LOGIN"No way!" Stephanie began resisting Adrian's attempt to feed her. "I want to eat with you!"Left without a choice, Adrian could only hand the cutlery over to her.Once they were done with dinner, Stephanie started feeling sleepy. Since the bed in the previous room was too soiled to be slept on, the couple decided to move to another bedroom. When Stephanie lay on the bed, she felt her eyelids grow heavy."You can sleep later." Adrian picked her up right away. "It's bad for your health if you sleep right after eating."So, Stephanie could only sit up on the bed, though she leaned against Adrian limply."Stephanie.""Yeah?""The chemical list of the drugs that the attendant had slipped into your chamomile tea back at the party is out.""I know." Stephanie nuzzled her head against Adrian's chest. "I received the news today."It was a type of drug that could make the user cognitively impaired once it was ingested several times in a row. Adrian's gaze became icy.How dare Tyler
The battlefield of love and lust ranged from the bed to the couch, then to the private hot spring inside the suite, with the bathroom serving as the finale. Stephanie didn't know how much time had passed. She also lost count of how many times she was sent to the height of pleasure.Still, she couldn't bear to get separated from Adrian, so she kept hugging him tightly.Clearly, Adrian felt the same way. In fact, he got even more excited because of her passion for sex.By the time he carried Stephanie out of the bathroom, the latter didn't have any strength left in her. Still, she kept staring at him with sparkling eyes.Just feeling the way she gazed at him made Adrian feel even hornier. He couldn't resist lowering his head to kiss her again.After placing Stephanie on the soft couch, Adrian leaned in to cage her between his arms."Why do you keep staring at me like that?""Because I love you," Stephanie replied honestly.Adrian's breathing grew heavier at her confession. As he
After spending some time in the hot spring, Wynette left the suite for her spa session.Stephanie got out of the hot spring as well. As soon as she tied the sash of her bathrobe, she heard a set of footsteps ringing out behind her.It was a female attendant who was holding Stephanie's phone. She said respectfully, "You have a phone call, miss."Stephanie hummed in acknowledgement before accepting her phone. The attendant quickly left the suite afterward.The call came from her current assistant, Mikaela Burne."Ms. Ford, I just received the news of Jerry Winchester's death.""He's dead?" Stephanie frowned slightly. "What happened?"Although she couldn't care less about Jerry's life or death situation and even felt that it was a waste of resources for scumbags like him to keep living in this world, the fact that he died so abruptly made his death very fishy.Moreover, her subordinates had already found out that a large sum of money was wired into Jerry's bank account not long ag
While the conversation was awfully short, it was enough to make Hector sweat bullets.He was the respected elder in front of others. No one could do anything about him even if they were on opposing sides.But now, Jedidiah was back. He was the only one who could deal with Hector's arrogance. After all, Hector had witnessed how ruthless and decisive Jedidiah was back in his youth. Yes, Jedidiah had grown old, became devoted to his religion, and wasn't interested in sticking his nose into other people's business. Still, Hector knew that the former wouldn't give a rat's ass about the Hawkes' relationship with the Suttons as in-laws if he got seriously pissed off about something.It seemed that Jedidiah didn't have anything else he wanted to tell Hector anymore. Then again, poor Hector was left feeling all tense and scared as he sat quietly in the drawing room.A while later, he finally came up with an excuse that he had to deal with something so that he could leave. Fortunately for
While Adrian noticed Amelia's gestures, he failed to make out what she was trying to hint at to him. So, he chose to pick up his teacup and sip from it.Having realized that, Amelia was rendered speechless.Adrian really was an amazing son. Seriously.After Hector took his seat, he made small talk with Jedidiah for a bit. They were mainly talking about things unrelated to the marriage alliance.Once the small talk was over, Jedidiah suddenly asked Adrian, "How are the preparations for the visit to the Fords coming along?""They are all done," Adrian replied.Jedidiah nodded before adding, "Bring me the list of gifts later."It wasn't that he didn't have trust in Adrian—the thing was, he cared about the upcoming visit far too much. After all, they would be visiting the home of Adrian's future in-laws.Adrian knew what Jedidiah meant. "Okay.""What's the outcome on the batch of products concerning Hawke Group?" Upon hearing Jedidiah bring that topic up, Hector felt his fingers
"He's already here? Didn't he claim that he'll only be here in two days?"The caller answered Amelia's questions over the line."Fine. I understand now."Amelia then shot Hector a glance before ending the call."What's the matter?" Hector asked.Amelia was still feeling nervous at first. But when she looked at Hector, a half-smirk appeared on her face."My father-in-law has come home.""I see." Hector nodded. "Then you should go home as soon as possible.""I'm planning on doing just that. But the thing is, you have to return with me," Amelia said. "My father-in-law said that he wishes to see you… today."Upon hearing Amelia's response, Hector's expression froze on his face for a split second."He… wishes to see me today?""Yes. You are to go to the Hawke residence with me, Dad."Hector wanted to say something, but he opted to not do that in the end.The truth was, he really didn't want to see Jedidiah at all. When Hector was with the others, he was the esteemed elder the







