Anya’s POV:
As I got out of the car and stood beside Kester with my kids, the whispering from the crowd fell into my ears…
“Oh my god, I can’t believe in my eyes. Did Anya hook up with Mr. Helsen after being kicked out from the Cater family?”
“Did her kids belong to Mr. Helsen?”
I didn’t want my kids to listen to all this nonsense, so I decided to leave quickly! However, before I could take a step, we were surrounded by the reporter's crowd with popping flashbulbs and mics, as they bombarded us with their questions…
“Mr. Helsen, are these children yours? What is your relationship with Miss Anya Walter?”
“Mr. Helsen, when did you two get together?”
“Mr. Helsen, is that true that Miss Walter is about to take over the Walter Group as the new executive director?”
Seemingly afraid that the group of reporters would hurt me and the kids, Kester looked at his bodyguards, not standing afar.
Seemingly understanding what he meant, the bodyguards surrounded us, making a human wall to protect us from the crowd.
Then, Kester smiled at me, turned to the reporters, and said, “Miss Walter and I are very good friends. Thank you for your concern.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the media was in an uproar, as this one sentence was enough for the reporters’ imagination.
Then, I held the hands of sons in my hand and entered the cemetery under the protection of the Kester’s bodyguards.
The reason why I decided to bring the kids here with me today is because I wanted my kids to bid a proper farewell to their great-grandfathers.
Four years ago, I left the country and there I gave birth to triplets, two boys and a girl. She was also supposed to come with me, however, because she was born with heart disease, she was not in good health, so she couldn’t come here with me.
So, I only bought my two sons with me.
As we walked over, I and Kester stood in front of my grandfather’s grave and made three deep bows. Then, I looked at my sons and said, “Kids, bow to your great-grandfather.”
The babies nodded obediently and bowed deeply, just like me and Kester has done before.
“Is that man Mr. Helsen? Kester Helsen?”
“Oh my God! He is not secretly married to this shameless woman, is he?”
“I can’t accept this! How can someone as perfect as Mr. Helsen be with such a shameless woman like Anya…”
As I stood there, the voices of the people from the crowds, fell into my ears. Even though I was not looking at them, I could feel people's gaze filled with envy, jealousy, and anger on my back.
And I can understand their feelings.
After all, Kester is the man in nearly every woman’s fantasy.
He was born into a wealthy family and had grown into a handsome young man with a promising future! He was no less popular than Evan. It’s just that Evan is cold as ice, who is hard to approach, and he is like a warm sun…
And now seeing him with me, a woman, who is shameless and incapable in their eyes, how can they not be angry?
However, I didn’t turn around or respond to them, as I had long stopped caring about what other people thought about me.
“Anya, uh… whose children, are they?” Suddenly my father’s voice came from behind me, pulling me from my thoughts.
As I turned around, I saw my father looking at my sons with shock in his eyes. “Dad, they are my children!” I replied with a calm voice. Then, I turned to look at my sons and said, “Jerry, Jason, this is your grandpa! Say hello to him!”
“Nice to meet you Grandpa!” The boys called out together.
However, he didn’t seem to look pleased after seeing his grandsons but rather looked disgusted. With an incredulous look on his face, he asked, “And, who is their father?”
I looked at my father with an expressionless face and didn’t say anything. To be honest, I know why he was asking this. After all, my sons resembled Evan and now Evan was Tara's fiancé.
He was afraid that if the father of my children was Evan, then I might use my sons to cause trouble in his beloved daughter’s love life.
Even though I am also his daughter, unlike Tara, I didn’t stay with him. I was growing up in abroad with my mother. And it was not until I was 12 years old after my mother died that my grandfather brought me back to the Walter family.
So, there is no deep bonding between him and me.
“Anya, I am not trying to blame you. But you should at least tell your family about the big issue, such as giving birth to two kids! After all, we are your family!” he said, pretending as if he cared about me.
However, the anxious look in his eyes betrayed his words.
I just wanted my kids to bid a proper farewell to their great-grandfather, so I brought them there. As for the other things, I didn’t want to talk about. So, I just lowered my head and remained silent.
Frank’s POV:
After learning that, these kids are my grandsons, I didn’t feel happy, but rather annoyed, especially, when I looked at their eyes, which resembles Evan so much. Those two boys looked so much like Evan, or one can say that they looked like a mini version of that man.
