When Selena jerked the car door open, Jameson was seen munching on potato chips in the car, while Joaquin was frowning and sitting with his arms and legs crossed, looking like an adult.“Pretty lady, you’re back!” Jameson grinned. “Do you want to eat this? It’s super delicious! I’ve never eaten anything so delicious before! My brother said this is junk food, but even if it’s junk, it’s still delicious. Do you want to eat it? I purposely saved some for you.”Selena rolled her eyes. That’s my snack, okay? She had snacks placed in a compartment in the car, but at the moment, they had all become empty bags. However, since the boy still knew that he should save a little for her, and he looked so cute, she decided to forgive him.“Thank you.” Selena stroked Jameson’s little head. “But I didn’t meet the bad old man you mentioned last night.”Joaquin quickly said, “I guess he didn’t come then.”“Oh, in that case, where should I send you guys now?” Selena didn’t care too much. It was just a ba
Later, a line of people surrounded Villa No. 3 in Dragon Gardens. Then, Pierre could be seen getting out of the car, and his dark eyes flashed with a chilly light as he surveyed the villa.Last night, the spy’s GPS information was located in the bar, and the woman just so happened to be there and even took the initiative to appear before him. Now, his sons had disappeared with this woman, and it just so happened that this woman was also neighbors with him. This was all too much of a coincidence.Niall came forward and asked, “President Fowler, should we go in?”“Retreat.”“What?” Niall couldn’t believe his ears. It had been so hard for them to locate them and carry out the blockades, but now, they were to retreat?“Retreat,” Pierre repeated, his voice devoid of all emotion. He had never liked to explain anything to other people.Naturally, Niall understood Pierre’s character. Any decision Pierre made naturally had its reasons, so Niall had no choice but to get everyone to retreat agai
The door opened a crack and a small head poked out. "Where is our daddy?""He's downstairs, so don't worry. Since I'm here, he won't dare to bully you." Then, Selena glanced downstairs and asked, "Are you hungry? Go down and eat!"Jameson pushed his brother out first before he timidly followed along; he was really very hungry.The two little ones came downstairs together to the living room. When he caught the aroma from the pineapple rice on the dining table, Jameson immediately forgot that his scary daddy was still there. Then, he scampered to the chair and said, "Wow, this smells way too good! I'm gonna dig in now!"Selena hastily handed the spoon to Jameson, who picked it up and began to dig in. Compared to Jameson, Joaquin looked much calmer and ate the rice unhurriedly."Mmm, it's delicious. It's so delicious! I've never eaten such delicious rice before!" Jameson mumbled with his mouth full of food."Eat more if it's delicious." As she looked at Jameson eating so happily, Selena
"Let go of me!" Selena was in an extremely awkward position in Pierre's arms, for she was completely confined by him and unable to get up at all."You're the one who threw yourself at me. Why should I let go?""Hey, behave yourself! Your sons are upstairs! What kind of father are you? You're so immodest!" Selena suddenly grabbed the edge of the couch and rolled off Pierre's body. Then, she glared at him fiercely. "Pervert!"She did not dare to stay much longer and hurriedly went upstairs.As Pierre watched her scampering away, his lips were curled into a smile. That upset look of hers is quite adorable.When Selena got back to her room, she locked the door and got into bed, her heart still beating rapidly. To be honest, even if she was once in love with Finneas, her heart had never pounded so fast before. She touched her face and felt how hot it was at the moment. That man is indeed too handsome, well- built, and so manly. What a pity that he's a gigolo."Ugh, Selena, what are you thi
"K-Kneel?" Even Yulia felt that this was a bit too much. "Miss Yard, um… This is a bit too much, right? Why not let her compensate you for the clothes?""You think a lowly person like her can afford to pay for this?" Megan fiddled with her freshly manicured nails and sneered at Selena. "It's kind enough of me to let you just wipe it."Naturally, Yulia knew Megan's identity as the young mistress of the Yard Family. She was also soon to be part of the Lake Family, so Yulia could not afford to offend her. Furthermore, this was her first day of work, and she could not lose her job because of this matter. Besides, Miss Yard didn't ask me to kneel either, so whatever! "Hey, you should quickly wipe Miss Yard clean! If you offend her, you won't be able to get away with it!"Selena never thought that even after four years, Megan was still as conceited as ever. In fact, she had become even worse than before.In the meantime, Megan looked haughtily at Selena. She could guess how miserable Selena
Selena's identity had always been confidential. Few of even the company's employees had seen her, and only the company's senior management knew her identity. To the outside world, nobody even knew whether the president of JNS Corporation was a man or a woman. Hence, Selena was very suspicious of how this man in front of her knew about it.Pierre froze for a moment. "That night I…"Immediately, realization dawned on Selena. "You peeked inside my wallet!" She slapped her forehead. Now, she remembered that she was so drunk that day in the bar that the man had probably taken advantage of her sleeping and peeked at her wallet. There was an invitation from a partner company in it. I was too careless!"Well, so be it. It's fine for you to know my identity, but don't tell anyone else."In response, Pierre looked at Selena with considerable interest. "You haven't answered my question."At that, Selena finally showed a relaxed expression. "You know too little about women. Women's jealousy is ve
