"I won't agree to the deal with him, so you have to protect me," Serena stated matter-of-factly.She had rejected Ethan, and now Ethan would undoubtedly come after her.She had never intended to get involved in the power struggle within the Harrington family, but it seemed inevitable now.All she could do was try to protect herself as much as possible."uh-huh" Matthew replied with a simple acknowledgment, his eyes focused on the keyboard."uh-huh?" Serena couldn't believe his seemingly indifferent response.Her life was at stake. Matthew, however, remained silent, continuing to type on the keyboard."Just 'uh-huh'?" Serena's frustration grew.he noticed that every time she faced Matthew, she lacked confidence.While she could argue and articulate herself well with others, she found herself powerless against Matthew.She stood up and opened the office door, realizing that Matthew still hadn't looked at her.Feeling the threat to her life, Serena gritted her teeth.Each encounter with
Eaglecrest Estate.Richard, reading the media reports, slammed the table forcefully."Sue them! Sue each and every one of them to death! Do they think I'm dead? They dare to bully my people like this!"Nina pouted nearby, feeling a bit unhappy."Grandpa, why are you so worked up? Serena is capable. I think, judging by her appearance, she can handle it herself."Nina was quite displeased; her grandfather had always cared the most about her.Serena seemed to have taken away his love, leaving a sour taste in Nina's heart.Richard suddenly calmed down, a hint of kindness appearing on his face."Nina is right. Serena can handle it on her own. I was just worried and got carried away."Nina felt even more uncomfortable, "Grandpa, you trust her so much...""That's because she's your sister-in-law."Nina fell silent, pursing her lips.After leaving, Nina was filled with thoughts.She had never thought she would be jealous of anyone before.She was the pride of heaven, the cherished pearl in he
Pines Ridge GateThe security guard recognized Mira and was aware of her connection with the Harrington family.However, after the incident last time when they let someone in, and Boss got angry, they dared not allow anyone in without permission."Miss Mira, Boss is still at the company and hasn't returned. If you need to see him, you can go directly to the office."Mira's eyes turned red.He couldn't even enter his villa, while that woman enjoyed his tenderness inside.Why?Suppressing the almost bursting emotions, she drove to Infinity Realm and directly barged into the top-floor office.It was 9 p.m., and there were still many people working on the top floor.Everyone saw a beautiful woman standing in front of Matthew's door, pushing it open without hesitation.*Bang*Matthew was currently focused on something, and upon seeing the woman entering, he furrowed his brows.Mira calmly closed the door and turned around. In that instant, tears fell from her eyes in big droplets."Matthew
Mira's eyes lit up upon hearing Matthew's words."I won't give up on you. I'll always be by your side."Her heart immediately softened, and she wiped away the tears in the corners of her eyes.Matthew closed the laptop."I will get divorced from her in two years, but with you, there's never a possibility."With one sentence, Mira plummeted from heaven to hell.She couldn't believe what she was hearing.Was she not better than Serena?Anyone with eyes could see that she surpassed Serena in every way.Matthew had already stood up. "Miss Mira, I believe you wouldn't stoop to breaking up someone else's marriage. It's late; I'm going back."A frosty expression settled on Mira's face. She understood the implications of Matthew's words.She, Mira, couldn't become a homewrecker.That was something a mistress would do. Matthew was now married to Serena. No matter how superior Mira felt, Serena was his wife.She regretted not becoming his woman that night, missing such a perfect opportunity.Sh
Serena didn't care about online opinions, but she definitely wouldn't withdraw the lawyer's letter she sent to those media.As long as they dared to continue rumors, she would definitely make these media pay.However, early the next morning, miraculously, all the media kept quiet and did not report on the matter again.Although there were still discussions among netizens, those comments were all well-intentioned, except for Samantha, who became the target of ridicule.Serena sighed in relief, and when she heard her phone ringing, she didn't want to answer. It was probably Ethan calling about cooperation.She felt a bit annoyed, so she directly hung up the phone, went to the bathroom for a quick wash, and then headed downstairs.Matthew was elegantly having breakfast downstairs, with a cup of coffee in front of him.Serena didn't greet him.Even when their relationship was at its worst, she used to say "Good morning" during breakfast.But now, she couldn't be bothered to maintain even
Ella, noticing this, coldly eyed her and took the phone away."Serena is in the restroom and can't take calls right now. "Ella hung up the call and looked disapprovingly at Gloria."That's someone's personal belonging; you shouldn't have touched it."Gloria lowered her head, a bit wronged. "Sorry, Ella. I was just curious about who Serena's husband is. I thought maybe she got involved with someone..."She muttered this under her breath, but the male colleagues around heard it.Previously, they had suspected that Serena had been involved in some improper relations.However, they had no evidence, and Serena didn't actively integrate into their social circle.She came and went alone, hardly speaking to anyone besides Ella.Ella's face turned colder. "We're all law graduates. We should know that when speaking outside, we must be responsible and rely on evidence."Gloria's eyes immediately turned red, tears streaming down. "Ella, I was just joking. Don't take it so seriously. I was wrong.
