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What Justin hadn’t expected was that Haley and Wilfred were actually living together. Of course, it made sense—Wilfred wasn’t just supporting her for nothing. But Justin wasn’t about to give up. Even if Emily had changed her name to Haley, and even if she and Wilfred had shared a relationship, he didn’t care. Not only did he intend to undermine Wilfred, but he also planned to take Haley back. “That’s enough. You can leave now,” Justin said, dismissing Sam with a wave. Sam nodded and turned to leave but paused and turned back. “Mr. Yates, what about the investigation team?” “Let them continue. In the meantime, take your vacation days for this year,” Justin replied coldly. “Understood.” Sam rarely took vacations, let alone holidays. His work hours almost perfectly mirrored Justin’s. If Justin didn’t rest, neither did he. For any unused leave, RC Corporation compensated employees with triple pay, meaning Sam had earned a substantial amount over the years. Now, he w
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Emma knocked lightly before stepping into the CEO’s office. “What are you doing here?” Justin frowned, his face still clouded with irritation from the earlier meeting. Emma approached, handing over a file. With a touch of feigned sorrow, she said, “With Mr. Spencer suspended, I couldn’t find anyone to approve this document. I had no choice but to bring it to you.” She placed the file on his desk and casually slipped in a complaint about Sam. “For some reason, Mr. Spencer rejected this file several times. I revised it over and over again, and each time I had our department head review it before submitting it. He said there were no issues, yet it still got rejected. “Could you take a look, Justin? Let me know if it’s ready for approval.” In truth, Emma had barely revised the document. She had simply adjusted the activity budget to meet the required standards. Justin, ignoring Emma’s subtle insinuations, picked up the file and quickly scanned its contents. Finding nothin
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“Mr. Spencer?” someone called out indignantly, stepping forward as if to knock on the office door. Sam quickly grabbed their arm and shook his head. “Let it go. Sometimes it’s better to stay out of things.”The entire executive team was even more moved by his calm and selfless response. The office door was usually soundproof, but Emma had deliberately left it slightly ajar when she entered, leaving just enough of a gap for Justin’s enraged words to drift outside. Emma, standing with her head lowered, allowed a faint smile to tug at the corners of her lips. Justin no longer trusted Sam and had effectively kicked him out of RC Corporation, vowing never to rehire him. This was exactly the outcome she had planned—the first step in regaining Justin’s attention. In the past, Emily had been the roadblock. Now, with Emily gone and Justin single, Emma’s plan was to bide her time, slowly warming her way into Justin’s life. As long as he remained unmarried, she believed she would
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At Mistletoe Villa, Haley received a text from an unknown number. “Do you like the flowers?”Lounging on the sofa with ice cream in hand and the air conditioner blasting, she froze for a moment. Were they from Justin? Her gaze shifted slowly to the bouquet sitting on the coffee table. On the adjacent couch, Helen, who had been scrolling through her phone, happened to look up, meeting Haley’s eyes. Helen had just messaged Zac to confirm that he wasn’t the one who sent the flowers. Haley sighed, got up from the sofa, and carried the vase to the kitchen, tossing the bouquet straight into the trash. “Mommy, why’d you throw the flowers away? If you don’t like them, give them to me!” Alex yelled. Standing on the carpet near the coffee table, he had been pulling petals off the leftover flowers. The bouquet was so large—easily hundreds of flowers. Even after filling the vase, there were plenty left over. Inspired, Alex had decided to save the extra petals for a luxurious flo
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Hearing Chase’s words, Alex let out a heavy sigh of relief. Thankfully, Uncle Justin still had a chance to "interview." “Richard, stop scaring the kids with stuff like this!” Haley said firmly as she gently ruffled Alex’s soft hair. She had no intention of ever remarrying or finding a stepdad for her boys. Richard pouted dramatically. “Got it, sis!” Chase stepped in to change the subject. “When’s Uncle Wilfred getting off work? Let’s go out for dinner tonight.” “Yeah, yeah! Let’s go to Pearl Pavilion, the place we went to last time when Mommy attended the banquet. The seafood there was so delicious!” Alex agreed excitedly. The whole family was together, except for Evelyn.“Pearl Pavilion?” Haley raised an eyebrow. “Didn’t they say last time that the waitlist was three months long? When did you guys manage to eat there?” She glanced at Helen suspiciously. Helen chuckled awkwardly, brushing off the question. “Pearl Pavilion? Alex must be confused. I just took him out f
