"Everly! Does Carson…" Annie said anxiously. "Don't worry, I'll protect myself. I'll ask him to take me to the Baxter Residence. If all goes well, I'll be able to meet Oliver and gather evidence that he's been neglected or even treated harshly." Everly smiled "But Everly, if he…" Annie fidgeted. After all, this was not a small matter. Carson had the power to do whatever he wanted in Cannesville. If he really wanted to do something to Everly, she would not be able to do anything about it! "Annie, I can't miss this opportunity and…" Everly looked at the picture of Oliver with warmth in her eyes. "I haven't seen Oliver for a long time either, and I miss him so much. " Annie was about to say something else, but she stopped when she saw Everly's expression. She had followed Everly for about a year and had witnessed how Everly had persevered. She knew that Oliver was the only obsession in Everly's heart, so she could not convince her otherwise. Looking at Everly gently stroking
There was no expression on Carson's face, as he just sat opposite her. Alice gave a meaningful glance to the person waiting by the door, who immediately nodded. The news of Carson Baxter and Alice Davidson having dinner together at the restaurant immediately spread, causing countless people to discuss it. " Carson, you're here!" Alice said with a smile, then was about to ask someone to bring over the menu… "Robbie said you wanted to say to me?" Carson spoke calmly. "Yes! Carson, we still have a long night ahead of us. Let's chat after…" Alice Davidson smiled and said. "I still have things to do." Carson had not left her any leeway. Alice was slightly stunned. She was a bit angry, but she maintained her smile and said, "Well, I was too rude at the Baxter Group and Violet's celebration dinner before. I've wanted to apologize to you properly, and I thought it wasn't formal enough to say it over the phone. Therefore, this time I thought I'd ask you out to apologize to you prope
"She did it on purpose! Carson, you couldn't say anything to her because of the cooperation. So I reminded her when she went to the bathroom not to imitate Everly, but she pushed me to the ground. I was really angry, so I rushed out and poured campaign on her," Alice said angrily. "Carson, I was too impulsive and had not considered the occasion because I knew…the position of Everly in your heart can never be taken by anyone!" She looked at Carson Baxter fondly Carson 's lips were slightly pursed, and he looked towards Alice, who was sitting across the table. "What do you want to say?" he asked. The smile on Alice's face intensified as she said, "Carson, I had no other intention. I just think that Violet has gone too far. From what I've heard, it seems that she had not restrained herself these days and was even more reckless in Baxter Group!" "Carson, such things should not be condoned. She is so ungrateful. You should not put up with her just because we are now in a partnersh
Alice had not realised it yet, and continued, "In fact, you had been sad about Everly for far too long. Many other men would have started looking for another by now…" Carson stood up before she could finish. He turned around and walked outside. "Carson?" Alice immediately stood up and chased after him. "Carson, why are you leaving? I am not done with what I have to say." As soon as she raised her head, she saw Carson's cold and sharp eyes. For a moment, her words were blocked in her throat. He was angry! Only then had Alice realized that she had just been too complacent. She wanted to say something to prevent him from leaving but she could not think of anything. Carson had already walked to the door while she was in a daze. She immediately went after him once more. "Carson! Wait for me, listen to me…" Before she could touch Carson's arm, a person appeared in front of her. "Miss Davidson," Robbie said as he stopped her with one hand, then took a half step back. "Get
She sat down opposite him and saw the red wine on the side.It used to be her favorite wine.It was also the wine they drank together that night.She looked at the wine and was silent for a while. She then lowered her eyes slightly.When she raised her gaze again, her eyes reflected nothing but clarity. She smiled at him and whispered, “Mr. Baxter?”He turned his head and glanced at her from head to toe. His eyes seemed to have a glint flashed through, too fast for her eyes to catch.“Mm,” he replied. He was more depressed now.She could not understand what he meant. After thinking for a while, she took the phone, switched to the news that he and Alice had dinner together, and asked, “Mr. Baxter, are you free? I got the news that you are going to be with Miss Davidson tonight.”He did not look at her but casually pointed to the wine on the side.He said nothing.However, she understood what he meant. She poured herself a glass and took a sip.It tasted familiar.She looked
Carson steered the wheel and made a turn. He drove into another road.The surrounding street scenery kept receding. He had not looked at the woman beside him. After confirming that Violet was not her, he thought about everything that had happened before, and then he made sense out of it.As Robbie said, all this woman’s actions had a purpose. She did not obediently dress in all the clothes he sent her as gifts. Rather, many of her actions seemed to be unintentionally similar to Everly’s.This woman seemed to know her very well and was very similar to her.However, he knew that it was not her.All he needed was an obedient doll, and no one could ever replace her.Carson pursed his lips tightly, and he furrowed his brows slightly. His hands had visible blue veins surfacing from holding the steering wheel too tightly.He did not say anything, and the atmosphere in Bendley was suffocatingly quiet.In such silence, the car drove all the way towards the suburbs.There were fewer and
“Ugh!”The wind whistled, but the pain was not there. She slowly opened her eyes.The Bendley was still intact, and the big truck just passed them by.The car was going really fast, and everything around her seemed to be blurred. In the end, it was only him that she could see.For unknown reasons, she seemed to have traveled across time and returned to many years ago at this moment.He was in his prime back then, and he had the main attention among all other young masters in Cannesville. At that time, she liked him without her own realization. No matter where he went, she would always follow him.At that time, his Langborghini passenger seat would be hers and hers alone.She remembered the first time she held on to him stubbornly, insisting on following him no matter where he went.She remembered he raised his eyebrows slightly with a faint smile on the corners of his lips. He looked at her and said jokingly, “Aren’t you afraid?”At that time, although she did not know what he
The car was brought to a halt, and the two people in the car remained silent.Until the time he opened the door.“Get out,” he said.She looked up at him, but she found that his eyes were not looking at her. He walked to the other side on his own and sat on the slightly damp grass.Everly got out of the car.There was no fog on the top of the mountain; only the hazy shadows of everything could be seen.It was pitch-dark around there, and only a few meters of light came from when the headlights came on. She paused for a while, then walked to his side and looked at him, not knowing what to say for a while.Perhaps the atmosphere was doing something to her, she was dumbfounded for a while and forgot the purpose of the trip.In the end, she just found a place beside him and sat down just like him. Then, they looked up at the dark sky.They had been like this for a long time, and time seemed to have lost its meaning.A long time had passed, and a set of footsteps resounded. Everly
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