5 AMSerena, exhausted, pushed open the villa gate and found that the servants were already up.What surprised her was that Matthew was up so early today, and it was only half-past five.Seeing her return, Matthew casually withdrew his gaze.Serena pursed her lips, went straight to her room, took a shower, changed into professional attire, grabbed her bag, and headed downstairs.While changing shoes at the door, Matthew, unusually, spoke up, "Be careful and come back early."A warmth filled Serena's heart, and she slightly curved her lips.Matthew pretended to be engrossed in the newspaper, glancing at her from the corner of his eye as she approached and quickly averting his gaze.Serena stood beside him, suddenly placed her bag down, and then nestled into his arms, tightly hugging his waist.Matthew's body instantly stiffened; even the newspaper slipped from his hand.With closed eyes, Serena greedily breathed in his scent. She felt so secure. When did this man become someone she cou
In the evening, she went to the private room booked by Ella, where many people were already present, all colleagues from the department, including Gloria.The table was filled with bottles of alcohol, indicating that tonight was going to be a wild night.No one came to toast Serena, but Gloria had attracted quite a few men around her.Drinking with male colleagues, Gloria would discreetly spill the alcohol on the floor when she couldn't keep up.Some male colleagues noticed this and teased her."Gloria, this isn't acceptable. Why would you spill the drink on the floor?""Yeah, you can't resort to such tactics."Gloria felt a bit embarrassed. While most male colleagues were friendly towards her, there were one or two macho men who didn't appreciate her antics.Serena found it amusing and slightly smirked, her eyes half-closed, sitting quietly beside Ella.Seated beside Serena was another male colleague, but everyone tacitly refrained from urging her and Ella to drink."Serena, let's go
Lorraine's fingers squeezing her coffee cup tightened for a few moments and her eyes sank, she hadn't expected Matthew to speak so nonchalantly."Matthew, you probably don't know that Maxwell has already annulled his engagement with me for Serena's sake and is going to bring Serena back to the Harrington family headquarters in spite of the elders' objections, Serena has stayed in the Purple Garden for so long, and what exactly she and Maxwell have done, do you really not care at all don't mind?"There wasn't a man who wouldn't mind, it was just that Matthew's fondness for Serena went beyond all that.Now that Lorraine brought it up, the discomfort in his heart was instantly magnified.It was only now that he realized that Serena had lived in the Purple Garden, and that Maxwell had called off his wedding to Lorraine."Matthew, you also know that Maxwell looks exactly like you, so have you ever thought that maybe Serena is just using you as his doubl
Matthew was deliberately hiding her whereabouts?This was something Serena knew, Matthew was trying to divert attention from other people by contacting other women before.Robin noticed the look in her eyes and knew that she trusted Matthew and felt slightly uncomfortable."Rena, go ahead and turn over the next photo, Matthew and that woman have met, this is what I took from the cafe's security camera, and it happens to have the front of that woman in it, exactly the same as you, have you ever thought that maybe you're just a stand-in for a certain woman, and that Matthew's being nice to you is just trying to divert the attention of certain people .""No."Serena denied it almost without thinking, her brow set in determination.If it hadn't been for what happened in the fire, maybe she really would have suspected Matthew.But in the fire, how could Matthew be protecting the woman when he had already said that to her."Rena, you
It was getting darker and darker, and Serena's mind had been restless ever since she heard that Matthew had to go out recently.When she went to bed at night, she habitually nestled into his arms, and just as she entered dreamland, she began to dream.Dreams of deep, bottomless oceans, dreams of the man holding her close and not wanting to let go, dreams of him chewing raw fish and feeding it mouth-to-mouth into her mouth.The ship's board was adrift in such an ocean, her life in danger at any moment.She was shivering with cold, unable to distinguish dream from reality.He called her "Serena" over and over again in her ear, his voice so gentle and loving that her eyes began to redden.Her body was held in his arms, and he kept her warm with his body heat, while he was submerged in the sea.The fish smelled so full of fish that she swallowed almost unconsciously, having no idea what she was going through.Serena's tears ran dow
"Sophie, why are you telling me about this now, I was almost victimized by that bitch!"Roger had a belly full of bitter water and was worried that he had no place to pour it out, just when Sophie called this number.And Sophie was still different from the others, at least the other party had been comforting him."Mr. Roger, so how are you now? Is everything okay?"Even though she already knew how Roger ended up, Sophie was still pretending to be confused at this moment.Hearing that she was concerned about herself, Roger suddenly felt a little guilty, guilty that before this, he actually suspected that Sophie was trying to brush herself off.It turns out that people are just not feeling well, and they are not receiving calls for the time being.Sophie's image in his heart instantly towered over him, and all of his resentment was transferred to Serena."Being dismissed by my uncle, all because of Serena, this bitch!"Rog