I am afraid that if Evan was their father, then Anya must have come to use them to meddle in Tara's love life. And if Evan is not their father…
Then, I was afraid that Anya was very likely to use the boys to seize more shares of the family inheritance.
In short, in any way, the situation is not favorable to me.
However, seeing that Anya lowered her head and did not reply to my question, my patience was running out. As I was about to lose my temper, I was interrupted by Kester.
Kester took a step forward, stood in front of Anya, and said, “Hi. Mr. Walter. I am Kester! I am Anya’s good friend.”
Hearing that I looked at Kester, seemingly calm down. Even though I had never met Kester before, his reputation was well-known, even to me.
‘If Kester was the father of Anya’s children, I could finally be relieved.’ Thinking that, I couldn’t help but ask, “Oh, hello! So, you and Anya? The kids?”
Kester paused for a few seconds, then he replied politely, “Anya and I are very close friends. So, I wanted to be there with her and kids on this grieving day.”
I must admit that his answer was a little too “Formal.” because he neither admitted that he was the father nor denied it.
However, thinking that highborn lads like Kester, marrying secretly and having a love child is not a big dead, I nodded slightly.
Evan’s POV:
As I stood in the corner and looked at the warm scene of the family of four in front of me, I couldn’t help but feel suffocated, as if something was blocking my heart vessels.
I tore my tie subconsciously, as my face turned as cold as ice.
I and Anya had merely broken up four years ago, but she already had kids around the age of three…
‘What could it mean?’
It means that she threw herself into another man’s arms as soon as I divorced her. Or maybe, she had long cheated on me while we were still married…
No wonder, she could walk away without looking back. Now wonder she could leave the 100 million dollars alimony behind.
It turned out that she had already found herself a new sugar daddy.
However, for a shameless woman like her, it was not a big deal to sleep with anyone, right? Wasn’t she always a scheming woman? Since she could somehow sleep with me six years ago, then, of course, she would have been able to seduce Kester again.
“How shameless!” I couldn’t help but curse.
The more I thought about it, the angrier I became. I don’t why I am feeling angry, since I already knew she was such a woman…
As my patience was running thin, I strode out without saying anything else to anyone.
“Evan? Evan!”
As I was walking forward, Tara's anxious voice came from behind me, but I didn’t stop as I wasn’t in the mood to deal with her.
However, as soon as I came out of the cemetery, the group of reporters swarmed over.
“Mr. Cater, what do you think about the relationship between your ex-wife and Mr. Helsen?”
“You lived with your ex-wife for two years, but she failed to get pregnant! Do you think the boys your ex-wife brought over today was yours?”
“When are you and Miss Tina getting married, Mr. Cater?”
I was already in a bad mood, and after the harassment of the reporters, I became even more furious, as I looked at my bodyguards coldly.
Getting my signal, they quickly came over and stopped the reporters from coming nearer me.
“No interviews!”
Then, they escorted me to my car.
“Evan! Evan!”
As I got into the car, I saw Taea's running over. She was about to open the door to get in, but I stepped on the gas and pulled out the car from the parking lot.
Tara’s POV:As I saw Evan’s car disappear in the distance, I couldn’t help but stomp my feet angrily.When I saw Evan’s dark face, after seeing Anya with Kester, I couldn’t help but feel delighted. Thinking that it was a good chance for me, I ran after him. However, I didn’t expect him to ignore me and drive away…All of a sudden, Evan’s indifferent behavior towards me comes into my mind, and I feel panicked in my heart.In the eyes of the outsider, Evan and I had a very good relationship and we were about to get married… however, I was the only one who knew the truth behind our relationship.Even though Evan was good to me all these years, I could see the frigidity in his eyes. Ever since he divorced Anya, he seldom smiles.Over the years, he had completely become a workaholic and sometimes it would even take two or three months for me to look at him at once. And now when Anya is back and even has two boys who look like Evan…‘What if Evan is the father of those kids? No… No… it can’
Mia’s POV:Three days later.A board meeting was held in the Walter Group.In addition to me, Frank, my both sons Harry and David, and the two other directors, Mr. Patel and Mr. White, all of them are present at the meeting as we agreed before.However, what shocked me most was that Evan was also present in the meeting room. Even though Evan had the 15% shares of the Walter Group, he had never participated in any board meeting or taken part in any management issue related to the company…What’s more, he had only brought those shares out of goodwill, so it was even more shocking for me to see him here.“It’s really strange! Mr. Cater is also here!”Seeing Evan here, Mr. White and Mr. Patel were eager to fawn on him, as if he was the one who controlled the whole Group. But I can’t blame them, as Evan has the power to destroy the Walter Group…After all, in front of the Carter Group, Walter Group was like an aunt in front of an elephant.However, Evan just sat on the chair silently, cold
