“I…” Selena turned her head to look at Juniper, whose eyes were full of expectation, so she silently put her hand out. Then, Pierre put the ring on Selena’s finger.“Kiss her! Kiss her!” Everyone at the scene clapped their hands and cheered. By now, Selena’s face was as red as a tomato while she covered her mouth, unsure whether to laugh or cry. After a while, the two of them still did not move.“Mr. Handsome, Mommy, quick! Kiss each other! Everyone is waiting to see it!” Juniper urged.Hence, Pierre gently placed his hands on Selena’s shoulders and looked at the woman in front of him. Her eyes were lowered, her butterfly-wing-like eyelashes fluttering slightly, causing his heart to flutter as well.At the same time, Selena was so nervous that her heart was about to jump out of her chest. Kissing in front of so many people?“We’re not really going to kiss, right?” Selena muttered cautiously.Originally, Pierre had no intention of kissing her, but upon looking at her appearance, her sh
“Let’s go, let’s go! Meredith, don’t let President Fowler wait.” Then, Noelle pulled Meredith upstairs. Surrounded by people, Meredith walked in the front, lifting her skirt gingerly as she stepped up the stairs while maintaining her elegance throughout the process. When she was about to reach the top floor, voices from upstairs could suddenly be heard. “Kiss her! Kiss her!”As the voices from upstairs were too loud, everyone downstairs heard it, and now they all started to wonder about it. The female lead had not yet arrived, so how was the male lead supposed to ‘kiss her’?“This should be a rehearsal, right?” Noelle felt that this was the only way to explain it. Thus, the group continued to walk forward, but when they reached the entrance of the top floor, they were stopped by someone.“What are you doing?”The few waiters standing at the door were very burly, and the standard waiter’s clothes on them were almost bursting at the seams. It was clear that they were not waiters at all.
Some of the other people in the crew were laughing about the situation. “My God, today is just so embarrassing. If it were me, I would’ve cried to death on the scene.”“That’s right, Meredith is also one unlucky woman. It’s a widely-known fact that she’s the young- mistress-to-be of the Fowler Family, yet Pierre went and proposed to someone else.”“Well, a man like Pierre must be surrounded by a gaggle of women!”Meanwhile, Meredith could hear everyone talking as she sat in the car, and she was so embarrassed that she wished the ground would just open and swallow her up!At this point, Noelle had gotten into the car as well, and she repeatedly urged everyone not to say anything more about what just happened earlier. After all, she was the one who had kept harping on about the proposal just now, so she wondered if Meredith would explode at her.“Meredith, I’m so s—” Before she could even finish, Meredith had turned toward her and gave her face a hard slap!Even the driver in front was
"Where is the medical kit?” “It’s in the drawer under the coffee table.”Soon, Pierre brought the medicine box from under the coffee table and took Selena’s hand in his. The wound was not long, but it was still quite deep, so Pierre first took the alcohol swab to disinfect it, and then applied the medicinal powder on it.As he did all this, Selena kept watching his eyes. The first time she saw him, she had felt that this man was an unfeeling and emotionless person. Otherwise, why would his eyes be so cold? They were glacial enough to turn people into ice! But now when she was looking at his eyes that were like two bottomless pools, they had a trace of gentleness within them hidden beneath the layer of mysteriousness. Hence, Selena looked on, mesmerized.“Done.” Pierre finished bandaging her wound and let go of her hand. His bandaging technique was not as perfect as it usually was. As this was a necessary skill to pick up when he was in the army, he had perfected the skill, but when he
Selena wondered if she should give herself to him later that night, but he had only just proposed to her without even any confession of love beforehand, and she did not know what he had in mind.In fact, she didn’t even know what she herself thought about this matter. Regardless, we should be taking it slow, right? Isn’t this development a little too fast? After all, we have only known each other for a month.The phone ringing broke the silence in the kitchen. At first, Pierre was a little annoyed, but the ringing kept urging his brain to return to normal, so he left Selena’s lips and picked up the call.When he turned around, Selena hurriedly wiped her lips, which felt numb, raw and even a little sore. This is my first kiss, right? She hadn’t even kissed Finneas before, and as for that first time of hers, she couldn’t remember it at all.“I got it.” Pierre hung up the phone. The call was from Niall, who was waiting for him at the airport.After the kiss, the two of them looked at eac
Pierre stared at Selena, feeling at a loss for words. The cold tone of his voice did not quench her enthusiasm, but on the contrary, her words warmed his heart.He was someone who did not know the concept of ‘home’, even though he already had children. However, her saying that she would wait for him to come back gave him a feeling that there was some sort of bond between them. After all, no one had ever waited for him to come home.In response, Pierre nodded slightly before he went straight to the car. After watching his car’s tail lights disappear in sight, Selena sighed softly and went back into her house. Then, she tiptoed to Juniper’s room to cover her up with the quilt, only to find that the girl had her eyes open!“So you’re not asleep!””Mommy, I saw it all!” Juniper winked wickedly. Two spots of red grew on Selena’s cheeks as she asked, “What did you see?”As she spoke, she came to the bed, lifted the quilt and got into Juniper’s bed. Her first thought was that Juniper might ha
At the building of Star International Entertainment Media, Meredith was sitting there in her own office, her face icy. Thankfully, only some in the crew knew about last night’s incident, and the rest were her own people.The people in the crew did not dare to offend her, so they mostly discussed among themselves privately and did not dare to spread gossip around. As for the people under Meredith, they were even more unlikely to spread it.Everyone knew that she was not in a good mood, so they were nervous around her. Also, Noelle’s face was still swollen after being slapped by Meredith, but she didn’t dare to say that the latter had hit her, so she could only tell everyone that she accidentally hit the wall last night.“Meredith, have some water.” Noelle warily handed a cup of water to Meredith, all the while having her head lowered, not even daring to look up at the latter.Working as Meredith’s assistant, Noelle received a very high salary, and her boss was usually good to the peopl
If Meredith did have a place in Pierre’s heart, he would not have hurt her without a care like this! In one smooth movement, Meredith threw the phone, and the screen of the phone, which had just been repaired, instantly shattered. Noelle shivered in fear and looked at the phone on the ground, not knowing what to do.This phone was Meredith’s beloved possession, and Noelle also knew that this phone was used by her boss to contact Pierre only. Everything inside was about Pierre, and even the Facebook account only had Pierre in its friend list.In fact, Meredith personally brought the phone to the repair shop; she even pleaded with the staff to repair the phone properly and take special care to recover the data inside.But now, she had actually smashed the phone herself! Hence, that man last night must have been Pierre, and it must have been him who had proposed to someone else, which caused Meredith to vent out like this.Realization dawned upon Noelle, but she did not dare to say a wor
“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