Robbie was relieved when he heard the news of Carson's return. He had been looking for him for the entire day. Robbie immediately arrived at Baxter Group and waited for Carson on the top floor of the company building. Ding!The executive elevator for the president door opened, and out came Carson Baxter. "Mr. Baxter!" greeted Robbie.As Carson approached him, Robbie sensed a smell of smoke emanating from him. He took a closer look at him and mentally sighed.Robbie knew how much Carson had missed Everly, but he was going just to get himself into more disappointments. Miss Pettis was already long gone and Violet was not Everly. It was impossible.'Mr. Baxter, this is all self-inflicting-torture,' Robbie thought.Carson went to the lounge to change his clothes. The smell of tobacco on his body disappeared as he came out again. Other than his slightly gloomy appearance, Carson seemed no different from any other day.Robbie breathed a sigh of relief. "Mr. Baxter, you've disappear
Robbie froze at Carson's request. 'What is the meaning of this?' he thought to himself.Blue was Miss Pettis's favorite color!Over the past year, women had tried to imitate Everly's preferences in order to get close to Carson. Naturally, there were many who dressed in blue, but they were all turned down angrily by Carson every single time. Many people even knew not to wear a blue outfit in front of him casually. It was considered taboo. However, this time…Carson clearly knew that Violet was not Everly. Moreover, Violet's favorite color was, not surprisingly, violet, as her name went. Yet, he still asked for a blue dress for her?What is going on?…The news of Violet's Studio moving into Baxter Group with 5% of the company shares spread like wildfire throughout the premises. Everyone was talking about it.Also, there was the news from the several supervisors who were previously given a personal explanation from Mr. Baxter that the 5% shares which were given to Violet were sole
Richard's car stopped at the outside of the Four Seasons Hotel. Suddenly, the sound of high-heels approached him, and the door on the side of his car was suddenly pulled open. A woman came in directly and sat on the passenger seat."Richie! What's going on with that Violet from Carson's company!" The woman asked, covering her face, "Why do I keep hearing Carson was interested in her!""Alice Davidson!" said Richard angrily, as he glared at his little sister, who was wearing a black Diore dress. "I'm your elder brother. Stop calling me Richie! Have some respect, for goodness sake. How annoying!" "Alright, Big Brother, geez," Alice said. "Just tell me, it's not like you don't know. I have liked Carson for so long. Before this, dad had asked me to go to Belgravia, and I didn't have the time to attend Oliver's birthday party. You've promised to help me persuade Carson!" she urged.Alice would probably not have the time to return to Cannesville, if it wasn't for the fact that she had s
Almost instantly, all eyes were on Violet. Chattering and gossip were heard among the crowd of people."Who is she? Why is she dressed in blue? She's going to be in a lot of trouble when Mr. Baxter sees her!""I have no idea. It looks like she's one of those girls who wants to get close to Mr. Baxter!""She's Violet. Since Mr. Baxter was willing to pay such a high price for her, she probably thought she could get away with anything! Just wait. She's going to make a fool out of herself!"…Alice looked at Richard, who was beside her. Her eyes were full of contempt. "Richie, is that Violet?" she asked.Richard frowned, his disgust for Violet seemingly deepened in his heart. "That's her," he said with a sneer.Alice raised an eyebrow slightly. She gave Violet a long look as she was walking in, "It seems that Violet is just as you've described, a self-righteous woman!" she said with a smile.Richard had not answered her. From his perspective, it seemed that Violet had planned this
Robbie parted his lips slightly. He decided that perhaps it was better to stop making any more signals to Richard to prevent further misunderstandings."Carson, perhaps your actions in the exhibition hall previously had gotten Violet to be too ahead of herself. Just forgive her this once. After all, she will be cooperating with you from now on," said Alice with a smileCarson withdrew his gaze from Richard and continued looking at Everly from where he stood. She was seen greeting the people around her politely. However, many people were avoiding her, probably because of the blue dress she was wearing.Carson frowned slightly as he watched. He turned and walked downstairs."Richie, look, it's showtime," Alice said to Richard in a whisper.Richard nodded back to his sister in response as he looked at Everly mockingly.Robbie shook his head helplessly. He walked away and followed Carson from behind.Carson immediately got everyone's attention the moment he stepped into the corrid
In the meantime, Carson was leaning on the sofa in a private room on the second floor. He had a glass of wine in his hand.The people sitting around looked at each other, and finally, Richard asked, "Carson, what is going on with Violet?"Carson just shook his wine glass at his spot nonchalantly."All this while, many had dressed themselves up like Everly to get close to you. You've turned every single one of them down. But what is it with Violet? She's just another one of those women. She must have a hidden agenda dressing herself up like this today. Why aren't you doing anything about it!" said Richard in a hasty tone.Carson was expressionless. He lowered his eyes slightly, not answering Richard. "Richie!" said the people around as they tried to persuade Richard to stop.Richard had not liked Violet at all. He had been on Carson's side for a long time, and he always thought that apart from Everly, the only woman who should be together with him was his sister, Alice. Richard w