Anya’s POV:“This is the ladies room. You are in the wrong place.” I said coldly, continuing to wash the blood off my hands.However, instead of leaving, Evan scoffed and turned on the tap to wash his hands.“I have underestimated you. I thought you were infatuated! But I didn’t expect you to find a new customer so quickly.”Hearing that my eyes filled with anger, however, I didn’t say anything as I didn’t want to continue this conversation anymore.I shook the water off my hand and walked straight.However, before I could reach the door, Evan grabbed my arm at once and violently pinned me against the wall.“Who is the father of your kids? When did you hook up with Kester Helsen?”Hearing his arrogant words, I couldn’t help to sneer. ‘We have already divorced for so many years? How dare he ask questions from me? Did he still believe that I am obliged to obey him?’I tried to break free from his grasp, but he was too strong for me. At last, I glared at him and said coldly, “Mr. Cater,
Evan’s POV:“What? Are you gonna throw yourself in my…”I turned around in disdain, only to see a furious Anya pouncing on me with her high heels in her hands like a lion cub.Before I knew what had happened, I had been hit more than a dozen times.“Why are you always so mean to me? What do I owe you? Huh? Why are you always so arrogant and full of shit!”Anya cursed as she continued to hit me! However, I was so stunned that I almost forgot to fight back. I just stood there straight and took the hit.The Anya I know had always been as timid as a lamb. She didn’t even dare to speak loudly, let alone hit anyone with her shoes.But now, she was striking me with her high heels, which was simply unreal and surprising for me.She didn’t look like the same weak, and cowardly Anya she used to be.Instead, she looked like a powerful woman! 'If anyone messed with her, she would not let him go!'After I regained my composure, I looked at her and yelled, “Stop that, woman! Don’t force me to fight
Mr. Paul POV:As I looked at the reports in my hand, I couldn’t help but get shocked.Anya is the vice president of JK Technologies… How can this be possible?“I was vice-president of JK technologies in charge of domestic operations. Here are the financial statement for the last three years. I think you all must have heard that JK’s profit in this region have increased in last few years.”As I was lost deep in my thoughts, Anya’s voice pulled my thoughts back to reality.Hearing her words, everyone in the meeting room had the same expression, shock!After all, JK Technologies was too well-known in the whole world to ignore any information about it. And to be the vice-president of JK technologies at such a young age, luck was required, but it was not gonna happen without abilities.“Wait, a minute! You can’t be the famous Miss Walter of JK Technologies, can you?” I could not help but ask in shock.Anya smiled confidently at me and replied, “Yes, that’s me.”As soon as she finished spea
Anya’s POV:I had never spent a penny of my father’s money ever since I was a kid, nor felt any father in love from him. What’s more, I only returned to X city at the age of 12 after my mother died.“Anya, did I hear it right? You are going to kick me, your father, out?”I looked at him coldly. “I am not kicking you out. It’s that you are not fit to be in the Walter Group anymore!”Nowadays, the Walter Group is crammed with Mia’s all kinds of relatives. These people all came here to slack off. The Walter Group would go down sooner or later if I didn’t get rid of them.“Good, very good! What a dutiful daughter! What a misfortune for my family! I have raised you for nothing. How could I have given birth to… to such an ungrateful person like you!” My father said as he pounded the desk angrily.“Dad, for so many years, you have never really raised me. I have never spent a penny of your money. So please don’t say that you raised me or anything like that ever again.” I said coldly.My words
Anya’s POV:Looking at my two little angels, the anger I felt before all flew away.“Mommy is still in the meeting. You need to go home. After the meeting, I will go back with you, okay?” I said, smiling at them.Jerry stuck his hands into his pockets, his face was extremely serious. “Mommy, Jason and I are worried that you might be bullied. We are going to stay here and protect you!” he said.Hearing this, I couldn’t help smiling. “My dear, boys, thank you. But Mommy needs to finish the meeting first and you will distract Mommy by staying here!”“Well… sure! You go to the meeting first Mommy, and we will wait for you here. I will take care of Jason and not make any trouble!” Jerry said.“Yeah, we are not going anywhere, Mommy!” Jason also nodded.Seeing them, I couldn’t feel warm in my heart. They are about the same age, but both of them have different personalities. Jerry is unusually intelligent. On the other hand, Jason is harp-witted and very good at observing people.“No one bul
