Evans Group was a small company with a total of six shareholders. The company itself was the largest shareholder, but because a member of the Evans family was running for the position, Dan, the previous CEO, had no say in the situation.Only the five other shareholders could make the final decision. And among these five people, two were on Eddy's side. In other words, they were definitely on Layla's side.Hence, Caroline had to convince the other three people to support her. That's why she had gotten the real ledgers. They could recover the money people had cheated them out of with these ledgers too.Caroline had just finished tidying up when she got a call from Gwen. "Carol, I'll go wedding dress shopping with you later.""Don't you have work?" Caroline asked. "I have a two-hour break at noon. So, we can go over and have a look.""All right." Caroline had no hopes for the store Cook had introduced, but she still said, "I'll call you when I get off work at noon.""Okay."S
The bodyguard's arrogance made Caroline and Gwen frown in unison.Gwen whispered in Caroline's ear, "Why make such a big fuss? It's not like the queen is coming, right?"The store manager walked out when he heard the commotion. Seeing so many bodyguards, she hurriedly asked with a smile, "Who are you people?""We're Ms. Daphne's bodyguards. She's coming here to try on wedding dresses. You're the store manager, right?" The bodyguard looked down on his nose at the store manager. He ordered, "Hurry up and get rid of the irrelevant people. If we spread any news about this place, you might as well close these doors."The store manager asked, "By Ms. Daphne, do you mean Daphne Dawson?""Yes."When the store manager heard that Daphne was coming, she didn't care about anything else and hurriedly asked the clerks to get the customers out of the store. Most people were having lunch at this hour, so there was only one other customer besides Caroline and Gwen. The customer immediately le
After calming down, Jane realized that she couldn't make a big fuss with a big star like Daphne around, so she resorted to yelling.Daphne thought Caroline looked familiar, so she asked casually, "Who is this, Mrs. Collins?""You still haven't noticed, Daph?" Jane said disdainfully, "This is Caroline, the woman who had the chance to marry Eddy and become a rich lady but chose to act high and mighty and marry an ordinary person."Everyone's expressions turned dark in response. They still had vivid memories of the events of the past few days. Caroline had stepped out to refute the rumors and say that there was nothing between her and Adrian and that, her husband was an ordinary person. There was no way she could afford to buy things from a store like this.Daphne was different now. She might have fawned over Caroline in the past, but now … "So, this is her." She rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "She does act pretty high and mighty.""Hey! Are you two done being condesc
Sean nudged his gold-rimmed glasses and answered honestly, "I'm from the Yates family."Jane thought for a while and couldn't think of anyone with that name who came from a well-off family.Furthermore, as the fourth party of the big four families, the Collins family could step all over anyone except the other big families. They only had to tread carefully around the Morrisons, the Sorkins, and the Hacketts.Jane didn't overthink it and laughed. "I can tell you're a refined gentleman, so you must have studied for a few more years. What's the use of studying so much? You still won't work for a big family like ours."Sean raised an eyebrow at her words. He was from a well-known family. His family had studied medicine for generations, and their behavior was excellent. This was the first time he had met someone like Jane. "You're being tyrannical …""Sean," Gwen interrupted him. "There's no point talking to a bunch of heartless, rich fools like the Collins family. They only care abo
"We'll find out if the card is real after I pay." Sean turned to Caroline and said, "Go ahead and pick whatever you want, Caroline." Kirk was the one paying, anyway.Caroline knew that Sean's net worth was a lot since he was a genius doctor, but she and Sean were just friends. She felt terrible about him spending so much money. But if she chose to repay the money, she couldn't afford to. She said, "We should go, Sean. I have to go to work."Just as Caroline was about to turn around, she heard Jane's mocking voice. "See? I told you it was fake. It seems you both complement each other as a couple."Gwen snapped before Caroline did. She tugged at Caroline's clothes, gritted her teeth, and shouted, "Buy whatever you want, Carol! If worst comes to worst, you can just treat it as a gift from me. I'll return the money to Sean. "We're not arguing about this! The Collins family is going too far!"Caroline smiled slightly. "Why waste money just because someone else is judging you? Besi
Kirk was very mysterious, and no one even knew his name, but as a genius doctor, Sean was different. He often had to attend medical conventions and didn't hide that he was friends with Kirk, which attracted many people's attention.Both Jane and Daphne knew his name. Jane knew it because the Collins family was already one of the big four families, so she kept tabs on families more prominent than hers. Daphne knew Sean's name because she hadn't been able to find any information about Kirk, except that he was good friends with Sean. Hence, his name had left an impression on her."That's me." Sean turned around to face the man who had rushed over.The man hurriedly approached Sean, nodded solemnly, and said, "I'm really sorry! I'm the person in charge of this store. I'll compensate for my subordinates' incompetence. We'll do whatever you want!" The man's tone showed his sincerity.Sean pointed at Jane and Daphne and ordered, "Ban these two from your store for life."When the man
Four security guards came in, grabbed Jane and Daphne, and threw them out. The bodyguards Daphne had brought didn't dare to stop them and just slinked out of the store with her and Jane.After dealing with them, the person in charge ran to Sean again. He said, "Mr. Yates, Mr. Eddy asked me to hand this to you."Sean glanced at the item. It was a card."There are 200 thousand dollars on this card. You can spend it at any store under Morrison Corp. Mr. Eddy said it's a token of apology," the person in charge explained.Gwen clicked her tongue at his words and nudged Caroline with her arm.Caroline had never seen Eddy be so generous in their eight years together. Even Eddy had to lower himself in front of someone more powerful than him.200 thousand dollars was just a drop in the bucket for Sean, but when he thought of Kirk, he smiled and kept the card. "You're lucky that Mr. Eddy knows how to deal with people. We'll just leave this matter at that, but I won't be so kind the next
Sean dropped Caroline off at Thorne Corp before driving Gwen to the city center. When they reached the underground parking lot, Gwen was about to take off her seat belt when Sean held her hand.Gwen's heart skipped a beat, but she pretended to be calm. She asked, "What are you doing?""Don't you have anything to say?" Sean asked in return, looking at Gwen with a tender smile.Gwen's heart beat wildly as he watched her. She said insincerely, "What?"Sean moved closer, maintaining an appropriate distance. He said, "I helped your friend today, you know …" He looked at her, silently asking for a reward.Although there was a distance between them, Gwen could still feel Sean's breath on her cheeks. She felt uneasy and wanted to cover her face.Sean grabbed her wrist and stared at her with a burning gaze. "Gwen, I know you're not ready to take the next step, but I'm not in a hurry. But you have to give me a treat once in a while so that I can have some hope as I wait for your answ