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“Hello, Grandpa White and Grandma White!” Alex greeted sweetly. “Oh my, what a handsome little boy!” Mrs. White exclaimed, her face lighting up with joy. The smile on her well-maintained face even brought out a few faint wrinkles. “Your name is Alex, right? Come here and let Grandma hold you!” Overwhelmed with excitement, she completely ignored the “White” part of her title. Looking at Alex’s adorable face, which bore a striking resemblance to Zac when he was little, she couldn’t help but feel thrilled. Was she officially a grandma now? “That rascal!” she thought. If he hadn’t kept this child and his mother a secret, she could have been enjoying life as a grandmother a long time ago!“Wait, your health isn’t great! You shouldn’t be holding a child. Let me do it!” Mr. White interrupted, quickly scooping Alex from his wife’s arms. Mrs. White glared at him out of the corner of her eye. “You’re the one with health problems! Always trying to take my grandson from me!” she
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Mr. White was ready to retire. It was time for Zac to take over the company. Helen glanced at Zac with a puzzled expression, her eyes silently asking, “What’s the deal with your parents?”The unexpected meeting had already thrown Helen off balance. Was she now expected to join them for dinner too? Zac smiled but said nothing. Meanwhile, Alex, cradled in Mr. White’s arms, had both grandparents laughing heartily at his antics. Zac took Helen’s hand, trying to guide her toward his parents, but she stayed rooted in place. “Um, Mr. White, Mrs. White,” Helen began politely, “I’m here with my family for dinner tonight, and they’re already waiting for me inside the restaurant. I won’t join you. I’ll take Alex and leave now, but I’ll visit another day.” She turned to Alex and said, “Alex, come down from Grandpa White’s arms.” Mr. and Mrs. White exchanged a look before setting Alex down gently. “Was there a misunderstanding? Or did Zac not handle this properly?” they tho
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Back in the reserved private dining room, Mrs. White began her barrage of questions. “Where is she from? Helen, that’s her name, right? I don’t recall any prominent families in Lincourt City with a daughter by that name.”She continued, “And what’s going on between you two? Don’t tell me you secretly got married!” Mr. White chimed in, his voice booming with authority. “You kept such a major life event from us, your own parents? And you even had a child? How much has she had to endure because of you?“Arrange a meeting with her family soon, get the marriage license, and start planning the wedding. Do you hear me?” The thought of retirement lit up Mr. White’s face. Once Zac settled down, he could retire, spend his days at the park, and enjoy being a grandpa. No more early mornings or keeping up with the stress of managing a company. Zac, now scolded into stunned silence, finally managed to speak. “Wait, wait, wait! Alex isn’t our child! He’s her nephew—her sister’s son! Helen
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Haley shook her head quickly, flustered. “No… I mean—no.” Then she realized how that sounded and corrected herself. “Actually, yes. I’m just hot.”Helen blinked in confusion. “Hot? The classroom has air conditioning. Was the sunlight from the window hitting her seat?” Helen wondered.Without missing a beat, she rushed over and tugged the curtains tighter, making sure her bestie didn’t get “sunburned.” She still needed Haley to hold onto that top spot. Otherwise, she would lose her excuse at home for going out to “study” with Zac.The pressure and tension of senior year finally came to a close. On the day of the college entrance exam, when everyone stepped out of the test hall for the last time, their faces lit up with genuine smiles—relaxed, free, and full of relief.Haley tossed aside her textbooks. Her summer break was filled with makeup shopping trips with Helen or third-wheeling her and Zac on their study-dates-turned-real-dates.That routine came to an end the d
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Haley’s eyes shifted as she thought quickly. “But… I don’t really like guys who rank higher than me on exams.”She gave a light shrug and continued, “I mean, I think we should be focusing on school right now. Relationships can wait until after we get into college, right? What if we don’t even end up at the same school? Long-distance never works, and after a while, we’d probably drift apart. Don’t you think?”Was that a gentle rejection? It seemed like it. Haley wondered if she had been too blunt. Had she left him any dignity at all?They still had a whole year of high school left together. She didn’t want things to get awkward between them. A harsh rejection would only make everything more uncomfortable.Justin furrowed his brows, thinking for a long moment before giving a single reply. “Okay.”Then he slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked off.Haley stood there, completely confused.“Okay? What did he mean by that?“Did he understand what I was trying to say?