"Hmm?" Pierre was startled at this question. Initially, he thought this little girl came over to ask for directions, and he did not expect her to come up to ask him whether he had a girlfriend."Do you have a girlfriend? Answer me quickly." The little girl squinted at him. Coincidentally, gentle sunlight fell on her cheeky little face, making her eyes look brighter and lovelier."Uh, no.""That's great! You come with me!" The little girl took his hand and dragged him along.Pierre felt strange being held by a little girl like this. After all, he had never held hands with his own sons before, so this was the first time he experienced this. His first reaction was to shake her off, but the little girl's hand was so soft and small that he really couldn't bring himself to fling it away. Thus, he allowed her to drag him to the door of Selena's house."Wait for me here! Don't leave!" said the little girl.Then, she went to press the doorbell, but after pressing it three times, there was stil
In response, Pierre tilted his head slightly. "What the hell do you think you're doing? Why did you tell my daughter that we're in love?""Weren't you the one who kept hinting at me to say that?" "I hinted at you to deny it and not admit to it! Ah! I'm going crazy!" Selena crossed her arms and paced around in frustration.Now, she didn't know what to do as Juniper was smart and not so easy to fool. "Forget it. I'll solve this matter myself! But please, don't say any more nonsense in front of my daughter!" After saying that, Selena quickly turned around. "Hey, where are you going?""To the bar!" Selena did not turn back. Since Juniper had told her to go on a date, she had to stay out for some time. Otherwise, she would be facing her daughter's interrogation if she got back too early."Why are you going to a bar in the middle of the day?"That finally made Selena turn around and retort, "That bar is mine. A few days ago, a group of people came and made a mess, so I have to go and check
“No can do!” Selena turned Pierre down outright. After all, their first intimacy was an accident since she was drunk at that time. Therefore, she didn’t think that counted as her willingness to make love with him. I wouldn’t have gone ahead and shared an intimate moment with him had I been sober at that time.“Relax! Think about your company and your…” Pierre purposely paused for a second before going on to say, “Daughter.” In that instant, Selena’s eyes dilated in horror. “B*stard!”Selena was willing to give up her company if she had to since she had more than enough money to spend for the rest of her and her daughter’s life. However, she would never abandon her daughter for whatever reason it might be. Pierre is like the devil himself! How could he threaten me with my daughter?!Noticing Selena’s silence, Pierre knew she was scared deep down. “T-This… is a one-time thing, right?”“Of course.”"Will you leave me alone if I take you up on it? Promise me that you will never disturb my
Upon stepping out of the elevator, Selena had arrived at the top floor right outside the president’s office. “Miss Yard, President Fowler is waiting inside.” The employee left after walking her to the office’s entrance.Selena then took a deep breath and knocked on the door, entering the office when she heard Pierre’s deep voice. As soon as she stepped inside, the first thing that came into her view was the piled up documents on the table that Pierre had to go through. While the man’s absorption in work reminded her of herself back in those days, she was still rather surprised at the sight of his overwhelming workload.A moment later, Pierre looked up at Selena only when she sat right in front of him. “What do you want from me?” Selena directly asked the man the question with a poker face.Pierre responded with a glacial chuckle and continued to bury himself in work. “I made myself clear the last time, didn’t I? Beg me, and I’ll undo everything for you.”“You and I both know that we h
So, he wants me to beg him by denying me of all my chances! “What a b*stard!” This guy is an absolute jerk!For the next three days, Selena and her team actively searched from all their sources and contacted any company that they could work with, but strangely enough, all of them changed their minds not long after they agreed to collaborate. Even when they phoned to find out what happened, their calls were immediately declined. Thus, Selena was even more certain about her suspicion that Pierre was manipulating these companies from behind the scenes.Meanwhile, Pauline had personally made a trip to Empire Group, but she was turned away there and then. Despite her desperate effort to initiate a negotiation, she didn’t manage to meet up with anyone from the management, let alone Pierre himself. Her unsuccessful approach inevitably became a discouragement to everyone in her team, as they had never come across such an insurmountable setback. Because of that, the overall workplace morale ha
