As Rose changed her clothes and stepped out, she was startled by the somber expression on her star escort husband's face. "What's wrong?"He was fine just moments ago. Was it her imagination, or did she detect a hint of jealousy in his tone? Jonathan fixed his gaze on her and asked, "Who is the person you want to invite?""Oh, I forgot to mention. It's Mr. Young from the Youngs in Regalia. I'll introduce you two later; he's also eager to meet you." Jonathan's face seemed to darken even further. The additional group of people who applied for jobs at Celeste Jewels was probably Miles's doing. He had clearly warned him to keep his distance from her.He stared at Rose in silence for a moment before he suddenly smiled, "Since he helped you so much, I should express my gratitude to him as well."Rose was somewhat puzzled. However, she didn't dwell on it and checked the time; it had been almost ten minutes since Miles said he would arrive. She adjusted the dishes on the table, not
"Ms. Shaffer, I have some sudden matters to attend to today and can't make it."Miles glanced at the several cars around him, his heart filled with frustration. After saying this, he promptly hung up the phone. Rose was a bit bewildered. What could have happened to him?On the side, Jonathan had already headed to the entrance, ready to change his shoes and leave. He could tell from Rose's expression that Miles wouldn't be coming.However, he still had to put on a facade."Let's go!" he urged.Rose lowered her eyes and said, "No need to go; Mr. Young said he has some sudden matters and can't make it.""Can't make it? Well ... that's a shame. I was looking forward to meeting him," Jonathan sighed in disappointment.He looked at the table full of dishes and asked, "How about we eat first?""Sure," Rose reluctantly agreed.She was indeed feeling a bit hungry. The dishes on the table were as delicious as those prepared by a top chef.When she thought about the pitiful-looking eggs
"Playing games like catching a cheater, that's better left for you and Nixon."Rose coldly disconnected the call. Kelly didn't expect this reaction from Rose. She looked toward the nearby figure of Jonathan and a woman.The woman was none other than Anastasia. Anastasia had just arrived in Aquastead, and she was eager to see him. Therefore, she called him as soon as she got off the plane."Jonathan, it's been so long. Originally, I was supposed to come to the National Jewelry Design Award with my brother, but Anthony ..."She took off her sunglasses and pushed her hair aside, revealing a bruise on her left cheek, clearly from a blow. Jonathan frowned."Since I filed for divorce, Anthony has been pestering me. In my heart ..."Anastasia gazed at him with affection, hoping to find a trace of compassion in his eyes. However, Jonathan only furrowed his brow and looked at her with an exceptionally calm expression.After a pause, he coolly asked, "Where is it?"If it weren't for a c
"I have something to tell you as well," Jonathan said as he fixed his eager gaze upon her causing her cheeks to blush slightly.Rose averted her gaze from his intense stare and focused on his pants leg. "You go first.""First, close your eyes," he said, wanting to surprise her.She furrowed her brows, unsure of his intentions but closed her eyes nonetheless. After a while of silence, her star escort husband suddenly took her hand.Just as she was about to open her eyes, he warned, "Don't open your eyes."Soon, she felt something cool wrapped around her wrist. With years of knowledge about jewelry, she recognized it as a bracelet. He had given her a bracelet?Her mind momentarily went blank, and she couldn't fathom what he was up to. Then, her star escort husband's low, captivating voice sounded in her ear, "My grandmother used to say that if I meet someone I like, I should give her this. Rose, I'm giving it to you now."Rose's head was momentarily empty, but she remembered t
"I don't have feelings for you. Our agreement should end!"Rose dropped these words and returned to her office. Jonathan's face turned ominously dark. How could she have no feelings for him? She had been infatuated with his face. He had never felt such defeat. He stared at the bracelet in his hand, utterly puzzled as to where he had gone wrong. In the afternoon, Rose went to the bank to withdraw one million in cash. If her credit limit had allowed, she would have taken out all the money she owed her star escort husband. When she returned to Zenwood Gardens, her star escort husband was not there. She piled the cash in the bedroom. That night, her star escort husband did not come back. For the following days, she brought back one million in cash each day. After a few days, she had finally moved all the four million back home. Early one morning, she called her star escort husband. The phone rang for a while. Just as she thought he wouldn't pick up, he answered."Hello?"A woman
As Anastasia saw the name of the person Jonathan was calling, she immediately knew who was on the other end of the call. She had never seen such a passionate expression on his face.Jonathan promptly drove back to Zenwood Gardens. Anastasia wanted to follow him but stopped in her tracks. In the hotel lobby, she gazed blankly in the direction he had disappeared. After all, had she arrived too late? She touched the bruise on her cheek. She had come to Aquastead to participate in the National Jewelry Design Award. Just an hour before she was supposed to leave, Anthony, who was drunk, found her and began to harass her. In their altercation, he ended up striking her. She deeply regretted her actions. If it hadn't been for everyone's belief that Jonathan would fail in the power struggle within the Finches, she wouldn't have turned to someone else.If she had stayed steadfastly by his side back then, she would be Mrs. Finch by now. She wouldn't have had to go through the trouble of se
