LOGINCallia paused to think if it had been more than six months since they last saw each other. Somehow, she recalled running in Xavier every month as the latter would make time to take business trips to her college town, conveniently spending time with her there. York Corporation had a branch office where she went to school. Of course, someone from headquarters had to attend to assignments at the branch office, and that person was always Xavier. “Laurence, take care of yourself. Don’t take on too much.” “I’m alright. I’m used to the workload. Things are a little hectic since Sonny is in Wiltspoon, but my workload will ease up once he’s back next month. “Go and grab some breakfast. I’ll get out of your hair. I have a meeting to catch.”“Bring Noelle along for dinner when you can make time. The place is going to be lively when you visit.” Laurence agreed to the proposal with a smile. There was no telling when he would be available to visit the O’Connors. Though Laurence and
“What? Xavi only left today?” Koben grew furious, learning that Xavier’s flight was today. He whined, “Heath didn’t tell me that. Xavier said nothing too. I bet he snuck off to steal you away. “Don’t let him win, Callie. You’re my family, not his. He doesn’t have a girl in his family, so he’s trying to take you from me.” Callia said with a smile, “Relax. I’ll always be family. No one can change that.“I think Heath might have forgotten to let you know. Who are the guests coming today?” Callia asked curiously. It was her way to change the subject before the chatterbox obsessed over the issue. Eden often said that Koben took after Rowan in talking someone’s ear off. From what Callia remembered, Rowan could keep the conversation going. Serenity said Rowan was the nicest when she was first introduced to the Yorks. Rowan, on the other hand, knew who held the power, so he had been kissing up to her since day one. “I don’t know them. Heath and I are driving to the hotel to
Koben nodded. “Well, Callie’s future husband has to move in with us. We can’t let her leave. I can’t bear to see her go. Heath, what exactly is a husband who moves in?” Heath replied, “You’re still young. You’ll understand when you grow up. That’s the end of the discussion. Go and play with your toys while I focus on the road.” Koben would bombard Heath with a million whys if the conversation kept going. Heath considered himself to be knowledgeable. However, he would be stumped by the questions. To save himself from embarrassment, Heath dropped the subject entirely. Koben uttered with a pout, “That's what all the adults say when you don’t want to talk to me. How am I supposed to know when I grow up if you don’t let me know?” Heath said with a smile, “No way. Koben is very smart. I’m sure you’ll figure everything out once you grow up.” “Fine. Heath, can I borrow your phone?” “What do you want to do?” “I want to FaceTime Callie. I miss her.” Heath eased his foot off th
“Koben, we have guests today. I need to take care of them, so my hands are tied. “Can we wait two more days?” Behind the wheel, Heath tried to reason with Koben. Koben uttered, “Why didn’t you say that Sonny was coming? Sonny isn’t a stranger. He’s part of the family.” For so long as he could remember, Sonny was family. “Sonny has two VIPs with him. Why did you think your Uncle Zachary, Aunt Serenity, and I weren’t at work?” “It’s the summer break.” Koben said matter-of-factly, “Why work during the holidays?” Heath said with a smile, “Only those in school get summer breaks. I don’t. We still need to work.” “Don’t you have summer holidays? Then, why…” “We aren’t in the office today because we have special guests coming to the house.” Koben responded confusedly, “Oh.” The older members of the family would host guests at the manor from time to time. Koben’s parents would tell him not to cause any trouble when there were visitors around. As far as he was concern
Standing back up, Serenity urged Heath to be careful on the road. Minutes later, Heath drove out with Koben strapped in his child seat in the back. Since Koben was always tagging along, the older family members would have a child safety seat installed in their cars just for him. “Heath, when are the others coming back?” “Um… I haven’t asked them. They might come back, but they could be busy. Your cousins in college might take up internships or part-time jobs in the summer.” Heath recalled working at York Corporation in the summer since high school. Not handed the management position right away, Heath had to work his way from the bottom. The employees of York Corporation knew that he was a York, so they walked on eggshells around him, too intimidated to assign him any real work. Zachary threatened to withhold Heath’s salary when he found out. Heath had to earn his keep like everyone else. The next day, Heath would actively look for things to do even when nobody assigne
Koben blinked. “Really? Then why didn’t Callie wait for me before traveling to Uncle Austin’s?” Heath replied, “She needs to get your room ready for you and check out the fun places, so when you get there, she can bring you around.“She didn’t leave because she hated you. You’re the absolute cutest. Who could possibly not love you? We all love you. Of course, we’ll love you even more if you stop crying.” Koben rubbed his eyes and replied, “I won’t cry, Heath. I’m a good boy. Callie said I can’t cry, or she won’t take me to Uncle Austin’s.” “So you need to hold those tears back and be happy. You’re adorable when you smile. I love seeing you smile.” “I’ll smile every day. Where are you going, Heath?” Koben asked. He could tell that Heath was on his way out. Heath put him down and answered, “I’m going to fetch Sonny from the hotel. He’s coming over for lunch with two guests.” “I want to go with you.” Koben demanded, “It’s been a while since I’ve seen Sonny.” Heath hesit
“Forget it then.”Josh stopped looking and turned to head outside. Great. There was no ice cream in the house. It was not he who denied Jasmine ice cream, but it was because there was none in the house. Jasmine could only smack her lips upon hearing that her mother-in-law had discarded all ice creams
Now, Brenda and Amy wanted to return to Newmans’ residence to compete for the property.There was no sisterhood between Evelyn and her sisters anymore.“Alright. I’ll wait for you at home, Aunt Evelyn.”“Okay. I’m going to take a cab and head there now.”Aunt Evelyn ended the call after speaking to Camr
“Good morning, Mr. Hayden. Mr. Kevin is here, and he wants to go in,” the head of security said to Hayden. “Tell Mr. Kevin that I don’t have time to entertain him. Ask him to leave and don’t come back anymore.” The head of security knew this was going to happen. “Understood.” Hayden’s car was driven
Kevin unleashed his clinginess and chased after Hayden. Everyone looked at the two of them, but no one dared to interfere in their affair. Hayden’s admirers hated Kevin very much. They watched the whole night as the shameless man pestered Hayden. Hayden went straight to the host to apologize. She sa







