LOGINSeemingly coming to a decision, Amelia clenched her fists and said, "Don't worry. For the sake of your happiness, I'll make sure your grandpa abandons all those absurd ideas!""Thank you, Mom," Adrian said. "But you don't need to worry too much about this. When I have the time, I'll talk to him properly myself."After a brief pause, he added, "Even if Grandpa never gives us his blessing, it won't change anything. I'm going to be with Stephanie. Nothing and no one can get in the way of that.""Good. Very good!" Amelia exclaimed as she patted him on the back in excitement. "That's my son. You're a good man!""Mom." Adrian looked at her in mild exasperation. "Show a little more consideration for your son."Did she not know just how hard she'd thumped him on the back?"I know that. Why else would I be fretting about this?" Amelia sighed helplessly. "I used to worry that you'd spend your entire life alone. Now that you finally found someone you want to be with, I can't let your grandp
What Aleysha needed the most now was for Pierce to genuinely fall in love with her. But if he did, wouldn't that make her the worst person alive?…After dinner, Pierce took Aleysha home, parting with Stephanie and Adrian at the restaurant.Stephanie got into Adrian's car. As they drove back to the Ford residence, Adrian kept holding her hand, his thumb lightly tracing the back of her hand."What's wrong?" Stephanie leaned in close. "It feels like something is weighing on your mind.""It's not really weighing on me." Adrian smiled. "I'm just thinking about Pierce.""About Pierce and Aleysha?""Yeah."Adrian should be happy that his good friend had found someone he liked, but for some reason, he had a strange feeling about it. But as it was, no matter how strong their friendship was, it wouldn't be wise to say too much when it came to romantic relationships.In matters of the heart, only the person involved knew what was right or wrong for them. Too much interference from other
"Are you okay?" Pierce asked in concern."I'm fine." Aleysha nodded.When she saw Pierce glaring menacingly at Ricky, she quickly tugged on his arm, saying, "Ignore him. He's just some lunatic. Don't dirty your hands over someone like him.""Who are you calling a lunatic?" Clutching his face, Ricky got back on his feet. "You're the one who has feelings for me! Oh. I get it now. You dumped me for this pretty boy, didn't you?""Can you stop spouting your nonsense?" Aleysha was about to explode from her anger. "I've never had any feelings for you!"She quickly turned to Pierce, anxious to explain herself to him.However, Pierce signaled to her that she didn't need to say anything. Then, he shot the restaurant's security guards an icy look. "You're just going to stand there and watch? I guess I need to call your boss and tell him the security team he hired doesn't seem capable of doing their jobs."Alarmed, the security guards hurried over to chase Ricky away."I swear I never like
Stephanie barely knew Aleysha, and she only got to know Pierce because of Adrian. Therefore, when it came to a topic like this, she figured it was best if she stayed out of it."I can't really explain why myself," Pierce said with a shrug. "Initially, I only helped her out of a sense of duty to right the injustice I saw, but as time went on…"He didn't know why he ended up developing feelings for Aleysha, but that didn't matter. Since he did have feelings for her now, he was going to woo her. It wasn't as if he was opposed to dating someone.When they returned to the country, Alesyha had grumbled to him about her current workplace. It was the perfect opportunity for him to bring her over to Whetman Group as his secretary. This made it even easier for him to win her heart.And from the way Aleysha reacted, it didn't seem like she had any aversion toward him.Adrian remained silent. After holding back for quite some time, Pierce couldn't resist asking, "Don't you have anything you w
Stephanie, Pierce, and Aleysha arrived at the restaurant almost at the same time as Adrian.As soon as Adrian got out of the car, he saw Stephanie waving at him, which put him in a good mood. He came over and took Stephanie's hand."Has it been a tiring day for you?" he asked."Not at all." Stephanie shook her head. "The meeting went quite smoothly.""Why did you even have to ask? I wouldn't dare let the love of your life get tired," Pierce teased before making an exaggerated bow, like a butler.Ignoring Pierce's joke, Adrian glanced at Aleysha. She seemed to be a little intimidated by the look in his eyes and instinctively cowered behind Pierce."Aleysha is now Pierce's secretary," Stephanie murmured into his ear, which led to an almost imperceptible furrowing of his forehead.Nevertheless, Adrian said nothing. Still holding Stephanie by the hand, he began heading into the restaurant.Noticing that Aleysha seemed a little nervous, Pierce gave her a reassuring smile. "It's fine
They'd only just got back to the country, but Pierce already made Aleysha his secretary. It seemed as though his feelings for Aleysha…Stephanie recalled that Adrian had previously arranged for someone to look into Aleysha, but the investigation didn't unearth anything unusual. Everything seemed normal and matched what Aleysha told them.Nevertheless, the situation still felt odd somehow.But Stephanie couldn't use her intuition as evidence, so she didn't say anything. She just smiled, saying, "I see.""Ms. Ford." Aleysha glanced at her timidly. "I hope you'll give me lots of guidance in the future."She was dressed in professional attire, yet her sweet, gentle charm remained. Pierce glanced at her, his gaze softening."I look forward to working with you," Stephanie replied with a polite nod.The meeting was about to start, but when they got to the conference room, Pierce said to Aleysha, "Wait outside for us.""I can't join the meetings?" Aleysha looked confused.Pierce just