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Emma and her little clique of schoolyard mean girls had Justin completely surrounded.“I’ll ask you one more time,” she said, smug and unbothered. “Will you be my boyfriend or not?”“No,” Justin replied coldly, his face unreadable.“Hey!” one of Emma’s loyal followers stepped forward, cracking her knuckles and getting way too close. “Do you even know who our Emma is? She’s the heiress of the Xander Corporation. She’s giving you a chance, and you should be grateful. You better say yes.”“What, you want us to beat you up before you agree?” another girl sneered.Justin didn’t flinch. His icy stare locked onto the girl who spoke, completely unbothered by the threat.Emma waved a hand to hold her crew back, pretending to be generous. Then she turned to Justin again, cocky and bold.“I like you way too much to have anyone rough you up,” she said sweetly. “But I heard you’re trying to get into Altiplano University in the capital. Here’s the deal—if you go out with me, I’ll have my dad
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As soon as Justin sat down and pulled out the textbook for the next class, a hand suddenly reached out from beside him.“Hey, I’m Zac White,” Zac said.Justin glanced up with a cold look, then went right back to pulling out his notebook and pen—completely ignoring the extended hand.Zac awkwardly pulled his hand back, speechless.“Man… this guy’s seriously cold. What a show-off,” he thought to himself.The class flew by. When the bell rang, signaling the end of the period, Haley and Helen linked arms and headed off toward the bathroom. Zac immediately trailed after them.“Where are you two going? Take me with you.”“You planning on going into the girls’ bathroom, you perv?” Helen smacked his hand away, not wanting their classmates—or worse, their teacher—to get any ideas about the two of them dating.Zac scratched his nose. “Fine, I won’t go in the girls’ room… but I can go to the guys’ one, can’t I?”“Hmph!” Helen huffed, scrunching her nose playfully.Zac clutched his chest
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At a top-ranked high school in Lincourt City, the bell rang.Students still lingering in the hallways or restrooms were urged to hurry back to class.Outside, the summer heat simmered, accompanied by the steady buzz of cicadas. Inside, the air-conditioned classrooms offered a much more comfortable escape.In Class 2–1 of the junior year, students hurried back to their seats. Just as the final chime faded, the homeroom teacher walked in, holding a stack of freshly graded exam papers.“For this round of mock exams,” she announced, loud and clear, “the top score in the entire grade once again goes to our very own Haley!”A wave of murmurs and applause followed. “Let’s all work hard and try to catch up to her next time!”She began handing out the papers in order, from the highest score to the lowest.After Haley got her paper, the next few went to her seatmate, Helen, and the student sitting behind them—Zac.“Work hard and catch up?” Helen muttered as she slid back into her seat, s
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But what did it matter, even if she still loved him? The pain he caused her in the past was still there, lingering beneath the surface.They had loved, they had hurt, they had been entangled for years. But not every love story had to end with forgiveness and reconciliation.Haley couldn’t pretend the past hadn’t happened. She couldn’t smile and pick up where they left off, as if nothing had ever gone wrong.She would always remember that street in Merika State, when Justin turned away, picked Emma up in his arms, and left her standing there alone.Even if he had mistaken someone else for her, the pain he caused and the love he failed to give were real.And that wasn’t something she could ever forget.She could make peace with the past, but she could never erase it.Her heart ached, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she turned and walked away.*Years later, Haley passed away peacefully in her bedroom at the estate.That same day, Justin had gone out to the grocer
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It was just a shame that life rarely worked out the way people wanted it to.*Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.Chase and Alex had grown taller and older. Haley’s once-small jewelry brand had not only found its place in the industry—it had grown into a globally recognized luxury label, known for bespoke, high-end pieces.As for Justin, he split his time between Haven State and Merika State. Whenever he wasn’t busy, he would shamelessly camp out at the estate, claiming he was just there to “see the kids.”Eventually, no one even bothered to call him out on it anymore.One day, Haley had a business meeting with a potential partner—a widowed single father. Somehow, Justin caught wind of a rumor that the man had feelings for Haley and was actively pursuing her. Word had it that she was interested too, and they were currently having dinner together at a restaurant.The second Justin heard that, he canceled a company meeting, boarded his private jet, and flew straight to Mer
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As soon as Haley stepped into the room, Justin followed right behind her.It was the first time he had ever set foot in Haley’s room—the space where she lived in Merika State.“Get out!” she snapped.“Haley, I just wanted to see you. Please don’t make me leave, okay?”His eyes scanned the room. The walls, the shelves—everything was filled with Haley’s photos. There was even a custom-built glass display case, clearly made with love, housing her pictures from childhood to adulthood. It was something Evelyn had put together just for her, and it overflowed with affection.There were portraits of her alone, family pictures, and right at the top—photos of Chase and Alex.Justin looked at each one carefully, as if he were trying to piece together a life he hadn’t been part of, but desperately wished he had been.Then his gaze landed on a particular photo: Haley in her teens, wearing a soft pink-and-white hoodie with little bunny ears on the hood. Her pale skin, big round eyes, and brig
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“Haley…” Justin’s voice was weak. There was so much he wanted to say, but he didn’t even know where to start.“I heard you’re sick?” Haley said.“I… I’m fine. I’m not really sick, I just—”“Take care of yourself. Heart problems aren’t like other illnesses. Just look forward. Let go of the past. Meet someone new. Live your life.”Justin fell silent. His head dropped, and the phone pressed against his ear was clenched so tightly in his hand that his knuckles turned white. He wrestled with the words for a long moment before finally managing to force out.“Okay.”But he knew. He wouldn’t meet someone new. Without Haley, what kind of life could he possibly call “living”?The call ended. Life went back to its quiet rhythm. Justin no longer clung to Haley or tried to find her. After one more day in the hospital, he threw himself back into work and took over the reins of RC Corporation.They had truly managed to part on peaceful terms.After returning to Merika State, Haley d
