Vincent snickered. "He doesn't look like a genius at all."Aiden said, "You're judging a book by its cover. How are you so sure about what a genius should look like?""Anyway, he's just bluffing. There's no way he got into Harford by taking the exam.""I'm very sure you're illiterate or blind." Cheryl suddenly said, "Didn't you see Jack's grades on the website? Jack clearly got into Harford with straight A's. "Moreover, the person who wrote him a letter of recommendation was a physics professor at Harford who wouldn't let anyone cut corners. Don't tell me you're better than a physics professor."At that moment, Vincent and Moira saw Jack's grades, and their faces turned red from embarrassment. They regretted jumping the gun before getting their facts straight. If they had seen his grades, they could've mocked Jack in other ways."Well… So what? People who are good at studying are generally nerds. But Vincent's different. Not only is he a student from a university abroad, he ca
"Hey, Adrian," Vincent greeted Adrian, avoiding his question.However, Adrian wasn't fooled so easily. He looked at Vincent curiously. "You still haven't answered my question, Vincent. What are you doing here?"Vincent had no way of avoiding the topic now. If he didn't answer his question, his cover would be blown. But if he didn't…Right now, everyone's eyes were on him.Cheryl then noticed Vincent's hesitant expressions and said, "Didn't you know, Mr. Sorkin? Mr. Vincent is Moira's boyfriend. He came here to meet our family, I guess.""You're dating Ms. Moira?" Adrian frowned. "But I remember that the girl who came to our place for dinner wasn't a Hackett."Vincent and Moira's faces darkened. Vincent said, "Adrian, you must have remembered it wrongly. Ms. Moira was the one who came over to our place that day."Adrian was sure that Moira wasn't the one who came to their house last time. Although he couldn't remember the woman's name, he vaguely remembered what'd she loo
Vincent and Moira heeded Aiden's words and stood still."Tell me, Moira. What's going on?" Aiden asked.Moira glanced at Vincent's phone unhappily. To stop their private dealings from being revealed, she had to admit the truth. She started, "H-he isn't my boyfriend. I-I like him and want him to be my boyfriend, b-but I was embarrassed to bring it up. So, I asked him to pretend to be my boyfriend, hoping to take this chance to get closer to him. "I swear I didn't mean to do anything else."Cheryl would've believed Moira if she hadn't said her last sentence. But now, she was sure that Moira did this on purpose. She asked Vincent to be her boyfriend to undermine Jack."Since you were trying to get closer to him, why did he still buy so many gifts on your behalf?" Cheryl asked, pretending to be confused.Moira was tongue-tied when Cheryl discovered a loophole in her story.Everyone's eyes then landed on Vincent and Moira. When Vincent felt everyone's eyes on him, especially
Since Moira remained silent, Aiden had no choice but to look at Vincent for an explanation.However, Vincent didn't know anything about the gifts. When he saw that it was all a pile of junk, he panicked and quickly explained, "I don't know anything. I didn't buy them. Moira did. I don't know anything. Moira just told me to follow her here. Don't look at me like that. I really don't know anything…"He backed away as he spoke, "I don't want that one million dollars anymore!" Then, he dashed out of the Hackett residence.Moira wanted to follow him, but Aiden stopped her. "Moira, you should be giving us an explanation. Don't you think so?"Moira wanted to dig a hole in the ground and hide in it. "Uncle Aiden, Aunt Selena. I-I…""Since you can't explain yourself…" Cheryl walked up to Moira and sneered. "I'll do it for you."After a pause, Cheryl continued, "After knowing I had a boyfriend and that he was a driver, you asked Vincent to act as your boyfriend. "He couldn't have bou
Cheryl's life with the Hacketts seemed pretty interesting. "Shall we… go upstairs to chat?" Aiden asked while pointing toward the second floor. Caroline glanced at Adrian. After he nodded, she replied, "Sure."With that, the three of them headed upstairs. After the servants set down the coffee and left, Aiden asked, "Ms. Evans, why did you think of involving Mr. Adrian to investigate the matter of the game data leakage for Cheryl?""It's a long story," answered Caroline.She thought about the weekend she returned to the office after seeing Corinne and Sarah together. Kirk had told her about the competition with Quentin to see who could obtain Corinne's information first. Sunday passed, and Caroline didn't see Kirk. She instinctively knew that he was investigating Corinne.She couldn't help but feel nervous knowing that Kirk was being serious, but she couldn't understand why she was anxious either. It wasn't entirely true if she said she wanted Kirk to win. However,
"It's a deal, then. We'll leave this matter to Mr. Sorkin's friend to investigate," Caroline said as she stood up. Then, she added, "Adrian, you may discuss the specific details with Mr. Hackett Senior. I need to go back to the office to handle some work." "I'll walk you out." Adrian also rose to his feet."There's no need for that."Saying so, Caroline turned to leave. As he looked at her retreating figure and swift movements, Adrian knew what she meant. Yet, he refused to come to terms with it. "Mr. Adrian?"Upon hearing Aiden's voice, Adrian snapped back to reality. Then, he smiled and said, "Let's talk."At that moment, Caroline, who was already downstairs, took the initiative to bid Cheryl and Selena goodbye. Selena was surprised after learning that Caroline was leaving. "Leaving so soon?" Caroline responded, "Yes, Mr. Adrian and Mr. Hackett Senior will discuss the specific details. Even if I stayed, I'm of no help. So, I'll take my leave now.""I'll walk you out,
The day before, Caroline had received information from Adrian and Kirk both online and in person.During that time, she had been overwhelmed and didn't know which one to read first. So, she ended up not opening either file. Now, it was time for her to decide. Should it be Kirk or Adrian? Caroline stared at the phone on top of the file, still unsure which to choose.Suddenly, she thought of the famous coin flip theory. It was said that when one did not know how to make a decision, one could choose to flip a coin.However, the ultimate purpose wasn't to let the coin decide. Instead, one would know what they truly wanted in that second. Caroline had no coins. So, she went to the convenience store to exchange one.After trying several stores, she finally got a ten cent coin.Back in the car, Caroline took a deep breath before tossing the coin."Pop!" The coin dropped to the ground at the moment her mind went blank. Caroline was at a loss for words. She had no idea what
How… did she end up opening Corinne's information, which Kirk had sent her?For a moment, Caroline couldn't find the words to speak. "What's wrong?" Kirk's worried voice sounded when he didn't hear Caroline's response.But now, Caroline's attention was drawn to Corinne's information. "It's nothing. I'm going through Corinne's details now. I'll call you back after I finish reading it."With that, Caroline hung up and started seriously going through the file.The document was similar to the resume Corinne provided. A fire happened when she was five years old, and she was sent abroad. But the document Kirk sent was more detailed.Back then, at just five years old, Corinne was sent abroad overnight. Furthermore, after she arrived at the hospital, the patients there were gradually removed.After that, during the period of her treatment, Sarah and Dan returned to the country at different times. But what was more interesting was that they would go to orphanages upon their arriva