"Mister Davidson, Mister Davidson you can't go in there! Mister Baxter…" Lucy could not stop Richard in his agitated state and looked at the two inside the office apologetically.Robbie shook his head towards Lucy, and she bowed deeply before leaving, closing the door behind her.Richard was absolutely furious. He had been agitated since he heard his sister crying over the phone. He drove over immediately, and when he heard about what happened from his sister, he became even angrier."Carson, what exactly do you think of my sister? What's so good about that b*tch Violet for you to take her side, getting everyone else to bully my sister?" Richard roared.'What b*tch Violet? That's Miss Pettis he's talking about! Can't you see how dark Mister Baxter's face is growing?!' Robbie panicked and thought.Robbie instantly took it upon himself to settle the conflict. "Mister Davidson, that's not fair. You were the one who called Mister Baxter directly, saying that Miss Davidson would like t
Robbie sighed as he watched Richard leave.Carson had put up with Alice's tantrum so far because he was looking into Violet's background, who they had yet to realize was Everly at the time. Siding with Alice was merely a means to force Violet to show all her tricks up her sleeves, and it was never about favoring Alice. However, those were not things that Robbie could say at the moment. He could only hope that they would not get the wrong idea. After all, Alice had a screw loose in her head and might just imagine things on her own.The corner of Robbie's mouth twitched in response to his thoughts.…Meanwhile, in Alice's office."…Really? Did Carson really say that?" Alice gaped.Richard nodded. "He didn't say it, but Robbie did. Robbie is Carson's right-hand man, so what he says can be trusted. Think about it. What Robbie said makes sense. Alice, you have been out of line lately. How could Carson allow you to destroy such a big project?"Alice lowered her head pathetically. "I j
Just as Oliver was deep in his thoughts, one of the braver girls leaned closer timidly and asked, "Oliver, aren't you drawing?"Oliver looked at her, wondering who she was. He had always been living in his own world and rarely paid attention to people around him. There had been plenty of people who talked to him, but almost every one of them had their own schemes, so he did not bother to respond, but for now…Oliver looked at his phone and glanced at the timid girl thoughtfully before asking, "Do your parents live together?"Everyone next to next looked over. It was the first time Oliver had spoken to someone else; even the teachers started staring at them.The little girl paused, and one of the teachers reminded her, "Lily, Oliver has asked you a question. Why are you not answering?"Lily snapped out of it and nodded with a smile. "Of course, they do, Oliver. Why are you asking?"Oliver frowned and glanced at the people around before saying, "I want to ask you something, let's g
"What are you talking about, Oliver? I had a girlfriend before. We just broke up in the end!" Robbie said with flushed cheeks.Oliver was not paying attention before but lifted his chin in confusion at Robbie's response. He cast Robbie an odd look and asked, "Really?"He doubted it."Of course, it's true!" Robbie instantly replied, "I am good at it. You just don't know about it!"It was a matter of pride, and there was no way that Robbie would tell Oliver that the last time he had a girlfriend was back in school.Oliver looked at Robbie in doubt. In the end, he looked away and nodded. "Okay."He then returned to silence with an expression as though he had seen right through the truth and decided not to say anything about it.Robbie felt embarrassed that he had to lie to a question from a 4-year-old, so he immediately started the car and drove towards Baxter Group.…In the Baxter Group, Oliver was greeted by countless people as soon as he stepped in; the only difference was th
Oliver's face stiffened in frustration but put up with it, seeing that it was Alice who did it. After all, his dad told him that he needed to be grateful for the people who saved him."Oliver." Alice squatted down before Oliver and glanced at Tracey smilingly. Tracey immediately closed the door of the office.Silence had fallen over the entire office, and Alice handed a small gift box to Oliver. "This is my gift to you. See if you like it."Oliver looked at the box and nodded after a long pause. "Okay."He accepted the gift and took out his phone to call Lucy, so that she would come over to take the gift, as like what he usually did with other presents.Alice realized what he wanted to do when he took out his phone and immediately pressed her hand onto his phone with a smile. "There's no rush. I will get Aunt Tracey here to take the gift up later. Aunt Alice wants to tell you something."All Oliver could think of was how much he wanted to see Everly, and he had no intention of l
Oliver immediately jumped off the couch. His father had told Oliver before that he had done something that his mother could never forgive. Could it be because of this woman?Alice was pleased to see how angry Oliver became and added, "Oliver, that woman is just so hateful. She used her partnership with Baxter Group and knew that Carson wouldn't make her leave out of respect for the contract, so she did whatever she could to seduce him. Carson even left her on the street a couple of times before, but she still won't give up. How shameless!"Tracey, too, tried adding oil to the flame and said, "Mister Baxter Jr., you don't know this, but your Aunt Alice has been bullied by that woman over the past few days simply because Aunt Alice told that woman to stop imitating Miss Pettis. Sigh, I wonder what's going on with Mister Baxter. How could he keep her around in the office? Could it be that he really fell for her? Mister Baxter wouldn't actually have that woman be your stepmother, would h
On the other side, Oliver stepped into Violet's studio with a frown and saw Annie walking out just as he was about to knock.Annie beamed at the sight of Oliver and squatted down with a smile. "Are you here looking for Violet, Oliver?"Oliver nodded and stopped Annie before she could call Everly over. "There's no need to call…Aunt Violet yet, I want to look around first."Annie noted. "You want to see how Aunt Violet works, Oliver?""Yeah." He nodded and took out a gift box to pass to Annie. "This is a gift for you, Aunt Annie."Surprise filled Annie's eyes, and she immediately accepted it. "Thank you so much, Oliver!"Oliver's lips curled slightly. It was a gift he had Robbie prepared, but it was because he heard from Robbie that Annie was the one who had stuck by his mother's side to take care of her, so Oliver was grateful towards Annie."You're welcome." Oliver looked at Annie. "Aunt Annie, can you take me to Aunt Violet? I have something for her.""Sure!" Annie said and le
"Aunt Violet, I brought you a gift."After a long while, Everly let Oliver go, and he presented her the gift he had been holding onto. "It's something I've spent a lot of time preparing.""Really?" She accepted the box with a smile and opened it in front of Oliver.The gift box was big, and a small castle built with Lego pieces was hidden inside it."This is Baxter residence, our home." Oliver looked at Everly with anticipation. "Our family of three stays inside the Baxter residence, including Dad, Mom, and me."Everly looked at the castle, and her tears began to fall again.It was, indeed, Baxter residence, however…Everly wiped away her tears and smiled. "Did you design this yourself, Oliver?""Yeah." Oliver nodded. "I had an idea and made a draft. I went to Dad, and he helped me find someone who makes models. I monitor them when they make the pieces, and then I put the pieces together myself."Everly looked at Oliver with a smile despite the lump in her throat. "What about
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