Alice saw Violet going in the direction of the restroom. She made up an excuse to leave the crowd. "Excuse me, I need to go to the washroom," she said.In the restroom, Violet had just finished putting on her makeup when she turned around and saw Alice standing on the side."Who are you?" Everly asked suspiciously.Alice stared viciously at the woman in front of him, then sneered and said, "Are you trying to get close to Carson? My advice to you, don't even think about it! Carson will never set his eyes on the likes of you!"Hmm?Violet laughed. She looked at Alice and said, "There's nothing going on between Mr. Baxter and me. Even if there was, it's none of your concern. You came all the way here to tell me these. Does this all mean that he's interested in me?""Carson is not interested in you!" Alice retorted. She took a step forward as she stared at Everly, "It's a taboo that you wore this dress! If it weren't for me telling Carson to give you another chance, you wouldn't even
Violet laughed all of a sudden. She lowered her head and looked at Alice, who was staring back at her. Violet put the towel aside, then turned around and walked away."Violet! I had asked Carson to forgive you! How dare you push me! You're not getting away without an apology!" Alice screamed as she rushed towards Everly, attempting to block her path.Everly was not going to let Alice have things her way. She hastened her pace and quickly stepped to the side. Alice, who was about to reach out to Everly, missed her and stepped on the spilled champagne on the floor. She lost her balance and slipped to the ground."Miss Davidson is so kind to give me such a warm welcome. I'm flattered," sneered Everly as she glanced down at Alice, who was in a state of embarrassment on the floor. She then looked at the people around her with a half-smile, and said, "This party was really fun, but my dress is all messed up now. I think I will take my leave. If you'll excuse me."Everly turned around and
Everly wondered, 'Why does he look so pitiful? Is he going to ask me to be with me as he did before?'Meanwhile, Carson moved his eyes from her to the sunset on the horizon and said, "It's late."She looked across at the sea and the sky. The glorious declining sun gilded the sky.The salty sea wind swept over them.They gazed at the sunset until the fish suddenly struggled and startled Everly.It had been quietly staying in her hand for a while. She had forgotten that she was holding the fish. Thus, she subconsciously let go of the fish and shook Carson's hands off.The fish flopped back into the water and waved its tail to flee away."Oh, no. The fish has escaped. Dad, hurry up and catch it!" Oliver yelled. He had been squatting on the side so as not to disturb his parents. Carson and Oliver then chased after the fish.Everly slowly got up and stood there. The father and the son in white T-shirts were surrounding the big puddle. Everly felt strange while watching them.She wa
She was a little embarrassed. After all, they hadn't been so close to each other for a long time. She felt a bit uncomfortable.So, she found a random topic. "Oliver still hasn't come back?""Maybe he couldn't find the bucket," he said, his chest vibrating. Not knowing how to pick up the conversation, she just looked at him. "Put the fish down," he said again after about three seconds. "But it will slip away," she blurted out. He paused, nodded, and hummed.Actually, she could place it somewhere dry rather than in the water... Then it couldn't slip away...She found herself so stupid. But she couldn't take back her words...She wondered, bit the bullet, and awkwardly held the fish. Should she say anything to defuse the awkward situation?She thought for a moment and asked, "What's your plan? I mean your career.""I haven't laid it out yet," he replied frankly. "I've been working for too long, and it's time to take a break. In the past, I didn't have time to hang
Everly immediately put the crab into the small bucket.At this time, the bucket was filled with many crabs. Oliver looked inside and wore a bright smile."Wow! We got a lot of crabs today! My bucket is almost full!" Oliver said and looked back. When he saw the bucket in his dad's hand, Oliver took it and dumped all the crabs inside his own bucket into it. He then pushed it to Everly and said, "Wow. Aunt Violet caught so many crabs today. You are awesome!"Everly froze. She looked at Oliver's smiling face and understood what he meant.Oliver wanted her to take all the credit for catching those crabs."Oliver...""Aunt Violet! Look over there. There are bubbles coming out of that small hole. Let's go over there. There must be something in there!" As he said, Oliver carried his bucket and a small shovel and trotted over in his slippers. He ran to the hole and exclaimed, "Aunt Violet, come on! It is a big fish!""Go ahead. He likes playing with you," Carson said to Everly when she w
"How do you know if they have contact in private?" The man asked as their car was waiting for a green light. The man's consecutive retorts annoyed Lisa. She looked in the rearview mirror at the man with chill eyes. "What do you mean? Are you trying to deliberately piss me off?" "No." The man replied. Then he paused for a few seconds and changed the subject. "So what are you going to do next?" 'Let Everly crash down to the hell!' During these days all their tactics were covert. They only took some subtle moves to test Carson, to see what was in Carson's mind. Now that Lisa had learned about it, then the next step she was up to was to put Everly through hell! "What's going on with Violet's studio now?" Lisa asked. "According to the information we got, it won't be long before Violet Studio and Baxter Group's collaboration on 'The Angel' is finished." The man replied. Before Lisa was about to respond, suddenly, her phone vibrated. Buzz--Lisa picked up her phone to check t
Everly, Carson, and Oliver were playing on the beach. Meanwhile, Lisa came out of her villa to a car and talked to someone on the phone.She got into the passenger seat, smiled at the man in the driver's seat, and said, "I've just heard that the opposition faction of the Baxter Group changed their minds. They want to get Carson back."The man started the car without speaking. Lisa made up her face, smiled contentedly while looking into the mirror at her delicate figures, and continued, "I knew that the Baxter Group couldn't do well without Carson and that they would give in!"The car's tires squealed.The man suddenly braked."What are you doing?" Lisa growled at the man with a frown, hurriedly grabbing something to steady herself."Lisa, what the hell do you want?" the man said resignedly, "didn't you say that you just wanted to help your family out of trouble? I don't understand what you're thinking. Do you love Carson? Are you proud of him?""What's the problem with this?"