So, she sent a message asking him to come back just to repay him the money? The neat stacks of cash in front of him meant she was resorting to getting cash because he had asked the bank to prevent her from transferring money to his account. Transporting this much cash back home would take time and effort. As Jonathan's gaze fell on the money-counting machine, he couldn't help but let out a self-mocking smile."Ms. Shaffer is considerate."She had everything prepared for him, all just to distance herself from him as soon as possible. What kind of look and tone was this? It was as if she was an irresponsible, unfaithful woman who wounded his heart. In reality, he already had a new "sugar mommy". His gaze made her inexplicably guilty. She instinctively averted her eyes and urged him, "You can start counting now.""No need."Jonathan withdrew his gaze coldly and continued, "I'll have someone take care of this money. As for our agreement, you should sign the divorce agreement, a
Zac nonchalantly agreed before hanging up the phone. As Jonathan sat on the couch in front of a stack of cash, his face darkened. Standing by the doorway, Finley dared not make a sound.Half an hour later, Zac arrived."Jonathan, you're quite impolite, not even answering my call. No wonder the little beauty …"His voice reached them even before he stepped inside the room. As he mentioned the "little beauty", Finley immediately stuck his head out and signaled with his eyes for him to hush. Zac was puzzled.As he entered, he saw Jonathan sitting before a stack of cash and scrutinizing it seriously. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow."Since when did the dignified Mr. Finch develop an interest in money? Isn't Finch Group's wealth sufficient? Are you trying to stimulate your desire for more money by gazing at cash like this?"Without paying attention to Finley, who was making frantic gestures at him, Zac casually took a seat on the couch beside Jonathan. When his gaze fell on the
As expected, Rose slowly began to reveal her thoughts and plans. "After this design won an award, Jonathan purchased the design draft, which means that these couple rings are unique and not available as any other product on the market."But now, she wanted to start mass-producing these couple rings.She wanted to turn this ring into a product known by everyone, so wherever Jonathan might be, if he happened to see it, he would know she was thinking of him. However…"Red diamonds are rare and extremely valuable…" Rose trailed off.Olivia frowned, realizing that even if this ring went into mass production, not many people would be able to afford it.But Rose made up her mind that no matter how great the cost was, nothing was more important than having Jonathan return. Besides, the one thing she currently wasn't lacking would probably be money and resources."Young Group still has some red diamonds in their inventory. The Xanth family has several mines in Frenchaa. The red diamonds w
Natalie also noticed Ava standing up.The two of them paused for a moment, and with a brief exchange of glances, they understood what the other was about to do.The mental process Natalie went through just now was interesting. She was trembling with fear.She never expected that all the praise Rose just gave in the office was actually about Olivia. Additionally, Rose considered Olivia as her sister!Ah! She was thinking about making a good impression on Rose, trying to win her over and outshine Olivia. But now, how could she compare? She couldn't compare! She just couldn't compare with that.She could no longer view Olivia as a rival, as Olivia simply wasn't worthy of that status. What she needed to focus on now was changing Olivia's negative impression of her. So, she was going to apologize!Natalie and Ava went to Olivia's office.Olivia didn't pay much attention to their arrival and acted as usual. It wasn't until she noticed they weren't discussing work after coming in tha
Natalie had just delivered the coffee. Did Rose not drink it?"Is Ms. Lenner in the office? I have a document that needs her signature. Where did she go?" Rose asked."I saw her heading toward the pantry just now, and she was holding two cups in her hands. How strange…"Natalie was jolted awake after hearing that voice.Olivia went to the pantry, and Rose had also gone into the pantry.Natalie felt a strange sensation in her heart. Almost as if guided by an unseen force, she walked toward the pantry.Inside the pantry, Olivia squeezed a glass of juice for Rose.Yesterday, she received a call from Miles. During the call, Miles instructed her to take good care of Rose after she joined the design department. He emphasized that she should not be overworked, showing great concern for Rose's well-being.When she connected this with how she accidentally saw Rose feeling nauseous yesterday, Olivia began to suspect something.Olivia gazed at the freshly squeezed orange juice in her han
