After two hours, Spencer held Lucille's hand and left the Horton residence.Initially, Matthew had wanted Lucille to stay for dinner, but if she'd stayed, Spencer would've also wanted to stay. So, in the end, Matthew didn't ask anyone to stay."What did you and Patrick talk about downstairs?" Lucille asked as soon as she got in the car. She'd noticed that Patrick's expression seemed off when she'd left. He rarely looked distracted and gloomy.Spencer fiddled with her fingers and said leisurely, "It's just some stuff between guys."Lucille was at a loss for words, but she explained succinctly, "I just think of Patrick as a brother."Spencer smiled at her words. "I know. After all, I'm better than everyone else. Even a fool would've chosen me."Lucille was rendered speechless again. Spencer had thick skin, but she liked his confidence. This time, she didn't respond to him. Instead, she took out her phone to text someone.…An hour later, Lucille and Spencer had just returned to t
Lucille had just wrapped things up with Leonard and stepped out, only to run into Spencer, who had come over after finishing up with his errand.His cold, vicious demeanor melted away the instant he saw her, replaced by warmth and tenderness. When he strode toward her and held her hand. His gaze darkened as he frowned, asking, "Why is your hand so cold?"Then, he placed her other hand on his palm. It was cold as well. Looking displeased, he pursed his lips and said, "Didn't Phantom turn on the room heater for you?"Phantom happened to come out from their left and overheard Spencer's question. He paused in his steps and hesitated to walk.It was only mid-October. The weather was only slightly chilly. Phantom hadn't thought it was necessary to turn on the room heater.Lucille smiled, just like she often did whenever she saw Spencer. She said, "I'm fine. I've just washed my hands." She'd just gotten her hands dirty.Phantom was rendered speechless.He thought Lucille had just washe
Five days had passed since Lucille and Spencer had returned from Marvonia.It was in Whiteloop City was warm when Lucille left the house in the morning, but the temperature suddenly dropped. The sky was getting dark. Soon, it started to rain. The weather in Whiteloop City was unpredictable sometimes.Lucille stood near a full-length window in her office, looking at the rain pattering against the glass. It reflected her slender figure.At this moment, a knock and Samuel's voice sounded from the outside.Lucille said, "Come in."After Samuel pushed the door and came in, Lucille turned around leisurely and walked to her office desk. Then, she sat down. "Ms. Johnson, an express mail package arrived for you. The receptionist received it."Samuel handed the parcel to her and said, "The person who delivered it told the receptionist that it has to be handed to you personally."Lucille didn't remember signing up for something like this. Besides, she wouldn't have the mail sent to the
Even though Sabrina was pregnant, things didn't go as she'd expected. Lincoln and Ophelia used her pregnancy as an excuse to postpone the engagement; she'd have to wait until she'd given birth to the baby."Mom, what should I do?" Ivy and Sabrina were discussing this matter in the room.Sabrina was anxious as she paced around. Her face was pale as she stared at Ivy and whispered, "I can't give birth to this child." Ivy's expression didn't look good either. Looking exasperated, she rebuked in a low voice, "What were you thinking? Why were you messing around with someone else when you already have Harold? You're usually so smart. How could you be so careless about this?" Ivy hadn't expected Sabrina to get pregnant with someone else's child.Sabrina remained silent. She hadn't wanted this either, but when her friend had invited her out that night, things had gotten out of hand after she'd drunk too much.Actually, she wasn't sure who the father of the child was because the interva
When Samuel came to deliver the documents, he was puzzled when he saw Lucille look preoccupied. He seldom saw her look like this.He asked with concern, "Ms. Johnson, are you not feeling well?" Hearing this, Lucille came back to her senses. She casually brushed it off and said, "I'm fine. It's just that I didn't sleep well last night."Samuel wondered what Lucille meant when she said she didn't sleep well. Suddenly, he remembered that she was a married woman, and her husband was a powerful man in Whiteloop City. Their sex life must be interesting.He had a look of understanding as he put down the documents. "This is the new collaboration proposal. I've gone through it; there aren't any problems with it."Lucille didn't notice Samuel's expression. Due to her trust in Samuel and her approval of him, she signed the documents without looking at the content.Seeing that she'd finished signing, Samuel reminded her, "There's another page at the back that needs your signature as well."
At noon, Lucille was busy with answering calls and replying to messages. She couldn't focus on her work.Just as things momentarily quieted, the phone rang again as Lucille put down her phone. She closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh."Lulu, happy birthday! I sent you a gift. It should arrive today."Lucille had answered the phone without looking at the caller ID. Jessica's voice sounded from the other end of the phone.Lucille switched from her cold tone to a gentle one and said, "Thanks. Okay. I'll unwrap the gift when I'm home."Jessica said, "I know you don't like birthday parties. Otherwise, I would've flown over to see you last night."Both of them had a chat. After Jessica's assistant called out to her, she hung up the phone.The calls and messages Lucille received that day were all from people wishing her a happy birthday and telling her to receive their gifts.She was quite depressed because Spencer was the only one who had yet to wish her a happy birthday or send h
Bailey kept finding topics to talk about with Lucille in the private room.Lucille eyed Bailey suspiciously. It was understandable that Bailey was a talkative person, but she noticed she was looking at the time every now and then. This wasn't like Bailey at all.Lucille calmly took a sip of lemonade and asked casually, "Are you waiting for someone?"Bailey immediately denied it. "No. I'm not."Lucille thought that was a weird reaction. The casual and easygoing Bailey was nervous for some reason. Although Bailey thought she hid it well, Lucille noticed something was off with her. She didn't plan to expose Bailey.About half an hour later, Bailey stood up and said, "Babe, I'm going to the washroom. I had too much water earlier. Do you want to go too?"Lucille shook her head and responded calmly, "No. Why don't you go ahead?"She didn't overthink it. After all, Bailey had indeed had a lot of water earlier.Three minutes later, Lucille's phone dinged. It was a text from Bailey. "
In fact, Lucille hadn't had much expectation for her birthday celebration. Besides, she and Spencer were already married, so she didn't think it was necessary. She was always easily satisfied when it came to this sort of thing.She lowered her head to look at Spencer, who'd dropped to one knee before her. Suddenly, everything became blurry; she didn't even realize tears had filled her eyes.At this moment, she was touched. She nodded and said, "Yes, I will."As soon as she said those words and was about to tell Spencer to get up, a group of people emerged from the side.It was Bailey, Jonathan, Seth, Ethan, Eunice, James, Marie, Lila, Eric, and the others."Lulu, are you surprised?" At this moment, Jessica's voice sounded from the crowd.Lucille was dumbfounded. She looked at Spencer, who had stood before her. Just as she parted her lips to ask him a question, everything went dark as he leaned in and kissed her lips.The next thing she heard was the sound of people cheering for