While waving at her, Oliver murmured and walked in with Carson.Everly nodded with a smile. With the clothes in her hand, she got into the car and changed her clothes.The clothes were very simple, which were just a big white T-shirt and a pair of casual shorts. Looking at the clothes, she couldn't help wondering what Carson and Oliver would wear.She walked out, with her mind wandering. She saw Carson and Oliver not far away, both of whom were wearing a white vest and a pair of shorts to their knees. The color and style of their clothes were the same, except for the size.They two seemed to be talking about something, with buckets in their hands. Carson held a big bucket while Oliver held a small one. There was another bucket on the ground, obviously prepared for Everly.Noticing her coming, Oliver turned around and looked at her. "Aunt Violet!"Carson also looked up at her.Her heart was thumping faster inexplicably.‘He seems to be closer to me these days.’Maybe it was bec
The shopkeeper felt embarrassed. He looked at Oliver and replied, "What? I couldn’t do that. Don’t talk nonsense."Oliver pouted and didn’t say anything. Carson patted his head and then looked at the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper already understood his meaning. So then he handed three sets of clothes to Everly and Carson, "You can rinse over there.""Thank you." Everly nodded, then they went there together.After lifting the curtain of the outdoor shower, Carson and Oliver both frowned slightly and looked at her at the same time.Everly was a little confused, so she asked, "What’s wrong?""You can change the clothes in the car." Carson opened his mouth.Oliver nodded and explained, "Right, Aunt Violet. This place has some leaks. It’s okay for me and dad, but it's not okay for you, and there’s no mud on you. It's just me falling into the mud puddle."Everly looked at him and then at Oliver, understanding what they meant.She nodded and pinched Oliver's face with a smile, "Okay,
She immediately quickened her pace to rush over and snatched Oliver from Carson's hand."Hmm..."Before Oliver jumped into her arms and complained to her, Carson's cold voice sounded, "Stop. You're covered in mud."Oliver stopped immediately, looking down at himself, then he glared at Carson. Just a few seconds later, he sat down on a small rock and pointed to the big mud puddle beside him. "Aunt Violet, I just fell into it."Everly glanced in the direction that Oliver pointed to. There was indeed a mud puddle and a human shape was still there. Oliver's father just wiped his face. Otherwise, he could not be recognized.Looking at him sitting on that small rock and his aggrieved look, Everly thought he was so cute and couldn’t help laughing out loud, "Puff..."Hearing her laugh, Oliver turned his head. Everly immediately tried to hold back her laughter, but she failed."Ah! Aunt Violet, you laughed!” Oliver directly came down from the rock, sat in the mud, and childishly showed
Yet the meeting room was quiet. No one spoke.If there had been a way to settle the matter, they would have dealt with it many days ago.And if they gave advice but failed in the end, they might have to take the blame."Why do you all keep silent? Didn't you have a lot of ideas at the very beginning?" the leader roared, slapping the table.However, no one answered.After a minute, someone trembled and said, "Then ... shall we find Carson and make him the president again?""What are you talking about?" The leader was even angrier.But another person said, "I think he's right. The share price is falling. We have less and less money. If it goes on like this, none of us can stand it. We'd better get Carson back... When he managed the company, the share price was rising.""You're looking down on yourself and flattering Carson!" the leader growled, "and the share price is falling. Their losses must be bigger than ours. They should be the most anxious!""But..." the person who had be