The rest of the meeting went on without much dispute and ended quickly. Everyone rushed out. Everly, too, gathered her things to walk towards her office. The sound of people talking behind her back lingered, and Annie had already been waiting outside.Seeing that Everly was back, Annie immediately walked up to her, and the two strolled towards the office together."Mister Baxter!""Morning, Mister Baxter!"Waves of flattering greetings rose behind them, and the crowd automatically gave way, so Everly and Annie went over to the side as well.Without looking at anyone, Carson left while being surrounded by people. Everly watched as he left and retrieved her gaze only after he disappeared into a corner and hurried back to her office."Oh my, are you upset?" Before Everly could get back to her office, a voice was heard behind her.She turned around and saw Alice’s smug grin, along with everyone else who was still around peaking while trying to pretend like they didn’t see anything.
"Mister Baxter, should we go help Violet?" Robbie stood by Carson’s side and asked.Carson simply retrieved his gaze and glanced at Robbie before turning to walk into his office.He understood that it was Carson’s way of telling him not to bother with it. Robbie lowered his gaze silently at the confrontation happening on the floor below and sighed before following Carson inside.Meanwhile, on the floor below."Why aren’t you talking?" Alice laughed, "Violet, why don’t you say it if she’s not going to? I want to know just what kind of lies you are capable of making up."Everly looked away and squeezed Annie’s hand, and without a word, she took Annie’s hand and went back to her office before shutting the door behind her."Hahaha, they left! I assume you have nothing left to say then! Hahaha!"Shutting out the mocking voice of Alice and the others, Everly and Annie stood inside the office."Everly, this…" Annie wanted to say something but choked on her words in the end without bei
All the calls were about the same thing. The only difference was that the others were far less polite than the first person who called.The last person was extremely straightforward and said, "It’s already confirmed that Miss Davidson would soon become Miss Baxter. Even if Violet wants to go up against her, what are we supposed to do? You people will be exiting this country once you are done with this collaboration, but we will remain in this company. Do you expect us to offend the future President’s wife for you?"After receiving countless calls, the information they had been so close to getting had been taken away."Everly…" Annie looked towards Everly worriedly, clueless as to what to do next.Everly pursed her lips tightly. Everyone in the Baxter Group had always considered Alice as the person who would eventually become the wife of their president. Words that Carson purposefully backed Alice up earlier in the meeting room had gotten out, and no one in the company would dare to
He was forcing her to beg, but how could she?…At night, on the Cannesville highway."Everly." Annie looked at Everly, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, and said worriedly, "According to the latest news, all our operations have been restricted. Not only did they shut down our operation in the company, but also on other aspects."Everly gazed up at Annie."Alice did this, and Carson Baxter turned a blind eye to it." Annie continued, "She even took control over the manpower the second heir left with us.""Should we simply go public with your identity?" Annie asked hesitantly.Snap!The pen in Everly’s hand had been snapped in half following the distinct sound. It had been a while since she last saw Oliver. Ever since she bumped into him that day, she had not had any chance to do so. What was left for her to do? To go public with her identity?She knew that once she did, Carson would not let her go. Even if it were to maintain his own image, he would force her to stay
"Mister Samberg?" the secretary asked again."She won’t believe that if we tell her. After all, I’ve shown her plenty of proof that it looked real." Austin lowered his head and looked away from the rear-view mirror to avoid the secretary's stares.The secretary did not notice his unusual behavior and continued, "Should we call Mister Baxter? It would help to tell him the truth about everything as well!"Austin remained silent for a minute before saying, "Just drive."That was when the secretary noticed something was wrong and refrained from looking back at Austin while the car raced towards the direction of the airport.…Meanwhile, in a nursing home at Cannesville.The group had gone in for a long time without reporting back. Both Annie and Everly waited outside with a dark expression.Suddenly, a group of people walked towards them. Everly and Annie looked over but could not see their faces through the darkness."Everly!" Annie blurted out."Call them!" Everly immediately s
"What are you going to do to them?" Everly glared at Carson as she struggled to try and get away from him."That depends on whether you are willing to tell the truth, Violet," Robbie answered.Carson tossed her to the side and roared coldly, "What is your purpose for coming to Cannesville?"Everly covered her throat as tears gathered in her eyes from the gaping and coughing. She sat on the bottom of the car and gazed up at his cold expression. For a moment, she was overwhelmed by the irony of everything.He knew. He knew about everything she had been doing. He had been looking down upon her like a giant outside a toy castle looking down on a foolish clown."Answer me!" he barked as rage filled his cold eyes.Everly sneered sarcastically. "Why bother asking me if you already know what I did?"Carson narrowed his eyes and stared at her. "Don’t you think that I won’t be able to kill you!""Yeah, of course you can!" Everly gritted out word by word, "You would kill anyone, and yet,
The car went silent. Everly and Carson confronted one another, and they could even hear each other breathing in the silence."So, did the Logans send you?" In the end, Carson was the first to speak. His voice was filled with anger."Let me go!" Everly had not answered directly and began to struggle frantically."Answer me!" he barked as he tightened his grip on her.His eyes were filled with a murderous urge. He had known long ago that the Logans supported Violet, but he had not paid much attention to it. Now that he thought about it, Violet was likely someone the Logans had trained before sending her to Carson.He thought back to everything that Violet had done, and there seemed to be a purpose she hid below the surface. He did not want to dig too deep into it because he missed her too much. The relentless torture was unbearable. Therefore, when he saw Violet, he found himself a chance to ease his thirst by dressing Violet up into a doll that looked like Everly.He had not imagi
"If you touch it, don’t even think about leaving Cannesville alive!" Carson’s hellish voice echoed through.All Everly did was laugh. Her crazed laughter had her entire body shaking as she looked at him with tears in her eyes. She smiled and said, "All for a dead person’s photo?"'How hypocritical! I followed him around for six years, and he sent me to prison for four years. Yet now he is threatening me over a photo of me, someone who wanted to kill her in the past? How hypocritical can he be to try still to fake it in front of me? If only he cared for me, even for a split second, he wouldn’t have shown any mercy against me, nor would he treat our child that way! Who is he trying to fool by acting like this? Hilarious! Absolutely hilarious!' she thought.She was falling about the place laughing. "And what if I do? Are you going to kill me? Haha…""Violet!" He roared and reached over to grab her.However, Everly moved quicker and tore the photo apart. She tore once and twice before
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