Mr. Layton said nothing in return. He just turned away and sighed. He had been working for the Black family for most of his life, and he knew exactly what sort of person Abatus was. He had thought that Abatus would pull his act together after marrying Azalea, but he just got worse. Mr. Layton went
Titus moved the phone camera back to his face and stared at Carol’s red face. “Carol, you must really be Helen of Troy. How else would I end up dancing on the palm of your hand?”Carol rolled her eyes at him. “If I’m Helen of Troy, who are you?”“The one who got my whole country into war for you, Pa
“What is it?” Titus asked. One of the security guards shook his head. “I-It’s nothing.”“Really?” “Y-Yeah.” Despite the security guards earnestly saying that there was nothing wrong, their gazes betrayed them.Titus walked in and looked up. The lights were on.Was someone here? He sped up and ent
After Titus heard that Kieran had never tasted Carol’s cooking, his frown disappeared. He picked up his spoon and drank the soup. His stern face adopted a gentler look. Carol knew then that she had conquered Titus’s stomach with her soup. Since she was confident in her cooking skills, she filled u
Titus’s eyes were full of mockery. “Marry you?”His gaze stung, but Carol smiled to hide her pain. She continued cradling his face while she said seductively, “Exactly. Marry me. Are you telling me you want to marry someone else?”“Do you really want to marry me?”“I do.” Carol smiled wider. “Who wo
Carol picked up Titus’s phone and saw that he did not lock his screen. Well then, he could not blame her anymore. It was his fault for not locking his screen. Carol rejected Aqua’s call and sent her a message. [Riverbank International.]Aqua soon replied. [I’ll be there soon.]Once Carol saw the r
Carol. She was always full of surprises. He stood up and headed out. “You can leave now.”“What?” Aqua thought that she misheard him. “I just arrived, and you’re asking me to leave? Ty, are you toying with me?”“I’m not the one toying with you.”“Who could it be, then? Are they a man or a woman?”
Aqua started crying. For the first time in five years, she hugged Titus and cried her heart out, as if she finally had an outlet for all of the sadness she kept in her heart. But she forgot that the current Titus was no longer the young man in his mid twenties. He was twenty-nine years old and abou