Anya’s POV:As I looked at Evan's calm face, I wanted to slap him hard in the face!As I was cursing Evan in my heart, my father’s impatience voice fell into my ear.“Anya, if you sign in, I will let you be the chairman. However, I must warn you that I don’t think you can fulfil that promise. By then, you will lose everything and bring more shame to the whole Walter family. Then that time comes. I will cut off from you as well. Of course, if you give up the shares right now, you will still my beloved daughter. And as your father, I will certainly treat you well!”It would not need to be genius to know what he was implying.He was threatening me, that if I was determined to replace him, then he would cut off the father-daughter relationship between us.Suddenly, I felt a chill rising in my heart for no reason!First, it was the obstruction from my ex-husband, and now my father started morally blackmailing me as well.This is certainly a tough moment!“Fine. I will sign it.However, I ha
Evan’s POV:I also heard the news as well.When I heard that someone had fired a shot at the wedding, I was also terribly shocked.“Someone fired a shot at a wedding. Is Anya okay?”Coral reported, “I heard that Kester Helsen took a bullet for Miss Walter. Miss Walter is fine now. Kester Helsen is seriously injured and still in the hospital undergoing treatment. It was said that the bullet was 2 millimeters away from piercing his heart. He is not out of danger yet. Even if he wakes up, he will probably remain in a vegetative state in the future.”Hearing that I couldn’t help her gasped.Initially, I thought that no one could love Anya more than me. Now it seems that Kester loves Anya more than me.If I were in Kester’s shoes, I probably wouldn’t have instinctively taken a bullet for Anya in such an urgent situation.“Then, how is Anya now? Is she very sad?”&ldq
Anya’s POV:“Kester! Kester!” My eyes instantly widened as I threw myself into his arms and shook his body.“Kester, wake up! You must pull through!”The ambulance whizzed through the traffic without stopping for a moment.Less than ten minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the hospital.“Someone has been shot! Doctors, save him quickly!”The bodyguard carried Kester who was covered in blood and rushed into the hospital.When the doctor and nurses saw this, they were also badly shaken! After all in society, it was rare for people to be shot by a gun.Soon, Kester was sent to the emergency room.I followed him all the way. The white gown I wore was already covered in blood. I sank on the bench outside the emergency room, as if all my muscles and bones had been extracted.I was about to have a relapse. The depression that had troubled me for many years made me extremely di
Anya’s POV:I was also shocked, I was flabbergasted as I looked at Ellen.For the past few days, Kester had appeared uneasy and troubled. I had already guessed that something thorny must have happened.I had assumed that it was related to Evan all this while. I didn’t expect it to be connected to Ellen.Ellen walked up to me, “Miss Walter, I am now pregnant with Kester’s child. I don’t object to your marriage, but Mr. Helsen must give me and the child an answer.”I was dumbstruck. I couldn’t recover from my shock for a long time.“Anya, let me explain.” Kester instantly tried to explain.How was the truth right in front of my eyes? Any explanation would appear weak.“Oh, my goodness! Isn’t this the superstar Ellen?”“That’s right! I heard that Kester Helsen single-handedly groomed her until she became famous. So, she was also his secret lover.”“Gosh! There is going to be a good show to watch. Now, this is even more exciting than filming a movie.”“Tsk! Tsk! I didn’t come to today's w
Anya’s POV:On Kester’s side, many guests were attending the wedding, and there was also a special emcee to be a host for the wedding.The next day, I woke up early in the morning.The makeup artist and stylist began to work on my makeover. Rose, Daisy, and others had also changed into bridesmaids' dresses.As there were no elders present, Miranda stood in the elders on the bride's side.At eight o’clock in the morning, more than ten bridal cars set off in a majestic convey from the hotel.There was a joyous commotion outside the hotel. Kester bought more than ten groomsmen, and they headed for the hotel room together.“We are here for the bride.”“Mr. Helsen, we have to break the door down!” The groomsmen were causing a ruckus.The emcee directed the groomsmen as they livened up the atmosphere.There were not many bride-maids on my side. So, the bridegroom was not given a hard time. The room door was opened quickly.“Anya I love you.” Kester handed a bouquet to me.I smiled and took