I’ll find the best few companies that we can work with. “Hello, Mr. Jacobs. May I ask… Oh, but I believe you still remember the deal that we discussed yesterday, right?” The moment Pauline picked up the call, she drew everyone’s attention, including Selena, who looked at her as well.“Sure, we’ll work together some other time.” Right after Pauline had just hung up the call, she heard her phone ringing again, so she had to pick up her phone again. “Hello, Miss Nolan. Regarding our deal yesterday—Oh… Okay, I understand.” After putting her phone away, Pauline appeared to be a little disheartened.“What’s wrong, Pauline?”“Well, we can talk about that after the meeting,” Pauline said with a gloomy look on her face.As soon as everyone was seated, Selena started off the meeting by complimenting her team, whereupon Linda proceeded to distribute the dossiers on each of the companies that they would soon be collaborating with.“Let’s discuss and select the companies that we think are suitable
In the meantime, Meredith was seen with an unhappy look on her face. Ever since her sister’s wedding, she had only filmed a movie and turned down all her jobs because she was too moody to accept any of them. Therefore, she had only spent the last few days loitering at home.“What should I do now, Mom?” Megan bitterly gazed at Jezebelle.“Your situation is still not as bad as you think. Look, you and Finneas are already married, which is something etched in stone. So, if he really wants a divorce, he’ll still likely have to think it through. Thus, your situation can afford to wait, but on the other hand, Meredith’s situation seems a little more pressing.”Jezebelle then shifted her gaze to Meredith. “What’s your plan?”Knowing both of her daughters, Jezebelle was aware of the differences between their characters and strengths. Although Megan never seemed to run out of ideas, she was an arrogant loudmouth most of the time. On the contrary, Meredith was more reserved and unfathomable, as
“President Fowler, these are the files for the meeting later.”Despite his assistant’s words, Pierre remained still without even casting an eye on those files. In fact, he would usually take a few minutes out of his time to skim through the papers before the meeting so that he roughly knew all the agendas that would be discussed later. Thus, Niall had no idea what was on Pierre’s mind as he stood aside and waited in silence.“Head over to Fowler Corporation and take back all our shares from Laya.”Pierre’s words came like a thunderbolt to Niall. In fact, the management had decided to redeem the company’s shares from Laya since clothing business was never the main focus of both Fowler Corporation and Empire Group, and neither was that area their forte.Despite Laya’s unsatisfactory performance in the past few years, Pierre had never once expressed his interest in that company. Even when it was mentioned earlier during the meeting at Fowler Corporation, he had only just assigned someone
It’s him again?! Why won’t this guy ever give up?! Irritated and annoyed, Selena gritted her teeth and exclaimed, “What does this guy want from me?!”Unaware of what was going on, Juniper asked, “What did you just say, Mommy?” “Nothing.” “Mom, why do your lips look so red? They seem to be swollen. Are you not feeling well?”After hearing Juniper, Selena subconsciously touched her lips. This is all thanks to that b*stard! Nonetheless, she didn’t want her daughter to know what happened earlier, so she had no choice but to lie to her. “Oh, that’s because I took some spicy fries when I was waiting for you.”Juniper pouted. “Hmph! You secretly ate the good stuff again!”“They’re not good stuff. They’re junks,” Selena replied to Juniper’s words while setting her eyes on ‘Venom’. Then, she was followed by Pierre until she entered her residential area.After that, she parked outside her house and impatiently got out of her car, stomping toward the man. As she was about to confront Pierre and
Then, Selena took the ring out of her pocket and flung it at Pierre, making the latter stop in his tracks when he felt something hitting him. “Take back your ring! You shameless liar!”As the ring fell onto the ground right beside Pierre’s foot, he took a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye and stepped away. Soon, Selena came out of the alley as well and saw a huge crowd at the kindergarten’s entrance, whereupon she quickly queued up.At that moment, Pierre was nowhere to be found. Selena glanced across the crowd, but she soon noticed that his assistant was in the queue as well. So, he sent someone to pick his kids up, didn’t he? Then, why did he still come here in that case?Meanwhile, Juniper was queuing up as well, with Jameson standing behind her. Although he had been trying to open her up the whole day, the little girl simply wouldn’t respond to him. “Come on, Juniper! We’re best friends, aren’t we?We might have lied to you, but we didn’t do that on purpose. Wait a minute.
“Yup, I’m doing this on purpose!” Pierre didn’t bother to hide his intention at all.Staring at the man’s look, Selena felt a strong urge to punch him in the face. I wish I could just slam my fist into his face until no one recognizes him! In this way, he could never harm anyone ever again.“Do you think this is fun, Pierre Fowler? You knew my relationship with Meredith all along, didn’t you? She is my half-sister, and I can tell you that we both could have lived peacefully without a bitter history, but because of you, I became your mistress!”Well, I might as well keep this going.“Furthermore, she gave birth to a pair of twins for you! Anyway, you both are getting married sooner or later. So, please be a dutiful husband and stop fooling around for your children’s sake!”Alas! I can’t help but feel sorry for the boys. They deserve a better father! But I guess having Meredith as their mother is something more pathetic!“Yes, I do.” Pierre gave his reply in a glacial tone. “What did yo