Serena raised her eyebrows, it turned out that contacting the bodyguard did not rely on the phone, this was something she really did not think about.When the old man saw her face, his eyebrows were even more smug, ''Do you think that there is nothing I can do if you block my men down there? I'm just willing to cooperate with you, I really think I'm charmed by you, now you don't want to pull Infinity Realm's Boss on me, no one can save you, if you're sensible, you can send this bodyguard out of the room, and stay here with me for a few days."Serena gauged the time and Matthew was almost there.She had the bodyguard hold the older man down while she herself broke the glass in the bathroom, picking up the shards and plunging them down his throat."Mr. Roy would be better off with a little less talk right now."Her tone was light, yet her strike was so vicious.Mr. Roy was so shocked that he almost screamed, luckily the glass shard stopped a few centimeters from his throat.His forehead
The old man was already dissatisfied with Roger's current attitude, and now that he heard Serena say this, he instantly understood.It turned out that Roger himself coveted Serena's beauty, and the gaze he looked at Roger with a thorn in his side, making Roger feel like a fool inside and out.Roger could only hastily apologize, "Mr. Roy, I definitely didn't mean that."After saying that, he looked at Serena, his eyes full of threats, "It's good that Madam can figure it out, following Mr. Roy does have a good life, don't you think of running away, or else ......"Serena laughed lowly and didn't bother.The old man could no longer stand Serena's clear-cut energy, and immediately spoke sharply, "Where does Madam want to go? Please."He made a "please" gesture, and Serena lifted her foot and left.Roger was in a hurry, but with Mr. Roy here, he couldn't really say anything.Serena went all the way out of Vitec Technologies, her heart suppressed a ball of fire, but now the crisis has not b
She kept whispering, but in this small space, the sound had a brief echo that disturbed her.She crouched in the corner, holding her head, her mind in turmoil.The people in the monitoring room saw her like this and were a little afraid that something was wrong, but with Roger's orders in front of them, no one dared to put Serena out.The child's voice was getting more and more shrill, like she was facing some great fear, and with it being in this dark, claustrophobic space, Serena felt like she was going crazy.She pounded on the wall, but no one paid any attention to her until the back of her hand was swollen.In the afternoon, Roger mercifully came over to take another look and found Serena had crouched motionless in the corner of the wall and looked quizzically at the crowd in the custody room."What's wrong with her? Shouldn't be scared to death?"His tone was full of mockery, the corners of his mouth curved up triumphantly, "I thought I had a hard-on, but it turned out to be jus
If she didn't see it with her own eyes, Serena couldn't believe it was Sophie.Sophie liked Jack to the point of paranoia, and didn't expect to go behind Jack's back and do something like this."Does Jack know when you're like this?"Her voice trailed off, holding her chest slightly as she looked Sophie over.Sophie raised an eyebrow, getting up and grabbing a bag off to the side, "Madam is this about meddling in her ex-boyfriend's family business?"She emphasized her ex-boyfriend, her words full of sarcasm.Serena raised her eyebrows and laughed out softly, "That's not true, before I heard that Winters Group had a big crisis, after seeing you I realized that the crisis has been so serious that the grand lady of Winters Group actually needs to come out to pick up customers, I'm just a little surprised."Sophie originally still had a cloudy face, when she heard her say that, her face instantly changed, slightly narrowing her eyes."Serena, if it wasn't for you, do you think I would be
All she needed to do was to plant a seed of doubt in Serena's heart, and with time, that seed would surely grow into a huge tree.Serena was staring at her cell phone in a daze, and when Lorraine reminded her of this, a cold sweat did break out on her back.She thought back carefully to the details of her re-encounter with Matthew, such as to Mr. Roger was touching her left index finger, the place where she wore her ring.Matthew never wore a ring, only Maxwell wore a ring, and only someone who wore a ring would react that way.She tossed her cell phone aside as a pain started to build in her head.After careful thought, she found the idea funny again, Lorraine still had something to hide from her, this person's words couldn't be trusted one hundred percent, maybe the other person was purposely trying to separate her and Matthew.Thinking of this, her heart settled down a bit, lying on the bed and fell asleep.Matthew returned not long after, he lifted a corner of the quilt and lay on