Evan’s POV:Jenny was not my type at all, to begin with. In addition, I was feeling exasperated and didn’t want to say anything superfluous.When she saw my impatient look, she took a deep breath. “Evan, I know you are annoyed. But Miss Walter is already engaged. Why can't you let it go?”My eyes flickered. “Who said I can’t let it go?”“Evan, just let bygones be bygones! The weather is very good today. Why don’t we go out for a cruise in the sea?”“I am not in the mood!”“Evan…” Jennie tried to flirt coquettishly.Unfortunately, her actions made me even more disgusted. I have to work now. Please leave!”“Evan, I… I like you a lot. Can’t you just give me a chance?” She said.Jenny’s POV:I couldn’t care less about being reserved anymore and reached out to hug his arm.I had always been confident in my charm.However, I simply couldn’t conquer Evan.Nevertheless, I have always liked challenges with a high level of difficulty. The more unattainable a man was, the more I wanted him to kn
Evan’s POV:In the office, I sat on the leather chair. My face was terrifyingly ominous, but at the same time, it was ashen white.I had just undergone surgery yesterday. Although it was not a particularly major surgery, the scalpel was still used. It was very damaging to my overall well-being.Beep! Beep! Beep!Just then my phone rang. It was from Flora.“Hello, Baby!”On the video call interface, Flora leaned close to the screen. Her big eyes filled with worry, “Daddy, where are you now?”“What’s wrong baby?” My expression softened and revealed a trace of warmth.No matter how awful my mood was, as soon as I saw my daughter’s adorable face, all the awfulness instantly diminished considerably.“Daddy, did you not listen to the doctor? Did you secretly leave the hospital?” Flora looked with her big eyes. Her tiny face revealed a sensible manner that was incongruous with her young age.My eyes darted around. I didn’t want my daughter to worry and feel disappointed. “Er… No.”“Dad is ly
Anya’s POV:Around the evening, my phone rang.Beep! Beep! Beep!I looked at it and saw that it was called from Evan.“Kester, I have to take this call.”“Go ahead.”“Hello?” I walked to the bathroom and answered the call.Evan’s sullen voice comes out of the other end of the line. “Anya, where are you now?”I frowned and asked in a low voice. “What's the matter? Is there something urgent?”Evan said, “I want to see you.”“I am not free now. Let’s do it another day.”“No! Come at once. If you don’t, I will make you regret it.”Other than threatening me, Evan had no better way to get me to come to see him.“Evan, can you stop acting like this? If you continue to act like this, we can’t even remain friends anymore.”With that, I ended up the call.I couldn’t tolerate his foul habit of coercing me every time.I had already decided to marry Kester. No matter how difficult the road ahead was, I was duty-bound not to turn back.Evan’s POV:“Clatter!”After Anya ended the phone call, I slamm
Kester’s POV:I might be a playboy, but I was not a ruthless, cold-hearted man.Although I had no love for Ellen, I had been with her for so long after all. I couldn’t possibly give her a single cent.“I will give you ten million as a compensation. Go and abort the child immediately.”She was stunned and cried even harder, “Mr. Helsen, I don’t want money. Can you let me give birth to the child? I swear, I won’t disturb your marriage.”“Don’t say anymore. I’ll take you to the hospital now and get rid of the child. Ellen, you’re still very young. Then there are still many opportunities to meet better men. Don’t let a child ruin your whole life.” I rejected Ellen’s request firmly.“Alright, since you don’t want this child, I will abort it. Transfer the money!”I frowned deeply. “No, I want to go to the hospital with you.”“What if I abort the child and you don’t give me the money?”“Am I that kind of person? Don’t worry. The moment you get on the gynecological chair, I will transfer the
Kester’s POV:I had to settle the matter with Ellen as soon as possible. It had not been easy for me and Anya to get to where we are today. I couldn’t afford to let anything go wrong again.The next day, Ellen arrived at my home early in the morning.In the past, she often comes here to spend the night. So, she was very familiar with this place.I had just woken up when the servant, Zena, came in to report to me. “Mr. Helsen, Miss Ellen is here.”Hearing that I couldn’t help but frown. I had told her yesterday I would meet up with her, but I didn’t ask her to come to my house.To my dismay, she comes to my house.“Take her to the living room.”“Sure.”I hurriedly put on my clothes and went downstairs.In the living room, Ellen was still dressed provocatively and looked alluring as usual.She was wearing a spaghetti-strap dress and high heels. She h