LOGINKaden had not gone to bed yet. He was waiting for Everly to return. Though Wiltspoon was a safe city, especially with Sonny and Serenity staying close, Kaden could not sleep until Everly was back. With Everly entering the suite with two bags, Kaden asked dotingly, “You’re back. What did you get? Did you have a fun time shopping?” Everly walked over and sat on the sofa, dumping the two shopping bags on the cushion. She replied, “I didn’t get much. I got two new outfits, and Mrs. York insisted on paying for them. I tried to decline, but she wouldn’t take no for an answer.“She is so nice and lovely. I felt bad about turning her down, so I accepted the two outfits.” While talking, Everly pulled out the clothes. Kaden glanced at the dress and said with a smile, “Oh, you got a dress.” “Mrs. York said that the dress was made for me. I tried it on, and it fits well. I love the design too. She managed to talk me into getting it.” Rising to her feet, Everly held the dress again
“Your mother must be under a lot of pressure, Everly. Spend some time with your mother when you can. She only has you now.” Everly nodded. She was usually busy with work. It had been a while since she had quality time with her mother, Maddie. There were times Everly would not see Maddie despite living under the same roof. She was out at dawn and home after dark. Maddie had not woken up yet when Everly left home in the morning. By the time Everly returned, Maddie had turned in for the night. Everly and Maddie kept missing each other. Aware of Everly’s hectic schedule, Maddie would not call unless there was an emergency. Maddie would get into gardening, painting, or calligraphy to pass the time. Apart from her side of the family, Maddie had no close friends and barely went out to socialize. Whenever Maddie was out, people would always mention her late husband. She would get upset, getting the idea that people were pitying her. As a result, Maddie would rather stay awa
Everly had no cousins on her father’s side and only from her mother’s side.On her father’s side, there were only distant relatives left. The closest ones were from her granduncle’s family—Kaden’s brother-in-law—but she did not see them very often these days.The only side that still maintained regular contact was Maddie’s family. However, Everly did not like her maternal uncles and aunts because they were always trying to get favors from the Flemming family, hoping to take over and carve up Flemming Group.With Everly being twenty-eight and still unmarried, Maddie’s relatives were becoming increasingly anxious. Every now and then, they would introduce her to different men, as if rushing her to get married would somehow strip her of her right to inherit Flemming Group.As if marriage would change anything when she had already taken control of the company.Even if she got married, she would still be a Flemming, and everything from the Flemming family would belong to her. Her matern
Sonny led Serenity and her family into the private dining room upstairs, where he had earlier hosted the Flemmings.“Aunt Seren, I’ll go upstairs and invite Old Mr. Flemming and Ms. Flemming down. The dishes have been ordered, but you can take a look and add anything else you like.”Serenity replied, “If you’ve ordered, that’s fine. This is our hotel anyway. Anything you choose, we’ll eat.”She and Zachary trusted the food here completely. After all, it was their own business.“Go ahead. We’ll have some drinks first.”Sonny muttered an acknowledgment before he left.Not long after, he returned with the duo from the Flemming family.Old Mr. Flemming was an elder, so when Serenity and her family saw them, they all stood up to greet him.“Hello, Old Mr. Flemming, Ms. Flemming.”“Old Mr. Flemming, I don’t think I need to introduce them to you. I’m sure you already know who they are,” Sonny said with a smile. “This is my Aunt Serenity, my Uncle Zachary, and my cousin, Heath, the he
His sister and cousins were still too young. At the moment, they were not capable of taking on such heavy responsibilities.His parents were getting older as well. As the eldest child and among his cousins, he naturally had to shoulder the burden so that Callie and his cousins could freely pursue the lives they wanted.Fortunately, what he enjoyed most was making money, so he had no complaints about carrying responsibility.“It was better when you were a baby,” Zachary said casually.“Exactly. Babies are the best. They’re truly carefree. All they do is eat, sleep, play… and fight with Dad over Mom.”Zachary was speechless. His kid was clearly doing it on purpose to provoke him.Serenity laughed and urged him again. “Start the car. Sonny is waiting for us. Lil’ Bun, stop bickering with your dad.” Heath smiled. “He’s the greedy one! He’s always hogging you, Mom. You belong to Callie and me!”“Brat,” Zachary laughed as he scolded him. “Without me, the two of you wouldn’t even e
“Right now, our son still isn’t in the mood to think about marriage or anything serious. There’s no need to rush him. Let it happen naturally.”Serenity was not worried at all.Both of her children were outstanding. Her son would have no trouble finding a wife, and her daughter would have no shortage of suitors either.Once her son decided to get married, there would be plenty of girls lining up to marry him.“Sonny is the one we should be thinking about. We should keep an eye out and see if there’s anyone suitable to introduce to him. Liberty may not say it directly, but she told me privately that we should pay more attention to Sonny’s situation.”Sonny was already in his thirties. Not only were their relatives concerned, but the Brown family was also hoping he would settle down and start his own family soon.After all, he was the Browns’ only heir.Things were different now. The Brown family truly cared about him. Even Jessica, his stepmother, was doing her best to make up
After a long pause, Dylan finally spoke. “Imogen, I haven’t done well enough. I’ll work harder and do better in the future.”“I’ll be attending a banquet this Saturday, and I’ll need someone to accompany me. See if you’re free.”The surprise came so suddenly that Dylan jerked his head up, staring
When Zachary got home, guests were visiting.Ben Young-Johnson had brought his wife and children to visit Serenity.As soon as they met, Ben congratulated Zachary with a smile, even though he had already done so over the phone.Zachary’s eyes crinkled with happiness. “Thank you.”He invited Ben
Zachary finally walked in.His complexion had improved slightly.The moment everyone saw him enter, their eyes immediately went to his face. Grandma May even teased him, “Not bad, you can still walk. I thought your brothers would have to carry you in.”“Nana, I did say I could handle it.”Childb
Heath replied, “I’ll follow Mom. Wherever Mom wants to take us, we’ll go.”River chuckled. “I’ll take you to Ocean Universe and the zoo then. Kids always love those.”Amusement parks had too many height restrictions for little ones, and they would not be able to play to their heart’s content, so h







