Mag-log inManny’s voice came from behind her.Misty turned around and immediately stepped aside respectfully, greeting him sweetly, “Mr. Longbottom.”“Mm.”Manny nodded, satisfied that Misty was still respectful to him.Ever since Laurence was announced as the new CEO of the company, everyone changed the way they called Manny. Although he was now the COO, he still hated hearing people call him by his name.“Is the CEO off work?”Manny looked at the company gates just in time to see the last of Laurence’s motorcade disappearing into the distance.“Yes. He instructed me to cancel all of his evening appointments.”“All of them?”Manny frowned. “He should have engagements tonight. How can he cancel everything? Is he not taking the company business seriously?”Misty did not dare to respond.After grumbling for a while, Manny asked, “How did the clients react when you canceled those appointments?”“They all said they understood. They said Mr. Laurence had just taken over Longbottom Corpora
After a moment of silence, Noelle suddenly said, “Mr. Laurence, Misty likes you.”She could tell that. Additionally, Misty was jealous of her.She could not stand seeing Noelle by Laurence’s side.It was not just Misty. Many people envied Noelle for being able to stay with Laurence. Even though they did not know what he looked like, perhaps it was because his status and influence kept growing.Thus, they envied her.Now, even the elders of the Longbottom family were saying she was not worthy of him.Whether she was worthy or not was not up to them.At first, Noelle had been bothered by people saying she was not good enough for Laurence, but after thinking things through over the past two days, she no longer cared what others thought.As Jane said, as long as Laurence did not mind, no one else’s opinion mattered. It was Laurence she would be spending her life with, not anyone else.Furthermore, everyone Laurence considered family liked her and hoped that she and Laurence would
As long as the Longbottom family could not control Laurence, the Johnsons would only support Noelle being with him.The last trace of hesitation in Noelle’s heart disappeared after what just happened. She made up her mind to accept Laurence’s feelings. The two of them would be together openly.Laurence loved her, and she loved him too.After everything they had been through together, the feelings they shared, and now that the gap in status between them was no longer an issue, what was there left for her to fear?She was not even afraid of death. How could she be afraid of standing by his side as his lover?What helped Noelle reach this decision was Jane’s and Lilian’s words. They told her that when she was taken in and entrusted to take care of Laurence for “the rest of his life,” it held a deeper meaning.Who else could stay with Laurence for a lifetime?Only his wife.Perhaps that was what Doc meant all along.Noelle thought that if he had not intended that, he would not hav
“Since no one has any objections, is there anything else?”That was Laurence’s way of saying that the meeting was over.The eight elders replied in unison, “Nothing else.”Tony stood first, saying with a kind smile, “We’ll take our leave now and won’t disturb your work. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can always ask Manny.“He has managed the company for over ten years and is familiar with everything.“I heard Manny was supposed to meet with a major client today to discuss a partnership. Has the client arrived yet? You’ve just taken over the company, so I imagine you wouldn’t know much about the project.”Laurence answered, “Mr. Durham, right? I’ve already signed the contract with him.”“You’ve signed the contract?”“Yes. You know how many years I’ve been in Havenmill, Uncle Tony. I’ve spent every one of those years studying Longbottom Corporation. I know very well who the company plans to cooperate with and what projects we have.“Even though I only took office
Without Noelle, even if Laurence took off his face mask and walked out to say he was the CEO of Longtail Group, no one would believe him and would even think that he was a fake. Noelle had long since become one of Laurence’s status indicators.Among the upper crust of Havenmill, many might have looked down on Noelle, but on the surface, no one dared to show it. In fact, many still had to be utterly respectful to her.The few who dared to speak so boldly to Noelle already had already had the fear of God put into them by Noelle. They did not even have any thoughts of tattling to Laurence, because it would be no use. Laurence was famously overprotective of his own.“But Noelle doesn’t have a strong family background. She won’t be able to help you.” Matteo was still struggling.Laurence scoffed. “What family background does she need? I am her family. I am her backing. My adoptive mother and my aunts are all behind her. All of us are her family.”Apart from the Johnsons, the network le
Laurence’s expression darkened, and he turned to Tony. “How is Noelle not worthy of me? So what if she’s my bodyguard? To me, she’s not just my bodyguard. She’s my childhood friend.“She only lowered herself to be my bodyguard because she wanted to protect me, out of concern for me.”Tony exchanged glances with the rest before he eased his expression and said, “Even if Noelle is your childhood friend, she is an orphan and not worthy of you in terms of status.“The lady of the house has to be from a family of equal standing as ours, or at the very least, come from a rich family. Does either of those apply to Noelle?“You mustn’t let emotions dictate your decisions. This concerns the future of the entire Longbottom family. If the future missus’s status is too low, she won’t have any dignity or standing within the family. Once people look down on her, they’ll be looking down on you too.“And if the missus were to attend social engagements, she’ll still be looked down on, mocked, and
Liberty felt that her sister’s suggestion was not bad, and she replied, “Alright, we’ll do as you say.”Zachary looked at the time and said gently, “Liberty, Seren, once we reach town, let’s go eat first. We adults won’t be hungry, but Sonny is still a kid—he won’t be able to hold out and will probab
Well, Grandma May was occupied getting her other grandsons to ditch the singlehood. Inspired by her first successful matchmaking, the old lady wanted to keep the momentum going and put her other grandsons, who were at the right age to marry but stayed single anyway, on the market. All that was left
After listening to a day of gossip about Mr. York’s marriage and wife-doting tendencies, Serenity applied a facial mask in front of the dressing table at night and said to Zachary, “All I hear is stories about your boss today.” With his game face on, Zachary asked, “Oh. What about?” “You don’t know?
Serenity understood that it would take a while for Elisa to let go of her feelings for Mr. York. Elisa had not pestered Mr. York for a long time. She was probably here now because she wanted to secretly take a look at Mr. York.It must be painful for Elisa to fall in love with someone who did not lov







