but she had no choice but to agree, as she could not persuade her husband. Zachary told Ben and Jane apologetically, “Ben, Serenity has to rest because she’s pre
Tania said, “It seems to you that our son doesn’t have any good qualities.” Zachary was the eldest grandson of the York family. He was raised by Tania’s in-laws. It had been her first time being a mother. She did not know how to raise a child. As her in-laws were willing to take her child in, it had taken a burden off her shoulders. Tania’s husband had just taken over York Corporation at that time. He was extremely busy. She often accompanied her husband to business engagements as well. Her in-laws took care of her eldest son and they treated him as the successor of the York family. Of course, since her eldest son was raised by her in-laws, he was closer and more obedient to them. After Zachary’s grandfather passed away, his grandmother was the only person who could boss him around. Tania was unable to meddle in her eldest son’s affairs. Luckily, her in-laws were great seniors. They had educated Zachary and the other children well. She and her sisters-in-law had lef
Liam and Tania asked in a surprised manner. Zachary nodded. “Seren vomited when she was at FC Manor. We had Dr. Carden check on her. She said Seren’s pregnant, so I quickly brought her back to rest.”“Is that true? That’s great!”Tania hugged her husband out of delight. She smiled and said, “Liam, I’m going to be a grandmother.”Liam was elated too. Next, Tania pushed aside her husband and Zachary, who was helping Serenity get out of the car. She took Zachary’s place and helped Serenity to exit cautiously. Serenity was utterly embarrassed. “I’m fine, Mom. I’m not tired at all.”She simply felt sleepy on the airplane and wanted to get some sleep. However, Zachary insisted on saying that she was fatigued. He wanted to carry her down the airplane. That action startled everyone. They thought something had happened to her. Her mother-in-law was just as cautious as Zachary. “You just got pregnant. The pregnancy is still unstable, and you’ve just sat through a few hours
‘Seren is pregnant!’After Liberty had processed Zachary’s words, she exclaimed in delight. She was in the Stone family’s living area with her son. Aunt Audrey had missed Sonny. After Sonny’s classes were over, Liberty picked him up and went to the Stones’ residence. She planned to stay the night after having dinner with them and depart for preschool from their house the next day. She did not expect her brother-in-law’s good news. “What’s wrong?”Liberty’s exclamation attracted the Stone couple, Alice, and Sonny’s gazes. “It’s good news.”Liberty smiled and said, “Uncle Darrell, Aunt Audrey, Alice, let me tell you something. Seren’s pregnant. Zachary called to inform me just now.”After she spoke, Audrey’s phone rang. It was Clive who called. Audrey answered her son’s call while asking Liberty with a grin, “Is it confirmed?”“It’s confirmed, Mom. Zachary said it was Dr. Carden who examined Serenity. She’s the miracle healer’s best disciple. There’s no doubting her sk
“You must say that the baby in Aunt Ser’s stomach is a little sister, alright Sonny?”Liberty taught her son. His eyes gleamed. He innocently said, “Why do I have to say it’s a little sister?”He instinctively thought Aunt Ser was going to give him a little brother. “Didn’t you want to have a little sister? You often used to tell your aunt to give birth to a little sister for you.”Sonny said, “Laurence has a baby sister. I like little sisters too. I’ll tell Aunt Ser not to have a baby boy then. I want a little sister.”“It doesn’t matter whether it’s a boy or girl.”Audrey said with a smile, “Since it’s Seren’s first baby, the gender doesn’t matter as long as the baby is healthy. Let’s go to Wildridge Manor to send Serenity some supplements now, Liberty.”“Didn’t Seren and Mr. York go to FC Manor in Annenburg, Mom? Even Mr. Johnson, who lives next door, went back. Elisa said she would rush over there as soon as possible too. Remy’s niece and nephew are 100 days old today. Th
“Hi, I’m Liberty.”Liberty offered her right hand generously. Although Caroline wore sunglasses and a black mask, Liberty could recognize her. It was because she and Caroline looked alike. The similarities did not stop at their looks but also their body figures to a certain extent. Upon hearing it was Liberty, Caroline quickly extended her right hand to shake Liberty’s. She then took off her mask and sunglasses before saying, “Hi, Ms. Hunt. I’m Caroline.”Liberty smiled and said, “Ms. Caroline.”She told her son to greet Caroline too. Caroline looked toward Sonny and bent her waist to pat Sonny’s head. She complimented, “What a handsome child. He must be your son.”Liberty nodded. “He’s my son. His nickname is Sonny.”“Hi, Sonny.”Sonny replied in an innocent voice, “Hi, Caroline. Why do you look a little like my mom, Caroline?”Caroline laughed. She said, “Your mom and I look alike because we’re connected by fate. You share some similarities with me too.”“I look lik
Audrey would not tell Caroline that she had already met the latter before. She acted as if it was the first time they were meeting.Caroline looked at Audrey and without beating around the bush, she said, “I’m the daughter of the Fisher family from Jensburg, but I only returned to the Fisher family a year ago. The previous daughter was an imposter. I heard about some family history and learned that your last name is also Fisher. I want to verify the suspicions in my heart, so I took the liberty to come to interrupt you today.”Audrey did not speak and waited for Caroline to continue.“Mrs. Stone, I want to get a DNA test done with you to seek an answer to my suspicion.”If Audrey was the daughter of her aunt, then Caroline was cousins with her. They could get a DNA test done to see if they were related by blood.Audrey did not expect Caroline to propose doing a DNA test.Caroline continued, “My mother Belinda and I have gotten a DNA test as well, and I keep a copy of the results
“You don’t have to doubt my intentions, Mrs. Stone. I really do want to know whether you and I are related by blood.”Caroline could understand Audrey’s thoughts.Based on the rumors about her mother, she and Audrey should have a hostile relationship.It was only natural that Audrey would be suspicious of her proposing to do a DNA test.“If those rumors are true, what will you do, Ms. Fisher?” Audrey asked Caroline.Caroline fell silent.Although she did not grow up with the Fisher family and only returned to the family for a little more than a year, she was still Belinda’s daughter.Although it was easy to say that one should place righteousness before family, how many people could actually do it?After a long time, she said, “If you have evidence, you can do whatever you want. I promise you that I won’t be your enemy. Even if my mother is punished as she deserves, I won’t blame you for it.”The only thing she could do was not be Audrey’s enemy. If Audrey wanted to send her m
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