Rose's compliment caught everyone present off guard once again. Did Rose acknowledge Olivia?This… Why was it different from what they expected?"Ms. Shaffer, Ms. Lenner's capabilities as a manager are well recognized by everyone. But now that you're here, the director position is obviously yours. Don't…"Rose glanced at the person who started speaking and recognized who it was.From the moment she walked in, she could sense this person's resentment toward Olivia. There was dissatisfaction that Olivia, who had only recently joined the department, was appointed as the design director for Young's House of Jewels.Rose's eyes seemed to have the ability to see through a person's thoughts or feelings.She interrupted the person, smiling softly, and said, "Being a design director is hard work. I'll leave the responsibility and the burden to Ms. Lenner. I won't take on the role."What she meant was that she didn't come here to experience hardship and toil.Indeed, even if some of her
Olivia was not embarrassed when she was caught. In fact, she seemed relieved. "Ms. Shaffer, I haven't done well enough. Now that you're here, I'd like to request a job change. If I could become your assistant and you give me the opportunity to learn, that would be even better."Her decision wasn't influenced by the mockery she overheard earlier in the lounge.Upon hearing that Rose was coming to Young's House of Jewels, she had already made up her mind.She learned that Rose was once the champion of a national jewelry design competition. Her designs were highly praised within the industry. Rose had already become her idol.The position of design director was perfect for Rose.She willingly decided to be Rose's secretary.When Olivia made the request, she was extremely nervous, fearing that Rose might reject her."I disagree," Rose said clearly.It was as Olivia expected. There was clearly a hint of disappointment in Olivia's eyes as if her high hopes had ended in disappointment
Rose nodded. "Okay.""Don't overwork yourself," Clover said."Okay."Miles chimed in, "Whatever happens, always be honest with us.""Okay."Miles and Clover gave their advice one after another, and Rose agreed to everything. She understood that their advice came from a place of care for her."Miles, Clover, don't worry. I'll be fine," Rose said with a gentle smile on her face.Her smile left the two of them momentarily dazed.Ever since Jonathan went missing, even when Rose managed to smile, it was with a sense of sadness that tugged at their hearts. But at this moment, it seemed like she had returned to her former self—Lively, playful, pure, and warm.She even said she would be just fine!At that moment, Mile and Clover finally felt a bit of relief from the worries they had been carrying for some time.They continued their search for Jonathan every day without fail, but each time returned with no news. They weren't sure if Jonathan would ever come back.If Jonathan didn'
Kelly's laugh was particularly eerie.Even Anastasia couldn't help but frown as she felt a chill run down her spine.Kelly's laughter echoed through the empty room, and after some amount of time, Kelly murmured a name."Rose! My name is Rose! Yes, I'm Rose!"I am the true heir of the Young family. I am the daughter of Elijah from Lerain Group. I have a caring brother and a loving husband. I am also pregnant..."Kelly touched her belly and said, "I'm pregnant, and I'm really happy. Haha! I'm Rose! I'm Rose. Do you want to congratulate me?"Kelly looked at Anastasia. Her expression looked very eerily strange.Anastasia stared at Kelly for a while. Had Kelly gone insane? Was it genuine insanity, or was she just pretending to be insane?She was considering herself as Rose?But how could someone like Kelly be capable enough to consider herself Rose?"You're not Rose!" Anastasia said slowly.Even if Kelly truly had lost her mind, Anastasia wouldn't let her hide in the perfect worl
"Something major happened in recent days," Anastasia said.Anastasia's tone made Kelly instinctively feel that the so-called big news she was talking about was definitely not something she wanted to hear.Kelly's eyes showed a hint of fear—she wanted to avoid learning about this so-called big news.Unfortunately, she was at another's mercy, like a fish on the chopping block.Anastasia aimed to torment her not just physically but also mentally, making her feel like living was worse than dying."No—"As soon as Kelly began to speak, Anastasia interrupted her potential refusal by saying, "Rose is pregnant."Kelly's expression clearly showed she was taken aback for a moment.She didn't want to listen, but each word in that sentence pierced her eardrums like needles. It seeped into her skin like poison and echoed persistently in her mind.Rose was pregnant. She was pregnant with Jonathan's child!In her mind, these words played out a scene like grass in spring, sprouting and growi
"He'll come back!" Rose spoke with determination.Sometimes no news was the best news—Jonathan might have encountered some unavoidable situation.As long as his body hadn't been found, he was still alive.She knew that they would continue searching, and all she could do was take care of the baby in her womb and wait for him to return.Jonathan would come back!Ezra was moved once again by her determination. "Yes, he will come back. He definitely will."…At that moment, in a hospital, the person lying in the bed was in a coma, but they moved their fingers slightly.But it was only for a moment, and it was as if nothing had happened.…In a nondescript mountain area in Regalia, a car made its way up and finally stopped outside an unremarkable house.Anastasia got out of the car and walked straight to the door.It seemed that someone was expecting her arrival. The door was opened from the inside, and she was respectfully invited in.The door closed as if nothing had ever hap